Karaoke - 23rd August 2007

After the [derided] country theme of last week I decided to take a dip into some of the older rap stuff that I'd not gotten to having a go at yet. For those of you who don't know me, rap used to be my staple karaoke diet and you would usually see me 'singing' nothing but Eminem, Dr.Dre, Vanilla Ice (lol!) & Will Smith etc before my karaoke/music taste diversified somewhat. In fact, the nickname Shaunio came from the first karaoke song I ever did - Gangsta's Paradise by Coolio and stuck ever since that fateful event! It's a genre that I still have a lot of time for although I now prefer the older stuff a lot more than the recent years which just seems to be about money, women and sex exclusively!

Scott in the meanwhile had no time to think about a themed night when he a had a publicly voted tracklist to contend with. The results from his fiercley-contested-yet-fair poll saw Linkin Park's - What I've Done top the chart (yay!) with Bowies - Life On Mars (revived by the BBC1 drama of the same name) in second and Sam Cookes - Bring It Home in Third. Unfortunately he refused to sing the fourth placed song and one time runaway leader, Let's Get Rocked by Def Leppard, much to Tinas disapointment although he has promised that he will do it again (he just didn't say when! ;) ) Let's see what the next poll brings!

All the songs from this week:

• Shaun: Will Smith - Miami (3)
• Others: Fleetwood Mac - Little Lies (6)
• Andy: Squeeze - Cool For Cats (2)
• Scott: Sam Cooke - Bring It On Home (2)
• Others: Cher - Walking In Memphis (2)
• Others: Glen Campbell - Rhinestone Cowboy
• Shaun: Nelly - N Dey Say (new)
• Others: Burt Bacharach - I'll Never Fall In Love Again (5)
• Scott: David Bowie - Life On Mars (2)
• Others: Amy Winehouse - Back To Black
• Others: Leo Sayer - One Man Band (2)
• Tina & Hayley: Bryan Adams & Mel C - When You're Gone (5)
• Others: Billy Idol - White Wedding
• Others: Red Hot Chili Peppers - Suck My Kiss
• Others: The Beatles - Back In The U.S.S.R. (2)
• Shaun: Arrested Development - People Everyday (new)
• Andy: Dire Straits - Romeo & Juliet (3)
• Others: Katie Melua - The Closest Thing To Crazy (5)
• Scott: Linkin Park - What I've Done (3)
• Others: Zoe Birkett - Get Happy (4)
• Others: Will Young - Evergreen
• Tina & Hayley: Alanis Morissette - Ironic (new) (5)
• Others: Eddie Cochran - Summertime Blues
• Others: Elton John - Are You Ready For Love
• Shaun: Fun Lovin' Criminals - Scooby Snacks (new)
• Others: Bob Marley - Jammin (6)
• Scott: Rolling Stones - Paint It Black (new)
• Others: Jet - Are You Gonna Be My Girl
• Others: Frankie Vaughn - Green Door (2)

This weeks stats:

• 29 songs sang tonight
  
• 12 had not been sung previously this year
  
• 17 have been sang already this year (1 of which was also sang last week)
  
• There have been 865 songs sung so far this year!

** NEW SONGS **

Nelly - N Dey Say
	Another rap song I've sung which samples Spandau Ballets' - True, the other being PM Dawns - Set Adrift On Memory Bliss, this one reached #6 on the UK charts in early 2005. The first one of Nellys I've ever sung and a fairly simple track to do. I may well take a delve into some of his other tracks such as Country Grammar and Hot In Herrre now! . do-again-rating: 3/10

Arrested Development - People Everyday

Reaching the giddy heights of #2 in the UK charts in 1992 this is one of my all time favourite hip-hop tracks and one that I've neglected to do for so long. Taking it's chorus from the Sly & The Family Stone song of the same name (although that's pretty much where the similarity ends), the moral of the track as with the previous Nelly song is about 'brothers' attacking 'brothers' and how at the end of the day we're all the same 'Everyday People'. Enjoyed this one and for sure a keeper . do-again-rating: 7/10

Fun Lovin' Criminals - Scooby Snacks

I never really got into the Fun Lovin' Criminals when they were around, in fact the first time I ever heard a track of there's was on my honeymoon in Canada when the self-titled single Fun Loving Criminal came on the video screen in Niagaras Planet Hollywood. To this day that track still reminds of that moment in time! Unfortunately, that said song is not available on Karaoke but I did discover this gem from them when playing catchup on their songs. With samples from Pulp Fiction and Resorvoir Dogs it was always going to win me over cut combined with a funky bass line and simple guitar riff we had a winner. A little bit on the low side for me but manageable if you nearly swallow the mic! Fun to do (no pun intended) and may do again. do-again-rating: 5/10

No Scott & Hayley next week so I'll most likely be on me jack lonesome :( but no matter, I'll hold the fort whilst they're swanning around down Newquay :) Catch ya next week...byeeeeeeeeeeeeee

"Don't pull the pin out, unless you plan to bang" - Outkast - B.O.B.