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)
Too Cool For Karaoke's Details
Status:
Single
Zodiac Sign:
Virgo
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NOVEMBER 3RD: KARAOKE OBSCURA hosted by Pants! NOVEMBER 10TH: GUILTY PLEASURES/ELECTION NIGHT NOVEMBER 17TH: STRIP KARAOKE/ELECTION RESULTS Best disrobing singer splits door donations with Susan G Komen Breast Cancer research! 1st ten boys OR girls to signup can compete (single performers or groups allowed) and perform one song for the contest (make sure we have it or give us advanced warning to maybe get the song you want to do). Get there early! No visible naughty bits but tassle twirling is encouraged. Loudest crowd reaction takes home half of the door donations! NOVEMBER 21ST: TOO COOL FOR ALL-AGES KARAOKE RETURNS TO THE RUBY KITCHEN New location! Right in front of the Ruby Room (1271 University Ave in Hillcrest) and upstairs, kids of all ages will be singing loud and proud! Just $5.00 or free for diners and humans under 12 years of age!!! NOVEMBER 24TH: GIRL YOU KNOW IT'S, GIRL YOU KNOW IT'S hosted by Pants! (your friend sings offstage while you lipsync) DECEMBER 8th: MIDNIGHT MORRISSEY CONTEST/AFTERPARTY What better way to celebrate our 2nd Anniversary than bring back our first contest!? 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
THE RUBY ROOM (EX-SDSC W/NEW MGMT)
1271 UNIVERSITY AVENUE IN HILLCREST
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)
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