music

I used to believe…

When two of my brothers were younger they insisted "Two turned tables and a microphone" was actually "Ding dong diddles and a microphone"

I always knew they weren't too bright.

I used to believe that Milli Vanilli was just another word for vanilla, so when my mom took me for ice cream somewhere, I asked the guy, "I want Milli Vanilli in a cone, please?" The guy laughed for hours, at me, a confused little five- year- old....

I'm sure that I'm not the only one, but I thought that the Partridge Family was an actual family band, and I couldn't understand how they could live in a regular neighborhood and go to public school. Wouldn't they get mobbed for autographs? And didn't they make enough money for a better house?

I was very young.

I used to believe…

When I was in high school the Pastor's wife was vehemently telling me how horrible the band Blue Oyster Cult is, because cults worship the devil and go to hell. I tried to explain to her that they weren't really a cult, that's just the name of their band. She wouldn't believe me, and I didn't dare tell her I had their albums!

I used to believe that the Grateful Dead were a hard rock or acid rock band . . . because of their name, and their scary looking album covers, and their following of fans called "dead heads". I was shocked when I first heard their music and went to one of their concerts -- it was practically easy listening!

I have no idea why, but I used to believe that "The Little Drummer Boy," my favorite Christmas carol as a child, and "Do You Hear What I Hear?" were the same song. Except the former was the original and better version, while the latter was a crappy spinoff in which someone had decided to mess with the tune and add their own lyrics. Whenever I heard "Do You Hear What I Hear?" sung on the radio at Christmas, I felt angry at the artist for singing "The Little Drummer Boy" wrong and ruining it.

I used to believe…

When I was little I thought the song Venus said "I'm the penis you're the vagina... Its your desire." I thought it was a nasty song and felt bad dancing to it. I never understood how it was ok to like it. I didn't know the real words until I was 19 or so. Eeeek!
P.S. I thought Madona was always singing about me and knew who I was.

I used to believe…

My mother was American, and played a lot of music from her beloved homeland. Most often, it'd be Janis Joplin. At five years old, I had the singer's death explained to me, and I accepted it, and seemed to have moved on. Until I became convinced that she was alive, and living in our fridge. I have no idea why I believed this, but for a very long time, I was sure that Janis was alive and well, living in an English house, in a large kitchen appliance.

I thought Bob Dylan was black - much to the dismay of my Bob Dylan obsessed friend. I thought his name sounded black, if that makes sense. It was quite a shock when I saw a picture of him, and that he looked just like the mate I mentioned.

I also got The Proclaimers and The Pretenders mixed up, name-wise. For those of who don't know, The Proclaimers are twin geeky-guys from Scotland, in the Leith area, I think. I still don't know who The Pretenders are ... apart from a woman being in their line-up.

I used to believe…

In one of the pokemon songs "catch me if you can" they sing,
"It's time to show you what I'm all about"

I actually thought they sang,
"It's time to show you what I mumified"

I used to believe…

Okay it's me again (the digimon freak peson)... apart from the here we go embarresment... in the theme song of digimon they sing

"Digimon Digital Monsters
Digimon are the Champions!"

I actually thought they said,

"Digimon Digital Monsters
Digimon Garlic Champions!"

I used to believe…

The song Blue (Da Be Dee) song by Eiffel 65 they actually sing "I'm blue da ba dee da ba dai" or something... I actually first thought they sang, "I'm blue I'm a deed, I'm a diet"

I used to be a digimon freak when I was a kid... and in one of the songs they sing, "gonna make your plans and fly"

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amazingly I heard, "I think my plant just died"

I used to believe…

Everybody's familiar with the Lion King and The Lion King 2. In the lion king 2 there is a song called 'Inupendi' or something which has something to do with love (i forgot the meaning) when I was a kid I always thought they said, 'In your pantie'.

While in the Lion King (the first one) at some point where Rafiki chants some weird stuff I actually heard him say "Stuffed banana up his arse"

I used to believe the song lyrics from Eiffel 65's song Blue went :

I'm blue da-ba-dee-da-ba-di
If I was green I would die da-ba-dee-da-ba-di
Aberdeen are so shite da-ba-de-dee-da-ba-di
If I was green I would die da-ba-dee-da-ba-di

Yeah, the first line was right. I think the lyrics can be attributed to the fact that my family are Rangers Football Club supporters, and I heard my uncle singing the song, so when I heard it on the radio, I naturally assumed my uncle's lyrics were the correct ones. How wrong I was.

I also got into trouble singing it at my school disco. It was at Primary school, and there were Celtic supporters (i.e the green half of Glasgow).

Massive footballing rivalries such as Rangers v Celtic always cause a lot of fighting, thank God my singing didn't cause some.

I used to think Without Me by Eminem contained these lyrics:

"A little bit of wee mixed with some hot liquor"

It actually says:

"A little bit of weed mixed with some hot liquor"