It’s Gonna Be May! Boy Bands, Bangers & Harmonies

Summary

Friday Night Karaoke – Episode 72: "It’s Gonna Be May! Boy Bands, Bangers & Harmonies"

Release Date: May 5, 2025
Hosts: Mike Whiston & Joe Rubin
Featured Artists: Eric Dabrowski, Rachel Everest, Glenn Carberry, Jessica Sparks, Jeff Smith, Zach Van Der Zand, Rick Mendoza, Jennifer Adams
Theme: Celebrating every era of boy bands—with harmonies, nostalgia, and unexpected takes.

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Episode Overview

This episode is a vibrant celebration of boy bands, spanning from classic groups like The Drifters and The Beatles to modern acts like NSYNC, Backstreet Boys, and 5 Seconds of Summer. The hosts highlight stellar karaoke performances from their Facebook group, riff on the definition of “boy band,” and share plenty of laughs, inside jokes, and community spirit. With each song, the hosts discuss vocal challenges, fun behind-the-scenes stories, and why karaoke brings people together.

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Key Discussion Points & Performances

Opening: "Youngblood" – Eric Dabrowski

[00:00–03:26]

• Eric kicks things off with "Youngblood" by 5 Seconds of Summer.

• Memorable moment: Mike jokes about muting himself accidentally at the start:

  "Did I really just do that? Did I start the podcast like that?" – Mike ([03:31])

• The hosts praise Eric’s performance and discuss boy band song challenges:

  "That's a tough song, too. And look, I'm not surprised that he crushed it, but he crushed it." – Joe ([04:00])

• Mike riffing on pop artist mix-ups due to caffeine overload adds a playful tone.

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Theme Introduction: "It's Gonna Be May" Boy Band Week

[05:40–07:59]

• May’s theme celebrates boy bands of any era, with a cheeky nod to the viral “It’s Gonna Be May” meme (NSYNC).

• Hosts encourage debate on what counts as a boy band—“The Drifters and The Beatles, that's just not the style. Boy band push back. Let's get that conversation going.” – Mike ([06:49])

• Lighthearted speculation on future AI arguments about music genres.

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Karaoke Challenge: The Art of Boy Band Songs

[08:32–09:23]

• The hosts break down the difficulties of solo karaoke for group songs:

  1. Singing all parts in one pass.
  2. Layering harmonies (like Eric did).
  3. Collabs with others, Smule/StarMaker-style.

• Acknowledgment of the extra effort:

  "It's a challenging week, so hats off to everyone that participated." – Mike ([09:23])

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Rachel Everest – "God Must Have Spent a Little More Time on You" (NSYNC)

[09:43–13:24] | [14:54–15:40]

• Rachel’s rendition impresses with emotional connection and technical prowess.
• Hosts sing her happy birthday—showcasing the community's warmth and humor.

  "She just absolutely freaking nailed it. She, you know, she hits, like, all the little inflection points and just kind of owned it." – Mike ([14:58]) "You can always tell when a singer is not just singing the words to a song, but actually, like, the song is the singer." – Mike ([15:20])

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Spirited Banter & Community Fun

[15:41–18:44]

• The hosts launch into a playful (fake) business pitch about singing $400 Cameos and Ivy League admissions.
• Shout-out to Shure microphones—props for gear love.

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Glenn Carberry – "Save the Last Dance for Me" (The Drifters)

[19:35–23:41]

• Glenn’s cover leads to a discussion on “timeless classics.”

  "That song will be famous forever." – Joe ([25:08])

• Mike notes the song’s history of being covered 100+ times, indicating its universal appeal.

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Jessica Sparks – "As Long as You Love Me" (Backstreet Boys)

[27:57–31:41]

• Another highlight from a community mainstay. The hosts call out Jessica’s “freaking” middle name in admiration.

  "She killed it. She killed it. Yeah. Love it." – Joe ([31:35]) "She loved Backstreet Boys when she was a kid, she said... and then she sang it. Oh, really? I know this song really well." – Mike & Joe ([31:59–32:11])

• Playful banter about the signs in her background and possibly “meta” tie-ins across episodes.

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Jeff Smith – "I'm Still Fine" (Red Clay Strays)

[36:22–40:21]

• Jeff’s heartfelt, in-car performance stands out for its authenticity and rawness.

  "He just gets into it and, like, you could tell that… I need to get this out of me." – Mike ([40:33])

• Joe praises the music discovery aspect:

  "That's why I like the music discovery portion of this podcast. Songs I've never heard before, but I loved it now." – Joe ([41:10])

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Zach Van Der Zand – "Incomplete" (Backstreet Boys)

[45:24–49:22]

• First-time contributor, “action movie name,” sings and harmonizes with himself.
• Joe notices the clever wardrobe change—different hats for different parts.
• Discussion about how layering vocals in karaoke covers enhances the performance.

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Rick Mendoza – "Love Me Do" (The Beatles)

[53:05–55:35]

• Rick showcases multi-tracked harmonies.

  "He sings with himself just like, you know, many of the others where they're recording multiple parts." – Mike ([53:05])

• Spirited debate about the Beatles as a “boy band,” but hosts are happy to include them.

• Heartfelt appreciation for the community’s connections:

  "There's so many people in this community that I just, I would love to go out and grab a beer or 10 with and just hang out and for sure kick it back." – Mike ([57:14])

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Community Announcements

[58:00–58:57]

• Upcoming Friday Night Karaoke meetups in London (May 17–23) and New York (August 1–5).
• Invitation to join the Facebook group for details and more karaoke fun.

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Jennifer Adams – "It's Gonna Be Me" (NSYNC)

[59:37–62:53]

• The perfect, playful closer: Jennifer harmonizes with herself, even for the iconic one-word "me" lines.

  "Jennifer's an actual good singer. Like, she can actually take that song, which has, you know, many people singing, and just own the entire thing and make it her own." – Mike ([63:09]) "That was pretty hilarious that she did that. Just the one thing right in the middle of the song. For one word." – Joe ([64:29])

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Memorable Quotes & Moments

• [06:49] Mike: "I challenge. If you're going to listen to this podcast all the way through and you're gonna be like, you know what, the Drifters and the Beatles, that's just not the style. Boy band push back. Let's get that conversation going."
• [15:20] Mike: "You can always tell when a singer is not just singing the words to a song, but actually, like, you know, the song is the singer."
• [25:08] Joe: "That song will be famous forever."
• [31:41] Joe: "Jessica freaking Sparks. That's her official name, by the way. Jessica. Middle name, freaking last name. Sparks."
• [40:52] Mike: "He starts off, like, so, like, it's almost, like, timid… And then, like, he just gets to a part where he's, like... you could tell that, you know, this has been like, I need to get this out of me."
• [57:14] Mike: "There's so many people in this community that I just, I would love to go out and grab a beer or 10 with and just hang out and for sure kick it back."
• [63:09] Mike: "Jennifer's an actual good singer. Like, she can actually take that song, which has, you know, many people singing, and just own the entire thing and make it her own."

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• 00:00: Intro; Eric Dabrowski – "Youngblood"
• 05:40: What makes a boy band? This week's theme
• 09:43: Rachel Everest – "God Must Have Spent a Little More Time On You"
• 19:35: Glenn Carberry – "Save the Last Dance for Me"
• 27:57: Jessica Sparks – "As Long As You Love Me"
• 36:22: Jeff Smith – "I'm Still Fine"
• 45:24: Zach Van Der Zand – "Incomplete"
• 53:05: Rick Mendoza – "Love Me Do"
• 59:37: Jennifer Adams – "It's Gonna Be Me"
• 58:00 / 1:00:00: Community announcements, upcoming events

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Throughout the Episode: Original Tone

• Upbeat, irreverent, and inclusive—hosts riff on everything from AI arguments about genres, fake business ideas, to the joy of music discovery.
• Community-focused: Regular shout-outs to contributors, open invitations for events, and deep appreciation for the Facebook group.
• Playful self-deprecation: Mike and Joe riff on their own singing, business acumen, and podcasting quirks.

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Final Segment: Next Week’s Theme Teaser

[65:39–67:06]

• The next theme will be #FnKDarkSide (inspired by Star Wars Day—May 4th), focusing on "dark, angry, or villainous" songs.

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Summary

Episode 72 of Friday Night Karaoke delivers a loving and humorous tribute to boy bands—classic, modern, and rule-bending—spotlighting passionate community performances. The hosts, Mike and Joe, infuse the show with camaraderie, running jokes, and genuine admiration for amateur karaoke artists. This episode is perfect fun for fans of harmonies, pop nostalgia, or anyone looking to ramp up their karaoke game and join a thriving musical community.

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Transcript

[Eric Dabrowski]

Remember the words you told me. Love me till the day I die Surrender my everything. Cause you made me believe you're mine. Yeah you used to call me baby now you're calling me by name. Takes one to know one year you beat me at my own damn game. You pushing, you're pushing I'm pulling away, pulling away from you I give and I give and I giving you take giving you take Young blood say you want me say you want me out of your life and I'm just a dead man walking tonight. But you need it, yeah you need it all of the time yeah.

[Mike Whiston]

Young.

[Eric Dabrowski]

Blood see you want me, see you want me back in your life so I'm just, just a dead man crawling tonight. Cause I need it, yeah need it all the time, yeah. Lately our conversations end like it's the last goodbye yeah one of us gets too drunk and calls about a hundred times so who you been calling baby? Nobody can take my place. When you're looking at those strangers Hope to God you see my face Young blood say want me see, want me out of your life yeah I'm just a dead man walking tonight. But you need it yeah you need it all the time yeah young blood see you want me, see you want me back in your life so I'm just, just a dead man crawling tonight. Cause I need a and hey all of the time yeah you're pushing, you're pushing I'm pulling away, pulling away from you giving I giving I giving you take, giving the take. You're running around and I'm running away, running away from you, from you Young blood, she want me, she want me out of your life but I'm just, just a dead man walking tonight. You need it, you need it all the time yeah young blood see you want me, see you want me back in your life so I'm just a dead man crying tonight Cuz I need it, yeah I need it all the time Y you're pushing, you're pushing I'm pulling away, pulling away from you I give and I give and I give giving you take giving you take young blood so you want me see you want me out of your life but I'm just a dead man walker tonight.

[Joe Rubin]

I love that you muted yourself and you didn't press on mute. Do it again.

[Mike Whiston]

I need you, I need you, I need you in my life. Did I really just do that? Did I start the podcast like that?

[Eric Dabrowski]

You know what?

[Mike Whiston]

We're going to keep it in the podcast. We? For you all. Wow. Eric Dabrowski. We need you in our life. We always need you in our life. And let me tell you, I look forward every time we feature you in a podcast, because we featured you in a bunch of podcasts. Let me tell you, I really look forward to what's the song going to be? And I look forward to hearing it on the pod, and I look forward to reacting to it on the pod. And it was just awesome.

[Joe Rubin]

I totally agree. That's a tough song, too. And look, I'm not surprised that he crushed it, but he crushed it. It was great. Yes. For sure. We haven't done one of those in a while.

[Mike Whiston]

Eric Dabrowski with Young Blood by five seconds of Summer. You know, there's a couple things going on here. Every time I look at that and it says Young Blood, I keep on thinking of the actual artist, Youngblood, you know, who sings. You know, he's actually sings a whole bunch of stuff right now, but I know him from that movie the Fall Guy, you know?

[Joe Rubin]

Yes.

[Mike Whiston]

That remake.

[Joe Rubin]

He did the remake of the Kiss on. Yeah.

[Mike Whiston]

Tonight I'm gonna give it all to you.

[Joe Rubin]

It's a really good remake.

[Guest Performer]

Yeah.

[Mike Whiston]

So anyway, so I always think of him, and I. I just kept on getting confused, and then I see five seconds of summer and I just think of 30 seconds to Mars, and that's the only thing I'm thinking of. I'm like, oh, Jared Leto. But it doesn't sound like Jared Leto, man.

[Joe Rubin]

You're all across the map with this dude.

[Mike Whiston]

Yeah. And while I'm on coffee number, like 17, 000 this morning. It is 10:33am in hello, Friday Night Karaoke. 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 Rubin with the same exact title. And we're back. I think this is. Is this two weeks in a row for us?

[Mike Whiston]

No, I. I think it's like two, 12 months in a row for us. Like another one like a week and a half ago or two weeks ago. Okay, close.

[Joe Rubin]

That's really good. That's really good. By the way. I love that. I love that.

[Mike Whiston]

I love that for us.

[Joe Rubin]

Yes, I do. I love that for us as well.

[Mike Whiston]

So this week is. It's actually May 1st in America, May 2nd in Japan, but this week is very appropriately titled it's gonna be May.

[Joe Rubin]

So, like, I didn't get it at first until.

[Mike Whiston]

Yeah, yeah, I know. You were talking like, what is this?

[Joe Rubin]

And then I got it.

[Mike Whiston]

Yeah. So it's actually boy bands and you know, boy band songs and you know, put on your, your best moves and your synchronized freaking, you know, outfits or whatever and you know, get your, your boy band on. It's gonna be May week in Friday night karaoke. So the members of the Friday night karaoke Facebook group, they posted their favorite boy band songs from any era. And when I say any era, I know we all think of like, you know, in sync and Backstreet Boys. Yeah. You know, Savage Garden, all that kind of stuff. But you know, it's any boy band. Like technically we gave it some liberties this time for the podcast. We have some Beatles in here. You know, we have, you know, the Drifters. We have a, we have a couple, couple liberties we've taken here. They're technically boy bands.

[Joe Rubin]

I feel like, I feel like, I feel like you'd get a lot of pushback by.

[Mike Whiston]

You know what I challenge. If you're going to listen to this podcast all the way through and you're gonna be like, you know what, the Drifters and the Beatles, that's just not the style. Boy band push back. Let's get that conversation going. Yeah, you know, that's how goes viral.

[Joe Rubin]

I mean, look, people will definitely fight tooth and nail to be like, yeah, please do not categorize the Beatles.

[Mike Whiston]

Yeah, you know what? Fight me and my boy band category.

[Joe Rubin]

Do it.

[Mike Whiston]

My little AI warrior on the side just making all my arguments for me in the 1972 appeal by the Supreme Court. When so you can, wow, you can.

[Joe Rubin]

Actually have like an AI thing just like fighting your cyber battles for you. When people like call your out online, you can just be like, I don't even have to respond in person anymore. You could just have your AI do it.

[Mike Whiston]

But eventually their, their AI is going to be doing the same thing. So online is just going to be AIs arguing with AI. Oh my goodness, forever.

[Joe Rubin]

That would be great. And no one's going to ever let it drop.

[Mike Whiston]

No, you know what? I'm gonna sell popcorn and like, you know, FnK popcorn buckets.

[Joe Rubin]

I love it.

[Mike Whiston]

I just want you to take a little like short like 5 second clip of yourself eating it so we can make more popcorn memes for comment sections. I'll do it.

[Joe Rubin]

I'm on. You know what? I know what. It doesn't even have to be me. Just take my picture. Make an AI version of me eating popcorn.

[Mike Whiston]

Once again, to start off the Friday night karaoke podcast, it's gonna be May episode number 72. It's actually season three, episode ten. That was Eric Dabrowski with Youngblood by 5 Seconds of Summer. Australian boy band. What a way to start. I love these podcasts. You know, this boy band week, you know, it's a challenging one in Friday night karaoke.

[Joe Rubin]

Is it?

[Mike Whiston]

Yeah. When you go to karaoke singing a boy band or, you know, an all girl band or whatever, it doesn't just singing like where they have like five different singers all singing along. It's difficult to get up there by yourself and start singing. And you have a couple options. Number one, you can sing just a part or all the parts in a single stream, which many people do. That's what I usually do. Number two, you can do what Eric did and you can have multiple versions of yourself. So you sing it, then you layer on top of it other versions of yourself singing, so you kind of pick up the other parts and harmonize, et cetera. And number three, you get other people to join the group collabs with Smule or star Maker and then you have, you know, an online boy band or girl band or whatever it is. But those are your three options. They're all difficult, so. Right, yeah, it's a challenging week, so hats off to everyone that participated.

[Joe Rubin]

Tip to.

[Mike Whiston]

All right, so coming up next. Coming up next, this is a phenomenal member of the Friday night karaoke community. She has been with us for quite some time. She is a hardcore. What's. What's the word I'm looking for? Hardcore poster and contributor. And yeah, a little bit of everything. She's. She's been, you know, great to everyone in the group, a beacon of positivity. Her name is Rachel Everest, an amazing singer singing some nsync perfect for Exactly. It's gonna be May.

[Guest Performer]

All right.

[Mike Whiston]

And the song is gonna be. God must have spent a little more time on you.

[Joe Rubin]

On you.

[Mike Whiston]

All right, give it a listen.

[Eric Dabrowski]

Can this be true? Tell me can this be real? How can I put into words what I feel? My life was complete I thought I was whole. Why do I feel like I'm losing control? Never thought that love could feel like this. And you've changed my world with just one kiss. How can it be that right here with me? There's an angel. It's a miracle. Your love is like a river peaceful and deep? Your soul is like a secret that I never could keep. When I look into your eyes I know that it's true. God must have spent a little more time on you. A little more time. All of creation, all things great and small. You are the one that surpasses them all more precious than any diamond or pearl. They broke the mold when you came in this world. And I'm trying hard to figure out just how I ever did without.

[Joe Rubin]

The.

[Eric Dabrowski]

Warmth of your smile. The heart of a child that's deep inside Leaves me purified. Love is like a river Peaceful and deep. Your soul is like a secret I never could keep. When I look into your eyes, I know that it's true. God must have spent a little more time on you. On you, on you, on you, on you, on you, on you, on you, on you baby.

[Mike Whiston]

You.

[Guest Performer]

You.

[Eric Dabrowski]

Never thought that love could feel like this. And you change my world with just one kiss. How can it be that right here with me there's an angel? It's a miracle. Your love is like a river peaceful and deep. Your soul is like a secret I never could keep. When I look into your eyes I know that it's true. That God must have spent a little more time on you. Yes, he did. God must have spent a little more time on you. A little more time on you.

[Mike Whiston]

When I hear your voice I know it is true.

[Joe Rubin]

Dude, that was really good.

[Mike Whiston]

Right?

[Joe Rubin]

Is great.

[Mike Whiston]

It's so good. So good. Rachel Everest. Wow. I. So I actually, just real quick, that was Rachel Everest with a little. God Must have Spent a Little More Time on you by nsync. She just absolutely freaking nailed it. She, you know, she hits, like, all the little inflection points and just kind of owned it. You could tell that she used to listen to that a lot back in the day and still loves it.

[Joe Rubin]

Still does.

[Mike Whiston]

Come on. Still jams out. So that's great. And, you know, you can always tell when a. When a singer is not just singing the words to a song, but actually, like, you know, the. The song is the singer. You know, like, it's. Yeah, no, totally part of it. She.

[Joe Rubin]

She definitely got into it and just crushed it. She was really good at it. That was. That was fantastic.

[Mike Whiston]

I need your help. I need your help.

[Joe Rubin]

My helping?

[Mike Whiston]

Yeah, I need your help. So Rachel Everest, who just sang that song, you know, by NSYNC there. I don't know which day in May, but I found out it's her birthday in May. So I need your help. Happy birthday to you.

[Joe Rubin]

Happy birthday to you.

[Mike Whiston]

Happy birthday dear Rachel Everest.

[Guest Performer]

Happy birthday to you.

[Mike Whiston]

From my can show. We're so good. Actually, you can find us on cameo for $400 to sing Happy Birthday to anyone you want.

[Joe Rubin]

We'll do it. I swear.

[Mike Whiston]

We'll do it just like that. You could tell like, hey, mom, look, Mike and Joe, they sent me a happy birthday. You can actually, that's, you know, true story. There was this high school student that applied to Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, and they had actually bought our $400 cameo and used it in the interview process and showed the professors, look, this is who sent me a happy birthday. And instantly, that person skipped the admissions process and was given a doctorate.

[Guest Performer]

Wow.

[Joe Rubin]

Did this really happen?

[Mike Whiston]

This really happened. Believe me. It's just, you know, don't check the homework. It's all good. You know, we're good. We're just, you know, we're good. We're good. Anyway, happy birthday, Rachel Everest. We love having you. Thanks for participating in the theme of the week, and welcome to the podcast once again.

[Joe Rubin]

Hey, by the way, are we sending Rachel a bill for that song?

[Mike Whiston]

Like, no, It's a birthday. All right.

[Joe Rubin]

I didn't know. I didn't know when we were starting this.

[Mike Whiston]

Actually, we have a flawed model. If it's your birthday and we give it to you for free. But it's 400. Like, the only time you're gonna buy the birthday video is when it's your birthday. I don'.

[Joe Rubin]

Buy it, like, three months later.

[Mike Whiston]

Yeah, we're really bad at business. It's probably why we have a 38, 000 person freaking karaoke community online. And we make $0.

[Joe Rubin]

Yeah, you know what? No.

[Mike Whiston]

Yeah, you know, you.

[Joe Rubin]

Now that. Now that you mentioned it, speaking of.

[Mike Whiston]

That, I'd like to be, you know, give a big shout out to our sponsor, shure microphones.

[Joe Rubin]

Yes, they are. We use them here. They sound fantastic and we love them.

[Mike Whiston]

Thank you. This microphone that you see right here in front of me and actually right in front of Joe are two microphones of a different color, but the same microphones. The MV7s. And we love them. The Shore SMB7 or SM7B, rather. Those are the. The most popular that you see, like Theo Vaughn and like Joe Rogan, all those people using. But yeah, sure. Microphones across the border. A solid choice. We love you.

[Joe Rubin]

Sure.

[Mike Whiston]

Just keep sending us free microphones to give to our community, and we'll just keep putting your big microphone on the screen.

[Joe Rubin]

I mean, we're still gonna use it even if you stop sending us microphones.

[Mike Whiston]

Yeah, we're not gonna go buy another.

[Joe Rubin]

Microphone or anything, but. But still, thank you. Really appreciate it.

[Mike Whiston]

Thank you so much.

[Joe Rubin]

All right, who's next?

[Mike Whiston]

Coming up next, this is a new person for the podcast. He's not a new member of the group. You Know he's been around for a while. I've seen a bunch of his songs in the group. This is Glenn Carberry, and he'll be singing a little the Drifters. Go ahead, people. I challenge you. Give me. Go ahead. Post on Friday night karaoke. Go to facebook.com and go into the little search bar, type in Friday night karaoke. If you're not a member of the group, join the group and look for me. So you can give me about including the Drifters in the podcast episode. It's gonna be may, by the way, the only way you're allowed to say it's gonna be. Maybe this entire episode is just like that.

[Joe Rubin]

You have to say it in character in NSync. Okay. Voice notice. All right, go play the song.

[Mike Whiston]

You have to say it in Timberlake. So this is going to be Glenn Carberry singing Save the Last Dance for Me by the Drifters. Give it a listen.

[Guest Performer]

You can dance every dance with the guy who gives you the eye Let him hold you tight you can smile every single smile for the man who held your hand through the pale moonlight Just don't forget who's taking you home and in whose arms you're gonna be so darling, say the last dance for me oh, yes, I know that the music's fine like sparkling wine going have your fun and laugh and sing but while we're apart don't give your heart to anyone and don't forget who's taking you home and in whose arms you're gonna be so darling, save the last dance for me Baby, don't you know I love you so? Can't you feel it when we touch? I will never, never let you go I love you oh so much. You can dance go and carry on till the night is gone and it's time to go it he asks if you're all alone can you walk you home? You must tell him no cause don't forget who's taking you home and in whose arms you're gonna be Save the last dance with oh, I know that the music's fine like sparkling wine Go and have your fun laugh and sing but while we're apart don't give your heart to anyone and don't forget who's taking you home and in whose arms you're gonna be so darling, say the last dance for me so don't forget who's taking you home in in whose arms you're gonna be Save the last dance for me oh, baby, won't you save the last dance for me? You make me promise that you save the last dance for me. Save the last dance, the very last dance for me.

[Mike Whiston]

I'll tell you what, I'll save the third song for you, Glenn. I will save that third song and the last just for you. The last dance. Got you. We got you, man. That was Glenn Carberry was Save the Last Stand for Me by the Drifters.

[Eric Dabrowski]

Wow.

[Mike Whiston]

I love that. I love that. Dude, dude, these are people that love karaoke. I mean, that's like, that's how. These are our people. I mean, if you find yourself, you know, Risky Business style in your frickin socks and underwear, sliding across, slide into.

[Joe Rubin]

The beginning of the movie, I'm like, right.

[Mike Whiston]

That's how you make an entrance yourself with a microphone, singing along. That's. You're our people.

[Joe Rubin]

I like that. I liked it. Yeah.

[Mike Whiston]

Yeah, Absolutely. Super, super cool. Did you know that that song Save the Last Dance for Me, it's been covered over 100 times by major artists. You know, it was released in the 60s and you know, there was like, you know, everything from Booblade to Dolly Parton to like all kind. Like it's. The Beatles covered it like, like all over the place. Covered like a hundred times by. Over 100 times by major artists.

[Joe Rubin]

Wow. I mean, it's a great song, I think. A hundred times.

[Mike Whiston]

Yeah. In the last like 60 years. That's also wild, that thing, you know, that song's like 60 years old.

[Joe Rubin]

That is pretty crazy.

[Mike Whiston]

Yeah, that's really cool. Yeah, like, you know, and how, how timeless some of these songs are, you know, like. And it's a difference between like a song that's just out there to get a couple likes right now and you know, it's just like hitting an algorithm and you know, it's like a ear worm that, you know, people just can't, can't get rid of right now and they wish they could. And then a song that is like truly like a timeless classic that, you know, this was.

[Joe Rubin]

This is one of those timeless classics. I mean that. That song will be famous forever.

[Mike Whiston]

Yeah. You know, I actually kind of. I realized I don't cover enough like, like of those 60s. And you know, we should do a 60s. It's not going to be this upcoming one, most likely. I mean, we'll battle at the end of this.

[Joe Rubin]

But you know what, it makes my job easier to.

[Mike Whiston]

I mean, I do look forward to our battles.

[Joe Rubin]

You know what I'll have, I'll. I'll give it a think over the next little while and see if I can come up with Something better.

[Mike Whiston]

You are worthy opponent. That's my. I live in Japan, so I got the bad dubbing, you know.

[Joe Rubin]

No, that was really good too.

[Mike Whiston]

Right?

[Joe Rubin]

Yeah.

[Mike Whiston]

Oh, no, look, it's Godzilla. We must flee the city. Coming up next. So we have another phenomenal member of the Friday night karaoke community. And if you have been listening to our podcast, you know, again, we are like 72 episodes in. So in all of the 72 episodes, you'll notice that the word of the day, if you've ever watched Peewee Herman's playhouse, you'll understand the word of the day. And everyone's supposed scream. The word of the day is always phenomenal. So everyone in Friday night karaoke is phenomenal. Phenomenal. Phenomenal. Phenomenal. Phenomenal. Oh, my God. We have to do that. Let's do that.

[Joe Rubin]

We should do that one.

[Mike Whiston]

Let's do that. Actually, I did that song forever ago. I remember, like, Eric Dabski did it. I have to do a shot.

[Joe Rubin]

All right.

[Mike Whiston]

So Eric jumped on with me and it was like one of the most fun things ever in Friday night karaoke that I've done. You know, like one of my favorite ones I've ever done. It was just super, super fun. So. Yeah. Yeah. Coming up next, phenomenal artist. She's been with a group quite some time as well. Posts all the time, is a powerhouse commenter, a powerhouse and joining other people's collaborations and setting up collaborations, and just an all around fantastic member. This is going to be Jessica Sparks with some Backstreet Boys. As long as you love me.

[Joe Rubin]

Yeah.

[Mike Whiston]

Did that sound so good? Did that sound so good? We don't have to listen to it now. We're good. We're good.

[Joe Rubin]

Covered it.

[Mike Whiston]

You know, I know. You know, I'm just gonna sing them all and I'm just, you know, on April 1st. Oh, we. We lost that opportunity. We didn't do an April Fools. We should have had an April Fool's episode where you and I just got on and we just pretended to be each member. We dressed, we like, you know, put on like a wig and we just tried to, like, act like each member and we sang the. Like they would. Wouldn't that be just.

[Joe Rubin]

I don't know that.

[Mike Whiston]

That would either get us cancelled or it would be the funniest thing ever. You usually.

[Joe Rubin]

Usually that goes hand in hand.

[Mike Whiston]

All right.

[Joe Rubin]

All right, play the song.

[Mike Whiston]

Coming up next, Jessica Sparks with as long as you love me by the Backstreet Boys. Let's give it a listen.

[Eric Dabrowski]

As long as you love me, baby Although loneliness has always been a friend of mine Leaving my life in your hands People say I'm crazy and that I am blind Risking it all in a glance now you got me by the stellar mystery can't get you out of my head don't care what is written in your history as long as you're here with me I don't care who you are, where you're from don't care what you did as long as you love me who you are, where you're from don't care what you did as long as you love me Every little thing that you have said and done Feels like it's deep within me doesn't really matter if you're on the wrong Seems like we're meant to be I don't care who you are where you're from don't care what you did as long as you love me who you are, where you're from don't care what you did as long as you love me, baby as long as you love me I tried to hide it so that no one knows But I guess it shows when you look into my eyes what you did and where you're coming from as long as you love me, baby as long as you love me where you're from don't care what you did as long as you love me who you are, where you're from don't care what you did as long as you love me who you are, where you're from don't care what you did as long as you love me, baby as long as you love me, baby as long as you love me.

[Mike Whiston]

Just keep singing. We'll keep loving you it's all good. Just keep our own singing.

[Joe Rubin]

That was really good. I like that song. And she killed it. She killed it. Yeah. Love it.

[Mike Whiston]

Jessica freaking Sparks. That's her official name, by the way. Jessica. Middle name, freaking last name. Sparks. As long as you Love Me by the Backstreet Boys and way to take that home. But, you know, I'm. First of all, that was great. Phenomenal. Thank you.

[Joe Rubin]

Phenomenal.

[Mike Whiston]

That word again. And, you know, she loved Backstreet Boys when she was a kid, she said. And she loved it a ton. And she didn't know. She knew it well enough until she actually tried to sing it. And then she sang it.

[Joe Rubin]

Oh, really?

[Mike Whiston]

I know this song really well.

[Joe Rubin]

Very cool. I love that, by the way.

[Guest Performer]

What.

[Joe Rubin]

What did the sign say behind her in backwards? I was. Couldn't quite make it all out.

[Mike Whiston]

I am not. I wasn't. I wasn't checking out the signs. What? I now I want to know. Now I want to go back and find out. Yeah, should we go back and find.

[Joe Rubin]

Out a sign that is like prominently right behind her head in the video?

[Mike Whiston]

All right, let's take a look. Let's take a look. This is death for anyone. Oh, it says happy, happy be, but.

[Joe Rubin]

I can't quite make out the other words.

[Mike Whiston]

All right, so that's death for anyone listening to this on audio only.

[Joe Rubin]

Yeah, sorry. There's like the slime behind. I don't know. I couldn't.

[Mike Whiston]

Anyway, it said happy something happy bee.

[Joe Rubin]

And I couldn't figure out anything else.

[Mike Whiston]

Maybe it was a happy birthday for Rachel Everest because it's her birthday month.

[Guest Performer]

Oh, maybe.

[Joe Rubin]

Should we do a cameo?

[Mike Whiston]

This is so meta.

[Joe Rubin]

What does that mean?

[Mike Whiston]

Yeah, so meta. Like, you know, it's like, you know, you know, you have to like, just look at these, all these parts and at the end of the day, they all, you know, seem like disconnected, but they all fit together into one giant freaking plan and picture. You know, we've just, we've like organized this entire thing. We've masterminded. We've a beautiful minded it with like all the equations.

[Joe Rubin]

Imagine that. Imagine that there was like this whole thing that came together with all the songs and like, it was like it was all tied together. Wouldn't that be.

[Mike Whiston]

Yeah, so, yeah, go look on Reddit. So it's FnK Mysteries and you can go. And the conspiracy theories and the, you know, the clues that we leave in all 72 episodes now they all tie back together to a giant grand prize. I wonder what it could be. I don't know. You have to piece it all together. So listen to all 72 hours of the Friday night karaoke podcast. Make sure you take very each one of five stars.

[Joe Rubin]

Five stars for everyone. That else doesn't count.

[Mike Whiston]

Yeah, yeah. So, like, if you actually rate anything less than five stars, the entire episode doesn't play. So you have to, you know, you have to rate it 5 stars. And then for every good thing you say about us, we unveil something new. So just crazy.

[Joe Rubin]

Pretty sick. Like, just like imagine we had like a secret clue in every episode we, you know, and like, you had like.

[Mike Whiston]

I'm mad at us.

[Joe Rubin]

That'd be sick, man, we suck.

[Mike Whiston]

Why.

[Joe Rubin]

Why haven't we done that a few years ago?

[Mike Whiston]

We're too smart Fellers or two fart smellers or whatever.

[Joe Rubin]

All right there, fart smeller.

[Mike Whiston]

I'm actually a little depressed. The. So this is. It's going to be May. Oh, sorry.

[Joe Rubin]

It's gonna die.

[Mike Whiston]

Come on, reverse it. It's gonna be May. We Friday night karaoke, and I was really looking forward to some New Kids on the Block or some Boys to Men and there was none of the above. I didn't see any Boys to Men. And I, you know, I grew up on Boys to Men. I grew up on New Kids on the Block and there was no, like, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.

[Joe Rubin]

Missing a lot of songs here, actually. I like missed opportunities.

[Mike Whiston]

What's in the middle? The white stuff, I think that was. Or something. It's like, super funny. So, yeah. Coming up next, we do have a new artist to the mix. This is actually a new member of the Friday night karaoke podcast and the first time he has ever participated in a theme of the week. I absolutely love everything about this. And this is. I've actually never heard of these guys, so I don't know if they're a boy band or not. Let's assume that they are. This is actually my first time ever hearing this song when we kind of picked it. And it's great. This is another embodiment of. This is a person who, you know, just loves karaoke. He's sitting in his car, he has no headphones on, and he's just freaking singing. So quick warning in advance as far as audio quality. You know, he's singing in the car, but the dude loves music and hell, and we're gonna play it. And it's fre. Awesome. This is gonna be Jeff freaking Smith. Oh, he has the same middle name.

[Joe Rubin]

Isn't that so weird? Are they related?

[Mike Whiston]

So weird how it all ties together. Right, man? All right, Jeff Smith with I'm Still Fine by Red Clay Strays. Okay, let's give it a listen.

[Guest Performer]

All right. It's a guy in the truck. Haven't done anything for a long time so let me give one a whirl here. Some red clay strays. Sometimes I feel like I can't feel this isn't real I should be hurting I was alone I was a song music and bone God's perfect wording and could the people understand this? I'm as bruised as a used up canvas well, I'm awfully nice But I'm cold as ice I've been through hell but I'll be all right People here living it up I think they're blind I think they're out of their mind and not one of them has had this and God's not giving me up no, I'm just Fine, it's just a matter of time Oh, I don't feel my sadness I know it should be there Maybe I'm too tired to care but I'm still fine I'm on display I've lost my way oh, God, I pray let this pass over I've lost the note I rocked the boat I've even choked I've lost my composure People here living it up I think they're.

[Eric Dabrowski]

Blind I think they're out of their.

[Guest Performer]

Mind not one of the them has had this And God's not giving me up no, I'm just fine it's just a matter of time Oh, I can't feel my sadness I know it should be there Maybe I'm too tired to care Maybe I've been giving my loving.

[Eric Dabrowski]

All my time.

[Guest Performer]

You know I'm stronger in the long run oh, but father, I'm afraid you picked the wrong one. People here living it up I think they're blind I think they're out of their mind and not one of them has had this. And God's not giving me up, no, I'm just fine it's just a matter of time though I don't feel my sadness I know it should be there Maybe I'm too tired to care Maybe.

[Eric Dabrowski]

I've been giving my loving all my.

[Mike Whiston]

Time.

[Guest Performer]

Oh, I, I know I should be scared Maybe I'm too tired to care but I'm still fine oh, I'm still fine.

[Mike Whiston]

It's totally okay if they're blind as long as they can hear you. You are freaking golden. Freaking golden. That was awesome, dude.

[Joe Rubin]

I loved that. I loved it. It was so good.

[Mike Whiston]

Me too. That was. I love. He starts off, like, so, like, it's almost, like, timid, you know, because, like, hi, I'm in the car. I'm recording. I haven't done this in a while. And it starts off really quiet. And then, like, he just gets to a part where he's, like. Just gets into it and, like, you could tell that, you know, this has been like, I need to get this out of me.

[Joe Rubin]

I need to get this.

[Mike Whiston]

I need you to hear me. And so that was the first.

[Joe Rubin]

That was the first song he posted on fnk.

[Mike Whiston]

I. I don't know. You know, I. I believe so. I think so.

[Joe Rubin]

What's his name again?

[Mike Whiston]

His name was Jeff Smith. That's. I'm Still Fine by Red Clay Strays. I've never actually heard of Red Clay Strays before.

[Joe Rubin]

See, that's why I like the music discovery portion of this podcast.

[Mike Whiston]

Yeah.

[Joe Rubin]

Songs I've never heard before, but I loved it now. I love that song.

[Mike Whiston]

I could tell you goddamn. Well, I'm gonna go check out Red Clay Strays now and put it on my Spotify playlist and go dig into, you know, you always start off with, like, that one song that you hear. I have to, obviously, this one. And, you know, hear it a few times and, you know, really get into it and probably add it to one of my playlists. And then ultimately, you start digging around and, like, you listen to a little bit of other songs and, yeah, you know, an artist that you love is like, you know, oh, my God. I checked out, like, five of their songs, and I love all of them or most of them. And, yeah, I. I have a feeling that that band could be one of them.

[Joe Rubin]

Good, good.

[Mike Whiston]

I have a feeling. I've got a feeling.

[Joe Rubin]

Huge fan, man.

[Mike Whiston]

So I actually looked up, you know, for anyone, any of the naysayers out there who are, like, you know, purists that, you know, boy bands is not the Drifters, and it's not the Beatles, not the Red Clay Strays. Maybe they actually are. I have no idea. But I. I asked Chat GTP because we all know. Know if Chat DP says it's true, that's like, that's.

[Joe Rubin]

This never makes up any information ever.

[Mike Whiston]

You know, it's a completely accurate representation of all knowledge in the world. And I, you know, we live our lives by it. So here we go. A boy band is any vocal group of three or more male members known for singing pop R B, often with harmonies and choreography. So, you know, when the Beatles, which is more than three male members, are doing this together or they're going across a crosswalk in synchronization. That's pretty. It's pretty.

[Joe Rubin]

Okay, fine.

[Mike Whiston]

Boy bandy. We'll keep it.

[Joe Rubin]

Not really. They know how to. They know how to play instruments and stuff.

[Mike Whiston]

Justin Timberlake, you don't know, maybe he knows how to play the flute. You know, Freaking. The recorder. You don't know.

[Joe Rubin]

The triangle, Right. More cowbell.

[Mike Whiston]

Dude, dude, dude. That's the one instrument I know how to play, in fact. Right. You know, I'm building this, you know, it's called the Bow on Shih Tzu in. In. In Japanese. It's a fully soundproof room. You know, I'm building a house right now with my family in Japan. And one of the rooms is this fully soundproof recording studio. And the. The idea is we have an acoustic corner with the microphones and all that. And, like, all the Padding so that. That, you know, it could record nice sound. And then that's for, like, all the instruments and for acoustic instruments, rather, and for vocal. And then there's like, another one, a corner for the drums and blah, blah, blah, blah. And I just realized I. I picked out most of the instruments for this thing already. I have them all lined up, and I have, like, all kinds of instruments. And I never picked up a cowbell.

[Joe Rubin]

Come on.

[Mike Whiston]

I know. This should have been the very first purchase. What am I thinking?

[Joe Rubin]

I don't know, man. Figure it out. I'm gonna get you a stool to put on the cowbell on so it can sit there with its own custom wooden stool.

[Mike Whiston]

Yeah. And I just want you to come over sometimes and, like, more cowbell. More. I can't do it.

[Joe Rubin]

That was actually pretty good, dude.

[Mike Whiston]

Christopher Walken. So good. He's like, my hero. So coming up next on the Friday night karaoke podcast, episode 72, season three, it's going to be a. Another new member to the podcast. This member is. I think he's pretty relatively new to the group, I think in the last, like, six months or year or something. But I've seen him posting a lot more and getting a lot more involved in the group. This is his first submission of the theme of the week, though, so he's never done a theme of the week before.

[Joe Rubin]

Nice.

[Mike Whiston]

His name is he actually. He has a future in action movies as an action star. I have no idea if he can act, you know, in an action movie, but he doesn't need to because he has the name. It's Zach Van Der Zand.

[Joe Rubin]

That is an action name. Wow.

[Mike Whiston]

Coming up next week, Zach Zack. Zach Vander's hand.

[Joe Rubin]

Action movie name.

[Mike Whiston]

Yeah. Right. You'll be right up there with Van Damme and all them. So this is gonna be incomplete by the Backstreet Boys. And I. Like I mentioned, this is his first submission to the theme. He's, you know, a little Zach Street Boys is what he called it.

[Joe Rubin]

Yeah. All right.

[Mike Whiston]

So give it a listen. All right. I like this one. This is one of their newer ones when they kind of came back.

[Guest Performer]

Empty spaces fill me up with hope Distant faces with no blades left to go without you within me I can find no risk Where I'm going.

[Mike Whiston]

Is.

[Guest Performer]

Anybody'S game.

[Eric Dabrowski]

I try to go on like I never knew you I'm awake.

[Guest Performer]

But my world is half asleep.

[Eric Dabrowski]

I pray for this heart to be unbroken but without you all I'm going to be is incomplete.

[Guest Performer]

Voices tell me I should carry on That I am swimming.

[Eric Dabrowski]

In an ocean all alone baby, my.

[Guest Performer]

Baby it's written on your face you still wonder if we made a big mistake?

[Eric Dabrowski]

I try to go on like I never knew you I'm awake but my.

[Guest Performer]

World is half asleep.

[Eric Dabrowski]

I pray for this heart to be unbroken but without you all I'm going to be incomplete I don't need to drag it on but I can seem to let you.

[Guest Performer]

Go I don't want to make you.

[Eric Dabrowski]

Face this world alone Won't let you go Oh, I try to go on like I never knew you I'm awake when my world is half asleep I pray for this heart to be unbroken but without you all I know when to be is incomplete Incomplete things.

[Mike Whiston]

Stallone, Schwarzenegger, Van Dam.

[Joe Rubin]

Oh, like, where are you going with this? All right. No, that was really good.

[Mike Whiston]

Yeah, that was awesome, dude. One of the hardest things in recording, in my opinion, and especially like when there's again boy bands and you have, you know, all these different parts and you need to sing all these different parts is singing with yourself. So for anyone that doesn't know the way that you actually go about that with the major apps like Smule, Star Maker, and, you know, many others, you basically record the first part and you do it blind, by the way. So, like, you're recording the first part without hearing the other parts, and then, you know, it's either your singing the whole song through and just harmonizing with yourself, or you're just singing the individual parts. But regardless, it's all layers and then it all has to come together at the end. And that's exactly what he did. He, you know, recorded a part and then he tried the harmonies on top of that and it. Yeah, rock on. Love that song. And Zach Van der Zand with Incomplete by the.

[Joe Rubin]

You know what else? You know what else I liked in that video that he changed his hat for the team change his hat recordings. Yeah, you didn't. That's. You didn't notice.

[Mike Whiston]

Damn, dude.

[Joe Rubin]

How are you so unobservant on this?

[Mike Whiston]

Oh, my God. I'm missing signs in the background and missing hat changes. Yeah. Was it like a wardrobe change, like mid thing or. No, just like from. No, no.

[Joe Rubin]

He had, you know, he had the same shirt on, but in the two recordings, he is wearing two different hats.

[Mike Whiston]

How did I miss that? I don't know. Yeah, I. I tend to do that when I, you know, when I do the same thing, I end up, you know, I don't want to just have like two of me exactly the same Way right? Because I think it looks stupid. So I throw a different hat on or like a wig or something. My favorite was when I did, I did like, Rocky Horror Picture show. And I did. Damn it, Janet. And I had, you know, the one dude with, like, glasses, you know, Brad, you know, like, and I was like, all like, you know, bratty. And then I had Janet and I put like, one of my wife's, and she's like, you know, five foot, little Asian, and I put on my wife's like, like, you know, shirt, like, like a little tube top shirt or whatever. This giant hair thing, like, you know, giant wig. It was, it was great. Oh, my God, I'm mad. Oh, man. I, I, I would say I want to do that again, but, you know, that would be very revealing about my life. So. Once again, Zach Vandersand, thank you for incomplete by the Backstreet Boys. And I don't think, I don't think.

[Joe Rubin]

Your to ruin any more of her shirts, too.

[Mike Whiston]

Yeah, seriously, I hope that, like, oh, you wouldn't like me when I'm angry. I did that on purpose too. I just, you know, like, you know, that's how I got out of it. Nice getting in. It's not the problem. It's getting out.

[Joe Rubin]

Yeah, always. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Mike Whiston]

Anyway, her shirt was. Yo, I, I gave her a lot to, like, you know, grow into, you know. You know, we eat like an American. It's great. Coming up next, we have another one, you know, again, all you, all you little. I'm calling you all you little that want to complain about boy bands, you know, needing to be in sync or Backstreet Boys or whatever. I challenge you and chat GDP challenges you. This is going to be the Beatles. Little Rick Mendoza. Oh, this guy's so awesome. And he sings with himself just like, you know, many of the others where they're recording multiple parts. This is Rick Mendoza. Some Love me do.

[Joe Rubin]

Oh, good song, Beatles.

[Mike Whiston]

Give it a listen.

[Guest Performer]

Love, love me do you know I love you love you I'll always be.

[Eric Dabrowski]

True so please.

[Guest Performer]

Love me too whoa, love me too love, love me do.

[Eric Dabrowski]

You know I love you I'll always be true so please.

[Guest Performer]

Love me too whoa, love me too Someone to love someone you Someone to love someone like you Love, love me too you know I love you I'll always be true.

[Eric Dabrowski]

So please.

[Guest Performer]

Love me too, oh, love me too love, love me too? You know I love you I'll always be true so please love me, me.

[Eric Dabrowski]

Do oh, love me do yeah love me do oh, love me do yeah.

[Guest Performer]

Love me do yeah, Love you.

[Mike Whiston]

Yeah.

[Guest Performer]

Love me do.

[Mike Whiston]

I love your songs. I do, I do. Rick Mendoza, so good.

[Joe Rubin]

That was great, dude. That was great. I love it. I love it.

[Mike Whiston]

And you know Rick, that one.

[Joe Rubin]

You know what though? Great song. And even if we can disagree to. Well, I'm sorry, we can agree to disagree on Beatles being in the boy band category, but I'm glad you threw that song in there because I love the song and I'm happy to listen to it.

[Mike Whiston]

Crushed it. Yeah. You done did it. You son of a. He done did it really good, by the way.

[Joe Rubin]

I just, just, I'm just, just now, now I'm testing you here. Like, did you notice the guitars hanging on the wall behind him or not?

[Mike Whiston]

I noticed the guitars. Like my eyes instantly go. And actually I was going to lead right into this. So Rick Mendoz is one of the people in the community. He posted a bunch in the community. He's been an active member for a very long time and just seems like a really great dude. And you know, this community, again, it's 38,000 members. But you know, even with all those members, there's still, it's still a very small community. Like, I still know, I feel like I know a lot of these people even though I've never met them. And there's so many people in this community that I just, I would love to go out and grab a beer or 10 with and just hang out and for sure kick it back and like, you know, I feel like, you know, and we have met many of the members of the community at random events. We travel a lot for work and we throw karaoke events when we travel in just about every city, you know, like all over the place. Everyone from London to Dallas to frickin Orlando to la, like literally all over the place. And we throw karaoke events every time. Yeah, Vegas. And we get to actually meet a lot of the Friday night karaoke members. When we do this, we, we post it in the group and we say, come hang out with us. We'll get your drinks. Let's have a good time. Let's sing some karaoke. And yeah, the second we see them, you know, it's like a big hug. Like, like we already are friends. We all. I already know you. Like, we're good, we're good. Like I, I get to see you again, you know, it is cool.

[Joe Rubin]

It is.

[Mike Whiston]

It's been a long time. I haven't seen you in a while, but, you know, we're finally hanging out again and that's what it feels like. And I, you know, Rick Mendoza, one day I want to get a beer with you, bro. You're our people. You got the guitars in the background, you sing all the right songs and you seem like cool people. So let's. Let's go get a beer.

[Joe Rubin]

Agreed.

[Mike Whiston]

So that's. That. That was my. That was my story, dude.

[Guest Performer]

Yeah.

[Mike Whiston]

Thank you. You know, and speaking to events, you know, we actually have an event coming up in London. Will be at the. A podcast event in London from the 17th to the 23rd of this month.

[Guest Performer]

Month.

[Mike Whiston]

We'll post it in the group. I don't think we have a ton of members in London, but worth putting in there regardless. In case we do. We'll end up throwing like a. Not a big karaoke event, but we'll end up going to karaoke very likely at this. At this thing. So yeah, we'll. We'll put a date up in there. And if you're in the London area between the 17th and the 23rd, be on the lookout for that in the Friday night karaoke group. If you're not a member of the group again, just go into Facebook, type in Friday night karaoke. There's three questions to join that guarantees it gets you in. Just answer the questions and you are in. And look in the featured link section in the next like two weeks and you'll see the invite to our karaoke night. Similarly, we'll be in New York from August 1st to the 5th, so look for us in New York as well. And we'll be throwing in, you know, a little karaoke soiree there. Joe, one of our other people, his name's Chase and I will. We'll all be rocking out with you. So yes, stay tuned. I'm so excited for that way. I'm so excited.

[Eric Dabrowski]

So excited.

[Mike Whiston]

I know we have so much more room for activities.

[Joe Rubin]

I don't know if we will. It's gonna be packed.

[Mike Whiston]

It is going to be packed. Yeah. So finally we're at the last song. Oh, the last song. And this is going to be an fak moderator who's been with us since damn near the beginning. She is an amazing member of both the community and of our team who actually, you know, puts together a lot of the winners posts that you see in the group. And she's just a phenomenal human being all around. And the perfect song to end. It's gonna be May with It's Jennifer Adams with a little in sync with. Can you guess it.

[Joe Rubin]

It's gonna be May. I mean, it's gonna be may?

[Eric Dabrowski]

You might been hurt, baby? Oh that ain't no lie? You seen them all, oh, they come and go? I remember you told me that you made me believe in no girl, no cry? Or maybe that's why I do the thing I do not? This is enough for you? You don't want to lose it again? But I'm not like them? Updated when you finally get to watch somebody get more? Or it's going to be me? You got no choice, bab but to move on? You know there ain't no time to wait? You're just too blind to see? In the end you know it's gonna be me you can deny Also just tell me why Every little thing I do never seems enough for you? You don't want to do your dead again? But I'm not like them, baby, when you finally give me somebody? Oh guess what? It's gonna be me? There comes a day when I'll be the one you see it's going to? Oh, it's going to be me? All that I do is not enough for you? You don't lose it again? Oh, but I not like that? When you finally get to love somebody or get one? Every little thing I do? I never did enough for you? You don't want to lose it again? But I'm not like them all, baby, when you find on me you love somebody? You dare give up? It's going to be me? Never seem for you? You don't want to lose it again? Oh, I'm not like them all, baby, when you finally get to love somebody? Oh, guess what? Oh, it's going to be me.

[Mike Whiston]

It is going to be you. To finish the Friday night karaoke podcast, it's going to be May week. Jennifer, out of the way.

[Joe Rubin]

Dude, that was great, first of all. Second of all, nice placement of the song for the theme of the week in the thing, by the way.

[Mike Whiston]

Right, Right. So when I sing songs, I'm not a great karaoke or a great singer in general. Like, I'm a fun karaoke singer, but I'm a great singer. And when I sing songs, I tend to try in my head, I hear it and I try to mimic what I. I hear and what I know how the song goes. I try to make it exactly the way I hear it in the. In my head. And that's how I. I approach all songs. Like, I don't have, like, the creative freedom to go off and do whatever. And that's the difference, I think, between a great singer and just, you know, A great copycat or whatever, you know, like, you know, I'm a good copycat. I have fun and it's fun. I can get people riled up. But, you know, Jennifer's an actual good singer. Like, she can actually take that song, which has, you know, many people singing, and just own the entire thing and make it her own. Like, you know, she went on her own. It didn't sound exactly like the original. It sounded like Jennifer, and it worked amazingly well. And I love the little surprise in the middle where the one.

[Joe Rubin]

Dude, that one thing. I'm like. I mean, it's kind of funny because she recorded the whole song and then she must have did it, like, five other times and just sat there quietly. Yeah.

[Mike Whiston]

The whole song, except for one word.

[Joe Rubin]

Gonna like. And that was it.

[Mike Whiston]

Yeah, it was like the perfect filter for it because it doesn't show everyone at all times. It only shows you when your mic is active.

[Joe Rubin]

Right.

[Mike Whiston]

So, like, you know, it just popped that part up right in the middle. It was, like, perfect. It was perfect.

[Joe Rubin]

That was. That was pretty hilarious that she did that. Just the one thing right in the middle of the song. For one word.

[Mike Whiston]

What a way to end. That was Jennifer Adams with It's gonna be May from insane to end. It's gonna be May week in Friday night karaoke, the podcast episode number 72, season three. And wow, what a great podcast episode. What a great week. What a great group.

[Joe Rubin]

Yes. I totally agree. Dude, this is a lot of fun.

[Mike Whiston]

It is. I love it. And you know what? We're at that time where we get to pick the next theme of the week. I already have one in my head. I already know where it's going to be. You're. You can. You can fight me on it, but I'm gonna fight pretty hard.

[Joe Rubin]

Go on.

[Mike Whiston]

So It's May. It's May 2nd over here. It's May 1st for you. And we already. This week. No, we already did that. This week is going to be May 4th, and may the 4th be with you. You know, a little Star Wars. But, you know, instead of. Instead of, you know, going the. The path of righteousness, I think it needs to be FnK dark side, you know, the dark side of the force.

[Joe Rubin]

So any dark side, sort of like.

[Mike Whiston]

Yeah, any dark songs. Any, like, you know, angry dark, you know, feel the. You know, feel the dark side and the hatred, you know, growing within you. Yeah, hate. Yes, that one. That. Okay. So any songs like that FNK Dark side would be the hashtag. Hashtag, FNK Dark side. And it would just be the opposite of May the Fourth be with you.

[Joe Rubin]

You know what? I was gonna like, just out and do the 60s thing.

[Mike Whiston]

60S. Of course you were, clearly.

[Joe Rubin]

Because I, you know. But you know what? I like yours better. I'm not going to even argue with you. I like, there's Dark side.

[Mike Whiston]

There's like a YouTube. I remember a long time ago, back when, like E Bomb World and all those were like big. You know, people used to watch videos on those. Not, you know, YouTube wasn't really a big thing for that. It was like all these other sites and there was like a. Like a video made in Flash, I think with Darth Vader. And it's like. And the emperor. It's like, we got Dark side. We got Dark side. Oh, no. We got Death Star. That's what it was. We got Death Star. We got Death Star. I want to sing that song. Song. That's a great idea.

[Joe Rubin]

That's a song. We got Death Star.

[Mike Whiston]

We got Death Star. It's great. It's like, I mean, it's terrible. In fact, I'm remembering it as like a freaking like teen, like late teenager, early, early 20 year old.

[Joe Rubin]

Right.

[Mike Whiston]

So, you know, maybe it's terrible.

[Joe Rubin]

I'm sure it was great.

[Mike Whiston]

We got Death Star, I think it's called, or Death Star or something along those lines. I'm gonna go look it up after this. All right.

[Joe Rubin]

Fnk, Dark side.

[Mike Whiston]

Dark side. All right, so that's it.

[Joe Rubin]

Love it.

[Mike Whiston]

So if you are watching the video of this in the Friday night karaoke group, we ask you please go check it out on your favorite audio platform as well. You don't have to go listen to the whole thing on the audio platform, but it doesn't hurt to. And we are everywhere that you listen to podcasts. It could be Apple Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Spotify, Castbox, Google Podcasts, Amazon, Audible, doesn't matter. Wherever you listen to your podcast, go there, freaking add it. Freaking send a five star rating. And if the platform like Spotify or Apple lets you write a comment, you know, feel free to say something nice, nice, nice. You know, we said this last time, but something you would say to your mother, you know, if you like your mom. The meatloaf was really good.

[Joe Rubin]

Exactly.

[Mike Whiston]

I really liked it. It was good. You know, it wasn't bland at all. And you didn't dry it out at all. It was great. It was great. I really liked it.

[Joe Rubin]

Thanks.

[Mike Whiston]

You know, ketchup, fix the whole thing.

[Joe Rubin]

It always makes food better.

[Mike Whiston]

It does. You know, when I was a kid, I used to put ketchup on, like, steak, and now I would freaking beat the out of younger me.

[Joe Rubin]

My God, that's. That's embarrassing, dude.

[Mike Whiston]

It was embarrassing. It was. You know, when I look back on it, like, what was I doing? And you know what?

[Joe Rubin]

I blame the steak.

[Mike Whiston]

I blame the parents.

[Joe Rubin]

Yeah, they let you do it. Like, that would not fly at my table.

[Mike Whiston]

No, seriously, like, if my kids wanted me to put ketchup on, like, you know, I make a really nice, perfect filet or like a sirloin or something, and I cook it perfectly, and, you know, it's, like, nice and medium rare on the inside. Like, a little pink and just perfect and just buttery. Amazing. And then they just slab some freaking ketchup on there. They wouldn't be. I. You know what? I can always make more kids. Anyway, I will leave with that. Thank you. Friday night karaoke. Joe, I love recording this with you. Thank you for being my buddy and partner and freaking rock star.

[Joe Rubin]

All the things, man. I love recording this with you, too. This is so much fun. Episode 72 in the books Vendor Tan Vanders.

[Mike Whiston]

I want to make, like, an intro like Benjamin.

[Joe Rubin]

What was his first name again?

[Mike Whiston]

Does it matter? No. Vander's hand. Zach, actually. It just is cool.

[Joe Rubin]

Zach Vanderstand.

[Mike Whiston]

Yeah, it's really, really, really cool.

[Joe Rubin]

Action as dude, it is action.

[Mike Whiston]

All right. As Catch y' all later.

[Joe Rubin]

See you soon.