Movie or TV karaoke scenes. Great ones, preferably, but anything will do.
Top of my list--no surprise--is Bill Murray in Lost in Translation. As per the thread title, more for his Elvis Costello/Nick Lowe turn than for “More Than This.” The latter I count as third best in the film, after Scarlett Johansson’s “Brass in Pocket.”
Just as great is Portia Doubleday doing “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” in Mr. Robot. It happens just after some traumatizing event--not sure; maybe when her character Angela meets up with Whiterose--and it’s juxtaposed with a montage of fsociety trying to hack Susan Jacobs’ phone.
In The Leftovers, international assassin Kevin Garvey karaokes “Homeward Bound” as he tries to kill Patti and get back from...wherever he is; it’s that bizarre episode where he’s dead but not dead.
A friend tells me there’s a great karaoke scene Never Rarely Sometimes Always, which I still haven’t seen. There must be dozens more.
― clemenza, Sunday, 17 January 2021 19:07 (three years ago) link
Don't know if I'd call it 'great', but there's Joseph Gordon-Levitt drunkenly assaulting "Here Comes Your Man" in 500 Days of Summer.
― "what are you DOING to fleetwood mac??" (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 17 January 2021 19:24 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-Xn2dYmqd8
Mastercut of the Booksmart karaoke scene.
― "what are you DOING to fleetwood mac??" (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 17 January 2021 19:42 (three years ago) link
i can't find any of the karaoke scenes from Xiao Wu
https://images.mubicdn.net/images/film/29/cache-91466-1610112879/image-w1280.jpg?size=800x
racking my dopey brain to decide if there's karaoke in all of Jia Zhangke's movies
― Un tranquillo posto di scampagna (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 17 January 2021 19:56 (three years ago) link
All the Lost in Translation karaoke scenes--forgot about "God Save the Queen."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLXJhTDVoZQ
― clemenza, Sunday, 17 January 2021 20:15 (three years ago) link
The revive of The Band's thread reminds me to bring up here Rinko Kikuchi performing "Sleeping" at Japanese Karaoke bar in The Brothers Bloom. (Scene not on YouTube)
― "what are you DOING to fleetwood mac??" (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 21 February 2021 20:37 (three years ago) link
Brooklyn 99 to threadhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbDx69MLfVQ
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 21 February 2021 21:14 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffyKY3Dj5ZE
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 21 February 2021 21:16 (three years ago) link
ok second clip not technically karaoke but v funny)
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 21 February 2021 21:17 (three years ago) link
I like 'em both! "It was #5--#5 killed my brother."
― clemenza, Sunday, 21 February 2021 21:41 (three years ago) link
Poor Gale...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0v0VR6Kf7KQ
― "what are you DOING to fleetwood mac??" (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 23 February 2021 21:39 (three years ago) link
Long karaoke scene in Dead to Me, "Don't Leave Me This Way" then "Drive." I'm watching the first thinking "who is that, who is that?"; she's a semi-regular on the show, but watching her sing made her more familiar. It's Telma Hopkins from Dawn--Telma karaokes Thelma.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 24 February 2021 04:52 (three years ago) link
Dean & Jeff doing Kiss From A Rose on “Community” was v goodhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUYGRxRCCoc
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 24 February 2021 05:26 (three years ago) link
Carlton’s version of Girl From Ipanema on Fresh Prince still a deep favorite https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFimeCpWDQ8
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 24 February 2021 05:32 (three years ago) link
sorry last oneCourtney from Dandy Warhols crushing “Love Hurts” in Veronica Mars S2 is very goldhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-jxXaEzDfA
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 24 February 2021 05:35 (three years ago) link
Which reminds me...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMaO3c6ZHes
Veronica bringing down the house with "One Way Or Another"
― "what are you DOING to fleetwood mac??" (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 24 February 2021 06:07 (three years ago) link
Classic Early Simpsons
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9YvNUmW1kw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fkmq2lR3fBM
― "what are you DOING to fleetwood mac??" (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 24 February 2021 06:13 (three years ago) link
Later Simpsons
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBLRTJC85c8
― "what are you DOING to fleetwood mac??" (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 24 February 2021 06:19 (three years ago) link
worst karaoke night of all time pic.twitter.com/grLHs5q0QE— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 28, 2021
― "what are you DOING to fleetwood mac??" (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 28 February 2021 19:34 (three years ago) link
#onethread
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xqti-Sxsxk4
Actually a lipsync, but whatever...
― "what are you DOING to fleetwood mac??" (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 10 March 2021 00:50 (three years ago) link
Third season of The Handmaid's Tale:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZzMoCNEBKQ
Somewhat startling if you've made it this far, and you also watched The Leftovers: the most human Ann Dowd (Aunt Lydia/Patti) has ever been.
― clemenza, Sunday, 4 April 2021 19:07 (three years ago) link
Mentioned in the first post a friend telling me about a karaoke scene in Never Rarely Sometimes Always; finally saw it, worth the wait.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDeWyberQRk
― clemenza, Thursday, 27 January 2022 05:37 (two years ago) link
Bacharach karaoke in My Best Friend's Wedding
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EA8sWvlBx1U
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 10 February 2023 14:56 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvciE50FE70
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 10 February 2023 15:02 (one year ago) link
Not on YouTube: Tina singing "Before The Next Teardrop Falls" on The Bear...I liked the little detail of her voice occasionally overloading the mic.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 18 August 2023 00:04 (eight months ago) link
I'm on the final season of The Office, wanted to post Pam and Meredith doing "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun"; not on YouTube, so I'll post this instead.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzRvt9oG7zE
― clemenza, Tuesday, 23 January 2024 04:59 (two months ago) link
Wonder if Michael Caine singing Roy Orbison’s “It’s Over” in Little Voice is actually a karaoke scene.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBtG0gj6MxA
― Pictish in the Woods (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 23 January 2024 12:26 (two months ago) link
Speaking of the Big O, impressive that this is the Nazareth version:
Courtney from Dandy Warhols crushing “Love Hurts” in Veronica Mars S2 is very gold
― Pictish in the Woods (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 23 January 2024 12:31 (two months ago) link