Today, for karaoke, I sang American Woman by Lenny Kravitz. The entire audience cracked up laughing and at least three people pulled out their cell phones to record my performance. At the end, the DJ said, "Looks like someone had too much tonight." I was completely sober. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I was at a karaoke bar. After a few drinks, I gave it a go. Halfway through “Total Eclipse of the Heart” I got so into it, I knocked over the mic stand. The mic flew off, hit the DJ, who then hit the emergency stop button, cutting off the music. I froze as the bar erupted into laughter. I did get a free Coke for my “performance,” which was something. FML
Today, I was at a friend's birthday party in a packed karaoke bar/restaurant and I drunkenly agreed to sing. I picked a song I thought I knew by heart, only to realize halfway through that the lyrics on the screen were not at all what I thought they were. My brain went for a smoke break or something, and I turned into a rambling mess. The crowd actually booed. FML
Today, I went to a karaoke bar that my girlfriend works at. I'm a halfway decent singer, so I picked out a song we both liked and decided to give it a go. Halfway through the song I sneezed, tripped, fell off the stage and knocked myself out in front of my girlfriend and fifty bar patrons. FML
Today, I went to a karaoke bar for the first time. I'd never sung in front of others, but I gave it a try. I was accused of being way too drunk and was asked to leave. I didn't get kicked out in the end, but I was told that my singing voice sounds like a dying goat. FML
Today, my friend and I went to a club. She said I look hilarious when I dance drunk. I was completely sober. FML
Today, I signed up for karaoke at a bar, thinking I’d picked a fun, easy song. When it started playing, I realized I'd unknowingly chosen the eight-minute extended remix with two full guitar solos. I had to awkwardly sway on stage for five minutes while everyone drank their beers silently. FML
Today, I gathered the courage to sing karaoke after saying no for years. The lyrics screen froze halfway through the song, and everyone expected me to keep going from memory since I picked it. It turns out I only knew the chorus. I hummed for an entire verse as bemused strangers politely clapped along. FML
Today, I worked up the courage to sing at an open mic night. I lost my cool halfway through because all I could hear was laughter. FML
Today, I arse-dialled my ex while drunkenly singing karaoke at a bar. She picked up just in time to hear me belting out a heartfelt rendition of "I Will Survive." I don't think she bought my "pocket dial" excuse. FML
Today, I was singing and playing keyboards with my band on stage at a club. A drunken chick from the crowd tried to climb up onto the stage in her heels, fell, and grabbed the back of my mic stand to catch herself. And busted me in the mouth with my own microphone. Then she requested a song. FML
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canucksrule88 0
dont worry....you are what makes american idol hilarious :)
shiftydude 0
its originally by The Guess Who, not Lenny Kravitz ;)
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Adamt 0
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ydi for being retarded
SNRLX 0
the OP was so drunk... he mispelled JD, its not DJ... stupid *****! btw what does OP stand for?
curryndricegirll 0
i don't get it either. you don't do karaoke because you're good. you do karaoke to have fun and a good time. why is everyone bitching at the OP and american idol? it's not like he was auditioning for anything. he was singing for fun
airplanefood 0
Exactly - people who don't have good voices but still have fun while giving it their all are the MOST fun during karaoke. It would be lame to just have top 10 American Idol voices over and over, there's no fun. I love that OP is one of those people who are able to not take themselves seriously and sing in front of a whole audience.
EFFyourlifecait 0
Original Poster.
Eldorko 0
YDI for thinking that American Woman is by Lenny Kravitz. It's by the Guess Who. This is Rock 101.
superpanda24 0
Lol ydi for going to a karaoke bar, that's so fail D:
wbrycem 0
Eldorko's name suits them. Lenny Kravitz remade the song. Not Being An Assumptive Dick 101.
curryndricegirll 0
so true. (not sarcastically) real friends tell you when you suck.
elchapin562 0
who's the Guess Who? are they a tribute to The Who?
MarkO_fml 0
Speaking of being a presumptive dick, it's still not Kravitz's song whether he recorded it or not.
kukopia 0
Lenny Kravitz' cover version of The Guess Who's hit "American Woman" was originally was for the soundtrack of Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me. It was added to the album '5' as a bonus track in 1999. It helped The Guess Who's song reach a new audience and won him another Grammy in 2000.
mrblonde_fml 0
It doesn't necessarily mean that he thinks that the song's by Lenny Kravitz; he was probably singing to the Lenny Kravitz version of the backing track, thus justifying saying it was by him. Anyways, this is funny as ****.
redoleander 0
"looks like someone had TOO much tonight," TOO much. Let's learn the English language people!
zendaddy0 0
every man needs to know how to act drunk and gtfo
Ligerie 0
well don't sing if you suck that bad!
bazookajoey 27
Because everyone who goes to karaoke has the voice of an angel, right?
brrrx 0
You went this far with your life not knowing you had no singing voice? That's just stupid on your part.
acd23 0
Sadly, that happens a lot. American Idol provides SO much proof that some people just don't know how bad they sound while singing. But OP, this really isn't a huge FML. At least the people there thought you were singing bad because you were drunk, instead of because you just don't have the greatest tone. Take the strong hint handed to you by this experience and don't sing in public. Unless you secretly enjoyed this experience, of course. :)
renaet 0
How do you know how old they are?
curryndricegirll 0
it was just karaoke. how is it "that far". karaoke is supposed to be fun killjoys. FYL, OP
the_deuce 0
okay all you idiots who say ydi for not knowing you cannot sing, are just that. idiots. because KARAOKE is just that. KARAOKE. People who sing Karaoke do it FOR FUN So what if you cannot sing!??!
acd23 0
the_deuce -- I think this is kind of a YDI for the OP just because he's taking karaoke so seriously. Like you said, people do it for fun, not as a serious performance. It's not really an big FML that people think he sings bad karaoke, people wouldn't go to karaoke if they wanted to hear people sing well. It's kinda an FML that he just now found out that he isn't a great singer even while sober, but he needs to lighten up a bit and enjoy singing bad karaoke. Or find something else to do with his time.
Intoxicunt 6
Agreed! This sounds like a MLIG(reat).
plexico 4
I had to give up drinking about halfway through college. The correlation of consumption of alcohol and puking started to approach 1.0. Still people saw me at parties and thought I was shit-faced even when I was stone-cold sober. Less calories for beer, the more calories for doughnuts. Mmmmm, doughnuts. Imagine all the ugly girls I didn't wake up with the next morning!
curryndricegirll 0
it's an FML, because telling him he was bad would have been enough, but they went as far as to ask him if he was drunk. oh well, ur right though, it'll all blow over in the morning, and the OP will either get singing lessons or forget that it ever happened.
9echo 17
As long as people are laughing and recording, I'd say you're doing SOMETHING right lol
DevineLegacy 0
owww tough lesson. well at least you know you cant sing so you wont go on american idol or something like that on tv
canucksrule88 0
dont worry....you are what makes american idol hilarious :)
wotfukm8 18
Correction: what USED to make American Idol hilarious. Now it's just a bunch of sob stories and annoying judges.
BeeSkwaird 0
The DJ spoke the wrong spelling??
Ballafo 0
Lenny is ok. METALLICA!!!!!!!!
CheshireHalli 19
Lenny Kravitz has a song by the same name as well.
maplebaby 0
It's a cover of the Guess Who, and it sucks.
de_fenestration 0
How do you know they weren't singing to the Lenny Kravitz cover, which does not sound exactly the same as the original?
CheshireHalli 19
The point was to say that there is a version of the song that is indeed sung by Lenny Kravitz. I do know it is a cover. =)
jonny2x4 0
YDI for being tone-deaf.
RatIsKing 0
maybe you should consider singing lessons
ChefBoy6382 0
DUMB ASS!!! IT"S SUNG BY THE GUESS WHO...LENNY IS A COVER ACT!!!!
rozie21 7
yeah they sing it originally, but the OP was just saying they were singing the, oh-so-much-better Lenny Kravitz version.