The Commandments of Karaoke

[faelad]

This is, of course, according to me. What sway do I actually have over any karaoke environment? Very little. Still, I suspect that many will agree with me on this.

1. The following songs should never be performed at karaoke: (Yes, I know that some of these songs are well-loved by some members of the public in their original form, but either they

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[pixink]

Most people should be banned from trying to sing anything by Stevie Nicks. If swear, if I hear one more drunk couple try to sing the Stevie Nicks/Don Henley duet "Leather and Lace", I'm gonna set something on fire.

[faelad]

::blinks::

Would I know the song if I heard it?

[pixink]

Yeah, definitely.

#...lovers forever...face to face...my city your mountains, stay with me stay...#

[strafer_jack]

I did K for a while. My "thing" was the Doors. It's pretty easy to impress a room full of beer-pitcher swiggers with even a bad rendition of "RoadHouse Blues".

I would also do selections by Tool. Just because no one else would.

[faelad]

I've tried lots of things, and then I have my heavy hitters to pull out once in a while, that are almost guaranteed successes.

I also like throwing some obscure shit out there, just because. Yep.

Say, have you talked to Todd lately?

[strafer_jack]

Haven't seen Todd in some time. Usually he pops into my bookstore. I like seeing him, but... it's usually just bad news he has.