KARAOKE RECAPS: MAY 19-JUNE 6

[Note: Due to technical difficulties, I lost a few weeks worth of karaoke recaps.]

THURSDAY, MAY 19, MUTZ, 7 SONGS
Star Wars Cantina--Mark Jonathan Davis, The Saga Begins--Weird Al Yankovic, Yoda--Weird Al Yankovic--All duets with Noel. We were fresh from seeing Ep 3. Had to do 'em all. The 56 measure break during "Cantina" is ridiculous. We can only quote the movies so many times! Bumped "Saga" down a key, and "Yoda" down 3 keys.
One More Minute--Weird Al Yankovic--19th time singing it, it's now my all-time leader.
Marijuanaville--David Alan Coe--Received a nice compliment for my off-stage bong hit bit.
NEW--Gay Wedding--Ducksoup--Reworking of Billy Idol's "White Wedding". Duet with David. A couple of months ago he did this with his then-boyfriend, I suggested the change at the last second, and they went with it. This time we changed a few more lyrics, so I'll count it as one of my parodies. I'm no Jon Ginoli, but I do my best.
Man! I Love Karaoke!--Ducksoup--Requested by Noel. Hadn't sung this since last summer. I've been wanting to update some of the references, but I only had the original lyrics on me. Good reception, except for some D.C. right up front who heckled me throughout. I so wanted to kick the bitch in the fucking teeth! It's called a PARODY, you retard! Weird Al made a career of it. Rent a clue!

SATURDAY, MAY 21, MUTZ, 5 SONGS
It's Been Awhile--Staind--Wanted to start the night with one I hadn't done for awhile. Noel picked the obvious.
Drinkin' Bone--Tracy Byrd--Another I hadn't done for awhile.
Volcano--Jimmy Buffett--Yet another I hadn't done for awhile. Then again, I haven't done "Margaritaville" for awhile either. Been too busy doing "Marijuanaville".
Love Shack--The B-52's--Duet with Rachael and Alesha. Best rendition of this one yet. Sadly it wasn't enough to get me and Sam in their pants...
Outside (acoustic)--Staind--...which was probably because Micki totally threw a cockblock during this song. (I won't go into details. Suffice to say, I will have my revenge.) I nailed it as usual anyway.

MONDAY, MAY 23, SOUTHWYCK LOUNGE, 2 SONGS
NEW--Garden Party--Ricky Nelson--Picked two new songs to bump my total to 299, in prep for #300, which hopefully will be "Almost" by Bowling For Soup. Get it? 300? Bowling? Gosh, but I'm a clever bastid. If only they had "Take The Skinheads Bowling".
NEW--The Long And Winding Road--The Beatles--Gotta do this one more often. Ended up in a high EVV, but it works. Also further indulges my 'inner drama queen' along with Radiohead and Staind.

SATURDAY, MAY 28, MUTZ, 6 SONGS
Fish Heads--Barnes And Barnes--Duet with Noel. He found it in the book and insisted on opening the night with it. He took the verses, and I of course did my fish head voice on the refrain.
The Long And Winding Road--The Beatles--Drama queen time!
Somewhere Out There--Our Lady Peace--Right at the edge of my high limit, but I nailed it.
Marijuanaville--David Allan Coe--Kay was there, and last time she was there we dueted on "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35" so I had to let her hear this one.
Fake Plastic Trees--Radiohead--This was for Levi, who is moving out of state, so this was his last Saturday at Mutz. I ran the show the last 2 hours, so I made sure to sked Levi as the last singer, and skedded myself next-to-last so I could pass a personal milestone: my 300th different song...
NEW--Take The Skinheads Bowling--Camper Van Beethoven--Turns out they DO have it! But it's mistakenly listed under V for "Van Beethoven", as if it were a person's name. Oy. Anyhoo, worked very well. There were a couple of guys near the 'stage' with shaved heads and they both got into the song, so that was a nice bonus.

MONDAY, MAY 30, SOUTHWYCK LOUNGE, 3 SONGS
Take The Skinheads Bowling--Camper Van Beethoven--An encore of #300 for the SWL crowd.
NEW--Runnin' Down A Dream--Tom Petty--Couldn't decide on #301. Set out a few slips, Micki picked this one. I was gonna keep doing the 'woo-oo's at the end, but after a minute or two Micki got tired of them and just stopped the song cold. I was like, "Hey, you picked it!"
NEW--Under The Bridge--Red Hot Chili Peppers--#302. It's about damn time I got around to this. Of course, unlike everyone else I've heard do this, I do the ridiculously high, reminiscent-of-my-mom "UNDER THE BRIDGE DOWNTOWN!!!" part near the end. Since I did the rest of the song straight, this was nicely jarring to everyone listening.

FRIDAY, JUNE 3, BIER STUBE, 4 SONGS
NEW--Green Haze--Elvis Hitler--My tribute to Eddie Albert, who died the week before. It's simply the music of "Purple Haze" combined with the lyrics to the "Green Acres" theme song. Went okay for the first time.
One More Minute--Weird Al Yankovic--One of my nephews and his wife showed up, so I wanted to finally whip out some of my A material for relatives. Had to use a real fork instead of a plastic one this time, which concerned me some, but I did get the nice, satisfying sound of it bouncing off whatever it hit when I tossed it.
You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'--The Righteous Brothers--Duet with Noel. Fat Bastard put this in but then didn't show for his turn, so we got drafted. Not bad, but Noel needs to practice it some before we try it again.
NEW--Feel Like Making Love--Bad Company--These three guys called me up to help out on it, at first I did backing vocals and improvised some harmony parts, but by the end of the song they had me doing the lead, so let's count this as #304.

SATURDAY, JUNE 4, MUTZ, 3 SONGS
NEW--Another One Rides The Bus--Weird Al Yankovic--After my 8-hour TARTA odyssey (see previous post) I had to do this. However, the track was completely fucked up. Not a complete surprise, as it turns out it's from the same disc as the fucked up track to "She Drives Like Crazy" and the fucked up lyrics on "Yoda" (i.e. Obi-Juan). Note to self: Avoid songs numbered 860-**.
Detachable Penis--King Missile--A bachelorette party had a 5-foot-tall inflatable penis in tow, and they graciously let me use it as a prop during this song. I gotta say, of all the partners I've teamed up with in my karaoke history, this was the most successful, best-received pairing ever. They asked me to sign it too, so I graced it with my usual Kilroy, right in my own personal favorite spot.
Green Haze--Elvis Hitler--This time, I added an alternate version of the first verse during the second half of the song, borrowing the Stiffs.com blurb. Concept: If we could hear Eddie singing to us from beyond: "Green Acres *was* the place to be | Farm living *was* the life for me | But my friends, now that I have died | Keep Manhattan, just give me formaldehyde."
Bad night for me. Didn't get any songs in after 12. Just sat around the rest of the night sweating.

MONDAY, JUNE 6, SOUTHWYCK LOUNGE, 2 SONGS
NEW--Give A Little Bit--Supertramp/Goo Goo Dolls--Had 3 new songs to pick from, put it to popular vote. Not bad, but not great either.
Green Haze--Elvis Hitler--Added a couple more elements: Traced a square in the air on the "Times Square" line; did the pitchfork take (Bomp bomp) with the mic stand at one point; and after one more "Green Acres, we are there" toward the end, I reworked a line from "Are You Experienced": "Not necessarily green, but...beautiful." This is getting so good I might just keep it in my regular rotation.