I won’t speak for Rob, but I am very, very much not a good singer. I mean, I can carry a tune, I’ve been in choirs and such (school made everyone be in choir from grades 1 – 8), but I’m not one of those people who open her mouth and have angels fly out ( side note: if I saw angels actually flying out of someone’s mouth I would probably wonder why they had been eating angels and also I would more than likely yell a lot). I don’t like to sing in front of other people, although I love to sing. When I’m alone it’s like a Broadway musical in here. I will sing with little kids, if they want me to, but I will not sing in front of other adults.
Except I *will* sing in front of my husband. There are days when our communication boils down to us singing little songs about each other (one of my favourites is the one he sings about being in love with Louise, and liking to eat cheese). Sometimes we do little duets. Tonight while I drove him to work, we paid tribute to Warren Zevon*, doing our best at this song:
Yeah, you’ll never see us on your MTV, but we are SUPERSTARS in our kitchen.
* This is originally a Warren Zevon song. After he died, Jill Sobule recorded it for the tribute album, Enjoy Every Sandwich.
I can only find the Jill Sobule version on YouTube. She does an excellent job, though, don’t you think?
(Rob makes a ninja edit) – here’s Warren doing the song – “Solo Acoustic – Recorded Live 1231999 At Austin City Limits Studios”
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and another video:
I love this, but it kind of makes me a bit sad.
that’s great. i mean, the singing to each other is great too, but i mean the video, or, rather, that version of the song.
it has made me want to find this tribute album.
I’m an okay singer but nothing great. I will sing in front of kids and I sing in my house or car all the time, but in front of adults? No way.
I’ve never heard this song before – I love it.