Runaround Sue. I own that shit.

Saturday Night at the Movies

The key is to pick a song that people are likely to sing along to so that your mediocre singing is drowned out. I go with either Wonderwall or Drops of Jupiter, depending on the audience. Or, if that's not going to happen, One Headlight because I can nail that song.

Mack the Knife is a good one, but you better have some pipes to belt out the last few verses, or be drunk enough not to care.

The Star Spangled Banner. duh!
Second choice: Happy Birthday

Sweet dreams by eurythmics, but sang like marlyn manson's version. Those who know the manson version love it (and its easy to sing - deep voice, not much range, I can pull it off after a few Irish car bombs, which is the only time I'm singing kareoke), and those who only know the eurythmics version think I'm a creepy drunk guy ... Win-win!

I have only done karaoke once. I went with Shiny Happy People by REM and Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen. This was mostly because my sister and her friend (who were the karaoke enthusiasts that I had wound up joining for the night) offered to sing the backup vocal parts on those songs. That, and how much fun both of those songs are to sing.

Nope no karoke singing hre, but I have a co-worker who can nail Bad Romance. He gets all the chicks numbers with it.

I've sung karaoke many times, but never repeated a song selection.

I'm dying to try both Peter Gabriel "Sledgehammer" and "Largo Il Factotum" just to be awesome.

I get paid to sing at weddings. I only give it away for free to my church.

Dude, even the wedding singers occationaly sing kareoke. Don't be a wedding singer snob

Devil in Disguise - Elvis

Olivers Army - Elvis Costello

Little Sister would be a good song for you, Draug ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jItz-uNjoZA

have a cigar by pink floyd
here's my last attempt heaven by dm
http://uploadeasy.net/upload/55pgh.wma

I've never heard of Little Sister. If you mean White Wedding, that is an excellent song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NP4uPLyxVE

This song Draug: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbJcgNttiME

And who doesn't know White Wedding?

How are you doing Heaven already on karaoke? It seems to me there's usually like a five year lag between what's current and what's on the karaoke books.

Meh. That song sucks, CF. Maybe it's just the old geezer in me, but I'll take Billy Idol's White Wedding any day.

I think they've sped it up a little bit now.

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@Draug You do actually like new music less as you get older.

Not completely true. I love plenty of new music. Staind is one of my favorite groups, for instance. And Marilyn Mason's Sweet Dreams is simply the better version over the Eurythmics. I just don't care for that song. It's boring. I listened to the whole thing and there was nothing very interesting in it at all.

Oh wasn't my recommendation was just posting it for you to hear. And yeah Marilyn Manson's cover is much better. Just like Johnny Cash's cover of Hurt was better then the Nine Inch Nails version.

Haha, Marilyn Manson's cover of Sweet Dreams (1995) isn't exactly new music...

True, THM, but way newer than the more than a decade earlier Eurythmics. And I really loved Staind's Illusion of Progress from 2008 (only 5 years old). Of course, I also love Mozart (250 year old music) and other stuff. I just find QotSA boring.

most songs old or new are available for karaoke in youtube. just search for the name of the song you want with the word karaoke next to it.

Ah, I meant in terms of having a KJ pull it up on request at a karaoke bar. That's what I'm used to, going through songbooks organized by title or artist (one time they actually had it on touchscreens, much slicker) and writing down your request on a little slip of paper to get in queue.

Little Sister is an Elvis song, Draug.

Cocaine Blues and Folsom County Blues are good Johnny Cash songs.

rock around the clock tonight

i got a girl to sleep with me with that one lol and so now its a favorite

i dont often sing in public, so i guess it was unexpected for me to pick up the mic

oh you like new music do you draug?

did you make it out to SXSW this year? :P

I live in Ohio and have a career with clients who have money to spend this time of year, not to mention a wedding coming up that is going to use most of my vacation time. So no, I didn't get to Dallas last week.

oohhhh ouch burn dude. *dallas*?

And liking new music... I like lots of new music (that Killer Mike stuff the other day was pretty good shit, and he was on Letterman last night). As long as it is interesting and original, I will give it a try. But derivative and boring doesn't work for me. Generally speaking, I'll try anything except gangsta rap and pop-country. Some I like, some I don't. But it is usually the original and exciting stuff, I get into until I've heard it enough I am looking for something new. That's why I like my SiriusXM radio in the car as well as all the streaming services like Pandora and Slacker.

Sorry, Austin. Texas is Texas.

Either way, it is a shitload far away from me.

I like indie films a lot, but I don't go to the film festivals.

wait did i post that killer mike song here?

YES THAT SONG IS AWESOME

okay you're okay now draug. you liked that, you get a thumbs up

for all you lazy fucks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNsAfGDkUtk