27 August 2010

Study reveals driving song secrets

Men and women admit to having embarrassing 'closet' musical tastes that they indulge when alone in their car!

It seems millions of male drivers will happily swap their stereotypical driving music for 'chick hits', when driving solo.

One in five men in a UK survey by car maker SEAT (20 per cent) confessed that they enjoy singing along to a bit of Shirley Bassey, WHAM! or Take That, or indulging in a bit of false falsetto (Bee Gees' Stayin' Alive) while waiting for the lights to change.

The study of almost 3,000 British motorists also showed 17 per cent of women love to belt out their versions of 'macho classics' from the likes of The Clash and Thin Lizzy, or growl along to Meatloaf's Bat Out Of Hell (at maximum volume) in their car-aoke sessions.

Men also sang along to show tunes like Don't Cry for Me, Argentina, Abba singalongs, Scissor Sisters' Take Your Mamma, Cindy Lauper's Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, and Westlife classics like Flying without Wings.

I wonder what songs would figure in an Irish survey?