pop stars

When I was a teenager I went to a Beach Boys concert with my cousins. They were talking about music they liked, and mentioned Simon and Garfunkel. I thought they were making it up and refused to believe in a band with such a silly name. Weeks later my cousins mailed me a tape of Simon & Garfunkel. Who knew?

D

When I was younger, I thought that musicians would only want to ever listen to the music that they played. So when I was a kid,I read an an interview with a male pop artist. The interviewer asked him bands he liked to listen to. In my childish brain, I thought 'duhh, of course he listens to himself!'

I was surprised to learn that that particular pop singer was into the Beatles.

...I'm sure he was probably just trying to sound modest, though.

googe

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 that musicians were singing live in music videos and was always amazed that they sounded just like they did on the radio.

Angelo86

I used to believe that Michael Jackson was a robot because i believed that he was made entirely out of plastic.When precilla Presley was going to marry him,i didn't understand how she could marry a robot.

Katie

A very long time ago when Saturday Night Live was in its infancy, and I was just out of mine, Billy Joel did a guest spot. I can still remember him sitting at the piano, playing and singing -- and how proud I was that my Uncle Billy was on tv! At least until my mother pointed out that not every male with a beard named Billy was my Uncle Billy (to be fair, they did actually look somewhat alike). For years afterwards I still thought there was a chance that my Uncle Billy had a piano hidden somewhere in his house, and that everybody was lying to me because they were afraid I'd tell all my friends, and then they'd all want autographs.

propchick

Now I feel really really dumb saying this, but until i read another belief on here, I thought Prima Donna was Pre-Madonna. Ex. Someone who is trying to be as popular as madonna. That made sense to me!

ned flanders is gay qand left handed

my sister convinced me that micheal jackson and janet jackson were the same person, and if they both were going to be on the same show they would run backstage and switch custumes

roxanne

I used to believe that Elvis died from eating too many peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. My mom told me that, and I believed her for quite awhile.

Breanna

When I was little, I used to believe Céline Dion had died because my parents listened to her songs (and sometimes, they listened died poeple's songs).

audrey (4°)

I used to believe that 'Last Christmas' by George Michael was sung by a black woman. Even after seeing the video clip, I was still convinced that a black woman sang that song.

Rudolph the GREEN nosed reindeer

When I was seven I was OBSESSED with Eiffel 65 and specifically their song Blue. I saw the music video for it on Nickelodeon or something and it featured a bunch of blue aliens singing the song. I was completely convinced that that was really the group and I was obsessed with Blue 'cause I thought that was cool. When my dad bought me their CD and I saw a picture of three HUMANS on it I was like "WHO THE HECK ARE THESE PEOPLE?!?!" I figured it all out when I was watching the video with my mom and she told me that the blue aliens were not the group.

Formerly obsessed with Blue

My parents listened to a lot of The Doors when I was younger and looking at the front cover of the Doors' album, with Jim Morrison on the front, I was convinced he was a woman because he had long hair. In my mind long hair = woman. It didn't even occur to me that he was shirtless and had no breasts!

Also, listening to the lyrics of The Doors' songs, I was convinced that "Light My Fire" was about camping and whenever I listened to that song, and I'd imagine Jim Morrison and some girl trying to light a fire in the middle of the woods. Yes, I was five at the time!

Natalia

I always thought that singers had to sing the same song over and over again when they were recording their records, i.e. every copy of a record had to be recorded seperately. I would imagine singers being very happy finally finishing a single, and then getting angry at a record company boss who told them to do the same procedure all over again for an LP or one of those cheap K-Tel compilations. Daft.

Jannes

I used to believe that when stars were called pre-madonna's (prima donnas) that it has something to do with the way Madonna used to act before she before famous or something...i still don't actually know what it means...

Chris

My dad had an old Tom Waits tape in the car that he usually played when we were driving around, and eventually my brother and I became big fans of his because we thought he was actually Shredder, the evil masked guy from from the Ninja Turtles. Every time we would get in the car we would ask for the "Shredder Voice Tape".

"I'll never kiss a Gun Street Girl again...."

I used to think that R n' B were a band

Anon

I used to think that Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson weren't actaully related (well, they had completely different skin colours!)

I also used to think that there were 2 people called Michael Jackson, one who was black and about 13, and one who was white and about 30.

Ceiridwen

That was 5 or 6 years ago when I was 13 or 12, I don't know... but the video clip of the song "Waiting for tonight" by Jennifer Lopez was relatively new and often played on TV.
There were many lighting effects - fast moving brightly-coloured searchlights; Jennifer had brocade on her shiny skin as well, her little dress was glossy and she was looking upwards from time to time, awaiting something special...
... and I claimed to my friend that extraterrestrials were what she expected to meet... in fact... Jennifer was among her party fellows, looking forward to the coming of the New Year.
I hope my friend doesn't remember that - they thought I was weird, anyway...

Hristina

My Dad was (and still is) a huge Gordon Lightfoot fan, and used to sing along constantly to his tapes and records. He's got a good voice, and would always imitate him while he sang. Because his voice so perfectly matched Gordon's, for the longest time, I used to tell people my dad was Gordon Lightfoot! Not sure if anyone really believed me, but I thought I was cool nonetheless. It never occured to me that they didn't even remotely look alike, and I never stopped to think about why we had different last names. I guess I figured he had separate identities: His public image, and his private one!

Anon