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I watch the clock, it’s 12 A.M.
The server’s so far from where we’ve been
I got my notes, I got my cut-paste too
I got to get ready to make sure I post through
I type the words and make a stupid joke
I kinda like it in my top place post
Make some crack about how Ruth is drunk
(or how she wish she really was drunk as a skunk)
‘Cause
Songs last for so long
Even after you’ve bombed
And I know that these songs suck
And soon you’ll be stuck
With a hefty bill
And I…
got bored of this
A+, perfect comment.
Seconded.
Are you ever not awesome?
One trillion points.
…There’s scoring in karaoke, right?
There is now!
There is but the scoring has no consistency. And to top it off, the world is divided into those that automatically subtract a couple of thousand points from the way they hear their own singing and those that automatically add a couple of thousand points to their perception of their performance.
I say all this as an expert with no experience at karaoke.
I like the Joyce icon that went with this – like, angry singing Jewel is totally a thing .
*plays “Circle of Life” from Lion King Soundtrack CD on karaoke system*
Anyone wanna drop their favorite karaoke songs while we at it? ^^
“Dragostea Din Tei” by O-Zone (Numa numa song) and “I’m Not Okay” by My Chemical Romance. However, I once got my coworkers to do a group sing on “Bohemian Rhapsody” and it was amazing.
Anyone who claims large crowds of people spontaneously bursting into song in a musical is “unrealistic” has clearly never started singing “Bohemian Rhapsody” in public.
Can confirm. The DJ played it at my wedding last summer and the dance floor erupted in impromptu sing-along.
Tequila. Easy to remember. And you can do the Pee Wee Herman dance.
My go-to songs are Smashing Pumpkins “Today,” Hole “Celebrity Skin,” or Bon Jovi “Wanted Dead or Alive.”
I think I already mentioned that I will do ‘Marijuanaville’ (a parody version of Jimmy Buffett’s ‘Margaritaville’) at the drop of the proverbial hat.
How have I never heard of that song until now?!?!?!
Time is Running Out by Muse.
Only ever done it twice, but it was Peter Gabriel’s “Sledgehammer” and David Bowie’s “Space Oddity”.
Malfunction by Steam Powered Giraffe
Nope. Two problems:
– I’m way too self-conscious
– My taste in music (mostly prog rock) is nowhere near my vocal range (Darius Rucker with a head cold).
Johnny Cash. I can fit in that range. That is, I do not really have a singing voice but I can growl. Folsom prison blues. Hurt.
“LIFE IS A ROCK” by Reunion.
Even after five drinks, I can still knock that one out of the park.
I’m probably dating myself, but my go to is “Taxi” by Harry Chapin. (As my sister commented after hearing me sing it, “Sad songs make him (referring to me) so happy.”
I killed with the Clash’s “Should I Stay or Should I Go?” at karaoke once.
Once.
Parte del Aire, by Fito Paes. The Euforia version, specifically.
Whole Lotta Love Dred Zeppelin version, performed by a 300 pound Jamaican Elvis impersonator. My version is a little lighter both in skin tone and in weight.
“blitzkrieg bop” by The Ramones
“This Year” by The Mountain Goats
“Everything About You” by Ugly Kid Joe
White Flag (or anything really!) by Dido.
I have a breathy, slightly wavery voice, mainly due to health complaints.. but it works incredibly well for her songs
Cliffs of Dover by Eric Johnson.
My go-tos:
“Be Prepared”
“My Way”
“Gaston”, when I have a partner
“In the Dark of the Night”
Oh, and “One Week” when I feel like showing off speed.
Please note that I’m usually wearing a cape and big brimmed hat, which aids with villain songs.
“Wig in a Box” and “Midnight Radio” from Hedwig and the Angry Inch
“Out Here On My Own” from Fame
“All Time High” from Octopussy
Twice now I’ve read that as “Late Nite Radio” (John Denver) which is probably not at all the same.
Song seems oddly character specific.
Yeah that tends to be how you write a karaoke scene in a story
I agree. Do you think it reminds her of her parents and how she feels her life fell apart without them? That is what I was getting from it. Or do you think it reminds her of Billie and her regrets over letting her go?
I could probably make a more accurate guess if I looked up the rest of the lyrics, but I am very tired.
Considering that the next lines she didn’t sing are “You were meant for me and I was meant for you” I’d assume this is about Jennifer.
It’s a post-breakup song. It’s about the singer going about her daily life and things seem like they should be normal – getting better, even, in some ways – but she’s just shuffling through life half-awake, and it’s somehow all wrong without the person she’s missing.
“I go about my business, I’m doing fine
Besides, what would I say if I had you on the line?
Same old story, not much to say
Hearts are broken every day…”
Similar tone: “I ain’t missing you” by John Waite.
“And there’s a storm that’s raging
Through my frozen heart tonight
And I ain’t missing you at all
Since you’ve been gone away
I ain’t missing you
No matter what my friends say”
great for the ppl who make ‘chara playlists’ for ppl on yt lol
tho i wonder how many stereotypically canadian songs a karaoke machine would have lol
Any good karaoke machine should have at least a couple Rush songs.
Ruth, you picked the song. You knew this would happen.
Sometimes regret is a delayed effect , at least she’s not singing “shots shots shots” 8D;
Judging by Jennifer’s expression it looks like Ruth isn’t the only one experiencing delayed regret from that song.
Tequila may be an equally bad choice, but perhaps for different reasons.
This is the saddest karaoke I’ve ever seen.
honestly it might be above par for me.
Yeah, restaurant I worked at had such a low turnout that it was mostly just the guy running it who’d sing, the owner’s brother-in-law.
Really? This looks pretty normal for me.
In karaokes you will find all kinds of environments
Eh. I watch Kiryu sing karaoke.
Mecha Godzilla? What’d they sing?
Heh, I’ll explain since it’s not that well-known yet, I think. There’s this videogame series formerly called “Yakuza”, now called “Like a Dragon”. The main protagonist is Kazuma Kiryu, a stoic and noble guy who keeps doing the right thing despite constant personal cost. And over the course of the last 7ish games/20 RL years, he’s seen a lot of loved ones get hurt and/or die.
The game series is also known for having tons of minigames, one of which is karaoke with your protagonists. And it’s standard now for these songs to include little videos in the background while the singer, as well as for half of these songs to be bangers while the other half are heartbreakers. So basically, it’s a deeply nostalgic and heartrending experience to listen to Kiryu sing about heartbreak and lost opportunities, because just in case you’d forgotten about the events of the first few games, the background movie very pointedly reminds you.
I don’t really fully appreciate the Japanese experience of karaoke, but it does seem to be an opportunity for someone incredibly composed and stone-faced to let loose with the deep pain they’ve been carrying for decades. And the voice actors do a fantastic job conveying it.
Yeah but then you get something like “Ichizu Samurai” and…well…
Hm, yes, singing songs that you absolutely “loathe” for karaoke. Very happy-person behavior.
Wait is this one of those karaoke bars with the private rooms? Are those a thing in the States now?
I was gonna ask that too. The only karaoke place I know of was at an arcade and it was not private at all.
There apparently was a Japanese restaurant in Bloomington where you could rent a karaoke room, but they permanently closed after covid. Also plausible for the school to have a private karaoke room.
IDK about Indiana but there’s at least a few here in NYC. Probably just creative license though.
I guess it depends upon where you are but they’ve been a thing in Seattle for ages.
Seattle is the only place I’ve ever found one and I desperately want one in New Orleans.
I know some in Michigan. There probably aren’t a ton in Indiana, but it’d make sense for them to be by a major university.
I know there are definitely several in the Austin area with private rooms, but I’m not certain about Bloomington, having never even been to Indiana.
Austin, TX has a few.
The university may have a room for it. Doesn’t seem like a bar and the cast is too young to be in a bar legally.
Ruth is legal now IIRC.
I think it was more of a “it seemed like a good idea when I picked it” decision.
Yeah, I’m not sure what the intent was here.
Had she not realized how the song would sound until she got through it?
Did she pick it specifically for Jennifer and bail when it didn’t get the reaction she wanted?
ya, a lot of times people don’t think about the lyrics of songs past the memorable line in the chorus. Which is how you get a song about break-up sex at wedding receptions.
Ruth needs to rock some songs by Canadian singers. Alanis Morrissette or Avril Lavigne would be my top choices.
My first instinct is always Barrett’s Privateers but I feel like most Karaoke bars won’t have that one. Plus you sort of need a chorus
Oh the year was 1778
HOW I WISH I WAS IN SHERBROOK NOWWWWW!
“…And isn’t it—no! It’s NOT ironic! That’s not what the word means at all!”
However, the fact that a song called “Ironic” contains a zillion broken examples not one of which is true classical irony and is therefore destroyed by that is in fact classical irony, which makes it very much…
…ironic.
Something Irish comedian Ed Byrne used for an early career highlight.
Really! Well, I’m hardly surprised I wasn’t the only one to figure that out. Still, I was the only one I knew to figure that out and it was… fun to drop that in response to the commentary at the time. xD
I was always on… there are a few different types of irony, and arguments could be made for several of the situations as different types, and I found that more interesting to think about than the dismissive takes I heard.
“I think it would be ironic if everyone was made of iron.”
“Oh baby baby baaaby oo–” [gunfire, explosions]
So that song was everywhere by early 2010, but somehow– despite being in high school, where it was probably more prevalent than average– I did not really hear it, at least in full, until the summer of 2011. When I did hear it, I fully thought it was girl singing– and that she would be singing about another girl made sense to me, as the setting where I heard it was at a camp for queer youth. And then it got to the chorus, and I was like, “Oh my god, this is that song. This is what Justin Bieber sounds like.”
I was really confused as to A) why they were singing Mass Destruction and B) how they got the lyrics wrong. That explains a lot.
Love the idea of telling people they’re getting the lyrics wrong to songs they’re not singing, gonna hold on to that.
+1
No no no, as in, I thought they were singing Mass Destruction (because gunfire and explosions), and it’s become so memeified that the “ooh yeah, baby baby baby baby” part is everywhere. But I didn’t understand WHY they would be singing that. Your comment saying the song they were actually singing is what made it make sense to me as someone who has somehow managed to never hear a Bieber song.
No, I got that, I just also will be taking future opportunities to let people know that they’re getting the words and tune of “We Will Rock You” completely wrong.
Ohhhh, I think I get it now. <3 I think.
(I'm guessing he has a song similar to Queen's that is also popular.)
Basically I was thanking you for IDing the song because -I- was an idiot.
The enemy you’re fighting covers all society.
Laughin’ Len Cohen FTW.
She needs to bust out some Rush. “YYZ” would be a good choice.
Or Great Big Sea, for the Avalon callback.
I bet Great Big Sea would be great karaoke music, although they do tend to sing a little fast
“Consequence Free” might be a good choice for Dorothy right now. Then again, on second thought, she doesn’t seem the type who thinks “the rules were made for bending.”
Ruth, on the other hand….
Singing Great Big Sea’s rendition of End of the World at full speed was one of the herculean tasks.
Is she beatboxing the guitar, drums, or bass?
Chixdiggit’s “I Wanna Hump You”?
Nope, if it is a Canadian singer, it has to be Snowbird, by Anne Murray. It’s in the Constitution.
I note she stopped as soon as it got to the meant for you part.
God speed you kids, I love seeing this.
Dumbing of Age, Book 17: This Song is Dumb and I Hate It and I’m Not Finishing It
Jennifer really convinced her to go, although I think Dorothy accepted because:
-A part of her really wants to vent.
-She had nothing to lose.
-Jennifer insisted and not in the right way.
But thanks to Ruth with that last dialogue, even the blonde shows a slight regret, although her body language also suggests that she really doesn’t feel comfortable.
Maybe Dorothy just wants to see Ruth and Ms Billingsworth’s seemingly inevitable reunion frudge fuck.
e: I see the typo. I’m leaving it.
Sorry
Why do you always call Dorothy “the blonde”? Like every time. Hope this doesn’t put you on the spot, I’ve just been wondering.
I’m not saying it as an insult, I’m saying it’s the color of her hair, but if that’s the case, I’ll be careful.
it’s not that it comes across as an insult or anything, it’s just that using a description like that when it’s not relevant to the topic is a very odd way to refer to a character who we’re all familiar with
I’ll keep that in mind, thanks
epithets are just one of those weird quirks of language, sometimes it’s hard to know when to deploy them to the best effect
A review of my grammar and being impeccable with my words, I got it
And sit up straight.
You’re good. Sometimes Americans forget that there’s other languages and manners of speaking that we’re not familiar with.
Also we drive on the right side of the road.
I was hoping all the songs would be the songs referenced in chapter titles.
Dorothy chooses “That Thing You Do” and “Mr Brightside” but doesn’t know why.
In the sky we hear a faint sound of a typewriter, no, wrong story.
Oh right, Dorothy is here. And Walky will be here. Fresh out of a breakup. And Danny. This will be fun.
It seems that Danny really surpassed Dorothy, the only thing that really worries him is what kind of song he will sing to get even with Walky now that he has it in his face and I know it’s speaking too soon, but I hope that from here on, Walky will see from another angle to Dorothy, that is, that she is not only “the super organized girl”, she is only Dorothy…only Dorothy and that is not bad either
i wonder if either of them will remember/realize “Oh yeah, this is Danny/Jen, we almost slept together once but didnt”
Hey, it’s Jen. She’ll remember. Whether she will admit to remembering is another matter.
Dorothy is here and Walky fresh out out of a breakup. will be here, all of which makes Dorothy and Danny getting back together inevitable.
Why no, that wasn’t a typo.
So it looks like the scene is set up for Jennifer to get pissed thinking she’s being mocked by Sal bringing a boy who rejected her(unknown to sal) and possibly being offended if Danny is too busy glaring at Walky to recognize her. Meanwhile, Walky getting uncomfortable as Dorothy gets pissed about his presence and Danny being belligerent about another reminder of Walky dating his ex because he expects the bro code from a guy he was never friends with. Don’t know if I see Danny breaking up with Sal over this but I could see him asking her why she though he would be happy to go to karaoke with her brother so soon after the parent the dinner fiasco.
Though if Danny’s serious about Sal he will have to accept that Walky is going to be around.
That Jennifer and Danny can ruin it is a fact, but I think she would be more focused on fighting with Ruth, I mean, it is clear that she is also there by force, although I think it is just an excuse to drink.
It would be strange to see, but maybe Walky would try to talk to him in a calmer way, I mean, with the recent progress he has shown maybe this will be shown here and of course I also know that it will be very uncomfortable for Dorothy to be there , but at least see that she really has problems and understand that saying “your problems will be fixed by the next day” is not an appropriate way to encourage her, it was not intentional, but it hurt her.
I actually think, the way things have been going, this is gonna end up being an intervention for Jennifer.
Why am I now thinking of the Mai-HiME karaoke episode? No one iw wearign costumes here.
This does make me wonder what kind of singing skill the DoA cast has. Sal obviously is shown to have talent but who else can actually sing? Should be an interesting thought experiment to imagine singing in this visual medium. What do people think the DoA cast sound like?
I think someone else had this headcanon before I did, but Leslie sounds exactly like Pearl from Steven Universe in my head.
Excited to see who nails a Tom Waits tune.
Hell Broke Luce perhaps?
I’m sure Joe must love to sing Aerosmith.
Joyce and Becky are both pretty decent singers, thanks to all the practice at their church. Joyce has better memory and diction, while Becky has more range.
Dorothy tends to try very hard on the rare occasions when she’s called upon to sing, but never had much talent or interest in developing it.
Billie’s actually pretty good at singing, but in karaoke she deliberately tries to sing badly in order to fit in better.
Amber can’t sing to save her life. Amazi-Girl could theoretically sing to save someone’s life, but would still be bad at it.
Sarah sings like an angel and would rather die than let this information become public.
Dina has a few songs she can sing very very well because she’s practiced them a lot, and is completely helpless when asked to sing literally anything else.
Joe and Ethan are about average singers, and would probably have a lot of fun at karaoke (unlike this miserable crew).
Mike was the best damn singer you’ll ever hear. He could easily have been a rock star, but couldn’t stand the thought of having fans. He carefully guarded his talent, and only ever sang in situations where absolutely nobody would ever appreciate it.
Asher’s singing talents are about on par with Amber’s, which frustrates Jennifer to no end.
God that looks so awkward just singing while you’re friends stare at you, no food or drinks or anything
Well, without snacks, it is obvious that everything is channeled into the poor victim who is singing.
There are drinks on the table, in generic green cups as usual in this comic XD
I love Jewel’s songs
They’re not great karaoke picks though. Think you want something with a little more energy
I popped my karaoke cherry singing the Sid Vicious cover of My Way
…honestly, a great choice.
oh so this IS an Asian-style karaoke room, not a bar! then I don’t know why people were calling it dorky
Within the context of American culture, this style of karaoke seems dorkier to me than if it were at a bar.
depends on how ‘dorky’ you find singing, even with the aspect of some karaoke places potentially providing drinks XD
I dunno about dorky precisely, but the whole idea of karaoke seems kind of weird to me. On the other hand I’ve done stuff that is a lot weirder and probably a lot more dorky as well.
I will only sing karaoke in a public group where alcohol was being served(the more you drink the better I sound). If I was going to go into a private room with only a couple of my buddies, I might just as well stay home and sing to a karaoke track on my computer.
I imagine Robin sings very confidently, and either fairly good or incredibly bad. Other Rachel is outstanding in one particular genre, but I can’t put my finger on it. Joyce sang along with Christian Contemporary, Becky was in choir. Arnold doesn’t have a big range, but he knows all the lyrics a lot of patter songs.
(meant to be a reply to Sirksome) and I don’t know if patter song is the right phrase. Like “End of the World as We Know It” I guess.
As someone who’s never done karaoke, I’ve always wondered: do karaoke places usually have, like, a preset selection of songs to work with? ‘Cause I’ve always worried about going somewhere and realizing I know absolutely none of the songs they have because most of my faves are super obscure, and I wonder if Ruth found herself in a similar situation here. The only real reference to Ruth’s musical tastes before this that I can remember off the top of my head is that she had “Enter Sandman” as her ringtone waaaaay back in Book 1.
I’ve never karaoked either, but the time I did go to a place they had looseleaf binders listing the many dozens of songs they had available. So, yes, you can only do songs they have, but they have a lot of songs in the machine.
And if you don’t know the melody it’s even funnier.
Yes, it will be a preset selection of songs. The words will appear onscreen in case you don’t know them by heart.
You can generally request almost any song, since most modern karaoke systems I’ve seen draw their music from the cloud … it’s not like 15-20 years ago when they were limited by the need to have a physical tape or CD to load into the system. The difficulty comes when you realize that there are several different companies providing the tracks, and some are better than others, so you need to know just which company’s version of a specific song you prefer, and you need to make sure that you and the karaoke jock is in sync on this.
I’ve been to two events with karaoke. I have enough semi-talent but am very introverted, so I didn’t participate.
However, the backing tracks I heard were in the key of the original song, so I think that’s common. (Correct as needed.) If you can sing along with the real recording on key in your car, you have a shot at it for karaoke.
Most KJs have software that can adjust the key, even, you just have to know how far, typically by half step.
Wait, I can do that now?
This is incredible! But it’s not the kind of encouragement the audience needs me to have!
You can do it anywhere. YouTube is crammed with the videos with lyrics for thousands of songs. Any tablet works or cast it to a tv.
ruth, You Were Meant For Me is meant to belted painfully at the top of your lungs in your room alone at night, gasping out the words between tears. this is NOT karaoke song
im’ sure ppl have made some custom stuff, not sure how long it takes to get stuff sent to bars, copyright aside, but it would be hilarious if there was one designated ‘sad room’ where it’s only heartfelt emotional type songs
i’d be into it! i have a personal playlist called “i love to cry and be sad” for whenever i need some catharsis and – yep – You Were Meant For Me is on there XD
Ruth’s “I’m over Billie” t-shirt is getting a lot of questions that are answered by the t-shirt.
An “I’m all over Billie” t-shirt would raise even more.
Maaaan the Singing A Karaoke Song Thinly Meant for Your Ex ploy
I’ve been there.
I hope this goes full QC and we get Jennifer shooting back with 99 Problems.
This is possibly the most uninspired karaoke night I’ve ever seen. Bravo
Si. Girls, Bravo! XD
then maybe don’t choose this song, i dunno ?
Perhaps becoming proximal to Jennifer again has caused her to lapse into old associated self-destructive patterns, at least temporarily.
If a microphone is just casually thrown away, does it make a sound when it hits the wall?
Not more than once.
If Ruth threw the mike at my event, she’d be barred forever more. Those things are fragile and expensive.
Heehee. That’s giving me a big Steven Universe flashback.
Most tv mic drops are staged. The singer is wearing a microphone and drops a prop one.
We got what we wanted – karaoke time – but why doesn’t it feel good?
Dotty looks like she isn’t enjoying this until something happens soon
*sings Hurt by Johnny Cash*
Something will happen soon. Walky, Sal and Danny will arrive.
Dorothy getting back with Walky doesn’t feel like “happening” in an exciting way
She should have selected “Tom Sawyer” by Rush
goddammit ruth
you should’ve gone with avril lavigne’s girlfriend
even if asher isn’t a girl and jennifer doesn’t seem to be with him for real anymore
This karaoke looks like a happy party. kappa.
Also:
I guess that song hit a little too close to home; but then again, she’s the one who picked it, so she only has herself to blame.
she sang this because they didn’t have “One Week” on the machine
So Dorothy’s number is going to be “Bi” by Living Colour, right?
Panel 3: “Dumb” means “unable to speak” and this is karaoke so the lyrics have been edited out of the playback, so…. yep, karaoke is dumb, confirmed.
I GO ABOUT MY BUSINESS, IM
DOING FINE, BESIDES, WHAT WOULD I SAY
IF I HAD YOU ON THE LIIIIINE
SAME OLD STORY NOT MUCH TO SAY
HEARTS ARE BROKEN EVERY DAYYYYYYY
Sing it sister! F*ck, I was not expecting the first song to be such a hard-hitter! I’ve already got tears welling up.