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Sunday, June 19, 2005

Karaoke

Karaoke means "empty orchestra". In other words, karaoke is the music without the lead singer, and it's said that started in Kobe, Japan, in the late 1970's.

Originally available only on karaoke cassette tapes, karaoke moved into CDs, finally incorporating videos and graphic images along with on-screen text prompts of the song's lyrics.

It would be crazy to come all the way to Japan and not sing karaoke!

Enjoy a short video of my first karaoke in Japan! (and I hope you don't mind having your eardrums blown up by our melodious voices!)

3 Comments:

  • If this is not the funniest video clip of the year, then nothing else is!!! Joseph rocks (when he is not singing), Eddie, well, he is Eddie, Giancarlo, hmm , after pecked by the crow I have serious doubts about his voice (he inheritated the crows voice for sure). As for the rest, yet I have to see the, or better hear them in action. To complete the quote of Giacrowlo "It will be crazy to come all the way to Japan and not try Karaoke - but if you listen to this group singing Alanis you are more crazy!!!"

    By Blogger The Furui Man, at 10:22 PM  

  • C'mon! Feeling envious because the songs of your childhood didn't have lyrics? You know, Beethoven, Bach, Mozart et al did never compose music for karaoke... Too sad you were too old when R&R was born...

    By Blogger Giancarlo, at 10:18 AM  

  • Hahahahaha, Mozart is more close to my age, I guess!!! Good one!

    By Blogger The Furui Man, at 10:22 AM  

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