Karaoke Forums

Is it me, or are there some songs that NEVER are sung well by anyone.. or its like once in a blue moon. Two examples are:

Girls just want to have fun
Bohemian Rhapsody

Can we have a little fun and add to the list?

_________________
Good music, good friends, howling good times!

any BEE GEE's songs,

but i have to say i have one guy come in for a contest and nailed it!!! but he had no personality, or stage presence.

_________________
It's all good!

First, to be fair, Bohemian Rhapsody ain't exactly a walk in the park to sing......

My all time number one on this list would be
PBTDL, which is invariably yowled a somewhat overserved group preparing to review inputs all over their shoes.

I call it " The Official KJ In The Bathroom Song".

Cyndi Lauper's "True Colors".

Like The Bee Gees, anything by The Four Seasons / Frankie Valli

Montgomery Gentry's "Gone" ( I'm being kinda humble here- hosts don't count.... )

Bruno Mars' "Just The Way You Are"

_________________
"No Contests, No Divas, Just A Good Time!"

" Disc based and loving it..."

Man you suck, you just brought back a memory of one of my good friends that passed 5yrs ago.

"gone" was the song he always started with! -- jess you are missed!

_________________
It's all good!

ummm.......
like a virgin
i touch myself
friends in low places
love shack

oddly enough...most of the other ones named here get nailed. go figure

_________________
Paradigm Karaoke, The New Standard.......Shift Happens

Well which is it???? Your topic line says "songs NEVER sung correctly," yet you talk about songs that you feel people just don't sing well. That's two totally different things.




I can live with most of the people (whom I've heard perform(?)/sing(?) this song) just sounding horrendous (it's been rare when I've heard a couple sing it really good). My pet peeve about it is that most of them don't sing the CORRECT Male/Female ending, and they just sing the Male part to the closing of the song (the Female part being "It never felt so good. It never felt so right. And we were glowing like the metal on the edge of a knife.").

Let's see... another song that (for the few times I've ever heard it done) people seem to sing wrong is the ending to "The Lion Sleeps Tonight." They tend to sing the closing like the chorus instead of how the opening bars began.

Another song that I've heard sung wrong is "Hotel California" (at least one word in the song). Most of the times, when someone queues up the Backstage version, the person singing this song doesn't really know the song, so when he/she (yes, I've heard Women sing this song too) gets to the part that says "Her mind is definitely twisted...", they sing it that way.... The line is supposed to be "Her mind is Tiffany twisted..."

"God Bless the USA" --- Most people that I've heard sing it, don't know to wait that one beat (when the cymbal hits) in the last chorus... ".....And I'd gladly stand up (cymbal beat) next to you..." They just sing this line with no pause.

There is no "right" or "wrong" way to sing a song at Karaoke. There is only "in the style of the original artist" or not.

There is a thread currently on this forum complaining about people that try to sing a song like the original artist. There apparently is no pleasing everyone.

I hope everyone who sings can please themselves (no masturbation jokes here, folks), and doesn't worry about what you will think, or whether you feel that it will be right or wrong.

Like the Hokey Pokey...that's what it's all about.

_________________
Birdofsong

I agree,, there is no wrong way to sing a song,,, Example,, how do you eat an apple? So many different ways, but none of them are wrong, it's what feels right to the individual.

However, there are those people who just simply can't carry a tune at all,, and I still have to just grin and say "thank you" as well. I had started a thread several months ago telling of my plight with my "special ed." karaoke,,, well, it turns out that "I" am the one who had to accept them,, not them accepting me. It's their 3 minutes of fame, and they are going to use however they deem right for them (within reason of abusing the equipment and the audience)

As far as songs that don't "ever" get sung right,,, I couldn't name a single one, because even the artist themselves can never sing it the same twice.

Enjoy!!

I would agree with these, most people just sing these as a party have fun - not really for the musical 'art' .


Would have to agree with this as well, most of the others listed I hear done actually quite well. Including PBTDBL. I'm not talking identical to the original per se, but definitely in tune, time & nice to listen to in general.

_________________
LIKE Lonman on Facebook - Lonman Productions Karaoke & my main site via my profile!

I have to disagree with that statement. You may choose to sing a song in the style of the artist or in your own style, and that's fine. But, regardless of which style you sing it in, if you don't sing the lyrics correctly, then you are singing the song wrong. IMO, singing a song in your own style implies you are changing the way the song sounds by altering the melody of it (singing it slower, faster, jazzier, sexier, higher, lower, etc...). It does not mean (again, IMO) changing or excluding lyrics to the song.

Now, I realize that Artists remake songs all the time. Examples:
"Santa Baby" - By Eartha Kitt and by Madonna. Here, the lyrics were not changed, but the style was. One is slower. One is sexier.
"American Pie" - By Don McLean and by Madonna. Here, Madonna sang a cut version of the song.

But, that's not what I am referring to when I say the song was sung wrong. I'm not talking about remakes of songs. See my example below regarding "PBTDBL." Although I made a reference that I've heard many people sing this song horrendously, that was not what I was referring to when I said the song is sung wrong.






The title of this topic thread was very misleading.
What I thought it was meant to be, ended up being something totally different (as indicated in the opening post). Instead of what the title implies, it looks like the Author intended this to be a thread that just mentions popular songs which one feels are rarely sung well at Karaoke shows.




Now that last statement is something I can agree with. That was a very nice way of saying, just let the people have their fun.

Friends in Low Places and Bee Gees. I may not be the best singer in the world but both fall within my range. FILP is pretty easy in my opinion. I've seen others do it. Haven't seen anyone else do Bee Gees though.

_________________
KingBing Entertainment C'mon Up! I have a song for you!!! [font=MS Sans Serif][/font]

Of the 100+ times a year I sing "PICTURE" with some girl, about 75% of the time the gal sings the MALE harmony part throughout.

I always switch to the female part once I know what's going on, but without fail, the crowd thinks I'm the one messing up when I start off singing the same harmony part as the girl, which really makes me HATE that song.

_________________
C Mc
KJ, FL

If it doesn't sound like the song, it's usually because the mixing wasn't done very well.....

For me the one that grinds my gears is Human by the killers

many , many ,many singers insist on putting an S on the end of the word Dancer.

_________________
"Your Never Fully dressed without a smile."

To Visit my website Rob Star Entertainments Click the link in my profile

"Strangers are just friend we haven't met yet"

How Could they? Those scoundrels!!!

_________________
KingBing Entertainment C'mon Up! I have a song for you!!! [font=MS Sans Serif][/font]

Those bass turds!.....

[quote="cueball"] Another song that I've heard sung wrong is "Hotel California" (at least one word in the song). Most of the times, when someone queues up the Backstage version, the person singing this song doesn't really know the song, so when he/she (yes, I've heard Women sing this song too) gets to the part that says "Her mind is definitely twisted...", they sing it that way.... The line is supposed to be "Her mind is [b]Tiffany[/b] twisted..."

"God Bless the USA" --- Most people that I've heard sing it, don't know to wait that one beat (when the cymbal hits) in the last chorus... ".....And I'd gladly stand up (cymbal beat) next to you..." They just sing this line with no pause.[/quote]

This seems kind of like a dead topic, but I registered just so I could put my two cents in! cueball, as somebody who has both of these songs in their repertoire, (and sings them the right way) I am all too familiar with what you are describing. First of all, the thing that I find funny about the Backstage version having "definitely twisted" instead of Tiffany twisted is that it doesn't even flow in a smooth way! It's a whole extra syllable! I've also experience a whole bar singing along to "God Bless the USA" and when it gets to the part of "And I'd gladly stand up (cymbal)next to you", I can hear nearly every singer not pausing. I can actually add a few other examples. There are some duets where one singer is meant to begin the song and then either on the first chorus or the second verse the other siger joins in. A lot of Tim McGraw/Faith Hill duets are like that, as is "Leather and Lace" by Stevie Nicks and Don Henley. However, more often than not if I am asked to duet with somebody, they usually do not know the songs well enough and I end up schooling them. The one thing I will say that I am guilty of is whenever I sing a song that seems to have a lot of ad-libbing at the end, I justy kind of have the KJ fade it out. I've never been good at faking lyrics.

Qiuck note on singing a song wrong. I remember going to a queen concert in high school (yeah I'm that old). Freddy Mercurury sang Now I'm here and throughout most of the song went down a third instead of up a octive on certain parts of the song. Does this imply he sang it wrong?

I don't really think most songs are sung wrong , just some are sung poorly.
I have also found that a karaoke song sung poorly can be as or more entertaining than one done well. (not always, but sometimes)

Went to a Bob Seger concert a few years back, didn't sing in the original key, or sing in the higher notes he used to. It was 'wrong' in the sense it wasn't like the original, however it was still in key, on time and sounded great.
I have singers the improvise a song their way lots of times, may be technically 'wrong' but as long as it is still nice to listen to (unless you are just one of those anal listeners that have to have it the exact same as the recording) then let them sing it wrong.

The title of this thread should have read "Karaoke songs NEVER sung well!"

_________________
LIKE Lonman on Facebook - Lonman Productions Karaoke & my main site via my profile!

I agree (and posted that much), that this topic thread should have been titled differently. In the spirit of the ACTUAL title of this thread, I tried to post some examples of songs that are just sung incorrectly (wrong).

As to singing a song in a different octave, that doesn't (IMO) make it wrong. That just goes to something that BirdOfSong posted... you are just singing it in a different style.

Here's another example of when you alter the way the song is sung, such as "Unchained Melody"... Some people can't hit that high note when you get to the lines "I need your love," so they sing that note in a lower octave. Again, that doesn't (IMO) mean you sang the song wrong... you just sang it in a different style.