Singing in The Car; No You’re Not a Star!
So I was driving Downtown, running errands and I had my iPod with me. I was stoked because I’d just spent two days putting together the perfect set list of my favorite music and musicians. I like to have a plan for any and every possible situation musically. For example, this is how my iPod is organized:
For my Heavy Metal Head Bangin’ fix I listen to:
Metallica, Godsmack, Daisy, AC/DC, Filter and some others…you get the point.
For my Introspective mode, I have:
Mazzy Starr, This Mortal Coil, Massive Attack and some other emo stuff, (before it was called emo)
For my Swingin Hipster Mode, I listen to:
Sinatra, Michael Bublé, The “Velvet Frog” Mel Torme, Dean Martin, and some others
For my Hip Hop/Rap fix, you gotta roll with:
Jay Z, Biggie, Tupac, Mos Def, Brother Ali, Dr Dre, Snoop, Eminem, Game, Fiddy Cent, NWA, A Tribe Called Quest, and many more…
For my Gen X fix, I blast:
Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Blind Melon, The Smiths, Elvis Costello, Smashing Pumpkins, No Doubt, Radiohead, Weezer, Beck, Ace of Base, (just kidding about the last one 
)
Throw in some Johnny Cash, Mozart, Minor Threat, Descendent’s and you get the picture.
So I am driving up 5th Avenue and I had my iPod on shuffle and Jay Z’s “Empire State of Mind” came up. Now this is a dope song. I cranked up the volume and started to do that thing with my head where you stick your chin out and kinda bob up and down. Imagine holding a paint brush with your lips and painting a wall. Yeah, it’s kind of like that. So I’m cruising down the street and I find myself sliding low in my seat, my arm straight out with my hand on the top of the steering wheel. I mean, I am really feeling it! It was so good that I had to hit rewind and hear that jam again. So now I’m into it. I mean I’m Jay Z with a lighter tan. That’s when the inthinkable happened.
Just like this woman, I was ROCKIN the iPod
I STARTED SINGING ALONG WITH THE SONG…IN MY CAR! I rolled up the windows just in case someone might hear me. Now I’m singing LOUD and I come up to a stop light. There was a car that pulled next to me, but I didn’t glance over because I didn’t want to make it obvious that I was singing along with the music. So I’m still singing along and here comes the chorus and I just go for it, I mean, c’mon, my windows were rolled up right? Imagine that scene in Jerry Maguire where Tom Cruise is singing Tom Petty’s “Free Fallin,” yeah, well that’s me at the light.
Tom and I LOVE to sing in the car….
Just before the light turned green, I looked over to see a car with four very attractive, and obviously amused ladies in the BMW next to me. I wanted to crawl into the glove compartment and steer with my feet. Needless to say they drove off giggling and I took the nearest turn. I didn’t want to get stuck at another light with those pretty ladies. Once I got home and got out of my car, I realized that both back windows were rolled down! I had only rolled up the front two. That means that they had heard my screeching along with Jay Z! Aaaaah Rats!
Next time I want to sing in the car, I’m going to wear a ski mask and roll up ALL my windows.
