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"i'm not in love" - 10cc
"take my breath away" - berlin
"leader of the pack" shangri-las
"what's going on" marvin gaye
"are you that somebody" aaliyah
"relax" - frankie goes to hollywood

these are the songs i did do last weekend at karaoke

firstworldman (firstworldman), Friday, 1 October 2004 19:01 (nineteen years ago) link

omg, graham's link to the KoC stuff from (gasp) almost two years ago still works...

CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Friday, 1 October 2004 19:09 (nineteen years ago) link

nine months pass...
My specialty number is "Brandy" by Looking Glass, preferably with audience participation on the backing vocals.

k/l (Ken L), Thursday, 14 July 2005 20:32 (eighteen years ago) link

God I love a good ballad. Sadly, they don't go over nearly as well with crowd. Philistines ::sniff::

I've done well with:
"Keep On Lovin' You"
"Wild Horses"
"Angel From Montgomery"
"Feel Like Makin' Love"

There was a, er, KJ, who used to set up at my local who had "Tuesday's Gone." I live to find that again.

Also, why does every karaoke bar have "Love is the Drug" and "Virgina Plain" but no other Roxy? Very sad...

rogermexico (rogermexico), Thursday, 14 July 2005 21:00 (eighteen years ago) link

I can only really do Tom Waits or Eels songs. Which is a bit of a downer on a karaoke night, admittedly.

tissp! (the impossible shortest specia), Thursday, 14 July 2005 21:02 (eighteen years ago) link

But how cool is your karaoke joint to have Tom Waits and Eels!

rogermexico (rogermexico), Thursday, 14 July 2005 21:05 (eighteen years ago) link

Well, when I said "karaoke", I actually meant "me singing to a bunch of people who probably don't really want to hear it"

tissp! (the impossible shortest specia), Thursday, 14 July 2005 21:07 (eighteen years ago) link

There used to be a Japanese place in NYC called Candy B-1, where the Decibel sake bar now is, which did karaoke with a live band instead of backing tracks. It really added a lot.

k/l (Ken L), Thursday, 14 July 2005 21:08 (eighteen years ago) link

I think there was a place which had an eels track though...

xpost to myself

tissp! (the impossible shortest specia), Thursday, 14 July 2005 21:11 (eighteen years ago) link

Next on my Must Try list:
Badfinger, "Day After Day" or "Baby Blue" (even though the too-specific lyric makes that one weird...
Joe Jackson, "Breaking Us In Two"

rogermexico (rogermexico), Thursday, 14 July 2005 21:18 (eighteen years ago) link

Ghostbusters

Baby One More Time

Get Into the Groove

rainy (rainy), Thursday, 14 July 2005 21:27 (eighteen years ago) link

I fall back on 'Hey Jude' cos I sing it well and it's kind of a showstopper but it's pretty boring to sing. Last time I sang "Another Saturday Night" by Sam Cooke(ON A SATURDAY NIGHT OMG!), it was well recieved but the plinky midi arrangement made it sound like some fucking calypso castoff, I wasn't pleased. I've been half-practicing Luther's "Here and Now" but I'm probably going to chicken out, that shit is hard.

tremendoid (tremendoid), Thursday, 14 July 2005 22:30 (eighteen years ago) link

my repertoire:
freda payne : band of gold
neil diamond : shiloh
the box tops : the letter
astrud gilberto : girl from ipanema
cheap trick : surrender

-- gygax! (gygax0...), May 7th, 2003 5:28 PM. (gygax!)

reo speedwagon : keep on loving you
tracy chapman : fast car
burt bacharach : i'll never fall in love again
otis redding : these arms of mine

gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 14 July 2005 22:36 (eighteen years ago) link

I haven't done karaoke in ages, but at the only-slightly-creepy neighbourhood bar karaoke night I've been known to stick to:
Guns and Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine / Welcome to the Jungle
The Foundations - Build Me Up Buttercup (this is totally fun to do and I highly recommend it despite American Idol cheese factor 10)
Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up
backup vocals on The Kinks - You Really Got Me, among others

A friend did Cheap Trick's Surrender last night at Kiss-me-oke and it was fantastic. I may have to get drunk enough to attempt it sometime. If any karaoke bar ever has Fleetwood Mac Secondhand News, I'm doing it, but this has yet to happen. But mark my words!

rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Thursday, 14 July 2005 22:46 (eighteen years ago) link

xpost

Ain't "Keep On Loving You" teh sweet? It always brings me joy to catch the change on the second "and I meant, every word i said etc..."

Such a shame it's only two verses...

rogermexico (rogermexico), Thursday, 14 July 2005 22:47 (eighteen years ago) link

Boys, never attempt "Take on me" unless you can arrange a swift kick in the goollies at the relevant points.

ha, this advice couldn't be more OTM if it were printed out and sat atop a pile of actual money.

there are twelve people in the world the rest are haitch (haitch), Friday, 15 July 2005 00:50 (eighteen years ago) link

ive been doing major tom (coming home) recently

huell howser (chaki), Friday, 15 July 2005 00:56 (eighteen years ago) link

I haven't done karaoke in so long. :(

some faves: "Genie In A Bottle," "I Wanna Sex You Up," "Ignition (Remix)," "Opposites Attract" (when forced by my pal Marie), "Frontin'"

miccio (miccio), Friday, 15 July 2005 00:56 (eighteen years ago) link

aerosmith - i don't wanna miss a thing

s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 15 July 2005 00:58 (eighteen years ago) link

i wanna find the mythical club in sydney that has PANTERA karaoke!

there are twelve people in the world the rest are haitch (haitch), Friday, 15 July 2005 01:01 (eighteen years ago) link

dude my local bar has fucking hostile and im broken

huell howser (chaki), Friday, 15 July 2005 02:15 (eighteen years ago) link

awesome.

there are twelve people in the world the rest are haitch (haitch), Friday, 15 July 2005 02:17 (eighteen years ago) link

Wang Chung - Dance Hall Days
Billy Joel - It's still rock and roll to me (what? it's in my range!)

Dan I. (Dan I.), Friday, 15 July 2005 05:23 (eighteen years ago) link

I've been doing karaoke EVERY WEEK for the last few months. Songs that have gone over best: "The Humpty Dance," "Fuck and Run," "Erotic City."

Douglas (Douglas), Friday, 15 July 2005 06:17 (eighteen years ago) link

I used to do "Hopelessly Devoted to You" and "Lovefool" at teh local gay bar.

roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Friday, 15 July 2005 10:18 (eighteen years ago) link

eleven months pass...
June 14th 2006, Lucky Voice, Poland Street, London

Fall Out Boy- Dance Dance
Coolio- Gangsta's Paradise
DJ Pied Piper and the Masters of Ceremony- Do You Really Like It?
Suede- Beautiful Ones
Erasure- A Little Respect
Lisa Loeb- Stay
The Smiths- This Charming Man

Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 15 June 2006 11:53 (seventeen years ago) link

Electric 6 - Gay Bar
Aqua - Dr Jones
Aqua - Barbie Girl
Shaggy - Mr Boombastic
Beatles - Ticket To Ride
Del Shannon - Runaway
Inner Circle - Sweat (a la la la la long) lol
and Moon River or something

ken c (ken c), Thursday, 15 June 2006 11:57 (seventeen years ago) link

two years pass...

technotronic - pump up the jam
toto - africa
reo speedwagon - can't fight this feelin'

La Lechera, Monday, 30 June 2008 17:44 (fifteen years ago) link

more suggestions for me plz! going tonight!

stephen, Tuesday, 1 July 2008 01:00 (fifteen years ago) link

god i wish i could find a karaoke bar that has 'tinseltown in the rain'. i'd be all over that shit

electricsound, Tuesday, 1 July 2008 01:01 (fifteen years ago) link

i did 'purple rain' last time out. killed it.

haitch, Tuesday, 1 July 2008 01:44 (fifteen years ago) link

johnny cash - a boy named sue

VegemiteGrrrl, Tuesday, 1 July 2008 02:40 (fifteen years ago) link

dude looks like a lady

La Lechera, Tuesday, 1 July 2008 03:00 (fifteen years ago) link

the cars - just what i needed
fleetwood mac - landslide/you make loving fun/gypsy
louis armstrong - wonderful world

Steve Shasta, Tuesday, 1 July 2008 03:38 (fifteen years ago) link

whitney houston - the greatest love of all
extreme - more than words
chris deburgh - lady in red
tina turner - private dancer

Lingbert, Tuesday, 1 July 2008 03:56 (fifteen years ago) link

Barry White--Come On
Barry White--Practice What You Preach
Barry White--Can't Get Enough Of Your Love
Prince--When Doves Cry
Prince--Little Red Corvette
Michael Buble--whatever I feel like!

Bo Jackson Overdrive, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 03:32 (fifteen years ago) link

DONT DO THAT MAMY SONGS IN ONE NIGHT OMG

404 Error: Page Not Found, Thursday, 3 July 2008 02:08 (fifteen years ago) link

one year passes...

weird al -- "eat it"
best new karaoke song in a long time imo

also
rainbow "since you've been gone"

an outlet to express the dark invocations of (La Lechera), Saturday, 26 June 2010 14:21 (thirteen years ago) link

last night
The Doors - Alabama Song (whiskey var)
Metallica - ? (It wasn't the one with the sheep singing like I wanted)
Matthew Wilder - Break My Stride

some previous fun ones
She Blinded me with Science, What a Wonderful World, Saturday in the Park, Goodbye Horses (had to use a youtube karaoke video to get this song), You Had to be a Big Shot, Self-esteem, Logical Song (lol), Luka (at a bar not expecting all classics and rock songs), Stone Cold Crazy (Queen)...

serious nonsense (CaptainLorax), Saturday, 26 June 2010 19:06 (thirteen years ago) link

head like a hole w/ servant friend

a detective or a pervert (another al3x), Saturday, 26 June 2010 21:13 (thirteen years ago) link

Went for an all-90s night at karaoke last week.

Matchbox 20 - Push
Indigo Girls - Closer to Fine
Counting Crows - Long December

People went nuts for all three. I think the potential for mining 90's radio rock nostalgia among 20-somethings has gone relatively unnoticed at least at karaoke. In the same vein, the all-time biggest response I've ever gotten at karaoke was for 4 Non Blondes - What's Up (What's Going On).

Ari (whenuweremine), Sunday, 27 June 2010 01:41 (thirteen years ago) link

one month passes...

I do a lot of rap, like T.I.'s Dead and Gone, and have also done Nas's "If I Ruled the World" several times. like to also do stuff like Kool and the Gang's "Too Hot", Barry White's "Practice What You Preach", and "Razzle Dazzle" from Chicago.

i'm a semi-professional singer (in that some of my gigs unpaid, some paid), so like I also do at rehearsals for performances, sometimes I tape performances to see what I can improve on in the future. last night I sang "Father Figure" and did that but the Blackberry was next to this obnoxious guy who was singing along. I got to the riff at the end ("I will be youuuuuuuuuuuurs, FATHERRRRRRRRRRRR, I'll be your daddy, oh"), and on the recording you hear the guy go "HE GOT IT!". made me lol.

plate of dinosaurs (San Te), Saturday, 14 August 2010 16:08 (thirteen years ago) link

last week did Bubba Sparxxx--Ugly (boring song to do) and T.I.'s Live in the Sky. gonna try Big Shit Poppin' this week!

funky brewster (San Te), Thursday, 26 August 2010 01:09 (thirteen years ago) link

The only songs I've ever done are:

"Shiny Happy People" - R.E.M.
"Candy Everybody Wants" - 10,000 Maniacs
"Crush On You" - The Jets (have 0 recollection of actually doing this, btw)
"Let The Music Play" - Shannon

the last two were duets with donna rouge, who saved me from looking like a COMPLETE fool.

Chanté Ackerman (Stevie D), Thursday, 26 August 2010 03:14 (thirteen years ago) link

dj kool - let me clear my throat

pun gent (another al3x), Thursday, 26 August 2010 03:48 (thirteen years ago) link

I've done...

"Ziggy Stardust"
"Under The Milky Way"
"Nowhere Man"

Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 26 August 2010 03:51 (thirteen years ago) link

I don't mean 2 brag but I keeled dat T.I. Song alsoi am kinda drunk

funky brewster (San Te), Thursday, 26 August 2010 03:52 (thirteen years ago) link

me and my friend gonna try "Fuck Wit Dre Day" tonight. can't believe they made a karaoke track for this!

funky brewster (San Te), Wednesday, 1 September 2010 22:59 (thirteen years ago) link

i love karaoke
my fav. song is i believe i can fly
i stretch my arms out like i'm flying

sleepingbag, Wednesday, 1 September 2010 23:01 (thirteen years ago) link

weirdly enough this one seems to show up most places and is my go-to when i don't wanna attempt notes.

girlfriend always does lola and has a pretty mean drop-to-her-knees-and-fist-pump move.

i need to karaoke again.

arby's, Wednesday, 1 September 2010 23:09 (thirteen years ago) link


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