Pick My KttD Song: The Selection

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01/25/2010

Pick My KttD Song: The Selection

I got a lot of good suggestions for what to sing at the Tenth Annual Karaoke to the Death X. With your help I can ascend back to the top of the bad-karaoke world. The next step in this process is to pare down the dozens of awesome recommendations I got into a short list for final voting.

Here are the choices:

U2 - One
MIA - Paper Planes
Celine Dion - My Heart Will Go On
The Las - There She Goes
Paul McCartney - Simply Having a Wonderful Christmas Time
Paul McCartney - Silly Love Songs
The Cure - Friday I'm in Love
Wham/George Michael - Careless Whisper
Crystal Gale - Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue
Debby Boone - You Light Up My Life (God)
The Beatles - The Long and Winding Road
The Beatles - She's Leaving Home
Melanie - Brand New Key
Billy Joel - Scenes From an Italian Restaurant
Billy Joel - Movin Out
Talking Heads - Psycho Killer
Elton John - Saturday Night's Alright
Elton John - Bennie and the Jets
Charlene - I've Never Been to Me
Chris Issac - Wicked Game
Grease Soundtrack - Hopelessly Devoted
Beach Boys - God Only Knows
Phil Collins - Against All Odds
Madonna - True Blue
Whitney Houston - How Will I Know
Kellis - Milkshake
Roy Orbison - Crying
Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons - Oh What a Night!
Cheap Trick - Dream Police
Miley Cyrus - Party in the USA

I left off songs that are completely in my range, or that have been sung by other KttDers to better effect, but I think this is a pretty complete slate. Let me know if I left anything big off.

For the voting, please list your TOP FOUR songs in order in the comments. You can change your vote at any time between now and when the balloting closes Tuesday night at 8 p.m. Eastern time. I'll just use the last vote that you cast. The votes will be weighted so that #1 votes are worth 20 points, #2 are worth 15, #3 are worth 10 and #4 are worth 5.

I'll tally all the votes, and come up with a final slate of four songs for the final vote. I need to start practicing these suckers so I can really belt them out for KttD.

Excelsior!

Posted at 07:05 AM | Permalink

Comments

Okay, I'm trying not to pick all my own suggestions...but...

1. You Light Up My Life

2. Wicked Game

3. Scenes From an Italian Restaurant (I really want to see some Air Piano)

4. How Will I Know

And I take it you are all set on Jesus Take The Wheel as your first song?

Posted by: crankypants | 01/25/2010 at 07:39 AM

Thanks for your vote! And you are correct, under the current plan, Jesus Take the Wheel will be my first song, but I may flip the order (making Jesus Take the Wheel second) based on the outcome of this voting.

Posted by: Dabysan | 01/25/2010 at 07:53 AM

You can change your vote at any time between now and when the balloting closes Tuesday night at 8 p.m. Eastern time.

This is a transparent attempt to get more comments for your comment war.

Posted by: M-----l | 01/25/2010 at 08:01 AM

Sir! I am shocked at your accusation. I merely want voters to have the most freedom possible to express their true opinions. Democracy flourishes here on Dabysan in Hammersmith Palais.

Posted by: Dabysan | 01/25/2010 at 08:13 AM

My office mate and I just spent fifteen minutes studying the options. (During our coffee break, ahem.) Our picks:

1. Wham/George Michael - Careless Whisper
2. Debby Boone - You Light Up My Life (God)
3. Celine Dion - My Heart Will Go On
4. Crystal Gale - Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue

Posted by: IG | 01/25/2010 at 08:24 AM

Excellent. Thanks. And I think this is a fine coffee break activity.

Posted by: Dabysan | 01/25/2010 at 08:56 AM

Billy Joel - Scenes From an Italian Restaurant [the tempo changes alone make this a great choice]

Wham/George Michael - Careless Whisper [slow, cheesy, with some very high notes]

Paul McCartney - Silly Love Songs [tempo changes AND high notes! Also, it's awful]

Miley Cyrus - Party in the USA [YES YES YES]

Posted by: FS | 01/25/2010 at 09:32 AM

Billy Joel - Scenes From an Italian Restaurant [the tempo changes alone make this a great choice]

that, and AIR PIANO!! :)

Posted by: crankypants | 01/25/2010 at 09:41 AM

Just to be clear, those are in the order you want them, yes?

Posted by: Dabysan | 01/25/2010 at 09:44 AM

You Light Up My Life
Oh! What a Night
My Heart Will Go On
Silly Love Songs

Posted by: mariser | 01/25/2010 at 09:44 AM

Yes, should have numbered them, sorry.

If you DON'T do Party in the U.S.A., I will send you twenty dollars cash money for you to record you singing it.

Posted by: FS | 01/25/2010 at 09:46 AM

Oh I think you have a deal. That song is skull-crushingly catchy.

Posted by: Dabysan | 01/25/2010 at 10:17 AM

Screw it, I'm voting for some of my suggestions:

Brand New Key and True Blue. Also - Wicked Game and The Long and Winding Road. Speaking of the Beatles, how did I not think of Got To Get You Into My Life the other day?

Upon further review, Party in the USA is a non-starter.

Posted by: hotrod | 01/25/2010 at 12:09 PM

Are those in the order you want? Party in the USA might be a non-starter, especially since I'm starting to like it.

Posted by: Dabysan | 01/25/2010 at 12:20 PM

Paul McCartney - Silly Love Songs -- It'll be Valentine's Day, after all.

Crystal Gale - Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue

Elton John - Saturday Night's Alright

Elton John - Bennie and the Jets

Posted by: homebody | 01/25/2010 at 01:53 PM

1. My Heart Will Go On

2. Dream Police

3. Crying

4. How Will I Know

I wish I had been here earlier, for the suggestions themselves. Something by The Violent Femmes would have been nice. But here is my list, regardless.

Posted by: Aubrey | 01/25/2010 at 02:00 PM

A lot of legitimate music critics had it on their Best of 2009 lists.

Posted by: hotrod | 01/25/2010 at 02:07 PM

A lot of legitimate music critics suck.

Posted by: M-----l | 01/25/2010 at 02:16 PM

That's true. But it doesn't mean they're wrong about this song. It's seriously catchy.

Posted by: hotrod | 01/25/2010 at 02:23 PM

Which song are we talking about again?

Posted by: M-----l | 01/25/2010 at 02:32 PM

Miley Cyrus - Party in the USA

Posted by: hotrod | 01/25/2010 at 02:39 PM

also, the world awaits your vote....