Karaoke: what song would you choose?
What song do you sing the best? What song do you think you sing well enough to sing in front of other drunk people?
How drunk are we, and are we going for sincere or camp?
too drunk to drive, but you'll be OK in like 2 hours.... if you have some chicken wings or meatballs or sumpin. and you're trying to impress that hot blonde with the big bewbs that seems to work here somehow.
Nina Simone's "My Baby Just Cares for Me".
Last year a friend had a 60th birthday party, and invited a Karaoke compere to her party. The compere didn't know us at all, and we are all pretty musical. At the end of the evening she (the compere) said she had had the most amazing time as we could all sing our songs really well, even the karaoke virgins like myself!
Unless it's Tracey Chapman or someone of a similar timbre, it would have to be a song by a male artist. I ain't got no soprano range. I do best with upper-end tenor males, like Bare Naked Ladies.
NOTHING. Never in a million years. That is all.
too drunk to drive, but you'll be OK in like 2 hours.... if you have some chicken wings or meatballs or sumpin. and you're trying to impress that hot blonde with the big bewbs that seems to work here somehow.
Under similar conditions plus a raw throat from staying up all night talking to a high school buddy I broke out
Mack the Knife heavy on the bottom end because my high range was awol. I got a "Where did that voice come from?" because I could have made Louis Armstrong's shoes vibrate that night. Normally I have good baritone range sneaking up through tenor... then again normally I'm sober and won't go near a mic.
My sharona.
lol.
that would be awesome.
muh muh muh muh mai sha row nah!
I'm torn between Glycerine and Black.
or an A Capella version of 4 + 20
My sharona.
That song is a pop-music footnote.
I didn't say 'stop'!
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I would have to really trust someone and consider them a friend to even try.
I would karaoke in the privacy of my own home. My neighbors are really fortunate I don't have a machine. I don't think they would care or even hear since I don't mind their bag pipes. I hope that kid can play Silent Night before Christmas otherwise she needs to pick another song to learn. ( She has been playing it SINCE Christmas ;) )
They are sweet kids though.
in order for me to sing karaoke, I'd have to be a little buzzed, but jinx would have to be loh ho hoaded to let me. she'd be far more embarrassed for me than i'd be for myself.
one day, not too far from now, video chat with audio will be good enough that we can all get together and do this.
Bob Dylan: Blowin in the Wind ... I do a mean Dylan impression. I did this once at a karaoke party. Went down well :P
I can only do Karaoke while drunk. Hence, a drinking song is called for. Chambawamba, Tubthumpin' (I get knocked down) or The Proclaimers, 500 miles. After that we'll be so drunk it wont matter.
Chumbawamba :P
My ex's Dad was a friend of their manager, as I recall.
Nina Simone's "My Baby Just Cares for Me".
Last year a friend had a 60th birthday party, and invited a Karaoke compere to her party.
com·pere (kmpâr) Chiefly British
n. The master of ceremonies, as of a television entertainment program or a variety show.
v. com·pered, com·per·ing, com·peres
v.tr. To serve as master of ceremonies for.
v.intr. To serve as the master of ceremonies.
That's a new one on me, thanks.:blush:
really? wow. I guess that was onother one waiting to trip me up one day.... :lol: -you would just say MC here?
Yes, except half the time it gets spelled "emcee." Which I personally think looks retarded, but a fair number of people do it.
Only one song I will do, and I'm more likely to do it if I'm sober. The first time I tried it was at Gradfest at my old job.
Walk Like an Egyptian. I just like doing that eye thingy that one Bangle chick did. :unsure:
I'd do
"You and the night and the music" but the way Debroy Somers did it in Pennies From Heaven, not like Sinatra or Cullum.
I might also do "In the middle of a kiss"
I have a FOAF who is a karaoke DJ, so I end up doing this far more than I probably should.
I am an Alto, Second Soprano if I do a lot of stretching and warm ups first, so it's difficult to find songs in my vocal range. Since most karaoke arrangements are in something other than the original key signature, picking songs can be challenging. Another element I have to bear in mind is that I have to choose songs that I can sing without the support of a strong melody line.
I usually go for American Pie, which I know well enough that I don't have to stare at the teleprompter. I tried Sing by the Carpenters once, but the key was an octave and a half OVER my range, so it was rough until I dropped an octave. I should also not choose such embarrasingly pop-y songs. I can also do a credible Annie Lennox, and belt out Sweet Dreams quite enthusiastically, but I get lost in the woo-woos.
I might try Blinded by Science next time ...
Bonus ... I can Karaoke in my own home thanks to Comcast's Karaoke OnDemand Channel.
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I would try to change the verses to make it cover whatever was going on, just like the dude used to do, or maybe still does. "Once... there was this guy, who... stoood up at karaoke n sung real low... and whenn... the crowd ignored him... he got real mad and threw drinks around."
Plus there's no pressure to hit any particular high note. I'm a bassist all around.
Unless it's Tracey Chapman or someone of a similar timbre, it would have to be a song by a male artist. I ain't got no soprano range.
I am an Alto, Second Soprano if I do a lot of stretching and warm ups first, so it's difficult to find songs in my vocal range.
YAY! Two other Dwellars (and ones I admire) have low singing voices!
I figure your voice is higher than mine though Wolf.
You both could try some of my faves -
9 to 5, Sheryl Crow's
A Change (Would Do You Good), I Will Survive (but that's pretty passe) and
Babylon by David Gray.
I love to sing. I don't have to be drunk to do karaoke. I just have to find a song where I can hit all the notes. My first experience was so bad - I was quite a shy 18 year old, and someone in the group thought it would be funny to get me up to sing. Ha ha ha, lookit the embarrassed girl. Fuck off. I sang in the Bucks County Choir. I was brought up Catholic - we sing all the time - Grandad used to give Mum a hard time if he couldn't hear me above everyone else in Mass. I had solos in four school musicals. But they chose an ABBA song for me. Do you know what Agnetha and Anni-Frida's vocal ranges are? Fucking massive. I ended up mouthing like a guppy while the DJ sang most of the song.
Luckily I've put that behind me now.
I'm not bitter.
I Will Survive (but that's pretty passe)
Heh... unless you're talking about the Cake version, there are a lot of notes that are still too high for me. :)
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but what a FUN song to sing.....
that would be like doing Add it Up.
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I LOVE the Femmes.
They were our soundtrack of choice for about two summers.
I used to do a lot of karaoke. Some of the songs I used to sing were, Joy To The World by Three Dog Night, Can't take my Eyes off of You, Natural Woman, Swing Low Sweet Chariot (gospel rock version), Mockingbird and many many more. :D Oh, and just about anything by the Eurythmics or Cher.
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I would try to change the verses to make it cover whatever was going on, just like the dude used to do, or maybe still does. "Once... there was this guy, who... stoood up at karaoke n sung real low... and whenn... the crowd ignored him... he got real mad and threw drinks around."
Plus there's no pressure to hit any particular high note. I'm a bassist all around.
Weird. I listened to "God Shuffled His Feet" on Sunday, and this has been stuck in my head since
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I do a mean version of Four Seasons In One Day (Crowded House) and It Looks Like Rain (Jann Arden).
Rain was an album track, so I don't expect ever to see it on a karaoke listing. I can sing Seasons an octave down though, Yay!
But hey. Get me, and a few beers, and (someone else on a) guitar and some candlelight - I'll blow you away. Yeah, the beers help. On both sides. Oh and I sing them in my natural accent. The words mean too much to act them.
But I forgot how much I love the Kiwi twang in Neil Finn's voice in this song. And just his voice. Sorry, like JB, and The League Of Gentlemen, he's a national treasure. Not my nation? Meh. He's part of the Commonwealth - and has an OBE to prove it.
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Nice reminder that I'm a thread killer though.
FTR - 9 to 5 on Thursday night.
Mum loved it.