As a kid growing up in the 80s and 90s, I loved Madonna.
Only, her songs sometimes confused me.
Vogue, for instance was puzzling.
I really couldn't fathom why she was singing about gum disease. ("Gingivitus, dance on air... ") Turns out she was ACTUALLY singing about Ginger Rodgers. ("Ginger Rodgers, dance on air...") Hmmm... Good to know.
Incidentally, "dance on air" could have easily been legionnaire's. I briefly considered re-making the song into a song about different diseases. Thankfully, I didn't have that much spare time.
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics
others believed things like this
- I used to believe when a dog humped you it was trying to dance with you. Anon
- One of my friends used to believe that appendixitis was a Hawiian dance. — Jessica Tinch (belief by Tara Luethke)
- i used to believe i looked exactly like michael jackson when he dance - when i was jumping.— sandy.
- i used to believe that cats were aliens and dogs wanted to dance with them and eat pie!— joah nacobs
- I believed I could tap dance by moving my feet real fast. — Aussie
- I used to believe that if you swallowed watermelon seeds, they would dance around in your stomach at night.— jaalyn