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February 2, 2007

Thusday Night Karaoke in C@L

Quick hits on the karaoke scene last night at Ozzie's in Queen Anne

I dragged my tired, lousy, out-of-shape ass to Ozzie's in Lower Queen Anne ("The LQA" to the locals, errr, or just me) last night to join some friends for karaoke and some drinks. (I mention the tired/ lousy/ out-of-shape thing because I met them immediately following a soccer game, a game which confirmed that I'm not quite match fit.) Good times at Ozzie's, as always. That's the thing about the karaoke -- even if you're not really in the mood for it, you can trust that 60 percent of the people in the joint definitely are. That is, even if you're cold, tired, and semi-cross from having run around a semi-frozen field in a losing effort against the team you like least in your co-rec soccer league, going to karaoke will brighten your mood. And why not: it's a party! People are drinking and singing -- tough not to smile and start drinking and singing along.

What you need to know about last night's sojourn to Ozzie's:

American Idol Impact: I can only imagine that the success of American Idol has increased nationwide interest in karaoke. This is only a theory, but I think it's pretty safe to say that more people are excited about trying out their chops in public as a result of American Idol -- it just might be their first step on the way to greatness! (Uh huh.)

Ozzie's + Thursday = Bachelorette Party: a buddy was joking that the bachelorette party usually rolls in between 10:30 and 11. That is, a Thursday does not pass without the appearance of a bachelorette party at Ozzie's karaoke. Well, he was only half right -- they showed up, but not until 11:20. Sigh. Oh so predictable. There they were, spraying their phermones and making a scene. Said appearance led me to give the speech where I compare and contrast the bachelor party and the bachelorette party (it's an important component of my ongoing lecture series "What I Think About Stuff"). I would summarize it here, but it's not very friendly and might lead people to think I was insensitive! And we couldn't have that! Also, it's worth noting that the pack of bottom-feeding 24-year-old single dudes were on the bachelorette party WITHIN MINUTES of their arrival. Two of said dudes were wearing aviator shades indoors. Kids today.

Worst Beastie Boys-related moment of the evening: one of the dudes in our group got up to do "Fight For Your Right To Party." Okay, cool enough -- it's a simple song, everyone can shout the words, should be fun. Only once he got up there, it was immediately evident that he didn't actually know the song. I don't mean "he didn't have it memorized," I mean "he had no idea how it went." What are you thinking? You can get away with this if it's an obscure song that the crowd doesn't know, but "Fight For Your Right"? Who doesn't know that? And if you don't know it, why pick it? This led to a scenario where the crowd was actually singing the song correctly and he was consistently off by half a measure. Also, he was shouting. And I don't think it was on purpose. At least our table thought it was funny.

Best Beastie Boys-related moment of the evening: the two emcees from Ozzie's gave the performance of the evening on "Get It Together," which ironically followed "Fight For Your Right" by about five minutes. "Get It Together" is one of those songs (a) to which I know 95 percent of the words and (b) I absolutely adore shouting (also in this category is "Ruby Soho" by Rancid, which they were playing as an interlude between songs). The house emcees -- a guy and girl -- totally knocked it out of the park on "Get It Together," alternating verses, staggering their breathing to nail the really long wordy parts, and even adding little sound effects and giggles where appropriate. Made the whole night.

Like she's the cheese and I'm the macaroni(!).

Posted by thatkid at February 2, 2007 11:07 AM under C@L , ThatKid

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