I'd still rather see/hear Maria doing Suzi Quatro, though.
My lifetime karaoke history:
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 24 April 2005 19:05 (nineteen years ago) link
(and then we sang lots of blink-182 and american hi-fi and green day and aerosmith/run dmc and aqua and er Mr Children.)
― ƒVƒX (cis), Monday, 25 April 2005 00:53 (nineteen years ago) link
― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Monday, 25 April 2005 01:55 (nineteen years ago) link
I have a standing invitation offered to my Australian wife for us to perform "Summer Nights", but I don't think that she's ever going to accept.
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Monday, 25 April 2005 02:04 (nineteen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Monday, 25 April 2005 12:19 (nineteen years ago) link
Nil.
― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Monday, 25 April 2005 12:24 (nineteen years ago) link
-- Marcello Carlin (marcellocarli...), March 15th, 2005. (nostudium)
― j blount (papa la bas), Monday, 25 April 2005 12:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Monday, 25 April 2005 12:30 (nineteen years ago) link
― j blount (papa la bas), Monday, 25 April 2005 12:31 (nineteen years ago) link
― Madchen (Madchen), Monday, 25 April 2005 12:42 (nineteen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Monday, 25 April 2005 12:43 (nineteen years ago) link
― Madchen (Madchen), Monday, 25 April 2005 12:50 (nineteen years ago) link
― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Monday, 25 April 2005 12:52 (nineteen years ago) link
office party, circa Dec 2000: "Lola"
WFMU Record Fair, Nov 2004: "David Watts"
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 25 April 2005 13:15 (nineteen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino, Tuesday, 20 March 2007 09:48 (seventeen years ago) link
― Mark G, Tuesday, 20 March 2007 09:50 (seventeen years ago) link
― haitch, Tuesday, 20 March 2007 11:53 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino, Tuesday, 20 March 2007 11:59 (seventeen years ago) link
― Anna, Tuesday, 20 March 2007 12:03 (seventeen years ago) link
rage against the machine - killing in the name limp bizkit - break stuff
― ken c, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 10:26 (fifteen years ago) link
La Mexicana - Pontoon Beach, IL, Spring 2007
Matched girl with whom I have been friends for a very long time (and on whom I had at the time a major crush) Drink for Drink in some sort of ridiculous attempt at chivalry, not fully comprehending her magical ability to metabolize alcohol.
Did a rendition of "Rebel, Rebel" which devolved into angry, out-of-breath, atonal screams at anyone I knew in attendance. YOUVETORNYOURDRESS! YOURFACEISAMESS!
― en i see kay, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 10:37 (fifteen years ago) link
10 may 2008 - the research club, glasgow university
birthday party for the ex of my old glasgow buddy. the ex is now in the 1990s (a band). so it is with some trepidation, mitigated of course by the alcohol i've been necking, that i sing "harper valley p.t.a." by jeannie c. riley
somewhat later i do a disastrous version of "islands in the stream" - ATTENTION KARAOKERS: the timing of the chorus IS VERY DIFFICULT. also note that when performing a duet it is never good form to argue on stage over whose part is whose.
finally i achieve some sort of redemption with "your cheatin heart", which goes down to thunderous approbation
other highlights included Member of Famous Rock Band singing "Livin on a Prayer" and Member of Semi-Famous Rock Band doing a duet WITH HIMSELF of "to all the girls i've loved before", actually holding his own nose to achieve willie nelson effect
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 11:13 (fifteen years ago) link
NAME NAMES!
― Dingbod Kesterson, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 11:26 (fifteen years ago) link
haha OK it was d1n0 from the 1990s, and st3vi3 jackson and chr1s g3dd3s out of belle and sebastian
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 11:29 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.ilxor.com/ILX/NewAnswersControllerServlet?boardid=41
woops, i mean :
taking sides: karaoke vs rock bands
CHILXors did karaoke the other night.
I sang: U2, "Mysterious Ways" EMF, "Unbelievable" Justin Timberlake, "Rock Your Body"*
*This was originally supposed to be "Under the Milky Way," but the karaoke machine was messed up, so I went for my second choice.
― jaymc, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 13:45 (fifteen years ago) link
i did "alison" by elvis costello. i was supposed to do "i touch myself" by the divinyls but some dudes stole my turn so i did "suffragette city" by david bowie instead
winner was the random dude who did "what a fool believes," maintaining his awkward michael mcdonald impression through the entire song without giving up
― n/a, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 14:10 (fifteen years ago) link
"Mysterious Ways" is a great karaoke song!
― nickalicious, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 20:07 (fifteen years ago) link
I think I missed Michael McDonald dude! Was I outside smoking?
― jaymc, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 20:08 (fifteen years ago) link
ATTENTION KARAOKERS: the timing of the chorus IS VERY DIFFICULT. also note that when performing a duet it is never good form to argue on stage over whose part is whose.
EXCEPTION: If you are dueting "Time of My Life" from Dirty Dancing and you complete your argument when the girl shouts NO ONE PUTS BABY IN THE CORNER right before your last chorus. (see: Mar 24 2008 @ Mia's, Lexington, KY)
― nickalicious, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 20:09 (fifteen years ago) link
go-go's = vacation freda payne = band of gold
― Steve Shasta, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 20:26 (fifteen years ago) link
Benny Mardones, "Into the Night" (dedicated to R. Kelly and his jury selection) B. Springsteen, "Dancing in the Dark" (i danced throughout) Air Supply, "All Out of Love"
― La Lechera, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 20:32 (fifteen years ago) link
(at previously mentioned Chilx gathering)
― La Lechera, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 20:33 (fifteen years ago) link
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v134/tracerhand/tracerkaraoke.jpg
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 14 May 2008 11:30 (fifteen years ago) link
Bright!
― G00blar, Wednesday, 14 May 2008 11:41 (fifteen years ago) link
i so wanted the bottom of the mike stand not to be there and see you rocking it freddy mercury style, however, I scrolled down.
― Ed, Wednesday, 14 May 2008 11:41 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah the flash sux - the youTube clips give a better idea
Ed that was part of the schtick - never take the mic off the stand - during the instrumental breakdown I turned around and did a line dance
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 14 May 2008 12:03 (fifteen years ago) link
sade - by your side fleetwood mac - landslide
― Steve Shasta, Wednesday, 14 May 2008 19:58 (fifteen years ago) link
Bryan Adams, "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" Gretchen Wilson, "All Jacked Up" Talking Heads, "Burning Down the House" Ace of Base, "All That She Wants"
― jaymc, Sunday, 10 August 2008 06:50 (fifteen years ago) link
last night Bryan Adams - Summer of 69 Lionel Richie - Hello George Michael - Careless Whisper
― ken c, Sunday, 10 August 2008 12:13 (fifteen years ago) link
fine young cannibals - good thing the commodores - easy
― n/a, Sunday, 10 August 2008 13:02 (fifteen years ago) link
'honky tonk women' (possibly overdid the jagger impression, struggled for high note in the chorus)'purple rain' (old fallback, killed it)'killing in the name' (led rousing group rendition of this)'ziggy stardust' (piss-poor; in my defense i was pushed into the breach when the person who'd programmed it left early)'ain't no sunshine' (not bad)
― Not in top 100,000 (haitch), Friday, 19 December 2008 02:52 (fifteen years ago) link
also: comandeered mic during 'red red wine' and started gibbering verses from 'cocaine in my brain', then 'limb by limb' by cutty ranks
― Not in top 100,000 (haitch), Friday, 19 December 2008 02:56 (fifteen years ago) link
Sat night:
Wichita Lineman (sober and offkey)What's New Pussycat (no and yes)
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 15 September 2010 01:51 (thirteen years ago) link
Last week:
Deborah Harry - "I Want That Man"Pulp - "Disco 2000"
― Gucci Mane hermeneuticist (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 15 September 2010 01:59 (thirteen years ago) link
"tvc15"
― balls, Wednesday, 15 September 2010 03:05 (thirteen years ago) link
on saturday (same night/place as morbs):
'walk on by' (dionne warwick)'re-hab' (amy winehouse - one of the most recent songs in their collection, sadly)'superstar' (carpenters, w/ very poorly translated chinese->english)'don't you want me' (human league - girl part, as per usu)'too close' (next - girl part, w/ requisite 'poking' by male counterpart)'mr. brightside''deacon blues' (backup vocals)
― marilyn VO5 savant (donna rouge), Wednesday, 15 September 2010 03:32 (thirteen years ago) link
"what have i done to deserve this? (duet, tennant part)"bigmouth strikes again"
― balls, Friday, 17 September 2010 06:29 (thirteen years ago) link
"Pretty Vacant"
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Monday, 4 October 2010 03:31 (thirteen years ago) link
stones - honky tonk womantom t. hall - i like beer
the latter didn't go over like gangbusters like i imagined tho i blame it on a younger, hipper crowd taking over the bar that had prior been populated by middle aged cops and bikers when i picked it out.
― arby's, Monday, 18 October 2010 01:51 (thirteen years ago) link
"girl u want""separate ways"
― balls, Monday, 18 October 2010 01:57 (thirteen years ago) link
"into the night" - benny mardones"eat it" -- weird al"magic" -- the cars
― The Great Jumanji, (La Lechera), Monday, 18 October 2010 01:59 (thirteen years ago) link
"fool to cry""blasphemous rumors""arthur's theme (best that you can do)"
― balls, Friday, 22 October 2010 05:10 (thirteen years ago) link
Last night was half-dead, so I got to sing a fair amount.
sly & the family stone - if you want me to staykate bush - running up that hillnilsson - coconutchris isaak - wicked gamesantana ft. rob thomas - smoothbee gees - how deep is your love
― Ari (whenuweremine), Friday, 22 October 2010 15:18 (thirteen years ago) link
BENNY MARDONES!
― Str8 Drapin It (chrisv2010), Friday, 22 October 2010 15:18 (thirteen years ago) link
So far this year (since February which was the first time I sang karaoke ever)...
The Beatles - "Nowhere Man"The Church - "Under The Milky Way"David Bowie - "Ziggy Stardust" (turned out pretty great actually)
and as part of a duet...The Archies - "Sugar Sugar"Lady Gaga - "Telephone" (Beyonce part)
― Stockhausen's Helicopter Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Friday, 22 October 2010 23:17 (thirteen years ago) link
haha love karaoke....my most recent have been
rod stewart-do you think i'm sexy (had had a lot to drink, it went down v well tho)elton john and george michael-don't let the sun go down on me (duet with former flatmate, we hit the chorus well and the "ladies and gentlemen, MR ELTON JOHN" is brilliant, but we couldn't remember how the verses went to had to a sort of spoken word dialogue.abc-look of love (karaoke host said i "absolutely nailed it", which prob meant it was more boring than the above two...
― I see what this is (Local Garda), Friday, 22 October 2010 23:26 (thirteen years ago) link
"They Don't Know" - Tracey Ullman (first song of the night--a little shaky, maybe too high for me)"Gold Digger" - Kanye West (sick of this one but a friend requested it. I've done it so many times that it's kinda boring for me now.)"Stutter" - Elastica (sang this once in Tokyo but this was the first time I've seen it in the States. Awesome!)
― lindseykai, Wednesday, 27 October 2010 04:46 (thirteen years ago) link
I never do karaoke; I've done maybe four songs in my life? and two of them have been with donna rouge. But the next song I will do is "Crazy For You" by Madonna.
― mother cabrini maxwell (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 27 October 2010 04:49 (thirteen years ago) link
I need to pick some karaoke songs so I can load them up on my i-pod before I go out tonight
― more affecting actually. (CaptainLorax), Saturday, 18 December 2010 01:06 (thirteen years ago) link
so, recently...
Outkast--So Fresh So Clean (killed it)Outkast--Ms. JacksonLudacris--Roll OutDre/Eminem - Forgot about Dre (w/ bro)
honestly need to sing more cuz I'm a singer but it's kinda fun to try reciting these flows live. only problem is this is a bar where stuff like David allan Coe's "You never even called me by my name" is popular.
― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Saturday, 11 February 2012 14:46 (twelve years ago) link
place was mostly empty last night so we got a shit-ton of turns; my selections:
Prince - When Doves CryDepeche Mode - SomebodyThe Cure - The Lovecats (this was way too fucking high btw, I fooled myself into thinking I could do it via beer)Santigold - L.E.S. Artistes
others in my group did:
Janis Joplin - Me and Bobby McGeeSalt n Pepa - ShoopMeatloaf - Paradise Under the Dashboard LightsPink - Raise Your GlassCarly Simon - You're So Vain
there was also a dude who did FANTASTIC versions of "Ramble On" and "I Wanna Be Your Lover"
― an independent online phenomenon (DJP), Friday, 13 April 2012 15:25 (twelve years ago) link
hey I want to do this again
― I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Tuesday, 27 November 2012 03:57 (eleven years ago) link
the last l.a. ilxor karaoke outing was in september, and i made a spotify playlist of all the songs we did. very proud of my "wuthering heights."
http://open.spotify.com/user/grannykart/playlist/0CvgPoGMSQKHUZx4Kd99bQ
Boney M. – RasputinAce of Base – All That She WantsFaith No More – We Care A LotBlue Oyster Cult – GodzillaCarly Rae Jepsen – Call Me MaybeLana Del Rey – Born To DieKate Bush – Wuthering HeightsDonna Summer – Spring AffairScritti Politti – Perfect WayBenny Mardones – Into The Night (Re-Recorded In Stereo)The Rolling Stones – Paint It, BlackThe Human Experimente, feat. Robert Fripp, Maynard Keenan, Jeff Fayman – 21st Century Schizoid Man (feat. Robert Fripp, Maynard Keenan, Jeff Fayman)Romeo Void – Never Say NeverKid Rock – Bawitdaba - Explicit LP VersionFrank Sinatra – It Was a Very Good YearLiza Minnelli – Mein HerrAaliyah Tribute – Are You That Somebody?The Bangles – Walk Like An Egyptian - Album/SingleLisa Loeb & Nine Stories – Stay4 Non Blondes – What's Up?Dixie Chicks – Goodbye EarlFleetwood Mac – TuskAnimotion – ObsessionMiranda Lambert – Gunpowder & LeadSisters Of Mercy – Lucretia My ReflectionShampoo – TroubleAdam & The Ants – AntmusicMichael Jackson – Rock With You - Single VersionJoe Jackson – Steppin' OutXTC – Senses Working Overtime - 2001 - RemasterThe Ting Tings – That's Not My NameWall Of Voodoo – Mexican Radio
― les rallizes miserables (get bent), Tuesday, 27 November 2012 04:02 (eleven years ago) link
Things I have done recently:
Our Lady Peace - "Is Anybody Home"Michael Jackson - "Will You be There"Liz Phair - "Divorce Song"Janet Jackson - "Escapade"The Sundays - "Summertime"Pulp - "Common People"
― goya cézanne (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 27 November 2012 04:09 (eleven years ago) link
Last night:
Cyndi Lauper - "Money Changes Everything" (that one note at the end is really, really long!)Shawn Colvin - "Sunny Came Home"Crush - "Jellyhead" (but it was the original, not the Motiv8 remix that got all the airplay)
― goya cézanne (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 28 November 2012 16:05 (eleven years ago) link
TLC - "Red Light Special"Le Tigre - "Deceptacon"
― jawn valjawn (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 08:01 (eleven years ago) link
Liz Phair - "Fuck & Run"Alanis Morissette - "You Learn"Crystal Waters - "100% Pure Love"
― jawn valjawn (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 12 December 2012 08:03 (eleven years ago) link
Alanis Morissette - "All I Really Want"Azealia Banks - "212" (replaced n-word w/ "honey" + fucking nailed it)Pavement - "Gold Soundz"
― Yo! MTV La Tengo (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 06:05 (eleven years ago) link
saw this thread title and I wondered if a "Karaoke Log" was like a singing Yule Log
― autistic boy is surprisingly good at basketball (silby), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 06:10 (eleven years ago) link
Sister Act sdtk - "I Will Follow Him"Gin Blossoms - "Til I Hear It From You"
― hoda nkotb (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 10 April 2013 15:06 (eleven years ago) link
Okay sometime v soon I am going to sing the lyrics of Radiohead's "Creep" to the tune of TLC's "Creep"
― shohreh aja/danteloo (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 17 June 2013 23:16 (ten years ago) link
did "Seasons in the Abyss" the other night. was kinda fun
― Neanderthal, Monday, 17 June 2013 23:32 (ten years ago) link
Some dude sang "Regulate" and the screen flashed the lyric "Got some girls peein' D"
Sometimes the mistranscriptions are better than the actual lyric
― Lesbian has fucking riffs for days (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 11 February 2014 04:31 (ten years ago) link
Man on the MoonCan't Feel My FaceI Want It That WayWannabe
― la vache qui pleure (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 21 April 2018 12:42 (six years ago) link
oh ilx friends in new york, i host a monthly karaoke reading series at qed in astoria now, hit me up if you’d ever like to read. if you’d like to attend/sing some songs, it’s the last tuesday of every month, i.e. the next one is tuesday april 24
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Saturday, 21 April 2018 14:37 (six years ago) link
So has anyone done Sweet Pandemic Zoom Karaoke yet?
― Spiral "Scratch" Starecase (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 25 October 2020 06:24 (three years ago) link
i did it twice and it sucked ass. haven’t revisited
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Sunday, 25 October 2020 09:10 (three years ago) link