You can even find us on Facebook he is saying.You will always find me in The Stanley on Fridays, and lots of other pubs along the way, but there is a special reason for hitting this one on this particular night...... Karaoke. Some you who know me personally will know it has a different name, but that is not something we shall go into here. So you know I have a love /hate relationship with the one horse town I live in.... I do with Karaoke too.
No, I do not take part in in. Never, ever. No, No, No. I go to get drunk and take photos of the people I know taking part as they love it so much. " The Bibles" as they are known get passed around containing the artists whose songs you can murder....... Meatloaf for some reason seems to suffer the most. I am still severely traumatised by a Minnie Mouse on helium strangling the life out of Bat out of Hell. For that rendition alone she is going there. I almost threw myself into the harbour that night. I mean it was the full version. I walked out the pub after hiding in the toilets, couldn't bear a minute longer to stop and get my cigarettes, headed for the door, resisting the urge to punch her for her sacrilegious destruction of an iconic song and took solace alone on the quayside until it was done.
Really though it is a laugh, and you do get some cracking singers there, many of who I know and if you are on Facebook you can find me "Babooshka" (click the bird) or "The Stanley Karaoke"
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No, I do not take part in in. Never, ever. No, No, No. I go to get drunk and take photos of the people I know taking part as they love it so much. " The Bibles" as they are known get passed around containing the artists whose songs you can murder....... Meatloaf for some reason seems to suffer the most. I am still severely traumatised by a Minnie Mouse on helium strangling the life out of Bat out of Hell. For that rendition alone she is going there. I almost threw myself into the harbour that night. I mean it was the full version. I walked out the pub after hiding in the toilets, couldn't bear a minute longer to stop and get my cigarettes, headed for the door, resisting the urge to punch her for her sacrilegious destruction of an iconic song and took solace alone on the quayside until it was done.
Really though it is a laugh, and you do get some cracking singers there, many of who I know and if you are on Facebook you can find me "Babooshka" (click the bird) or "The Stanley Karaoke"
For more posts not like this, but around of other people's world they inhabit see here
Lol xx Funny, funny funny.
ReplyDeleteAll true too...... which makes it worse. You should get down there.
ReplyDeleteOh, yes! Definitely the best laugh this morning, Babooshka! It is so good to see your posts again! Enjoy your week!
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Slyvia I think this one may cross the line with the lynching mob. Yep. It's good to be back in the saddle.
ReplyDeleteI've never been to a karaoke bar. I bet it is fun but I'm not too keen on the noise and crush of people.
ReplyDeletePeople watching is such great fun and capturing what you see with a camera makes it even better. :)
ReplyDeleteKaraoke is so much fun, how is it some people "think" they can sing.
ReplyDeleteWelcome back! It's good to see your skies and your world once more in the blogosphere. And that's from someone who absolutely hates karaoke!
ReplyDeleteSure is a horrible invention the karaoke, best never to enter such places!
ReplyDeleteB, maybe one post too far. Still laughing.
ReplyDeleteI'm with all that don't enjoy karaoke, but it's fun to photograph.
ReplyDeleteAnon... you could be right.
very nice:)
ReplyDeleteWhere would we be without quaysides?
ReplyDeleteCertainly a different world from mine! Have a nice week. T.
ReplyDeleteNever done karaoke, drunk or sober, and I am Asian :D
ReplyDeleteGenius!
ReplyDeleteEwok, very funny. D, probably. T, very different world. Brattcat I would be lost without my quayside.
ReplyDeleteFunny post. I've not been to a Karaoke pub.....
ReplyDeleteWhat a hoot of a good time I am missing out on! I really must try karaoke.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if my family will disown me?
Oh well, nothing ventured, nothing gained.
I hate karaoke. On occasion you have no choice - when I was in Korea and our hosts took us to a karaoke bar, everybody has to take turns. It doesn't matter how bad you are, but you have to participate or you're insulting your hosts! Luckily enough soju makes it painless.
ReplyDeleteI'm a little dazed and confused but it all sounds like fun.
ReplyDeleteNot a fan of making an idiot of myself. Karaoke is the exception.
ReplyDeleteI like to partake of karaoke now and then, singing the Beatles' "Eight Days a Week," Tim McGraw's "I Like It, I Love It," and Nelly's, "It's getting hot in here."
ReplyDeleteYou're lucky you only have the one. Here, almost everyone has those karaoke microphones. In fact, my husband and I just had to go through a Friday evening with the neighbors caterwauling until midnight.
ReplyDeleteNice to see you back blogging, Babooshka!
Karaoke in Japan did me in for life! Not sure what the appeal is to make a fool of oneself.
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