Wicked Wednesday: Sing Along

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I am a singer…in private. I’ve done karaoke twice, once at a bar, and once at a conference in front of about 5000 people, which was kind of nervewracking, but also sort of fun. I’d do that again, I think – if I ever get out of the house again.

I sing a lot, actually. It makes me feel good (although some songs make me sad and I have to be in the mood). Sometimes I make up lyrics to a tune that’s running through my head, even if there’s no music playing.  I sing along in the car and on the treadmill – usually I know the words, but sometimes I don’t, and I have some good mixed up lyrics on occasion. Some songs are hard to sing to but I do anyway – I don’t speak German, so Rammstein is a bit of a challenge – I had to sing with the lyric sheet and a translation to get anywhere close.

Since I do like to sing along, I don’t listen to a lot of death metal but most other rock, pop (mostly 80s), and punk is game.  Some of my favorites, many that I walk/jog to are:

Rammstein – “Links 2 3 4” and “Ich tu dir weh”
Talking Heads – “Psycho Killer”
Oingo Boingo – “Only a Lad” and “1984”
Disturbed – “Down with the Sickness“, “Indestructible” and “Inside the Fire”
Tears for Fears – “Mad World”
Rob Zombie – “Living Dead Girl” and “The Devil’s Rejects”
Blue Oyster Cult – “Black Blade” and “Harvester of Eyes”
Metallica – “Creeping Death” and “Master of Puppets”
Kongos – “Come with Me Now”
Lady Gaga – “Teeth”
Cat Stevens – “Bitterblue” and “Another Saturday Night”
The Clash – “Should I Stay or Should I Go”
Violent Femmes – “I hear the Rain” and “Kiss Off”
XTC – “Dear God”

There’s a lot – this is just a small sampling.

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