Unmiked band members who nevertheless sing along with every song

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Today I saw live clips of both Radiohead and REO Speedwagon (don't ask) band members engaging in this activity - non-vocalists unable to resist singing along with the vocalists. Is perhaps the drummer or bassist wishing they were the lead singer? Or are they overcome by the sheer poetry of, say, "Keep on Loving You"? Is this vaguely sad or vaguely endearing?

― Hammy (hammy), Saturday, 9 August 2003 05:24 (twenty-two years ago)

Steve Harris to thread!

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 9 August 2003 05:27 (twenty-two years ago)

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/pic200_web/drp200/p221/p22157rha1x.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 9 August 2003 05:28 (twenty-two years ago)

My bass player friend does it so he can remember the verse/chorus changes. He's also pretty subtle about it - you can probably only barely see his lips moving.

― Xii (Xii), Saturday, 9 August 2003 05:33 (twenty-two years ago)

Charles Mingus to thread

― M Matos (M Matos), Saturday, 9 August 2003 06:08 (twenty-two years ago)

Hehe, yes I was going to mention Radiohead. Colin sings along to nearly everything, quite visibly. I don't think he's aware he's doing it. It's quite endearing. I don't think he's wishing he was the lead singer at all--he just gets caught up in it, like someone singing along to the radio while alone in the car.

― Melissa W (Melissa W), Saturday, 9 August 2003 06:46 (twenty-two years ago)

Or at least, he's not aware that people notice.

― Melissa W (Melissa W), Saturday, 9 August 2003 06:49 (twenty-two years ago)

Colin's known for a love of kareoke, though..

Maybe he likes to pretend that he sounds like Thom.

Of course, he's also known for other stage antics such as "stare at Phil," "run up and tease Ed," and of course "leap about like a pogo stick," so it's probably just an overabundance of energy.

― Heather (Heather), Saturday, 9 August 2003 06:50 (twenty-two years ago)

Glenn Gould to thread (he was miked to often unbearable extent though)

― nestmanso (nestmanso), Saturday, 9 August 2003 07:06 (twenty-two years ago)

I don't think "groaners" like Gould or Oscar Peterson qualify -- they're wordlessly vocalizing, not singing along. I say classic -- when I see a drummer or bass player in some garage band doing this, I take it as a real sign of into-it-ness.

― briania, Saturday, 9 August 2003 17:36 (twenty-two years ago)

Actually, when I saw the Buzzcocks on their first reunion tour (approx. 10 years ago; their comeback has now lasted twice as long as their original career), Pete Shelley would sing "whoa-oh-ohs" off-mike on the songs where Diggle sang lead. He had a huge smile on his face and seemed to be having a blast, and it struck me at the time as really charming.

― Nom De Plume (Nom De Plume), Saturday, 9 August 2003 19:45 (twenty-two years ago)

I take it as a real sign of into-it-ness.

Like people staring at the newsstand and forming the headlines with their lips?

― nestmanso (nestmanso), Saturday, 9 August 2003 20:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Nah, thems just stoopid.

― Ben Dot, Saturday, 9 August 2003 23:01 (twenty-two years ago)

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