Thursday Thirteen – Karaoke

Scribbled down on April 25th, 2007 by she
Posted in Friends & Family, Popularity Contests

Welcome to the 24th edition of the screaming pages Thursday Thirteen.

I’ve mentioned a few times that I’m a Karaoke junkie and figured now is as good as any time to explain why.

On a trip to Manila I headed up to Antipolo with a group of friends – Eula, MJ, Chas, Bon and Val – for an afternoon of videoke, food, beer and fun. One thing I’ve learned from my many trips to Manila is that a lot of Filipino’s love to sing. Their joy in song is infectious and before long (although with quite a bit of prodding) I joined in.

When I returned to Canada, I started joining in when my friends were singing. Since I’d only be home for a few weeks before flying back out to Manila, each trip home would always include a trip to the bar and at least one rendition of my soon to be named traveling songs.

What I hadn’t realized before Manila was what a social event heading out to Karaoke can be. As many of my work friends have also run away from the evil empire (most long before I finally quit), Friday nights at Karaoke is often the only time we manage to get together as a group. Sure, about once every few months we gather for dinner out at a restaurant, but Karaoke is always fun because you never know who is going to show up or what they’ll be singing. Sometimes, there’s only a small handful of us, 4 or 5 at the most. Other nights, over 20 people might show up to share stories and sing.

Now, I’m the one dragging newcomers out to Karaoke. Mom and the hubby have even trotted up to the mike to belt out a song or two.

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Thirteen songs I’ve sung at Karaoke.

  1. Leaving on a Jet Plane – Peter, Paul & Mary
  2. Daniel – Elton John
  3. Desperado – Eagles
  4. People are Strange – The Doors
  5. The Dance – Garth Brooks
  6. Closing Time – Semisonic
  7. Bitch – Meredith Brooks
  8. Crazy – Patsy Cline
  9. Walking in Memphis – Marc Cohn
  10. I don’t want to miss a thing – Areosmith
  11. Friends in Low Places – Garth Brooks
  12. Have You Ever Seen the Rain? – CCR
  13. Proud Mary – CCR

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55 Responses to “Thursday Thirteen – Karaoke”

  1. I must be the only person on the planet who’s never sung karaoke!

  2. Wow! Look at you! You know this means you’re a perfect candidate for American Idol, right? 😉

  3. What a fun list! Thank you for visiting me. 🙂

  4. You sang all of them? Wow! Nice songs, too. I don’t think I ever sand karaoke before. Karen, that makes two of us 😉

  5. I have to find somewhere local that does Karaoke now that there is no smoking in our state. I couldn’t go before I reacted to the smoke with headaches. It sounds like so much fun, not that I can sing, but I can listen.

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