lead singer is addicted to karaoke...

[NWB]

Originally Posted by Stumbo

The staff lost a lot of tips and the venue lost a lot of revenue.

Eh, I doubt it.

In case you haven't figured this out yet, these stories are pure fiction.

Interesting fiction though!

[MarkMgibson]

Who cares about "fiction" - these stories are absolutely true so long as you believe them. I enjoy them, so I have no doubt they're the truth.

[Handyman]

Originally Posted by MarkMgibson

Who cares about "fiction" - these stories are absolutely true so long as you believe them. I enjoy them, so I have no doubt they're the truth.

We're on Talkbass now, and when we post, we create our own reality.

[MatticusMania]

Originally Posted by MarkMgibson

Who cares about "fiction" - these stories are absolutely true so long as you believe them. I enjoy them, so I have no doubt they're the truth.

I enjoy them thoroughly, else Id not be here reading and responding. But I won't entertain the notion that they are true for a second.

[Mike in Chicago]

Powderfinger, do you have a blog somewhere?

It'd have to be hilarious.

Keep the stories comin'

[MarkMgibson]

Originally Posted by MatticusMania

I enjoy them thoroughly, else Id not be here reading and responding. But I won't entertain the notion that they are true for a second.

Really, you don't believe?

[powderfinger]

It's been a trying time here in the Powederfinger family. Cousin came down with a serious strain of the flu 2 weeks ago. He has been out of work for the past couple weeks, and can barely get out of bed. He also has come down with pnemonia, and was hospitialized a few days ago. He is now home, but does little more than sleep. His mom (my aunt) goes over to walk him around the living room once a day so that his lungs do not drown. He says very little, but yesterday afternoon, I was over there to check on him, and he murmered, "kk...ka...kar... karaoke... need.... tttttoooo... sing". I told him he was way to sick, but he did not care. I advised he may be catching. He did not care. So I drove him down to the karaoke bar. I put him in a wheelchair and sat him by the stage. The KJ told him he needed to leave bc he was sick. Cousin uttered, "one...... song..... only". So I pushed cousin in front of the mic, lowered it, and "Show Must Go On" by Queen began. Cousin could barely sing it... coughing.... choking on his own mucous. However, when it got to the chorus, cousin stood up, kicked his wheelchair over, and did the whole mic stand thing like Freddie Mercury used to do. He did a wonderful rendition of the song. Breathtaking. He really belted it out. And at the end he stood with the mic stand over his head... and then fell backward, passing out. We got him home, and into bed. We are hoping for a quick recovery.

[NWB]

Originally Posted by Handyman

We're on Talkbass now, and when we post, we create our own reality.

That's the spirit!

[4dog]

Thought this one was over., lol

[powderfinger]

So im a bit late here, but a couple of weeks ago we went to Cinco De Mayo at the local Mexican joint. They had a huge deck outside, and a guy was set up playing acoustic guitar (an American guy... playing Jimmy Buffet, James Taylor, etc... yep, good ol grigo tunes). Anyhow, they usually have karaoke on Sat. and Sun., there, but bc of the holiday, they wanted an acoustic performer, plus there were hundreds of people on the deck and parking lot, so it was too many people to entertain karaoke.

Cousin was mad as hell when he found out that there would be no karaoke. Cousin went up to the guitarist during break and demanded, yes... demanded he get to get up and "sit in" on a song. The guitarist asked how he was planning to "sit in" on an acoustic solo show? Cousin said he was just going to sing. The guy offered to even let cousin use his guitar, but he turned it down.

So cousin went inside... took a sombrero off the wall, took a table cloth (cut a neck hole in it) and put it on. He went to the car, got his portable karaoke machine, and took it to the stage area (which was really just an elevated corner of the deck). He began to sing "La Bamba" in honor of Cinco De Mayo. The people in the crowd began booing... loudly. They even started throwing food at him. One drunk frat boy threw a beer at cousin and it caused his karaoke machine to short out, hence electrocuting him cousin. Cousin took a spill backward off the deck, and tumbled nearly 12 feet. He broke his arm but he is recovering well.

[rolandm]

Originally Posted by powderfinger

So cousin lawyered up over the weekend, and today he had a paternity test which proves that he is not the father of the 22 year old legless manchild.

This … this RIGHT HERE … was worth the price of admission.

[Beersurgeon]

Originally Posted by powderfinger

So im a bit late here, but a couple of weeks ago we went to Cinco De Mayo at the local Mexican joint. They had a huge deck outside, and a guy was set up playing acoustic guitar (an American guy... playing Jimmy Buffet, James Taylor, etc... yep, good ol grigo tunes). Anyhow, they usually have karaoke on Sat. and Sun., there, but bc of the holiday, they wanted an acoustic performer, plus there were hundreds of people on the deck and parking lot, so it was too many people to entertain karaoke.

Cousin was mad as hell when he found out that there would be no karaoke. Cousin went up to the guitarist during break and demanded, yes... demanded he get to get up and "sit in" on a song. The guitarist asked how he was planning to "sit in" on an acoustic solo show? Cousin said he was just going to sing. The guy offered to even let cousin use his guitar, but he turned it down.

So cousin went inside... took a sombrero off the wall, took a table cloth (cut a neck hole in it) and put it on. He went to the car, got his portable karaoke machine, and took it to the stage area (which was really just an elevated corner of the deck). He began to sing "La Bamba" in honor of Cinco De Mayo. The people in the crowd began booing... loudly. They even started throwing food at him. One drunk frat boy threw a beer at cousin and it caused his karaoke machine to short out, hence electrocuting him cousin. Cousin took a spill backward off the deck, and tumbled nearly 12 feet. He broke his arm but he is recovering well.

Ouch!!! I love these stories!

[Dogbertday]

If you guys are pretty much gig ready, book a gig like 2 months or so from now. I'll give 5:1 odds that he shapes up for a performance instead of a perpetual rehearsal machine. I slack if a band isn't gig minded, too

[Zoa]

Originally Posted by DWBass

O.....K................I'm starting to think this is just a parody thread now!

Naaaaahhhh. . no way.


This thread and Lost have some interesting parallels though.

[NWB]

I PM'd Powderfinger as I happened to be attending a geologic symposium in his city and hoped to meet up for beers to talk some bass.

Well, as luck would have it, we met after my day at the conference and picked up KaraokeCousin on our way for beer.

We were all travling along to the brewery discussing basses when Cuz shouts out "Stop over there!" while pointing to a bar with Karaoke noted on the signboard. While Powder is pulling into the joint, I'm thinking "this is going to be good!" I'll get to see Cuz in action.

Before we went in, Cuz rolled up a towel that was in the car and stuffed it into the front of his rather-tight pants. The bar was fairly full of regulars and a group of women out for an after-work aspartif. After some loud insistance by Cuz, the KJ turns the mic over to him.

Going back to his roots apparently, Cuz starts in on Pretty Woman while leering at the group of women. Throughout the song, Cuz is jumping around and working up quite a sweat while he works the crowd. Powder and I are enjoying our beers as Cuz does his thing and we are barely containing our laughter.

A couple more tunes and Cuz is really gettting into it, jumping and prancing about, he then stands in front of the women and rips his shirt off. When he did this the tail of his shirt pulled the rolled up towel with it and it fell into the drink of one of the women. They all started laughing at him which sent him into a rage. He swung the mic stand down on their table which spilled their drinks all over the place.

At this point, the 250 lb. 6'4" bouncer comes out and grabs cuz by his arm and back of his pants and throws him out the back door of the place and strait into the dumpster full of rotten food and other bar detritus. Powder and I were laughing hysterically throughout the ordeal, until we had to load a very smelly Cuz into the car to drive him home.

I have to thank Powder for the beers and entertainment during my visit!

[powderfinger]

Originally Posted by Dogbertday

If you guys are pretty much gig ready, book a gig like 2 months or so from now. I'll give 5:1 odds that he shapes up for a performance instead of a perpetual rehearsal machine. I slack if a band isn't gig minded, too

Hopefully you dont become borderline skitzo like my cousin.

[funnyfingers]

Originally Posted by BigOldHarry

Dunno if this is related...

I've played with two folks who started with Karaoke and decided that they were ready to be in a band... and both were nightmares. Learning how to sing to a machine and sing with musicians are two very different things...

Karaoke is actually harder than singing with a band. The band you can adjust your levels and hear yourself as you need. Karaoke you get whatever is thrown at you.

[powderfinger]

Originally Posted by NWB

I PM'd Powderfinger as I happened to be attending a geologic symposium in his city and hoped to meet up for beers to talk some bass.

Well, as luck would have it, we met after my day at the conference and picked up KaraokeCousin on our way for beer.

We were all travling along to the brewery discussing basses when Cuz shouts out "Stop over there!" while pointing to a bar with Karaoke noted on the signboard. While Powder is pulling into the joint, I'm thinking "this is going to be good!" I'll get to see Cuz in action.

Before we went in, Cuz rolled up a towel that was in the car and stuffed it into the front of his rather-tight pants. The bar was fairly full of regulars and a group of women out for an after-work aspartif. After some loud insistance by Cuz, the KJ turns the mic over to him.

Going back to his roots apparently, Cuz starts in on Pretty Woman while leering at the group of women. Throughout the song, Cuz is jumping around and working up quite a sweat while he works the crowd. Powder and I are enjoying our beers as Cuz does his thing and we are barely containing our laughter.

A couple more tunes and Cuz is really gettting into it, jumping and prancing about, he then stands in front of the women and rips his shirt off. When he did this the tail of his shirt pulled the rolled up towel with it and it fell into the drink of one of the women. They all started laughing at him which sent him into a rage. He swung the mic stand down on their table which spilled their drinks all over the place.

At this point, the 250 lb. 6'4" bouncer comes out and grabs cuz by his arm and back of his pants and throws him out the back door of the place and strait into the dumpster full of rotten food and other bar detritus. Powder and I were laughing hysterically throughout the ordeal, until we had to load a very smelly Cuz into the car to drive him home.

I have to thank Powder for the beers and entertainment during my visit!

We had a great time, indeed, hanging with cousin that say. I am so glad you were able to meet him and vouch to the non-believers here that cousin is indeed real as you or me.

Oh, but I tell you what I thought was hilarious. When you told him you were gonna sing "Only the Lonely", and he broke his beer bottle over the table, and held it up like he was gonna cut you. lol. You just laughed at him, and he put down the glass. What a goof!!!

[NWB]

Originally Posted by powderfinger

We had a great time, indeed, hanging with cousin that say. I am so glad you were able to meet him and vouch to the non-believers here that cousin is indeed real as you or me.

Oh, but I tell you what I thought was hilarious. When you told him you were gonna sing "Only the Lonely", and he broke his beer bottle over the table, and held it up like he was gonna cut you. lol. You just laughed at him, and he put down the glass. What a goof!!!

What a day that was! I really didn't believe a person like that could exist until I met him. What a clown!

Yeah, after he backed down, I loved his facial contortions as he watched me butcher the song - and then get more applause than him! I thought he was going to have an aneurysm.

[powderfinger]

NWB, you are a welcome addition to the cast... er, I mean, group of karaoke friends.

With that said, I give you...

SEASON 3- Lead Singer is Addicted to Karaoke