GACK! (When the Jukebox “Ribbits” Instead of Sings)

You may have noticed a recurring theme of my having a cough and/or chest infection. I wish it were some kind of ploy to excuse crappy singing. It isn't. I am a fantabulous singer regardless of the malady! Just kidding. I did manage to get through two shows this season with said chest infection but Sunday, April 19th finally did me in – or rather I did it in.

Earlier in the week I had planned to cancel but by the middle of the week I was doing much better and the day of I was singing fine. Until I walked onto the stage. Having said that a two-hour show did actually occur and here's what was sung:

Act 1:

Bob Seger – Old Time Rock and Roll (I wore more than underwear)
South Pacific – Wash That Man (Sadly, to me this is always a shampoo commercial)
Dusty Springfield – Son of a Preacher Man (Yup, again)
Frankie Valli – Can't Take My Eyes Off of You (I just have a great memory of three guy friends of mine singing this at the top of a staircase)
Berlin – The Metro (I LOVE TERRI NUNN!!!)
Eric Carmen – Hungry Eyes (This is more fun to sing when you picture the audience as hot dogs...and fill them with fear)
Bon Jovi – Livin' on a Prayer (I was almost half way there...ba dum bum!)
Regina Spektor – Fidelity (First time trying this out and I really liked it)
Journey – Don't Stop Believin' (Never, baby!)
Tosca – Vissi d'arte (Kiddies, if you've got a chest infection don't try this at home!)
Sir Mix-A-Lot – Baby Got Back (Yeah, you know it!)

Act 2:

Björk – Joga (Truly a gorgeous song)
Salt-N-Pepa – Shoop (I think they might have actually wanted The "Shoop Shoop" song)
Coolio – Gangsta's Paradise (Yup, ended up with "Amish Paradise")
Frames – Falling Slowly (Love this song)
Family Guy – Theme Song (Love the show - the song doesn't make much sense)
New Order – Bizarre Love Triangle (Just as long as it's not the Frente! version - ick!)
Helena Vondráčková - Sladké mámení (Will my pain never end?)
Peabo Bryson & Roberta Flack - Tonight, I Celebrate My Love (I would have preferred to have done my Aaron Neville impression)
Aladdin – A Whole New World (Loved the movie at the time - the song, not so much)
Jesus Christ Superstar – I Don't Know How to Love Him (And I didn't...)

Medley:

Bonnie Tyler – Total Eclipse of the Heart
Captain & Tennille – Love Will Keep Us Together
Sesame Street – Theme Song
Whitney Houston – I Will Always Love You
Cyndi Lauper – Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
Natalie Imbruglia – Torn
Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody
Le Nozze di Figaro – Voi, che sapete
Britney Spears – Hit Me, Baby (One More Time)
U2 – With or Without You
Alanis Morrissette – Ironic
Aneta Langerová – Voda živá
Madonna – Like a Virgin
Evita – Don't Cry for Me Argentina
Peaches – Fuck the Pain Away
Children's Song – Hokey Pokey
Weather Girls – It's Raining Men
Bob Dylan – Like a Rolling Stone
Shania Twain – That Don't Impress Me Much
Wham! - Careless Whisper
Cats – Memory
Christmas Song – Frosty the Snowman
Whitney Houston – How Will I Know
American Hi-Fi – Flavor of the Weak
Madonna – Material Girl
Erasure – A Little Respect
Schubert – Ave Maria
Man of La Mancha – The Impossible Dream
Czech Christmas Song - Půjdem spolu do Betléma
Traditional (American) – God Bless America
Christmas Song – The 12 Days of Christmas
Bananarama – Venus
Beatles – Twist and Shout
Tori Amos – 1,000 Oceans
Damien Rice – The Blower's Daughter
Madonna – Like a Prayer
Bush – Glycerine
Annie Lennox – No More “I Love You's”
Cher – Believe
Annie Lennox – Walking on Broken Glass
Styx – Blue Collar Man
Tina Turner – Simply the Best
Tori Amos – Crucify
Tom Petty & Stevie Nicks – Stop Draggin' My Heart Around
Frank Sinatra – New York, New York
Eric Clapton – Tears in Heaven
Alicia Keys – Fallin'
Scorpions – Still Lovin' You
Heart – Alone
Limp Bizkit – Nookie
Salt-N-Pepa – Push It
They Might be Giants – Birdhouse in Your Soul
Dido – Here with Me
Joan Osborne – St. Teresa
Die Walküre – Hojotoho!
Porgy and Bess – Summertime
Traditional (Czech) - Sama královna
Czech Christmas Song – Narodil se Kristus Pan

One more show til end of season!

:-)

THE NIGHT OF THE LONGEST MEDLEY (From an Audience That was WHACK!)

Once again I apologize for taking my sweet time in posting the songs from Sunday, March 22nd's show. My crappy day reached it's nadir when the chair in my dressing room broke as I sat on it tossing me clumsily onto my ass on the cold, unfeeling floor. My butt really hurt :-(

However, the great butts always survive as did mine and the show went as follows:

SIKE!

To be perfectly honest I've managed to lose the sheet of paper on which all of the songs were written. Fortunately, the show was videotaped so depending on when my darling brother-in-law deigns to send me the recording I'll have those. But I'll tell you this – there was a hilarious moment when “Bear Necessities” from The Jungle Book was requested and due to my playing children's movies for my son in his father's native languages I could only sing it in Dutch. This is somewhat unfortunate being that I don't actually speak Dutch so could really only do some approximated version of what sounds like Dutch to me. The Dutch people in the audience assured me that my “interpretation” was not offensive but I am afraid they may have just been being polite :-P

On a positive note I do have the insanely long crazy-ass medley forms. So here's the longest medley I've ever sung:

Eric Clapton – Tears in Heaven
Irena Cara – Fame
R.E.M. - Everybody Hurts
Lionel Richie – Hello
Fleetwood Mac – Go Your Own Way
Bon Jovi – Livin' on a Prayer
Ricky Martin – Livin' la Vida Loca
Tosca – Nessun dorma
Meat Loaf – I Would Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)
Weeds Theme Song – Little Boxes
Sesame Street – Theme Song
Cher – It's in His Kiss (Shoop Shoop)
Billy Idol – Dancing with Myself
Stealers Wheel – Stuck in the Middle with You
Bonnie Tyler – Total Eclipse of the Heart
Duran Duran – Hungry Like the Wolf
Steve Martin – King Tut
King Missile – Detachable Penis
Marvin Gaye – Sexual Healing
Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody
Pet Shop Boys – Always on My Mind
Blondie – Call Me
Coolio – Gangsta's Paradise
Limahl – The Neverending Story
R.E.M. - Shiny Happy People
R.E.M. - Shiny Happy Monsters (Sesame Street Version)
Modern English – I'll Melt with You
Evita – Don't Cry for Me Argentina
Flight of the Conchords – Business Time
Aneta Langerová – Voda živá
Andrea Bocelli – Con Te Partirò
Die Zauberflöte – Der Hölle Rache
Johnny Cash – Hurt
Don Giovanni - Opening of Commendatore Scene
Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Spirit
La Traviata – Sempre libera
Metallica – Fade to Black
Weird Al Yankovic – Amish Paradise
Radiohead – Karma Police
Blur – Song 2
Michael Jackson – Bad (with Moonwalk)
Andrea Bocelli & Elmo – Time to Say Goodnight
Children's Songs – Mary Had a Little Lamb
Rod Stewart – Maggie May
Phil Collins – Groovy Kind of Love
Traditional (Irish) – The Wild Rover
Air Supply – All Out of Love
Electric Company – 1 – 12
Parisotti – Se tu m'ami
South Park – Uncle Fucker
Madonna – La Isla Bonita
Daniel Powter – Bad Day
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Under the Bridge
Meat Loaf – You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night)
Third Eye Blind – Semi-Charmed Kind of Life
Survivor – Eye of the Tiger
Jackson 5 – A, B, C
Starship – Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now
Police – Every Breath You Take
Madonna – Like a Prayer
Cher – Believe
Billy Joel – Uptown Girl
Jewel – You Were Meant for Me
Damien Rice – The Blower's Daughter
Dido – Here with Me
Culture Club – Karma Chameleon
Chicago – Will You Still Love Me
Patsy Cline – Crazy
Britney Spears – Hit Me, Baby (One More Time)
Cheap Trick – Surrender
Boston – More Than a Feeling
Blondie – Heart of Glass
Erasure – Oh L'amour
Weather Girls – It's Raining Men
Celine Dion – I Drove All Night
Dusty Springfield – Son of a Preacher Man
Spin Doctors – Two Princes
Guns N' Roses – Sweet Child o' Mine
Tom Jones – Sex Bomb
Police – King of Pain
Friends Theme – I'll be There for You
REO Speedwagon – Can't Fight This Feeling
Nabucco – Va, pensiero
Mozart – Requiem (Dies Irae)
Chumbawumba – Tubthumping
Happy Days – Theme
Genesis – I Can't Dance
Children's Song – Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
Ramones – I Wanna be Sedated
Kinks – Lola

And so was I tired? Honestly, not a bit. The show ran an extra 45 minutes over and I could have kept on keepin' on. It was a really fun night for me. Thanks! :-)