pop stars

i used to believe that the hanson guy (taylor) was a girl

Fer

I remember not knowing what "gay" meant and loving Elton John's music.

Since he was only one person, and a band was never mentioned, I always pictured him hopping up and down on a pogo stick, playing a small piano that hung around his neck, drums, trumpets, and whatever else. I guess that gave new meaning to the term "one man band".

Jessica Tinch

I used to believe that John Lennon had been poisoned. I knew that he'd been murdered, but I thought someone had injected him with something. I was only 2 or 3 when he died, and I finally realized that I must have heard news reports that he'd been "shot." I guess as a small child, the word "shot" suggested a needle rather than a gun.

Jaime

I had this poster of Britney Spears I used to believe that everything I did to this poster would happen to her so everyday I made her a different outfit, I talked to her, gave her food, watch tv with her and play with my barbie.....I also used to bring her to school with me 4 show and tell and to make all my friends jealous cuz I was friends with Britney Spears......... boy was I stupid

Kndal

Not too long ago, I had my younger sister(who is 10) convinced that Gerard Way, singer of My Chemical Romance, was a girl. Later on she heard me talking to a friend about how I could'nt stand female singers. She was confused girl, it took a while before she'd believe me again.

Ashley

My older brother would put up posters for the rock shows he was going to, and they would say thing like "Dokken, with VERY SPECIAL GUESTS." I thought the Very Special Guests were going to be some huge megastars who showed up to play a set with Dokken and blow everyone's mind. I'd assume it would make the national news the next day. Like "Ace Frehley made a surprise appearance at the Poughkeepsie Civic Center last night with Dokken!!"

But it turned out to just be the warm up band.

Andy

I used to think that the Buffalo Springfield were Tom Springfield (Dusty's brother)'s band, and that Rick Springfield was his son. I was proved wrong later!

pickle

Watching Paul Simon doing his thang with the African Mumbasa band, I asked my mother (because Mother's know EVERYTHING) why he was the only white man amongst the black men.
Being a little sick of my constant questions, my mother replied "he's a £!£$NG albino".
I actually believe Paul Simon was an albino till the age of 14.

Scottish Laddie

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...

The Blue Wyvern

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

Halima

I used to believe The Who were named for the programme 'Doctor Who'. Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer must have thought the same because they did a sketch on 'Shooting Stars' where four incarnations of the Doctor were singing and playing 'My Generation'!

pickle

when i saw the movie the labyrinth i thought david bowie was a girl. even with his predominant package (i admit i was confused) i still thought he was a she.

deaf sam

When I was young I thought that only people in Texas had heard of Michael Jackson. This of course was when Thriller came out. When I went to Florida to visit my family I was shocked to find out that he was also quite popular elsewhere.

Daniel

When the Rutles programme was first screened, I thought that when they were nicknamed 'the prefab four' that it meant less than fab! Then I found out about prefabricated houses, also known as prefabs.

pickle

I used to think the band Lindisfarne was named Linda's Farm. This was around the time Paul McCartney bought a farm in Scotland!

pickle