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I was planning to sing Bohemian Rhapsody but now I know I shouldn't do itĬountry music is actually pretty popular in California (up and down the coast). Me and my friends are going to a karaoke bar next friday for the first time (we only practiced on Sing Star.) and what you wrote was really helpful. You don't have to rip the author apart about it. Having witnessed karaoke in many cities with many different crowds, I can say the guidelines you've listed will win over most crowds in most situations. Whatever the song, just get up and sing it!!! #2 this song has a following- I discovered a while back that when I did sing it (right), strangers would come up to me and say good job- my ultimate reward! Mack the Knife- you gotta practice this one, but if you put on a show with it, it kills! Watch Kevin Spacey doing it, I like mimicking him Convoy- another one to practice AND figure out which recording to sing with (sound choice is always a safe bet). I know, groan, and it ain't even my favorite Sinatra, but, #1- Carnival Cruise has a 'legends' show where you audition at the karaoke bar (how cool!)- I lost to a young man who ACED it! Don't feel sorry for me, they gave me Crocodile Rock. Thanks for admitting to doing some of the bad ones- I can't tell you how many times I've done Sweet Caroline and Brown Eyed Girl!!! For the older crowd, I recommend these, but they MUST be sung with respect :) - My Way. Spot on! I found this post looking for ideas for songs to sing (and not to sing!). If it isn’t a crowd pleaser and the crowd doesn’t sing along to cover any mistakes I make, I want to make sure I can follow through and pull it off on my own. There are hundreds of thousands of karaoke songs on YouTube so my policy is to test them out on my own first. Ocean Avenue by Yellowcard is a huge crowd pleaser but the intro is so short that it’s hard to start in the right key. Even I have made the mistake of thinking it would be a great song and then getting up and realizing I really only know the chorus. The biggest thing about karaoke is KNOW YOUR SONG BEFORE YOU GO. I’ve had a really good reactions to The Anthem by Good Charlotte, Kryptonite by 3 Doors Down, and Misery Buisness by Paramore. Ironic since nyc is considered a major destination for entertainment.ĩ0s and early 2000s alternative and rock anthems. Even now the bars in nyc treat karaoke poorly, doing it every third Tuesday, for example. But when my wife and I moved to nyc in 2003 i could find few karaoke bars. They did karaoke most every night or all nights. While japan has probably been doing it longer my sister and I went to maybe five or more karaoke bars in Portland Oregon regularly in the late 80s. Especially around Koreatown, but you can also find quite a few really good ones downtown. Kent G, what? Karaoke is ALL OVER the city on a nightly basis. However, my take on that rule is: if the long instrumental break is easy to dance to-no problem. LOL-well, it just so happens one of my go-to karaoke songs is "What is Life", so I guess I'm in serious violation of rule #10 about not doing songs with long instrumental breaks. Listen to your karaoke songs before you hit the bar.Īlso: Songs with seriously repetitive lyrics like "Total Eclipse of the Heart" get old real fast, too. "Love is a Battlefield" by Pat Benatar, same thing. This also applies to songs like "Paradise City" by GnR it's got a forever and ever instrumental section right in the middle, making it a weird song for karaoke. Songs like "Tequila!" should never be karaoke'd. Usually the only time this happens is after the 10th sake bomb, but it's a good reminder to know what you're singing before you put it in.
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Songs With Very Little Lyrics or Long Instrumental Sections And absolutely no "Freebird" or "Hotel California" either! 10. I'm talking to you, "Bohemian Rapsody" and "Thriller." It sounds like a good idea because people like these songs, but trust me, by seven minutes in, people are bored.