Questions of Conduct - Part 1

RANT: People Singing Audibly on the Train/Bus/In Public

Why? For you? For us? To make a statement? Your music so loud from your earphones that I can identify the song and learn the lyrics - fine. They're your eardrums...and maybe you're partially deaf already which explains why you've got the volume jacked to 9. But your duet with 50 Cent or Rush? Please. I respect the artist. But you aren't him. I say "him" because invariably, it's guys who are the offenders and if they're singing on the subway, they aren't listening to Kelly Clarkson or Beyonce. And if you're not listening to music (other than what's in your head!), that's even worse. If you want an audience - plunk yourself down outdoors at the station and put out a hat. If you've got some talent, you may even make a few bucks. But public transportation (where the bleary-eyed or dead-ass tired stand packed together tighter than bristles on a brush) isn't the place to conceive new lyrics for your band's latest, to see if you can remember all the words to [insert your song here] or to make a statement about how cool your are by vocalizing all of the expletives and racial slurs in what you're listening to. Keep it to yourself, perhaps even turn the volume down and we'll think that you're all that just for being respectful of your fellow commuters!