Well, since the last karaoke I've been on a couple more karaoke nights and I'm really enjoying it... Kathrin and me actually thought about opening a karaoke bar somewhere in Southern Germany or Basel when we go back, because it's a currently a unsatisfied need back home and we actually think there IS a market for it. People may have their playstation and "Singstar", but that really isn't a substitute for a real karaoke night. I have gotten more courageous since the first karaoke night and do not wait with signing up till the last minute and then "hide" on the toilet instead of singing :) Apart from the big school karaoke night we have also rented a karaoke room with fewer people and each one of us got to sing a lot. We didn't really care whether we knew the songs well enough to give a great performance either. It's really more about having fun singing than singing well. After all we're not trying to audition for one of these casting shows (and still sing better than some candidates.
One of the highlights of the last karaoke night were Axelle (France) and Chris (US) singing "My humps" by the Black Eyed Peas while Chris sang the female part and Axelle the male one. Chris also excelled at 50 Cents "Candy Shop"... And we found out that it's quite an achievement to sing Destiny Child's "Survivor" without collapsing of breath shortage (and WE did not have to dance as well). Kathrin and me even found a German song to perform, "99 Luftballons" by Nena. It was the only one available to us and it's not the best representation of German speaking artists we think...
The really daring and those who can read hiragana and katakana fast enough (I'm not one of them yet) would go for Japanese songs. Some of these sound pretty horrible, but are probably fun to sing. Check out this really popular one by Utada Hikaru on Youtube:
Enjoy some sugary J-Pop with an pretty kitsch video!
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