Crank it up

mikeschmike · #1 02-27-2007, 01:15 PM

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 · #2 02-27-2007, 01:22 PM

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 · #3 02-27-2007, 01:26 PM

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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 · #4 02-27-2007, 01:31 PM

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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 · #5 02-27-2007, 01:36 PM

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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 · #6 02-27-2007, 01:40 PM

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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.

Quote:

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.

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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.

BlackWidow · #7 02-27-2007, 01:59 PM

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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"!!!

WildHeart69 · #8 02-27-2007, 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by skcin

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

Def those, and I am a sucker for Badlands!!! mostly the middle "for the ones who had a notion, a notion deep inside..." and of course the 'live' "whoooooooa's"

Union City Blue
Sussudio
Pretty much any Tom Petty

mikeschmike · #9 02-27-2007, 01:56 PM

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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.

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Originally Posted by skcin

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

There isn't much to say on that except

skcin · #11 02-27-2007, 01:34 PM

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.

foxyluva · #12 02-27-2007, 02:14 PM

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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"

amber · #13 02-27-2007, 02:40 PM

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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.

This would be pretty representative of my list. Much more Heart, of course. When Barracuda comes on, I have to watch that I don't start going really, really fast.
More Blondie, too.
All Mac/Stevie, all the time.

carrie721 · #14 02-27-2007, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by amber

This would be pretty representative of my list. Much more Heart, of course. When Barracuda comes on, I have to watch that I don't start going really, really fast.
More Blondie, too.
All Mac/Stevie, all the time.

yeah, i was going to add more heart and blondie, but i didn't want to end up listing half of their discographies.

haha, i typed dicography. dickography. hahahahaha.

CelticGypsy · #15 02-27-2007, 02:21 PM

I have been singing in the car since I was a kid. The only time I got stopped by a policeman for speeding while singing was to an Elton John song CD. lol I got a warning since I personally knew the policeman from our small town and he was SHOCKED I was going faster than 40 MPH

I drive like a grandmother which I wasn't at that time

On road trips, I always take my Fleetwood Mac and Stevie CD's. My hubby hates it too

I am a terrible singer but it makes me happy