Hardest karaoke songs that YOU sing.

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Here's a chance to blow your own horn. What are the hardest karaoke songs that you sing?

Give the song and your reason why it's hard. It could be because it's lightning fast, or just a stretch of your singing capabilities.
 
I'll start us off...

Snow-Informer (nuff said)

REM-It's The End Of The World As We Know It (see above :) )

AC/DC-all of them (I figured out how to scream like Brian Johnson in a drunken stupor :) )

Kiss-Cold Gin (Gene's low raspy singing is WAY below my normal singing voice. This song KILLS me. I can do AC/DC all night, but after this one, I'm done)

Bon Jovi-Livin' On A Prayer

One time hit the high note in Dream On. The place went nuts. The next morning my vocal chords were so swollen, I could barely talk. (I don't do this one anymore :) )
 
One time a group of girls came to the bar and said they had to go out cause their relative just committed suicide. They made a dedication to him and sang Eternal Flame.

An hour later I decided to belt out some Pearl Jam. Jeremy.

Got halfway through the song and remembered what the song is about and the girls at the bar. DOH!

Finishing that song was tough.
 
Livin On a Prayer is tough as is House of the rising Son.
Everlast, Creed, David Lee Roth most challenging but doable for me. Roy Orbison, Some Elvis,Ricky Nelson and Van Morrison on my reoccuring sing list.
 
One time a group of girls came to the bar and said they had to go out cause their relative just committed suicide. They made a dedication to him and sang Eternal Flame.

An hour later I decided to belt out some Pearl Jam. Jeremy.

Got halfway through the song and remembered what the song is about and the girls at the bar. DOH!

Finishing that song was tough.

Way to go...
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Just kidding. Don't sweat it. Remember a few years ago how many people wanted to hear Picture at a wedding?
 
Janis Joplin, Me and Bobby McGee, Piece of my heart Blew a vocal cord with that one once.

Old Time Rock n Roll - some high parts for me but the cheese works

In The Arms Of An Angel Lyrics - Sarah McLachlan any time someone passes I am asked to sing that it is freakin high and depressing.

Love doing the Beatles, Matchbox 20, The Romantics, Fleetwood Mac, Train

My voice is pretty deep so songs that have woman singing are usually tough for me.
 
A Personal Question:

Janis Joplin, Me and Bobby McGee, Piece of my heart Blew a vocal cord with that one once.

Old Time Rock n Roll - some high parts for me but the cheese works

Afterward, did you Cry Cry Baby?

Carolyn, I had to get a tissue I was laughing so hard. That had to hurt.
 
I don't have the greatest voice on the planet AT ALL!!!

But, I have on occasion just nailed "Amazed" By Lonestar. The tuff part is the triple key change toward the end of the song.

I have had some really great success with it, and murdered it a few times too.

Keep It FUN !!

Rich Heavlin
Moonlight Productions
West Branch, MI
www.MoonlightDJ.com
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I generally don't sing at my own shows, but the hardest songs I do are

1. Three Inch Tool > Hard to keep a straight face.......
2. Ballad of a Dog Named Stains > same as above......
3. Masochism Tango > again the same......
4. F88K Her Gently > same reason.....

Crazy, Gnarls Barkley > frigging Falsetto
 
The Cult - Fire Woman
Night Ranger - Sister Christian
Disturbed - Down With The Sickness

Those would be the hardest I think for others to sing.

I really don't have trouble singing anything, unsless it's something really high in pitch like Stryper or Queensryche.

I do alot of metal a few raps songs, and anything i can think of, even when I wasn't DJing or KJing I went to karaoke 5 nights a week.
 
The hardest songs for me are the ones I like to do by Journey: Faithfully, Girl Can't Help It, The Eyes of a Woman, Why Can't This Night Go On, Open Arms, Separate Ways (Worlds Apart), etc. etc. I have to practice on a regular basis to keep that kind of range and it's still work to hit and hold those high notes like Perry does!

The next hardest is Candlebox - Far Behind, well within my natural range but demanding on breathing technique and usually results in my vocal cords getting a bit of a flat tire after the ending...lol

Both would likely be a lot easier if I could kick the smoking habit though...
 
Have to keep my voice in shape to do Blue by Leann Rimes. But...For a Guy....I can still hit 'em.
Sold (Grundy County Auction) is a tough one to keep up with as well as "The Auctioneer"
Ah, Well, alright now.....Somebody gimme a $30 dollar bid....Now...
There was a boy from Arkansas that wouldn't listen to his Paw.....(You know the rest) :)
 
For hard songs, I don't know if these count or not, but I do a few that are a stretch.
Johnny B. Good
No Surprise - Theory of a Deadman (a bit of screaming in that one)
Just Once - Quincy Jones/James Ingram (goes a bit high)
Fuel - Bad Day
Sold (like many of you already said)
Kryptonite - 3 Doors Down (have to take a deep breath in a lot of places since theres no place to breathe again, lol)
 
Jay Black - Cara Mia, Though I've pretty much lost this one these days

Elvis- If I Can Dream - lotta shifts

Mongomery Gentry - Gone - Compensating for a duet, like singing Simon & Garfunkel, which I also do
 
On a kamikazee night I did a Motley Crue song and I didn't think it wasn't that bad.... so I tried a different song from them..... Same Ol Situation, that was pushing the limits of my voice.

When I'm not working, I go out and visit another friends' show, everytime I go there somebody will allways come up to me to request me sing South Park's Eric Cartman - Come Sail Away. With the amount of cigs that I smoke it is getting harder & harder to sing. Last week 2 gals shoved $20 down my pants to sing the song and I was like.... uh.... ok!!!

I was glad it was the last song of the night for me cause it just kills my throat.


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Hardest Song

I used to do Guns & Roses 'Welcome to the Jungle', but the crowds I'm working now don't really like this song so naturally I don't sing it anymore. Many of the 80's Rock songs I do are not appreciated by the Country Western and Oldies preferring patrons at the shows I am presently working, so I don’t sing that much anymore.

I used to be able to hit the really high notes, but as I get older I just can't do what I used to do. I think part of the reason is that I took a few years 'vacation' from singing and the vocal muscles/vocal muscle memory have deteriorated.

USED TO be able to:
Hit the high notes in Aerosmith - Dream On
Hit the high notes in Def Leopard - Love Bites
Hit the high notes in Shid Row - 18 and Life

CAN STILL DO (on a good night)
Bon Jovi - Livin' On A Prayer
All Motley Crue / Imitate Vince Neil
Skid Row - Youth Gone Wild
Most 80's Hard Rock

There ya go...:sqwink: