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At Fan Faire, Sylvos, Sirensa & I discussed what songs we would sing if we went to a karaoke bar. Sadly, we never made it, but I'm curious, if you could sing one song, what would it be? Try to stick with realistic choices and stay away from obscure songs which most probably would not be on a karaoke song list. I'll start:

Fernando by Abba

I'd rather just do a random song, it'd most likely be more fun and interesting. Altho if I could pick a set beat and then make up the vocals as I went along I'd have to say....

Fire & Ice - Forever Young

Anyway who know's me know's I keep the mixes in my car. Have over 500 homemade CD's lol

The theme to the Bodyguard by Whitney Houston. There's just something about singing that song that makes me feel pretty.

Xyphir wrote:The theme to the Bodyguard by Whitney Houston. There's just something about singing that song that makes me feel pretty.

I must say I did really like that song. Whitney Houston does have a beautiful voice and everything just kinda went together. In the movie the setting was perfect and made everything click

Coming to America = Neil Diamond
New York - Sinatra


not because i listen to that sort of music, but when i'm good and lubricated, for some reason i like to sing songs like that.

Shania Twain - Man! I Feel Like a Woman

Blondie - One Way or Another

And yes, I have sang both these plus more, at a Karaoke Bar. Fun stuff, i'm tellin ya

Bloodhound Gang - Discovery Channel

REM - The End of the World as We Know It

Curly Shuffle - Jump in the Saddle band
Brother Loves Traveling Salvation Show - Neil Diamond

some of the ones i used to do when doing karaoke years ago..

Akaran_D wrote:Bloodhound Gang - Discovery Channel

You're getting 2 thumbs up!

Love that song.



I would do Enemy by Days of the New.

Xouqoa wrote:REM - The End of the World as We Know It

It's been years since I've heard this song as I lost the cd, but I used to love it.

Akaran_D wrote:Bloodhound Gang - Discovery Channel

The song you're referring to is called, "The Bad Touch".

I'd sing George Michael - Faith

or

Bust a Move - Young MC

Considering I already did Karaoke "Bust a Move" in front of about 3,000 people a few years back, it's not really a stretch.

Xouqoa wrote:REM - The End of the World as We Know It

good luck!

Hrmmm...But but but...I only know obscure songs...

Think "Pretty in Pink" by The Psychedelic Furs would be on a Karaoke list?...Maybe some Counting Crows they are relatively popish.....

Soreali wrote:

Xouqoa wrote:REM - The End of the World as We Know It

good luck!

Heh I actually do this song in my acoustic sets.....

Some friends and I tryed to sing Summer of 69 by brian Adams once at a Kareoke place after some extensive exposure to alchool. Wasn't pretty.

"Bother" by Stone Sour

AniRask wrote:Some friends and I tryed to sing Summer of 69 by brian Adams once at a Kareoke place after some extensive exposure to alchool. Wasn't pretty.

i got co-opted by some Jamaicans at a piano bar in Negril to sing "American Pie".

it was pathetic.

We Built This City by Starship
Billie Jean by Michael Jackson
Ready to Die by Andrew WK

Nothing compares 2 U by Sinnead O'Connor

Constant craving by kd lang

I'd attempt Wuthering Heights by Kate Bush if I could hum, not sure if I can pull off singing it, I love that song though

Danke Shoen by Wayne Newton...simply because Ferris is my hero!

Groove is in the Heart---Dee Lite

No Sleep Till Brooklyn
Paul Revere
Brass Monkey -------Beastie Boys (could only be done right with 3 people)

There are so few ladies,..I would no doubt sing:

'Its raining men'

Rush - YYZ

lol

Love her Madly - Doors
Riders on the Storm - Doors ( but this one takes having a few drinks lined up heh)

Ohhhh Wait Do-Over

No Woman No Cry - Bob Marley

Black Crowes - She Talks to Angels
Temple of the Dog - Wooden Jesus
Rufus Wainright - Cigarettes & Chocolate

Life is a Highway - Tom Cochren sp?

Say hello to Heaven - Temple of the Dog

Black Hole Sun - Sound Garden

Terrible Lie - Nine Inch Nails

Say hello to heaven, good choice! I'd do that too!

Gin Blossoms - Hey Jealousy

I go to karaoke night at this one bar on a fairly regular basis, though I don't really sing. The only times I have ever gotten up there were to do backup vocals on Gin n' Juice by Snoop ("Laid back...") and "Wanted Dead or Alive" by Bon Jovi ("Want-ed!").

For a solo performance (I haven't yet been the proper combination of completely trashed yet still coherent enough to read/sing to try a solo) I'd probably go with the song "Tequila" to get my feet wet, since I know all the words to that one.

I'd have to have a few drinks in me at the time but,

All my rowdy friends (Are Coming Over Tonight). - Hank Williams Jr
Rusty Cage - Soundgarden

Weezer -- Say It Aint So

On a side note, I once had sex with a New Kids on the Block member..

My name is SPARTACUS

I like to start out with something a little slow, like "Interstate Love Song" by the Stone Temple Pilots or "Riders on the Storm" by the Doors.
Depending on how my voice is feeling, I'll move on to "Where Did You Sleep Last Night" by Nirvana or "Sex Type Thing" by STP (again).
For my finale, I like a nice Buffet tune like "Margaritaville" or "Why Don't We Get Drunk and Screw?"

Not that I go to karaoke night almost every week or anything

Depending on level of drunkenness:

"To all the girls I've loved before" with me singing both Willie Nelson and Julio Iglesias' voices

Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody"

or maybe umm...considering the setting...

Bowie's "I'm Afraid of Americans"

Almost forgot:

Garth Brooks - I've got friends in low places

"Don't You Want Me Baby" - Human League

"Hear Comes Your Man" - The Pixies

"Big Fish, Little Fish" - PJ Harvey

Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash (though sung like the Social Distortion Version)

Ball and Chain - Social D

Leaving on a Jet Plane is a good one too.

Your song - Elton John
Twist and shout - The Beatles

Focus - Hocus Pocus

If you listen to that track and don't think it'd be an excellent song to sing at a fan faire, you're a fewl.

It's got Yodeling in it for a start

sympathy for the devil, but only the woo-woo part. note: I am tone deaf awful at singing.

altho if it was today I'd do a Hendrix song cause it's his birthday and he is my favorite artist.

Tool -- Stinkfist

possibly Why don't we get drunk and screw.....but only if really hammered

Man on the Moon - REM

Breakfast at Tiffany's - Deep Blue Something

Stray Cat Strut - Stray Cats

I touch myself - Sparty and the bow-legged puppies

Hrm....anything I've ever tried to sing kareoke to, I've messed up horribly.

You've lost that loving feeling - Righteous brothers, ok ok, only because it was done in one of my favorite movies

Kiss Me - Sixpence none the richer

It's funny when you sing those, cause if you can make someone puke/laugh/run if you act like you're singing it to them!

2 of my friends at college always performed "I touch Myself" by Davinyls whenever we had our kareoke nights. It was entertaining...yet quite disturbing at the same time!

I've been to a few bars before. Among my first choices were:

Harry Chapin: Cats in the Cradle
John Lennon : Imagine
Journey: Open Arms

Leave your Hat On - Tom Jones (the full monty)
Sweet Home Alabama - Lynard Skynard
Red Barcetta (sp) - Rush

Did Summer Nights with the wife on our Honeymoon was not bad.

Cheers

On second thought, I think I'd sing the Elton John / Kiki Dee duet "Don't go changing my heart" with Sylvos as Elton!

Well...The Sylvos Song Line up would go as follows:
1. Easy - The Commadores
2. I'm Still Standing- Elton John
3. Macho Man - The Village People.
4. Talk Dirty to Me - Poison
5. Yesterday - Paul McCartney
6. I Just Can't Get Enough - Depeche Mode
7. Stellar - Incubus
8. Chop Suey - System of a Down
9. Blood and Fire - Type O Negative
and last but not least ...
10. It's Raining Men - Geri Halliwell

why "It's Raining Men"? Simple - its fun, its easy and always a sure bet to get people rolling in their seats.
Oh and you always have to put the disclaimer
"Im not gay - I repeat I'm not gay"
But that is a standard line up for a Sylvos night of singing at the Kariokie bar, sometimes more glam or random 80's songs are thrown in like "Safety dance" etc...but you get the idea.
It's all about fun.