music

I used to believe…

When I saw a conductor leading an orchestra, I thought that every time they moved their hand, it represented a different note. I wanted to join the school orchestra, but I was worried that I wouldn't be able to remember which hand gesture stood for which note. Now I play the violin, and I am satisfied to know that I don't have to memorize hand gestures. :)

I used to think "Piano Man" was a duet sung by a man and a woman. Then I saw the video and realized that Billy Joel just did falsetto to sing the verses that required a high pitch.

I used to believe that the Beatles, Phil Collins, Elton John, Tears for Fears, Def Leppard, Steve Winwood, etc. were american, because they did not sound like they had british accents while they sang.

I used to believe…

One day, a friend of mine and I were listening to All-American Rejects, and "Swing, Swing" came on. We both started sing, but instaed of singing "Swing swing swing from the tangles of my heart..." My friend was singing "Swing swing swing from the TABLE of my heart.." When I pointed this out to her, she told me that she could never figure out why the song made no sense.

I though at the end of Fatman Scoop's Be Faithful that he said 'Batman School, broke the clamp'

Instead of Fatman Scoop, crooklyn clan

Man, i'm dumb.

I used to believe…

when i was little i used to think that aerosmith song jainies got a gun was jaimies got a gun. i used to freak out since jaimie is my name and tell everyone the song wasn't true. i felt like a moron when i found out it was janie

I believed for a long time that the first verse of silverchair's 'Freak' went 'No more maybes/your baby's got rabies/sitting on the floor/in the middle of the Emmys.' and this had actually happened - Daniel Johns's girlfriend had caused a commotion at some award ceremony by refusing to sit on a chair because she was crazy.

i don't know where this came from, as i knew NOTHING about Daniel Johns or his girlfriend(s).

I used to believe…

My dad had an old Tom Waits tape in the car that he usually played when we were driving around, and eventually my brother and I became big fans of his because we thought he was actually Shredder, the evil masked guy from from the Ninja Turtles. Every time we would get in the car we would ask for the "Shredder Voice Tape".

I used to believe…

When I was around the age of five, the singing group that I was in total adoration of and wanted to join when I grew up was the Claymation Raisins. Back then I also used to believe that the Raisins were ants. Now, whether they're ants or food, I still think they're one of the best musical groups of yesteryear.

I used to believe…

Growing up, I always thought that John Travolta's real name was Jontra Volta. I wondered where he came from and what kind of parents he must have had since they named him Jontra. I think I was in my teens before I realized he was actually John Travolta.

I used to believe…

my 5 yr. old neice thinks that the song Senorita, by Justin Timberlake goes " senorita if feel for you, you feel a face that you don't have to."
When it is actually, " You deal with things that you don't have to. "
She just sang it a laughed so hard.

I always thought Celine Dion, in"It's All Coming Back to Me Now," sang..."It was more than all your lousy love." Now I realize she sings, "It was more than all your laws allow." I thought she was just rude !!!

I used to think the lyrics to Little Miss can't be wrong by the Spin Doctors was Little Bitch, Little Bitch, Little Bitch can't be wrong. Hey, it still makes sense.

I used to believe…

my brother used to think that Manfred man sung "ha ha Santa Claus" instead of "ha ha said the clown"
quite rude to laugh at Santa, I thought he would find nothing in his stocking ...

I used to believe…

My little brother (he's 5) sings the chorus from the Jimmy Eat World song "little biddle in the middle exercise" instead of little girl you're in the middle of the ride."

He will still argue with you if you try to correct it.

I used to sing aloud to to R.E.M.'s song Chorus and the Ring with with the line "that's when the insoles start to stink" - believing that's what it really was. Turns out on a lyrics site it is really "that's when the insults start to sting." At least the insoles don't stink!