She Had The Music In Her

[TruthHurts]

I am in the store and decide to splurge on a deli sandwich. While the sandwich was being made I was picking up some odds and ends when Chicago's If You Leave Me Now starts playing.

All of a sudden this woman starts singing along with the song. Not singing under her breath, not softly to herself, but as loud as humanly possible. To make matters worse her voice was just awful. Pretty much everyone in that general area was glaring at her or speeding up their shopping.

Luckily the song ended and she did not proceed to sing along with the next one. Instead she loudly and shrilly whistled the chorus of that Chicago song over and over. I have nothing against people singing along with the radio but practically screaming the lyrics in the middle of a crowded grocery store is a whole other matter.

[gunsage]

This is where it would've been fun to hop on the PA...

*Boop*

"Attention customers. Would the jackhole who can't sing please refrain from doing so? I repeat-"

[draggar]

Such an autrocity to do that to such a classic song.

[XCashier]

Reminds me of the weirdo behind me at the post office some time ago. When "House of the Rising Sun" came on the post office radio, he started swaying side to side like a metronome and singing in a droning monotone. And when the song was over, he was still swaying!

[Boozy]

When "House of the Rising Sun" came on the post office radio, he started swaying side to side like a metronome and singing in a droning monotone. And when the song was over, he was still swaying!

Reliving one hell of an acid trip, is my guess.

My best friend sings in public. Her voice is....so-so. Not bad, but nothing a perfect stranger wants to hear either. It used to embarrass me to no end, but I never wanted to say anything to her. She's really eccentric (that's usually what's so great about her).

One day, when shopping with my husband and I, she burst out into song in the middle of a parking lot. My husband got this horrified look on his face and said, "Are you mad, woman? Pretend to be sane when I'm in public with you!" She just burst out laughing and stopped singing, and hasn't done it around us since.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

This is where it would've been fun to hop on the PA...

*Boop*

"Attention customers. Would the jackhole who can't sing please refrain from doing so? I repeat-"

My response would have been:

*boop!*
Attention. To the singing lady: I think we now know why he left you now and took away the biggest part of you. SHUT UP!

That is all.

*boop!*

[Imogene]

Hey! I sing in public, for a number of reasons: 1) I CAN sing, having come from a father who used to sing professionally. Odd, seeing as my brother got none of Dad's talent. 2) I enjoy stretching the limits of my voice (part of that whole 'never sure what gender I'll wake up' thing...) 3) I drop into autopilot as soon as I recognize a song, and, so long as I know the words, whether I like the song or not, I sing it.

[iradney]

*blush*
I randomly burst into song. I can't help it. They just arrive in my head. But for what it's worth, I burst...quietly...

[myswtghst]

3) I drop into autopilot as soon as I recognize a song, and, so long as I know the words, whether I like the song or not, I sing it.

I have the same problem, which is why I used to get caught singing along to random pop music like Britney Spears in public.

And I, too, have a good voice, after some 8 years of choir, 3 years of voice lessons, and lots of karaoke.

But I still do not sing LOUDLY in public places unless I've been drinking or it's been requested/expected of me.

[Retail Associate]

My job is so monotonous that I have to do something to stay partially sane so, I 'sing' in my head and hum quietly.

When I first started working in the fashions dept one of my co-workers had a beautiful voice. I tried to convince her to audition for American Idol. Anyhow, sometimes we would sing along with the music, although I did it at a very low level because my singing voice isn't exactly pleasant.



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[Bagga]

But it can be such a nice surprise at times. This is kind of a thread hijack, but it was a lovely moment.

I am currently teaching English to a group of Angolans, and we had just listened twice to a song, for an exercise in which they improve their listening skills by arranging the individual lines of the song into the correct order.

On the third and final time they listened, to check they had the order right, they started to sing the song quietly to themselves. They saw I was smiling and gesturing for them to continue, so took it to full volume. Word perfect, and in perfect tune.

A group of seven Angolans singing Buddy Holly's "Raining In My Heart" is a wonderful experience for a jaded teacher.

[Becks]

"Are you mad, woman? Pretend to be sane when I'm in public with you!"

That sounds like something that would be said to me.

[JustADude]

3) I drop into autopilot as soon as I recognize a song, and, so long as I know the words, whether I like the song or not, I sing it.

I don't actually sing aloud, but I do lip-sync unconsciously, and with great skill, when listening to a song whose lyrics I know innately, especially J-Pop off of Anime (Info High from Macross+ being the first documented culprit). This has caused much amusement in my friends, and even I I see the comedy value of a large male appearing to sing with the voice of a J-Pop star.

[derangedperson]

Chicago's If You Leave Me Now starts playing.

Who the hell put this on?


It's on random!


Oh, for fuck's sake! John--beers please, mate!

[Lace Neil Singer]

I sing in public only if I'm either drunk, or at the kareoke. I have a good singing voice, tho high notes can be difficult; therefore, I tend to only sing along to male vocals unless I'm at home where no-one can say "You missed that high note!" XD Last song I sang in a public place was on the way home from the pub, with a mate, and it was Freak on a Leash. XD