What are your favourite Karaoke songs?

[IliketoPuck]

Couting Crows - Mr. Jones
Johnny Cash - Boy named Sue
Mark Cohn - Walking in Memphis

[Traditional_Ale]

Summertime - Gershwin
Chain of Fools - Don Covay, Aretha Franklin
Since I've Been Loving You - Led Zeppelin
Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin
God's Away on Business - Tom Waits (seriously...)
Hallowed Be Thy Name - Iron Maiden

[The Goon]

Journey - Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)
Chris DeBurgh - Don't Pay the Ferryman
Billy Idol - Rebel Yell
Marky Mark - Good Vibrations

[The Goon]

Originally Posted by COGENT

Pastiche, you obviously love karaoke... where do you go in Calgary to do it?

I did it Japan and it was so fun because you and your friend get your own room in which you control the songs. Do you know of anywhere in Calgary that does it this way?

Karaoke's no fun unless you're in front of a bar full of shocked/dismayed patrons.

That being said, there is such a place, it's just behind Pacific Plaza (? I can't remember the exact name) near Memorial/36th Ave NE. It had a big orange sign in a plaza. I went there with a bunch of my wife's co-workers, and we all found the accompanying videos hilarious.

[mr.jim.lahey]

Islands in The Stream. I always sing the part of Dolly Parton!

[shermanator]

I can't believe Bohemiam Rhapsody isn't up here yet.
Santeria by Sublime and The Final Countdown by Europe are other gooders

[pope04]

It's Only Make Believe - Conway Twitty

[Methanolic]

[Roy Clark] "Thank God and Greyhound You're Gone".

[My DogHopper] "Equal Time".

[BuzzardsWife]

I think I love you..the partridge family..so corny but so much fun after a few drinks

[Hack&Lube]

Anything from 1979 to 1991.

I will not under any circumstances sing anything from the 90s.

I will be happy to sing any cheesy 80 ballads or rock or pop or new wave, etc. Of course, being that I am in my 20s, these are never the songs that people my age pick so I guess I have never enjoyed karaoke very much!

[Flamesoholic]

Originally Posted by Traditional_Ale

Summertime - Gershwin
Chain of Fools - Don Covay, Aretha Franklin
Since I've Been Loving You - Led Zeppelin
Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin
God's Away on Business - Tom Waits (seriously...)
Hallowed Be Thy Name - Iron Maiden

That is awesome. How does it go over with the crowd? Do they sing from their tables or do they sit there with a "WTF??" look on their faces? I've never even seen this song as an option before. Love that song.

My fave is the standard "Don't stop believin".

A few years back my friends and I were running amok at a stagette in the Dominican, we convinced the bar staff to turn on their karaoke machine had the entire bar, everyone from the bar next door and a "learn how to dance the merengue" class from down the street come to sing this one with us. We could see people air guitaring out on the street and people singing away while eating at the restaurant across the road.
It was kind of like one of those moments in a musical where everyone just starts singing and dancing out of nowhere. It was great, one of my favorite memories ever.

Good ol' Journey - bringing drunk folks together since 1981.

[surferguy]

I am a hip boy - New Orleans is Sinking is my bread and butter.

[bluejays]

3 words: Ludacris - Area Codes. That is all.