Can I sing the doom song?

[fluffymark]

doomy doom dooom dooomy doom doom ...

It’s an established fact I cannot sing. I have lots of talented singing friends, and when we get together, I’m the one in the corner not singing. Unless you add alcohol, in which case something very strange happens. Then like singing, and can get very enthusiastic. But I’m still no good, unless you want me to do vocals to Throbbing Gristle or something. Anyway, the point is, next weekend I appear to have let myself in for some Karaoke. *shudder*

Don’t get me wrong. I’m strangely looking forward to it, even though there will be many people I don’t know there. verlaine has booked a proper Karaoke room, in a nice sounding place that does proper japanese food and sake cocktails and the like. All good stuff. But that still doesn’t mean I can sing. Let’s just face it, several songs are going to end up being massacred. And I’m going to attempt to have as much fun as possible doing it. *yay*

So which songs to murder? I will have to sing 3, maybe up to 5 songs. Oh dearie me. I looked at the long list of available songs, cut out all the Spice Girls and other such rubbish, and have made a shortlist. Which many of you will say still contains rubbish. And you would be right! *nods* So now it’s your turn. Time for a poll. Do your worst! *grins*

[Poll #666558]

True wisdom tells me I should just go on a whim and totally ignore what people want me to sing. You mean you actually expect me to go by majority decision? *boggles* I think I know you lot better than that. *nods*

Comments

[feanelwa.livejournal.com]

If Life on Mars comes out on top, I will pay you to sing something else instead.

[mirabehn.livejournal.com]

Bugger to all of those. You're a bass or a low baritone, I'm certain.

Want to come over for a singing lesson sometime? :-)

Anyway, don't worry about how your voice turns out for the karaoke. Murder away!! *grins*

[gnimmel.livejournal.com]

what Elly said. I think karaoke's supposed to be dodgy. I hope karaoke's supposed to be dodgy. I can't sing pop.

[the-alchemist.livejournal.com]

Sing a duet with me!

[verlaine.livejournal.com]

I was tempted to vote for "Paranoid Android" as it's probably my favourite song from that list, but I was worried that it might be a bit antisocially long! Hmm, come to think of it, it'd make a good singalong, in the right company ;)

[doseybat.livejournal.com]

see, it *has* to be Aqua!

[fluffymark]

You're welcome to try and do something about my singing voice. How are you for thursday or friday evening this week? *wonders*

[fluffymark]

That makes me feel a lot better about things. Yay! We can murder songs together. :)

Most karaoke is dodgy. But not all. It was a revelation of a conversation I had with someone (fairly sure it was romauld) many moons ago in which I found out the existence of what I will call "talent karaoke", where people can really sing pop songs, and it's really competetive and taken really seriously (but still fun!).

[fluffymark]

*nods* be very glad to! Any preferences?

[fluffymark]

*oops* I'd kinda forgotten how long it was, so yep, that sounds not a good plan unless it's a group singy thing.

[fluffymark]

oh dear. it is very much looking that way, isn't it!

[snow-leopard.livejournal.com]

Do Big in Japan. While wearing bunny ears. Oh and send me a video
Plllllleeeeaaaassssseee.

[the-alchemist.livejournal.com]

Hmm... the only duet from the Rocky Horror Show is Dammit Janet, so how about that?

And no, you can't be Janet.

Advice

[(Anonymous)]

Always David Bowie. You can't go wrong. But just in case you were considering it, don't do Louis Armstrong. People will think you're taking the piss. Oh, that I hadn't been there myself.

By the way, did you know that if you type "Deon Vonniget" into google, your diary ranks fairly high in the (quite small) running order?

I mention it purely because you've written some lovely things about the show, and it happens to be coming to London again - albeit in a massively revised format - starting this tuesday. Loads of info at www.deonvonniget.com and it would be terribly terribly lovely to see you there. Actually it would be terribly lovely to see ANYBODY there...

- James