Okay, I give in. Here’s the karaoke video. But first, some background:
I’ve mentioned before that I completely adore Vacation Karaoke Night (“VKN”) with every fiber of my being. VKN takes place at this rowdy firemen’s bar with a DJ who takes his job way too seriously. It’s sort of hilarious. This year, J, my brother and my brother’s best friend came along to bear witness to my performance. I kicked things off with Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’” and may I just say? I rocked it. Standing ovation! Applause! Cheers! I got so cocky that I actually thought to myself, "Hey I still look sort of young; maybe I can get a starring role in the upcoming High School Musical 3: Now It’s Just Getting Sad! I AM A SUPERSTAR!"
Drunk on my own power (and no tequila whatsoever) as well as the praise of my adoring masses, I decided to go back up for an encore. I chose “Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You.” I’m sort of unclear as to what my rationale was, but I believe that I turned to my husband and the boys and said something like, “Youknowthatscene? In 10 Things I Hate About You? When Heath Ledger sings that song to Kat in the football field? And slaps the security guard’s butt while fleeing? That is SO FUNNY and I shouldsingitnownownow because it will be funny. FUNNY!” I think, however, that statement may have come out sounding like “FlurgenhrrmphFUNNY!” so they just nodded nervously as I approached the stage for my encore. I was filled with the type of oblivious confidence that is only ever possessed by one who is totally going to fail, and fail completely. I felt certain that I could, nay, SHOULD perform this song.
This would prove to be a huge mistake.
For you see, I have one simple rule with karaoke. NO COMPLEX SONGS. And while the original “Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You” by Frankie Valli is pretty straightforward, Lauryn Hill’s cover is not. It has MANY harmonies, backup vocals, random “Uh! Uh!” grunts, and all manner of surprises that just generally conspire to make your performance an unmitigated disaster. Simply put: It’s karaoke suicide, people!
Which version do you think the DJ put on for me?
Watch the train wreck and see:
(This was my first shot at using Movie Maker, so be kind.)
I’ve mentioned before that I completely adore Vacation Karaoke Night (“VKN”) with every fiber of my being. VKN takes place at this rowdy firemen’s bar with a DJ who takes his job way too seriously. It’s sort of hilarious. This year, J, my brother and my brother’s best friend came along to bear witness to my performance. I kicked things off with Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’” and may I just say? I rocked it. Standing ovation! Applause! Cheers! I got so cocky that I actually thought to myself, "Hey I still look sort of young; maybe I can get a starring role in the upcoming High School Musical 3: Now It’s Just Getting Sad! I AM A SUPERSTAR!"
Drunk on my own power (and no tequila whatsoever) as well as the praise of my adoring masses, I decided to go back up for an encore. I chose “Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You.” I’m sort of unclear as to what my rationale was, but I believe that I turned to my husband and the boys and said something like, “Youknowthatscene? In 10 Things I Hate About You? When Heath Ledger sings that song to Kat in the football field? And slaps the security guard’s butt while fleeing? That is SO FUNNY and I shouldsingitnownownow because it will be funny. FUNNY!” I think, however, that statement may have come out sounding like “FlurgenhrrmphFUNNY!” so they just nodded nervously as I approached the stage for my encore. I was filled with the type of oblivious confidence that is only ever possessed by one who is totally going to fail, and fail completely. I felt certain that I could, nay, SHOULD perform this song.
This would prove to be a huge mistake.
For you see, I have one simple rule with karaoke. NO COMPLEX SONGS. And while the original “Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You” by Frankie Valli is pretty straightforward, Lauryn Hill’s cover is not. It has MANY harmonies, backup vocals, random “Uh! Uh!” grunts, and all manner of surprises that just generally conspire to make your performance an unmitigated disaster. Simply put: It’s karaoke suicide, people!
Which version do you think the DJ put on for me?
Watch the train wreck and see:
(This was my first shot at using Movie Maker, so be kind.)
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19 comments:
Hey, if you're going to go down in flames, best to do it to a good song/singer, right? Right.
As it happens, aside from an inability to sing at the right tempo, you sang the song well! I know, it's that bloody crafy DJ.
Actually, you have a nice voice.
(Your blogherad was blocking your post - I need to read the post! Am I the only one who can't read it).
I'm with Miguelina: you have a nice voice. It's totally Lauryn Hill's fault.
You do have nice voice. I feel cheated.
But I love how J is holding his forehead in his hand, like, "think of something to say to her when it's over. Think, damn it!"
You really do have a great voice! And you figured out Movie Maker pretty quickly :)
Yeah, your voice was fine. If you'd just been...synced up a bit, it would have been great. Obviously Lauryn Hill's fault.
I love the interstitials in the movie. Hee.
You have a great voice and I agree with stefanie: blame Lauryn Hill. Who does she think she is, ruining a classic and translating that remix horror into a karaoke version?
That is definitely not a train wreck!
Okay seriously, it is so not fair that you have talents for fashion, singing, writing, AND producing cute babies...oh, the humanity!
You rocked the song; screw Ms. Hill.
This video made Wito cry.
KIDDING. You're a superstah!
And yes, what is up with the Blogher ad? In my browser, it covers up your post and I HAVE TO READ YOUR POSTS!!
You are so brave! I was cringing for you, but everyone is right - you could still tell that you do have the ability to sing well. Nothing like the picking the wrong karaoke song for making time and space stretch out infinitely!
See, here's the thing. You have a good singing voice. And you can sing in tune. These are qualities that make karaoke kind of unfair for people like me, who have terrible singing voices and cannot sing in tune to save their lives. It was halting and off-tempo, sure, but overall nowhere near the trainwreck that would happen if ever I were allowed near a microphone.
The credits? High-larious.
The best part was finding a way to get it to my XBOX so that the parents could witness Metalia's magnificent performance. I'd also like to say that, having been there to record it, you are all sorely mistaken. You're all very kind people, but it was that bad. Love ya sis.
It was not bad at all! Lauryn's version is complex. I loved the movie blurbs. Priceless that you'll always have a token of VKN!
What a rip-off. I was all ready to make fun of you, but you sounded great. You do know that American Idol auditions are happening now...
O.k, I'm gonna go against the flow here and agree with your sis. Yup, it was THAT BAD.
Seriously.
But luckily for us, that's what makes it so damn funny.
So it's funny and bad with a disclaimer, so to speak.
But I'm so much worse than you that I can say that.
At least you have a nice voice singing bad karaoke- I sound like a seal being tortured by having to sing Mariah Carey bad karaoke.
I think you sounded fabulous!
Metalia- You looked absolutely adorable up there on the stage...I think you have a sweet voice..reminds me of mine..esp when I heard you in your one clip with the high pitched "baby voice" to toopweets." My girls are now 11 and 7 but when they were babes I used the same voice you used! So sweeet...what a gorgeous fam you have.....I have the sweetest husband and kids...and I know you feel the same way about "J" and "toops"....such a great feeling, isn't it! Kellie In SD (we have emailed before :-)
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