When I fist heard "Play that Funky Music" (circa '98) I was convinced the song said PLAY THAT FUNKY MUSIC RIGHT, BOY
instead of WHITE BOY.
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics

others believed things like this
- I used to think that a conductor while conducting told the players what to play as opposed to their music.— Daryl
- My dad told me that ice cream vans only play music when they have run out of ice cream. Anon
- I used to believe that the Ice Cream truck would only play music when it was out of ice cream. Thanks, Dad.Anon
- My music teacher once said that music in an electrical piano was made by little tiny men that lived inside it.Anon
- I used to believe if you listened to to music upside down the music would be backwards— HOopty
- I used to think that AM and FM stood for "American Music" and "Foreign Music."— Sylvia Fowler