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I used to believe…

When I was small, I used to listen to my mum’s old Beatles vinyls a lot, and I thought she was so lucky to have obtained a copy of each record because I thought when recording them, the Beatles were playing their songs in a huge hall next to hundreds of record players turning and recording, so there’d be a lot of records but I figured that eventually those would be sold out anyway and you could not reproduce them.

I used to believe Little Richard was a nickname for Ringo in The Beatles because I knew his real name was Richard Starkey and he was the shortest in the band. I thought it was cute and was pretty disappointed when I found out Little Richard was an entirely different person.

I used to believe…

when i was around 6 or 7, i thought there was a difference between normal people dying and pop stars dying, i was sure they weren't really dead because they could still sing on the radio and such.. i probably figured their disembodied voice stayed alive forever.

I used to believe…

While singing the Australian Anthem in primary school, I was utterly convinced the first line (actually saying "Australian all let us rejoice") said "Australians all eat ostriches."

I found out otherwise when my teacher overheard my loud singing and pulled me aside to get me in trouble. I was very confused.

I used to believe…

In the song 'Don't leave me this way', Thelma Houston sings 'Baby, my heart is full of love and desire for you'. I used to think she sang 'Baby, my heart is revolving and to cipher you'.

I used to believe…

Until about 10 years ago, whenever I heard the song, "On the Road Again" by Willie Nelson I thought the part that says "we're the best of friends" actually was saying "You're a Mexican". I always thought that was very rude and what did it matter anyway?

I used to believe…

When I use to listen to the song 'Wings of Love', I used to think the line 'Only the two of us together flying high' was 'Only the two of us to give a flying eye'.

I used to believe…

in somebody to love by queen i used to think the line "everybody wants to put me down they say i'm crazy" was everybody wants a crocodile they think i'm crazy!!!" whoops =P

I used to believe…

In the song RIGHT HERE by ''SWV'' I used to think in the lyircs they were saying just ''RIGHT HERE-you can have it all'' ON THE CHORUS..THEY WERE ACTUALLY SAYING ''Right here, be right here, right here, BE RIGHT here, NO FEAR, have no fear, NO TEARS, love is here..

I used to belive in the song Sk8er boy by avril lavin the line "and thay had a problem with his baggy cloths" when i was littel i thogt that the line was "and thay had a problem with his pet crows

i used to believe the song barbara ann was boparam

so i was singin

boparaaaam please take my hand
boparaaaam you got me rockin and a rollin rockin and a reelin
boparam
bop bop
bop boparam

I used to believe…

In the song "I Need You", Linda Ronstadt sings "I need you like a shot needs to shoot".

I always heard it as "I need you like a shark needs shoes".

Australian politician and feminist Irina Dunn wrote that "A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle", and I always think of that when I hear this song.

I used to believe…

Until quite recently I thought that Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers "Running down a Dream" was called "Running Down the Drain" For years while hearing it I've been picturing a little man trying to resist getting sucked down a drain in the kitchen sink!

I used to think these were the words to "Under my Umbrella"

Alcual words: I took an oath and I'm stickin to it till the end

What I thought: I will take a tack and stick you to the end.

i used to think that in the Jackson 5 song rockin robin when they sung ' He out bobbed the buzzard and the oriole'
i thought he said he out bopped the b buzzard and the Oreo!

I used to believe…

The song Puff The Magic Dragon made me kind of cross, at their fleeting reference to their friend "Frolicton the Ottomist". I didn't know what an Ottomist was, and wished the song would go into more detail.

It took me a few years to work it out.