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* The Christmas carol "I'll Be Home For Christmas" was originally written by 16-year-old Buck Ram and is about a homesick college student, but has more recently become associated with soldiers away at Christmastime. At least one version of the song even includes soldiers wishing their families a Merry Christmas during the bridge. Touching, yes, but not the original intended message.
** Adding to the misconception is the fact that the song tends to be associated with the [[World War II]] era (as do so many popular Christmas songs), so many listeners assume that the narrator is an American soldier in Europe or the Pacific.
** Though this is likely nitpicking, considering both aesops are still "People who are away from home wish they could be at home for Christmas." Trying to narrow it down to being only about college students because the creator was a college student seems unnecessary.
* The Crash Test Dummies Song, "Mmm mmm mmm mmm," is VERY frequently interpreted as being about child abuse, with the eventual message that brainwashing your child and forcing your child to hold your own beliefs is worse than physical abuse. [[Word of God]] says the message is that [[Kids Are Cruel]], and the song is to be taken at face value.
* [[Minor Threat]]'s "Guilty Of Being White" is often mistaken for having a pro-racist message: Ian MacKaye specifically was writing about a time in his life when he was in the minority in a black neighborhood and would get beaten up for being white. Even so, the song's rejection of the idea of white privilege is still sort of of a touchy subject.
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