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As of last night, I am now no longer a "virgin" to singing in a public place, --- at least in a Kareoke bar....
Q: Am I any good as a singer?
A: No (although I do at least TRY to sing in-tune / in-key - lol)....
Q: Why did I do it then?
A; Because I have fun singing C&W songs when I'm alone in my truck, and my friend Ron that runs the Kareoke room at the C&W bar I dance at dared me to!
Q: Will I ever sing again in front of people at Kareoke?
A: Hell, yes (but not necessarily to anyone else's listening enjoyment - lol)!!
Q: How many songs did I sing?
A: 4. They were all on the "corny" side (no way in hell I could pull off SERIOUS singing - lol), and they were as follows (in order of which ones I sang first)...
"You Ain't Woman Enough To Take My Man", by Loretta Lynn
"Let's Fall to Pieces Together", by George Strait
"Big City", by Merle Haggard
"Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind?", by Geoge Strait
OK, I'll admit it: I'm hooked!
- Ken
I forgot to include an example of how corny some of the lyrics to Country & Western songs are. Take the 2nd song I sang, George Strait's, "Let's Fall to Pieces Together", for example. First of all, imagine a beautiful slow Waltz beat... Romantic... Smooth... Great for gliding around on a hardwood floor with the partner of your dreams... And then along comes the following outrageous lyrics:
"Pardon me, ya left yer tears on the juke box,
And I'm afraid they got mixed-up with mine!
I don't mean to pry,
It's just that I...
Noticed you goin' outta yer mind, ---
Looks like we're two of a kind!"
(And then here's where the refrain comes in...)
"Let's fall to pieces together...
Why should we both fall apart?
Let's fall to pieces together,
Right here, ---
In each other's arms!"
I mean, like, what sort of "drama queen" would ever make up such outrageous lyrics to such a nice piece of Waltz music like that (ROFL)?!!??!!!!!
... Of course, I guess it takes a "drama queen" to sing a song like that just as much as it takes one to write it (lol)!!
Have a wonderful weekend, everybody, --- and I'm giving myself a little break from being on my computer for a few days... after all, I have some singing practice to catch up on!
- Ken in San Francisco
Sounds like fun, Ken. My only experience with Karaoke was about fifteen years ago. I sang Patsy Cline's "She's Got You" at a party. It sounded much worse than I really sing because of overamplification and way too much reverb on both the music and my voice. And this song selection was the best I could find out of about 200 songs in their collection.
Stormy
ROTFLMAO!!! So bad it's good. Wish I'd been there.
Not caring what other people think is the key to a long and happy life :-)
I've done Karaoke several times before, it is pretty addicting. I mostly did AC/DC, Bruce Springsteen, Lou Reed, Rolling Stones, Black Sabbath, and other classic rock stuff.
I got in trouble at one Karaoke bar before for screaming too much in a rendition of Danzig's Mother.
Glad you had fun.
Hey Ken:
I give credit to anyone who has the nerve to do karaoke, oddly enough I have had the urge in the past to sing Gary Lewis and the Playboys "This Diamond Ring" in public...go figure...
keep singin and growin! :-)
kudos,
Max
Glad to hear that, I'm a karaoke DJ and love it when people aren't afraid to come up and sing. Karaoke is always a good time.
That's great, Ken! I don't think I would have the courage to sing in front of people unless if I was drunk of course :-)
....errr
...would this be the "evil twin" that Chris H. was referring to???
HA!
I really like Karaoke actually, last time i sang was at my mother & stepfahers wedding about a week ago.
And they all think that i have a good singing voice, i like singing older music like Johnny Cash and stuff like that, but i also sometimes sing finnish songs, of course i may not have been 100% sober the times i have done it but anyway, LOL:D
Simon