Wednesday, June 9, 2010

My Karaoke Secret: EMOTIVE HANDS.

My brother (Goose) has instructed me to share this. I'm not entirely certain you want to watch it, but if you enjoy shaky/blurry Blair Witch Project-style camerawork, bad karaoke duets, emotive hand gestures, and the idea of laughing at people (namely me), then I say go for it:



TURN THE HELL AROUND ALREADY, BRIGHT EYES.

23 comments:

Pieces of a Sometimes Extraordinary Life said...

You not only have operatic tone, you have balletic grace. Beautiful, girl. Just beautiful. Next stop? An American Idol outtake.

stephanie said...

I used to have an Almay "bright eyes" eye shadow several years ago (which is not the "bright eyes" eye shadow they have now, as mine was totally a purple cream shadow... ahem) and every time I applied it, I got that song stuck in my head for the rest of the day.

It is pretty much the perfect karaoke song, though.

Diane said...

Please can I come to your next family wedding? So much fun!

Danielle (elleinadspir) said...

And now that will be stuck in my head allllll night ;)

Kirsten said...

This looks... SO awesome. I can't imagine a family wedding w/ karaoke LOL Just think of it as your own personal Rachel "Glee" impression...

Melinda said...

Is that at a wedding? I want to go back in time and have karaoke at my wedding!!!

Your comment "Turn the hell around already, bright eyes" had me laughing so hard. You just made my night.

Kerri Anne said...

OK, so my BFF Cayly and I were just talking about Total Eclipse of the Heart, and how neither of us can see it/hear it/sing it without thinking about a presentation some touring dance troupe did once upon a time when we were both in middle school (I went to middle school in Washington State while she was in Utah), and how they used Total Eclipse of the Heart to illustrate the effects of a drug addiction gone bad.

I seriously thought I was the only person who had that same memory from this song, and now I'm wondering how many other people do. (Umm...so, yeah. Speaking of bad acid trips! Do you have ANY idea what I'm taking about right now? Or do I sound totally crazy?)

Also: the fact that guests and family members started singing along with you just made this the best karaoke ever. Supportive karaoke! The world needs more of it.

Angella said...

So! The kids just watched this with me and wee laughing as hard as I was.

Related: Please tell me there will be karaoke when I come to New York. It has to happen.

SLynnRo said...

A karaoke wedding? Why are we not related?

Avitable said...

While I think you should embark on an interpretive dance/song career, your brother should become a videographer. His skills are amazing!

PS. My captcha is POWN!

Ris said...

This had me laughing out loud. Karaoke at a wedding? AWESOME.

Kim said...

You look much too young in this video to be drunk, so I don't understand how this happened.

nonprofit slave said...

I love how the karaoke guy walks away in the middle! :)

Ailis said...

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lizgwiz said...

The audience participation really makes it.

Home Sweet Sarah said...

All these years I thought it was "Turn around/Right now."

Oops.

Rhiannon said...

I need to have karaoke at my wedding. And, I need to invite you.

Kristabella said...

Karaoke at a wedding is a GENIUS idea!

We need to karaoke at BH so I can do my stand-by, Baby Got Back, and you can see how INTO IT I get. Your emotive hands have nothing on my side bends and sit-ups!

benjaminraphi said...
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benjaminraphi said...

From: Goose
To:Metalia

Iceman did the camera work, so I am not to blame!

For a smart guy, he did not seem to know how the focus button worked.

But, as LigWiz said(shout out, woooo!) "The audience participation really makes it." Without it, the whole thing could have possibly been a train wreck.(because it clearly isnt that)

On more thing. Though I apologize for letting Iceman do the video-graphic work, the integrity of the video still remains intact.

This, sister, is the new yardstick by which we--as in, the entire American nation-- measure terrible karaoke.

-Goose, out

Orion said...

Maybe one day I'll be brave and finally karaoke in public...

samantha said...

I can't tell you how happy this makes me.

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