Karaoke Night

I went out for karaoke last night, with several members of a social group that I belong to. (NOTE: Grammatically, the previous sentence may not be correct, but any other version I could come up with sounded odd.) Had fun, in spite of the place only having ONE book listing the songs, and that one book NOT cross-referencing by artist. (For non-karaoke singers, song books usually have two alphabetical listings, one by song title, one by artist.) Although later, I finally learned that they had a lot more songs on the computer than they did in the book.

I wasn't feeling overly adventurous, so I stuck to songs I'd done before. First, I did Bobby Darin's "Mack The Knife". I've been singing that song since high school (not necessarily at karaoke), and I find it very comfortable, like a well-worn pair of loafers.

Later in the evening, I did "On The Dark Side", which you may remember from the movie "Eddie and the Cruisers" (didn't see it myself, I just know that that's the movie it came from). I was bit off on this song, even though I know it like the back of my hand, and I consider it one of my signature songs). Part of it was that I sing LOUDLY on this song, and the host (not really a host at all, but in reality, a waitress pressed into service) was somewhat slow to change the mix of song and singer, probably due to her lack of experience. There have been times that I've totally rocked with that song, but last night wasn't one of those times. I can also attribute part of it to not having gone to karaoke in many months. So, the lesson learned is this: I need to keep my karaoke chops in good shape!