Our behavior at home varies a lot if we are alone or accompanied. We would never recognize some of those things that we only dare to do in the strictest privacy, with no one to see or hear us. And it is that there are behaviors that we do not consider socially acceptable but that we love to enjoy when we are alone. That fear of what others think of us disappears completely in the face of a very popular habit that we have no qualms about practicing regardless of what family and neighbors think. We’re talking about singing in the shower.
Why do we sing in the shower?
- Because we’ve all had our moments of musical glory in the shower and we don’t cut ourselves despite how bad we can sing. It doesn’t matter if you usually sing terrible and that you’re one of those people who doesn’t set foot in karaoke, it doesn’t matter if you are aware that nature was looking the other way when it came your turn in the distribution of musical skills, because as soon as you step into the shower you You feel like Whitney Houston, period.
- But we wonder why we consider it a kind of right to sing in the shower without caring that the neighbors are listening. And we also wonder why we get the impression that we sing better in the shower. It seems that the moment of the shower is one of those moments of relaxation that we dedicate solely and exclusively to ourselves. By closing ourselves in the bathroom, it gives us the impression that we are alone and that gives us the freedom to free ourselves from complexes.
- On the other hand, there are studies that confirm that the fact that our songs sound better in the shower is not an illusion or a psychological mechanism. It’s a physical matter and yes, it’s true that we sing better in the shower. And we owe that to the special acoustics that are generated in the bathrooms, which make you laugh at the recording studios. The key is that it is an enclosed space with walls covered in tiles with rounded edges. In this way the sounds bounce and are perceived differently, in this case more melodious.
Songs to sing in the shower
- They say that singing in the shower is a kind of universal, that is, it is a custom that is practiced all over the world. We then imagine that the musical themes performed vary according to tradition and according to the personal tastes of each “artist”. However, just as there are some songs conducive to having sex, we also find a series of songs ideal for the shower moment, highlighting two themes known throughout the world.
- Probably the most performed song under the shower, in the purest style of Giancarlo in Woody Allen’s latest film, is “La donna e mobile”, masterfully performed by Luciano Pavarotti, and by ourselves. The second song in the ranking of songs under the shower is “I will always love you”, that song that Whitney Houston taught us in “The Bodyguard” and that we do not hesitate to interpret with the same passion, as if we were in front of Kevin Costner in his best days. Although we cannot forget the complete repertoire of Al Bano and Romina Power, much less the duo Pimpinela with whose songs we managed to expel any trace of anger after a couple’s argument.