Karaoke Night

I knew it was coming... It was only a matter of time... Karaoke night...

A time for everyone to give it a crack, a time when song choice could be fatal and a time when bad singers (like me) can sound half decent in the eyes of a routy crowd.

The night was kicked off by members of the local crowd. Not needing too many drinks beforehand, these brave souls got up to sing and dance along to a television mounted above the bar. They sounded great. So as you can imagine, I'm put in a rather awkward position as a vocalist adept in the subtle art of shower-singing.

As they do, things started to turn around after the third beer with dinner and I had decided to kick my night off with a Japanese song called 'Shabondama' by Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi (the Jimmy Barnes of Japan). This went terribly... The Japanese crowd were too humble to admit it, but I would later have to redeem myself with an English song I was more familiar with, Wonderwall. This went better, but I still don't consider it bloggable... Sorry... What was bloggable was old mate from the end of the bar who acted a bit too friendly after my performance. He offered me a dance. At first I thought what the hell, he seems like a nice guy... Things only went downhill from there (as indicated by the next picture).

All in all, it was another good night out. I got the chance to publically embarress myself, but it was worth it for the laughs I got out of my audience.