# Do you sing along with singers of the opposite gender? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 11, 2007, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-sing-along-with-singers-of-the-opposite-gender/395455 "2007-03-11T05:00:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-sing-along-with-singers-of-the-opposite-gender/395455/61 "2007-03-13T04:34:37Z")
[QUOTE=Tabby\_Cat] Gosh that’s a mouthful. \>.\> Question is exactly as it says.. If you’re a guy, do you sing along to, say, Kylie Minogue, or if you’re a girl, do you mouth the words along with.. well.. whoever it is. ^^; [/QUOTE] Yes. Like today, I was singing along to Blondie’s _The Tide is High_. ---
**Author:** ![Belrix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed655f/32.png) [@Belrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belrix)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-sing-along-with-singers-of-the-opposite-gender/395455/62 "2007-03-13T17:33:10Z")
Yup. I’m a high tenor so I can carry up through most of the standard female ranges and even snip a note or two from the sopranos. Remember The Music Man? I played the tenor (high voice) in the barbershop quartet. I’m a big man, 350 lbs, 6’3". I’m the biggest guy on stage and I hit the highest note. It was good for a laugh every performance. ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-sing-along-with-singers-of-the-opposite-gender/395455/63 "2007-03-14T03:33:11Z")
Yes, and I don’t change my pitch. ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-sing-along-with-singers-of-the-opposite-gender/395455/64 "2007-03-14T03:59:31Z")
Absolutely; in fact, I think I do a pretty good “Lonely Nights” by Captain and Tennille and “As Tears Go By” by Marianne Faithfull, with no pitch change. [QUOTE=robardin] One of the discs in my five CD changer (this was Before the MP3 Era with the iTunes Shuffle) came up as Bette Midler’s The Divine Miss M, which I proceeded to sing along with at various points. Not that there’s anything wrong with it, but I really, truly had no idea Ms. Midler was associated with, well, The Other League of Gentlemen. Cross my heart. Just never crossed my mind. [/QUOTE] You should have seen my wife’s face the first time she heard me sing along with Cher! Unlike you, I was well aware of the association with the OLG–I just didn’t care! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-sing-along-with-singers-of-the-opposite-gender/395455/65 "2007-03-14T04:26:36Z")
[QUOTE=Belrix] Yup. I’m a high tenor so I can carry up through most of the standard female ranges and even snip a note or two from the sopranos. Remember The Music Man? I played the tenor (high voice) in the barbershop quartet. I’m a big man, 350 lbs, 6’3". I’m the biggest guy on stage and I hit the highest note. It was good for a laugh every performance. [/QUOTE] (minor hijack) Man, I would SO love to get you on a stage with my friend David. He’s 5’2" tall and maybe 130 pounds soaking wet, and he has the best _basso profundo_ I’ve ever heard. (/minor hijack) ---
**Author:** ![sunacres](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@sunacres](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunacres)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-sing-along-with-singers-of-the-opposite-gender/395455/66 "2007-03-14T13:25:41Z")
[QUOTE=Shoshana] Why wouldn’t I? This OP puzzles me. [/QUOTE] I had the same reaction. And from reading the replies, 99% of the SDMB population is of the “of course” frame of mind. **Tabby\_Cat** , if you’re still here would you elaborate on the thoughts that prompted your question? When I sing along with a song, there’s an emotional outlet component and a role-playing component. I’m vaguely aware of the muffled frisson that arises from gender identity transference when I’m connecting with a chanteuse. I suppose the OP is curious if that sensation is uncomfortable for some people. Among voluntary respondents, apparenty not many. But if a random sample of the population was tied down and brainscans were performed, would we find a significant representation of homophonophobes? ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-sing-along-with-singers-of-the-opposite-gender/395455/67 "2007-03-14T14:06:01Z")
[QUOTE=sunacres] But if a random sample of the population was tied down and brainscans were performed, would we find a significant representation of homophonophobes? [/QUOTE] Maybe if they made everyone listen to musical porn… 😉 Ok, that was a stretch, but there’s a joke about that study in there _somewhere_! ---
**Author:** ![Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tastes_of_chocolate/32/3232_2.png) [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-sing-along-with-singers-of-the-opposite-gender/395455/68 "2007-03-14T21:31:35Z")
Do I sing along? Yep. I’m currently, umm, making stuff up, to go along with some nice flamenco guitar. At least this way I can’t get the words wrong. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-sing-along-with-singers-of-the-opposite-gender/395455.md?page=3)