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FOT Community => General Discussion => Topic started by: Jack from Arkansas on December 31, 2008, 06:49:20 PM
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One of the last times I was at a karaoke bar I picked Aha's Take On Me. Fortunately for everyone, I left before my number was called because I don't have the chops for that.
I've had some success with Sloop John B. I'm using the word "success" loosely here.
Tonight I think I'm ready to try "I've Got Friends in Low Places" by Garth Brooks.
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what's that song by the Barenaked Ladies?
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(Sitting at) The Dock of the Bay
Islands in the Stream
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Like a Virgin.
I can even do it without seeing the words.
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Raiford (The Felon Wind) by Earth
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The Letter by the Box Tops.
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this is how you remind me by nickelback
if i have a good co-singer, i would do anything for love but i won't do that.
if i find 'toxicity' by system of a down on a karaoke machine, i'd like to tackle that one.
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"That's Life"
"Ebony and Ivory"
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last few times:
"Send Me An Angel" Real Life
"And It Stoned Me" Van Morrison
"Driver's Seat" Sniff-n-the-tears
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never gonna give you up
i did this at the FOT meetup at winnie's after the record fair like 3 years ago. long before the whole rickroll thing happened.
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"Hooked On A Feeling"
Or anything by Stone Temple Pilots.
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last few times:
"Send Me An Angel" Real Life
"And It Stoned Me" Van Morrison
"Driver's Seat" Sniff-n-the-tears
Holy cow, that Real Life song is from the BMX movie, Rad. I seriously have to ask you guys for permission to use some of these songs in my rep. [repertoire]. I'm going to turn into a karaoke nerd that hangs out in airport hotel karaoke lounges and has his own backup instrumentals in a fannypack.
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I pretty much killed "Since U Been Gone". That's probably the best I've ever done solo. The best duet I did (Easy Lover) was my first karaoke experience and we pretty much killed that.
I don't mess around. I'm hoping to one day find a machine with Young Turks. That's the one song I've wanted to sing for a LONG time.
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Two way tie...
Shiloh - Neil Diamond
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Saturday - Chicago
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hall and oates - method of modern love
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According to Rock Band it should be "Lime Light" by Rush.
But I'm not a Rush fan, so I usually sing "Lazing on a Sunny Afternoon" by The Kinks. Or Love Shack if I'm drunk enough.
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I've cut down a little on my karaoke intake but this week I had a friend in town so we went out twice and I did (not kidding here, people):
"Your Love" by The Outfield
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"Here Comes the Hotstepper" by Ini Kamoze
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I did 'Staying Alive', about halfway through the falsetto destroyed my voice for weeks.
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I usually torture the crowd with an off-key version of 'Workin' In a Coalmine' by Lee Dorsey.
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I usually torture the crowd with an off-key version of 'Workin' In a Coalmine' by Lee Dorsey.
This is probably the funniest thing I've ever heard in my life. I can see it!
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Despite Lost In Translation, Sex Pistols songs really are great fun to sing when drunk.
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The OJay's Backstabbers. You'd be surprised how many karaoke places have that song.
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Funny moment that always crack me up: when someone chooses a song with a memorable chorus, but a difficult or not-so-memorable verse. Like "Leader of the Pack". Always a trainwreck.
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Funny moment that always crack me up: when someone chooses a song with a memorable chorus, but a difficult or not-so-memorable verse. Like "Leader of the Pack". Always a trainwreck.
oh, that's the worst. its why i go solo now; i had too many duets with chorus-only participation.
surprisingly, ive done dexy's midnite runners (come on eileen), r.e.m. (it's the end of the world...), gloria gaynor (i will survive), and some other popular tracks where NO ONE in the bar even knew the melody, where it really counts.
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Funny moment that always crack me up: when someone chooses a song with a memorable chorus, but a difficult or not-so-memorable verse. Like "Leader of the Pack". Always a trainwreck.
oh, that's the worst. its why i go solo now; i had too many duets with chorus-only participation.
surprisingly, ive done dexy's midnite runners (come on eileen), r.e.m. (it's the end of the world...), gloria gaynor (i will survive), and some other popular tracks where NO ONE in the bar even knew the melody, where it really counts.
I would have to say my similar experience is when I was doing a song that I THOUGHT everybody in a bar with karaoke would be into, and them just not knowing or feeling it like when I did "Don't Stop Me Now". Hoo boy did I feel awkward.
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Oh yes, and "Bette Davis Eyes". Angels weep.
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I've cut down a little on my karaoke intake but this week I had a friend in town so we went out twice and I did (not kidding here, people):
"Your Love" by The Outfield
Any karaoke place that has that song is top notch. Been wanting to try my hand at that for quite some time now...
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On New Year's Eve, we were doing a little live karaoke in my friend's basement. I think I sang "Rise Above", "Bite It You Scum", and "Last Caress". We were going to do some Minor Threat, until my friend who said he knew how to play all of their songs on guitar somehow forgot all of the ones I wanted to sing.
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I can nail "The Revealing Science of God", but it's hard to find it on the machine at most joints.
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this thread reminds me of my dream to open a karaoke bar that provides less-than-obvious songs. true story.
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Sitting quietly.
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this thread reminds me of my dream to open a karaoke bar that provides less-than-obvious songs. true story.
It would be nice to have some less-than-obvious songs. The problem I always have is I usually blank out when trying to pick songs and end up with something random.
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this thread reminds me of my dream to open a karaoke bar that provides less-than-obvious songs. true story.
It would be nice to have some less-than-obvious songs. The problem I always have is I usually blank out when trying to pick songs and end up with something random.
same here, which is why i intend to open a karaoke bar with more than "Bang-A-Gong" under TRex.
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I wish my answer was cooler.
But... Spice Girls, I do the scary spice "rap" part.
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gloria, when can we do karaoke together.
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Cher's version of "It's in His Kiss"
and Patsy Cline's "I Fall to Pieces"
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"Detachable Penis," seriously.
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"Detachable Penis," seriously.
What Karaoke has that one?
Although I suppose you could use any background music, kind of the beauty of that...
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"Detachable Penis," seriously.
What Karaoke has that one?
Although I suppose you could use any background music, kind of the beauty of that...
Portland Oregon, though I can't remember the name of the place.
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one can win over the rural karaoke crowd with jack and diane.
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"Outsider" karaoke
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gloria, when can we do karaoke together.
We can do it when you visit NY/NJ! Are you still coming?
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yep...summertime.
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I think that Loveshack by The B52s is the perfect karaoke song.
It can be sung solo or as a boy/girl duet, it has that call and response 'bang bang bang on the floor baby' break down towards the end and totally lends itself to crowd participation if your bit of a showman.
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ive tried pulling off loveshack karaoke before. im not a showman, but i try to get the bar into it so i dont draw any attention to my slip ups.
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I'm pretty good at "Cruel To Be Kind" by Nick Lowe and "I'm Not In Love" by 10cc. I knocked "Watching The Detectives" out of the fucking karaoke park once (Milwaukee has 3 karaoke parks.) And I wanna try "Telephone Line" by ELO again sometime soon, cause that's got real potential to be my ace in the hole.
Hmm, I'm uncomfortable with the amount of detail in my answer. Oh well!
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i can pull off "The Only Living Boy in New York" on an amateur level. i work on it in the car on the way home from work.
if its early in the morning, no way.
if ive been smoking that nite, i can pull it off but in a completely different way.
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Lionel "Newport" Richie's "Say You, Say Me" is a real show-stopper. The upbeat bridge comes out of nowhere and shakes the audience out of schmaltz-complacency, leading into a truly epic finish every time.
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I'm pretty good at "Cruel To Be Kind" by Nick Lowe and "I'm Not In Love" by 10cc. I knocked "Watching The Detectives" out of the fucking karaoke park once (Milwaukee has 3 karaoke parks.) And I wanna try "Telephone Line" by ELO again sometime soon, cause that's got real potential to be my ace in the hole.
Hmm, I'm uncomfortable with the amount of detail in my answer. Oh well!
If you can hit the note corresponding to the word "line", you need to sign up for the Fleet Foxes Corp.