Never been to “actual” karaoke. However, I played Rockband games for about ten years, off and on. That’s karaoke with a score system. And you can also play guitar or drums, but I suck at that? Singing though? That, I can do.
The Final Countdown (Europe). This one’s so fun to sing. It feels like it goes to some 80s movie, but I don’t recall one that features it.
What’s My Age Again? (blink-182). I went into these games not caring for pop punk and emo, but hands down, they’re the most fun to sing by far!
Headphones On (Miranda Cosgrove/iCarly). See above, but pop rock. According to You (Orianthi) is even more fun to sing, but unless the guitarist is warmed up, he’ll have it in for you for the rest of the night if you pick this one early! Headphones On is a great warmup though.
Enter Sandman (Metallica). This one’s upper mid tier for everyone, but everyone loves to play it. Easily the most fun Metallica song to sing. The Black Album was basically their pop record. It’s a legit hard rock/radio metal album (and, not for nothing, but Nothing Else Matters was highly rated by Sir Elton John of all people) but it’s a pop record. It was engineered to go viral and it did. And most of the songs are a blast to sing.
I wish Rockband was still around so we’d get the KPop Demon Hunter songs. I’d sing the shit outta What it Sounds Like or How it’s Done. I wouldn’t object to any song from that soundtrack being picked. You can fake it through the few Korean lines (and hope they’re written out phonetically rather than the symbols). I stood and sang for all the songs in the Sing-Along version in theaters (twice!) and I feel like though I said the Korean words as written, they didn’t come out right.
Aware of it, might even have it installed. Nice thing about YARG is, it doesn’t require Windows. I have Macs, and I ran it on my Mac. So I think it’s on Linux as well, but I’m not sure.
I’ve only played it on Linux so I can attest to it working on there. There’s even an app you can get that can browse and download custom charts too (forgot what it’s called though).
Tried it again, it works great. It plays a lot of the Rockband customs I’ve collected over the years. Ran it with bots. Seems to work.
Would be cool if there were a solid place to get tracks for it. Even if you gotta source the actual audio yourself. Everyone being afraid to share that information is what’s gonna keep this thing from getting big… whether that’s a good thing or not, I’m not sure.
Those KPop Demon Hunter songs are really tricky to sing alone, even the English parts, because they’re intended for multiple people and some of the lyrics almost overlap. I have trouble keeping up.
Ah — I’m a bit used to that. While Rockband 3 added vocal harmonies, the first two would just pick which vocals you sang. You were never singing more than one part at a time. There were some, though, that gave more attention to a backing vocalist than the primary one. It’s fine if you recognise the pitch/tone change. One that was notorious for that was Spoonman by Soundgarden. I know that Chris Cornell was the singer of Soundgarden, but at some points in the song, it follows a backing vocalist and you have to completely change your pitch and tone, though the voice you hear does not sound like it is. It’s a very tricky song to sing and it’s generally disliked except by Soundgarden fans, most of whom would rather play it on guitar. There are others — and I’m struggling to think of an example, and threw Spoonman under the bus to try to give myself more time to think, but I’m drawing a blank on names — where it straight up turns you over to backing vocals. Like I didn’t know those lines were in the song. The main singer is singing one thing and the backing vocalists are singing something else.
Never been to “actual” karaoke. However, I played Rockband games for about ten years, off and on. That’s karaoke with a score system. And you can also play guitar or drums, but I suck at that? Singing though? That, I can do.
The Final Countdown (Europe). This one’s so fun to sing. It feels like it goes to some 80s movie, but I don’t recall one that features it.
What’s My Age Again? (blink-182). I went into these games not caring for pop punk and emo, but hands down, they’re the most fun to sing by far!
Headphones On (Miranda Cosgrove/iCarly). See above, but pop rock. According to You (Orianthi) is even more fun to sing, but unless the guitarist is warmed up, he’ll have it in for you for the rest of the night if you pick this one early! Headphones On is a great warmup though.
Enter Sandman (Metallica). This one’s upper mid tier for everyone, but everyone loves to play it. Easily the most fun Metallica song to sing. The Black Album was basically their pop record. It’s a legit hard rock/radio metal album (and, not for nothing, but Nothing Else Matters was highly rated by Sir Elton John of all people) but it’s a pop record. It was engineered to go viral and it did. And most of the songs are a blast to sing.
I wish Rockband was still around so we’d get the KPop Demon Hunter songs. I’d sing the shit outta What it Sounds Like or How it’s Done. I wouldn’t object to any song from that soundtrack being picked. You can fake it through the few Korean lines (and hope they’re written out phonetically rather than the symbols). I stood and sang for all the songs in the Sing-Along version in theaters (twice!) and I feel like though I said the Korean words as written, they didn’t come out right.
Look into YARG if you want a modern rock band experience with custom songs that a huge community still make very regularly.
Aware of it, might even have it installed. Nice thing about YARG is, it doesn’t require Windows. I have Macs, and I ran it on my Mac. So I think it’s on Linux as well, but I’m not sure.
I’ve only played it on Linux so I can attest to it working on there. There’s even an app you can get that can browse and download custom charts too (forgot what it’s called though).
Tried it again, it works great. It plays a lot of the Rockband customs I’ve collected over the years. Ran it with bots. Seems to work.
Would be cool if there were a solid place to get tracks for it. Even if you gotta source the actual audio yourself. Everyone being afraid to share that information is what’s gonna keep this thing from getting big… whether that’s a good thing or not, I’m not sure.
I found the app I use currently: https://github.com/Geomitron/Bridge
Those KPop Demon Hunter songs are really tricky to sing alone, even the English parts, because they’re intended for multiple people and some of the lyrics almost overlap. I have trouble keeping up.
Edit: maybe it’s just “Soda Pop” that does that.
Ah — I’m a bit used to that. While Rockband 3 added vocal harmonies, the first two would just pick which vocals you sang. You were never singing more than one part at a time. There were some, though, that gave more attention to a backing vocalist than the primary one. It’s fine if you recognise the pitch/tone change. One that was notorious for that was Spoonman by Soundgarden. I know that Chris Cornell was the singer of Soundgarden, but at some points in the song, it follows a backing vocalist and you have to completely change your pitch and tone, though the voice you hear does not sound like it is. It’s a very tricky song to sing and it’s generally disliked except by Soundgarden fans, most of whom would rather play it on guitar. There are others — and I’m struggling to think of an example, and threw Spoonman under the bus to try to give myself more time to think, but I’m drawing a blank on names — where it straight up turns you over to backing vocals. Like I didn’t know those lines were in the song. The main singer is singing one thing and the backing vocalists are singing something else.