When I saw orchestras and symphonies and school bands and stuff performing, I thought the conductor's baton told them what notes to play and that they had never played the song before, that the baton was just telling them what to do. I was really amazed at the skill of the band!
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 used to believe the song "band on the run" was "band on the rug"— someone
- my sister told me that bunkers on golf courses were for children to play in while their dads played golf.— Julie
- When i was small boy i think that there will be a conductor in the aeroplane,like in a bus.— Umesh
- I used to believe that when a song came on the car radio, the band was sitting on top of our van.Anon
- for my little sis -
Paul McCarty song "Band on the Run" but when she sang it it was "Man has the Runs"Anon