I remember the first time my then-girlfriend, who was American, heard God Save the Queen while here in the UK. It was an instrumental version and she had no idea why they were playing My Country 'tis of Thee in a situation where you would expect a national anthem

Letstakealook@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y

Even our "anthem" is a white supremacist poem slapped on top of an old British drinking song. How apt. A country of drunken racists.

HeartyOfGlass@lemm.ee · 9 pts · 1y (2 replies)

The Mountain Goats' "No Children", but very intensely.

Klordok@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y

I would be so hyped that someone is playing The Mountain Goats in public I would probably join in.

suckdings@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y

Depends on the crowd. I did this song once because I was just so excited to see it (any Mountain Goats, really) available.

The crowd absolutely loved it. People at the front row singing along, having a great time. A guy thanked me after. Surreal. Like a "then everybody clapped" moment.

Must have been a bunch of Moral Orel fans, I guess? Or, I suppose after people butchering Bohemian Rhapsody all night, this was the palate cleanser. Who knows.

damdy@lemm.ee · 9 pts · 1y

Right now, as someone not from the US, star spangled banned would ruin the evening more than anything else I could think of. Everyone can recognize it, arguments would follow.

GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 8 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Saw this irl once. Two dudes, totally tone-deaf decide to sing Aqualung by Jethro Tull...

...as a duet.

GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 1y

Same bar had a dude that would sing Disney princess songs every night. He never went home alone.

Shout out to Dante's in Seattle!

KittenBiscuits@lemm.ee · 8 pts · 1y

I repeat the last song.

Or anything from an obscure screamo band.

gedaliyah@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Ave Maria. Twice.

neidu3@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1y

Encore!

SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1y

But if you sing it three times agent 47 will appear

Grimy@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y (1 reply)

The Great Gig in The Sky by Pink Floyd.

dutchkimble@lemy.lol · 2 pts · 1y

This made me laugh

RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 1y (3 replies)

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flyingjake@lemmy.one · 5 pts · 1y (1 reply)

https://youtu.be/-Fo-qmliVAI here ya go

RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y

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ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 1y

Isn't that just karaoke?

CaptKoala@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Wrecking Ball- Miley Cyrus.

I could butcher anything, but that, I'll butcher it with glee.

Notyou@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 1y

If you would have said Party in the USA, I would be up there butchering it with you.

Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 1y

Somebody that i used to know

Albbi@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 1y

Goodbye my Lover by James Blunt would work to kill a hyped up mood.

SLVRDRGN@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y (1 reply)

My Heart Will Go On - Celine Dion

damdy@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y

I literally cannot imagine a situation where the whole group doesn't sing along to this. This is a batter answer to, 'what song to bring people out of their shells?'

brap@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Karma Police

sik0fewl@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 1y

It might be a singalong in Canada where it was a part of the popular compilation Big Shiny Tunes 3, which was 8x platinum.

Assuming the audience is old enough 🙂.

nsrxn@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 1y (1 reply)

the internationale

Sir_Premiumhengst@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

Wacht auf, Verdammte dieser Erde!

harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 1y

Blurred Lines

sik0fewl@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Meat Loaf - I'd Do Anything For Love - the original album version where there's around 20s of motorcycle sounds and vocals start around 1:50.

waz@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

This was my favorite song to play on a jukebox back in the day. I could put it on 3 times in a row for a dollar at the local bar, and it would take over the sound system for over half an hour. There are enough transitions in it that it flows back into itself fairly well.

tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 1y

Tequila

tenchiken@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 1y

Dead puppies

KammicRelief@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Weird Al.

Or Eminem.

Or Weird Al's Eminem parody.

Klordok@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y

I'm pretty sure I've seen this at a dueling piano bar. The crowd was into it.

Aggravationstation@feddit.uk · 4 pts · 1y

In the UK any of the below should do the trick, with the added bonus of possibly getting you stabbed and/ or glassed:

Gary Glitter - My Gang

Rolf Harris - Jake the Peg

Lostprophets - Last Train Home

MagicShel@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 1y

We Are the World which might be fine if everyone in the bar was fifty-plus, but wouldn't work today.

badhops@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Bad Manners - Special Brew Singing to my wife

Aggravationstation@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 1y

All I want is a barrel of you...

jwt@programming.dev · 4 pts · 1y

Tequila!

wildncrazyguy138@fedia.io · 4 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Alice’s restaurant- Arlo Guthrie

NakariLexfortaine@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 1y

If that kills the vibe, you got the wrong crowd.

Evkob@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 1y

I worked with a 17 year old once who knew the entire lyrics to Alice's Restaurant and would recite them, not sing them, in the most deadpan voice.

I miss that guy.

son_named_bort@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y (1 reply)

4'33"

prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y

If you went up there and did the entire songs including informing when they movements began and ended … frankly you’d be a legend.

ThatGuy46475@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Bullet by Hollywood undead

thermal_shock@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

Hollywood undead is my go to energy music when I can't think of anything else. :::

RobotToaster@mander.xyz · 3 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Woman Is The N***** Of The World

(Although anything by John Lennon would probably work lol)

Letstakealook@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Wtf? I have never liked the Beatles, I find most of their catalog grating to listen to, and most of their lyrics either nonsense or fart sniffing. This one, though it's a Lennon and Yoko, has to be the pinnacle of sniffing their own farts.

RobotToaster@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 1y

Yeah, even ignoring the obvious issue with the lyrics, it's a dog shit song.

mercano@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y

“Memories” from Cats

zaphodb2002@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1y (1 reply)

The Smallest Church in Saint-Saëns

iheartneopets@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y

I WOULD OFTEN GO THERE

TO THE TINY CHURCH THERE

pantyhosewimp@lemmynsfw.com · 2 pts · 1y

I looked for this to upvote it, but y’all ain’t listed it yet so here goes:

The Drugs Don’t Work by The Verve

inlandempire@jlai.lu · 2 pts · 1y

The Smallest Church in Saint-Saens

LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org · 2 pts · 1y

A Passion Play.

The entire thing. Including the Hare Who Lost His Spectacles.

(Side note: I love this album, but as a karaoke performance I can't imagine it'd go down well)

MechanicalJester@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

The Mash movie theme song...

Through early morning fog, I see Visions of the things to be The pains that are withheld for me I realize and I can see That suicide is painless It brings on many changes And I can take or leave it if I please The game of life is hard to play I'm gonna lose it anyway The losing card I'll someday lay So this is all I have to say Suicide is painless (suicide) It brings on many changes (changes) And I can take or leave it if I please The sword of time will pierce our skins It doesn't hurt when it begins But as it works it's way on in The pain grows stronger, watch it grin Suicide is painless It brings on many changes And I can take or leave it if I please A brave man once requested me To answer questions that are key "Is it to be or not to be?" And I replied, "Oh, why ask me?" Suicide is painless It brings on many changes And I can take or leave it if I please And you can do the same thing if you please

iii@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 1y

The ISIS song

MTK@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

"what what in the butt" with the dance, no censorship to save them when it's live.

burgersc12@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 1y

I Need a Hero. Can't live up to the best version, but I'll try my best!

RavenFellBlade@startrek.website · 2 pts · 1y

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida. Long song with not a lot of singing.

iamjackflack@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Hum the Russian national anthem

borokov@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

Was thincking the same thing

NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y

I did this with “Everybody Hurts”. Everybody went outside.

wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 1y

Windmills of Your Mind - Noel Harrison

Or you can kill the vibes despite the song. Just start sobbing in the middle of Space Jam.

The real issue is finding a song that they might actually have that would sour the mood. GG Alin's "work" are all easy picks, but nowhere is going to have that available for karaoke (and if they do, run).

FigMcLargeHuge@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y

Spinal Meningitis - Ween

That should clear the place out.

originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com · 1 pts · 1y

the cure - killing an arab

dariusj18@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

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Gustephan@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Such Small Hands - La Dispute

I think I saw you in my sleep, DARLING

prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y

La Dispute would get my up my guy.