14 of the very worst karaoke crimes you can commit
8.
Couples doing a song together is always and will always be cringe.
— Joan Westenberg (@Joanwestenberg) December 7, 2019
9.
Men who change the pronouns of songs to make them Herero are cowards (ie changing Jolene to “please don’t take my girl” instead of “please don’t take my man”)
— Dan Sheehan (@ItsDanSheehan) 8 December 2019
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No N-bombs should be an obvious one but Ive seen plenty of non-black people gleefully bopping along to “Hypnotize” while casually rapping the word into the mic
— Ronnie Cho (@RonnieCho) 7 December 2019
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Don’t serenade a girl via karaoke. And definitely don’t serenade a girl with “Girl, You’ll Be A Woman Soon.”
Speaking from personal experience— Genevieve Carrillo (@oh_genevieve) 8 December 2019
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Singing a song too high up for their register. "I Will Always Love You" is not a good song for anyone unless you have a record deal 😂
— Dara Gholston (@thedsimone) 8 December 2019
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As a karaoke host for 16 years, the few true karaoke crimes are acting like a diva, not supporting your fellow singers, and dropping the microphone on purpose.
— Keith Houston Voices (@keyvoicesvo) 8 December 2019
14.
I knew a girl that was a good singer, yes, but would wait until some other girl got up, sang her heart out, having normal karaoke fun with her friends, then this girl would pick a Celine Dion song and follow her like "let me show you how it's done." Total show off. 🙄 pic.twitter.com/uKN63xS6X0
— Dee 'Hanson has TWO Christmas Albums' Hanson (@DeeHansonTweets) 8 December 2019
Karaoke fan, Sarah Meismer, had a very different take on what constitutes a crime at a karaoke bar.
Oh man, to me the greatest crime of karaoke is not fully supporting whomever is singing regardless of talent/music genre/song, as long as they aren’t actively being antagonistic. If you wanted to hear something good/to your taste you should not have set foot in the karaoke bar!
— Sarah Meismer (@SarahMeez) December 7, 2019
She makes a good point, but still – Bohemian Rhapsody.
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