Sunday, 3 June 2012

Rant 155 3/6/12 Subject: Karaoke

Rant number 154


Today was Jubilee day.
Now don't get me wrong - there are plenty of things I could (and probably will) say on the subject. None the less, I shall not pander to popular consensus and shall stick to the norm - ipso facto: ranting about what bugged me most, not what bugged me most topically.

Today, as prophesied in yesterdays rant I had to do my 10th (and thankfully final) march of the weekend. It was cold, it was rainy - it was: in a simple word... grim. But that's not what I'm going to talk about (particularly as I covered most of my points on the subject yesterday.)

Afterwards, I had a couple of hours to kill and so me and some other band members wandered on down to the local watering hole for a few.
Now to start off with, there was some quiet background music - which was spot on, as we had various insults to trade and subjects to discuss.

A short while later, some jubilee festivities were to kick off - which meant that the music got a little louder. I wasn't in the mood, but it really didn't bother me much at all.

Until...

The real music disappeared and the Karaoke began.

I really hate to listen to Karaoke, its terrible.

It encourages those who just can't sing, to try - and in public. Gone of the days where people sung into their hair brushes in the shower to prevent everyones embarrassment.  Now its all about getting themselves on stage - to try and fill the void of talent in their souls.

The whole thing is a bit of a sick joke. Even those with genuine talent seem awful with the terrible backing tracks and the lyrics running by on screen. Those without - well. It's just awful.

It's also inspired all of the terrible bloody TV talent shows, which says a lot doesn't it!

I hate Karaoke!

Rant over.

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