Fred Durst to my Aaron Lewis

If you’ve been in my car at any time, you know I sing in the car almost non-stop.  You must engage me in conversation to get me to stop, and even then, I’ll still sing between my sentences or sing at you in reply to your questions.  It is only in slightly embarassed hindsight that I just realized that I sang Buckcherry’s Crazy Bitch to a near stranger very recently (look up the lyrics if you don’t know why that’s mortifying), but it’s just habit to sing behind the wheel.

I don’t sing well, noooooooo.  Lack of talent doesn’t stop me.  It’s my car, I’ll do what I want, so there.

Generally, I have my mp3 player on random.  My thought pattern is fairly random, so my music should be, too.

This afternoon, I was sitting in traffic downtown.  I had the windows down because it was nice and warm.  I had just finished throwing down Run DMC’s It’s Tricky (this beat is my recital, I think it’s very vital…) when the random mp3 player mix brought up Staind’s Outside, the studio version of the tune.  The more popular version of the song is the one that emerged from the Family Values Tour with Limp Bizkit’s Fred Durst sort of warbling backup vocals.

 I gulped down some water and scooted forward in traffic only a smidge before I embraced my inner Aaron Lewis, power ballad-ing into the steering wheel like Staind was auditioning me to replace Aaron right then and there.  And I hit the chorus I’m on the outside (horribly off key, but with enthusiasm!) and I heard another voice sing I’m lookin’ in!

WTF?

I look over and the passenger in the Subaru WRX next to me is hanging his head out the window.  He’s singing the Fred Durst backup!  It was so cool!  I was Aaron, he was Fred and we were rockin’ the power ballad out!  The light turned green just a few seconds later, and I had to wave goodbye to my backup vocalist and return to my solo efforts, but, man, there for an instant, we were both rock stars.