I take karaoke rules seriously

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Sanctus@anarchist.nexus · 98 pts · 210d (2 replies)

Its the law, now serenade us with the tale of how Joleen took your man.

sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 15 pts · 210d (1 reply)

Jack White was man enough to sing it as it is, 15+ years ago:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=yXlULkwhgrc

blueduck@piefed.social · 8 pts · 210d

John McCrea it 32 years ago https://youtu.be/i6BKeODv7Yc

JustARegularNerd@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 42 pts · 210d (7 replies)

What about gay love songs?

I kissed a boy and I liked it, the taste of his cherry ChapStick. I kissed a boy just to try it, I hope my girlfriend don't mind it.

TheTechnician27@lemmy.world · 44 pts · 210d

Lesbians who sing it get to be bisexual for the next three minutes.

CelloMike@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 210d (2 replies)

Put this on our (gay) wedding playlist to confuse everyone, went very well

Stacy's Dad

YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today · 11 pts · 210d

ménage a garage

💀💀💀

chewables@piefed.social · 6 pts · 210d

Literally cannot hear the original anymore without singing these lyrics, Sub Radio messed me up so bad (and I love it)

Also definitely adding it to our wedding playlist to sow confusion, such a good idea!

red_tomato@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 210d

Gay love songs stay gay love songs.

LadyMeow@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 210d (1 reply)

Isnt it I kissed a girl by Katy Perry? I did see several sorta covers for I kissed a boy…

JustARegularNerd@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 pts · 210d

Yes, I just already genderbent it in my comment.

sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 35 pts · 210d (7 replies)

Oh that?

Don't need to gender bend shit.

cracks neck

hits play

...

steady and simple surf guitar riff

rolling drum crescendo

GIRL!

I wanna take you to a gay bar!

I wanna take you to a gay bar, gay bar, gay bar!

Croquette@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 210d (1 reply)

I was delighted when I went to a Korean karaoke, and on the machine, Gay Bar from Electric Six was there.

One of my best memories.

sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 210d

So ...

Keol!

Neoreul derigo gago sipeo, gei ba!

Neoreul derigo gago sipeo, gei ba, gei ba, gei ba!


걸!

너를 데리고 가고 싶어, 게이 바!

너를 데리고 가고 싶어, 게이 바, 게이 바, 게이 바!


(I do not speak Korean lol)

So it seems that the standard grammar of Korean is Subject-Object-Verb, as opposed to English which is Subject-Verb-Object...

But apparently, if you want to really emphasize the object, it is unusual, but you can place the object at the end.

So... this is my machine assisted attempt at doing that, lol.

I am probably making mistakes I am completely unaware of.

If any Korean speakers stumble across this, your assistance would be appreciated!

NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 210d (2 replies)

Let’s start a war! Let’s start a nuclear war! At the gay bar, gay bar, GAY BAR!

guitar

sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 210d (1 reply)

Which is the line they had to actually censor in the radio and music video, because this was 2003 and everyone was still in post 9/11 - pre Iraq 2 "and I'm proud to be an American/freedom fries" style insanity.

The FCC can suck on my cock and choke on my balls.

Ziglin@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 210d

At the GAY BAR‽

Jarix@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 210d (1 reply)

Thanks superstar

sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 210d

Just doing my best to make Gaybraham Lincoln proud, lol.

eestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 25 pts · 210d (1 reply)

I am allowed to change the song to make it more gay.

DontRedditMyLemmy@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 210d

Approved

brown567@sh.itjust.works · 23 pts · 210d

Reminds me of Michael Buble's cover of "Santa Baby" where he changed it to "Santa Buddy" to make it less gay(?) and it absolutely did not do that.

PenguinOfWar@piefed.social · 14 pts · 210d (1 reply)

You wear those shoes and I will wear that dress!

Fetus@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 210d

Kiss me!

Grail@multiverse.soulism.net · 14 pts · 210d

I didn't really understand the song Take Me To Church on an emotional level until I heard Annapantsu's gay woman cover. Then it all made sense.

FreddiesLantern@leminal.space · 14 pts · 210d

You don’t need to genderbend your songs if they genderbend you.

wer2@lemmy.zip · 13 pts · 210d (2 replies)

Sooo... No to "I Kissed a Boy and I liked it"?

JasonDJ@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 210d

If you do that, then next time around you have to sing "Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy".

SkyezOpen@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 210d

By all means go right ahead! https://youtu.be/-oi4yKFOLcg

FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 210d (2 replies)

There's a song called Spooky (originally by Classic IV) where one of the lines is him proposing to the girl on Halloween. There's a couple covers made by girls: the first one is aligned to the girl's POV where she gets proposed to, but the second one has the girl proposing to him, which is way more based imo

sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 210d (1 reply)

Is it that one that ends like

You're so SPOOOOOKAAAAY

SPOOOOOKAAAAYYY

SPOOOOOOKAAAAYYYUHHH

FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 210d

Yea, that sounds right lmao

Baggie@lemmy.zip · 11 pts · 210d

If it's worth belting out, it's worth ignoring your gender and sexuality for imo

Paradachshund@lemmy.today · 10 pts · 210d

I really appreciated Kings of Leon's cover of Dancing on My Own. That gravelly ass belt of "I'm not the girl you're taking home!" Is just incredible 😆

NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 210d (2 replies)

Is it gay if I pretend to straddle a battleship cannon while performing “If I Could Turn Back Time”?

Captain_Buddha@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 210d (1 reply)

Not if you're wearing the strappy leather outfit to match, no.

NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 210d

Damn I knew I did something wrong

SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org · 7 pts · 210d (4 replies)

Damn straight! What are some of the best gay karaoke songs?

TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 210d

Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy by Queen

I Kissed A Girl by Katie Perry

Take Me To Church by Hozier

Girls Like Girls by Hayley Kiyoko

thespcicifcocean@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 210d

son of a preacher man

Alaknar@sopuli.xyz · 5 pts · 209d

Damn straight!

I think not!

sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz · 5 pts · 210d

Gay or camp? I know a lot more camp than gey

abbadon420@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 210d

"Islands in the stream" is great song to sing for two grown men.

YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today · 5 pts · 210d

Huge dude with a deep voice and I love doing heart for karaoke. They didn't use many pronouns now I'm thinking about it, but no one ever listens to "these dreams" the same again.

protist@mander.xyz · 5 pts · 210d

I'll remember this next time I sing "Short Dick Man"

irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 210d
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lolola@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 210d

Cuz I'm a black magic woman, I'm tryna make a devil outta... you.

That doesn't really rhyme does it.

_stranger_@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 210d

TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 210d

At first I was afraid, I was petrified..

caboose2006@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 210d

What if I'm a straight man singing Melissa Ethridge? Haha! Checkmate!

grue@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 210d

Not gender bending lyrics about your relationship with others is one thing, but misgendering yourself is another. I'm sorry, but Luke Combs calling himself a "checkout girl" in that cover of "Fast Car" just doesn't sound right.

S_H_K@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 210d

With all the pide and passion I sing
"Ese barco velero cargado de sueños
Cruzo la bahía"
And when the part of
"Olvidaste que yo gaviota de luna
Te estaba esperando!"
I cry because I miss him dearly and he stole my heart.