Reader Request: Sing-a-Long
February 28th, 2008 - by Eddie
Whether you loathe or love them, some bands have that one rousing song that everyone knows and, when played at a show, everyone feels the need to sing it with the band at the top of their lungs.
The Foo Fighters have these songs. So do The Decemberists. Bon Jovi is probably the king of this type of music.
And I’ll admit it. I love these moments during concerts, when everyone is singing off key and no one cares. It’s a level of connection that isn’t often felt.
So with this week’s Reader Request (yes, I know it’s late), I want to know about either new sing-a-long songs you can’t wait to hear live or your favorite sing-a-long song/moment.
Here’s mine:
Since last year, I’ve been hooked on Grand Archives
Listen to it and just try not to feel inspired to yell the lyrics.
Grand Archives “The Crime Window”
February 29th, 2008 at 6:05 pm
I just saw the PBS special on Pete Seeger- he talked about how for him- the fun was not singing songs to an audience- but getting them to sing the songs with him- so he’s got my vote for king of the sing along.