I don’t want to say I’ve nearly been killed for hogging the Karaoke mic (or as we call it here in Korea, norebang) but I am a 2-for-everyone-else’s-1-song kind of guy. I guess you could say I’ve killed the mic.

You’ll find my top 5 songs at the end of this post.

From BBC News:

A Malaysian man has been stabbed to death for refusing to stop singing and hand over the microphone at a karaoke bar, police say.
Abdul Sani Doli, 23, reportedly angered some of the customers when he hogged the stage at the bar in Sandakan town on eastern Borneo island.

Witnesses said he was attacked, and the fight spilled out on to the street.
He was punched before being stabbed to death with a knife. His body was found a short distance from the bar.

There are a number of people — mostly guys — who will always avoid the mic from coming their way. Thye’ll never sing. This is unfortunate. The culture behind singing, at least as it stands now, is to relieve stress. It more than does that.

Aaron Shinsano’s Top 5 Karaoke Songs

5. 거리에서 (on the road) — 성시경 (Sung Si-kyeong)
4. About a Girl — Nirvana
3. Michelle — The Beatles
2. Daydream Believer — The Monkeys
1. Just the Way You Are — Billy Joel

There are many more, but those are the favorites. The selection isn’t the greatest in Korea. There’s a great Filipino singing room in Busan that has the best selection of pop songs I’ve ever seen.

Readers are invited to put their own Top 5 lists in the comments.

One of these days I’m going to record myself performing one of these songs and post it on here. Then you’ll know.

The Korean song is a ballad that was popular a couple years ago. My wife really loved it so I secretly learned it and surprised her with it on our first anniversary.

Tears. I’m telling you. Tears.

Story via Japundit.