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Singing while riding??

Not a problem when your zipping along with no one around... Yesterday I was sat in traffic singing away to myself, when I noticed I was getting a few looks from people walking past and other motorists..Whooops!!! lol
Wouldn't have been a problem if it was a "cool" song, but my rendition of Madonna "Dress you up" just wasn't cutting it
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you
yes ......
song of now is electric sixs classic.. gay bar
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Guilty as charged, your Honor. Neil Young, for some reason, goes well when riding the streets of Atlanta.

Not so conspicuous in a full-faced helmet, but when I'm wearing my 3/4 lid, people gape, laugh or, worse, just stare straight ahead. As if they are in the presence of lunacy.

<ahem>
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Re: you
T5bitza69 wrote:
yes ......
song of now is electric sixs classic.. gay bar
Friday night ride home tune FPMSL Laughing emoticon
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Always! I sometimes ride with a headphone in on ear and I belt out the lyrics to whatever I'm listening to
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I usually default to "Take me home country roads", by John Denver. A big one from my childhood.

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Not so conspicuous in a full-faced helmet, but when I'm wearing my 3/4 lid, people gape, laugh or, worse, just stare straight ahead. As if they are in the presence of lunacy.

<ahem>
Ha ha yes this
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Me too, sort of. I usually "parp" tunes that I play on my trombone
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wobbly wheels wrote:
Singing while riding??

Not a problem when your zipping along with no one around... Yesterday I was sat in traffic singing away to myself, when I noticed I was getting a few looks from people walking past and other motorists..Whooops!!! lol
Wouldn't have been a problem if it was a "cool" song, but my rendition of Madonna "Dress you up" just wasn't cutting it
Just sing it like you mean it. Their fault for listening. 8)
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Not so much singing as swearing.... Livid emoticon
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Listening to music and singing generally adds about 10 mph to my already too fastedness. 15 if its AC/DC.
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Not so much singing as swearing.... Livid emoticon
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oh yeah i bawl out the lyrics (or a close approximation thereof) to any old crap when I'm riding... though i usually try and keep it to a low hum when i'm stopped at a traffic light.
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Yep, got caught in a soulful, off key, rendition of 'total eclipse of the heart' at a red light.
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All. The. Time.
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song of now is electric sixs classic.. gay bar
Honestly, I can appreciate the video.
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yep


only remember about three lines of the song im singing at the time so gets changed very quickly

much to the amusment of people walking about Clown emoticon
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Yes. I tend to forget that with my half face shield people can hear me quite well. My usual comment is "the F'ing roads", as i hit a pot hole". Have had everybody at the bus stop look my way and smile. Once going up the mountain i had an awesome tail wind. It would push me forward and then let up and i was yelling whoopie all the way up. Came around a corner to see a road crew looking my way to see what was coming. They smiled and waved as i went by.
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Muppets song, manha manha, coz it just goes on for ever like..
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Kruella_DV wrote:
I usually "parp" tunes that I play on my trombone
John W.
the thought of trombone parping scooterists has really tickled me - cheers John.
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Pepy27 wrote:
Not so much singing as swearing.... Livid emoticon
That has been recorded for posterity.
Ive seen the video at the ace cafe!
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Definitely ! I find myself singing born to be wild - strange song for a middle aged Vespa rider to sing but some of the lyrics suit...

Another classic is ride of the Valkyries which I like to "parp" out occasionally

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Re: Ever find yourself
wobbly wheels wrote:
Singing while riding?....
Just about time it is "... one ah dem Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah Days. Now dat's the kinda day where you can't opem yo mouf widout a song jumpin right out of it" -- Uncle Remus
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Mine is, "I Can't Drive 55" by the legendary Sammy Hagar.
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bars
All the time especially ion the long runs.

When I stop singing it means I'm getting really really tired.

Bill xxx
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I often find a tune going through my head while riding. I hate to brag, but I think I probably know more 1925-1940 popular songs and lyrics than anyone on MV, possibly twice as many or more.
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Vespizzare wrote:
I often find a tune going through my head while riding. I hate to brag, but I think I probably know more 1925-1940 popular songs and lyrics than anyone on MV, possibly twice as many or more.
All right! We have a crooner amongst us. And, your favorite to sing?

I find myself humming the melody of Glenn Miller's "In the mood". Oh God, showing my age.
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Yes, all the time! Got stopped by police on Christmas Day as I was apparently vigorously bopping my head along with whatever I was singing. They laughed. Laughing emoticon
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Re: you
T5bitza69 wrote:
yes ......
song of now is electric sixs classic.. gay bar
That's funny, I often sing Jonathan Richman's I Was Dancing In The Lesbian Bar

[EDIT]It's hard to sign and drive so I sing[/EDIT]
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Totally, unless I find myself listening to talk radio. On every longish ride I listen to my iPod with earbuds and belt out every song.
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It's not a normal ride,,,,,unless I'm singing!!!
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I was singing Steppenwolf in my helmet at an intersection. I don't know if they understood me or not but when I looked around I got some weird stares.

Maybe those people didn't think of it as a scooter song?


I dunno

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Singing to yourself is way better than talking to yourself and a lot more cheerful.
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flordian wrote:
Vespizzare wrote:
I often find a tune going through my head while riding. I hate to brag, but I think I probably know more 1925-1940 popular songs and lyrics than anyone on MV, possibly twice as many or more.
All right! We have a crooner amongst us. And, your favorite to sing?

I find myself humming the melody of Glenn Miller's "In the mood". Oh God, showing my age.
For starters: Bing Crosby, Ruth Etting, Al Bowlly, Annette Hanshaw, Rudy Vallee, Ethel Waters, Johnny Marvin, Russ Columbo, and Fred Astaire (who probably introduced more standards than anyone). It's funny how people who were so big have faded into the far distant past. Someone like Alice Faye was so so big and great, but I'd be surprised if .1% of people on the street ever heard of her. As the world turns...

Last ad singers: Tony Martin was Jewish. Who knew???

Here's a great cut from the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra,

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Guilty as charged. Mostly Trojan Ska and Northern Soul, mixed with the occasional classic hip-hop track (NWA, 2Pac, Dr. Dre). I grew up in East St. Louis in a predominantly African-American community.

I work in one of the most dangerous places in the world statistically (North St. Louis City, on the wrong side of the "Delmar Divide") and don't exactly look like a local. The site of a white guy on a scooter rapping "California Love" at full pelt seems to set people at ease.

Rather than look at me with suspicion, I get a lot of laughs and "crazy honky" comments.
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Guilty as charged. Mostly Trojan Ska and Northern Soul, mixed with the occasional classic hip-hop track (NWA, 2Pac, Dr. Dre). I grew up in East St. Louis in a predominantly African-American community.

I work in one of the most dangerous places in the world statistically (North St. Louis City, on the wrong side of the "Delmar Divide") and don't exactly look like a local. The site of a white guy on a scooter rapping "California Love" at full pelt seems to set people at ease.

Rather than look at me with suspicion, I get a lot of laughs and "crazy honky" comments.
LOL, I can hear it now... "F the police comin' straight from the underground"

and "I've been in the game for 10 years makin rap tunes, ever since honeys was wearin Sassoons"
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I"m a bit odd. When I'm really in a good mood I find myself singing 'La Mer' in the style of Julio Iglasias or Conte Partiro by Bocelli.

Sure I sound like Kenny in my full-face..

http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/103432/conte-partiro
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on cold mornings before i turn the the key i find myself singing
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froggieposition wrote:
Pepy27 wrote:
Not so much singing as swearing.... Livid emoticon
That has been recorded for posterity.
Ive seen the video at the ace cafe!
Graham
Laughing emoticon Me too

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