Club Arnage

Could be even noisier at tertre rouge this year with the visiting Mister karaoke sound system over 6000 songs to choose from all projected on to a huge screen all are welcome who is up for a few tunes?

I can't speak for everyone but who ever the sorry bastard was who came up with the concept of karaoke should have been lined up and shot along time ago.  I've never seen a faster way to clear out a bar.  Sitting around with some mates having a few pints watching a game when in walks greasy cheese dick with his karaoke machine...
Fax

I take it that you wont be singing then? :P Most karaoke events in bar's are usually advertised before they take place, so if you were in attendance when a gig was taking place you probably  should have known better than to expect to watch the telly.

In answer to your question it was the Japanese who invented Karaoke.

Incidentally how did you know he had a cheesy dick?

Fax, I agree, karaoke's the work of the devil alright.

I've nothing against Satan per se, just happy to avoid him where possible.

Well that is two to one at the moment who will win this debate the Karaoke crooners or the silent minority?

Hi 24hourman,
Since I won't be at the Sarthe this year...no I won't be participating.  That said, even if I was there, as completely f**ked as I've ever been at no point have I ever felt obligated to annoy the sh*t out of everyone within ear shot with my warbling.
Fax

Hi Fax
A shame that you cant be at Le mans this year because if your voice is as bad as you make it out to be you would probably have been  the star of the show. Thanks for your comments anyway.

Will there be any CAers performing tracks by--------

The Motors.
Racing Cars.
Ben tly King.
Slick.
Mitch Rider & The Detroit Wheels.
911.
Big Audi Dynamite.
Toyota Wilcox.
or even
Bill Haley & The Commers.

Come on there must be a load more. ;D

The jiffy condom song
The castrol oil song
Remember those classics

all there to be sung and more

I think this makes it four against.

Or even five!

I voted against any of our bunch bringing one of they spawn of the devil machines....

 :o


Bill

Let's make that six against...
I think there's a pattern forming here...

In a previous life as a salty seadog in the 80's, myself and the third engineer happened to venture into a quiet bar in a small port in Japan.

The place was chock full of beveraged businessmen singing sincere and heart felt love songs on a karaoke player.

After a bit of mocking and gentle banter along the lines of "siry engrish, why you no sing" we were shamed into singing "Rerrow Rubmarine" - NEVER AGAIN.
 ::)

Whilst on my stag fortnight in Thailand, we requested a tune we all knew.....

"Solly, re no hev 'Rip up Fatty' "

At present it looks like no one wants to sing not to worry though it is always pretty difficult to get me off the mike being welsh and all that

Why the f**k would you travel all the way to a motor race in France to become a frustrated pop wannabe?  I do like the idea of the lapdancers though...Woohoo!
Fax

Unfortunately no lap dancers this time however there will be 3 polish pole dancers to accompany the rythmic music of yours truly. Who incidentally is an established  French Popstar. A legend in my own lunchtime in fact.

Le Mans is the worlds greatest race with probably the worlds biggest party going on in the background.

Jesus Christ on a surfboard Nobby!!  :o How the f**k did you swing that one??

Where on Tertre Rouge will you be 24 hourman? hopefully the fairground end. We'll be at the Tertre Rouge end, playing plenty of music , but not inflicting our tone deaf screaching on anyone else

On the subject of karaoke, got a buddy who worked in the Netherlands for few years in the late eighties, went out one night with a couple of the locals to a club where as it turns out it was karaoke night.  Has always said one of the most bizarre things he's ever seen was watching a bunch of sh*t-faced Dutchmen singing "Born in the USA" by the Boss.
Hey Andy, the devil and I seem to be on pretty good terms, I've given him a couple of good chances lately to take me with some antics on the GPZ but I've managed to stay out of the trees.
fax

Never yet sung on a kaoke machine. Never intend to either.

24hourman,
Is the 24 Hours of Le Mans the greatest race in the world?
Yeah, still probably, but its not what it once was, the circut's been butchered beyond all recognition and the spectators are meaningless to the ACO.  As for the biggest party in the world?  You may want to hang fire on that until you've been to the Indianapolis 500 or a NASCAR race at Indy or Talladega (or hell, the Kentucky Derby for that matter).  I've been to all of the above and the 500 and the NASCAR races are every bit as big a party if not bigger.
Biggest party in Europe maybe, should come abroad for a race before proclaiming it the biggest party in the world.
And by the way, karaoke is still the most dumb-ass invention of the 20th century.  Japanese? Imagine that...
Fax

Ah yes Mr A Z Esq, 'twas possibly my finest negotiating moment. I think I would have given Kissinger (sp?) a run for his money.

10 of us managed 6 days in Bangkok and 6 days in Koh Samui! Absolutely priceless.

Amazingly, I am still married.

Personally i hate Karaoke! i was at a motorbike rally a while ago and the organisers thought that it would be really good to give drunk bikers karaoke! never again!

nick