― maura, Tuesday, 8 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
def leppard, 'photograph,' where i, inspired by anthony michael hall's turn as mutt lange, went the extra octave; van halen, 'poundcake,' mainly because of the bridge ('tried some sex without love/i found the real thing is poundcake'); golden earring, 'radar love'; and the presidents of the usa, 'lump.'
my total dud song was definitely 'come on over' by christina aguilera, in part because i hit myself in the mouth with the microphone and also in part because i can't go the extra extra octave.
― Pete, Tuesday, 8 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― N., Tuesday, 8 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Alan Trewartha, Tuesday, 8 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Boys, never attempt "Take on me" unless you can arrange a swift kick in the goollies at the relevant points.
― Tag, Tuesday, 8 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― alext, Tuesday, 8 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― katie, Tuesday, 8 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Tom, Tuesday, 8 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Ronan, Tuesday, 8 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Even when I was I practically coerced into it by this intimidating bitch-diva friend of my then-boyfriend I just will not do it.
― Nicole, Tuesday, 8 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Dan Perry, Tuesday, 8 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Many many songs have forever been ruined / improved by hearing my friends' / other peoples' renditions.
― Emma, Tuesday, 8 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Elisa K, Tuesday, 8 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Sarah, Tuesday, 8 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Sam, Tuesday, 8 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
(I'd still love to do Heaven 17's "Temptation" with a hot soul diva. I might advertise for one in the Croydon Gazette).
― Michael Jones, Tuesday, 8 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
"now just let me introduce myself / my name is Dare / pronounced with the 'air' / and oh ladies, you know that I am far from square"
which of course marked me as being just that.
― Dare, Tuesday, 8 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Gage-o, Tuesday, 8 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― youn, Tuesday, 8 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Douglas, Tuesday, 8 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Billy Dods, Tuesday, 8 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Samantha, Tuesday, 8 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― mark s, Tuesday, 8 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Erm...I have it on a karaoke vcd at home. ;-)
― Caroline Sibley, Tuesday, 8 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
1. Livin' On A Prayer 2. Nothings Gonna Stop Us Now 3. I Would Do Anything For Love 4. Every Rose Has Its Thorn 5. Crazy Crazy Nights 6. Mr Brownstone.
― jel, Tuesday, 8 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― DG, Tuesday, 8 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― CarsmileSteve, Wednesday, 9 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Graham, Wednesday, 9 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Mandee, Wednesday, 9 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Will, Thursday, 10 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Sarah, Thursday, 10 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― chris, Thursday, 10 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Ronan, Thursday, 10 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
both voices!!
i wz told it was a "phenomenon"
haha the best thing wz [xXx] wz there — we haven't been in the same room for i think two years, and we between us managed total non eye-contact, BUT i sang "lollipop (candyman)" by aqua (which includes the line "i wish that i were a bubblegum"), and [xXx] sang nothing so i win utterly
(i realise it doesn't actually work like that)
― mark s (mark s), Wednesday, 7 May 2003 22:44 (twenty years ago) link
Lol the repetitious end of songs.
"Shut it down!"
― hootenanny-soundtracking clusterfucks about milking cows (Neanderthal), Saturday, 25 March 2023 19:44 (one year ago) link
Ha, the Hey Jude rule! Sometimes the thing ends with a non-vocal interlude of one of two varieties. In the case of the first type you have to stick around to sing one more thing at the very end, in the second, you can safely leave your position at the mic to wander amongst your adoring public.I did “Starman” once. Got no reaction and, more importantly, didn’t enjoy singing it that much. Too repetitive as you say, and I didn’t get anywhere close to nailing some of the other moments as well as I would have liked. Would still consider doing it again, but want to try some other Bowie first. Thinking about “Ziggy Stardust,” “Jean Genie” and “Rebel Rebel.”
― Old Man Reacts to Cloud (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 25 March 2023 19:47 (one year ago) link
Another one with a repetitive ending is “Suspicious Minds.”
― Old Man Reacts to Cloud (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 25 March 2023 22:33 (one year ago) link
Which is kind of fun to sing except how many times can you sing “caught in a trap” to a karaoke track instead of the TCB Band?
― Old Man Reacts to Cloud (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 25 March 2023 22:34 (one year ago) link
Last time I tried the live version, next time I will try the studio version which presents another challenge.
― Old Man Reacts to Cloud (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 25 March 2023 22:39 (one year ago) link
Almost feel guilty or nervous about enjoying my current karaoke jag so much and am afraid it will all dry up and I will turn back into Michigan J. Frog once again.
― Old Man Reacts to Cloud (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 25 March 2023 22:46 (one year ago) link
The challenge of the studio version of “Suspicious Minds” being that it is slower which prolongs the agony of trying to do justice to the chorus and breakdown. Elvis’s high notes have still got some amazing bottom going on like nobody else’s. It’s like chocolate or … velvet even.
― Old Man Reacts to Cloud (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 25 March 2023 23:11 (one year ago) link
Anyway, here’s another semi-pro tip: “Hey Jude” aside, you can pretty much sing any Beatles song you want to that you can find a track to and if you do even a half decent job people will respond since most know and love every single one of their tunes. I sometimes get sick of the phenomenon of The Beatles and their monolithic presence in the monoculture but I still can enjoy their music in isolation tracks, in limited doses. But they don’t really need me anymore, Rob Sheffield is taking good care of them.
― Old Man Reacts to Cloud (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 25 March 2023 23:17 (one year ago) link
Just now hearing Death Cab for Cutie singing “Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home)” and reminded that I was thinking about singing that last year like I was Darlene Love on David Letterman or something but ran out of time and couldn’t get over there. Maybe I can do it this year if we make it to December.
― Old Man Reacts to Cloud (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 25 March 2023 23:20 (one year ago) link
Which reminds me that I did two Merle Haggard tunes, “Mama Tried” and “Pancho and Lefty.” The first got a good response, the second crickets but I felt really good about it, it was really fun to do both Willie and Merle, and I may try it again. Also checking out some more Merle material for future use.
― Old Man Reacts to Cloud (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 25 March 2023 23:24 (one year ago) link
See some good candidates but don’t want to jinx myself and post ahead of time.
― Old Man Reacts to Cloud (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 25 March 2023 23:30 (one year ago) link
Just posting that much makes my vocal chords want to close up shop.
― Old Man Reacts to Cloud (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 25 March 2023 23:33 (one year ago) link
Under the weather so nothing this evening.
― It’s Only Her Factory, Girl! (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 28 March 2023 01:46 (one year ago) link
We were waiting at the end of our holiday for the coach transfer, about 30 mins early. So, we went into a bar where it was kicking and it was KJ time.I put me down for doing "Ebeneezer Goode", what the hell, thinking we'd be long gone. Five mins later, I'm called.Threw myself into it, kept up with the lyrics, did an "into the crowd", handed the mic back at the end, then grabbed our bags and out to the bus which came 5 mins later. Definitely an "Elvis has left the building" moment.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 28 March 2023 09:30 (one year ago) link
Wow
― It’s Only Her Factory, Girl! (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 28 March 2023 11:42 (one year ago) link
Had to skip the last three times. Feeling some combination of withdrawal and a backup backlog of unsung material.
― Beatles in My Passway (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 5 April 2023 03:16 (one year ago) link
Still doing this. There is some kind of brinkmanship of singing something a little too high and seeing how it goes. Just tried “In Dreams.” Pretty much knew I would have to drop the last line an octave but there were plenty of rough patches before that.
― Cosmo’s Hacienda (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 16 May 2023 05:03 (eleven months ago) link
I feel like whatever you can hit in a rehearsal at home (lol 'rehearsal' for karaoke, god i'm pathetic), you should deduct like 15% of that range at a karaoke night. something about alcohol plus nerves and having never done it before leaves the notes you thought you were just hitting at home to disappear.
nothing worse than being like 30 seconds into a song and going "fuck this was a mistake"
― the manwich horror (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 16 May 2023 17:48 (eleven months ago) link
Yes, this is a very good point.
― Cosmo’s Hacienda (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 16 May 2023 18:10 (eleven months ago) link
I don’t really drink anymore. Sometimes I may have one in the middle of the thing after I have already sung one. I went out drinking with some old friends beforehand a few weeks ago and my one nurses drink extended to two. When I got to karaoke and tried to hit some high notes it was like there was a sock in my throat.
― Cosmo’s Hacienda (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 16 May 2023 18:12 (eleven months ago) link
The bright side is that afterwards I did “Rocket Man” again for the second time after many months and I didn’t feel much strain hitting the high Bb, more or less.
― Cosmo’s Hacienda (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 16 May 2023 18:14 (eleven months ago) link
Still can’t hit and hold that note well enough to do “Life on Mars?” to my satisfaction though. Which is pretty much the whole song so…
― Cosmo’s Hacienda (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 16 May 2023 18:15 (eleven months ago) link
“Human”Love this shit
― calstars, Sunday, 4 June 2023 20:34 (ten months ago) link
Tonight I overcame my lifelong fear of singing in front of people and did karaoke for the first time ever at a friend's birthday party. It was at one of those places where you're in a little room with just your friends, so less intimidating. I started with Tik Tok by Kesha, then did Dancing in the Dark, then Fast Car toward the end of the night. It was ridiculously fun and now I finally understand why people like karaoke.
― Lily Dale, Monday, 5 June 2023 04:58 (ten months ago) link
:)
― CeeLô Borges (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 6 June 2023 02:28 (ten months ago) link
Just did one the title of which was the screenname of an ILX0r who used to frequent this place.
― Holly Godarkbloom (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 16 June 2023 05:11 (ten months ago) link
Some songs get done a lot and I don’t like hearing them until some ringer shows up one day to show how it’s done.
― Holly Godarkbloom (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 16 June 2023 05:23 (ten months ago) link
Thinking of doing “Ray of Light” sometime soon, but might have to split the difference between Mo and Jim.
― Holly Godarkbloom (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 18 June 2023 17:04 (ten months ago) link
Last night:
ABC - The Look of LoveParamore - Ain't It Fun
― the dreaded dependent claus (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 18 June 2023 19:08 (ten months ago) link
Was just thinking of doing that first one.
― Holly Godarkbloom (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 18 June 2023 20:01 (ten months ago) link
Maybe I will have to approach it gradually, by doing “Poison Arrow” and “When Smokey Sings” in prior weeks.
― Holly Godarkbloom (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 18 June 2023 20:02 (ten months ago) link
I'd love to do 'Ain't It Fun' but that's way above my capabilities. 'Tears Are Not Enough' would be my ABC pick - at least trying to go that high might be funny.
― nashwan, Sunday, 18 June 2023 20:19 (ten months ago) link
Been doing this regular for pretty much a year now. Wonder if I should issue some kind of summary report, start a new thread or keep my own counsel.
― Looking For Mr. Goodreads (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 4 July 2023 18:34 (nine months ago) link
maybe a 'year in review' retrospective post? i'd read!
― linoleum gallagher (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 5 July 2023 14:23 (nine months ago) link
Man oh man, they started booking rock bands now before the karaoke, often playing at Live at Leeds volume in this cozy little place, which pushes the karaoke back even further into the wee wee hours, assuming it even happens at all.
― Live and Left Eye (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 27 July 2023 03:52 (eight months ago) link
They should make the bands play for karaoke
― the new drip king (DJP), Thursday, 27 July 2023 18:52 (eight months ago) link
we have one actual karaoke venue at Citywalk that does exactly that, though for apparently only two nights a week. however, it's a crapshoot if you ever get called to perform as so many people sign up and htey pick randomly.
we also used to have a Blue Martini around here that did it where just about everybody got called up, and man....was it fun! so different singing in front of a band. more likely to move around and have fun with it.
― linoleum gallagher (Neanderthal), Thursday, 27 July 2023 18:54 (eight months ago) link
Ha, another band tonight, and they just played one of my karaoke tunes from a few weeks ago and did a good job so I will give them a chance.
― Live and Left Eye (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 28 July 2023 03:54 (eight months ago) link
next time get on stage right as the vocals are about to begin
― linoleum gallagher (Neanderthal), Friday, 28 July 2023 03:58 (eight months ago) link
Heh, I wish
― Live and Left Eye (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 28 July 2023 04:05 (eight months ago) link
Think I recognize the front lady of this band as one of the “ringers” from karaoke a few weeks ago.
― Live and Left Eye (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 28 July 2023 04:06 (eight months ago) link
Wish I could remember what she sang then.
Second encore is done and the karaoke tablet is making the rounds!
― Live and Left Eye (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 28 July 2023 04:17 (eight months ago) link
Cool cumbia version of “Alone Again Or” on the sound system
― Live and Left Eye (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 28 July 2023 04:25 (eight months ago) link
Okay, this one is for Ned.
― Live and Left Eye (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 28 July 2023 05:07 (eight months ago) link
Seems to me some people may sing with too much Dracula vibrato.
― Live and Left Eye (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 28 July 2023 05:09 (eight months ago) link
Always wondered exactly how this workedhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zk55OuX3Ic0
― The Ginger Bakersfield Sound (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 12 March 2024 05:49 (one month ago) link
Interview with the guy from the beforetimes: https://themollyzone.beehiiv.com/p/lemmy-caution
― There Will Come Claude Rains (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 12 March 2024 22:31 (one month ago) link
Just did Never Gonna Fall in Love AgainIs It Like Today?Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)#onethread
― Don’t Want to Say Goodbye Jumbo (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 19 March 2024 04:03 (one month ago) link
Then I did something by someone who’s been dead even longer
― Don’t Want to Say Goodbye Jumbo (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 19 March 2024 04:07 (one month ago) link