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Karaoke One 7

Mon., December 10, 2007

Andie, various coworkers, Megan, Vincent and I met at Karaoke One 7 for song and drink. The small place was unexpectedly crowded, with a large group of cute, arty types at the bar (one of them had a hair-pin illustrated with an Olde English 800 label). I realized after a time that most of them were, like, 22 and I’m not the Dov Charney type, so I concentrated instead on staying on-key for “Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now),” got angry when I couldn’t stay on key and gave it up.

Otherwise our group brought it, big-time. Andie was nervous about “Love Is a Battlefield” but did Pat proud. And I’m convinced now that one of the best karaoke songs ever is “A Little Respect” by Erasure. We got the rest of the bar to join in. Another good one (especially for cute couples like Megan and Vincent) is “Don’t You Want Me” by Human League. They also did a great rendition of “Birdhouse in Your Soul” by They Might Be Giants. A random guy, wavering and slurry from drink (and the one who sang “I Am...I Said” and sounded just like Neil, sandpapered voice and all), wandered over to personally thank us for our excellent selections.

I’m better I think at the “private-room karaoke” because I get shy in groups and go through the stereotypical motions: claim I haven’t drank enough to sing, spend a solid half-hour with my head buried in the song directory like it’s the new Stephen King novel, then later claim I’ve drank too much to sing.

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