Yoda experience and ACC concert
brad mclean
kareoke bar (which has no AL I might add :( ), and I attempted to sing Yoda
while Lola played in the Background. Needless to say I knew all the words
before I went up and After I got off. But damned if I didn't forget them
while I was up there. The Lola words don't help of course.
I was also wondering if any of ya's would be at the Air Canada Centre
concert in Toronto.
And to Berm: The Big nickel is Calling you back to Sudbury, The lady of the
nickel told me herself :)
Mules :)
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Kathy Hobbs
>I wanted to share an Al experience I had last night. I went to my regular
>kareoke bar (which has no AL I might add :( ), and I attempted to sing Yoda
>while Lola played in the Background.
Man, I'm glad someone else does this besides me. Our kareoke bar does have Eat
It, and many of the hits Al has parodied along with several novelty songs. I
generally don't sing Eat It, but Like a Surgeon goes over pretty well. I was
gonna try The Saga Begins, but I'm waiting for someone to sing American Pie
first, cause I don't know how edited the kareoke version is, and I don't wanna
stand up there going.."....Ummm wait; I need more music! I have to get us back
to Naboo!"
Addicted to the stage...any stage...you can't be too choosy in a town like
mine.
Kat-
Judge: "Will you kindly speak english and drop the vernacular?"
Curly: "Vernacular?!? That's a doiby!"
Dorothy: "He's saying 'Oilcan!"'
Scarecrow: "Oil can what?"
ti...@enteract.bottblock.com
> Brad shared:
>>I wanted to share an Al experience I had last night. I went to my regular
>>kareoke bar (which has no AL I might add :( ), and I attempted to sing Yoda
>>while Lola played in the Background.
> Man, I'm glad someone else does this besides me. Our kareoke bar does have Eat
> It, and many of the hits Al has parodied along with several novelty songs. I
> generally don't sing Eat It, but Like a Surgeon goes over pretty well.
We were having a party at a karaoke bar with a bunch of folks from a local
BBS several years ago, and one of the guys there (Henry) was bemoaning
that his company's pickup (which he had been driving) had been towed the
day before due to him parking it illegally. Inadvertently, I'm sure. ;)
I couldn't resist the temptation, and requested "Stop Draggin' My Heart
Around" for my next karaoke song, but did Al's version ("Stop Draggin' My
Car Around') and dedicated it to Henry. He wanted to kill me, but the
rest of the group loved it. ::grin::
> I was
> gonna try The Saga Begins, but I'm waiting for someone to sing American Pie
> first, cause I don't know how edited the kareoke version is, and I don't wanna
> stand up there going.."....Ummm wait; I need more music! I have to get us back
> to Naboo!"
LOL... just don't even think about doing "Jurassic Park"...
Tirya
Beth G.
Kathy Hobbs wrote:
> Brad shared:
> >I was gonna try The Saga Begins, but I'm waiting for someone to sing American
> Pie
> first, cause I don't know how edited the kareoke version is, and I don't wanna
> stand up there going.."....Ummm wait; I need more music! I have to get us back
> to Naboo!"
If I'm not mistaken, American Pie is longer....
--
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just forget the words and sing along!"
- "Weird Al" Yankovic -
Calvin Dodge
>
>
> If I'm not mistaken, American Pie is longer....
You're not - it's over 8 minutes long.
Calvin "Weird Cal" Dodge
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THAT'S when I knew it was true love!"
Kathy Hobbs
I asked the kareoke lady how long her version was, and she said she thought it
ran around three minutes, but she didn't know for sure. I'd been tripped up by
hacked up songs before, so I asked. And I wanna hear what key they've got it
in.
: )
Kat-
Dan Della Paolera
around 9 if my mind doesn't fail me.
73
Dan
Beth G. <raum...@flash.net> wrote in message
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>
>
> Kathy Hobbs wrote:
>
> > Brad shared:
> > >I was gonna try The Saga Begins, but I'm waiting for someone to sing
American
> > Pie
> > first, cause I don't know how edited the kareoke version is, and I don't
wanna
> > stand up there going.."....Ummm wait; I need more music! I have to get
us back
> > to Naboo!"
>
> If I'm not mistaken, American Pie is longer....
Kathy Hobbs
>around 9 if my mind doesn't fail me.
>
The full version of American Pie runs about 12-13 minutes. I believe Al's
version runs about 5:37 or thereabouts. The kareoke version of American Pie
varies widely.
Kat-
JJRRutgers
Begins has 4. The 6 include a slow one as the intro, 4 fast verses, and the
final closing verse. Saga Begins has the intro, closer, and two fast verses.
So, if they used the official American Pie in karaoke, you'd need to sit
through two more verses of American Pie before you could come back to the Al
version.
Kathy Hobbs
<snip>
>So, if they used the official American Pie in karaoke, you'd need to sit
>through two more verses of American Pie before you could come back to the Al
>version.
And that would be worse, really, than not getting everyone back to Naboo. : )
Back to Like a Surgeon.
Thanx jjrutgets, that perspective really helped me.
David 'DuqEgghead' Egyud
The MP3 of "American Pie" I have is about 8.5 minutes long. It has all
six verses.
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Robert Vancel
>Brad shared:
>>I wanted to share an Al experience I had last night. I went to my regular
>>kareoke bar (which has no AL I might add :( ), and I attempted to sing Yoda
>>while Lola played in the Background.
>
>Man, I'm glad someone else does this besides me. Our kareoke bar does have Eat
>It, and many of the hits Al has parodied along with several novelty songs. I
>generally don't sing Eat It, but Like a Surgeon goes over pretty well. I was
>gonna try The Saga Begins, but I'm waiting for someone to sing American Pie
>first, cause I don't know how edited the kareoke version is, and I don't wanna
>stand up there going.."....Ummm wait; I need more music! I have to get us back
>to Naboo!"
>
>Addicted to the stage...any stage...you can't be too choosy in a town like
>mine.
>Kat-
>
>Judge: "Will you kindly speak english and drop the vernacular?"
>Curly: "Vernacular?!? That's a doiby!"
>
>
>Dorothy: "He's saying 'Oilcan!"'
>Scarecrow: "Oil can what?"
Hehe.... I did 'Like a Surgeon' at the End Zone. Our local biker bar.
Imagine a bunch of drunken bikers cheering and hooting. I got at
least five beers out of it. Of course, I was too sloshed to do it
again, so I tried doing 'The Saga Begins'. Okay, so I screwed it up
and missed one line, but hey, they were drunk and didn't notice.
Neither did I, come to think of it...
Robert Vancel
Modeler, Advisor, and Independent Biker
(And DAMN proud of it!)
Dan Della Paolera
He redid it at one point I believe in order for it to gain more popularity,
speeding it up a little bit by getting rid of some of the solos.
73
dan
David 'DuqEgghead' Egyud <egyu...@duq.edu> wrote in message
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Alexei Kosut
> The original vinyl I have of american pie is 13 minutes.
>
> He redid it at one point I believe in order for it to gain more popularity,
> speeding it up a little bit by getting rid of some of the solos.
Hmm. My CD of the _American Pie_ album has the title track at 8:36. I
thought this was the first album to feature the song, although I may
be wrong. Are you talking about a single, or full-length LP?
At any rate, while I don't know if this is general, the Karaoke
version of "American Pie" that I've seen is only one verse long (two
verses if you count the intro as one). They just cut the last
four. Not very good for singing "The Saga Begins". Or for singing
"American Pie" for that matter, which is what I was attempting to do
at the time...
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Paul E. Jamison
> Hehe.... I did 'Like a Surgeon' at the End Zone. Our local biker bar.
> Imagine a bunch of drunken bikers cheering and hooting. I got at
> least five beers out of it. Of course, I was too sloshed to do it
> again, so I tried doing 'The Saga Begins'. Okay, so I screwed it up
> and missed one line, but hey, they were drunk and didn't notice.
> Neither did I, come to think of it...
>
I'm thinking of my misspent days in topless bars
(can't afford it anymore, it seems). I've met
some exotic dancers that are just -- ah -- twisted
enough mentally to possibly dance to some of Al's
stuff. I'm sure it's been done. Alas, I've never
been there for such a treat.
I did see one chick dance to the Chipmunks'
version of "Achy Breaky Heart", though.
Paul E. Jamison, Esq.
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The Chipmunks, eh?
That, my friend, is weird....
kinky, but weird.
Brian Flatley
> Brad shared:
>>I wanted to share an Al experience I had last night. I went to my regular
>>kareoke bar (which has no AL I might add :( ), and I attempted to sing Yoda
>>while Lola played in the Background.
>
> Man, I'm glad someone else does this besides me. Our kareoke bar does have Eat
> It, and many of the hits Al has parodied along with several novelty songs. I
> generally don't sing Eat It, but Like a Surgeon goes over pretty well. I was
> gonna try The Saga Begins, but I'm waiting for someone to sing American Pie
> first, cause I don't know how edited the kareoke version is, and I don't wanna
> stand up there going.."....Ummm wait; I need more music! I have to get us back
> to Naboo!"
When "Alapalooza" was the latest ALbum, I transcribed the lyrics to "Achy
Breaky Song", and Kareoked it with two friends of mine. Before I go any
further, I must point out that I live just north of Atlanta, GA.
We got big cheers from the crowd when we finished, except for one woman whom
a friend described as having a "you shot my dog" look on her face. Oh, well.
;-)
Brian
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>
> When "Alapalooza" was the latest ALbum, I transcribed the lyrics to "Achy
> Breaky Song", and Kareoked it with two friends of mine. Before I go any
> further, I must point out that I live just north of Atlanta, GA.
>
> We got big cheers from the crowd when we finished, except for one woman whom
> a friend described as having a "you shot my dog" look on her face. Oh, well.
> ;-)
>
Oh, how I'd love a chance to do something like this!
One of the exotic dancers I used to know would
dance to "Achy Breaky Heart" (but I liked her anyway
-- I think the adjective "foxy" would fit in here some
place), until she attended a Bubba Boo Bob -- excuse
me, Billy Ray concert and saw him refuse some flowers
or gifts or something from some kids. From that day
on Billy Ray was "out" with her. I regret that I never
introduced her to "Achy Breaky Song" -- she most
likely would get a BIG kick out of it.
Paul E. Jamison
> On Thu, 09 Sep 1999 22:16:39 -0700, "Paul E. Jamison"
> <paul...@wichita.infi.net> wrote:
>
[snip for JUSTICE!]
> >
> >I did see one chick dance to the Chipmunks'
> >version of "Achy Breaky Heart", though.
> >>
> The Chipmunks, eh?
>
> That, my friend, is weird....
>
> kinky, but weird.
>
Indeed. Of course, weird isn't
a *bad* thing.
I used to date a dancer who occasionally
did an S-M schtick, and I blessed her with
the Dr Demento 20th Ann. CD, mainly for
Tom Lehrer's "Masochism Tango". She
told me that once in awhile, on a slow week-
day afternoon, she'd dance to an Elmer
Fudd rap -- er, "wap" song on the same CD.
But *that* was during a slow period. The
Chipmunks song was during a busy Saturday
night.
A large percentage of exotic dancers are
cookie-cutter bimbos mainly interested in
watching themselves in the mirror, but once
in awhile, you'll come across one who has
something besides empty sopace between
the ears. Very rarely, you'll find one with
a marvelously strange sensahuma.
KYhea...@webtv.net
am pretty sure that The Saga Begins has been edited from the original.
In fact I think The Saga Begins is one verse shorter than the original.
The good ones to kareoke are, Another one rides the bus, Like a sergeon,
Girls just wanna have lunch, Addicted to spuds, Pretty fly for a Rabbi,
Grapefruit diet, Jerry springer, Theme from rocky XIII...... the list
goes on. When you decide to Kareoke Al in public make sure the songs
match up completely so you dont look stupid.