# If you open the thread you must respond - Straight Dope Karaoke! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 8, 2005, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-open-the-thread-you-must-respond-straight-dope-karaoke/334700 "2005-12-08T16:47:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-open-the-thread-you-must-respond-straight-dope-karaoke/334700/1 "2005-12-08T16:47:51Z")
You are informed that your loved ones - parents, kids, pets, Play Station are being held by ruthless murderers. Unless you perform a song at _Chez Straight Dope_ tonight they will be murdered/have their warranty voided. What song you gonna do and why? For me _24 Hours From Tulsa_ because I am not a woman and can’t do _Anyone Who Had a Heart_. A relatively simple vocal laid over one of the best arrangements in pop history. Maybe I can hide behind the quality of the song. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-open-the-thread-you-must-respond-straight-dope-karaoke/334700/2 "2005-12-08T16:51:08Z")
I’d get one of the fine Doper Chix and do a totally cheesy rendition of _Total Eclipse of the Heart_. It’s cheesy, Karaoke is cheesy goodness. Would you like some extra Velveeta with that? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-open-the-thread-you-must-respond-straight-dope-karaoke/334700/3 "2005-12-08T16:53:10Z")
_Thoughtless,_ by Korn. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-open-the-thread-you-must-respond-straight-dope-karaoke/334700/4 "2005-12-08T16:54:06Z")
Delta Dawn, because it’s easy and I can do a flawless imitation of Helen Reddy’s voice. Or Total Eclipse of the Heart with **Shibb**. Dang, I wish someone would kidnap my loved ones now! ---
**Author:** ![Noodles\_Fellicini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e36b37/32.png) [@Noodles\_Fellicini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noodles_Fellicini)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-open-the-thread-you-must-respond-straight-dope-karaoke/334700/5 "2005-12-08T16:57:06Z")
Snow in July by Chris Gaines. I’m sure I would be as fabulous on stage as I am in the car. ---
**Author:** ![phall0106](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phall0106/32/5934_2.png) [@phall0106](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phall0106)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-open-the-thread-you-must-respond-straight-dope-karaoke/334700/6 "2005-12-08T17:04:44Z")
> [@Dung Beetle](#): > > Delta Dawn, because it’s easy and I can do a flawless imitation of Helen Reddy’s voice. Or Total Eclipse of the Heart with **Shibb**. > > Dang, I wish someone would kidnap my loved ones now! Wasn’t Delta Dawn done by Tanya Tucker??? I’d just hum. ---
**Author:** ![Grasshopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f19dbf/32.png) [@Grasshopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grasshopper)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-open-the-thread-you-must-respond-straight-dope-karaoke/334700/7 "2005-12-08T17:07:45Z")
Just a small town girl Living in her lonely world. She took the midnight train, going An-eeee-wheere. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-open-the-thread-you-must-respond-straight-dope-karaoke/334700/8 "2005-12-08T17:14:34Z")
Big wheel keep on turnin’. Carry me home to see my kin. Singin’ songs about the southland, I miss Alabama once again and I think it’s a sin. ---
**Author:** ![quadruple\_u](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/c89c15/32.png) [@quadruple\_u](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quadruple_u)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-open-the-thread-you-must-respond-straight-dope-karaoke/334700/9 "2005-12-08T17:17:00Z")
There is… a house… in New Orleans They caaaaaall the Rising Sun And its been the ruin of many a poor boy And God… I know… I’m one ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-open-the-thread-you-must-respond-straight-dope-karaoke/334700/10 "2005-12-08T17:19:47Z")
“Why God Why?” from _Miss Saigon_. Although I usually murder songs and leave the bodies mutilated beyond recognition, this is a tune that I can handle pretty well, at least with the acoustics of a shower stall to help me. Of course, I could always cheat and do a fine version of Lorne Greene’s “Ringo”. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-open-the-thread-you-must-respond-straight-dope-karaoke/334700/11 "2005-12-08T17:26:23Z")
I will start singing “Starlight Express” the German cast CD. Within the hour, they will be paying me to stop. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-open-the-thread-you-must-respond-straight-dope-karaoke/334700/12 "2005-12-08T17:27:16Z")
My standard “I’ve never been here before” karaoke tune is “Son of a Preacher Man.” Though I could make it through “Total Eclipse” if I was drunk enough. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-open-the-thread-you-must-respond-straight-dope-karaoke/334700/13 "2005-12-08T17:30:40Z")
The old stand-by… _Rio_ by Duran Duran Seriously! ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-open-the-thread-you-must-respond-straight-dope-karaoke/334700/14 "2005-12-08T17:34:49Z")
take your pick Linda Rondstadt’s cover of **Hurts So Bad** almost anything by _Stephen Sondheim_ Jane Oliver’s **Come In From The Rain** and just for ShibbOleth: \*\*Total Eclipse Of The Heart \*\* (but I’d need a lyrics sheet for that one) ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-open-the-thread-you-must-respond-straight-dope-karaoke/334700/15 "2005-12-08T17:36:18Z")
> [@phall0106](#): > > Wasn’t Delta Dawn done by Tanya Tucker??? > > I’d just hum. they both did it - but Helen Reddy’s came first She also did the spooky **Angie, Baby** ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-open-the-thread-you-must-respond-straight-dope-karaoke/334700/16 "2005-12-08T17:38:21Z")
It’s actually odd, I’ve been to many a karaoke night, and my friends and I actualyl had karaoke parties at our place (with either the Karaoke Revolution game or a plug in for winamp that puts Karoke lyrics on a tv,) but I’ve never really had a song that is mine. One I always sing at any given chance. Though according to some sources, I do a kickass version of Under the Sea, from The Little Mermaid. But I think I’ll actually go with “Under Pressure,” or “Summer of '69.” Gotta stick with the karaoke classics. ---
**Author:** ![Greywolf73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d9b06d/32.png) [@Greywolf73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greywolf73)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-open-the-thread-you-must-respond-straight-dope-karaoke/334700/17 "2005-12-08T17:39:00Z")
I’m singing the one and only song that I can sing completely on pitch. No idea why it’s this song, but it is. Pure Prairie League: AMY _Amy what you wanna do? I think I could stay with you For a while, maybe longer Longer if I doooooooooo…_ ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-open-the-thread-you-must-respond-straight-dope-karaoke/334700/18 "2005-12-08T17:44:21Z")
_You are the dancing queen, young and sweet, only seventeen Dancing queen, feel the beat from the tambourine … OH YEAAAAAAAAH!!! You can dance … you can jiiiiive … having the time of your life! See that girl, watch that scene, dig in the dancing queen._ pant pant pant ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-open-the-thread-you-must-respond-straight-dope-karaoke/334700/19 "2005-12-08T17:47:19Z")
I shall belt out the extended version of **Fancy** by Reba McEntire. _It felt like someone else was asking Mama what do I do? Just be nice to the gentlemen, Fancy They’ll be nice to you_ ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-open-the-thread-you-must-respond-straight-dope-karaoke/334700/20 "2005-12-08T17:49:52Z")
“Don’t Take the Girl,” simply because I love to over-countryify the accents in country music. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-open-the-thread-you-must-respond-straight-dope-karaoke/334700.md?page=2)