pop stars

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.

justine

when i was about 7 years old the only thing i listened to was rap but i was a huge fan of michael jackson...so i ended up having a huge arguement with my family becuz i thought he was a rapper

demel

When I was about three years old my sister said that Mariah Carey lived next door and I believed her.

Anon

My dad told me that the Beatles asked him to join and he said 'No, Ta.' I believed this until quite an age, probalby because my sister had quite an obsession with them and my dad sported a 60s style George Harrison style beard!

Jess

I used to think that Madonna was like a really mean person no one liked because of the term Prema-Donna

I was a bit confused

Colleenay

I used to believe that Prince was the lead singer of Queen

Garrett

My friend used to believe J low and Jennifer Lopez were entirely different people.

Quack

when I was 7, I had a book about Hanson and I thought Taylor was a girl and could never figure out why the book kept saying "he". When I finally realized they were guys I actually thought he was kinda cute. lol
boy am i dumb!

Lysette

In fifth grade my aunt took my two cousins and I to a Hanson concert. We had a great time watching our favorite band perform. When our older highschool age cousins would tease us about liking Hason, we would always replay with "well at least they write and play their own music".

Eight years later, at my cousin's graduation party, we were reminiscing about the concert, and my aunt went on to tell us about how there was a band playing behind the stage, and the Hanson brothers were only playing a few cords, must of the music was from the guys behind them. At 18 it crushed my heart. My cousins and I felt like such fools for never noticing.

icarusxfemme

When I was 4 years old (before I knew what homosexuality was) I was convinced that Michael Jackson, Boy George, and Prince were all involved in a love triangle with each other. I wasn't sure who liked who or what, but I was so sure that they were all romantically involved with each other.

icarusxfemme

I believed that i met the Spice Girls when i was a baby and that when i got older they wanted me to come on tour with them. For years i thought that they were going to come and get me to sing with them. My dreams were shattered when i asked my mom " Didn't the Spice Girls want me to sing with them when i got older?" and she just gave me a crazy look and said that i never met the Spice Girls.

Jodie

Up until about fifth grade, i believed that Eminem was a pop group consisting entirely of girls. I'd never heard one of his songs, and when i finally did, i was completely shocked. :]

Haylee

i used to think rap was the only type/genre of music.
so i forced myself to listen to p-diddy. then i found the spice girls..

Anon

I used to believe that Michael Jackson was actually a woman. I had an entire argument with my sister over whether the person on the screen was male or female and I yelled "But she has long hair!"

Silly Sister

Remember the commercial back in the day that had Michael Jackson dancing in the street. Well when I first saw it, I was convinced that he was a girl. My Grandmother and my mom tried to tell me it was a guy, but no matter how much they argued with me, they could not convince me otherwise. I believed he was a female for most of my childhood years.

Tasha

When I was little (about 7), I really liked the Beatles. They just seemed so friendly and easy to like and their music was great. On the other hand, I felt uneasy about the Rolling Stones. Their melodies sounded depressing to me. And because of their song Sympathy For The Devil, I really thought that Mick Jagger was the devil and his band mates a bunch of demons, all cleverly disguised as men. I ended up having some dreams where the Beatles had a music battle with the Rolling Stones. The Beatles would get hurt from being hit by the Stones guitars, but then the Blue Meannies would come to the rescue and turn Mick Jagger and his cohorts into grey frozen pictures. Yeah, I know--I was a little too imaginative for my age. ;-)

Gary in NY

When I was 5 years old, my favorite song of all time was The Yellow Submarine by the Beatles. I really thought that those guys learned how to travel in a submarine and actually recorded the song while inside one under water. I guess their sound effects were a little too convincing for me!

Gary in NY