pop stars

When i first saw the silverchair - freak video, i thought daniel johns (the singer) was the guy from hanson but grown up.

Jonas

i used to believe that when they played songs on the radio that the pop stars would come into the studio and play all the songs live.

ciera

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

When I first heard music by the Who, I was intrigued and I asked about who they were. She talked about the basic history of the band, with the guitar-smashing, Pete Townshend's tinnitus, the exploding drums, and all that stuff, but the person in the band she talked about the most was Keith Moon, the drummer. I assumed that he sang, because Eric Clapton, the musician we listened to the most, sang as well, and the most "important" (which, since my mom mentioned him, Keith obviously was - a case can be made for it in any case, but I digress). I believed this until I was about 11 and one of their songs came on the radio and I remarked how amazing it was that Keith could play so well and sing at the same time.

It seemed that everybody in the car except for me knew that this wasn't true. D'oh!

A few years after that, I bought the album Who's Next, which started an album-buying binge during which the Who became my favorite band. But sometimes I still remember back before I didn't know the names of ALL the band members and confused Keith Moon with Roger Daltrey.

This memory became even funnier when I heard him sing "Bell Boy" in Quadrophenia and discovered he really couldn't sing very well. And even funnier when I bought his solo album and realized he couldn't sing worth a damn!

Sorry 'bout that, Roger

I was born the same year Elvis died. When I was about seven or eight I read on the front of a magazine "The Day Elvis Died" and only then did I realize he was dead!

Anon

My Sister still believes [at 22]that Alice cooper and Marti Pellow are women

Taz

when I was about 6, my friend had barbie versions of the spice girls (we were both obsessed with them) and a bunch of ken dolls we made into the backstreet boys. we always thought that the backstreet boys dated the spice girls, like sporty spice dated nick and baby spice dated brian. (back then I was living in my little fantasy world)

val

I Uused to think that Lil Bow Wow and Lil Romeo were the same people

Sarah

I, like many here, used to think that Prima Donna was Pre-Madonna...I never really understood the phrase up until a few years ago (I'm 13 now) when I found out its Prima Donna

The Forum Idiot

I used to think when a member of a band would release a solo album, they would just play their own instruments parts of the bands famous songs.

Pierre

I thought that take me to church was sung by a black guy in a fedora . . . that's also what I thought Bruno Mars was

Jaedon

when i bought magazines like The Hits, Top of th Pops or whatever as a child, for the longest time i thought that the government had this lil conspiracy and were recording our every movements. i always thought that the people in the magazines had lil minute cameras in their eyes. i got so freaked out sometimes dat i wudnt get changed in the same room as my magazines. i wud jus walk bak and forth in my room lookin at th magazine in th otha side of th room as if they were 'starin' at me.

na na na na na baaaatmaaaan

When I was little, I would occasionally hear my dad talking about Led Zeppelin. For years I believed Led Zeppelin was a person, not a band. Looks like I’m not the only one who believed that!

Gina

For years I used to think that Chevey Chase was Paul Simon, in that You Can Call Me Al video

Jon Moonie

I only found out a moth ago Franz Ferdinands a band.I thought it was one guy. o.0

Mel - Age 11

i grew up during the time when Bill Cosby was popular, but when i heard people talking about Bing Crosby, i would try and correct them..."don't you mean BILL COSBY" obviously not knowing there actually was a Bing Crosby!

Anon

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

When I was young, I don't know why, but I thought concerts were an actual battle of multiple bands playing and then the audience would vote for whom they thought won the concert.

Hector

I think that I thought that Fergie from The Black Eyed Peas was Gloria from Madagascar.

I Gotta Move It (Move It)

i used to believe that lisa stansfield and yazz were the same person. Until one day yazz was on itv and lisa was in going live (bbc1), I couldn't understand how they could be in two places at the one time and i was so confused. but i was only five so...

katie