Bring The City Some Music!

[Donovan Scully]

Alright, I had this idea a while ago and figured I would share it to see what you guys thought of it. This doesn't really take a lot of people, and in fact, works with a minimum amount, but could be done in many places across the city by different groups.

Basically, this idea is fairly simple. We get a bunch of people (five to sevenish) on to a streetcar, bus, or subway car, and have them all sit in different parts of the vehicle. Then, randomly, the first person will start to sing! What will they be singing? Doesn't really matter... but something uplifting with a positive message (and something others on the vehicle probably know) would work best.
One after the other, the other players start to join in... until eventually all of them are singing the same song.
Its always bugged me how dull of a place most ttc vehicles are. Almost no one has a smile on their face, people are pushing each other out of the way, rushing through crowds of people, I think we should bring a bit of joy to the daily rat race! Plus, it would be an added bonus if people not involved in the project (the bystanders) start to sing along with us! Im sure we can get a few people to snap out of their morning blahs and embrace it!

[Daniella]

Okay so this is going really slowly so I thought I'd plan one group.
I'm going to need 10 people and one person to film the event. We'll be going on the Yonge line and we'll be meeting at Union station during rush hour (5.00) next Saturday (the 23rd I think).
In short:
Next Saturday at 5.00pm at the Southwest corner of the Bay and Front intersection.
If you're interested msg or email me ([e-mail]) and once I get 10 people+camera to join we can vote or decide on a song. :)

[Tanya Gill]

Just some ideas for the songs, I think that 'You've Got a Friend in Me' (you know, from Toy Story) 'Ordinary Day' (Great big Sea) 'Bad Day' (Daniel Powter) and 'Unwritten' (Natasha Bedingfield) would be some good ones.

[Kristy]

Im tottally in!

[Kerstin]

Hey guys, this idea is fabulous!
Just need to learn the lyrics...
Let's get a date and time and I try to be there!

All you need is love is a great choice. We should go with this.

[Tamika]

The 2 most important questions are
When?
and
What Song?

We should have a vote

[Tanya Gill]

I like this idea!
When will it be, though? 'Cuz I'm still a little iffy on that part.

[Tamika]

For Real too much talking, not enough action lets do this thing

[Rodger James]

I think this is a fantastic idea. Might I suggest, along with actual singing, also adding some instrumental voices? :)

[Laura Kim]

i dont tihnk it matters whether you are free or not
just choose the date
there are 250 ppl in toronto willing to help
there has to be at least a handfull of people who are free

also i like the idea of all you need is love
like the across the universe way
with 4 part harmony

[Axel S.]

That's an excellent choice, and a song almost everyone knows.

[Eitan Gilboord]

So I dont know has anyone already thought of doing this but i was thinking happy xmas by lennon OR you shook me all night long

[Danita Gilbert]

PS I also think "All you need is love" would be SOO cool...love that song. :)