Random midnight thought

[apocalypsos]

I think it's horribly unfair that when I sing along to the "Once More With Feeling" songs and I get to "Wish I Could Stay", I have to sing Giles' part because I can't hit Tara's high notes. And when I'm singing along to the "Chicago" soundtrack, my easiest song is "When You're Good to Mama", which may have more to do with attitude than the fact that I'm an alto and it's easier for me to sing low than high.

Then again, I'm not really the best singer on the planet, so maybe I shouldn't be trying any of them. Especially since I think I'm starting to hear dogs in three counties howl.

Comments

[doqz.livejournal.com]

See you're a step ahead of me. When i sing to that ep my neighbours think it's terribly unfair. And also cats within 250 mile radius.

Thus - humming. In my head.

Or alternatively sitting in the corner and sneering at those that can sing. I like sneering myself. Oh, I'm down with sneering.

[laurelin-kit.livejournal.com]

I think I make the people in the cars next to me stare when I sing. Especially OMWF, which is my usual driving soundtrack. That and Mandy.

[cacklebang.livejournal.com]

Chicago is fun to sing, but stuff like that works best when you've got a whole house to yourself. And an empty room with high ceilings. This also works well with standards (My "Mack The Knife" is getting pretty good.)

[sabra-n.livejournal.com]

I'm a mezzo-soprano at best, so I've been known to kill small animals when trying to sing along to "Green Finch and Linnet Bird."

I can't help it. It's such a pretty song...

-blue

[ladysorka]

I'm an alto/bordering on a 2nd alto. Trying to sing along with women's parts is always very interesting.

And doesn't usually work.

[etoilepb.livejournal.com]

That's just how voices are. I am, in fact, a rather good singer, but even though once in a while I luck out and have great soprano days, most of the time I'm an alto, sometimes I'm a tenor, and once in a while I've been known to make a surprisingly passable baritone.

Personally I've always liked those parts better. Maybe it's because I'm the daughter of an operatic soprano but I've always found that violins, flutes, and sopranos are highly overrated.

[chang-o.livejournal.com]

I'm an alto now too. I used to be a soprano & sometime I try to fool myself that I can still hit those high notes, but mostly, I am wrong abouy that. On a good day, I can singf mezzo soprano maybe. It's just always good to hear that someone else actually sings along to CDs or the radio or whatever,and cares what they sound like too. Sometimes I wonder if my friends think I'm loopy cos I'm always singing along.

[liamere.livejournal.com]

Am an alto myself (almost a tenor, actually), but I find that "Class" on the Chicago soundtrack works wonders.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_inbetween_/]

tip: if you can't turn on the speakers loud enough to drown out your own voice, and do not want to sing while vacuuming, put on headphones (again: as loud as possible) and croon along. you don't really care what the neighbours think, right?

[sasscat.livejournal.com]

My main gripe with "Wish I Could Stay" is that I can't sing Giles' *and* Tara's parts at the same time. For some reason, it really irks me that I can't harmonise with myself. It feels wildly unfair. Maybe that's just me.

[sabra-n.livejournal.com]

Do what one of my friends did- she just became a tenor. And a pretty good one, too.

-blue

[cmstephens.livejournal.com]

Y'know, I've never been able to catch "Once More With Feeling" now that Buffy's being re-run on FX. And, the jackasses at the local cable company took away our only UPN station before that season aired, so I didn't see it the first time around, either.

As for singing overall... mine is pretty terrible. This is why I only play Karaoke Revolution while everyone else is asleep... and I try to keep it quiet...

[trishalynn.livejournal.com]

Same here. I think I've given up on my second alto/second soprano and have slid blissfully into contralto status. But when I need to, it's good to know those pipes are there.

[acetal.livejournal.com]

You know, until Once More With Feeling I didn't like Tara. Then I did. Which, I know, seems horribly shallow of me, but I like Christopher Lambert for the same reason. The voice, I mean, not doing a musical. Though that could be interesting.

I have Once More With Feeling on CD. How sad is it that I also want David Boreanaz singing Mandy?