Guys I need some good karaoke songs. I got invited to a karaoke night next week with a girl that's way out of my league but is somehow into me, and I want to sing fun songs. I know absolutely nothing that might pop up on a karaoke machine, outside of MAYBE Nick Cave and some old soul songs. She says she has a friend that has "everything" but I doubt it.
I'm in a fucking panic. What are some fun, easy, karaoke crowd-pleasers that I could pick up?
Dick Dale-Let's Go Trippin' Make the guitar sounds with your mouth.
William Carter
Mary Jane by Rick James is fun Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen is a karaoke classic
Nathaniel Powell
mr. brightside
Anthony Gray
If you can belt out Surf's Up all the way through you will be a hero. Bonus points if you get someone to harmonize as a duet.
>mfw OP drunkenly diving into Child Is Father of the Man
Jack Kelly
Ceremony
Nicholas Rodriguez
>This in a karaoke songbook OP the safe choice is always Africa, bonus points if you imitate the synth panflute sound
Henry Foster
If you sing any Nick Cave song, I guarantee no one will enjoy it. Not Nick Cave fans, not non-Nick Cave fans, not that girl, not any innocent bystanders, not us, not Nick Cave. Please stop.
Don't sing Toto's Africa because it has way more soft, unintelligible spots than you remember. Stick to big Disney songs for Karaoke. seriously, they're more or less failproof. Strangers will join in if you start sucking, and it's all good.
Hunter Gomez
double dubs overrules single dubs here. Have you even awkwardly swayed through minutes of mumbled verses that no-one cares about? Africa is so painful.
Joseph Ward
Anything by cake is pretty easy to imitate Beastie boys are always fun as long as you know your shit
I did some coldplay once, it didn't go terribly.
But fuck karaoke in general, sing Korn-Twisted Transistor. I did that too, did NOT go over well.
Jack Ward
blue oyster cult burning for you. or thin lizzy.
Brody Perez
The Who, if you're feeling ballsy
Most karaoke bars I've been to have the really long Who songs
Isaiah Walker
Rebel Yell by Billy Idol
Really fun song to sing, but you gotta know how to do the "OWWW!" parts
Also, Burning Down The House or Psycho Killer by Talking Heads