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sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 9 hours ago

I take karaoke rules seriously

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I take karaoke rules seriously

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sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 9 hours ago
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  • brown567@sh.itjust.works
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    Reminds me of Michael Buble’s cover of “Santa Baby” where he changed it to “Santa Buddy” to make it less gay(?) and it absolutely did not do that.

  • Grail@multiverse.soulism.net
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    I didn’t really understand the song Take Me To Church on an emotional level until I heard Annapantsu’s gay woman cover. Then it all made sense.

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    If it’s worth belting out, it’s worth ignoring your gender and sexuality for imo

  • caboose2006@lemmy.world
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    What if I’m a straight man singing Melissa Ethridge? Haha! Checkmate!

  • eestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    I am allowed to change the song to make it more gay.

    • DontRedditMyLemmy@lemmy.world
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      Approved

  • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Oh that?

    Don’t need to gender bend shit.

    cracks neck

    hits play

    …

    steady and simple surf guitar riff

    rolling drum crescendo

    GIRL!

    I wanna take you to a gay bar!

    I wanna take you to a gay bar, gay bar, gay bar!

    • Croquette@sh.itjust.works
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      I was delighted when I went to a Korean karaoke, and on the machine, Gay Bar from Electric Six was there.

      One of my best memories.

    • NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world
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      Let’s start a war! Let’s start a nuclear war! At the gay bar, gay bar, GAY BAR!

      guitar

      • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        Which is the line they had to actually censor in the radio and music video, because this was 2003 and everyone was still in post 9/11 - pre Iraq 2 “and I’m proud to be an American/freedom fries” style insanity.

        The FCC can suck on my cock and choke on my balls.

    • Jarix@lemmy.world
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      Thanks superstar

      • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        Just doing my best to make Gaybraham Lincoln proud, lol.

  • wer2@lemmy.zip
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    Sooo… No to “I Kissed a Boy and I liked it”?

    • SkyezOpen@lemmy.world
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      By all means go right ahead! https://youtu.be/-oi4yKFOLcg

    • JasonDJ@lemmy.zip
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      If you do that, then next time around you have to sing “Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy”.

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  • Sanctus@anarchist.nexus
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    Its the law, now serenade us with the tale of how Joleen took your man.

    • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      Jack White was man enough to sing it as it is, 15+ years ago:

      https://youtube.com/watch?v=yXlULkwhgrc

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        John McCrea it 32 years ago https://youtu.be/i6BKeODv7Yc

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      Okay, but can we still do the alternate lyrics where Jolene is some kind of eldritch horror?

      🎶 He screams about you in his sleep
      And when he wakes does not but weep
      In terror, of the one they call Jolene. 🎵

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        Not genderbending 👍

      • whats_a_lemmy@midwest.social
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        More!

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          🎵 Blackening the summer skies
          With burning wings and countless eyes
          We tremble at the sight of you, Jolene 🎶

  • JustARegularNerd@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    What about gay love songs?

    I kissed a boy and I liked it, the taste of his cherry ChapStick. I kissed a boy just to try it, I hope my girlfriend don’t mind it.

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      Lesbians who sing it get to be bisexual for the next three minutes.

    • CelloMike@lemmy.world
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      Put this on our (gay) wedding playlist to confuse everyone, went very well

      Stacy’s Dad

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        Literally cannot hear the original anymore without singing these lyrics, Sub Radio messed me up so bad (and I love it)

        Also definitely adding it to our wedding playlist to sow confusion, such a good idea!

      • YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today
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        ménage a garage

        💀💀💀

    • red_tomato@lemmy.world
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      Gay love songs stay gay love songs.

    • LadyMeow@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      Isnt it I kissed a girl by Katy Perry? I did see several sorta covers for I kissed a boy…

      • JustARegularNerd@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        Yes, I just already genderbent it in my comment.

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    There’s a song called Spooky (originally by Classic IV) where one of the lines is him proposing to the girl on Halloween. There’s a couple covers made by girls: the first one is aligned to the girl’s POV where she gets proposed to, but the second one has the girl proposing to him, which is way more based imo

    • sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyzOP
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      Is it that one that ends like

      You’re so SPOOOOOKAAAAY

      SPOOOOOKAAAAYYY

      SPOOOOOOKAAAAYYYUHHH

      • FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world
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        Yea, that sounds right lmao

  • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
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    At first I was afraid, I was petrified…

  • NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone
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    Is it gay if I pretend to straddle a battleship cannon while performing “If I Could Turn Back Time”?

    • Captain_Buddha@lemmy.world
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      Not if you’re wearing the strappy leather outfit to match, no.

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        Damn I knew I did something wrong

  • irelephant [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    There was a cover of a song playing one time, and the singer didn’t genderbend it and I felt like cheering.

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    Not gender bending lyrics about your relationship with others is one thing, but misgendering yourself is another. I’m sorry, but Luke Combs calling himself a “checkout girl” in that cover of “Fast Car” just doesn’t sound right.

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