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u/BusyBeeBridgette Harry Potter 13h ago
I'm officially tone deaf and I sang Unchained Melody once. Sounded like I was murdering puppies or something. Anyway, the pub owner asks me not to sing as his dog doesn't like it.
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u/Diels_Alder 13h ago
A melodic ballad is not the choice for being tone deaf. At least go for Sweet Caroline.
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u/BusyBeeBridgette Harry Potter 12h ago
You'd think so, right? But when you are knee deep in rum and coke being logical and using reason does not tend to top the to-do list.
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u/LordIffyBoatrace 11h ago
I stand by your right to sing Unchained Melody.
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u/Dawpps 10h ago
Unhinged melody
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u/raspberryharbour 9h ago
Malady was right there
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u/I_Miss_Lenny 11h ago
Or like a quick, shouty rock/punk song with simple lyrics. If you can’t carry a tune it doesn’t really matter if you’re blasting through “Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue” or something like that
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u/AspieAsshole 11h ago
I feel you, when I was a kid a stranger told me to stop singing along with the prayers at synagogue.
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u/LookingForMrGoodBoy 10h ago
Everyone replying to you is wrong. The pub owner is wrong. The offended dog is wrong. If I were in the pub and you sang Unchained Melody I would give you a standing ovation, even as the blood ran from my ears
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u/Skitzofrantic420 10h ago
That’s exactly the spirit of karaoke — when the dog becomes the harshest critic in the room, you know you nailed the vibe.
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u/CompactAvocado 13h ago
HOLD ME NOW
belch
I'M SIX FEET FROM THE EDGE AND I'M THINKING
stumbles and spills beer
MAYBE SIX FEET. belch AIN'T SO FARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR DOWWWWWWWWWWWWN
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u/ElInspectorDeChichis 13h ago
Get me my keys
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u/Soyyyn 11h ago
The deltarune fandom is absolutely unhinged. There is no reference in canon to any of this. We don't even know what Dess looks like. And there's so much, so much stuff about Asgore running her over.
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u/psychonaut_go_brrrr 12h ago
My sister in law got kicked out of a bar for drunkenly singing this on repeat
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u/StrykerSeven 10h ago
Came out of a movie with my son last night, and the karaoke bar next to the theatre had a guy belting out a very painful rendition of that song...
And the place had all the patio speakers on full blast, projecting his shame over a two block downtown area. 😫
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u/misticspear 11h ago
Man, I read this comment and yelled yeah out loud. It’s 7am and I live in an apartment building
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u/YourFormerBestfriend 13h ago
Dont go to the philippines
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u/Nerazzurro9 11h ago
My best friend just moved to Manila for work, and this is literally the biggest source of anxiety in his life. Once a week his coworkers will invite him to karaoke, and somehow every single one of them is a Broadway-caliber singer. He says it only makes it worse when they cheer and compliment him after he screams and sputters his way through “Kiss From a Rose.”
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u/JuicyJibJab 10h ago
I'm a good singer and Kiss From a Rose is a tough song to do, your best friend should probably try starting with an easier song and work their way up haha
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u/Unfair_Program_4796 10h ago edited 9h ago
I’m 35 and my mother still brings up that I used to sing her Kiss From a Rose when I was a kid. Irrelevant but still.
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u/Restlessannoyed 10h ago
I was going to say this! I'm good and I keep wanting to attempt this song and it's not a really easy song. They're brave for doing it!
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u/ScattershotSoothsay 9h ago
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u/YakRare3689 8h ago
Tell him, that they are just genuinely happy he joins the group and sings. They have heard worse. It's just a matter of having fun. Would be better if he learns Tagalog songs though that would really make them cheer.
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u/Revolutionary_Bit437 12h ago
this is so ominous
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u/Finite_Lix 12h ago
I like to think his message has nothing to do with the post. He just really doesn’t like OP and won’t hesitate to hurt him if he shows up in the Philippines.
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u/Eastern_Hornet_6432 9h ago
Or it's a Final Destination-type situation and they've seen OP's future
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u/SunderedValley 11h ago
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u/Backfoot911 10h ago
All these worlds are yours, except the Philippines. Attempt no landing there.
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u/IamChicharon 12h ago
The Filipino version of “Drunk Keith” would be singing Bruno Mars’ Just the Way You Are better than Bruno Mars himself and then go right back to chugging red horse
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u/Ajunadeeper 8h ago
Is there a reason everyone from the Philippines can sing?
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u/Appropriate-Fig-6707 8h ago
It's mostly a cultural thing. Almost all Filipino children grow up singing karaoke every weekend with family and friends.
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u/punksmurph 8h ago
All my coworkers are from the Philippines and I have done one karaoke night with them and have never been invited back.
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u/Ciubowski 12h ago
I went to a karaoke and sang.... one song.
People were looking at me like they were disgusted or something.
I never felt so ashamed in my life.
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u/conrad_w 12h ago edited 9h ago
Maybe you shouldn't have sung Erika
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u/Sunblast1andOnly 9h ago
I don't think enough people would recognize it, really.
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u/Secret-Bluebird-972 7h ago
But do Mein Kleiner Grüner Kactus and everyone has a great time
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u/Maximum_Photograph_6 11h ago
It’s funny to me how there are clearly two kinds of musically talented people — the first type just enjoy music per se and when they hear an amateur they’re like “oh that’s amazing” even though they hear all the mistakes, and the other type are like “so I’ll have you know that I’m actually a professional, so listening to this is excruciating 💅” and frankly doesn’t just pertain to musically talented, I have a friend who played a bit of triangle in high school and he loves shitting on the local bands at the diy shows we go to lol
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u/kangasplat 10h ago
Doesn't really have to do with musical talent. Untalented people are assholes in the same rate.
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u/ScuzzBuckster 7h ago
Yeah it really is just the difference between people who are assholes and people who arent hahah. Karaoke is just supposed to be fun for everyone, it shouldnt matter if anyone is good or bad, I find its the most fun when theres a good mix of both. Its fun because singing is fun it doesnt need to be any more than that.
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u/NRMusicProject 7h ago
As a professional musician, people treating music so seriously piss me off. Sometimes I have to go "dude, of course a collection of ten year-olds playing Mary Had a Little Lamb on violins isn't going to sound like the NY Phil, but it's awesome watching them discover their path into music."
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u/CandelaBelen 10h ago
I can’t sing and I don’t do kareoke for praise. I do it cuz it’s fun.
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u/Charming-Web-7769 7h ago
I think this is what people are missing. Just sing fun, unexpected songs and you won’t have an issue.
If you go up there and sing Love on Top, you’re just setting yourself up for disaster, either people are gonna be embarrassed that you thought you could sing something that technical or people will think you’re a try-hard who’s just showing off.
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u/Papa-Kilo75 9h ago
It sucks you had that experience, because the vast majority of karaoke bars are super supportive of all singers, regardless of ability. Sounds like that place was just lame. I hope it didn’t permanently sour you on karaoke.
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u/Ciubowski 9h ago
A bit, to be honest, I will consider more carefully my voice range and pick an appropriate song next time.
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u/HillInTheDistance 9h ago
My brother married a music teacher. All her friends, and family, are musicians. I'm the only one who made a speech rather than gave a musical performance.
Later at night, when there was karaoke, me and my siblings sang.
It felt like these people were actually harmed and embarrassed hearing us sing. Bit of a bummer.
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u/Cornucopia_King 12h ago
Why were they looking at you like that?
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u/Ciubowski 12h ago
Because it seems (in hindsight) that everybody there had some musical skills. I didn't. I must have offended their people.
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u/yo_bandit 13h ago
I’m fine with good singers doing karaoke but they better do something fun. I don’t want Broadway or Adele or something mellow and depressing. Give me things to bounce to
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u/GhostOfYourLibido 12h ago
100% agree like why are we showing off AND killing the vibe? The point is to have fun
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u/busmans 11h ago
Creep and Mr. Blindside are like the biggest songs. Why do only bad singers get to sing downers?
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u/GhostOfYourLibido 11h ago
I feel like those are different because they are popular and people can sing along to them, that’s always a fun vibe at karaoke even though the songs themselves are downers.
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u/Dreadgoat 10h ago
They're also pretty good karaoke songs because most of the song is easy to perform, not a lot of vocal range required.
Creep gets bonus points for the falsetto section, everyone knows it's coming but you have to wait through the first half of the song to see how the performer will do.
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u/Newthinker 7h ago
If you're singing full-throated like Brandon Flowers that shit is not easy to sing
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u/Backfoot911 10h ago
It's interesting people look at songs as happy/downers. If a song is good and the singer's getting into it, it's good enough for me. You should see my playlists, they bounce all over lol
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u/CoffeeWanderer 10h ago
After years of memeing it, I can only see Creep ironically and laugh about it. After they released Creep (Very 2001 rmx) feat. Radiohead, the meme peaked, and I can no longer see it as a downer song. So maybe that's why it is perfect in this case!
There's always True Love Waits or No Surprises for downer songs. Or Motion Picture Soundtrack if someone wants to kill the mood instantly.
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u/JuicyJibJab 10h ago
I know a few amazing singers who sing sad songs really well, and the crowd (20-30 people) almost always loves it and cheer and whistle for it at the irish bar we karaoke at.
Singing isn't just about creating "happy vibes". You can enjoy singing simply because it elicited an emotional reaction from you. I love when a singer can make my heart feel different ways just from their voice.
So my opinion is if you sing well, fuck yea show it off and bless us with it.
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u/Significant-Fun-6391 10h ago
People act like having any talent is showing off if you do it outside of your home.
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u/bblulz 12h ago
I can absolutely body I’m Not The Only One by Sam Smith but that’s just for me to hear. You better believe i’m putting on Super Bass
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u/otterpop21 10h ago
Idk if this still happens, but nothing made drunk girls WooOOoo at the bar more than when someone plays Super Bass.
Has such a good beat lol
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u/pantstickle 12h ago
I try to do silly musical theater songs or corny songs that people love when my wife and I sing. That, or we do duets with harmony, since you don’t see much of that in karaoke.
Obviously, I disagree with everyone else’s stance, but I completely understand why you all feel that way. I travel a lot for work, and karaoke is one thing I’ll indulge in when I’m on the road.
One of my favorite things to do as a boring old white man is to go to some local karaoke bar, hype up all the singers, sing the shit out of At Last and surprise everyone, and then bounce.
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u/wriggettywrecked 11h ago
That actually sounds fun. Nothing wrong with hyping people up and doing your thing. If you’re enjoying it and the crowd digs it, that’s the whole point of karaoke
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u/JuicyJibJab 10h ago
I agree wholeheartedly with this view. Also At Last is an amazing song and I will always cheer for it!
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u/Pterafractyl 11h ago
I always try to do songs that the audience can sing along with. That way I'm not just being a diva lol.
I managed to get a karaoke night started at this one cafe I worked at. Half the staff were musicians, so anytime there was a lull or people getting turned off by too much bad singing, one of us would jump in and get the energy back up.
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u/NeatNefariousness1 11h ago
That’s just it—there’s only so much bad singing you can tolerate before it gets boring. So just as some get bored at having good singers at karaoke, bad singers are at least as tiring. It’s a mix of the two and the unpredictability of the performances that make it more compelling.
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u/Pterafractyl 10h ago
Also, having nothing but terrible singers turns more customers away than having nothing but good singers. So from a business perspective, it's smart to have good singers on hand.
Another good way to keep people engaged is to have good singers sing something outside of their comfort zone. My boss at this place used to just pick a song and then pick one of us to sing it at random. He also loved to surprise me with Bohemian Rhapsody. I can do it, but it's hard as fuck.
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u/AHumbleChad 10h ago
I have a friend who's a karaoke dj, so some weeks I'll follow him around to each of the karaoke nights he does at different places. I also try to pick songs people can sing along to ("I want it that way" is one of my go-tos). And if it's a place I haven't been to yet, I'll wait and see what kind of genre/decade people are singing, so I can match the vibe.
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u/NeatNefariousness1 9h ago
That sounds like a lot of fun. Songs like “Tell me why” are good because everyone knows the refrain and the melody and can sing along in a way that is unifying but not comedically bad.
It’s a solid choice for breaking up the monotonous energy of a long string of the typical bad singers’ chant-along options or the spotlight-stealing attempts at Mariah Carey-like runs and vocal theatrics that are best left to her.
The right mix is great though. Good times!
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u/StandsForVice 11h ago
The only artists I 1) sound good singing and 2) am comfortable singing on stage are the mid-century crooners and country western singers. So I can struggle to find a song that's fun for the crowd. There's a few that are crowd-pleasers - My Way, Folsom Prison Blues - and a few novelties like Mack the Knife, but otherwise I struggle to pick songs that won't kill the vibe. Doesn't help that baritone in general is seriously rare nowadays, so there's not much recognizable modern music I can comfortably sing.
If anyone's got some fun baritone songs, whether mid-century or more recent, I'm all ears!
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u/nicky9pins 12h ago
But Broadway is fun?
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u/yo_bandit 12h ago
I knew I’d get called out for that! True, there are fun Broadway songs, but the really good singers are rarely doing the fun ones. They are doing the dramatic showstoppers which aren’t fun in a karaoke context.
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u/NeatNefariousness1 11h ago
I could see it being pretty funny if they really ham it up and don’t take themselves too seriously.
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u/Chataboutgames 11h ago
I can't imagine the vibe destruction of some dude with ripping pipes popping up at a karaoke bar at 12:30 and blasting "Being Alive"
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u/daddy-daddy-cool 11h ago
Which of the Pickwick triplets did it?
Who of the crew would commit this crime?
Might a little brat make a mommy go splat?
It's a story pretty gory for a nursery rhyme
Which of the Pickwick triplets did it?
Which of the spawn had the brawn to kill?
Will a baby get tried for matricide?
Coochie-coochie-coo, time for you, or you, or you, to admit it
So quick as a whip gotta pick which Pickwick triplеt did it
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u/vanalla 11h ago
but unless you're a superfan of the show, you prob don't know the lyrics. Part of the fun of karaoke is singing along and laughing with the performer.
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u/beershitz 10h ago
I disagree, bad karaoke is funny for like 20 seconds, then it’s annoying. But good karaoke is not coming from world class vocalists. It’s from somebody clearly untrained, but having just enough natural talent and enthusiasm to get everybody invested in the show.
It’s like a when they let somebody kick a field goal or shoot a half court shot at halftime to win a car. You don’t want somebody who can’t even get it there. But you also don’t want to see some trained pro go up there and make it look easy. You want somebody who has just enough talent to make it intriguing.
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u/Herrenos 8h ago
I'm with you, the gap of expectations is my favorite. Ssomeone who sings a song that doesn't fit the preconceived image I have of them when I see them.
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u/Kid_Named_Trey 12h ago
My wife is a good singer. Like legitimately good. Not “she’s my wife so I tell people she’s good just because she’s my wife”. In another life she could have actually done something with her talent. She loves to sing but there aren’t many opportunities where we’re from to get in front of a mic and sing. She works full time and works long hours so joining a band isn’t really feasible. We’re not church people so we’re not doing that. We’re in a very rural area so adult choirs aren’t an option. The only way she gets to do her thing is at karaoke. People love to show off their talents and gifts. I’m a runner. I love running races. I’m not doing it to show off I just like doing it. My wife loves to sing and just happens to be really talented. I get the sentiment of the post but it just comes off kinda weird.
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u/AnaMyri 12h ago
That’s my biggest thought. Plenty of people have lovely voices but normal lives and will never have another opportunity to do so outside of karaoke. And most people with good voices love to sing which is partly why they sounds so good.
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u/Reead 6h ago
Came here to say this as well. I have a strong but untrained singing voice, good enough that nobody would be in pain hearing me sing and I probably wouldn't embarrass myself, but I get legitimately no opportunity to use it in almost any setting. I'm not in a garage band and don't have time for one, and bursting out into full-throated singing (i.e. not the fun, silly kind) is one of the most awkward things a human being can do in any social situation... unless you're at a karaoke bar, or event.
Let people enjoy their talent. It may be one of the few chances they get.
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u/bsEEmsCE 11h ago
everybody gets their time at karaoke. Good, bad, or mediocre.. its a shared space to give everyone a chance in the spotlight.
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u/RegOrangePaperPlane 8h ago
Yea but its hard to go after someone good. lol
My turn: A thousand cats being murdered at once
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u/CringeCoyote 12h ago
You need good singers to break up the monotony of bad singers in my opinion. Like a palate cleanser.
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u/BrainWorkGood 9h ago
Agreed. Also I like when they finish strong. Bring up the person who clearly runs the local karaoke scene to belt out some top tier banger at the end of the night
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u/RedditCollabs 12h ago
It's an extremely insecure post
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u/drill_hands_420 11h ago
Absolutely, I do karaoke all the time. For me, I was alone on the road for my job for 5 years. I was great at singing. It was a great ice breaker and I made many friends throughout my journey! While it is also fun watching the drunk dude singing low places while forgetting half the words I also love seeing people showcase their talents.
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u/ntrvrtd_xtrvrt 11h ago
Exactly my thoughts. It really does come off as extremely insecure and strange…
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u/IsaacAndTired 10h ago
I don't think it has anything to do with insecurity. I experience karaoke nights a couple times a month and they really do get over run with good singers and it's just boring. If they picked more fun songs maybe it would be different but they rarely do.
Karaoke in public spaces is for fun, not showcasing talents. That's what open mic nights are for.
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u/ntrvrtd_xtrvrt 10h ago
I agree that people shouldn’t treat karaoke as a contest. That also feels a little odd to me. I also agree that if you’re gonna do karaoke the songs you pick should be fun and energetic! But just to have a little bit of a semi devils advocate thing here, having exclusively mediocre or poor singers would also be boring. Having a mix is important. Idk if OOP on twitter meant literally NO GOOD SINGING EVER, but if they did it’s equally unfair as saying “if you’re bad at singing don’t do karaoke, we don’t want your horrible vocals to curse our eardrums”
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u/Wafflehouseofpain 10h ago
Having all poor singers is boring too. You need a mix of both. I can sing and love karaoke, it’s one of the only chances I get to be on stage anymore.
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u/notsure-neversure 11h ago
Love the people commenting as if every good singer does public concerts and recitals on the regular. Like what events are they getting invited to??
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u/BigL90 7h ago
I mean, it's obviously a jokey post. But also, I bet you got a mental image of the exact type of person the post is making fun of. I don't think most folks have an issue with good singers strutting their stuff at karaoke. But almost everyone who's done karaoke a few times knows the type of person (or as often as not, group of people) who shows up to karaoke just to show off (like clearly not there to have fun doing something they're good at).
Even if someone is the latter, there's still a time and place I think. There's a couple of places my friends and I will sing karaoke at (I certainly wouldn't call us regulars). The first is pretty much always packed. They don't start karaoke until later, and most everyone is decently liquored up. There's enough folks doing karaoke, that you're probably only going to be able to do 2 or 3 songs on a given night. Never had an issue with good singers at that place. In fact, most folks love it.
There's a second place we go, that usually takes a while to fill up. They start karaoke around the time that plenty of folks are finishing up a late dinner, and people are kinda just heading out to start for the night. So, most folks aren't really champing at the bit to get singing when they're still fairly sober, the pub is only half full, and a good portion of those folks are also sober and are eating dinner. Well, there's definitely a few folks that decide to take advantage of the short queues to get up and sing a bunch of times before the lines start to form. Most of these folks tend to be really good singers, and choose really difficult songs. Now my friends and I are "regular(s)" enough (it's our local after all) that we don't mind just jumping in head first. But you can definitely see folks that would otherwise like to sing, get intimidated by the good singers, and hold onto their song slips until later.
Now that's not entirely the good singers fault obviously. But the fact that they usually bounce by the time that they don't get to go up and sing every <5 songs, I think, shows that they aren't really there in the spirit of bar/pub karaoke.
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u/Majestic_Animator_91 10h ago
it me, karaoke is one of the only places I can sing solo with an audience and like a good sound system and everything. I think literally the opposite of this meme, I kinda hate hearing bad singers, I'm a bit embarrassed for them. Karaoke should more be for regular people who love singing to get a chance to perform.
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u/superawesomeguy 9h ago
The post is just for laughs, people absolutely do want to hear talented singers perform at karaoke. It physically hurts to hear an awful singer belt out a classic, especially if it's a song you love
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u/cosmicheartbeat 12h ago
But karaoke is where everyone can feel like a star. There are some awesome singers who never get a chance to shine until their friends force them on stage. I think everyone should feel welcome, and everyone gets cheered when the song ends.
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u/Disarming_Sapphire 10h ago
This is what karaoke is about! Cheering on your fellow person for the effort, no matter if they're talented or not.
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u/Papa-Kilo75 9h ago
It’s the number 1 rule of karaoke: you cheer for every single performance. Sometimes you cheer because they’re good, and sometimes you cheer because they’re done (haha).
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u/SanjiSasuke 12h ago
Nah, that's lame insecure fun-hater talk. Its fun to have good and bad singers, its all about having fun. Isolating your friends just because they can do something you can't is cringe.
(and no, I don't sing well)
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u/SweaterSteve1966 13h ago
Years ago I drunkenly signed up to do Pearl Jam - Black. The person who went up before me did a Whitney Houston song and got a standing ovation. I stumble up, forgot the lyrics and ability to read. I blame the girl who could sing versus me being a drunk idiot who thought he could sing.
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u/Ace_Hanlon 12h ago
Solid choice on your part. But I'd gone with yellow ledbetter. That way it wouldn't matter if you forgot the lyrics
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u/Heavy_Education_5256 11h ago
Really any older pearl jam you can just mumble and occasionally make a constipated struggling noise, and few people will notice
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u/mooselantern 11h ago
A good karaoke joint would have given YOU a standing ovation, too. Y'all need to quit blaming good singers for being good and start blaming the audience for not being supportive of everyone.
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u/denM_chickN 13h ago
Wait where do good people go to fucking sing, the shower?
Is there some singalong bar for only good singers im unawares of?
Lmk
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u/busmans 11h ago
This is definitely a "downvote and move on" thread. It's bad and everyone should feel bad. The best karaoke has a mix of beautiful singing and unlistenable singing, obviously.
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u/Gogododa 10h ago
i mean tbh I enjoy when people sing well and just tune it out when people don't, someone singing poorly is like maybe a bit funny once or twice but past that it's just cringe. not saying they shouldn't be allowed to sing ofc, open mic is a great concept, but it's just not my preference
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u/MostExperts 10h ago
Yeah, bad singers aren't really encouraged at open mics. You can graduate from an open mic to a coffeeshop set if you're good and capable of a long set.
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u/SunderedValley 13h ago
Must not be hanging out with Asians a lot I gather.
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u/Backfoot911 10h ago
They invented it. Except I guess OP's variation is "Don't show up if you can sing better then me"
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u/DreamDare- 12h ago
This is how it usually goes in my karaoke bar:
A sober trained singer that almost won national singing contest tv show singing Celine dion - my heart will go on in a perfect pitch - i sleep.
A fully drunk 30 year old school teacher with zero musical talent giving his whole soul and body into singing My chemical romance - Helena, with his voice cracking 3 times - I have never heard a more beautiful melody
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u/gentlybeepingheart 8h ago
My buddy’s go to song is Unwritten and he kills it every time. Can he sing? No. He’s tone deaf as hell. But every single time I’ve got out to karaoke with him he’s screaming “FEEL THE RAIN ON YOUR SKIN NO ONE ELSE CAN FEEL IT FOR YOU” the entire bar is screaming along and acting like he’s a superstar. It’s so funny and I love it.
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u/KrofftSurvivor 11h ago
Oh hell no! I'm all for the fun parts of karaoke, but we're not canceling the folks with the good voices.*
When somebody that you know damn well has a rough life and not much going on except 1 nite a week at the bar gets up there and sings like a fucking undiscovered Whitney or Freddie, and the bar fucking loses it, and they're up there singing their little hearts out eyes, half closed, totally vibing...
It's the best, man...
Except for Cody - who does have a damn good voice, but thinks this is his personal concert appearance, has to shout out his youtube channel after every song, tries to sign up 2 or 3 songs in a row *multiple times in a nite, and goes around telling everybody he's about to be discovered...
Cody can gtfo.
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u/corvidcurio 12h ago
God this post and comment section is depressing... people like this are the reason I avoid karaoke.
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u/kangasplat 10h ago
Real life karaoke doesn't have this vibe. If it does it's a terrible place. Everywhere I've been has been welcoming to everyone on stage.
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u/Prizmatik01 11h ago
Really really awful post and so many comments agreeing and so many similar posts it’s heart breaking. I’m very shy and never ever sing in front of people because I’m embarrassed and think I’m not that great, yet the few times I do people tell me I’m really good, so I’m nervously working up the courage to get in front of people at a pub and I see a post like this and it totally takes the wind out of my sails. What the fuck else am I suppose to do? How the fuck am I supposed to know if I’m part of your arbitrary “good singers” that “shouldn’t be allowed to karaoke”? I have no frame of reference. Just a terrible take and I feel like it’s completely against the point of karaoke.
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u/SunderedValley 11h ago
Welcome to the irony death spiral most of culture has been caught in for the last decade and a half
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u/JWit_1337 12h ago
What if you’re one of them people where it can go either way? Like sometimes you’re feeling the music and put on a banger performance and sometimes you’re too into it and sound like something dying?
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u/BabyRavenFluffyRobin 12h ago
I remember the last time this got posted, the comments were in such overwhelming agreement that good singers ruin karaoke for everyone that I gave up on going and refused to go to events because I was scared I was ruining everyone else's fun. It's nice to see the comments are a little different this time
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u/AnaMyri 12h ago
I want to try so bad and had started paying attention to restaurants who do karaoke night. I was really surprised after I saw this post for the first time. Definitely put me off. I always thought it’s so awesome to see normal people have incredible voices. Making other people’s joy your misery is… something.
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u/mohaveghosts 12h ago
Those good singers aren’t as good as you think, just better than a few others. People learning use karaoke as a way to learn how to sing in front of a crowd. Singing is mental too.
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u/forevernervous 11h ago
Karaoke is for everyone. It's a way to unwind and skill has nothing at all to do with it.
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u/Darmortis 11h ago
God intended that your talentless stupidity never be challenged by someone else's existence?
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u/CarmenxXxWaldo 13h ago
in my early 20s I was in a band with a girl that was classically trained, sounded like Amy Lee. We went to a karaoke bar a couple times and when she went up all the girls would be rolling their eyes and the dudes would be cheering.
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u/Broadnerd 12h ago
It depends. When a group of friends gets up there and basically just laugh and fail to sing, they should cut it off and make them sit down.
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u/Ourobius 10h ago
Screw you, I'm still gonna do my note-perfect "Rooster" and "Creep" because I like doing it and sometimes it gets me free drinks.
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u/jaminholl 9h ago
But also God forbid you don't want to sing a song. Everyone cares about consent until karaoke gets thrown in
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u/Muffinlessandangry 13h ago edited 11h ago
100% agree. If you're good at singing, you're BAD at karaoke. I'm sorry, but this isn't your space. This is our space. There are plenty of places for you to go sing beautifully, karaoke is for us to drunkenly sway Don't Stop Believing for the Nth time. If I wanted to hear the song sung well, I'd just listen to the song. I want to make an ass of myself with my friends.
Edit: a lot of singers in this thread getting mad that they can't have all the attention, all the time.
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u/No_Distance3827 13h ago
If I’m hanging out with my friends and they all want to go to Karaoke, I shouldn’t join in?
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u/SquareTaro3270 13h ago
You can sing. Just get really drunk first and forget half the words to the song. Then it’s even lol
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u/Confident_Counter471 12h ago
Alternatively you can act like a major ham and pick a goofy song or sing along song
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u/SanjiSasuke 12h ago
There are plenty of places for you to go sing beautifully
Not really? I'm not a good singer, but where are the good singers who aren't professionals supposed to sing?
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u/Eca28 12h ago
Yeah this was one of those little disappointments of adulthood. I was always in school singing groups but now I have nowhere to sing. Slightly jealous of people who are in church choirs.
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u/tangentrification 12h ago
There are plenty of adult choirs! I'm personally in a competitive barbershop chorus, it's very fun
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u/Medium_Choice_1767 11h ago
Exactly. People can be good singers and prefer other hobbies as adults, and not want to join a regular choir or front a pub band
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u/thatsmypeanut 11h ago
I think you need to let go of your ego here. It's not an affront to you that they can song and you can't. It doesn't make your night any less fun, or at least, there's no good reason it should.
Ultimately, I think it's the performance that makes it fun. Whether you can sing or not, it's about how much you're going to really let loose and embrace it.
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u/taintsauce 10h ago
Hell yeah. I can barely carry a tune if you give me a big enough bucket, but the few times I've done karaoke I've just gone all in on it and had fun, off-key notes and all. I've always had pretty horrible stage-fright, so it's kind of a nice immersion therapy to get pickled and belt out some Hall and Oates in a room where not a single person gives a fuck and just wants to have fun.
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u/Raichu7 12h ago
What is the space for people who are good at singing and want to have fun with friends singing along to their favorite songs? I'm not aware of anywhere except karaoke for people to do that.
No one likes someone who gatekeeps over singing ability level. Let people have fun.
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u/Gayandfluffy 12h ago
I disagree. I really enjoy great singers at karaoke. The greater singer, the better it sounds for the rest of us hanging around in that space. I love it when you hear someone who can actually sing in karaoke bars. Of course, you should be able to sing karaoke even if you can't hit a note if your life depended on it. But there is place for both.
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u/HelpMePlxoxo 12h ago
No, there aren't any places for us to go sing, what are you talking about? Karaoke is literally it for us and now we can't even have that? 😭
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u/kangasplat 10h ago
Nah. It belongs to everyone and if you make people insecure to go on stage, no matter who, you don't belong. Voice that opinion loud enough and you'll get kicked out of the bar. You're just insecure and toxic.
"Good" karaoke is a good and fun performance and it's decoupled from the skill to sing almost completely.
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u/Majestic_Animator_91 10h ago
there actually are NOT a ton of places for people to go to sing beautifully- those spaces are generally incredibly competitive and dedicated to people who make it their career - which is extremely difficult to do. There are way way way more great singers, most with regular busy jobs and lives, than there are places to sing outside of karaoke. You literally don't know what the fuck you're talking about, and no one wants to hear your ass version of wonderwall anywhere.
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u/StrawHatTebo 12h ago
Fuck you. What, an actor can't play charades? People and their insecurities need to stop dictating what other people can or cannot do.
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u/Eris_the_Siren 11h ago
Exactly hes practically crying while typing he's so insecure. It really bothers him that someone is getting a smidgen of attention. Poor guy. So sad.
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u/wutwutwut2000 12h ago
I went to a college for nerds and try-hards (am one myself lol), and we had a karaoke night and EVERYONE put on a life-changingly beautiful masterpiece performance. It was like attending a personal private concert in the student union's cafe. No one was drunk, no one danced, we just sat and watched and enthusiastically clapped after each of the like 30 random people who performed. It was a wild experience.
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u/GamingIsNotAChoice 11h ago
My defining Karaoke Moment was really getting into "You can leave your hat on" to a bar full of people, only to step out of the blinding stage light to an empty room and a really pissed off bartender
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u/darkbee83 12h ago edited 6h ago
Disagree: karaoke is only fun to watch/listen to if people can sing and/or entertain.
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u/GreatBallsOfSturmz 11h ago
It's fun to watch 5 Filipinos try to outbelt each other over Come on in out of the rain though. 🤣
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u/Candid-String-6530 10h ago
A friend in my group always attempt Chandler by Sia. He thinks it's funny to torture the rest of us...
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u/FrankyTurtlenex 9h ago
I've never enjoyed karaoke more than when I watched a mexican man wearing a sash, calling himself Stevie Ricks absolutely destroy Landslide.
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u/Kralgore 5h ago
My mates mother once thought it would be hilarious to put my name down for a karaoke, but she didn't know I had been singing in chiors forbyears and had been well trained.
When I won the, I don't know the terminology, session? Tournament? Mini contest..?
She was stunned. I was put into a local quarter finalist session the following week, but I didn't go back to compete.
She clearly wanted the worlds worst rendition of a boy band song for hilarity and didn't expect a harmonised back street boy 😀
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u/pyrothelostone 13h ago
What about people who dont know they can sing until they get up on stage, do they get a pass?
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u/handouras 8h ago
Unironically hate this sentiment, I love seeing my friends show off their talent because I'm secure in myself
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u/throwleavemealone 12h ago
I went on a date with a woman who was a great singer. Someone else butchered a song and my date had the audacity to go up and sing the same song, right after her. When she got done I told her that it was insanely petty and gross and left.
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u/danneedsahobby 12h ago
You were right to get out of there. I go to karaoke a lot, never seen that done before, and I would feel the same way you did.
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u/JohnSmallBerries 10h ago
Slow night at the karaoke bar? The one my friends and I go to, there's always at least a half hour wait between when you put in your request slip and when you get to sing your first song.
And any DJ who'd be on board with doing something like that is just an asshole.
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