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So a couple of nights ago I got invited out to a Karaoke night. I usually just stumble upon them on accident.

To me, the whole concept is strange: people earnestly singing songs in front of total strangers, ostensibly for their approval. For free no less.

It made me think, why do people do this? Can't I do this in my car or in my office or some other place where I am by myself? Then I realized I am weird myself so decided to create this thread.

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Journey, FTW

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Please clarify "do you/have you participated regularly..."

I have participated. I have not done (and do not do) so regularly. I have never done so sober. I have abused Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, David Allan Coe, Merle Haggard, Franz Ferdinand, and Michael Jackson.

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cj,

I guess the question is how proactive you are in seeking out Karaoke guy to request a song that you can sing. I realize that a lot of people are passive and either join in as a group or have a song requested specifically for them, that's why I phrased the question that way...

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Who the hell voted sober?

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[censored] gay dude i dont sing karaoke

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cj,

I guess the question is how proactive you are in seeking out Karaoke guy to request a song that you can sing. I realize that a lot of people are passive and either join in as a group or have a song requested specifically for them, that's why I phrased the question that way...

[/ QUOTE ]If you're trying to identify the guy who schedules a trip to karaoke or goes weekly to the same bar to sing his usual tunes with a steadfast commitment and seriousness of heart, please take one "yes" off the polling number. This is not me. I have, more than once, drunkenly belted a well-known tune in an ill-conceived effort to make fun of myself (and win the admiration and validation of the faceless masses, let's be honest).

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the only thing worse than a karaoke singer who can't hold a tune is the ones who choose rap songs.

edited to add "Speedy Gonzales" ftw

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cj,

I guess the question is how proactive you are in seeking out Karaoke guy to request a song that you can sing. I realize that a lot of people are passive and either join in as a group or have a song requested specifically for them, that's why I phrased the question that way...

[/ QUOTE ]If you're trying to identify the guy who schedules a trip to karaoke or goes weekly to the same bar to sing his usual tunes with a steadfast commitment and seriousness of heart, please take one "yes" off the polling number. This is not me. I have, more than once, drunkenly belted a well-known tune in an ill-conceived effort to make fun of myself (and win the admiration and validation of the faceless masses, let's be honest).

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That sums it up for me too, I don't seek it out or go often, but I've been places where it's there and it's pretty fun to get up and belt out a tune.

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Karaoke is mad fun with the drunk homies. Rap songs are absolutely horrid for this as are uber hard rock songs. Pick some pop [censored] to abuse that people know. Journey, Bon Jovi, Oasis, classic R&B are all great songs. I personally have decimated The Commoderes "Easy" twice in the past week. Its too long, but still fun to sing. Private Karaoke rooms w/ bottles and friends FTW.

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tug,

Have a few drinks and get ready to rock the house w/ some Bon Jovi Wanted Dead or Alive. That went over so well they want you to do another, how about Summer of '69 by Bryan Adams (this one helps to have a chick singing with you and then get the crowd singing along too). I only end up doing it about once a year, but karaoke rules.

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To me, the whole concept is strange: people earnestly singing songs in front of total strangers, ostensibly for their approval...
It made me think, why do people do this?

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I go with my friends. They get a kick out of me singing (I'm good). The approval of strangers is nice, but by itself, it's not enough to get me up there.

People who go to karaoke alone are the most pathetic people I've ever seen. I remember one time, seeing a guy sitting by himself. He gets called up to sing his song. When the song is over, instead of going back to his bar stool, he just walked out of the place. I can't explain that.

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I sing my music to myself.

I would never ever ever do it in public. Like Del said, "Emcees need to know their limitations."

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I thoroughly enjoy karaoke, and frequently get a great response from strangers who enjoy watching me perform. I am a terrible singer, but karaoke is all about stage presence.

I prefer to sing Styx, Hall and Oates, Backstreet Boys, and Foreigner.

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I have, more than once, drunkenly belted a well-known tune in an ill-conceived effort to make fun of myself (and win the admiration and validation of the faceless masses, let's be honest).

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Interesting responses thus far. Yours is closest to my one and only act: I pick "Sweet Caroline" and scream the song at the top of my lungs a la Sam Kinison, e.g. "good times never felt so good AND THEN YOU SLEPT AROUND ON ME YOU BITCH WHORE SLUUT I HOPE YOU DIE AND GO TO HELL OH OOOOOOOOOOOOOH". This of course receives a tepid response by those who take it more seriously, but I enjoy it.

I guess I have a case of stage fright where I can't bring myself to belt out a tune in earnest and risk public rejection, but at the same time I'm baffled when I see things like a chick singing the theme to "Titanic" and acting all like she's on stage at the Grammys.

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Sweet Caroline is a great song to sing

SWEEET CAROLINE <DAH DAH DAH> GOOD TIMES NEVER FELT SO GOOD <SOOOO GOOD SOOO GOOD SOOO GOOD>~

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Tuq - if you come to LA let us go out and "noraebang" - entails getting a private room (standard room fits up to 12 people or so), get boozed up while karaoking, with many opps to sing your favorite toonz.

-Al

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LOVE karaoke. I can sing. But anytime I do karaoke I'm terrible on purpose. I dont think it's fun when people sing good. ha ha ha. And I'm NEVER sober when I do it.

My dream: Open up a kitschy bowling alley/karaoke bar. Myabe w/ some classic antique arcade games.

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I sang karaoke once. In a mega-dive bar. "Werewolves Of London". Standing ovation. Retired on a high note.

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My dream: Open up a kitschy bowling alley/karaoke bar. Myabe w/ some classic antique arcade games.

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That'd be awesome. I would frequent your establishment.

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Best and worst experience for me was Karoake outside of one o the residential areas here at Umass. The mic wasn't loud at all, they weren't able to get the monitor working so people could see the words, and the music didn't work all too well. Completely sober, I did "Let the bodies hit the floor" by Drowning Pool acapella. It was probably horrible, but I got 1st place over 5 or 6 other people. I'll take it.

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Note: If an OOT Karaoke supergroup ever forms, I reserve the right to come out of retirement for one final performance.

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Tuq - if you come to LA let us go out and "noraebang" - entails getting a private room (standard room fits up to 12 people or so), get boozed up while karaoking, with many opps to sing your favorite toonz.

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Al, that would be awesome. Any chance of hooking up a meeting with skunk, LFS, 'cardo, CharlieDontSurf, PJ, and others? I know some non-2+2 people in LA, but not many, most people from there seem to move here.

Never heard of what you're referring to BTW.

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Tuq - if you come to LA let us go out and "noraebang" - entails getting a private room (standard room fits up to 12 people or so), get boozed up while karaoking, with many opps to sing your favorite toonz.

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I totally read that as oppas and thought you were playing the Korean-FOB-girl card which would've been awesome.

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tuq, if you ever come to visit LA, I hope RJ drops by real briefly just to tell you that you suq.

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I have never done it, but if I did get drunk and do it, only a good Air Supply tune could suffice.

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I would never ever attend karaoke while sober. I've done it many times totally drunk though, it's loads of fun [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]. I usually sing old Finninsh songs, like "a drop ain't killing you" or whatever I can't translate it, from Irwin Goodman [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img].

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karaoke sucks ass and the people who take it seriously likely have a lent collection and/or a large number of cats at home.

PS: How are the cats doing Tuq?

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Tuq - definitely - we should also start a thread that vaguely alludes to the karaoke participants and outing, and then we all start chiming in and ignore other posters [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

Oh and for your edification (Karaoke Box = KTV (for Taiwanese) = Noraebang (for Koreanz)):

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Karaoke Box is a variant of karaoke that is popular in East Asia. It features a small to medium-sized private room containing karaoke equipment for a group of friends to rent in timed increments. A monitor in the room displays lyrics atop a themed music video. The music videos are often not the official videos, but are videos made especially for KTV establishments. A typical KTV establishment contains 10-20 such rooms as well as a main "karaoke bar" area in the front. KTV centers can scale to hundreds of rooms and can be extremely opulent. KTV establishments often sell refreshments.

KTVs are a common pastime in places such as Taiwan and China. Very successful KTV chains in Taiwan include Holiday KTV and Cashbox KTV.

"KTV" is an abbreviation for karaoke television, derived as a reference to "MTV", which means "music video" in Asian languages. The name varies across countries.

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-Al

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tug,

FYI, those places generally involve banging in those booths.

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El D, wow. [img]/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img] Maybe I should send Big Steve as my proxy?

Shajen, I kinda felt the same way, except for the cat thing obv. I just don't get why people would want to sing in front of a bunch of drunken judgmental strangers unless 1) they are really drunk themselves, or b) they are being goofy on purpose. Also, cats are fine, thanks, but I'm pretty sure your question was more punch line than concern. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

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no wai bro, I have two crazy cats myself. Hadn't seen any pics lately.


Was curious is all.

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All,

Rather than start a new thread on the subject, I'll just mini-hijack this one. Anyone have any good suggestions for karaoke songs for a guy with a deep singing voice? Last Sunday, I was out singing karaoke for the second time in my life, and fortunately they had Tennessee Ernie Ford's Sixteen Tons to sing, which I performed to the great pleasure of all. However, I could use a few more go-to songs. There's talk of a repeat performance this Sunday.

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Shajen,

Sorry for doubting you mang. They are both fine and are very attractive - good coloring, the original one being white on his underside, legs, chin, and extending above his nose, with a salt-and-pepper color on his top, tail, and head, and Moe Moe with his awesomely pure slate color. Plus having two totally different personalities helps - a mellow one from a litter who was dropped off at the pound and the other one picked up off the street with a little gangsta in him. They complement each other well!

I'm considering getting harnesses to walk them but I think that would look impossibly gay, although the "using pussy to get pussy" angle is intriguing.

Not looking forward to the 10-12 years where they just lay around and need surgeries and stuff though. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

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Me and some friends went to a bar a couple of years ago for a Halloween Party... they had karaoke.. yeah, at a halloween party... the manager said after karaoke was over (2 hours) they'd put some music on for dancing with girls and stuff...

so my friends sent me up to sing a few songs... I had that mf'er shut down in under 30 minutes

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tug,

FYI, those places generally involve banging in those booths.

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Sometimes. There are a couple in Koreatown that will serve alcohol past 2am, which make them a regular stop whenever we are drinking in KTown.

DN

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Wookie,

Johnny Cash? Barry White? Lou Rawls? Danzig? I'm sure there's other obvious ones but those are pretty pimp guys to start with.

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All,

Rather than start a new thread on the subject, I'll just mini-hijack this one. Anyone have any good suggestions for karaoke songs for a guy with a deep singing voice? Last Sunday, I was out singing karaoke for the second time in my life, and fortunately they had Tennessee Ernie Ford's Sixteen Tons to sing, which I performed to the great pleasure of all. However, I could use a few more go-to songs. There's talk of a repeat performance this Sunday.

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I've always wanted to sing something very unmanly in a manly deep voice, just to see if it gets me laid, but I've never had the guts.

Or been drunk enough.

So if you get totally hammered, order up some Spice Girls and give me a TR on it if it gets you some ass.

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Bump my own thread. I stumbled into one of these the other night and all we did was be baffled by people taking karaoke seriously, like it's American Idol at some [censored] sports bar on a Saturday night. WTF? So goddamned weird.

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tuq,

So which song did you sing?