October 01, 2003

Annoying The People In The Car Next To Me Since 1975

I sing in the car.
Loud.
Enthusiastically.
With feeling.
I can't carry a tune in a bucket, by the way.

This doesn't stop me from letting go and wailing along with whatever song has caught my fancy. When "Chicago" (the movie, not the band), I immediately got the soundtrack and wore it out. I did the same with "Grease".
"My Fair Lady" never really caught on, nor did "Oklahoma."

There is nothing, repeat, nothing to equal the looks you get from a car full of hausfrau on their way to the mall when you serenade them at the stop light with "Ballad of Chasey Lane" by Bloodhound Gang.
I know. Trust me.

Currently I'm working my way through the soundtrack to "Not Another Teen Movie". It has a lot of remade 80s stuff, like a Marilyn Manson version of "Tainted Love" and Goldfinger's "99 Red Balloons."
I'm a big 80s new wave fan. All my best scandalous moments happened with a new wave soundtrack.

Yesterday, despite the fact that dogs drop comatose when I sing, I was applauded by the guy who stands on the median bumming for change, as I belted out "Dead Flowers" along with the Rolling Stones. It has such great lyrics...
Take me down little Susie, take me down
I know you think you're the Queen of the Underground
And you can send me dead flowers every morning
Send me dead flowers by the mail
Send me dead flowers to my wedding
And I won't forget to put roses on your grave

What do you sing in the car? Or in the shower? What are you singing right now?

Posted by LeeAnn at October 1, 2003 07:14 AM
Comments

This morning I got into Iko Iko - the Cyndi Lauper version.

Posted by: Ted at October 1, 2003 07:52 AM

I sing in the car to songs with fiddles and bagpipes in them, and I love to drive with my windows down. Ordinary Day by Great Big Sea is a favorite. Several others by Seven Nations also fit the bill. You should see the looks I get from other people :)

Posted by: Tink at October 1, 2003 11:51 AM

I'm into the retro-Barney scene - prolly cause I can remember the lyrics "I love you you love me" ...there's more but that's all I remember so I just sing that part over and over. Only in the car though and I don't roll the windows down, except a great place to publically "audition" your vocal skills is at a fast food drive thru. After a while they get to know you and stop askin you if you want to try the Value Meal whatever the hell that is.

Posted by: LordOrgan at October 1, 2003 01:23 PM

Car. In the shower, I can hear myself and it's not a good thing. In the car, I sing whatever's playing. And, I know a lot of songs. The ones I don't know, I make up words for.

Posted by: Da Goddess at October 2, 2003 09:56 PM