It’s funny that when you get older you think back on the things you used to do. Most of the time, my thoughts consist of “what the hell was I thinking?!” But nonetheless, they make for great stories. My friend Abby and I ALWAYS sang together when we would ride the bus to school. We were middle school age—you know the worst time to be “different” in school—and we were just that; “different.” For how shy we were in actuality, when we were together it was like no one was around. Every morning was like an “act” for us. We sang Joy to the World (aka Jeremiah was a Bullfrog), classic hits from Grease, and other various songs that just seemed out of place to be belted out in the early hours of the morning on a bus.
I was in charge of singing the main lyrics as Abby added the backup parts to the song… Me: “JEREMIAH WAS A BULLFROG” Abby: “BUD UP BUP” Me: “WAS A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE” Abby: “BUD UP BUP” etc etc… I even recall looking up the lyrics to some of our songs just to make sure we were performing at our best. Yes, we were that awesome.
Everyday we would belt out these songs thinking we were the only ones that heard them.
Random kid: “Ummm can you sing a little softer?”
Us in response: “WHAT?! We’re not even singing that loud!”
Yes, other kids on the bus would ask us to sing quieter. Yes, we were putting on an act for the whole bus and we never realized it…until we were older. Had we had known that, we probably would have never sang because that was just out of place for us two shy girls. Still to this day—yeah I said that like I’m super old— whenever I hear any of those songs I always think back to the bus and all the kids we probably annoyed the hell out of. Success.
