Led by a gargling pod of caterwauling tone-deaf dolphins, followed by a chorale of water-sprouting sea-hags, it was the sound of a thousand juvenile roosters straining their vocals at dawn.
It’s the end of the world and the end of hearing anything pleasurable as we know it …
The danger of singing in the shower at dawn!
We all know that the shower song is the world of the closeted rock star where you pound out the playlist to start your day.
It’s the ultimate operatic sound-booth that reaches beyond the boundaries of the sonic boom-box.
That is until the soap sting causes you to sing opera too high it becomes a glass-shattering moment, awakening the suburb like a screaming kettle.
So, what creates this memorable powerful playlist performance of an under-stressed songster?
Is it the ambience of running water, a shower curtain, and a new day ahead?
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Is it the tiles for the acoustics that make your voice sound better than bellowing out boldly to alert the neighbours of an incoming tsunami?
Is it a form of torture parents inflict upon their children because your pets have probably run away by now.
Or are you practising for Karaoke night? And this is a form of reverse psychology to sing so badly that it forces your friends to beg you to refrain from signing anywhere in public again… and never in the car.
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Really, can we all be that bad?
I mean we all know the words to Happy Birthday that we all bellow out at parties, and there’s no way you can ruin that song, right? Um…
So, is it just a shower thing to sing behind that closed curtain?
Do you sing while wallowing in water outdoors?
Probably not.
Going beyond the Shower’s Song
Does this phenomenon also spread to being in your car with the windows up, surrounded by congested traffic where other drivers watch your lip-sync battle for the traffic lights? Is it the same?
Why do we do it?
As a known bad singer, I go for it in the car. Yet, for others, is this the perfect place to discover the range of your vocals.
Karaoke is a favourite where crooners bellow out their favourite shower song in a smoky bar with a beer in hand. Right?
Go on, admit it, you’ve been there too.
Or you wish you were…
Shower Songs’ Playlists:
There are playlists for singing in the shower and even a shower song.
Ed Sheeran’s’, Shape of You is voted one of today’s best shower songs.
Pitch Perfect has a shower singing scene and Ferris Bueller has an iconic shower scene, even Emma Stone got in the act.
And the list for music and movie showering moments runs on and on and on…
Stopping the Shower Song?
Lack of hot water would make you screech a whole new tune as you cop a blast of cold water.
Perhaps a horror movie moment such as a memorable Pycho shower scene?
What’s wrong with singing in the shower?
Nothing. Many of us do it, like the celebrities mentioned above.
A shower is an amazing place – it’s also proven to be the best place to have thoughts.
Who hasn’t had that lightning bolt of an idea or a solution to their problem in the shower?
As a writer, I have many inspirational moments, especially when I can’t get to a pen and paper to jot it down. Typical.
It’s also why I’m writing this blog because in the romantic comedy, AVOIDING THE PITY PARTY, we meet the wonderful big brother Jimmy who has this habit of assaulting his family senses at dawn. His sister, Deanne, is hoping to win the lottery to pay for Jimmy’s singing lessons or for corrective measures to cure his tone-deafness. Enduring Jimmy’s shower-solos is torture.
So, are you a shower-singing-stall-star, or are you the silent-sufferer in your household?
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