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I used to believe…

For a long time when I was little, I used to believe that the person singing Rod Stewart's songs was a black woman...I didn't know the name of the person, it just sounded like a black woman to me, especially "Forever Young". I was floored when I finally found out it really was a scrawny white Englishman...

I used to believe…

when Iwas Younger I was convinced that micheal Jackson was a woman. I couldv'e sworn I saw him in a blue dress on TV. Finally years later I saw the same picture and it was actually diane Sawyer

I used to believe…

In Sade's song Smooth Operator, I used to think she was saying, " OOOh pop a red eye."

I used to believe…

When I was young, I thought that in "Chapel Of Love" by The Dixie Cups they said "Going to the jack-a-lantern, Gonna to get married" instead of "Going to the chapel, And we're gonna get married".

I used to think it was a hallowe'en song, and wondered why I never heard it on October 31st.

I used to believe that the Muse song Time Is Running Out said,
You'll buy me on the tenth of May.
The actual lyrics are
You will be the death of me.
Sang it to Matt Bellamy once.
He didn't hear me. :(

I used to believe…

One day when I was about 7, I remember riding in the care with my Mom. We were listening to the radio and I was humming and singing along to Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Bad Moon Rising" song, when my mother started laughing hysterically. She asked what I was singing and I said, "There's a bathroom on the right." ... She finally told me it was "There's a bad moon on the rise."

I used to believe…

My friend Melanie was convinced that the lyrics to Scar Tissue by the Chili Peppers, instead of "With the birds we share this lonely view", was "at bubba's shed there's a lovely view".

i used to believe that the rain rain go away song went like this:

rain rain go away
come again another day
little jojie wants to play!

I believed that everyone sang it using my name and that I was special because of it :)

Hated the day when I realized that every parent replaces the name part with their kid's names.

I used to believe…

In Benny and the Jets by Elton John, I always thought the line 'He's got eletric boots and a mohair suit' was 'She's got electric boobs and her mom has, too.' As a kid, I kept wondering what electric boobs could possibly look like, and what kind of sad genetic defect it was that could affect a whole family. The REALLY funny thing is that without really talking about it, my sister misinterpreted the same line the same way. What a warped family I come from

I used to believe…

When I was in 7th grade, a boy i liked would visit his relatives in Georgia. I thought it was really funny when Frankie Valli's song came out "Mike's in Georgia" (though it was really "My eyes adored You"!)

I used to believe…

The Elvis song Viva Las Vegas I used to think it said "people love bagels" and i used to think that song secret agent man was secret Asian man. I pictured a Chinese guy hiding under a bed somewhere. Also that one song 60s song that goes "you were my first love" still sounds like "you are my fish line"

I used to believe…

when i was little, (i forgot what song it was) when he says "with arms wide open" i thought he said "with all this fried-okra" my mom burst out laughing when i told her that.

I used to believe…

My brother used to think the line, "I'll never be your beast of burden" in the Rolling Stone's song "Beast of Burden" was sung:
"I'll never be a pizza burnin'...."

I used to believe…

When I was about 9, I learned that talent scouts were responsible for turning ordinary kids into stars. I thought they were lurking everywhere, so I used to go around all dressed up and singing, thinking that a talent scout could spot me at anytime and put me on the new Mickey Mouse show.

I used to believe…

My brother recently told me that he thought that in "Wind Beneath My Wings" the lyrics "I can fly higher than an eagle" were "I can fly higher than any gull", as in a seagull...I think the fact that he grew up amongst avid fisherman had something to do with this...

I used to believe…

In the song "Dream a little dream of me", there's a line that goes, "birds singing in the sycamore trees, dream a little dream of me"... My roommate and I were listening to this song last night and I asked her if she knew what a sycamore tree was, and she told me that I misheard the lyrics and that line actually went: "birds singing in the sake of more trees"....
Well, I was quite convinced by her that it was me who misheard the lyrics, ha!