Early 2000s Karaoke For Your Earholes

Summary

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Friday Night Karaoke – "Early 2000s Karaoke For Your Earholes" (August 16, 2024)

Episode Overview

This lively episode of Friday Night Karaoke plunges ear-first into early 2000s nostalgia, with passionate amateur performances of iconic tracks from that era. Hosts Mike Whiston and Joe Rubin, alongside their community "Audi," celebrate karaoke’s power to connect music lovers. They highlight group favorites, showcase impressive vocal talent from the Friday Night Karaoke Facebook group, and keep the vibe fun and supportive throughout.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Opening Performance: "All About That Bass" (00:00–03:22)

• Heather Gunari kicks off the episode with a soulful, harmonious cover of Meghan Trainor’s hit, earning immediate rave reviews.
  • "She's got a ridiculous Voice. It’s so good. And she harmonizes with herself just freaking perfectly. Holy crap." — Joe Rubin (03:48)
  • The hosts joke about the difficulties of self-harmonization, underscoring Heather’s skill.

2. On the Podcast’s Growth and Community (05:40–07:56)

• FNK’s Milestones: Episode 65 and over 75,000 downloads for the last episode; the Facebook group has 45,000 members.
• Host Reflection: Many podcasts never pass the 5-episode mark. Sustaining the show is a point of pride.
• Community Pull: All songs featured come directly from the group—ad-free, supportive, and creative.

3. Theme Explainer: "Early 2000s" (07:56–08:41)

• Songs selected are from the early 2000s, contextualizing the performances for listeners.

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Karaoke Performances & Commentary

Heather Gunari – "All About That Bass" (00:00–03:22)

• Dynamic, multi-layered vocals celebrated by hosts.
• Mike and Joe reflect on the popularity of musical mash-ups and genre-blending covers.

Paul Bright – "Slow Hands" (09:45–13:43)

• Cover of Niall Horan's solo breakout.
• Praised for his vocal versatility and ability to interpret songs across genres.
  • "He has diversity in music... always different. He doesn't always sing one genre." — Joe Rubin (13:47)
• Hosts reminisce about Paul’s earlier standout, a "Phantom of the Opera" performance in the group.

Jennifer Adams – "Paparazzi" (16:31–20:55)

• Brings a rockabilly twist to Lady Gaga’s "Paparazzi."
• Hosts marvel at her ability to reimagine songs into new genres and praise her on-stage charisma.
  • "She has an amazing voice and amazing attitude, like a fantastic stage presence. She just crushes it." — Joe Rubin (20:55)

Carrie McFarlane – "Shut Up" (25:46–31:08)

• A tour-de-force cover of the Black Eyed Peas hit, performing all vocal parts in a single take with just Apple headphones and a karaoke app.
  • "She was fergalicious on that." — Mike Whiston (29:50)
  • "What a voice. She was great." — Joe Rubin (29:39)
• The segment celebrates accessible technology and raw talent.
• Hosts encourage her to keep posting and tout the inclusivity of the karaoke group.

Joel Davis – "Tangled Up in You" (35:20–43:36)

• Chilled, heartfelt performance recorded in his car in a wilderness setting.
• Praised for capturing emotion and presenting an unplugged, authentic energy.
  • "It’s not about just hitting the notes... it’s about the energy you bring. Joel had a ton of energy and passion." — Mike Whiston (42:08)
• Discussion about the unique acoustics of car karaoke.

Mike Whiston – "Seven Nation Army" (48:43–53:38)

• Host steps up with a spirited rendition.
• Joe observes Mike’s restrained physical stage antics (as prompted by prior feedback), leading to playful banter about performance styles.
  • "I would go to Wichita with you any day of the week and sing karaoke with you." — Joe Rubin (52:34)
• Lighthearted nod to Jack Black and Tenacious D.

Bonnie Rochelle – "Forget You" (56:49–60:14)

• Joyful closing cover of CeeLo Green’s "Forget You."
• Hosts highlight her infectious energy, bright stage presence, and note-perfect delivery.
  • "She was having a great time singing it. Loved it, man." — Mike Whiston (60:39)

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Notable Quotes & Moments

| Timestamp | Quote | Speaker | |-----------|-------|---------| | 03:48 | "That was awesome. That was amazing. First of all, she's got a ridiculous Voice...she harmonizes with herself just freaking perfectly." | Joe Rubin | | 13:47 | "He’s really good. I like his diversity in music...he mixes it up." | Joe Rubin | | 20:55 | "She has an amazing voice and amazing attitude, like a fantastic stage presence. She just crushes it." | Joe Rubin | | 29:50 | "She was fergalicious on that." | Mike Whiston | | 42:08 | "It's not about just hitting the notes...it's about the energy you bring. Joel had a ton of energy and passion." | Mike Whiston | | 52:34 | "I would go to Wichita with you any day of the week and sing karaoke with you or otherwise go to any bar and hang out in Wichita." | Joe Rubin | | 60:39 | "She was having a great time singing it. Loved it, man. That was...just awesome." | Mike Whiston |

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Fun Tangents & Host Commentary

• Adoration for unique covers and genre switches (e.g., metal versions of pop songs).
• Emphasis on community, friendship, and bro-time between hosts.
• Amusing anecdotes about parenting, childhood memories, and their own karaoke journeys.
• Spirited banter about sponsorships and their decision to prioritize giving equipment back to the community over cash.
• Nostalgic reflection on the early 2000s, including career milestones, raves, and quirky wedding stories.

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Call to Action & Closing

• Theme for Next Week: "Iconic Movie Songs" – songs deeply associated with films, not necessarily title tracks.
• Group Plug: Encouragement for listeners to join the Friday Night Karaoke Facebook group to share performances and potentially be featured.
• "If you are not sure if it's an iconic song, don't worry. Just post it anyway." — Mike Whiston (66:21)
• Celebration of community milestones, ongoing support from audience and sponsors, and the welcoming, pressure-free ethos that drives the group’s continued success.

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Episode Highlights by Timestamp

• 00:00–03:22: Opening act: Heather Gunari – "All About That Bass"
• 09:45–13:43: Paul Bright – "Slow Hands"
• 16:31–20:55: Jennifer Adams – "Paparazzi"
• 25:46–31:08: Carrie McFarlane – "Shut Up"
• 35:20–43:36: Joel Davis – "Tangled Up in You"
• 48:43–53:38: Mike Whiston – "Seven Nation Army"
• 56:49–60:14: Bonnie Rochelle – "Forget You"
• 63:16–66:54: Preview/selection of next week’s theme: "Iconic Movie Songs"

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Tone and Style

Playful, inclusive, and supportive. The episode exudes warmth and camaraderie, with the hosts highlighting musical experimentation, audience engagement, and the unique personalities that make the FNK community shine.

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For new listeners and karaoke fans alike, this episode offers a vibrant showcase of early 2000s musical nostalgia, brimming with community spirit, exceptional amateur performances, and a palpable love of music in all forms.

Transcript

[Heather Gunari]

Because you know I'm all about that bass. Bout that bass, no treble. I'm all about that bass. Bout that bass, no treble. I'm all about that bass Bout that bass, no treble. I'm all about that bass. Bout that bass. Yeah, it's pretty clear I ain't no size 2 but I can shake it, shake it like I'm supposed to do. Cause I got that boom boom.

[Unknown Singer/Participant]

That all the boys are chasing. All the right joke and all the right. I see the magazines working at Photoshop we know that stuff ain't real. Come on now make it stop. If you've got beauty, beauty, just raise them up. Cause every inch of you is perfect.

[Heather Gunari]

From the bottom to the top.

[Unknown Singer/Participant]

My mama, she told me don't worry about your style. Because boys like a little more booty to hold at you know I won't be no sticks if you silly don't Barbie doll. So if that's what you're into then go ahead and move along.

[Heather Gunari]

Because you know I'm all about that bass. Bout that bass, no treble. I'm all about that bass Bout that base, no treble. I'm all about that bass. Bout that bass, no treble. I'm all about that bass Bout that bas.

[Unknown Singer/Participant]

I'm bringing booty back over to the wing and it'll eat.

[Heather Gunari]

No, I'm just playing.

[Unknown Singer/Participant]

I know you think you're fat, But I'm here to tell you every inch.

[Mike Whiston]

Of you is perfect.

[Unknown Singer/Participant]

From the bottom to the top. My mama, she told me don't worry about your size. She says, boys like a little marble deep to hold. And no, I won't be nasty. Silicon Bar So if that's what you're into then go ahead and move along.

[Heather Gunari]

Because you know.

[Unknown Singer/Participant]

Yeah. My mama, she told me don't worry about your sight. She says boys like a little booty to hold the night. You know I won't be no stick figure still and don't bow. So if that's what you're into then go ahead and move along.

[Heather Gunari]

I'm all about that base about that face. I'm all about that face. About that face. I'm all about that face. About that face. I'm all about that face. About that face.

[Audi]

I'm all about that song. I'm all about that. Opening to the Friday night karaoke podcast. I'm all about Heather Gunari opening up this podcast right now with that song.

[Joe Rubin]

Oh, my God, dude, that was awesome. That was amazing. I mean, first of all, she's got a ridiculous Voice. It's so good. And she harmonizes with herself just freaking perfectly. Holy crap.

[Mike Whiston]

Hard to do that.

[Joe Rubin]

So good. So good.

[Mike Whiston]

Not easy. You know, you might think it's easy, like, oh, well, I mean, you know, if I could harmonize it with anyone, I can harmonize with myself. It's me.

[Joe Rubin]

You think? Right. Like, I know what I sound like. I can do this. Right? But no, you can't. It's not that easy. It's freaking hard. And she rocked it.

[Mike Whiston]

And that's my problem. I know what I sound like.

[Joe Rubin]

You're like, I don't want to harmonize myself. I sound like shit. Let's think about that guy.

[Mike Whiston]

Two thirds makes a bigger turn.

[Joe Rubin]

Oh, my God.

[Audi]

Actually.

[Unknown Singer/Participant]

What.

[Joe Rubin]

So what we. So was that like the postmodern jukebox? Who was that?

[Unknown Singer/Participant]

Who?

[Joe Rubin]

What was the.

[Mike Whiston]

That was like a postmodern jukebox style. I'm not sure if it was actually like a cover of a postmodern jukebox cover of.

[Unknown Singer/Participant]

Right.

[Mike Whiston]

That song. Cover of the song. The original song is obviously all about that bass by Megan Trainor. Heather Gunari from the Friday Night Karaoke Facebook community who was opening up the podcast for us here with that brilliant rendition. And yeah, I love these like different versions. Chill.

[Joe Rubin]

Yes.

[Mike Whiston]

Loungy, whatever. It doesn't, you know, I like metal versions of non metal songs. You got that guy Leo, Metal version.

[Joe Rubin]

Of all about that bass. That would be sick.

[Mike Whiston]

I guarant he has like a metal version of every song. You just look him up on spot.

[Joe Rubin]

What's that guy's name again?

[Mike Whiston]

Leo Mor.

[Unknown Singer/Participant]

Leo.

[Joe Rubin]

Yes.

[Unknown Singer/Participant]

That guy.

[Mike Whiston]

Sick. Dude's nuts. The first song I ever heard of his was like let it go and the metal version, I'm like, I need to hear more. Then he has like that song by Toto Africa and that.

[Joe Rubin]

Oh man, that's. That's the first one I heard of his. It was awesome. Awesome.

[Mike Whiston]

Yeah. And then it's just like a. A winding road from there, you know?

[Joe Rubin]

Yeah. It goes downhill. Yeah.

[Mike Whiston]

And it's good. Well, not downhill, but like, it's a great one.

[Joe Rubin]

Straight downhill.

[Mike Whiston]

Sometimes downhill, sometimes uphill. Depends on what song he's on. There's just so many. But I am Mike Whiston. I am the co host and co founder of the Friday Night Karaoke podcast and the Friday Night Karaoke Facebook group.

[Joe Rubin]

And I am Joe Urban with the same exact title. And welcome to episode number 65. Is it 65?

[Audi]

Wow.

[Joe Rubin]

Dude, that's a lot of episodes.

[Mike Whiston]

That's so many episodes.

[Unknown Singer/Participant]

I love it.

[Mike Whiston]

When we first started this podcast, I had no idea that we would keep this thing running for 65 episodes. You know, I think the, the average.

[Joe Rubin]

Is what, like five, five episodes episodes.

[Mike Whiston]

Podcasts out there, millions and millions of podcasts. The average across the board. Most podcasts don't make it past episode. Like number five or number six.

[Joe Rubin]

Yeah, yeah, like that. So I mean, look, you see something really impressive. Yeah, you see some that are like episode 300 or something like that's pretty impressive. Like, that's a. That's a long time, but still 65. I'm pretty excited about that. And not it's not just 65, but 65. And what. How many downloads did our. Did our last one get?

[Mike Whiston]

Yeah, last episode got over 75, 000 downloads. Oh my God, dude. All of you right now listening to us banter on about this stuff. And I know you're not listening to us. You're listening to the amazing singers and we'll get you to the next one pretty darn quickly. But yeah, we appreciate every single one of you. We have 45, 000 members in the Friday night karaoke Facebook group. If you're not a member already and you're not familiar with the group, we actually pull all the songs from this podcast and the prior 64 podcast episodes. Every song is pulled directly from the Friday night karaoke Facebook group. It's a negativity free ad free group where you can go in and just express yourself and sing. It's a closed group so you don't have to worry about your Aunt Sally hearing you singing or your cousin Billy hearing you singing if you don't want them to hear you or your boss or whatever. And yeah, it's just a great place to go and connect with other people who love music. And we take 10 songs from the theme of the week that we post in that every single week. And here's the podcast almost every single week, anywhere between like seven and ten songs we'll post in the actual podcast episode. We try to keep it like around an hour, but super excited to run this episode. It's going to be fnk previous 10.

[Unknown Singer/Participant]

And the right.

[Mike Whiston]

So title is what does that mean? Early 2000s. So basically songs from the early 2000s.

[Joe Rubin]

Right? I mean, I knew. I. I personally knew what it meant. I mean, I just. Yeah, I picked it up, but.

[Unknown Singer/Participant]

I.

[Joe Rubin]

Wanted you to explain it because it's a little weird. Previous 10 what? Right.

[Mike Whiston]

It's like when my wife gets a haircut and she comes home, she's like, what do you like about me? I'm like, I don't know.

[Joe Rubin]

You smell everything. Everything.

[Mike Whiston]

Well, no, but what do you like about me today? I don't know. You were gone for, like a couple hours.

[Joe Rubin]

Hopefully she's not One of the 75, 000 people that listen to this podcast.

[Mike Whiston]

We've been married for 15 years. She doesn't listen to my podcast.

[Joe Rubin]

All right, smart woman. All right, let's play the next song.

[Mike Whiston]

Coming up next for FnK, previous 10, early 2000s, it's going to be Paul Bright, longtime member of the Friday night karaoke community, someone that we featured on a couple podcast episodes. Puts out amazing music. Not just his own music, but he puts it out for collaborations. And he gets very involved in the community with comments and shares, and he's just been a very active staple in the community. Some of the songs he's put out there also are some of my favorite in the group. Like, you know his Pearl Jam where he's.

[Unknown Singer/Participant]

That was great.

[Mike Whiston]

He literally. It was like wrong lyric week, and he on purpose was like.

[Joe Rubin]

He'S a good singer.

[Mike Whiston]

All right, let's hear Paul Bright with Slow Hands by Nile Horan. Let's give it a listen.

[Joe Rubin]

One Direction, one of the One Direction dudes.

[Paul Bright]

We should take this back to my place. That's what she said right to my face. Cause I want you back yeah, I want you, baby I've been thinking about it all day and I hope you feel the same way yeah. Cause I want you back yeah, I want you, baby Slow, slow hands not sweat dripping down our dirty laundry no, no chance that I'm leaving here without you on me I, I know, I already know that there ain't no stopping and those slow heads Slow head.

[Unknown Singer/Participant]

I.

[Paul Bright]

Just wanna take my time we can do this, baby, all night yes. Cause I want you back yeah, I want you, baby Slow, slow hands that sweat dripping down our dirty laundry no, no chance that I'm leaving here without you on me I, I know yeah already know that there ain't no stopping your planted those slow hands Fingertips putting on the show Got me down and I can't say no Wanna be with you all alone Take me home Take me home. Fingertips putting on the show can't you tell that I want you, baby?

[Unknown Singer/Participant]

Yes.

[Paul Bright]

Oh, hands that sweat dripping down under your laundry no, no chance that I'm even here without you on the eye yeah, I already know there ain't no stopping Slow hands that sweat dripping down our dirty laundry no, no chance that I'm leaving you without you on Me, I know, yeah Already know that there ain't no stopping your plans and those slow hands, Slow hands.

[Audi]

Slow hands, Jazz.

[Unknown Singer/Participant]

Hands.

[Mike Whiston]

That'S all I kept hearing in my head.

[Joe Rubin]

I was wondering how you were gonna end that. I was like. I was like, what's he gonna say about the slow hands? I'm like, but you know what? Well played, sir. Well played.

[Mike Whiston]

Yeah.

[Audi]

Paul Bright.

[Mike Whiston]

Oh, my God. I know. I've actually heard that song before.

[Joe Rubin]

Me ne.

[Mike Whiston]

And, you know, apparently One Direction, you know, it's never really been like, One Direction as a group. I think they were a little bit kind of after my time, you know, listening to boy bands, and I never really got to know them and a lot of their music. But, you know, Niall apparently was like, the good guy of the group. And, you know, this song is baby making music, man. This is not good guy music.

[Unknown Singer/Participant]

This is.

[Mike Whiston]

This is baby. There's, you know, 10 months later, you know, someone's calling you daddy and it's not your girlfriend.

[Joe Rubin]

Nile junior.

[Audi]

Paul Bright.

[Mike Whiston]

That was Slow Hands by Niall Horan of previously or currently of One Direction. Not really sure how that all goes, but absolutely amazing. Paul, hats off to you.

[Joe Rubin]

Yeah, he is a great singer. He's. He's really good. And. And he's.

[Unknown Singer/Participant]

He.

[Joe Rubin]

I like his. His diversity in music. Right. He, like, picks out some interesting songs that I've never heard before and some that I've heard lots of before, but he picks us some cool ones. Like, it's always different. You know, he doesn't always sing, like, one genre. You know, he picks it. He mixes it up.

[Mike Whiston]

The song that kind of turned me on to Paul Bright's music and singing early on, you know, this was forever ago in Friday night karaoke in the Facebook group. I remember seeing it in the thread, and it was Phantom of the Opera, and he just.

[Unknown Singer/Participant]

Owned it. Owned it.

[Mike Whiston]

And it was black and white. He had, like, a mask, I believe. And, you know, it was. He just, like, had the whole thing going and it was freaking.

[Joe Rubin]

I remember that. That was great.

[Mike Whiston]

It was awesome. Yeah. And then I was like, I don't know who this guy is, but I need to know who this guy is.

[Joe Rubin]

Yeah.

[Mike Whiston]

And from that point forward, it's been in our hearts.

[Unknown Singer/Participant]

Yes.

[Mike Whiston]

And in our earphones.

[Joe Rubin]

Hey, why don't we take a minute to thank our amazing sponsors of the Friday night karaoke podcast, Mr. Cliff's Premium Lift. We've been sipping this down.

[Mike Whiston]

I was singing Slow hands to this beautiful bottle because I just want it inside me. The whiskey.

[Joe Rubin]

No, I. Okay.

[Unknown Singer/Participant]

Sir.

[Joel Davis]

Any who.

[Joe Rubin]

I'm just shut up, Joe.

[Mike Whiston]

In two seconds. Drink, Mr. Cliffs.

[Joe Rubin]

Thank you to our former sponsor, Mr. Cliffs. Should we. Should we give it a few minutes before we thank. Sure. Microphones. Or do you want to do that now?

[Mike Whiston]

Your new tagline feels so good inside.

[Audi]

I need to go to the next song. So coming up next.

[Mike Whiston]

We have a Friday night karaoke moderator. She's been with us since right near the beginning as well. Again, another staple of the Friday night karaoke community. This is someone who not only is an amazing singer in every aspect of the. Of the term amazing singer, this is someone who has been integral in growing the group and holding the group together again. As the moderator, she's helped make sure that the group remains negativity free and kind of keeps everything moving in the right direction. And she even helps with the podcast episodes now. So a big hats off to Jennifer Adams.

[Joe Rubin]

Thank you, Jennifer.

[Mike Whiston]

Next amazing singer here singing Lady Gaga. Oh, man, Lady Gaga.

[Unknown Singer/Participant]

I remember.

[Joe Rubin]

That's awesome.

[Mike Whiston]

Lady Gaga first came on the scene, I remember forever ago, and I was talking to a friend in China, and my friend literally was like, you know, you need to check out this artist I keep listening to. And I'm like, no, I've never heard of this person. Is she British? Like, never heard of this person. It's such a stupid name. And the music was decent, but I remember, like, just like, you know, who is this person? And then she just became this, like, icon. And her music's amazing and Jennifer Adams just absolutely owns it. It's going to be Paparazzi by Lady Gaga. Let's give it a listen.

[Joe Rubin]

Awesome.

[Unknown Singer/Participant]

Lemon jeans. You're all under us my joy means but for all of us it don't have a prize Ready for those flashing lights you know that baby I I'm your biggest and I follow you until you love me papa, papa, paparazzi Baby, there's no other supers now you know that I'll be papa, papa, papa promise I'll be kind but I won't stop until the boy is mine Baby, you'll be famous chase you down until you love me papa, papa paparazzi I'll be the girl backstage at your show building ropes and guitars yeah, you're my rock star in between the sets eyeliner and shout is burned yeah the dance in return my lashes are tied purple teardrops I cry don't have a price loving you with Jerry pie you know that baby I how do they decide? I follow you until you love me papa, papa, papa fuzzy baby there's no other superstar? You know that I be?

[Heather Gunari]

Papa, papa, papa?

[Unknown Singer/Participant]

I'll speak honest? I'll be kind? But I won't stop until my boy is mine? Baby, I'll be famous? Chase you down until you love me? Papa, papa? Paparazzi? Real good show? Snap, snap that stuff on the radio? Don't stop for anyone? We are plastic but we sure have fun? I'm the biggest fan? I'll follow you until you love me? Papa, papa, papa? Rocky, baby, there's no other superstar?

[Mike Whiston]

You know that I'll be?

[Unknown Singer/Participant]

Papa, papa, papa? Promise I'll be kind? But I won't stop until the boy's life maybe you'll be famous? Chase you down until you love me? Papa, papa, papa?

[Mike Whiston]

I love the end.

[Joe Rubin]

That was a little. I love the little extra bonus ending. That was awesome. Another, like, you know, postmodern jukebox swing version of the song. I love that.

[Mike Whiston]

Maybe that was kind of like rockabilly or rockabilly.

[Joe Rubin]

I guess it was rockabilly. I guess said rockabilly on it, but, like. But it was still another, like, I was not expecting to hear that.

[Mike Whiston]

No, me either. And, you know, I kept on hearing the original version in my head while I was listening to it, and it was clashing, and then when I stopped thinking about the original version, it sounded amazing.

[Joe Rubin]

Right? Yeah.

[Mike Whiston]

Like, you know, like we just get out the original. Out of your head and listen to it for what it is. It's so freaking good that that's like a talent. That's like an actual deep talent. Like something that I think you're just born with. You don't learn how to do this. Take a song, bring it to a complete different genre, and just own it, you know? I have zero ability to do that. Zero.

[Unknown Singer/Participant]

Okay.

[Mike Whiston]

Tried.

[Joe Rubin]

I believe you.

[Mike Whiston]

Really, really hard. So Jennifer Adams with paparazzi by Lady Gaga. Absolutely incredible. With a trio of Jennifer. Rock on.

[Joe Rubin]

That was awesome. She's always fantastic, by the way. So glad we got to feature her this episode. She has an amazing voice and amazing attitude, like a fantastic stage presence. She just crushes it. She's just. She owns it.

[Unknown Singer/Participant]

It.

[Joe Rubin]

You know, you have to. If you watch the video, like, you hear the song, but when you watch the video, it's another level of the way. She just has a presence about her, you know?

[Mike Whiston]

Yeah, absolutely. Absolutely. I want to call something out.

[Joe Rubin]

Do it.

[Mike Whiston]

I want to call something. I'm gonna put it on screen, too. The Friday night karaoke podcast. It's a top 10 in Apple for over a year. It's actually over two hours. And, you know, we. On the screen, it says, featuring songs from the Facebook group like we talked about before. Actually, right now we're number five in music in America.

[Joe Rubin]

Dude, how cool is that? How cool is that?

[Mike Whiston]

Thank all of you. So I love that ask is if you are listening in Apple. Please go leave a review.

[Joe Rubin]

Yes, please. That'd be great.

[Mike Whiston]

Reviews don't help with the ranking.

[Joe Rubin]

Wait, wait, no, no. Leave a nice review. Not a review. Like, if you're like, these guys suck. Like, just send me an email if.

[Audi]

You don't have something nice to say. Don't say nothing.

[Joe Rubin]

But if you like it. But if you like it, write a nice review because it does help us out. It really does.

[Mike Whiston]

Yeah. And it makes us feel really good about ourselves and we share it, you know, internally. And we're like, look, people like us and we're special.

[Unknown Singer/Participant]

Yeah.

[Joe Rubin]

Me and Mike just text it back and forth to each other. It's very nice.

[Mike Whiston]

We do. You know, I read them before I go to bed at night and, you know, I hug my phone and, you.

[Joe Rubin]

Know, that's so sweet.

[Mike Whiston]

I'm kind of like hugging all of you by extension.

[Joe Rubin]

Oh, dude. Hey, can we thank our sponsors at shure microphones for a minute here? Because they actually provided all of our amazing sound equipment here for this podcast. They gave us other microphones to give out to some of our Friday night karaoke contestants, people who won our competition. We had a big competition a few months ago, and they gave out microphones. These are expensive. These are not, you know, not too expensive, but they're like a reasonably priced. This is not like a little thing that they gave out for like $3. This was a nice prize that we got to give out to a couple of our of our. Of our winners. These are great microphones. And, you know, we're just honored to have them sponsor the FnK podcast.

[Unknown Singer/Participant]

So.

[Mike Whiston]

Yeah, and we've mentioned this before. I think it's important for us to mention it again. You know, we don't take money for the sponsorships. We actually just take product and we give it all to you guys and we take one for ourselves.

[Joe Rubin]

And I think I mentioned it before that if someone actually wanted to give me money for the podcast, I would take it.

[Mike Whiston]

We're not gonna.

[Joe Rubin]

Yes, we're not gonn. I just want to make that clear.

[Mike Whiston]

Think of all the Mr. Cliff's premium whiskey.

[Joe Rubin]

I know I'll happily work for whiskey and microphones, but I'm just saying if someone's like, here's some cash. I wouldn't be like, sir, no, no, no, thank you. I. I would be like, yeah.

[Mike Whiston]

All right. So coming up next, we have a new member featured on the Friday night karaoke podcast. And I always love when we can feature new members and you can actually expect in the next week or two. I plan on putting up a video in the. In the Facebook community that explains kind of what we look for in the podcast, you know, when you put up videos. Because I think it would be really, really helpful just to get an idea.

[Joe Rubin]

Are you doing an explainer video? Is that what you're doing?

[Mike Whiston]

Yeah, I'm going to do like a video and just kind of run through what we look for and you know, if you are interested in getting your video featured in the Friday night karaoke podcast, just kind of what some of the guidelines and best practices are around, sound quality and all that jazz. So expect that in the next week or two. But that has nothing to do with this. The song is actually fantastic in every way. Sound quality, etc. It's all great. But this is a relatively new member, I believe, to the group. Maybe she's been around for a while. I'm not sure. But, you know, now she's on my radar and I'll see every time she posts new songs. This is gonna be Carrie McFarlane and she's gonna be singing the Black Eyed Peas with Shut up. And she play. She sings all the parts. She does it in a single take, all together. I'll let you see for yourselves. All right, we'll talk about it in just a second.

[Joe Rubin]

All right.

[Carrie McFarlane]

You was just mine, you know. We winded down and did them things that couples do within love, you know, walk to the beach and stuff. You know, things I love to say too. I love you, boo. I love you too. I miss you a lot. I miss you even more. That's why I threw you out. I went to your dance.

[Joe Rubin]

Something got out of hand.

[Unknown Singer/Participant]

You started dealing. Why?

[Carrie McFarlane]

I couldn't. Even though I had legitimate reasons.

[Unknown Singer/Participant]

Bullshit.

[Carrie McFarlane]

You know I had to make me demands boost.

[Unknown Singer/Participant]

How could you trust a girl?

[Carrie McFarlane]

Private eyes girl. That's why you don't believe in eyes.

[Joe Rubin]

Why do you say?

[Unknown Singer/Participant]

Shut up. Chill up.

[Mike Whiston]

Shut up, shut up.

[Unknown Singer/Participant]

I think I'm going crazy.

[Carrie McFarlane]

Why we got to move so fast? Love us pop before making fast. Why is that?

[Unknown Singer/Participant]

You.

[Carrie McFarlane]

You lose control every time we agree to get.

[Unknown Singer/Participant]

Enough.

[Mike Whiston]

Shut up.

[Unknown Singer/Participant]

Shut up. Shut up. Shut up. Shut up. We try to take it slow and we're still trying to make it work, but it still is the Worst when I'm freezing I'm trying to be I think I'm going crazy Girl, I love.

[Carrie McFarlane]

It Dying why did you stop playing.

[Unknown Singer/Participant]

And open up with D Me?

[Carrie McFarlane]

I hold you let's get the best and best it's the same old routine and then the next thing I hear that scream Girl, you know I t of things they said yeah, you that.

[Unknown Singer/Participant]

Right, cuz I heard the name disconnect.

[Carrie McFarlane]

That was a different. No, it ain't. That was different. It was the same.

[Unknown Singer/Participant]

Same excuses. Boy, you useless.

[Mike Whiston]

Really? Really?

[Audi]

Is that all there is? Is that really all there is? And don't shut up. Keep singing. Keep singing.

[Joe Rubin]

Oh, my God, man. Dude, you weren't kidding when she was like. You said she did all the parts. I was not expecting that. That was ridiculously good. Ridiculously good.

[Mike Whiston]

And the amount of mental energy it takes to do that is incredible.

[Joe Rubin]

Dude, I can't even imagine the. The back and forth between the different styles. It was like, holy, dude, what a voice. She was great.

[Mike Whiston]

It just went all over the place with it, like. And she. She was fergalicious on that.

[Joe Rubin]

Fergie, like, she like, dude, no, she has those notes.

[Mike Whiston]

Oh, and she got the rest. She got like everything, Everything, like the whole thing. And like we said, like, arguing with yourself in a song in a single take and then switching to something very vocal like Fergie does, and then going into the rap parts and then like, just, wow.

[Audi]

I'm like, floored.

[Joe Rubin]

Floored, dude, you know. You know what? You know what else I love? And I just want to throw it out there just to the. The quality of technology, right? Like, like she recorded that on the old wired Apple headphones, right? Like that whole thing was done on like, like, not professional recording equipment, right? That was her. And using Star Maker app and the old Apple standard wired headphones, like, amazing, amazing. And she sounded that good, right? Can you imagine what she'd sound like in a studio, by the way? Can you imagine, like, how ridiculously flawless she'd sound? I want to find out, right?

[Mike Whiston]

You know, here's things I want to find out for a thousand Alex.

[Joe Rubin]

Ah, insane.

[Mike Whiston]

So again, that was Carrie McFarlane with Shut up by the Black Eyed Peas. And we do not want her to shut up. We would love for her to keep singing. So, Carrie McFarland, I hope to see many, many of more of your songs in the community.

[Joe Rubin]

Yeah, keep posting.

[Mike Whiston]

I imagine we'll see you again on the podcast at some point. So.

[Unknown Singer/Participant]

Man.

[Mike Whiston]

Ah, I love this group, right?

[Joe Rubin]

I love it.

[Audi]

How amazing with you Every week, dude, me too.

[Joe Rubin]

That's my favorite, favorite part of my week, I swear.

[Mike Whiston]

Yeah, this is, this is. This is our bro time, you know?

[Joe Rubin]

It is bro time. I just wish you were like 12 hours earlier so I could be, like, drinking more whiskey with you and not.

[Mike Whiston]

Like, I mean, you know, technically 11 o' clock in the. If it's 11 o' clock in the morning over here. Oh, yeah, another hour. It's technically afternoon.

[Unknown Singer/Participant]

Right.

[Joe Rubin]

We can make this podcast run two hours if. If you feel like it.

[Mike Whiston]

Oh, morning, mimosas.

[Joe Rubin]

Oh, my God, man, what am I doing?

[Mike Whiston]

I could be making Bloody Marys.

[Joe Rubin]

We should get a Bloody Mary sponsor.

[Mike Whiston]

Oh, my God. I don't like bloody Marys. That's a problem. I've never been.

[Joe Rubin]

Really? You just, you literally just requested it.

[Mike Whiston]

Like, I almost like sands. Sands the tomatoes. You know, maybe it'll just be vodka and celery.

[Joe Rubin]

Just. Just a Mary.

[Mike Whiston]

Celery, hold the blood. It reminds me of my son, you know, he's five years old and, you know, this morning he, you know, I catch him in the kitchen and he has a glass of like this greenish liquid and it's this like, it's called like, shikawasa juice or something from Okinawa, which is fine by itself. It's like, you know, just. It's just like this juice stuff. But then, like, I see like these little black things in it. I'm like, what are you doing? He's like, mixing it in a thing and I'm like, what are you doing? He's like, making a cake. And like, he put like, pepper in there and he put like jelly in there. And then he's like, I need milk. I'm like, what do you need milk for? He's like, you need milk for the cake. I'm like, okay, I poured milk in there. It's not gonna be good. He said, no, it's really good. And I'm like, prove it. Drink it. Like, you know, and. And for all of you parents out.

[Joe Rubin]

There, like, you know what I'm talking. No, no, they all know what you're talking about.

[Mike Whiston]

All of you who are parents.

[Joe Rubin]

Who's a parent is like, exactly. The only people clutching their pearls are the non parents. Like, otherwise, all the parents, like, yeah, God, drink it. Drink that.

[Mike Whiston]

Oh, my God. I would never give it a sip. My kids, when I. When I have kids, they are never. Oh, my God. You would let them drink that. You don't even know what that's going to do. Like, I was like, go on, little, do it. What Are you gonna do what's gonna happen? You like it? You said it's good. Okay.

[Joe Rubin]

Milk and Coca Cola and Jelly and Dr. Pepper. Have fun.

[Mike Whiston]

He looked at it, and it was, like, all frothy on top and weird and gross and, you know, like, separated. And he was like, you know, no, it's really good. And I'm like, it's not gonna be good, but drink it. He's like, no, actually, it's just the experiment. I'm like, you have to drink it, man. He's like. I'm like, is it good? He's like, no, yeah, it was great. I didn't make him drink the whole thing. I'm not a monster.

[Joe Rubin]

No, no, no, no. You just noticed. A sip is fine. A sip brings the point home.

[Mike Whiston]

Yeah, it sure does. It brings a point that daddy was right home.

[Joe Rubin]

Yeah, drinking the full thing gets you in trouble. Yeah, that's.

[Mike Whiston]

Well, I don't want to clean that up.

[Joe Rubin]

I know. Barf all over the place. Like, who threw up on the carpet?

[Unknown Singer/Participant]

Why?

[Audi]

So, coming up next.

[Mike Whiston]

Another fantastic member of the Friday night karaoke community, a man who's usually singing in his car or out and about, I believe, out in the wilderness with a headphone and. Yeah. No. No professional setup or anything.

[Joe Rubin]

He sings in the wilderness?

[Unknown Singer/Participant]

Yeah.

[Mike Whiston]

I mean, you basically are always in the wilderness.

[Joe Rubin]

I know. That's why I'm like, who is this masked man? Who. Who is this guy?

[Mike Whiston]

The unmasking is about to happen. It's gonna be Jo. He's gonna be singing some Stained man. I love stained.

[Joe Rubin]

That's right.

[Mike Whiston]

Huge, huge fan of Aaron Lewis. And this is going to be tangled up in you.

[Joe Rubin]

All right, listen.

[Joel Davis]

You're my world, the shelter from the rain. You're the pills that take away my pain. You're the light that helps me find my way. You're the worst. When I have nothing to say. And in this world where nothing else is true. Here I am still tangled up in you. I'm still tangled up up in you. Still tangled up in you. You're the fire that warms me when I'm cold. You're the hand I have to hold as I grow old. You're the shore when I am lost at sea. You're the only thing that I like about me. And in this world where nothing else is true. Here I am still tangled up in you. I'm still tangled up in you. How long has it been since this door storyline begin? And I hope it never ends and goes like this forever. In this world where nothing Else is.

[Mike Whiston]

True.

[Joel Davis]

Here I am.

[Paul Bright]

Still tangled up and yeah. Tangled up in you.

[Joel Davis]

I'm still tangled up in you still tangled up in.

[Unknown Singer/Participant]

You.

[Mike Whiston]

I mean, I'm all tangled up in that song because, like, it was chill. I was vibing, you know, you were just talking about how Joel, like, records, like, out in the middle of, like, the wilderness or in his car. Well, he was in both. He was in the wilderness in his.

[Joe Rubin]

I was gonna say that same thing. He was in the car in the wilderness. Like, he parked in the woods, which is great.

[Mike Whiston]

Yeah. I love. Like, he's singing some, like, Aaron Lewis, you know, who's, you know, famous for Country Boy and a bunch of other songs, you know, obviously, you know, lasting songs, but, you know. Yeah. In the background, if you notice, you had a pickup truck go by with a boat on the back.

[Joe Rubin]

I saw it.

[Mike Whiston]

And then shortly after, a pickup truck go by with an excavator on the back.

[Joe Rubin]

I saw it. No, that was country as. As, Man, I loved it. And honestly, when you sing in a car, the car's got great acoustics, man. Karaoke is really where it's at. I've recorded a bunch of songs in the car.

[Mike Whiston]

It sounds right.

[Audi]

Yeah.

[Joe Rubin]

Like, I'm at practice. I'm not sitting outside. I'm like, all right, let me record some songs. And, you know, the other parents are like, what the. You know? But, like, you know, it's still amazing. It sounds great. The acoustics in the car are fantastic.

[Mike Whiston]

Music that, you know, I need to call that out. So when you sing in the car. Yeah, you know, you're in car, you're by yourself. You know, you think you're, you know, pretty safe. If you're at an event or even, like, you're just, like, in a parking lot, and you see those people start walking by the car and you're there.

[Joe Rubin]

Like.

[Mike Whiston]

You look over, and they're just.

[Joe Rubin]

Like, what are you doing in there?

[Unknown Singer/Participant]

You know?

[Joe Rubin]

Yeah, but it's fine. Like, I don't care. It's. It's just great, and it sounds good and. All right, let's bring it back for a second. That song, damn near perfect. That was Joel Davis.

[Mike Whiston]

I want to bring.

[Joe Rubin]

That was. That was just wonderful, fantastic take on that song.

[Mike Whiston]

And it was. And it was like. Like I said, very chill, very vibing. You know, like, you could just kind of, like, sway back and forth to it. You know, you drink your whiskey, reflect on better times. I loved it, like, all of that. And, you know, just to bring back a point you made, I think on the last song with Carrie, you don't need a professional setup. That's right.

[Joe Rubin]

He was in a car with the wired mic headset, and that sounded like he was singing, like, MTV Unplugged, you know, it was great.

[Mike Whiston]

I want to say that karaoke, whether you're like a live karaoke or you're recording for the Friday night karaoke group or anywhere else, you're just posting it to Star Maker or Smule or whatever, you happen to be doing karaoke as, like, a thing. It's really more, you know, it's less about, you know, just hitting the notes. And by the way, Joel hit all the notes, and everyone. He hit every note here.

[Joe Rubin]

Every note.

[Mike Whiston]

Hitting the notes. We're not saying people aren't hitting notes. They definitely are. It's. But it's not about that. It's about, like, the energy you bring or about, like, how you. You know, and the energy you bring doesn't mean that you're going 5 million miles an hour and, you know, super powerful. You know, Joel had a ton of energy in that and, you know, passion for what he was singing. He actually, like, believed in the words. He believed in the music, and he felt it. And you. And you felt it because he felt it. And that's what karaoke is, I think. Like, you know, you kind of experience what they experienced. You know, they're like. They're, like, pushing out their own experience to you.

[Joe Rubin]

I feel you.

[Mike Whiston]

No, no, I felt it. I didn't eat enough mushrooms.

[Joe Rubin]

Yeah, we need. We need Bob's mushrooms as a sponsor.

[Mike Whiston]

I. I had this idea of how I wanted to put that entire thought together, and then I was like, you know what? That idea.

[Joe Rubin]

Yeah, I'm just gonna.

[Mike Whiston]

I'm just gonna wing it, and let's not do that anymore.

[Joe Rubin]

Yeah. Swinging the miss. Nice job.

[Mike Whiston]

Yeah, you know, sometimes. Sometimes you miss, but. But the important thing is you're at bat and you're taking those swings. The problem is, I was already past strike three.

[Joe Rubin]

There's another batter up. You're, like, standing there looking at nothing. Yeah. Hitting a moth.

[Mike Whiston]

So, Joel Davis, tangled up in you by Stain. Thank you. That was awesome.

[Unknown Singer/Participant]

That was great.

[Mike Whiston]

And I'm sorry. Two songs left.

[Unknown Singer/Participant]

Left.

[Joe Rubin]

Oh, no.

[Mike Whiston]

Only two songs left.

[Joe Rubin]

Oh, no. All right, who's next?

[Mike Whiston]

It goes by so freaking quickly, and it makes me really sad, but it is what it is. You know, I. I do want to ask you. You know, this has been early 2000s week in Friday night karaoke. Yeah, Obviously. This podcast is all songs from the early 2000s. Do you remember what you were doing in the early 2000s?

[Joe Rubin]

Early 2000s, yeah, I do remember what I was doing. I was, I was just a couple years into my first big company, which was awesome. And we were doing, we started events, we were doing these conferences and we were doing them all over the country. It was great. I was just about, depending on what year we're talking about, just about getting married. So that was, you know, I've been married for 21 years now, so right around when we started the whole like early, whatever year we call depending on the previous 10, I was just about getting married, man. And it was, it was great.

[Mike Whiston]

Yeah, yeah, 2004, something like that, man. That's awesome. I remember early, early 2000s, I threw a rave called get out of Jail Free and I had like 16 DJs. I had like, it was great. I had the monopoly guy flying out of a cage on the flyer. It was, it was, it was pretty cool. I think we had like 800 people there. It was a, it was a cool experience.

[Joe Rubin]

That was so much more sentimental than my little, I just got married. Like, look back. That was nice. That was nice.

[Mike Whiston]

I'm like, oh, that's sweet. Well, you know, do a rave, get out of jail, a whole bunch of fun things.

[Joe Rubin]

No. Oh my goodness.

[Mike Whiston]

Although they were a better time, you know, I did like, I mean, it's always a better time when you look back, right? And then, you know, this time will be a better time in 20 years when we look back. Well, maybe not. This time's kind of crazy, but.

[Joe Rubin]

Oh, hey, can I, can I throw out a cool thing?

[Mike Whiston]

Actually?

[Joe Rubin]

So, so I'm married 21 years now, so 2003 is when I got married, right? And in my wedding, you know, like weddings, you get the, the flower girls, right? The little, the little girls, the little, the cousins and the nieces, the two year olds, the three year olds, right? So in my wedding, one of my flower girls was my 3 year old niece, okay? And so she was this little baby just, you know, toddling down the aisle there and my three year old niece, and now she is our operations manager for our company and having a baby of her own, right? Now.

[Mike Whiston]

How cool is that, right?

[Joe Rubin]

That's right.

[Mike Whiston]

How cool is that?

[Joe Rubin]

Isn't that awesome?

[Mike Whiston]

Cool is that I was a flower girl in, in a lesbian wedding when I was like 17 years old. I kid you not. I'm like actually looking for the picture of it now because I have a picture on my phone somewhere, but I can't 17.

[Joe Rubin]

I don't know what's the funnier that you're a flower girl or you're a flower girl at 17.

[Mike Whiston]

Like, I don't know. I was like, in fishnet stockings and, like, a little halter top, and I had, like, my hair and, like, pigtails and stuff. It was like punk rock, you know, lesbian wedding. And I was, you know, good friends with, you know, the. Both brides and I. It wasn't like a real wedding because you couldn't do that back then. But, yeah, I was like, I want to be involved. I want to support you guys and, like, you could be a flower girl. I'm like, okay. I was 17. I didn't care. I mean, this is coming off of, like, you know, the dude who a year later was, you know, Dr. Frankenfooter and Rocky Horror Picture show in college.

[Joe Rubin]

So once again, you've taken my sentimental memory and brought it up a notch. Just brought it up a notch, buddy.

[Mike Whiston]

All right. Just two songs, and one of them, I was told I had to play it. I don't necessarily agree with it, but I'm gonna play it anyway. This is me.

[Joe Rubin]

Oh, of course it is.

[Mike Whiston]

It sure is. You know what? I. Sometimes I like to feature us.

[Joe Rubin]

You sure do. Actually, this is our two week in a row. You featured you. We. I. I commented last week on how you. You sure did. And I was like, hey, I was trying. What's the word? I'm thinking tranquila. Tranquila what? Tranquilize. What's the word?

[Mike Whiston]

I'm not sure.

[Joe Rubin]

Tranquilize.

[Unknown Singer/Participant]

What?

[Joe Rubin]

Tranquilized. Yeah.

[Mike Whiston]

Where I.

[Joe Rubin]

How? You were doing the same hand motions.

[Mike Whiston]

On the live version of you as the video version of you.

[Joe Rubin]

That's awesome.

[Mike Whiston]

Let's see if you do it again. That wasn't last 10. That was.

[Joe Rubin]

Was it two weeks ago?

[Mike Whiston]

Different.

[Joe Rubin]

Oh, that's right. That was a Disney one. That was Disney.

[Mike Whiston]

Yeah, that was Disney. So anyway, this is going to be Seven Nation army with the white stripes. And I gave it my best shot. Here it is. Give it a listen.

[Joe Rubin]

Let's hear it.

[Unknown Singer]

Taking that time right behind my back and I'm talking to myself at night Because I can't forget Back and forth through my mind Behind a cigarette.

[Unknown Singer/Participant]

And.

[Unknown Singer]

The message coming from my eyes Said leave it alone, Lo. Don't wanna hear about it Every single woman's got a story to tell Everyone knows about it from the Queen of England to the hounds of hell and if I catch a girl coming my way I'm going to serve it to.

[Unknown Singer/Participant]

You.

[Unknown Singer]

And that ain't what you want to hear but it's what I'll do.

[Mike Whiston]

And the feeling coming from my phone says Find a home.

[Unknown Singer/Participant]

Sam.

[Unknown Singer]

I'm going to Wichita Far from this opera forevermore I'm gonna work the straw make the sweat drip out of every pore and I'm pleased bleeding and I'm bleeding and I'm bleeding Right before the.

[Unknown Singer/Participant]

Lord.

[Unknown Singer]

All the words gonna bleep from me and I will think no more and the stains coming from my blood tell me Go back.

[Heather Gunari]

Thank you.

[Mike Whiston]

Friday night, karaoke. The end was a little rough, but I'm going with it.

[Joe Rubin]

Dude, I would go to Wichita with you any day of the week and sing karaoke with you or otherwise go to any bar and just hang out in Wichita.

[Mike Whiston]

I don't know what the voice was.

[Joe Rubin]

I don't know either. You know what, though? At this time. You know what? I. I feel like a dick now because I said something, and then now I was transfixed on the fact that you sat on your hands that whole song and didn't make any hand motions whatsoever for that entire four minutes, which is really unusual for you. And you were like, I'm not gonna do it. Because Joe said something and you sat in your hands. You didn't do it.

[Unknown Singer/Participant]

It.

[Joe Rubin]

And now I had to watch you the whole time to see if you're gonna sneak a hand out and sneak a hand out and be like, I gotta point at the screen for a second here. And you didn't do it. I did.

[Mike Whiston]

Just doing Some Night at the Roxbury, you know?

[Joe Rubin]

Yeah. You did it.

[Mike Whiston]

Yeah. Smash the window.

[Joe Rubin]

Yeah. Anyway, dude, nice job, man. I. I love singing characters with you. You know what? You've got the best stage presence of anyone I've ever met in my life.

[Mike Whiston]

Thank you.

[Unknown Singer/Participant]

That.

[Mike Whiston]

You know, I'll take that. You know, so when I was actually one of the few people who was excited when Tenacious D broke up, because.

[Audi]

I was like, there's a chance I have a shot. I could join.

[Joe Rubin]

I know, man.

[Mike Whiston]

You know, I don't even. I can't play the guitar like Kyle, but I could do this on stage.

[Joe Rubin]

That's all he needs. That's all he needs.

[Mike Whiston]

That's all Jack needs. He got. He got everything else. I just wanna.

[Joe Rubin]

He'll stand there, and you just gotta.

[Mike Whiston]

Jump around and be like, yeah, exactly. Exactly. I'll.

[Joe Rubin]

I'll. Yeah.

[Mike Whiston]

I'll mime out everything he's doing. Dude, on stage.

[Joe Rubin]

You're in. You're in. Consider yourself hired.

[Mike Whiston]

You're hired Jack Black, if you're listening. If you're one of the 75,000, you know, look me up.

[Audi]

Call me.

[Mike Whiston]

Call my. Yeah. So, you know, last week I actually asked people to go and post in the Friday night karaoke group with songs that they think that Joe Rubin. Oh my wonderful co founder here of the Friday night karaoke group and the Friday night karaoke podcast.

[Joe Rubin]

Have we got any responses? Nobody. Hopefully.

[Mike Whiston]

We got a ton of responses. It's all in a single thread started by Eric Dubrowski. Give it a. Yeah.

[Joe Rubin]

Yep. Sorry. You know what?

[Mike Whiston]

Yeah, I can't drink right now. It's like before noon.

[Joe Rubin]

I'll drink for two.

[Mike Whiston]

So.

[Unknown Singer/Participant]

Really?

[Joe Rubin]

So there was an actual long thread. I I did see it and I'm not gonna lie.

[Mike Whiston]

We were actually told to do as a duet tribute by Tenacious D as one of the oh, you know what? Kind of want to start that one.

[Joe Rubin]

I would break my dry spell for that.

[Mike Whiston]

Joe wasn't dry after I sang to him.

[Joe Rubin]

No, not at all. Not after singing that song. That would be the greatest song ever. Actually.

[Mike Whiston]

That goes. It would be a tagline from.

[Joe Rubin]

You know what? That's why I did the sure microphones ad because I was like the shape of this microphone is just not going to be something you add. Yeah.

[Mike Whiston]

So we're at that time. It's the last song. Are we of the episode and we're almost at the hour marks. This is perfect timing.

[Audi]

This is going to be a member.

[Mike Whiston]

We feature for the very first time on the Friday night karaoke podcast. I love that last one or two times ago. I don't recall. I think it last one. And I'm thrilled to have the opportunity to put her in this episode as well. Song. I. I just it stood out her. Her rendition of it. The song choice was perfect. You when we look for opening and closings of the podcast, you know, we kind of look for something high impact that kind of flows along well. And this was a perfect way to send it off.

[Unknown Singer/Participant]

Off.

[Mike Whiston]

This is going to be Bonnie Rochelle with Forget you by CeeLo Green.

[Joe Rubin]

Oh, I love this song.

[Mike Whiston]

All right. I'm a huge fan. Here it is.

[Bonnie Rochelle]

I guess the change in my pocket it wasn't in enough. I'm like forget you went for get her to said if I was richer I'd still be richer now ain't that so? And all the pain in my chest I still wish you the best and I'm like forget you.

[Unknown Singer/Participant]

Yeah.

[Bonnie Rochelle]

I'm sorry I can't afford a Ferrari but that don't mean I can't get you there I guess he's an expert and I'm more like Atari but the way you play your game ain't fair I've got some news for you yeah, go run and tell your little boyfriend I see you driving around town with a girl I love and I'm like forget you I guess the change in my pocket it wasn't enough I'm like forget you ever get her to said if I was richer I'd still be richer no, ain't that some sh.

[Unknown Singer/Participant]

Ain't that some?

[Bonnie Rochelle]

And all the pain in my chest I think we should have this and I'm like forget that you.

[Unknown Singer/Participant]

Now I.

[Bonnie Rochelle]

Know that I had the ball roll back and still in lying sheep trying to keep you trying to please you Being in love with you ain't cheap now if you te that falls in.

[Unknown Singer/Participant]

Love with.

[Bonnie Rochelle]

I've got some news for you oh, I cannot stand your butt right now I see you driving around town with a girl I love and I might forget you I guess the change in my pocket it wasn't enough I like forget you ever get hurt too I said I was richer I'd still be waiting now ain't that so much? And all the pain in my chest I to wish you the best and I'm like forget you now baby, baby, baby why you. Why you want to hurt me so bad? Uhhuh. So bad I tried to tell my mama but she told me this is one for your dad yes, she did. And I was like, why, why, why.

[Unknown Singer/Participant]

Baby, I love you I still love you I see you driving around town with the girl I love and it.

[Bonnie Rochelle]

Wasn'T enough I'm like forget you if I get her to said if I was richer I still be richer no, ain't that so much? And all the pain in my chest I still be sh. And I'm like, forget you.

[Unknown Singer/Participant]

I'm never.

[Audi]

Going to forget you not with that song.

[Unknown Singer/Participant]

Dude.

[Audi]

Wow.

[Joe Rubin]

Oh, my God. That was awesome, man.

[Mike Whiston]

That's how you send off the Friday night karaoke, right?

[Joe Rubin]

That's a little finishing song.

[Mike Whiston]

Some forget you by Bonnie Rochelle, and just a freaking incredible rendition. Like, you know, just on point with the notes. On point with the energy, right?

[Unknown Singer/Participant]

Yeah.

[Mike Whiston]

Smile the entire time. She was having a great time singing it. Loved it, man. That was.

[Joe Rubin]

Loved it.

[Mike Whiston]

Just. Just awesome. You know, I want to be like a backup singer in a song, like a, you know, a big song like that one day. I just want to be the person who's like, yeah, that's like all I want to do.

[Joe Rubin]

I know.

[Mike Whiston]

That's like the little John.

[Unknown Singer/Participant]

What?

[Joe Rubin]

No, no. Little John is. Is not a backup singer. Little John is his own, like, entity of his own. That's not a person. Right.

[Mike Whiston]

That's like.

[Joe Rubin]

That's like a little John, right? Like, that's.

[Mike Whiston]

Yeah, yeah, it is a little John. Yeah. I wouldn't mind being a little John either, though.

[Joe Rubin]

You would love that. That would be.

[Mike Whiston]

That would be better than a backup singer, Dude.

[Joe Rubin]

I'd be your little John.

[Mike Whiston]

No, you're a little John.

[Joe Rubin]

I'll be your Huckleberry any day on anything. Yeah.

[Mike Whiston]

Oh, man, that. By the way, that's one of my favorite movies of all time. Tombstone and the. You know.

[Joe Rubin]

Wait, hold on. I'm doing I'm your huckleberry.

[Mike Whiston]

Just say when.

[Joe Rubin]

Just say when.

[Mike Whiston]

It's so. You're way better at that than I am. You know, I. I sound like, you know the high pitched version like, like when you play. When you play the cassette tape too fast.

[Unknown Singer/Participant]

Whoa, whoa.

[Joe Rubin]

Is that. What speed is that on?

[Unknown Singer/Participant]

Oh, all right.

[Mike Whiston]

So do Tombstone, right?

[Audi]

Oh, my God, Alvin.

[Mike Whiston]

That's awesome. Somewhere at that time where we have to pick the next theme.

[Audi]

I'm your Theodore.

[Mike Whiston]

The most iconic part of the entire movie is just.

[Audi]

No, no.

[Mike Whiston]

Killing everyone out in the freaking creek, man. That's. I got.

[Audi]

You know what?

[Mike Whiston]

We're gonna watch that movie tonight night. That's what I'm doing. No talking. I'm talking about.

[Joe Rubin]

I know. I'm gonna watch Alvin the Chipmunks.

[Mike Whiston]

I'm gonna watch it on like 10x speed, you know.

[Joe Rubin]

Oh, man, that'll be great.

[Unknown Singer/Participant]

Yeah.

[Joe Rubin]

All right.

[Mike Whiston]

Yeah. I'm a very busy man, you know, I need to get.

[Joe Rubin]

I don't have time to watch a.

[Mike Whiston]

Full movie for the time. Exactly. So we need to pick a theme of the week. I have one queued up. It's nothing special, but it's kind of what I'm feeling. So I'll tell you what I'm thinking and then what you're thinking. We'll kind of take it from there. I feel like we haven't done this in a while, and I can think of a couple songs I really would love to roll out this upcoming week. So, selfishly, I want to do iconic movie and television theme songs.

[Joe Rubin]

I don't want. I will agree with you on this. If we take television out, because people are going to be like flintstones, meet the Flintstone or like some.

[Mike Whiston]

Exactly. The song I wanted to see.

[Joe Rubin]

I know, I know. That's why I'm pulling it out because I know you're gonna sing it. So I want to. I would love to do that, but just movies, like the iconic movie, but not like, you know, like the song, but like a song that is like.

[Mike Whiston]

Like danger.

[Joe Rubin]

So good. But in a movie. Yeah. Danger Zone.

[Unknown Singer/Participant]

What.

[Joe Rubin]

What movie is it in? Top Gun. Right? Like, everybody knows it. Top Gun, Danger Zone. Sing the song. You know the song. That song represents the movie. Like, that's the song.

[Unknown Singer/Participant]

All right.

[Mike Whiston]

That's why we throw the word iconic in there.

[Joe Rubin]

Yeah, yeah. Not just like, I think not like, oh, they featured this song during, like, some part of the song.

[Unknown Singer/Participant]

Like.

[Joe Rubin]

No, no, Like Danger Zone, Top Gun. You know it. Like, sing the song.

[Mike Whiston]

It doesn't have to be the title song, by the way. It just has to be a song that you would definitely know. What movie?

[Joe Rubin]

Oh, can I. Can I throw out a thing? Can I throw out a thing? I saw the fall guy movie.

[Mike Whiston]

Oh, I'm dying. And that has that youngblood song in it.

[Joe Rubin]

Yeah, but yeah, the youngblood remake song, you know, like, which. Like that. That would be like the iconic song of a movie. Right? Like, we can throw it in there by the movie.

[Unknown Singer/Participant]

Awesome. Loved it.

[Mike Whiston]

I'm dying. Like my wife, one of those that my wife wants to watch also. And it's about finding the time. Like, I have time to watch it now, but then she doesn't and she has time and I'm busy. So it's like we're just trying to find that two hour block where the kids are not being the kids.

[Joe Rubin]

I hear you.

[Mike Whiston]

And we could just sit down and enjoy a movie together.

[Joe Rubin]

Yeah, no. So my wife is out of town with my daughter and my son's here and he's like, let's watch the fall guy. And I'm like, yeah, let's do this.

[Mike Whiston]

Like, come on, put it on.

[Joe Rubin]

It was great. So. So, yeah, I found the time.

[Mike Whiston]

So we're so.

[Joe Rubin]

But that.

[Mike Whiston]

All right, so we are going with FnK iconic. And it's going to be iconic movie songs. Again, doesn't have to be the. The title song. It doesn't have to be the theme song. It just has to be an iconic song from the movie. Something that everyone would relate to.

[Joe Rubin]

Yes.

[Mike Whiston]

I think Labyrinth, like almost any song in Labyrinth. Right, Equate.

[Joe Rubin]

Exactly, exactly.

[Mike Whiston]

Stuff like that. So I think it's gonna be a really, really fun week. Be sure to look in the featured section of the Friday night karaoke group again, if you're listening on iHeartRadio or Spotify or Castbox or Apple or Amazon or Audible or any of the places that you listen to podcasts. Not watch, but listen to podcasts. We do have a Facebook group. You go to Facebook, type in Friday night karaoke and click on join. In that group, there's three little questions and once you answer them, you are in, baby.

[Unknown Singer/Participant]

Right?

[Joe Rubin]

It's that easy.

[Mike Whiston]

Click on the little featured section. Right at the top are announcements and you'll see right in the front, here's the new theme of the week and we'll have the tag of the week posted and all the details around this. But yeah, we would love to see some of you new singers in there. If you are not sure if it's an iconic song, don't worry. Just post it anyway.

[Joe Rubin]

Yeah, post anyway. Like, we're not that critical, you know, like, we're not going to kick you out or anything. So if you feel like it is, post it. But we want people to post the theme. The theme of the week has been just a fantastic thing that we've been doing every week for my favorite for what, three years now. Like, it's been great and, and people love. And I love it. I love that we keep it interesting like that. And we have a new theme every week. And it's not just.

[Mike Whiston]

I think we're on like 160 something.

[Joe Rubin]

Like, something like that, right?

[Mike Whiston]

Themes. Yeah.

[Joe Rubin]

Absolutely freaking awesome. So cool.

[Mike Whiston]

It's pretty. Pretty wild. So that's it. That's.

[Joe Rubin]

That's a podcast.

[Mike Whiston]

FnK Previous 10 or early 2000s. I'm Mike Whiston.

[Joe Rubin]

And I am Joe Rubin.

[Audi]

And we are Audi.

[Joe Rubin]

Peace out 5000.