music

I used to believe…

born to be wild lyrics to me from about 5 years old where...

get your motor running
granny on the highway
loking for adventure
in whatever comes her way

oh the embarressment when my boyfriends mates found out

i used to think that the line in the queen song bohemian rhapsody 'spare him his life from this monstrosity' went 'spare him his life for this one cup of tea'

i also thought that the song cotton eyed joe said grandpa joe

I used to believe…

When i was younger there was a billboard for a radio station and it had the red hot chili peppers on the billlboard and i always thought that the band was a bunch of actual chili peppers

I used to believe…

When my 10 year old daughter Taylor was six, the Centerfold song by the J. Geils Band came on the radio in the car. Her dad and I were laughing hysterically when she sang the lyrics as, "My angel is a cell phone" instead of "My angel is the centerfold". To this day, our whole family (including Taylor) sings the lyrics incorrectly just to tease her every time the song comes on!

I used to believe that music videos were the same as live performances of the songs.

I used to believe…

My name is Roxanne, so I've had people singing the song by the police for as long as I can remember. I used to believe this song was written about me; Whilst my cousin, Adam, believed Adam's apples were named after him. We used to argue as to who had the best thing named after them.

I used to believe…

When I was little and innocent (and understood hardly any English) I was sure that instead of "sex bomb" Tom Jones sings "James Bond, James Bond, you are James Bond". I was frustrated when I didn't find it from my father's "Bond theme songs" CD.

I used to believe…

This isn't really my belief, but my mom's. Anyway, I was listening to "Okay I Believe You But My Tommy Gun Don't" by Brand New, and my mom thought the opening line "I am heaven sent, don't you dare forget" was "I am having sex, don't you dare forget".

She was concerned...

I used to believe…

When I first heard the lyrics to "Tenth Avenue Freeze Out" I thought Springsteen was singing "Check Benny in the Freezer" *thud*

I used to believe…

It wasn't until I looked up the lyrics that I found out Offspring's Come Out and Play was about schoolyard violence...

"Kids are stopping (strapping) on the way to the classroom, getting lessons (weapons) with the greatest of ease"
"One goes to the mall (morgue) and the other to jail"

I beleived that when you put the lid down on the record player that people came out to play the music and ran away when you lifted the lid. they were never there when I lifted the lid??

I used to believe that "Baby Got Back" by Sir Mix-a-Lot said "I like big butts in a can..." Always wondered how anyone could get their butt in a can... Then the line "When a girl walks in with a really big bin" helped me make the connection that those "cans" were really trash cans, aka garbage BINS. So I envisioned that Sir Mix-a-Lot liked girls who walked around with trash cans on their butts...

I used to believe…

My sister used to think that the words to Manfred Mann's song 'Doo Wah Diddy' were 'I'm hurt, she's mad...' instead of 'I'm hers, she's mine...'

I used to beleive that when a woman and a man was singing duet on a song, they were actually singing to each other because they were going together.

I used to believe…

Every year for about 8 years now I've gone to my friend's shorehouse for a big party. Each year the party involves Meat Loaf's Bat out of Hell album being played, so I've known all the good Meat Loaf songs for years.

When I was about 8 (I'm 15 now) I thought that in "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" they were talking about a road trip when they said "We're gonna go all the way tonight" and that they got bored and started listening to a baseball game on the radio. It wasn't until I was about 13 that I figured out when the song was really about.

I used to believe…

when I was little I used to think that the government little microphones in everybody's mouth so they could record songs that made up and hummed and sell them to music company's to turn them into real songs.