Please secure your seatbelt tight and low across your lap. (And wave your hands in the air!)

When one thinks of public transportation, the words  “enjoyment” and “awesome,” don’t usually come to mind.

But add singing, and that mundane bus or plane ride all of a sudden becomes pretty fun, not to mention memorable.

Here’s one clip of a flight attendant rapping the in-flight instructions to a flight bound for Oklahoma City, which we all know of course is the thriving rap capital of the United States. That would explain the measured reaction of the passengers. Shoot, if it were me on that plane, forget the fasten-seat belt sign, it’s time to boogie. Put your hands up, people! And of course this takes place on a Southwest flight.  Sure, I like my 36 channels of  JetBlue satellite TV, eye masks,  earphones,  and selection of Terra Blue chips, animal crackers, gingerbread biscotti, Doritos Munchies and….oh wait, what was I saying? I must be hungry. Anyway, still, nothing can replace the homespun quirkiness  of Southwest Airlines. LUV as a stock ticker? Brilliant. I remember more than one comedy routine during their flights (flight attendant: “Please put on your own oxygen mask before assisting your child or husband.”), which made all that pre-boarding stress melt away.

Here is also another clip of a opera-singing NYC bus driver, featured in the New York Times.

Sadly, musicians on the subway are dime a dozen, and rarely does anyone take much heed then.

Overall though, these welcome intrusions into otherwise routine, tiring, and sometimes frustrating bus/air travel make me smile. They also inspire me to sing more next time I drive- with passengers or not. 

Southwest Rapper:

Opera Bus Driver: