I am indebted to Pat McNally for this. And while I might have added it to my post about My Way , I feel it’s too good to bury. Over in the Philippines, it seems, karaoke is a popular pastime. According to the New York Times, after a hard day’s work, there’s nothing a weary person likes more than to find a bar, glug a beer and belt out a classic or two. This is not a matter of audience...
Police in the Philippines, Malaysia and other countries are trying to deal with a new rash of crime: Karaoke or “My Way” murders. People are being shot and stabbed over bad karaoke and Frank Sinatra’s “My Way” appears to be a common trigger for violence. It is so bad that bars have removed “My [...]
One could, I suppose, find some irony in here, if you take into account, the decades-long rumors of Old Blue Eyes being all mobbed up . Which leaves us bereft of knowing if he ever had someone whacked, for singing one of his songs badly, or out-of-key. Ah, but the Philippines, that's a different story; Sinatra Song Often Strikes Deadly Chord The authorities do not know exactly how many people have...
The NYT reports a rash of people in the Philippines getting literally murdered for singing poor karaoke renditions of Frank Sinatra's "My Way." “I used to like ‘My Way,’ but after all the trouble, I stopped singing it,” [63-year-old Rodolfo Gregorio] said. “You can get killed.” The authorities do not know exactly how many people have been killed warbling...
OK, as promised, here it is. The Pacific Symphony’s five concerts at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater this summer will cover a wide range — in the words of music director Carl St.Clair, “From Rachmaninoff to Rocky Mountain High,“ probably the first time in the history of the world that that alliteration has been made. In addition to Sergei [...]
Philippines (ChattahBox) – Karaoke is a wildly popular pass time in the Philippines. But if you choose to sing a certain Sinatra favorite it might just be enough to get you killed. The “My Way Killings” have become a sort of urban legend, but it didn’t start out that way. Singing the song was sometimes enough [...]
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The NYT reports a rash of people in the Philippines getting literally murdered for singing poor karaoke renditions of Frank Sinatra's "My Way." “I used to like ‘My Way,’ but after all the trouble, I stopped singing it,” [63-year-old Rodolfo Gregorio] said. “You can get killed.” The authorities do not know exactly how many people have been killed warbling...
I just spent 4 days away from home without a computer. It was enlightening. There was a time when that would not have effected me in the least. This trip, however, revealed that I have changed . . . evolved. I have become more dependent on my computer and the contacts it allows me than [...]
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AFTER A DAY OF BARBERING, RODOLFO GREGORIO WENT TO HIS NEIGHBORHOOD KARAOKE BAR STILL SMELLING OF TALCUM POWDER. But Gregorio, 63, a witness to countless fist fights and occasional stabbings erupting from disputes over karaoke singing, did not dare choose one beloved classic: Frank Sinatra’s version of “My Way.” Instead, putting aside his glass of Red Horse Extra Strong beer, he grasped...
In what has to be the most unintentionally hilarious story of all time, The Times reports that there have been a spree of killings in the Philippines that have resulted from people choosing to sing ... Frank Sinatra's "My Way" at karaoke clubs. The New York Times reports: The authorities do not know exactly how many people have been killed warbling “My Way” in karaoke bars over...
The authorities do not know exactly how many people have been killed warbling “My Way” in karaoke bars over the years in the Philippines, or how many fatal fights it has fueled. But the news media have recorded at least...
The authorities do not know exactly how many people have been killed warbling “My Way” in karaoke bars over the years in the Philippines, or how many fatal fights it has fueled. But the news media have recorded at least half a dozen victims in the past decade and includes them in a subcategory of crime dubbed the “My Way Killings.” The killings have produced urban legends about...
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