You'd have to go to shows in my area to hear this guy Dan (whom we call "Psycho D"), who puts in for this or "You Light Up My Life" occasionally. He's far from a great singer, but what makes his "interpretations" so good is that he strays from the song and just improvises. He'll make up raunchy lyrics about whatever's on his mind, from being screwed over by a girl to his rotten job making pizzas. It's funny as hell--Dan is truly one of a kind, and more importantly, those overblown songs get the treatment they deserve!

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I'm sorry, but....NO FRIGGIN' FUNERAL DURGES AT MY SHOW. This is a bar, not a church, and definitely not Forest Lawn. In my opinion, songs like this are just not appropriate for the atmosphere.

Gotta go with Dan....take it OUT if you don't like it. "Go Rest" is outta my book.....I also pulled "Danny Boy" for the same reason.

(and I'm mostly Irish, BTW....like you guys haven't figured THAT out....LOL)

"Danny Boy" is SUCH an UNBELIEVEABLE downer. Not only that, but it's really, REALLY long.

For me, whether something stays in the book or goes depends a great deal on the length, but also on it's flexibility where individual interpretation is concerned.

Granted, The Rose can be a drag, but it's not that long, at least, and it means different things to different people.....not all of them necessarily sad.

Tell ya one that's halfway out the friggin' door, though....."It Was A Very Good Year".....JEEZ.....might as well pass out some Thorazine and cue up the ending of Old Yeller....

• Those who CAN sing "The Rose"
  
• Those who DO sing "The Rose"
  

Just because you think it's a momentum killer doesn't make it so.

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Sarah Mc

On the contrary, I believe KJs think about the decision very carefully....after all.....what KJ enjoys lowering their song count?

For me, the decision to omit or is influenced strictly by the entertainment value of the song as determined by the crowd and the atmosphere of the club. If a song regularly inspires complaints, puts people in a coma, or makes them walk out....it's out of the book.....plain and simple.

It's great that "Go Rest" works for you folks out in the Bible Belt, but in a SoCal club full of hip young people and alternative rock musicians.....it just doesn't fly.........like, EVER......doesn't matter if it was Vince Gill himself. Most of the crowd at Bombay probably wouldn't recognize him, anyway.

Frankly, if "Go Rest" was somebody's favorite song to sing, I'd probably suggest the country bar across town.....they'd get a better response.

Bottom line....every club is different, and KJs should go with what works for their particular situation.

Hell, if I made omission decisions based on my "personal feelings" about a song, PBTDBL would have been out the door a LONG time ago.....LOL....

man you ain't gonna win

LEIGH:
Where Are Your Shows?

However, you get some karaoke virgin there, and all they want to sing is Go Rest, or The Rose, and get ignored, it leaves a bad taste in their mouth for what karaoke is all about.

Let me expand on the thread for a minute. You guys that hate these so called momentum killers. What do you do about it? It's not a shock to you guys what songs are coming up. You have a string of dance songs going on, and the crowd is on the floor. You know that 3 songs from now, that regular who always does The Rose is up. Do you grumble to yourself that the party is about to be over, or do you suck up the courage to skip that regular, maybe move them down a few when the pace might be slower. Or God forbid, go talk to them and see if you can talk them into changing the song. I'd love to hear what some of you guys actually do about it.

Karaoke bar where everybody else is singing rock, hip-hop, or pop?

Bill - Well-said, as usual.

gary - yes, you have said that....but (this time) you also said "think for a second that no matter how bad you hate it", which implies that a KJ who takes things out of their book is acting without thinking....which is what prompted my response.

You throw out thinly-veiled passive-aggressive insults, then refuse to take responsibility for them when somebody notices.....that's one of the reasons why you and I scrap a lot.

HotShot - Granted, I do like to stir up stuff, but I have never neglected to acknowledge when I was wrong, or failed to compliment a good point that someone has made in a debate, so put a sock in it, K?

PHASEIV (like the name BTW...rock on) - I work in the Santa Barbara/Ventura area of CA.

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Best, - L .

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LOL!

when you said you admitted it when you were wrong and since you are NEVER wrong....

were you wrong to say that

oh, please tell us right from wrong