I've taken to singing in the car - loudly.
I read somewhere that it's one of the tips given to people who suffer from the winter blues. That's not me but I'm always interested to try out new feel good ideas.
But they're not talking about a gentle warbling along to the radio, oh no, this is belting it out Katherine Jenkins style.It takes a bit of getting used to, singing at the top of your lungs and it helps if you're alone in the car unless you do have vocal chords to rival the Welsh songbird, which I definitely don't, unfortunately.
Picking the right songs is another factor - last week I worked my way through Take That's 'Progress' and I'm now on to Bruce Springsteen's new CD although my current fave is Adele's 'Rolling in the Deep' from her new album 21. Boy can that woman sing, how I'd love a voice like that.
It works! I now know I'm never going to be able to hit a top C again in my life (not sure I ever could) but I reach my destination feeling decidedly perky.
There are some things to remember though - traffic lights. I was still burbling away when I had to stop at a red light at the motorway junction. I glanced to my right to see the man in the car next to me laughing his head off.
It's going to be such fun in the summer when I have the roof down on my car. I may get pulled over for a breach of the peace!
Over the winter as the economic news got worse in Ireland, I had to stop listening to the radio. Ranting at voices over the airways driving to work was raising my blood pressure too much!
ReplyDeleteSo I listen to music instead now, and sing my head off to everything from Guns and Roses to Rihanna - rubbish voice but it makes you feel good!
Margaret, it does, doesn't it? Whenever I'm feeling blue I slap in a CD and just sing. It really does work and has been helping me get through a tough time recently. My latest discovery is Ellie Goulding, another great voice. I really don't care what I sound like either!
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