I had such a fun time, despite the fact that I had no voice for most of the time. Here when you book a karaoke room all the drinks you want are free (well, the ones from the 3 or 4 page menu they give you) so we kept ordering vodka and ginger beers hehe. I've only known these people for a max of 2 weeks, but tonight it felt like they've been my friends for ages, we had such a great time! There ended up being 9 of us (7 instructors from Aus (2), the US (2), Canada (1) and the UK (2), and 2 Japanese NOVA staff from our branch) in this little karaoke room.
From left: a Japanese staff member who changed branches before I arrived, so I'd never met her before tonight and can't remember her name, Stev'o (UK), Carrie (Aus), Sherman (Canada) and Mayumi (from our branch). Not pictured: Cheryl (US), Sara (US), me and another guy I'd never met from the UK. I should have got more photos but my phone ran out of batteries after these two.
And my tori group - remember back in Brisbane when we went karaoke-ing there were only about 8 or 9 rooms in the whole place? Well walking around this place felt like walking around a mansion - hallways off hallways filled with karaoke rooms!! I think we were in room 41 or something...
Anyway, so by the end of the night, I'd sung to:
Wuthering Heights - Kate Bush (a duet with Stev'o - he's British and a Kate fan!) - but my voice lost it's higher registers, so I had to sing it low - felt so wrong, or like I was in that British Ukulele Choir that covered that song! Next time I will have my voice back and will be able to sing it properly!! but I was still able to do the "waving" she does at the end of the filmclip heehee)
Closer - Nine Inch Nails (with Sara and Carrie)- lol everyone else was a bit shocked at the lyrics.
Bizarre Love Triangle - New Order
Big Spender - Shirley Bassey (duet with Sara)
Sweet Dreams - Eurythmics (group song)
Ashes to Ashes - David Bowie - this was the last of the songs I chose, and I was able to finish singing it just before racing for my last train
They didn't have any Tori though - not a single song!
Anyway, despite barely having a voice I had an awesome night, we did lots of dancing on the seats to the songs, and shouted our lungs out! I shudder to think what my voice will sound like tomorrow though - and I have 8 lessons to teach!
So there you have it - my first Japanese karaoke experience!
4 comments:
Karaoke in Japan is way better than any karaoke I've been to back in Oz. Also, next time try some lemon chuhai, it's quite good.
Oooh we had a going away party for my uncle and his missus last weekend (they're moving to Japan! lol funny that.. although she is Japanese so yeah, you get that) - and we hired this karaoke machine.
TORI WAS ON IT!!!!
Only one song - A Sorta Fairytale ;)
If I'd been less drunk maybe I would've tried it.
lemon chuhai - will try it! and yes, I'm not sure whether it was because I was doing it with people I'd only really just met, but i sang so much more than i did in Brisbane!
Aimee - they had 2 tori songs in Brisbane (although one was apparently by Tom Amos :P)... The video for Cornflake Girl was filmed at a fish market - lol yes, cause that song makes me think of fish markets :S
Hey gorgeous!
Love your karaoke stylings. We gotta do that more often! Loves et x
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