So What's Your Poison?

Is it 80's glam rockers Poison?  Maybe you're more of a country fan and want to try your hand at a Rascal Flatts tune.  Something obscure?  Something popular?  Slow?  Fast?  Unintelligible?  Lucky for you, we've got them all...

The Barn is proud to announce that The Hootenanners will be performing the role of musical jukebox for Live Band Karaoke on Saturday, March 13 at The Mambo Room.  With that announcement, we are pleased to a present a complete songlist that will be available -- the backing track to your vocal adventure.  This list is long and varied, so we're also presenting a little user's guide that'll help make sense of it all.

The Classics - The local radio stations have worn deep grooves into these tunes.  You know you've got the words memorized so you can't go wrong.  The Hootenanners feature songs from all your Classic Rock heroes, including The Beatles (9 tunes), Rolling Stones (7 songs),  Credence Clearwater Revival,  Led Zeppelin, The Who, U2 (4 songs apiece), Tom Petty, The Doors, The Kinks (3 tunes a piece), The Boss , The Police, Bob Seger (2 tunes a piece) and more

A Little Metal - It's been a long work week.  Are you ready to blow off some steam and shout Ozzy Osburne's "Crazy Train" at your friends?  LBK is ready to provide an outlet for your aggression, with tunes from the pop side of the spectrum (KISS - "Rock and Roll All Night", Motley Crue - "Home Sweet Home") to some heavier duty material from Iron Maiden ("Run To The Hills") and Metallica ("Whiplash")

Group Sing-a-longs - Nervous about your vocal performance?  Looking for some support from the audience?  You know the crowd will be happy to sing-a-long with Garth Brooks' "Friends In Low Places", Neil Diamond's "Sweet Caroline", Van Morrison's "Brown Eyed Girl", or Kenny Rogers' "The Gambler"

I Love The 80's - If you still can't get out of this decade, LBK is happy to oblige.  The repertoire includes  Nena's "99 Red Balloons", Rick Springfield's "Jessie's Girl", The Human League's "Don't You Want Me" among other 80's blockbusters.  Warning:  you may sing Night Ranger's "Sister Christian", but please try not to replicate the coked out tweaking from the film Boogie Nights.

Less than 20 Words - Who needs a bunch of lyrics to feel like a real performer?  Just select James Brown's "I Feel Good" or The Troggs' "Wild Thing" to get a feel for the stage without actually singing much.

Hip Hop - Want to try out your MC skills for your suburban friends?  Coolio's "Gangsta's Paradise", Outkast's "Hey Ya", Sir Mix-a-lot's "Baby Got Back" (please oh please somebody pick this tune!), or my personal favorite Young MC's  "Bust A Move" (tip of the hat to Oscar nominated film "Up In The Air")

WTF -  We love these tunes, but they are just not screaming karaoke to us.  Nonetheless, they're on the songlist and you're welcome to try your hand at any of them.  Flaming Lips - "She Don't Use Jelly", Fugazi - "Waiting Room", Misfits - "Last Carress", X Ray Spex - "Oh Bondage, Up Yours",  Smiths - "Bigmouth Strikes Again"

If You Can Pull It Off... - It takes some pretty big stones to duplicate what the original artists have done with these songs.  Hats off to you if you can make them your own:  Janis Joplin "Piece of My Heart", Queen - "Bohemian Rhapsody", REM - "It's The End Of The World As We Know It", Rush - "Tom Sawyer", Jackson 5 - "I Want You Back"

Karaoke Staples -Last but not least, those same songs that bring down the house at "regular" karaoke are available here:  Journey - "Don't Stop Believing", Lynryd Skynyrd -  "Sweet Home Alabama", Ben E. King - "Stand By Me",  Frank Sinatra - "My Way"

Have fun selecting.  Let us know what you're going to choose!

Complete Song List