Have you belting out a Celine song while driving?

[Bellamy]

Car tunes: Redheads are driven to sing

 

Have you ever caught yourself belting out a Celine Dion song while driving down the highway? Or been stared at while rocking out to a Bruce Springsteen tune when you're stopped at a red light?

 

If you're a redhead, the answer is most likely yes, according to a recent survey of more than 1,000 U.S. drivers.

 

The study, commissioned by car-accessory company Auto Expressions, found that 53 percent of redheads say they always sing in the car. Also, women are more likely to jam out than men, Capricorns are the least likely to sing while on the road, and 40 percent of "car crooners" have air fresheners.

 

Eight out of 10 people prefer to sing alone.

 

Redhead Jon-Michael Ball controls the volume to his car radio by a button on the steering wheel. He flips through stations until a song fits his mood.

 

On a recent day he is belting out the lyrics to a Pink song, in the same booming tenor voice he showcases for the Orlando Opera.

 

I'm comin' up, so you better get this party started

 

Get this party started on a Saturday night

 

Everybody's waitin for me to arrive

 

Sendin' out the message to all of my friends

 

We'll be lookin flashy in my Mercedes Benz

 

Except in this case, Ball's driving a gray 1997 Buick Park Avenue, which he describes as a "grandpa car," fitted with a fresh-and-clean fragranced air freshener.

 

"It's a boat," he says of his first car in eight years. He just moved to Orlando from New York, where he relied on the subway system to get him around.

 

"If you sang in the subway, you'd get looks or money thrown at you," jokes Ball, 28.

 

Now, he finds himself unwinding in the Buick after long days at the opera.

 

His music selection depends on the traffic, he says. If it's bad, he prefers rap, maybe something by Ludacris. On a clear roadway, he sings along to Billy Joel and the Beatles.

 

It's been a hard day's night,

 

And I've been working like a dog,

 

It's been a hard day's night,

 

I should be sleeping like a log.

 

He taps the steering wheel with his hand and laughs as he goes.

 

Unlike Ball, four out of 10 commuters care when someone catches them singing, and SUV drivers sing the most.

source: http://www.orlandosentinel.com/entertainme...orl-calmusictop

 

[Krys]

[Macaronie]

LMAO

[AllCeline]

I wouldn't say "belting out," seeing that there's always gonna be someone in the car with me until I get my driver's license... but in one more year, you can be sure I'll be doing MORE than belting out!! Hahaha!!

 

"I DROOVE ALL NIIIIIIIIGHT!!"

Edited October 3, 2006 at 01:29 PM by AllCeline

[Bellamy]

So are you a redhead?

[AllCeline]

So are you a redhead? 

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Not quite.

[Clari]

I sing sometimes but I feel embarassed

[Tal]

all the time before i moved to manhattan. when i used to drive from college back to my parents house i would the entire 2 hour drive

[Célinefull]

I sing whenever I'm in the car with my mum because we always have Céline, French collection so we sing songs like d'amour ou d'amitié and mon ami m'a quitté

[nico robin]

i sing sometimes in the car (while i'm waiting for my mom hehe)

but i feel embrassed too coz my mom or another person is there but, wait till i have my driver licence and i'll sing celine's songs everyday hehe (or at least i'll try to sing it every day )

[Bellamy]

Reminds me of Gayle on Oprah.

 

http://www.celinedionforum.com/index.php?showtopic=18195

[Love,]

YES I have! I love to belt out songs while driving!

 

I just think the MIMING thing that you all do is quite weird.... ... but THERE'S NO SHAME IN BELTING!!! (Just make sure you fasten your seat belts!)

[Rania]

I don't drive ... yet, but I 'm listening to music while I 'm out of the house and especially when doing shopping on my own -you can't have always company with you- and I tend to sing aloud joyful songs -well not that loud - like "That's the way it is", "ANDHC" etc. and sometimes ppl are staring at me like that or . I guess I can't hit celine's notes very well....

 

When I get to drive, I've promised myself that when I get to the highway for the 1st time, I 'm going to put "IDAN" or Misled on really loud!