Tell Me All Your Blorbos.

[rionaleonhart]

Went to karaoke again, so I was finally able to belt out the chorus of 'Stacy's Mom', which had been trapped inside me since the song got cut off last time!

My housemate's boss was present for this particular karaoke session and had never heard 'Stacy's Mom' before, so I got to watch his expression of dawning delighted horror as he realised what the song is about.

My other song choices were 'The Call' by the Backstreet Boys, 'Whenever, Wherever' by Shakira and 'Baby One More Time' by Britney Spears, but my favourite was actually someone else's pick that I joined in on: 'Complicated' by Avril Lavigne. I hadn't thought about that song in so long, but it's so much fun to sing!

One member of our party sang 'Memory' from Cats so powerfully I nearly cried, but it was hard to be too intimidated when we were all having so much fun. It also helped to ease the intimidation that we had two microphones, so, unless you picked a song nobody else knew (or, as in the case of that 'Memory' performance, you stunned everyone else into silence), you weren't going to be singing solo.

A person I'd first met at the last karaoke session greeted me with 'Hey! Have you been writing any fanfiction lately?' I explained that I'd got really into Lost and mentioned that my favourite character was Jack. She physically recoiled in horror, then said, consolingly, 'I get it; we're getting to the age where, the grosser the middle-aged man, the more appealing they are.' I had to confess that I'd been this way since I was sixteen.

Am I going to make a habit of this? It's definitely a lot of fun to sing for a couple of hours, then have a meal and chat about fandom with all of the delightful nerds who came along to karaoke. There were multiple people with Pokémon tattoos present. My housemate's boss listened, patient but confused, while the table tried to explain why 5 November is Bonfire Night in the UK and DestielPutinElection Day everywhere else. It was a good day.

(EDIT: Just realised that, during the karaoke, I was the same age to the day as Jack Shephard at the start of Lost. I had a much better day than he did.)

Comments

[simplecoffee]

Truly excellent song choices! You have great taste. :D My girlfriend and I have been very into the original Man from UNCLE TV show this year, and have taken to singing "Robert Vaughn has got it going on!" whenever he's on screen.

Also, if you haven't heard the utterly delightful Stacy's Dad version by Sub-Radio, you're in for a treat!

[wolfy_writing]

Oh that sounds like a lot of fun and a good time out! I would definitely encourage doing it again on at least a semi-regular basis, since you enjoy it so much.

[necrophilia]

DestielPutinElection Day

I— What?

[deemoyza]

Oh, that sounds like so much fun, and your song selections are awesome!

I've always wanted to try karaoke, but I'm afraid I can't carry a tune to save my life! XD

[caramarie]

I am jealous of your karaoke adventures! I have been so deprived lately.

The one time I tried to sing Complicated I realised I didn't know how it went nearly as well as I thought I did.

[i_wish_to_remain_nameless]

I'm glad to hear you were able to meet those other fandom people who do karaoke again.

[sushiflop]

I can't believe DestielPutinElection Day was even real and I was present for it. I think my favorite meme at the time went something like "turning to election coverage for solace from the tension and drama of fandom reporting."

[apiphile]

Oh, classics.

'I get it; we're getting to the age where, the grosser the middle-aged man, the more appealing they are.'

Speaking as a gross middle-aged man... ew.

[scytale]

One member of our party sang 'Memory' from Cats so powerfully I nearly cried, but it was hard to be too intimidated when we were all having so much fun.

:O That is an impressive song to sing! And aww, that sounds like a good karaoke run (and omg at your boss's horror at Stacy's Mom. ;D).

' I explained that I'd got really into Lost and mentioned that my favourite character was Jack. She physically recoiled in horror,

I laughed. ;D And the fandom chatter sounds lovely!

[aestivalis]

(EDIT: Just realised that, during the karaoke, I was the same age to the day as Jack Shephard at the start of Lost. I had a much better day than he did.)

Can you really say your day was better, though? Tell me the truth: how many lives did you save?

(Michael just came stumbling out of the jungle after a ten thousand year absence from proceedings! Lost is saved! Also some other stuff happened and Henry is now "Henry in scare quotes".)

[facethestrange]

OMG, there's at least one other person who managed to have never heard Stacy's Mom! I know what it is about though, lol. I just always keep hearing about it on the internet so I assumed it was a classic from the 70s or something, and eventually I learned that it came out when I was 19, so I've been baffled ever since that somehow I never encountered the actual song anywhere. I could just play it on youtube right now... I did. Didn't sound familiar at all (I thought maybe somehow I knew the song separately and the lyrics separately, but nope), but at least I've heard it now! xD

Whenever, Wherever and Complicated = ♡♡♡ One of the best years of my life, 2002. :)

"It's definitely a lot of fun to sing for a couple of hours, then have a meal and chat about fandom with all of the delightful nerds who came along to karaoke."
Sounds like heaven tbh! :D

"Just realised that, during the karaoke, I was the same age to the day as Jack Shephard at the start of Lost. I had a much better day than he did."
Aw, you missed your chance of going to the Island, tho!