You clap when a song finishes on the radio
You ever wake up from a sound sleep clapping
Strangers walk up to you in Wal-mart and compliment
you on your
singing
People you don’t know ask, "Aren’t you the karaoke dude?"
You get mad when you are skipped in the rotation
Songs on the radio don’t sound right because Ernest
or Roger
aren’t singing them
You hear a song on the radio and think, that’s number 7-12
You don’t wear "the hat" and nobody knows you
Somebody says, "why don’t we leave early?" and the
whole
crowd gasps(and early is 12:30 am)
You refer to "my list" ten months after you’ve sold out
You find yourself engrossed in the philosophical
ramifications
of "AMERICAN PIE"
You go to a concert and wonder when they’re gonna
call you
up to sing
You go to a concert and all the time you’re thinking "I could
do that"
You write lists like this on the back of karaoke slips
Last call comes and you say "But I’m not through singing yet!"
You’ve ever been taken home passed out in the
back of a 69
Cadillac hearse
You’ve ever ripped the door off a bar
You have laryngitis and you still try to sing
Blue drinks turn you into the INCREDIBLE HULK
You know you’ve got to get up at 6:30 am and you
still close
the bar down
There’s 12 inches of snow on the ground and ice on
the roads
and where are you? THE KARAOKE BAR!
You think "life without the role" are really the words
Someone asks you if you have a slip, and they’re
not talking
about underwear!
Someone is writing "WHAT IF" lists during karaoke
You remember the number of over two songs by memory
You know everybody’s first name-and you don’t
know
what their last names are
You know the location of every motel within five miles of the bar.
You don’t remember the names of any waitresses before Sharon
Peters.
You know the location of every karaoke bar within 50miles of your house.
When you’re not at the karaoke bar by 10:30pm people
start
calling your house to find out what’s wrong.
You would never consider dating someone with a bad voice.
Anything brighter than neon lights hurts your eyes.
Someone suggests going dancing instead and you’re appalled.
Your stock reply is "you mean there’s a bowling alley here."
That commercial on TV that makes fun of karaoke really makes you
mad.
You see karaoke on TV and you think "That’s not the way it’s
done!"
You actually know that karaoke means "empty orchestra."
It feels weird to go to a new karaoke bar and not sit at the "regulars"
table
You get upset when someone else is sitting in your place
You throw up on somebody’s car---and they understand
You get mad when someone sings "your song"
The songs, "LOVE SHACK", "FRIENDS IN LOW PLACES",
and "AMERICAN
PIE" really annoy you (unless of course
YOU want to sing them)
Someone refers to "the longest song in the book" and
you know what
they’re talking about
The word "rotation" no longer conjures up thoughts of tires or sex
You’ve ever browsed the "net" under the heading "KARAOKE"
You’ve ever called a wrecker to take you and your car
to
the KARAOKE bar (hey it was contest night O.K.!)
You think it’s a compliment when someone dedicates
"THE BITCH
IS BACK" to you
A new person who sings well is automatically your friend
Your new best friend is somebody who does the same
type songs as
you
You can’t name five presidents,---BUT you know all the
members
of KISS and the EAGLES
The whole bar yells "OH CRAP" when you’re called to sing
You know the entire intro to "BABY’S GOT BACK"
You start believing your middle name is "lucy" or "louise"
You hear "what’s this fat f---er going to sing?" And
you’re
determined to sing them under the table
Anyone has ever suggested therapy
You’ve ever received an emergency call at the bar
You think you sound better than the origional
You can still sit still after listening to "LOVE SHACK" 5,000 times
Someone throws up because you sang too much ELTON JOHN
You think you can never sing too much ELTON JOHN
Someone suggests an after hours party and you ask "do
you
have a karaoke machine?"
You can’t remember the words to a song you’ve
heard
all your life without "the screen"
You and three other people have sung "FRIENDS IN
LOW PLACES" after
the karaoke has closed down
The first thing you think when you hear a new song
on the radio
is "when is this coming out on karaoke?"
You call the karaoke store and hound them about a disk
You buy a karaoke disk for one song---burning 14 other songs
You try to learn 14 songs you don’t really like
You consider beer a lubricant for your vocal chords
You consider alcohol
to be "Liquid Courage"
It takes you 15 minutes to hug everybody goodbye
Your best friend has to hold you up to sing your last song,
and
you never miss a note (hey it was TWIST OFF night O.K.!)
You can’t sing until you’re nice and toasty
The high point of your week is when your favorite KJ gets
a new disk
You cant stand up or walk but you never miss a note
You feel cheated if they don’t get karaoke started at 9:00 sharp
"bar time"
The term kamikaze has nothing to do with japan or planes
Your house guests get to your house 1-1/2 hours before you do
You’re a woman but you’re still willing to sing the guys
part
You’re a guy but your still willing to sing
Barbara’s
part in "NO MORE TEARS"
You may be a karaoke junkie if you are planning to go to a
new
city and the first thing you do is get on the net
and find out where they have karaoke!