Crank it up

[mikeschmike]

Okay give it up. I know you have some and you can't hide from the light any longer. I busted a girl on the way into work for it, and she knew she was 100% guilty as soon as she saw the look on my face.

Friends, I'm talking about car singing. Actually more along the lines of performing. Singing, dancing, actions, emotion....the whole bit. We all have a list of a few songs that cause us to temporarily lose our sh*t completely. Whether you can sing or not is irrelevent here. Talent matters not. What matters is that these songs are so great that even the meekest of people can give a balls out performance.

So...out with it. What songs make you bust out the car dancing/singing? Or while showering, grocery shopping, studying, family planning, plotting, etc? I'll start:

Early 80's Madge (Burning Up, Borderline, etc)
Rock & Roll (Preferably the orginal, but I rock it to Heart's version too)
Stand Back (LIB is a good version for the car)
Don't Stop Believing
Anything Motown
and as of last weekend, Whitney's I Wanna Dance with Somebody

[carrie721]

anything. seriously. but my most egregious moments have occurred during ...

-crazy on you
-stand back
-the chain
-angel
-walking on broken glass
-eo17 (natch)
-gypsy
-hanging on the telephone

yeah, too many to list.

[mikeschmike]

Originally Posted by carrie721

anything. seriously. but my most egregious moments have occurred during ...

-crazy on you
-stand back
-the chain
-angel
-walking on broken glass
-eo17 (natch)
-gypsy
-hanging on the telephone

yeah, too many to list.

We SO need to drive together

[carrie721]

Originally Posted by mikeschmike

We SO need to drive together

absolutely! we would get into a wreck, tho.

it would be worth it.

other songs:

-pretty much anything from she's so unusual
-like a prayer
-thunder road
-cat house blues (shut up)
-OH! 9 to 5. jesus christ. 9 to 5.

[skcin]

Mac-related:

Doing The Best That I Can (I literally throw invisible cards )
Straight Back
Show You How
Edge of 17
TISL
Honey Hi

Tony - Patty Griffin
What About Love - Heart
Take the Money & Run - Stevie Miller Band (hand claps mandatory)
Change of Heart - Cyndi Lauper




Can't wait to see Strand's list.

[skcin]

Originally Posted by carrie721

-like a prayer
-thunder road

Awwww ****. I will tear up some Like a Prayer. I do a mean Live to Tell too.

And I'll see your Thunder Road & raise you Rosalita.

[carrie721]

Originally Posted by skcin

Mac-related:

Doing The Best That I Can (I literally throw invisible cards )

naturally. i do a weird little jaunty dance during "walking on broken glass" that probably causes accidents.

Take the Money & Run - Stevie Miller Band (hand claps mandatory)
Change of Heart - Cyndi Lauper

hand claps are always necessary.

and i should include COH. major major dance number for me.

Originally Posted by skcin

Awwww ****. I will tear up some Like a Prayer. I do a mean Live to Tell too.

And I'll see your Thunder Road & raise you Rosalita.

****, i just had a good one and i forgot it!!! dammit.

oh yeah! billie jean. naturally.

[gldstwmn]

I sing all the time. I don't give a damn who sees or hears me.

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by gldstwmn

I sing all the time. I don't give a damn who sees or hears me.

Preach it on sista woman!!!!!!!!!

[estranged4life]

Originally Posted by gldstwmn

I sing all the time. I don't give a damn who sees or hears me.

but I can carry a tune, so it doesnt annoy the canines of the world.

[mikeschmike]

Originally Posted by carrie721

-pretty much anything from she's so unusual
-like a prayer
-OH! 9 to 5. jesus christ. 9 to 5.

When U Were Mine is a definite performance. Like A Prayer and True Blue as well Dolly is just a given.

Originally Posted by skcin

Doing The Best That I Can (I literally throw invisible cards )

There isn't much to say on that except

[BlackWidow]

Originally Posted by skcin

Awwww ****. I will tear up some Like a Prayer. I do a mean Live to Tell too.

And I'll see your Thunder Road & raise you Rosalita.

Now..I wanna hear your "Live To Tell"!!!

[DrummerDeanna]

Oh I'm a complete and total car singer. I think it might be physically impossible for me to be in a car and NOT sing.

I'll sing to anything and everything I know...and I don't care who sees me, if I get a funny look I just belt it out at whoever is looking at me funny

Some of my favorite car hits:

Def. Like a Prayer...
Time After Time
Goodbye to You
Bohemian Rhapsody
We Are the Champions
Let me Roll it
Lips of an Angel

Ok...there are a lot...I sing. All the time.

[foxyluva]

Originally Posted by skcin

Doing The Best That I Can (I literally throw invisible cards )

too funny!

My brother and I do a mean air guitar for "Murrow"

[danax6]

Stuff that makes me go bananas in my car:

- go your own way (what? it's all about the guitar solo)
- smile at you (a capella. dude, I scream)
- the ledge (i love me some tusk in the car )
- so: tusk
- tango in the night ('come' works also, btw)
- led zeppelin - whole lotta love (oh man, perfect for when you are on a road rage)
- golden earring - radar love (dude, it's a car song)
- steppenwolf - born to be wild (so sue me for unoriginality)
- beatles - helter skelter
- stand back and edge (duh)
- wrong
- alanis morissette - you oughta know
- babys - isn't it time ( it's on a mix cd that's in my car stereo right now, and it works)
- definitely 9 to 5
- CHER (walking in memphis, if i could turn back time, shoop shoop song, you know, basically everything by cher)
- bette midler - when a man loves a woman (oh, the screaming)
- bonnie tyler - total eclipse of the heart
- bryan adams - summer of 69
- BTO - you ain't seen nothing yet
- chi coltrane - go like elijah
- madonna (like...a lot)
- chicago soundtrack
- dixie chicks - can't hurry love
- the doors - la woman and roadhouse blues
- faith hill - this kiss
- nena - 99 luftballons
- fisher-z - marliese
- lots of queen stuff, queen's good car music
- heart - crazy on you
- melissa etheridge - like the way i do, bring me some water, i want to come over
- janis joplin - piece of my heart
- chris isaak - baby did a bad bad thing
- vaya con dios - neh nah neh
- marco borsato - ik leef niet meer voor jou (sorry, but it's a good car song)
- steve and cockney - make me smile
- pointer sisters - fire
- almost everything shania twain (man i feel like a woman, i'm gonna getcha good, that don't impress me much...ya know)
- u2 - beautiful day, i will follow, walk on, desire

(I have (had) all these songs on a cd in my car at one time or another, that's why I remember )