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| Since it appears that certain musky fishing peeps enjoy Karaoke, here is a little background info....
*1971-Daisuke Inoue creates the "8-Juke, a wooden box that combined a microphone, amplifier and 8 track tape player
*Karaoke-Japanese for "empty orchestra"
*80 per cent of the time, a break down in a machine is caused by bugs
*The original company name was Crescent; they started w/ 11 machines and rented them out to local bars, where peeps paid 100 yen, or about 80 cents to hear a tune
*W/in 3 years large companies began to develope their own machines...by the time he thought about a patent, it was too late; he fought them until 1987, then stopped
*Japans #1 karaoke crooner is a girl, Yumiko Fujii
*Considered by many to be Japans most insidious export since GODZILLA...
Next time you peeps are out, pay homage to this exciting form of entertainment, and respect those brave enough to actually participate![;)] [:sun:] | |
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| Spone: pretty interesting stuff. Here's a little more:
The word ‘karaoke’ comes from ‘kara’, empty (as in karate – empty hand) and ‘oke’(short for okesutora), orchestra. Rather than including both vocals and music, karaoke tracks only have the music.
In Japan, the most popular songs are by Elvis Presley and the Beatles. | |
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| I never cease to marvel at the insight and knowledge posses by musky hunters....[;)] | |
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| Here's a caution that could have saved me lots of embarrassment on Saturday night at Dooley's after the Musky Show: Make SURE you know all the lyrics well, and not just able to sing along with the familiar parts of a song, before attempting to do it in public.
I tried to do Bill Wither's Rock Classic "Use Me" and discovered that there are no low vocals on that track, and the tempo is MUCH FASTER than Widespread Panic's (also classic) cover of the song. Unfortunately, this song didn't have the "yellowing out" of the lyrics to indicate what gets sung when, and I got stuck not knowing when to start...
So after about the first 20 seconds of lyrics, I was standing there trying to find a good spot to jump in. I gave up after about half the song, even though the guy running the karoeke equipment was desparately trying to help me out!
Next time: KC and the Sunshine Band: Shake Your Booty
That one I can get through blindfolded...
Later,
Papa Joe | |
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