Are you a sing-alonger?

[TR]

I love to sing. It makes me happy. I sing along to anything that's playing. I hum or sing to myself even when there's not music around. I have even caught myself humming and had to think a minute to figure out what it was, it's that...I can't think of the word damnit, I'm that not aware of doing it. It's probably borderline a problem, lol. And it's definitely an issue with BF because it kind of drives him insane

I definitely get it from my mom because she's the same way.

Anyone else do this?

[sapphireblue]

I am the same way!

Now that I have a kid, I find myself at work humming the tune to one or another of his musical toys.

I can't get songs out of my head, for days at a time.

My father is also like this.

[knx9211]

I can't listen to a song I know without singing along. I don't always hum, but I do sometimes.

I have a terrible voice. Feel sorry for my husband.

[wambam]

Yes. I didn't realize other people don't sing along lol.

[humpty]

singing is my life! lol My mom was always singing when I was younger so I grew up singing all the time too. Now my kids do the same.

[anlo]

I love to sing along when I'm alone. People who hum to themselves drive me crazy, though. I'm sorry!

[thebuddhagouda]

Yes, except my kid won't let me sing because he tells me he wants to hear the real band.

[anlo]

Jul 6, 2016 8:56:39 GMT -5 thebuddhagouda said:

Yes, except my kid won't let me sing because he tells me he wants to hear the real band.

DS says "No Mommy sing!"

Kids are the worst.

[lilafowler]

YES!
I embarrass the crap out of my mom during the holiday season because I can't help but sing and dance along to holiday songs at the store. It seems to happen the most at grocery stores or BJs. Lol
I also sing along to the radio all the time. I blast the volume and just let it loose. Ellie loves it.

[TR]

On our first vacation together last year we were riding around and BF kept changing the radio station and finally said, "Is there any song you DON'T know?!" lol  I didn't realize he'd been changing it in an attempt to find something I wouldn't sing along to.

[Jalapeñomel]

Yes. But I also am a musical theatre major so

[dottyblue]

Yes, but I never know the words, LOL. If I know the words, I sing them. If I don't, I "ooo-ooo-ooo" along with the music and then belt out the parts I know. I'm going to embarrass the hell out of my kids as they get older.

[Elsa]

Yes! Maddie loves it, and will often ask me to sing for her. Yesterday Isabelle was screaming in the car and I sang to her and she calmed down immediately- maybe because I sang so often when she was in utereo? I want them to love singing too- it's such a happy thing to do

[Monica Geller]

Yes! I always have a song playing in the back of my mind. I have music in my dreams most nights even. I don't always sing along out loud, but if you asked me randomly want song I had in mind I would be able to sing or hum something almost on command. I didn't know that other people didn't operate this way until I was talking to my H about it.

[TR]

Jul 6, 2016 9:06:55 GMT -5 Elsa said:

Yes! Maddie loves it, and will often ask me to sing for her. Yesterday Isabelle was screaming in the car and I sang to her and she calmed down immediately- maybe because I sang so often when she was in utereo? I want them to love singing too- it's such a happy thing to do

Right? Why are you trying to squash the happiness, BF?!

[sapphireblue]

Jul 6, 2016 9:07:09 GMT -5 Monica Geller said:

Yes! I always have a song playing in the back of my mind. I have music in my dreams most nights even. I don't always sing along out loud, but if you asked me randomly want song I had in mind I would be able to sing or hum something almost on command. I didn't know that other people didn't operate this way until I was talking to my H about it.

I never thought about it, but this is so true.

Even when I am not singing audibly, I am singing inside my head.

I also cannot sing on tune at all.

[Mrs.Rad888]

Definitely. I'm always surprised when people say that they never listen to the radio in the car. 
Sometimes the kind of song I'm singing in my head gives me clues what kind of mood I'm in. If I have "Pardon Me" by Incubus running through my head, it's probably better if you give me some space.
I wake up with music in my head. Sometimes I have to let the song run for a bit before I realize what song it is.

I pretty much never sing around other people. I'm sure my voice is fine, I just have never been able to let others hear me sing. The only exception was a couple of concerts I went to with my BFF. I didn't worry about being heard, because it was so loud I figured there was no way anyone could pick me out of the crowd. It was very freeing, and I thought I could at least unclench enough to sing with BFF and her DD, but I couldn't. My throat closes up. It's ridiculous.

[spitforspat]

Singing brings me so much unadulterated JOY. Hearing other people sing in groups makes me cry. I just love it. It breaks my heart that my voice is so terrible. If I were rich I'd take voice lessons in a heartbeat.

[nahoku]

Oh yes. I even have a playlist on my phone of songs that I really like singing along, too. I only get to listen to it when H isn't around (I really enjoyed driving up to the cabin without him a couple of weekends ago) because it is full of things like Celine Dion and Whitney Houston and musical numbers and Sugarland and Ani DiFranco and The Civil Wars and Brandi Carlile. He'll tolerate some of those artists/songs sprinkled in here and there (and he genuinely likes Brandi) but not all together, and not with me singing along at top volume. Songs where I can really show off my vocal skillz (of which I have very, very few). Don't get me wrong. I also enjoy "singing" along to artists like Lil Jon. The children are never impressed.

I can't listen to music while I run at the gym/in public because I always want to be singing out loud!

[nahoku]

Jul 6, 2016 9:46:45 GMT -5 loonylunalovegood said:

I didn't realize there are people that don't singalong. I even make up my own songs about what I'm doing. My poor H has started doing it too. I love it because life should be a musical.

Haha.  When my sister, our friend and I were backpacking in Europe, my sister and I decided that we'd turn one day into a musical and tried to sing everything we had to say.  Our friend very nearly killed us.

[noodleskooze]

I'm not. This shouldn't shock anyone who knows me IRL. I just don't find it fun; I'm too inhibited or something. lol

[panicfoot]

Yes and I've become super self conscious because I don't even know I'm doing it sometimes. I also break into song if something someone says reminds me of lyrics.

I was a vocal performance major and sang opera ten hours a day so I guess I never really broke the habit. Sorry, coworkers!

[MarmeeNoir]

No, but I'll start dancing or just bopping around pretty much anywhere there is a good beat. Lol A lot of the time I don't realize I'm doing it.

[TR]

Jul 6, 2016 10:11:33 GMT -5 MarmeeNoir said:

No, but I'll start dancing or just bopping around pretty much anywhere there is a good beat. Lol A lot of the time I don't realize I'm doing it.

I also do this  I'm just an embarrassment to be with all-around, lol.

[miso]

A car is little more than a personal karaoke machine with wheels.

[Elsa]

Jul 6, 2016 10:18:06 GMT -5 TR said:

Jul 6, 2016 10:11:33 GMT -5 MarmeeNoir said:

No, but I'll start dancing or just bopping around pretty much anywhere there is a good beat. Lol A lot of the time I don't realize I'm doing it.

I also do this  I'm just an embarrassment to be with all-around, lol.

I really want you to move here and come work with me- we would have so much fun!

[isabel]

I sing when there's music. Mostly in my car. I rarely hum or sing aloud outside the car or if people are around.

[TR]

Jul 6, 2016 10:21:27 GMT -5 Elsa said:

Jul 6, 2016 10:18:06 GMT -5 TR said:

I also do this  I'm just an embarrassment to be with all-around, lol.

I really want you to move here and come work with me- we would have so much fun!

I mean...there's a 98% chance we're moving so...totally possible!

[SwimDeep]

I love to sing, and I like to think I have a nice voice. I've heard my voice played back to me though, and I'm not so sure I like it, lol.
I'm like some of the previous posters who always have a song playing in their heads. If I've got Evanescence or Five Finger Death Punch playing I know I need to avoid people.

But I really love the idea that, if I ever have kids, I'll probably be singing Johnny Cash songs as lullabies

[flex]

If I'm happy I've been known to break out in song--in public. lol