[quote=“Mother Theresa”]Ok, then let me ask an expert.
I thought Hotel California might be appropriate, me being a California boy and all, and I found a karoake version with lyrics . . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfjsnQSFHxw
But damn there’s a lot of words in that song. I think I want something with fewer words. What do you recommend?[/quote]
She me dong shi !
4 words in the whole song, plus a Wei thrown in a few times.
[quote=“catfish13”]The Wonder Girls song has an English version…it is so annoying though. That was the one song people kept playing at parties and weiya this year.
lyricsmode.com/lyrics/w/wond … glish.html
youtube.com/watch?v=BA7fdSkp8ds[/quote]
Hellfire! Now I know who was responsible for that rampant nonsense for the first six months of this year. A Korean girl band, I should have known. 
MT, I recently perpetrated karaoke at a work dinner, much to my reluctance. Surveying the depressingly limited range of English songs (spanning the years all the way from 1850 to 1980), I chose ‘Sailing’, and managed to persuade one of my more personable female colleagues to accompany me. May Rob Stewart have mercy on my soul. While I’m in confession mode, I will admit to having sung 愛的抱抱 (not for the fainthearted, be warned), at another company evening earlier this year. This, however, has been the full extent of my corporate karaoke career in Taiwan.
Croon being high falsetto. SCOM is a great song and could be fun if sufficiently drunk to sing like a girl.
According to AskMen.com, the top 10 karaoke songs for men include something by AC/DC (maybe), “Can’t Get no Satisfaction” (could work), “Sweet Home Alabama” (but isn’t that like 20 minutes long) and Journey “Don’t Stop Believing” :roflmao:
Wow, that’s a tommy video if I ever saw one.
I could do the first part, "du du du du du du. . . " but I might get lost after that. If it’s Chinese it’ll have to be Three Tigers for me.
Wow, that’s a tommy video if I ever saw one.
I could do the first part, "du du du du du du. . . " but I might get lost after that. If it’s Chinese it’ll have to be Three Tigers for me.[/quote]
I struggled with the lyrics (there being no pinyin, and my reading highly limited), but I smashed the chorus every time. 
Lissen, mate, the EASIEST song by far to do at a KTV is “White Wedding”. I always choose it as my first, to warm my voice up, so to speak. Another easy one to sing, and crowd favorite is “American Pie”. “Losing my Religion” is a sure-fire winner, too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAZQaYKZMTI
Wow, that’s a tommy video if I ever saw one.[/quote]
Actually come to think of it, I believe I first saw that video in one of his threads. Thanks for nothing tommy, it stuck in my head for days. 
Great songs, Jimi. American Pie’s pretty long, though, isn’t it? White Wedding sounds like a winner. 
Good point. I’ve only sung karaoke once in my life (in Myanmar) so I have no idea how many English songs they’ll have to choose from. I assume many of those mentioned in this thread won’t be available?
[quote=“Mother Theresa”]
I assume many of those mentioned in this thread won’t be available?[/quote]
The three I mentioned are ALWAYS available in Taiwan. As is “Hotel California”.
so is
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_GdARvbs8o
My heartfelt rendition of this will warm the coldest of hearts
You’re in Korea? But they have the best songs!!!
What about “He was phantom fucked at noon, he was shocked! Oh no no no no nooo!”
youtube.com/watch?v=kCv-NKl7uuQ
Or the “Dance dance dance stick it in me OH! stick it in me OH!” one?
youtube.com/watch?v=B1fkP_5X … re=iv#t=1s
They’ll be really impressed if you can manage one of them!
You just have to learn the words, is all.
Kung Fu Fighting
I did this at one of those company KTV things. I never had to do anything else!
It’s even better if you can add a few kung fu moves.
Good one. Maybe I could follow it up with China Girl.
Nothing slow, nothing with too many words, nothing romantic heartfelt. Go for the screamers.
Beatles? yes, maybe, not the good ones.
David Bowie? Billy Idol? Journey? You guys are trippin’ … nobody here has even heard such good stuff, least of all in karaoke version. All you can find here -accompanied by landscapes I suppose are New Zealand or Australia - are songs from teh 50’s, Moon River being a must -which i why I reccomend stay away from ballads… Carpenters, not even Bee gees… Occassionally you will find a couple of weird things that somehow slip through the cracks… but don’t expect miracles.
Imagine trying to do this in Spanish. They only have Besame mucho. 
As to Chinese songs, there is one my dearly departed friend liked to perform: Tuei mien de nui hai kan guo lai, kan guo lai, kan guo lai… 對面的女孩看過來 by Richie 任賢齊 -the Taiwanese guy who became a very good actually actor in Hong Kong movies. It’s a fun song, easy easy. Fast paced. Like A-mei’s songs, easy to sing. Catchy.
I wonder if you could find any David Bowie at the KTV. 
We are the Champion is good as now the World Cup match is hot.
But “Sorry Sorry” by Super Junior, another Korean band is still a hit in the KTV. You can also practice the dance with friends in advance to entertain the colleagues on that day!
Have fun in KTV! 
MT c’mon, you’re a furriner and all, just sing that nobady nobady but youuuu and guess what?? everybody will chime in and do the shimmy thing and you really won’t be singing alone!
I always think singing ironic songs is good like “I want to break free” by Queen or “We got to get out of this place” by The Animals.
The House Of The Rising Sun by said group is also a winner.
[quote=“Wookiee”]Kung Fu Fighting
I did this at one of those company KTV things. I never had to do anything else![/quote]
Depends on how receptive they are to the “funky Chinamen” lyric!
[quote=“I am a City Girl”]
But “Sorry Sorry” by Super Junior, another Korean band is still a hit in the KTV. You can also practice the dance with friends in advance to entertain the colleagues on that day!
Have fun in KTV! 
[/quote]
Ow. Ow. Ow.
Can i have my three minutes back? That was just terrible.
MT, do NOT request that song. People will be looking for your testicles on the floor, thinking that you must have momentarily lost them.
Yes just sing that old saw that every TWnese knows, made famous by Andy Williams " MOON LIVER".