Our songlist. Thousands of well-known karaoke standards plus everything else from A to Z: Ldn by Lily Allen, Last Goodbye by Jeff Buckley, Tequila by the Champs, Punk Rock Girl by Dead Milkmen, Gay Bar by Electric 6, Rockafella Skank by Fatboy Slim, Are You Ready For The Sex Girls by Gleaming Spires, Stars Are Blind by Paris Hilton, Number Of The Beast by Iron Maiden, Love Will Tear Us Apart by Joy Division, It's Not Easy Being Green by Kermit thee Frog, My Little Red Book by Love, Kick Out The Jams by the MC5, Don't Look Back In Anger by Oasis, The Killing Moon by Pavement(?!), Don't Stop Me Now by Queen, The Bends by Radiohead, There Is A Light That Never Goes Out by the Smiths, 20th Century Boy by T Rex, Teenage Kicks by the Undertones, Sunday Morning by Velvet Underground, Hallelujah by Rufus Wainwright, Senses Working Overtime by XTC, Don't Go by Yaz, La Grange by ZZ Top and hundreds more!
Heroes
The guy who sings The Greatest Love Of All in Say Anything and Axl Rose for bringing the teleprompter to rock n roll.
YOUR HOSTS ADAM GIMBEL
Unlike most karaoke hosts, Gimbel has actually fronted award-winning bands and it actually happened this century. Besides being one of the only earthlings to continually create unique coverbands (now, there's an oxymoron), his "real" band, Rookie Card won a San Diego Music Award and has opened up for heroes like Violent Femmes and Calexico. He'd never been a fan of karaoke before he started hosting and still isn't sure that he likes it. However, making fun of people, messing with singers and talking about yourself in the third person all adds up to comedy gold, so maybe it ain't all that bad
FAVE KARAOKE TRAX: Tequila, Kick Out The Jams, Flying, the whistling from Patience done by a bad keyboard flute
LEAST FAVORITE KARAOKE TRAX: that one mid-tempo one that's longer than four minutes
BEST KARAOKE MOMENT: Melody Faker karaoke at Reading Festival READ ALL ABOUT IT
OTHER PROJECTS: Rookie Card (I write better songs than you do), Geezer (I am old), Blasphemous Guitars (live mashups are fun), Musical Pursuit (think you know something about music?)
IN THE WORKS: .38 Specials Education PANTS
On the last Tuesday of every month, Pants comes in to guest host. He's never been in a "real" band and, honestly, has no actual music talent whatsoever, but he does have a little bit of razzmatazz and, more importantly, a collection of almost 10,000 karaoke tracks. Once a month, the good and badd songlists are thrown out the window and replaced by the best karaoke songlist you've ever seen in your life, including some homemade creations you won't find anywhere else in town. To see his songlist, CLICK HERE.
FAVE KARAOKE TRAX: Born to Run; anything by Pulp or Bowie; songs sung in the style of Michael McDonald
LEAST FAVORITE KARAOKE TRAX: slow songs, especially after midnight; each and every one of those songs that gets sung every single night at every single karaoke bar everywhere (you know the ones); Creep; also, Pants Hates Repeats!
BEST KARAOKE MOMENTS: Houseboat Karaoke 2005; the invention of Croquaraoke; 7 Miles of RockStar Karaoke (aka Bay to Breakers 2007)
CURRENT PROJECTS: Pants Hates Repeats '08/'09
IN THE WORKS: Guerrilla Karaoke (coming summer of '09); Karaoke Road Trip (destination TBD)
JUNE 23RD: IN THE YEAR 2000, PANTS GUEST HOSTS! Songs about the future! Build your own robot! JUNE 30th: THE RETURN OF TOO COOL FOR AMERICAN IDOL/KARAOKE ELECTION NIGHT starring Adam (who finally watched the show), Dallas McLaughlin, Allison Gill & more! JULY 21: RUBY ROOBY-ROO! OFFICIAL UNOFFICIAL COMIC-CON WEEK KICKOFF PARTY JULY 28: I WANNA PANTS WITH SOMEBODY: DUETS IN A HUGE PAIR OF SWEATPANTS! PANTS GUEST HOSTS WITH THE 10,000 SONG LAPTOP AUGUST 4TH: I OF THE TIGER (ABC'S OF KARAOKE) AUGUST 11TH: PANTS GUEST HOSTS AUGUST 18TH: WOODSTOCK 40TH ANNIVERSARY AUGUST 25TH: GOTHIC VOLUNTEER ALLIANCE BENEFIT Contestants face off at 10pm for drink related prizes & bragging rights.
SING GOOD SONGS (BADLY)!
SING BAD SONGS FOR CHARITY!
NOMINATE, ELECT & BAN SONGS!
NIGHTLY CONTESTS! COVER ME BADD presents
TOO COOL FOR KARAOKE
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FREE! FREE! FREE!
Tired of the same ol' karaoke stuff? We've got lotsa Smiths, Ramones, Blondie, Oasis, Clash, Patsy, Bowie, Britpop, new wave and the best of the usual classic rock, country, oldies, metal, standards, soul, pop, rap and whatever else you can think of. Sing thousands of great songs for free OR you can sing bad songs for charity. If we have to watch you air guitar "Freebird" for nine minutes and eight seconds, then you have to pay $9.08 and half of the money will go to the San Diego Music Foundation which sponsors music education in public schools. Nominate songs to be promoted, demoted or banned forever.
OUR THREE TYPES OF SONGS
1. THE GOOD. They made karaoke versions of Pixies and Muse songs?! Yep. We try to find songs that make you go hmmmm. Plus there's hundreds of the best karaoke "standards" on our list from all eras and music worlds! Sing any of these that you want. They're free. You might disagree about their goodness but you can vote off "good" songs down to the minor leagues. 2. THE BADD. The overplayed. The annoying. The boring ballads. If you want to sing these, you have to pay and we'll donate half of the money to music education charity. If a song is three minutes and 17 seconds, you pay $3.17. Have exact change ready. If you like anything you see here, you can nominate to promote them up to the "good" list on Election Night. 3. THE UGLY. "The Dreaded Ten" are the ten worst, most overplayed songs in karaoke history. Singing any of these songs costs $10.00. Your votes help songs get on the forbidden list alongside Barry Manilow and Sublime. Every few months, we'll ban one song for the period of time known as FOREVER.
Your nominations are counted and, every four months, we'll have a big ELECTION NIGHT where people can sing, campaign and vote on songs! Come on down and start nominating and campaigning!
THINK WE'RE AVAILABLE FOR PARTIES?
You think right, kid. You have to pay us a little but we can ditch the whole "pay to sing" schtick and just have some fun. Just drop us a message with any questions you might have.
TELL US ABOUT UNIQUE KARAOKE NIGHTS AROUND THE WORLD!
If you know about cool karaoke nights in other towns, tell us in our BLOG. Whether it's Britpop karaoke at Popscene in SF or nude karaoke at the Vatican, add us as a friend and we'll make you a top friend if you do the same for us!
WANT TO START "TOO COOL FOR KARAOKE" IN YOUR TOWN?
We were brilliant enough to come up with the idea. Are you brilliant enough to make it happen in YOUR town? Why be like every other karaoke night in town? Ask us how you can start up your own local chapter.
Who I'd like to meet: People not too shy shy to get up and sing karaoke. Hecklers welcome.
hey, friday night is my CD release party @ AC Lounge in North Park (30th & Adams), if you'd like to be added onto the VIP list (you won't have to pay to get in), please let me know!
ps. if you don't have my CD yet, you can download it here :(cut and paste)
.. Too Cool For Karaoke April 09 - San Diego Click the link for pictures (and video) from the "Yacht Rock" karaoke show. External video coming soon. Oh, and 'keep the fire burning tonight....'
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