Had a great night this time. There was a double birthday party(some friends of Tim's) that showed up early, so we got started just a little after 10. Not going to go through the whole night, but I'll just mention some highlights. The night was dedicated to MCA, and Protest songs over the Ammendment One debacle. I kicked things off with Lennon's Instant Karma. Then Tim did Day-O. A young lady named Molly did Soundgarden's Black Hole Sun, then one of the birthday people, Eliza, did These Boots Are Made For Walking. Someone named John Paul did REM's The End Of The World As We Know It. This is one that people seem to have a lot of problems with doing, because they tend to fall behind. This guy tried to compensate and ended up rushing through it, so I don't think he ever really fell into the zone on it. After that another young lady, Lydia, did Amy Winehouse's Rehab. She was pretty good too. Then the other birthday person John, did Mungo Jerry's In The Summertime, aided by Tim who was wearing this metal ridged tie that he played like a washboard. Someone named Philip did Eddy Grant's Electric Avenue, then Alan did The Beasties' Sure Shot. Alan's Australian friend Bruce did Ian Dury's Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick which gave the crowd a well needed reminder that this IS Rockin' Ammonia Karaoke. Then Taylor got up and did Rio, followed by the Tres Amigos debut of Inki Snyder doing The Eurythmics Sweet Dreams. Simeon followed with The Stones' Play With Fire. Marc Sloop showed up again and did Cheap Trick's Surrender. This really is getting to be a long entry, I'm going to finish it later.

Pretty fun night this time, as you can see there were some pictures taken. I started off the night with Little Bit Of Soul by The Music Explosion. One thing that irks me about some of the karaoke companies is that some of them don't research the lyrics, they just do it by ear, and sometimes they get things wrong. The couplet: "And when you raise the roof with your Rock-N-Roll You'll get a lot more kicks with a little bit o soul." came out "And when you race to rock with your Rock-N-Roll You'll get a lot more gas with a little bit o soul." Then: "When your party falls cos there's nobody groovin" became "When your body falls...." Then, the best one yet "As you go through life trying to reach your goal" came out as "And as you thought you laugh cried and reach your goal" What the fuck does that mean?! Anyway enough about that, Alan & Taylor then did Private Idaho-B 52's, Then their friend Mitch did Darlene Love's version of Winter Wonderland. An odd choice for early May I know. There were two other slips that were recieved from strangers that ended up not happening, so that was it for the first rotation. Then I did Hell In A Bucket by Grateful Dead, which was one that I meant to do last week as part of the Lost Classics thing. Alan followed that up with Wichita Lineman, Taylor did Duran Duran's Something I Should Know, then Mitch returned with What's New Pussycat. In honor of Cinco De Mayo, I started the next rotation with Santana's Black Magic Woman, which as it turns out is the only song of theirs I have. I thought I had more. Alan then rocked out Miss You by The Stones, followed by Mitch & Taylor doing Scarborough Fair which was somewhat marred by PA problems(I have it in the shop now). Then Shannon Blackwood, someone I've known for several years, did Sympathy For The Devil. His friend Bruno did something after that(I don't recall what, lost the slip) I started the next rotation with Rollover DJ by Jet, then Alan upped the Rock ante with The Who's The Real Me. Then Taylor was joined by her friend Juan for Don't Go Breaking My Heart(pictured) Mitch did The Lady Is A Tramp, and I think it was at this point the slips dried up, so we took a little break to regroup. After the break, Taylor and I did a version of Stop Dragging My Heart Around, followed by Alan with Cruel To Be Kind, Mitch did You Sexy Thing by Hot Chocolate, then Shannon returned with The Beatles' Taxman. I don't recall what my second to last song was, then Alan did Josie for Steely Dan Time, Mitch did Day-O(pictured) and I wrapped things up with a Spanish version of Gary Puckett's Young Girl as the Oldie From Hell.

Well, I finally stumbled upon the stats page, and it turns out I have been getting some traffic on here. So that's good. I will post the highlights from last night later. No time right now.