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PJ Karaoke...any good stories?

pjheasds8pjheasds8 Posts: 91
edited August 2009 in The Porch
I actually was able to get out of the house last weekend, as a college buddy was coming to town, and another friend organized a "hang-out" at a local dive. but it was karaoke night and i was shocked when there were 3 PJ songs in the mix...a-la-binders. first time i had seen this.

so I had Jeremy, Given to Fly, and I Got I.D. to choose from. I'm no karaoke whore, but I had to do this...I went for GTF as I felt I could do this with my eyes closed, and let my "stellar" eddie wanna-be voice blast the bar. went ok, sept. the fact I decided to stare at the screen here and there, and then got flustered when it wasn't all packaged like the original. shoulda kept my eyes off it and gone for the gold.

anyone else have fun with this? I'm now practicing I Got ID for my next venture there. jeremy would be too generic.
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  • bigbadbillbigbadbill Posts: 1,758
    Back in April of 1999, I went to Las Vegas with my then girlfriend, and when we were at the Stratosphere we saw a machine called Karaoski (?), where you were filmed on tape singing a song. They had "Given To Fly" and I did the STUPIDEST (drunken) version of GTF. Ed would of slapped me if he saw it.
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  • J_LAWNJ_LAWN Posts: 163
    well this isnt karaoke but i think its a little better...

    i was at a bar celebrating my 21st birthday with a lot of my friends and they had a good cover band playing all different bands. my friend asked if they could play pearl jam for me (because they are my favorite band) and the lead singer got on the mic and called out my name and told me to come on stage and sing a pearl jam song. he told me they could play yellow ledbetter, black or small town. I decided on small town because i couldn't even begin to attempt the words on yellow without sounding completely drunk and i just dont have the voice for black.

    overall i think it went well and it was so fun to sing with that band behind me and a somewhat decent sized crowd. it was a good birthday present!
  • pandorapandora Posts: 21,855
    Maybe not such a good story- not a good ending at least
    Hubby got up one night- brave soul- not drunk enough for sure
    Did World Wide Suicide- I was proud- it was ok and a good first try
    then the guy with the machine starts in before he's even off the stage and nails
    Alive and the crowd goes wild.
    Just made my husband feel a little bad but hes over it now and been practicing
    Look out
  • LOITERINGLOITERING Posts: 120
    I had on a PJ shirt at a NASCAR race last year and was at a merchandise stand when the old guy running the stand noticed it. He asked if I was a fan (duh) and I told him I was heading east for the Hartford and Mansfield shows. He said he was a big fan and his favorite Karaoke song was YLB. I asked him what the words were and he said that was the best part...when he got drunk it didn't matter ;):lol:
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  • rival.rival. Chicago Posts: 7,775
    went to a karaoke bar in the city, and my friend decides to sing spin the black circle. he is half way through the song and starts spinning the mic/cord around eddie style. the mic BROKE off the cord, went flying across the room and slammed into a wall about 6 inches above my other friend's head. when i say flying, it was high speed at my friend's head. could of knocked him out if the thing connected.

    i laughed for about 4 hours straight.
  • pandorapandora Posts: 21,855
    singularity wrote:
    went to a karaoke bar in the city, and my friend decides to sing spin the black circle. he is half way through the song and starts spinning the mic/cord around eddie style. the mic BROKE off the cord, went flying across the room and slammed into a wall about 6 inches above my other friend's head. when i say flying, it was high speed at my friend's head. could of knocked him out if the thing connected.

    i laughed for about 4 hours straight.
    priceless!
  • BlackThirteenBlackThirteen Posts: 423
    I went karaoke with a few friends and I got bored and attempted to do YLB and I completely butchered the song. YLB is not the best karaoke song lol.
  • demetriosdemetrios Posts: 94,081
    If you call laughter & horifing pearl jam karaoke moment's .. good stories? then i've seen alot of them. :lol:
  • iamicaiamica Chicago Posts: 2,628
    I used to sing Jeremy at karaoke nights pretty frequently because a friend of mine would always ask me to do it. Had the bar singing the "WHOOOAAAA"s at the end. :mrgreen:
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  • gndcd402gndcd402 Posts: 2,567
    i sing black and alive alot...

    however last night i went for celine dion - my heart will go on. needless to say i got a standing ovation when i finished it :P most applause i ever received!
  • NYbenbenNYbenben Posts: 1,020
    plastered at a bar about a year ago...i belted out my first Karaoke tune ever... Given to Fly... i figured, i couldnt botch that one if i tried.
    i have to say i did a pretty good job...
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  • HinnHinn Posts: 1,517
    When doing Hunger Strike, ALWAYS, ALWAYS volunteer for the Eddie part and let someone else take the Chris part.

    That's all.
    115 bucks for half a haircut by a novice? I want my money back!
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