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I used to believe…

Every time we sang the song 'Let There Be Peace On Earth' at school I'd have to try not to cry. How could I
"walk with my brother" when I used a wheelchair and was an only child??

Anon

I used to believe…

When I first heard ‘Papa Don’t Preach’ by Madonna, I thought it was an anti abortion song. Hence the lyrics: “But I made up my mind, I’m keeping my baby”

— Annodam

I used to believe…

When I was a kid and the song "Date Rape" by Sublime came on the radio my dad would turn it off immediately. I didn't get why, so I asked my dad what it was about, and he just vaguely said "Someone doing inappropriate things on dates" (I guess he didn't want me to know what rape was since I was only like 8 at the time.) Anyway, because his description was so vague, I just thought it was about a guy with bad manners, and didn't get why he was so worried about me hearing it.

— lyot

I used to believe…

When I was a child, I thought that the Heavy Metal was Satanic music.

Anon

I used to believe that if you played the guitar dont sing

Anon

I used to believe when I was a kid that songs were easy to do

— David

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I used to believe that if you played the saxophone, you were automatically evil and/or shady/suspicious

Anon

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I used to think that swing music was called that because you listened to it when playing on the swing set.

Anon

I used to believe…

"California Gurls" by Katy Perry has the lyric "We don't mind sand in our stilettos". When I was 12 I asked my mom what stilettos were and she answered with '"spiky heels". At that time I had dry skin on my heels and I thought that was what stilettos were.

— Molly

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I used to believe…

Before I knew inner monologues existed, I thought "getting a song stuck in your head" meant seeing the words in your head.

Anon

I used to believe…

The singer, Pink, has a song called "So What" which has the lyric "I'm gonna drink my money". Its music video has her drinking at that part. I thought she was swallowing dollar bills and coins!

— Molly

I thought that Hey Soul Sister was by OneRepublic and released in November 2015

Anon

I used to believe…

When I first saw an accordion, I thought it was an engine from a car or truck. I thought they would take it out of the vehicle and stretch it back and forth so they can get dirt and dust out of it. I also wondered why it made a lot of noise and why someone would keep it in their house. I later learned it was only a musical instrument when my grandparents showed one to me. I felt so embarrassed and dumbfounded when they told me what it really was...

— Lucy

I used to think that all music was made by this one big guy, (who in my mind looked something like Danny Devito) who wore a blue and orange vertical-striped polo shirt. He sang every song, and did the instruments for every song. I have no idea where that thought originally came from.

— Kez

I used to believe…

When I was little, when the band "Linkin Park" emerged, I thought that the radio said that they were playing a song from 'years and years ago'. Being a kid who only liked new songs, I would switch over whenever they'd play. When I heard 'It is love' on the radio regularly though, I was surprised because I thought it was an old song.

— Darwin Lema

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I used to believe that yodeling was illegal in certain countries.

Anon

I used to hate that song about the Weeping Willow "crying on his pillow" because I thought it was an actual guy as opposed to a tree, and thought it was too sad. Then, I learnt that Willow was a girl's name and thought that maybe the man was actually named William.

Anon

I used to think bands or singers could be sued for plagiarism if they coincidentally had a song that was too similar to one by another artist, but not as a cover!

Anon

I thought the song "Pop Goes the Weasel" was about a weasel exploding soda

Anon

I used to believe…

Are used to think the song white lines was about salt

Anon