Ever done the karaoke thing?

Rathark · Post by **Rathark** » 2003-03-29 08:06am

I went to one just minutes ago with some workmates. I sung only 2 songs:

1: I'm a Believer. I missed the first line, but got 75.

2: My Sharona. My timing was shit, but I got 100. WTF????????????

What songs have you tried?

InnerBrat · Post by **InnerBrat** » 2003-03-29 09:27am

anytime I'm in the mood. I have a major attention seeking streak...

Lord Pounder · Post by **Lord Pounder** » 2003-03-29 10:01am

dispite the fact that i have the vocal talents of a fog horn i sing Karaoke when ever i can. My personal speciality is I'm A Believer by the Monkeys or Iris by the Goo Goo Dolls. I can clear a bar in 30 seconds

Next of Kin · Post by **Next of Kin** » 2003-03-29 10:22am

Rathark wrote:What songs have you tried?

The Devil came down to Georgia

Lord Pounder · Post by **Lord Pounder** » 2003-03-29 10:24am

Next of Kin wrote:
Rathark wrote:What songs have you tried?
The Devil came down to Georgia

I did the once only i sang the Weird Al version which i had printed out for the occasion. When the Devil Went down to Jammica

Keevan_Colton · Post by **Keevan_Colton** » 2003-03-29 10:28am

Ah good 'ol Al...he makes the world of Karaoke bearable....I may have to go some places and sing "The Saga Begins" or "Another one rides the Bus"

As for having done karaoke* I've only done it once after a lot of drinking....quickly realising I hadnt drunk anywhere near enough as I belted out Eagles - Desperado.

*(Japanese for - ritual humiliation to music with the aid of alcohol, or so I think at least)

Rathark · Post by **Rathark** » 2003-03-29 12:45pm

OK, now I KNOW that Korean karaoke machines are rigged to grant confidence to the musically handicapped.

I've just had some private practice in the singing bar (noraebang) down the corrridor from this PC room. For "I'm a Believer", "She Loves You", "Rock Star" and "Light My Fire", I scored in the 80s and 90s. For "Sweet Dreams Are Made of This", I scored 98. I'm only familiar with the Eurythmics version, but this was the Marylin Manson version, so his added bullshit caught me off guard. 98? And then there was another 100 for my patchy rendition of "My Sharona".

What standards are these machines measuring you by? Busker standards?

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2003-03-29 12:55pm

Yes, Money for Nothing

And I was drunk...and the story invovles...eh, not the time.

Keevan_Colton · Post by **Keevan_Colton** » 2003-03-29 12:58pm

Rathark wrote: And then there was another 100 for my patchy rendition of "My Sharona".

*ponders singing Nine Corona's*

Mark S · Post by **Mark S** » 2003-03-29 01:40pm

Those machines score you???

I've done it once I have to admit.

It took a lot of Jamisons and a very relaxed/friendly atmosphere pub. I sang the male part of 'Love Shack' with my wife and some girl we met in the bar doing the female parts. We actually got quite the cheers. Apparently I do a pretty good impression of that B-52s guy.

Oberleutnant · Post by **Oberleutnant** » 2003-03-29 01:54pm

It was my friend's birthday and I was badly drunk. We were sitting in a pub and I happened to browse through their catalogue of available karaoke songs and decided to give it a try. I sang "Paratiisi". My singing probably sounded awful and the timing was less than spectacular.

I have no information of how many pub visitors commited a suicide afterwards.

Lord Pounder · Post by **Lord Pounder** » 2003-03-29 01:59pm

I was in a Catholic Working Mans Club once, i sang a Loyalist version of the Fields of Rathlin Isle and had the shit kicked out of me afterwards

Post by **Zaia** » 2003-03-30 02:03am

No, but I've sung at a few coffee houses on open mic night.

Post by **Kuja** » 2003-03-30 02:05am

Keevan_Colton wrote:
Rathark wrote: And then there was another 100 for my patchy rendition of "My Sharona".
*ponders singing Nine Corona's*

ROFL, that's a funny song.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-03-30 02:09am

Never been drunk enough.

Frank Hipper · Post by **Frank Hipper** » 2003-03-30 02:17am

Mack the Knife

Just a Gigolo

Radar Love

Santeria

House of the Rising Sun

Fools Rush In
Where in the hell do you get a karaoke machine that gives scores?

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2003-03-30 02:34am

All the time usually blues or Country

desertjedi · Post by **desertjedi** » 2003-03-30 03:25am

Oh yea I love Karaoke! My ex-gf got me up on stage the first time.

Ain't That a Kick in the Head

anything from Don Henley

anything from the Eagles

Alex Moon · Post by **Alex Moon** » 2003-03-30 03:59am

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2003-03-30 04:07am

My "Favorites"

Margaritaville
Crossroads Blues
El Paso
Ring of Fire
John Henry

Cal Wright · Post by **Cal Wright** » 2003-03-30 12:48pm

We had a karate machine at the company party last year. Some people piss me off and complain because I talk loud (not like I can fucking help it) so knowing they were outside and drunk as shit, I sung 'Alright Now' at the top of my god damn lungs. It wasnt the only song i sang that night.

Lord Pounder · Post by **Lord Pounder** » 2003-03-30 02:34pm

I remember being able to sing born to be wild in one of the Duke Nukem games. That was funny.

2000AD · Post by **2000AD** » 2003-03-30 02:37pm

DG_Cal_Wright wrote:We had a karate machine at the company party last year.

Let me guess ... you sing crap and you get the shit kicked out of you! Cool!

My favourite Kareoke songs are:

Love Really Hurts Without You - Billy Joel
Build Me up Buttercup - The Foundations
Wonderwall - Oasis
Wicked Game - Chris Isaac
Four Seasons in one Day - Crowded House
Dust From a Distant Sun - Crowded House

and basically whatever catches my eye.

aerius · Post by **aerius** » 2003-03-30 03:07pm

No, but I've been known to sing along with my walkman and play air guitar on the subway which makes everyone edge nervously away from me thinking that I'm a nutjob. It's a good way to get some personal space on a crowded subway during rush hour, but one of these days security might toss me in the loony bin if I overdo it.

Alferd Packer · Post by **Alferd Packer** » 2003-03-30 03:41pm

Only when I'm in the shower. I'm loud, consistently off-key, and insist on replicating any instrument solos in the song I'm singing.

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