There are times (always) that I’ll be driving home late at night, listening to my iPod in my car, jamming to whatever music I think will keep me awake. Other times I’m home alone (so I think) with my headphones on, washing dishes and rocking out, occasionally using my spoon from my cereal that morning as a microphone. Let’s not forget when I’m in my room, there are a ton of people over and I’ve got some song I love playing on my laptop… you know the moment… that one part of the song that you just LOVE is coming up, you check to see if anyone is around you that will be bothered and then it comes and you BUST. OUT. Full on bust your jams then and there, doesn’t matter if you have a classically trained voice, can kinda squeak out a tune or make people want to pour liquid nitrogen in their ear canals… you bust out the lyrics as loudly as you can, rocking on out, devil-may-care style. I do it to, I’m with you guys… we all do it, and there’s no shame in that. I’m usually singing along to my iPod or laptop anyway, but casual singing/mumbling doesn’t count here, I’m talking about the songs that will make me bust a move, annoy anyone near me and scare my cat.

So I give you, my top five lyrics that make me bust out.

The Song: Scenester
The Band: Big D And The Kids Table
The Lyric: “And now they listen to emotional music when they used to like punk rock, or maybe now they like chump rock and swore they never liked punk and they always talk about shows but barely I ever see 'em and when I do they're just bummin' still haven't figured out that.” Verse 2

It’s no secret that I’m a Ska fan. In fact if you put on any of my many many ska songs on my iPod, you’ll see my bust out. I love ‘em all, I love singing along! It was hard to narrow it down to which ska song I busted out the hardest, so I put my iTunes on random in my Ska play list and started to listen. The first one that I busted out was Scenester so… there you go. Sorry for the lack of visual interest in this video, but it was hard to find.



The Song: Chloroform The One You Love
The Band: Flickerstick
The Lyric: “All she needs is some chloroform and she'll be mine. Chloroform the one, the one that you love and take her back” Pre Chorus & Chorus

While I surely don’t endorse or condone using Chloroform on anyone… especially the one you love, the lyric is catch, the melody is catchier, and I can’t help myself whenever this song comes on. It’s just too much fun to sing along with. Apparently nobody had a good video of Flickerstick playing Choloform... so here: watch this guy draw a cat... thing.



The Song: Shake Tramp
The Band: Marianas Trench
The Lyric: “Try a little more a little more a little more they slap you like a bitch and you take it like a whore.” Chorus.

Oh come ON! If you have ever even almost heard this song you have busted out the chorus to it. In fact, if you have ever heard ANY Marianas Trench song, you’ve busted it out. Don’t lie to me, I’m onto you. BA BA BA BA DA--… stop judging me.



The Song: Grace Kelly
The Artist: Mika
The Lyric: “I could be brown, I could be blue, I could be violet sky, I could be hurtful, I could be purple, I could be anything you like. Gotta be green, gotta be mean, gotta be everything more. Why don’t you like me why don’t you like me walk out the door!” Chorus

Oh yeah, there are still people listening to this song. And those people… er… that person… is me. I love Grace Kelly, it cracks me up. The best “Bust Out” of Grace Kelly however is a rare find… 1:00am dive-bar karaoke contests. That is where you will see the absolute best bust out of Grace Kelly you will ever see in your life, if you’re lucky enough to witness it, savour the moment. Also whip out your cell phone and YouTube that ‘ish. This is where I WOULD embed the music video, but in the spirit of busting out, I’m gonna do one better and let you enjoy one of our favourite YouTubers Andrew Bravener busting out Grace Kelly for the entertainment of the entire internet.



The Song: Teenagers
The Band: My Chemical Romance
The Lyric: “They say all teenagers scare the living shit out of me! They could care less as long as someone’ll bleed. So darken your clothes I’ll strike a violent pose, maybe they’ll leave you alone but not me!” Chorus

Once again, if you’ve heard this song you’ve busted out the chorus to it! It’s catchy as hell, brings most of us (those of us old enough to know) to a T-Rex/Queen/Pink Floyd place AND makes us laugh. That’s the bust-out trifecta right there. Double points on this one because I was in the car with my mom once listening to The Black Parade and even SHE busted out the chorus to Teenagers.

I chose to use this video of My Chemical Romance performing Teenagers because when I was watching it there was something almost… awkward about it. I couldn’t put my finger on what was so weird about watching them sing the song until I realized it. There is a complete and utter LACK of busting out. And it shows in the way the band is performing. While they do the song well, and it sounds great and all, you can’t help but grimace a little at the awkward silence and the forced moments. ...It’s ALMOST like the band is used to playing for thousands of kids screaming their faces off and busting the hell out. Hmm..



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