Your Earlier Wrong Assumptions Related to Music

Virtually anybody in Turkey was thinking that Michael Jackson "became" white via plastic surgery, because he was ashamed to be black. It is heart-rendering that most of us still think so. I learnt that he was a vitiligo sufferer and had skin cancer thereafter, but most of the people whomever I talk to about it still learn that from me. I learnt this after MJ's tragic death from his interview with Oprah Winfrey which was conducted/broadcasted in the '90s. He also said there that he was a proud black.

Edited by Shadowyzard - August 11 2021 at 13:09

When I was a kid, I was thinking that Modern Talking is an American band. Then, a couple of years ago, I told this to an American friend of mine during a bar chat; he said that he also was thinking that MT is "their" band. They are not only German but also a duo.  BTW, when Modern Talking "came" to Turkey via audial and visual mediums, I was 4-5 years old or so. That American friend of mine is 15-20 years older than me. So, the fact that even an adult could be "fooled" about it means that my wrong assumption was not embarrassing at all.

Edited by Shadowyzard - August 11 2021 at 12:47

suitkees wrote: In the beginning (i.e. early teens) I thought that quality and beauty were objective notions, so I thought that it was impossible not to like Kayak's Merlin suite... until I met someone who really didn't like it (first I thought he was lying...).

I think it is within the scope of egocentric bias, and according to the developmental psychology field, it is a normal aspect of the teen mindset. Similarly, during childhood it is normal that one thinks everybody also knows something s/he knows. Good that we/people mature (though I'm not sure that everybody does)!

Edited by Shadowyzard - January 17 2021 at 06:25

Shadowyzard wrote: I was always generalizing drums that don't have an acoustic timbre as "drum machine"; especially if they were also flawlessly played. I was so sure about this. You know, a fake sound and a nonhuman impeccability. This lasted till the early 2000s.

Shadowyzard wrote: When I first "heard" growl and scream vocals in the late '80s or early '90s, I assumed that the "singers"(?) might not be human.

When I first "heard" growl and scream vocals in the late '80s or early '90s, I assumed that the "singers"(?) might not be human. (I wasn't a metalhead then, and I heard such stuff from one of my cousins' thrash/death metal audio cassettes.)

When I became a metalhead in, I guess, 1991; I saw the terms "lead guitars" and "bass guitars" in the booklets; and assumed that bass guitars are the lead guitar riffs and lead guitars are the guitar solos.

I was always generalizing drums that don't have an acoustic timbre as "drum machine"; especially if they were also flawlessly played. I was so sure about this. You know, a fake sound and a nonhuman impeccability. This lasted till the early 2000s.

Edited by Shadowyzard - January 17 2021 at 04:23