I used to think that a conductor while conducting told the players what to play as opposed to their music.
A childhood belief about songs

others believed things like this
- My dad told me that ice cream vans only play music when they have run out of ice cream. Anon
- When i was small boy i think that there will be a conductor in the aeroplane,like in a bus.— Umesh
- My dad told me that playing basketball makes you taller. Basketball players are tall, so I believed him.Anon
- I used to believe that the Ice Cream truck would only play music when it was out of ice cream. Thanks, Dad.Anon
- i used to believe (because my dad told me so) that AM stood for "awful music" and FM stood for "fine music"— skydvgrl
- When I was little, I used to believe that football players really had shoulders that big.— Angie