Sing Along

[loracs]

Do you have a song that you HAVE to sing along with whenever and wherever you hear it?  I do.  Don McLean's "American Pie".  If I'm alone, I will sing it at the top of my lungs, otherwise, I try to be considerate and not torture the ears of all creatures within hearing range.  There is just something about that song that MAKES me sing.  Maybe because I was 15 when it was popular.  Maybe because it captures a moment in time and place so well, so vividly.  Whatever the reason, it compels me, as no other song does, to sing along.

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I must like to sing...

[cassidyrose.livejournal.com]

"Werewolves of London" by Warren Zevon: Why? I don't know. I just love this song and it compels me to sing along with it. At high volume. The lyrics have always made me smile.

"Being For the Benefit of Mr. Kite" and "Lovely Rita" by the Beatles: I am pretty much compelled to sing along to anything from "Sgt. Peppers'" largely because it is ingrained in my head--when I was eight years old I studied the back of the album cover and memorized all the damn lyrics just so I could sing along. "Mr. Kite" and "Lovely Rita" compel me to sing even more than the others, though, largely because I so vividly remember my dad singing them to me.

"Hey Bulldog" by The Beatles: I was long obsessed with this song and was beyond thrilled that the sequence with the song was put in the re-release of "Yellow Submarine". Did I mention I had a "Yellow Submarine" cake for my ninth birthday? In 1983, no less.

"It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" by REM: Perhaps it is the mere challenge and absudity of this one that makes me sing.

I am sure there are more, but that is all I can think of off the top of my head. "Werewolves" is hands down the top of the list. I even howl when I sing it.

Re: I must like to sing...

[loracs.livejournal.com]

I like to sing along with most Beatles songs too. I want to hear your werewolve howl!