pop stars

When I was in the sixth grade my teacher told me that KISS (the rock band) gave money to Satan by burying it the ground. For a few years after that I was worried that when digging in the dirt I would break through to Hell.

JSB

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

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 the man Pancho Villa was really Bon Jovi, because everyone was apparently pronouncing it Bon Jovia because he was mexican.

Anon

i used to think the term prima donna was pre-madonna, and thought that when somebody used that term to describe someone, it meant that the person acted or looked like Madonna in the early 80's!

not a pre-maddona

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

I was born in 1960 and I believed my father was Elvis Presley (he was thin with black hair and he was cool), one day I heard Elvis on the radio and said "there you are" and after some explaining on what I meant, everyone laughed at me and my feelings were hurt but my dad is still cool.

Lisa

I used to believe that Marilyn Manson and Marilyn Monroe were the same person.

Gina

When I was 4 I got a britney spears CD and there was a small hair on the CD, I thought it was britney spears's, and refushed to beleive it was mine.

Sum41Phreak

My dad used to tell me that he used the be Paul from the Beatles.

Years later I found out about the 'Paul is dead conspiracy'.

I'm now looking to sue for lost family royalties.

Michael

I used to believe that if you were nearly out of blank printer paper, the best way to get new paper would be to take the last sheet and photocopy it many times.

I also used to believe that a prima donna was someone who aspired to be like Madonna; therefore I remember being very upset whenever someone referred to me as one. I didn't like her teeth.

Sophia

When I was a little girl, I watched a musicvideo of Kate Bush. After seeing it many, many times, finally my sister said; Don't play it anymore, she will be tired of singing it!
So my sister thought that Kate Bush had to sing the song every time we played it =)

Karin

I used to think that Olivia Newton-John was 3 people: Olivia, Newt, and John

Sally

when i was little i used to think that U2 were only shown on BBC2 and UB40 were only on channel 4. fun boy 3 on itv? i dunno.

confoozled

I used to think that when you heard a song on the radio, the musician was actually at the radio station singing it at the time. After Jim Croce died, I couldn't figure out how his song was on the radio!

Lynn

When I was 9 I thought my dad used to be one of the beatles, because he played their music all the time. Kind of sad when I found out he wasn't; one of my friends told me they live(d) in England, and I lived in Holland.

Weer een Illusie armer!

I thought that Roy Orbison was blind until just a few years ago because he always wore those big, black sunglasses!

beth

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 all the child actors in movies were just mini adults because I thought that it was absurd that children could have jobs! I believed this until I was about 9.

Anon

When I was in middle school I thought that Marrilyn Mason was a girl country singer because a friend of mine who listened to country said he listened to Marilyn Mason. I was threrefore totally embaressed when one day in 8th grade someone was saying something about Mason and I said "I don't listen to her because I hate country" My huge mistake was pointed out and I've never been able to live that down.

a musica knowledge challenged person