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Eddie... for the record, I'm just being a pest. My arguments neither deserve nor require an honest rebuttal. If you choose to respond, tongue in cheek works just fine 
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You don't have to like it, but you can't really control the rules by which the rest of the world "must" live and think.
Since when?
I wonder if I still have the t-shirt I had made that said "Will you all please leave my earth?"
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The world at large does not see music as sacred, any more than they see the product of any other profession as sacred.
Amen to that one. Karaoke is just a musical game people that people play. It's not for me but if other folks enjoy it, then more power to them.
Music isn't sacred, it's just entertainment. Nothing more.
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I may be missing the point somehow but I'll offer two cents worth.
I would not be interested in doing a Karaoke thing for a bunch of drunks in a bar. It would be pure hell BUT you are doing for folks in rehab.I had the very strong point jammed down my throat last Sept. that the ONLY thing that matters in life is personal relationships with your fellow beings. You are doing a GREAT service for these folks and the feeling of connectedness must be wonderful!
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You don't have to like it, but you can't really control the rules by which the rest of the world "must" live and think.
Since when?
I wonder if I still have the t-shirt I had made that said "Will you all please leave my earth?"
hahahah... now THAT is the Eddie I was talkin' to!
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IMHO, everyone that has a chance to sing at a Karaoke bar thoroughly enjoys it. Whether or not those attending and not singing enjoy it is another matter altogether.
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Interesting input (thank you, Sandra, specifically). I have done the odd karaoke gig for corporate events, weddings and in bars. To be honest, I cringe and hate it most of the time because those who grab the mic are on the whole drunk and couldn't sing their way out of a paper bag. They are pissed out of their heads and are just running an ego trip... Then again, there are some damned fine, wonderful singers out there who appear out of nowhere, often alone, because they just want to sing for people and they have wonderful talent that they want to share. I have experienced this time and time again. In a rehab centre, I might point out, they are ALL 100% SOBER!It is not only the wonderful singers who have championed my offer. It is not only the wonderful singers who have organised the petition (with over 180 signatures in less than 24 hours). It is not only the wonderful singers who have grabbed the management by the neck and forced them to take notice (although the special 'chief' of these people has a truly wonderful voice). It was every single person there. Even those who wouldn't / couldn't sing. I salute them all. At the end of every gig I would close with a group song open to everybody (I would invite them up to the mics and lead it myself) and dedicated to all who wanted to sing, We Are The World. EVERYBODY would run up and sing! I mean EVERYBODY!! The words in that song are SO therapeutic and SO motivating and SO true in REHAB. We all hold hands and BELT it out. If that ain't therapy, what is? Take a read of the lyrics... There comes a time when we heed a certain call When the world must come together as one There are people dying And its time to lend a hand to life The greatest gift of all We can't go on pretending day by day That someone, somehow will soon make a change We are all a part of Gods great big family And the truth, you know, Love is all we need[Chorus] We are the world, we are the children We are the ones who make a brighter day So lets start giving There's a choice we're making We're saving our own livesIts true we'll make a better day Just you and me Send them your heart so they'll know that someone cares And their lives will be stronger and free As God has shown us by turning stones to bread So we all must lend a helping hand [Chorus] When you're down and out, there seems no hope at all
But if you just believe there's no way we can fall
Let us realize that a change can only come
When we stand together as one[Chorus: x2] If that ain't a song for people in rehab, I don't know one better. It brought tears to my eyes every time and it brings tears to my eyes even now just to think about the experience. Even if the Institute won't run this, it is a memory I will take to my grave. No Elvis / Johnny Cash / Stones / U2 (and so on and so on) impersonators. That was sung from the heart! Somehow, I feel I am up against the same kind of resistance from the beaurocrats and the management that was faced in 'Dirty Dancing'. I also feel it is an experience not unlike 'One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest'. IF I can pull this off and I find a new flat (I have to leave my current one before 14th August), I think there is a definite story in this, maybe even a film. Man! My dream was always for everybody in the world to be happy. Maybe I can't pull that off but maybe, just maybe, I can make everybody feel happy, at least for just a moment, with what I have to offer - karaoke On the last night I ran the show, one of the guys grabbed both mics while I was out of the room and set up a show for me with his acoustic guitar (one mic to his soundhole and one to his voice) and with six backing singers sang a tribute song to me to say 'Thank You'. Man, that made the tears roll! Yeah. If it makes the people happy, I am happy to be the Karaoke King I can't be Elvis, King of Rock & Roll (my biggest influence) and I wouldn't want to be Michael Jackson (self proclaimed King of Pop) and it sure ain't what I dreamed of for myself as a singer and musician but...  I do hope it is a better choice than singing Rehab under their breaths and resenting every moment of being there. People in rehab have guts. Another point - the people who sing karaoke in rehab have to face each other the following morning and every single day. In a karaoke bar they can get drunk, sing(?) and disappear, never to be seen again by anybody until the next drunken time Isn't that what musicianship is about? To entertain people and make them happy through music?
Follow That Dream Sam Karaoke King -------------------- Turning that corner again - I have to keep following that dream, no matter what
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Hey folks, I would absolutely love to offer this service to rehabs around the world. So, please spread the word! Thank you (Note the change in my signature at the bottom! )
Follow That Dream Sam Karaoke King -------------------- Turning that corner again - I have to keep following that dream, no matter what
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It occurs to me that you don't have to go to a Karaoke night to hear people who can't play and sing - there are lots of gigging bands that I wouldn't want to see twice.
I once sat through a YMCA pantomime that was nearly four hours long. Jumpers were leaping from the balcony to escape the boredom. The important thing was that the kids who were performing loved every minute of it.
Can we really go down the route of having Music Police who set the standards to be achieved before people are allowed to perform? I think not.
Then again, where did you get the t-shirt, Eddie, and do they post to the UK?
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Then again, where did you get the t-shirt, Eddie, and do they post to the UK?
Get your own custom made at https://www.spreadshirt.co.uk/
or for the Karaoke King at http://www.spreadshirt.at/
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Had it made for me.
Along with the one I had made to wear to a private "theme" party that read:
And as the bible said, "F*@#eth thou!"
And the ever popular, "Why, yes, you CAN kiss my a**"
This kind of thing is where the wry, cynical, sardonic, sarcastic Eddie emerges...
As opposed to real life where I'm just mean in general.. LOL!!
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for good looking custom T shirts you can make yourself, most office supply stores sell iron-on printer media.
1) You create a graphic of whatever you want...
2) if there is text, you have to flip it into a mirror image
3) put iron-on media in printer and print your graphic
4) iron it onto the T shirt
Its not quite as durable as a commercially sold product that uses rubbery ink that stretches with the fabric. But for special use (parties etc) it's a fairly inexpensive way to make custom "shirts with a message", and you have total control of the content.
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Some people are so sensitive you just want to grab a canoe paddle and fix them up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6fFzKCNCigNow you'd have to know years of history but that idiot swede was a cheap shot artist, cry baby. He's watch the ref and then give you the stick when he looked away. Chirped the wrong guy. LOL. Last night their kids faced off in the Memorial Cup. 17 year olds, for the National Junior Championship. Domi was a goon. His kid is all finesse, and baby faced, he looks 14 and plays like a 23 year old. Buck up. Sing Stouthearted Men. Get the whole freaking bar to sing. Drunks are in rehab too. Maybe the helped shovel a body into black bag at work and need a shot or two. Now just finding the one beer I opened is an adventure. Forget about the second, unless I feel the need. Then the next morning I find 2 almost full beers. Moron. (Self directed).
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