What's Your Go-To Kareoke Song? (i.e. the one you most like to sing)
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Let me preface by saying I hate most kareoke. Like suddenly 10 beers and a microphone gives people one shot in fame? Perhaps it wouldn't be so bad if the result didn't so often mimic the rejects in competition Day 1 of American Idol.
In Japan, Karaoke is a fine art. You can take lessons on how to Karaoke better. In America, we aren't so lucky. (Though according to E-Bay, if you want, you can purchase a nifty box-set with instructions on posture and breathing, etc... to improve your Karaoke skills behind the scenes (guy-who-cracks-bathroom-mirrors-while-singing in-shower, I am talking to you!))
KARAOKE SINGING INSTRUCTION KIT: http://tinyurl.com/5autxqThe issue is I was invited to a Birthday gathering early next week and was dismayed to find the Birth-day man in a Blonde Wig holding a microphone on the e-vite. Yeah, that's right, evidently he's rented a room that fits over 25 people and he's encouraging us to dress up like our favorite singer when we attend.
I like the guy and all, but this all seems like a high-price to pay (not to mention the gun-shot gift I'll buy at Chinatown on the way (I'm thinking Fireworks; he's got a sense of humor)).
So I ask- correction, I plead- to you fellow moggers- do you have any recommendations for good karaoke songs that NO MATTER WHAT will NOT make me look or sound like Helen Keller just got bit by a dog (sorry, low blow Helen), or a a frog that was just burned by hot water (um, you know those traumatic childhood 'incidents' you try to demolish from memory? Well, I had this cute frog once as a kid and, trying to help out, I innocently tried to give the lil guy a steamy hot bath- (the dude was covered in mud!) -and boy can some tree frogs sing. He survived but I've never recovered from the guilt)? Recommendations?
A song that makes anyone sound divine? A song with simple chords that buttress the voice so it could launch a 1000 ships or cause one or two well-wigged attendees to cry?
What's your go-to karaoke song?
P.S. If any of you take suggestions from the following list: (My Heart Will Go On By Celine Dion Is Number One on the list of 40), I have my doubts......
www.ez-tracks.com/top-400-Karaoke-songs.htmlps If I were fluent in spanish, I would TOTALLY perform this song.....it's bad ass. Happy Friday by the way :)
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