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Dukesy

Nov 21 2009, 04:00 PM

Sorting through some paperwork and found an old karaoke list. I'm grinning from ear to ear! Reading through the tracks has brought back a flood of good memories.

So here they are then, some of the most popular karaoke tracks that used to be sung by the punters at one of my old residency's, usually, around 25 - 30 tracks were sung on night.
List does not include all tracks 'sung' by moi!

Interestingly, the one track which was requested the most was Lipstick On Your Collar!

500 Miles (I Would Walk)
All I Ask Of You
All The Young Dudes
American Pie
Angels
Are You Lonesome Tonight
Bad Moon Rising
Beautiful
Big Girls You Are Beautiful
Blanket On The Ground
Born to be Alive
Cabaret
Can't Fight The Moonlight
Daydream Believer
Don't Cry For Me Argentina
Don't Go Breaking My Heart
Downtown
Eloise
Enjoy the Silence
Ernie. The Fastest Milkman In the West
Funky Moped
Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie (A Man After Midnight)
Green Green Grass of Home
Hey Jude
Holding Out For A Hero
Hotel California
House Of The Rising Sun
I Am I Said
Irish Rover
Is this the Way to Amarillo?
Islands In The Stream
It's A Heartache
It's Raining Men
I've Got A Lovely Bunch Of Coconuts
Life On Mars
Lipstick On Your Collar
Live It Up
Lyin' Eyes
Mac the Knife
Make Me An Island
Music of The Night
My Girl
My Heart Will Go On
My Way
Only Make Believe
Only You (Yazoo)
Paradise by the Dashboard Light
Patches
Phantom Of The Opera
Piano Man
Pinball Wizard
Pocket Full of Rainbows
Power To All Our Friends
Red Rose Café
Rhinestone Cowboy
Ring of Fire
River Deep Mountain High
Rose Garden (I Beg Your Pardon)
Seven Tears
She's Electric
Simply The Best
Sorrow
Stand By Me
Still Rock n Roll To Me
Sweet Caroline
Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
Take Good Care of My Baby
Teddy Bear
That's Life
The Air That I Breathe
The Drugs Don't Work
The Look Of Love
The Sun Always Shines (On TV)
The Tide Is High
The Wonder Of You
The Young Ones
Theme From New York, New York
Tie A Yellow Ribbon (Round The Old Oak Tree)
Till
Town Called Malice
Under The Moon of Love
We Will Rock You
Well I Ask You
Whiskey In The Jar
White Christmas
You'll See
You're Beautiful
You're My Best Friend
You're The One That I Want
You've Got It

Robster

Nov 21 2009, 07:52 PM

QUOTE(Dukesy @ Nov 21 2009, 04:00 PM)

Interestingly, the one track which was requested the most was Lipstick On Your Collar!
500 Miles (I Would Walk) yes
All I Ask Of You no
All The Young Dudes no
American Pie yes madonna version
Angels yes
Are You Lonesome Tonight no
Bad Moon Rising no
Beautiful no
Big Girls You Are Beautiful no
Blanket On The Ground yes
Born to be Alive no
Cabaret no
Can't Fight The Moonlight yes
Daydream Believer not any more
Don't Cry For Me Argentina occasionally
Don't Go Breaking My Heart yes
Downtown occasionally
Eloise no
Enjoy the Silence no
Ernie. The Fastest Milkman In the West no
Funky Moped no
Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie (A Man After Midnight) occasionally
Green Green Grass of Home no
Hey Jude no
Holding Out For A Hero occasionally
Hotel California occasionally
House Of The Rising Sun no
I Am I Said sometimes
Irish Rover no
Is this the Way to Amarillo? sometimes
Islands In The Stream occasionally
It's A Heartache no
It's Raining Men no
I've Got A Lovely Bunch Of Coconuts occasionally
Life On Mars no
Lipstick On Your Collar yes
Live It Up no
Lyin' Eyes yes
Mac the Knife yes
Make Me An Island no
Music of The Night no
My Girl yes
My Heart Will Go On yes
My Way yes
Only Make Believe yes
Only You (Yazoo) no
Paradise by the Dashboard Light unfortunately yes
Patches no
Phantom Of The Opera never
Piano Man no
Pinball Wizard no
Pocket Full of Rainbows never
Power To All Our Friends never
Red Rose Café never
Rhinestone Cowboy occasionally
Ring of Fire yes
River Deep Mountain High yes
Rose Garden (I Beg Your Pardon) yes
Seven Tears never
She's Electric yes
Simply The Best yes
Sorrow occasionally
Stand By Me yes both versions oasis and ben e kings songs
Still Rock n Roll To Me no
Sweet Caroline yes
Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) yes
Take Good Care of My Baby no
Teddy Bear occasionally
That's Life yes
The Air That I Breathe occasionally
The Drugs Don't Work yes and they obviously do in many cases :)
The Look Of Love no
The Sun Always Shines (On TV) no
The Tide Is High yes
The Wonder Of You yes
The Young Ones occasionally
Theme From New York, New York no
Tie A Yellow Ribbon (Round The Old Oak Tree) no
Till no
Town Called Malice occasionally
Under The Moon of Love no
We Will Rock You yes both britney and the other
Well I Ask You no
Whiskey In The Jar occasionally
White Christmas occasionally
You'll See occasionally
You're Beautiful occasionally
You're My Best Friend no
You're The One That I Want yes
You've Got It no

Its interesting how requests change over time i have put no for maybe asked once in the year occasionally for maybe once a month at most yes to at least twice a month and never for cant remember the last time ofr ever being asked for it.

I have noticed some pubs are elvis pubs some neil diamond pubs some country etc i get a fair mix of newer songs fire by kasabian is popular for example , fight for this love by cheryl cole but thats because i constantly update and singers know i do.

sounds a great venue to me with no doubt some characters from that list dukesy! ok off to work now myself

Paul's Karaoke

Nov 22 2009, 11:46 AM

QUOTE(Robster @ Nov 21 2009, 07:52 PM)

My Heart Will Go On

This was so requested especially with the young girls who used to sing worse than Gedward It would be asked for at least 3 times in a night. I got so fed up of listening to it I took it off and told everyone that the disc was broken and i'm waiting for a replacement......anyone done the same with any tracks

Robster

Nov 22 2009, 01:52 PM

paradise by the dashboard light..way too long

american pie (the long version)

only if i knew they would kill them both

Dukesy

Nov 22 2009, 01:56 PM

QUOTE(Paul's Karaoke @ Nov 22 2009, 11:46 AM)

This was so requested especially with the young girls who used to sing worse than Gedward It would be asked for at least 3 times in a night. I got so fed up of listening to it I took it off and told everyone that the disc was broken and i'm waiting for a replacement......anyone done the same with any tracks

There's been a few moments I'd have liked to have removed 'I Will Survive'

, but not felt compelled to lie or deceive about it - customer is king!

Paul's Karaoke

Nov 22 2009, 05:28 PM

QUOTE(Dukesy @ Nov 22 2009, 01:56 PM)

There's been a few moments I'd have liked to have removed 'I Will Survive'

, but not felt compelled to lie or deceive about it - customer is king!

Your a saint

St. Dukesy

QUOTE(Robster @ Nov 22 2009, 01:52 PM)

paradise by the dashboard light..way too long

american pie (the long version)

only if i knew they would kill them both

These are my favourite....time for a ciggy....lol.....

Dukesy

Nov 22 2009, 07:22 PM

QUOTE

Your a saint

Nah, not a Saint! I simply didn't not feel the need to Bull

the singers!
Generally, if I really hated then what I was listening to, I simply wouldn't have offered the service!

I believe "Paradise by the dashboard light" is made up of three songs....so why not just play a short version? I'm sure there are short versions of the track out there.

Dream Catchers

Nov 22 2009, 07:28 PM

Big Girls seems a little out of place there!

Jim

Dukesy

Nov 22 2009, 07:35 PM

Why? The Mika track (Sunfly CD+G) was popular with a few kids at the residency.

Robster

Nov 22 2009, 07:54 PM

QUOTE(Dukesy @ Nov 22 2009, 07:22 PM)

I believe "Paradise by the dashboard light" is made up of three songs....so why not just play a short version? I'm sure there are short versions of the track out there.

Paradise by the dashboard light was written as one track but does have three sections ..paradise...let me sleep on it...Praying for the end of time

I dont believe the sections were released separately on karaoke unless someone can point me in the right direction , also people asking for paradise by the dashboard light would i am sure want the full long version with the three sections

There are 31 CDG discs with paradise by the dashboard light on it

I have it on 11 discs , the shortest good version is 7 mins 43 with the longest good version being 8 mins 49 give or take ten seconds from the start. i might dig out versions i didnt put in my short list due to the music being of a poor standard or in the wrong key or wrong lyrics and re assess them it was a long time ago i did that.

I don't mind if the people singing it can vaguely hold a note but when they cant and one of the duet gives up in the second or third section it can be like having fillings extracted.

i dont believe it even charted as a top 40 UK single but i maybe wrong there.

Dream Catchers

Nov 22 2009, 08:13 PM

QUOTE(Dukesy @ Nov 22 2009, 07:35 PM)

Why? The Mika track (Sunfly CD+G) was popular with a few kids at the residency.

It's a good track, it just seems an awful lot more recent than the rest.
I'm surprised there were no others from the same time!

Jim

Dukesy

Nov 22 2009, 08:20 PM

QUOTE(Dream Catchers @ Nov 22 2009, 08:13 PM)

It's a good track, it just seems an awful lot more recent than the rest.
I'm surprised there were no others from the same time!

Jim

It was a couple of years ago Jim.

There were only a few kids who actually sang, and they chose to sing what the adults sang, in partuclar this track, Amarillo, Grease and Hey jude.

Dream Catchers

Nov 22 2009, 08:25 PM

The only one that I can hold any sort of tune to, although I wouldn't exactly class it as tune when I do sing, is Daydream Believer LOL

Jim

Dukesy

Nov 22 2009, 08:44 PM

QUOTE(Dream Catchers @ Nov 22 2009, 08:25 PM)

The only one that I can hold any sort of tune to, although I wouldn't exactly class it as tune when I do sing, is Daydream Believer LOL

Jim

I heard vokf sing recently. He's really good!

His version of 'Feelings' is amazing!

deejaymitch

Nov 23 2009, 10:01 PM

Apparently I have a half decent voice and there are a few songs that I can carry off well. But I've always had trouble hearing myself over the music and a lot of the time I just end up shouting, especially if I'm drunk, as you can see here:

Drunken MiTCH Shouting

And yes I am slugging wine straight from the bottle, apologies.

But, as far as karaoke goes, I Will Survive and Angels should be banned. The long songs are ok though, as long as they are used sparingly.