Karaoke (your favorite songs)

Dead China Doll

Just a thread on karaoke. Post your favorite songs and least favorite songs, or gripes about people who do it.



I've been getting really into it over the last two weeks. I can kick a mean Crazy on You by Heart and Joker by Steve Miller Band.

The only huge gripe I have with Karaoke is that the DJ can often be very friendly to their friends and make sure they get ushered on stage constantly.

And I also can't stand people who - when they do a powerful song - end up screaming right into the mic. I wish they'd learn to distance themselves from the mic, just because the feedback kills my ears.

Oh, and anyone who does slow painful ballads. Those hurt my ears.

Tarantio

Regarding "Magic Carpet Ride" by Steppenwolf:

It seems, on casual observance, to be a perfectly reasonable, even a great karaoke song. That is, it does until you arrive at the solo that starts a little less than half way through, and continues for over two minutes, and only finishes 17 seconds before the end of the track.

I've decided that if I ever get really good at dancing, I'll do that song at karaoke, but until then I'm staying away.

Gim

"Du Hast" is kinda fun if you don't know German.

Apothe0sis

karaoke means "empty orchestra" isn't that hauntingly beautiful?

Malkor

Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me.
What a Wonderful World
It's the End of the World.
Jail House Rock
Johnny B. Goode
Bohemian Rhapsody
Thong Song
Amanda
Bittersweet Symphony
Wonderwall
The Distance

I really like Karaoke. I hate it when people I go with say they're too scared to go up or feel like they'll suck or look stupid.

Gabriel_Pitt

"Total Eclipse of the Heart" is the single greatest karaoke song ever.

DodgeBlan

Aerosmiths "I don't wanna miss a thing".

COMEDY. GOLD.

A Dabble Of Thelonius

I've done karaoke 3 times. I have a terrible voice and rarely choose to inflict it on people.

Fulsom Prison Blues - Reverend Horton Heat (Cover)
Kiss Me I'm Shitfaced - The Dropkick Murphys
She Chews Tobacco (But She Won't Choose Me) - Dierks Bentley

Smug Duckling

I always enjoy laying down I Will Survive and surprising people, who normally hear my reasonably deep voice, with a relatively good falsetto.

evilbob

I don't do karaoke. If I'm drunk and know the words to a song that's on I'll sing along but not a fan for some reason.

BornToHula

I enjoy doing some Rebel Yell after at least a pitcher. Everyone in the bar usually hops up and does the fist pump and snarl.

Renegade by Styx
Sympathy for the Devil by Rolling Stones
Stockholm Syndrome by Muse

And my favorite bar fight song: Ace of Spades.

LRG

I attempted to sing "Don't stop me now" by Queen my first time, cept I had got too drunk and couldn't hold a note for shit. They cut me off way before I could defy the laws of gravity.


I wish there was a spot around here that did Hip-hop karaoke, this motherfucker right here is too awesome

YosemiteSam

Gabriel_Pitt wrote: »

"Total Eclipse of the Heart" is the single greatest song ever.

OH MY GOD SO GOOD

MrBallbaggins

The first time I tried to sing karaoke, was Black No. 1 by Type O Negative.

It was glorious. It was pitch fucking perfect. The only thing missing was a stand up bass on a tow chain around my neck.

The second time was a Marilyn Manson song. It was horrific and I haven't attempted to sing in a public setting since.

GoodOmens

Apothe0sis wrote: »

karaoke means "empty orchestra" isn't that hauntingly beautiful?

Indeed it is. Also, the "kara" is the same "empty" as in karate.

Gabriel_Pitt

So you can't really do th empty orchestra with the empty hand, because that mike needs to go somewhere.

Goatmon

I remember, almost 10 years ago, I did Livin La Vida Loca back when the song was popular. I did awesome, and I got mad applause. I could never do it that good again.

One amusing song that always seemed to get the attention of anyone half-buzzed was "One More Minute". That one's always good for a laugh.

Richy

For a friend's birthday, we went to a karaoke bar. We all got on-stage to sing him a song. We picked "Every Breath You Take" by The Police. Nothing says "happy birthday" like 15 guys looking at you and saying "We'll be watching you".

Smug Duckling

fuck now I want to go sing karaoke

Evil Multifarious

My friend and I wanted to do Danger! High Voltage by Electric Six but there was too long a wait so we just left. Also my friend was way too tanked at that point.

Romantic Undead

I can't believe no one's mentioned "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" by The Darkness

Whenever I hand it to the DJ he gives me this look that says "you're kidding, right?" Then I get up there and rock the shit out of it (complete with one foot-hopping guitar solo) and I become one of the so-called friends of the DJ that gets ushered up to the stage all the time.

Low Key

Khe Sahn and Holy Grail, because I am painfully bogan.


Then Sexual Healing because I have no shame.

kitch

The sky it was gold, it was rose
I was taking sips of it through my nose
And I wish I could get back there
Some place back there
Smiling in the pictures you would take
Doing crystal meth
Will lift you up until you break

You all know it.

Sentry

Walking in Memphis... great Karaoke song.

Grey Ghost

Let's see... I did "Man of Constant Sorrow" at a friend's birthday party once... that was actually really fun since two of my other friends got up there with me and did the backup parts. Then a couple years ago at a Christmas party I did "All I Ask of You" (from Phantom of the Opera) with a female friend, which was significantly less successful, though not quite as bad as what followed: later on the same night, I attempted "Roxanne" by the Police. I quickly discovered I cannot sing well in this range. After the first verse I just dropped an octave, which was a lot more comfortable for me but doesn't have the same effect. I think I'll have to get fairly inebriated before I try karaoke again.

Sceptre

I always have fun with The Darkness' "I believe in a thing called love.".

Probably cause I'm the only guy I know who can nail those high parts.

evilbob

Low Key wrote: »

Khe Sahn and Holy Grail, because I am painfully bogan.

Those two songs are exempt from bogan status because they're just too damn awesome.

Grey Ghost

Oh, and at another party, two friends of mine did "Every Breath You Take" as a duet - but one did this high-pitched screamo thing, and the other had this death-metal growl thing going on. The entire party was falling out of their chairs laughing.

Eat it You Nasty Pig.

I got talked into doing California Love in tandem with a friend of mine once. I was just drunk enough to try it.

I did the first verse pretty well, and then he kinda got cold feet and I just took the second one, too. People seemed to like it. Apparently when I try, my voice is almost exactly right.

Romantic Undead

Sceptre wrote: »

I always have fun with The Darkness' "I believe in a thing called love.".

Probably cause I'm the only guy I know who can nail those high parts.

Now you know another.

mrflippy

I don't like karaoke because I'm bad at singing. I like to lip sync when I'm alone in the car though. :oops:

the Togfather

Coccaine Blues by Johnny Cash. Did this last weekend...had to make up a lot of it and leave out a couple verses cause the guy didn't have the words. And buy guy I mean to say it wasn't so much full-on karaoke as it was a guy with a guitar who said if you wanted to sing anything let him know. Went pretty well though...fun song.

Sceptre

mrflippy wrote: »

I don't like karaoke because I'm bad at singing. I like to lip sync when I'm alone in the car though. :oops:

I actually sing in the car. Quite Loudly. I'm quite convinced that I've developed musical range from singing in the car.

astrobstrd

Bruce Springsteen - "Born to Run"
U2 - "With or Without You"
Pearl Jam - "Black"
Monster Magnet - "Space Lord"
Nirvana - "Lithium"
Vendetta Red - "Shatterday"

I like to scream...good thing I'm somewhat decent at it. I am deathly afraid that Rock Band will get me kicked out of my apartment.

SithDrummer

Ruiner999 wrote: »

Renegade by Styx

Oh holy God yes. I don't know how I've never seen that in a karaoke songlist before.

I also really like Sentry's suggestion of Walking in Memphis - belting out that "Honey, are you a Christian? Ma'am, I am tonight!" But really, for myself, I enjoy nothing more than emotionally belting out Journey's "Faithfully".

Tal

I've done some Journey and Bon Jovi before as well as a lot of other songs I can't remember. Is it The Pretenders "500 miles"? That's also a good one to go up with a buddy, splittin the "duh nuh duh duh - DA DA dun DA!" parts. You can't go wrong with a song most of the people in the bar grew up listening to, singing in the shower / car, and thus will sing along with you. They usually get the whole bar going and it doesn't matter that I sound terrible.

The last time I went I wanted to do Dispatch "Bang Bang" but they didn't have it.

Grey Ghost

Tal wrote: »

I've done some Journey and Bon Jovi before as well as a lot of other songs I can't remember. Is it The Pretenders "500 miles"? That's also a good one to go up with a buddy, splittin the "duh nuh duh duh - DA DA dun DA!" parts. You can't go wrong with a song most of the people in the bar grew up listening to, singing in the shower / car, and thus will sing along with you. They usually get the whole bar going and it doesn't matter that I sound terrible.

The last time I went I wanted to do Dispatch "Bang Bang" but they didn't have it.

It's the Proclaimers that sing 500 Miles.

nexuscrawler

Personal Jesus by Depeche Mode is a great song ot sing along too

Tal

greyghost33 wrote: »

Tal wrote: »

I've done some Journey and Bon Jovi before as well as a lot of other songs I can't remember. Is it The Pretenders "500 miles"? That's also a good one to go up with a buddy, splittin the "duh nuh duh duh - DA DA dun DA!" parts. You can't go wrong with a song most of the people in the bar grew up listening to, singing in the shower / car, and thus will sing along with you. They usually get the whole bar going and it doesn't matter that I sound terrible.

The last time I went I wanted to do Dispatch "Bang Bang" but they didn't have it.

It's the Proclaimers that sing 500 Miles.

That would be it. It's always a tag-along request on my end.

Wallhitter

Bohemian Rhapsody.

I -LIVE- to karaoke that song.

YosemiteSam

greyghost33 wrote: »

later on the same night, I attempted "Roxanne" by the Police. I quickly discovered I cannot sing well in this range.

Neither can Sting, don't feel bad.