I saw my first band concert at age 8, and I thought the musicians were playing notes based on the motions of the conductor. I didn't realize they had sheet music! I was so fascinated with this arcane ability that I signed up for band the next year and learned to play the clarinet.
A childhood belief about songs

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
- I I thought that Ibiza was the name of a band since you hear about music described as "Ibiza"— Fargot
- i used to believe the song "band on the run" was "band on the rug"— someone
- I used to think the Back Street Boys were black. I also thought Seal was a boy band. — Tufty
- I used to think that R n' B were a bandAnon
- I used to believe that when a song came on the car radio, the band was sitting on top of our van.Anon