Okay - about a week or so ago, Bettierage and Sookie asked about what songs should be MANDATORY in all bar jukeboxes and what songs should be BANNED from all bar jukeboxes.
Since we decided that this would be a fun bar to hang out in (dollar pitcher day, anyone?), and alcohol consumption leads to karaoke....
What songs should be REQUIRED karaoke singing, and what songs should be STRICKEN from karaoke catalogs everywhere? Doesn't matter if you can't sing a note - anything goes!
2007-10-22 08:59:12 · 14 answers · asked by sylvia 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Rock and Pop
lovnrckets - so when I've had too many dollar pitchers, I can't belt out "Forever In Blue Jeans?" :)
Dave: When I was in college, one of the bars on campus had dollar pitcher day every Wednesday from 11am til bar closing (at 2am). I lost many good hours of my youth there, one dollar at a time. :)
2007-10-22 09:10:55 · update #1
It's easy to come up with the forbidden list.
Aretha Franklin - RESPECT
Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond - in fact, his entire catalog should be a felony.
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama
Journey - Don't Stop Believin'
AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long
Sylvia - Sure you could "belt" it out, but Neil must be stopped at all costs.
Sookie - Get me some radioactive material and I'm all over that one.
MachPen - Great call on People Who Died. My only question, is Jim Carroll the father of Malachi?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Jim_Carroll_by_David_Shankbone.jpg
2007-10-22 09:02:51 · answer #1 · answered by Rckets 7 · 6⤊ 2⤋
hahahaha......sign me up! I'll buy first two rounds!
Banned Songs:
SWEET CAROLINE!......sorry, I've heard it about 20 times today......like right now on the news.....grrrrr
Snow - Informer .......for same reasons as Its the End of The World as We Know It........people can't even sing it sober, being drunk doesn't magically change your odds
Anything by Styx.......sorry this had to be done. No Come Sail Away and Mr. Roboto
Ricky Martin - Living La Vida Loca
John Mellencamp - Pink Houses, Jack & Diane, Small Town
Pink, Christina, Mya, Lil Kim - Lady Marmalade
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama, Free Bird
Anything Jimmy Buffett
Required:
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Down on the Corner
Ohio Players - Fire
The Kinks - Destroyer, Lola
MSI - B*tches, Straight To Video
AC/DC - Money Talks
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Gimme Three Steps
Led Zeppelin - Fool In The Rain
**MachPen: Like I said before....Olympic sport!!! Definitely a special kind of stupid........man. I especially liked the because you're an idiot response. Simple and to the point.
2007-10-22 17:33:13 · answer #2 · answered by Dani G 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Dollar Pitcher Time...woo-hoo! You know I'm up for that!
Banned: "It's The End Of The World As We Know It". People can't get that right when they're sober, and they still can't after a few drinks.
Required: almost anything by the Bee Gees. The falsetto can be quite comical.
Edit: lovnrckets - Sweet Caroline should be nuked.
Dani - Informer definitely has to go! Good call.
MachPen - Bohemian Rhapsody is awesome!
2007-10-22 16:13:25 · answer #3 · answered by Sookie 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Required:
ABBA - Dancing Queen
Blondie - Call Me
Elvis Presley - Hound Dog
Queen - We Will Rock You
Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side
Little Richard - Good Golly, Miss Molly
The Animals - Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
Earth, Wind & Fire - September
Aretha Franklin - Respect
Michael Jackson - Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough
Rolling Stones - Satisfaction
Cher & Sonny - I Got You Babe
Elton John - Rocket Man
Carly Simon - You're So Vain
Village People - Y.M.C.A.
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird
Aerosmith - Dream On
David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive
Restricted:
None.
2007-10-22 16:06:08 · answer #4 · answered by Cat Stevens 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Required:
B-52's - Love Shack
Prince - Let's Get Crazy
Johnny Cash - Rock Island Line
Roger Miller - King of the Road
Rupert Holmes - Escape (The Pina Colada Song)
I once did a rousing rendition of In The Ghetto before two people in a absolute redneck town while drunk off my ***, but for the most part I don't recommend it as the song can be a buzzkill at times.
Stricken:
I'm Too Sexy (no no no)
Hotel California (hell no)
Jimmy Buffet - Margaritaville - (May the God you do or don't believe in forbid)
2007-10-22 20:28:25 · answer #5 · answered by Huevo 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Required....I'm no Angel - Gregg Allmann
Turbo - Judas Priest
Hurts So Good- Cougar
Stricken:
Ebony and Ivory - Wonder and McCartney
Any Ballad by Journey
Any song by Celine Dion
2007-10-22 17:27:12 · answer #6 · answered by James M 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'll always love you. No human being can sing that song propperly, unless you are non-human like Celine Dion, Maruiah Carey and Withney Houston.
I refuse to hear that song destroyed in a Karaoke, it just never turns out well.
Good luck
2007-10-22 17:06:08 · answer #7 · answered by Blunt 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Should Be Banned:
"Music Man" By Billy Joel
" Bohemian Rhapsody" By Queen
"Faithfully" by Journey (or anything by Journey for that matter)
Required:
Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire"
The Ramone's "Blitzkrieg Bop"
The Jim Carroll Band's "People Who Died"
(classic honorable mentions)
"White Rabbit" Jefferson Airplane
and
"American Pie" (edit: by Don McLean)
(you can get crowd participation on this one) :-D
2007-10-22 17:52:18 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
The Day The Music Died & Love Shack should be stricken. They're just too long. All other songs are fair game. I'm the karaoke queen. 2D
2007-10-22 16:03:15 · answer #9 · answered by 2D 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Love Shack has already been mentioned.
Picture - Kid Rock and Sheryl Crow - banned due to over use
anything by savage garden banned
required:
I'm too sexy
margaritaville
2007-10-22 16:14:10 · answer #10 · answered by ledtkey 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋