People Who Can't Carry A Tune Either Don't Know Or Don't Care, Study Shows

Science Daily ^ | 6-15-2008 | American Institute of Physics

[stevem]

In church my wife has ordered me to lip sync.

[Balding_Eagle]

People Who Can't Carry A Tune Either Don't Know Or Don't Care, Study Shows

I know, and I care. Everyone around has a lot to be thankful for, even if they don't know it!

[coloradan]

I hope this cost less than $50 million to discover.

[Southerngl]

Singing is fun no matter how bad you are at it.

Still no cure for cancer.

[darkangel82]

I care too. I know I can’t sing, so I just keep my mouth shut. Keeps me outta trouble that way.

[Revolting cat!]

The tone deaf should be shot on sight!

[beezdotcom]

Singing is fun for YOU no matter how bad you are at it.

There...I fixed it...

[huck von finn]

Um...I think it’s because they don’t know. ;-)

[sionnsar]

The tone deaf should be shot on sight!

How do you tell by looking? *\;-)

[GOP_Raider]

...or make a few bucks and die an early death, like Janis Joplin.

[don-o]

I sing some music that is for folks who sing in the choir and also for those who have been asked not to sing in the choir.

Check links on my profile page.

Really

[Larry Lucido]

And yet, there are still people who go "Okay, everybody join in!" or "I can't hear you!" I always want to throttle them and say "Hey, idiot, there's a reason I'm not singing! Let it go already!"

[musicman]

Hmmm...maybe THAT is why Obama doesn't EVER sing "The Star Spangled Banner".

He simply doesn't want to sing off key and mess up others around him who CAN sing it on key.

(..OK..OK...sarcasm off thingee goes in this spot....)

[darkangel82]

Same here. You won’t see me on American Idol any time soon.

[svcw]

I could not sing on tune if my life depended on it.

So I sing out loud in the car when I am by myself.

At church I am grateful that the music is loud and peppy, so no one notices that I can not carry a tune, and I am also grateful that during music worship that God doesn't care either.

[EagleUSA]

I think this is where Algore gets his junk science for the Global Warming cult....

[ThomasThomas]

I think most people can sing in tune if they have someone to listen to singing the right notes. I sang in a choir of around 200 that had a group of about 16 singer that were given the music early and they knew it when the choir sang it the first time. Anyone could join the choir and the only two restrictions were that you would to let the choir director help you if you needed help and you show up for practice 80% of the time. This rule extended to everyone in the choir included those who had sung professionally.

[thulldud]

How do you tell by looking?

If you sight Roseanne singing the National Anthem, that is close enough.

[McLynnan]

The event I dread the most every year is the forced Christmas caroling in my department at work. I try to be a good sport and lip sync, but that isn’t good enough...NOOOOOOO they insist I sing out loud and humiliate myself, lol.