Party Like It's Spring Break

Summary

Friday Night Karaoke – "Party Like It's Spring Break"

Episode Date: April 21, 2025
Podcast Hosts: Mike Whiston, Joe Moon, Co-host Female

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Episode Overview

This jubilant episode of the Friday Night Karaoke podcast dives deep into the music and memories of spring break, featuring eight stand-out performances from community members. There are no commercials—just high-spirited karaoke, friendly banter, and a celebration of musical expression. The hosts revel in nostalgia, share quirky stories, and maintain the upbeat, “negativity free” vibe their 38,000-member Facebook group is known for. The episode concludes with the reveal of next week’s theme—FNK Gender Bender.

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Key Discussion Points & Episode Structure

1. Opening Jam: Setting the Spring Break Mood

• "Steal My Sunshine" (Len) performed by Jennifer Adams & Friends
  • Explosive, welcoming opener that sets a playful and communal atmosphere.
  • Multiple community voices join in—Jennifer Adams, Rick Mendoza, Mike Whiston, Rachel Everest McDonough, Lauren Gregg—mirroring the original’s back-and-forth, turning it into a true group effort.
  • [03:17] Co-host Female: “Jennifer Adams will never steal your sunshine, I promise. As long as you keep singing like that and keep opening up our podcast exactly like that.”

2. Nostalgia, Fun Facts, and Fiction (03:27–06:58)

• Hosts reminisce about "Steal My Sunshine," share (fake) fun facts, and inspire a lighthearted game for listeners: which fun facts are real?
• Spirited banter about possible theme weeks (including Chewbacca and Star Wars) and how karaoke sparks community silliness.
• [04:33] Mike Whiston: “You know what, throughout the episode, we’re going to give you five facts. Only one of them is going to be true. Tell us which one’s true and you win.”

3. Spring Break Song Selections – Karaoke Community Highlights

The hosts introduce each song and the featured community artist, provide context on the performer or arrangement, and frequently gush about talent and song choice.

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[Song 1] "Fast Car" (Luke Combs/Tracy Chapman) – Mike Tahir

[08:35–12:45]

• A country take on Tracy Chapman’s classic, showing how songs can transcend genres and voices.
• The hosts praise Mike’s earnest delivery and vocal ability.
• [13:05] Joe Moon: “I mean, the dude is really, really, really talented. Wow.”

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[Song 2] "Toxic" (Britney Spears, Acoustic) – Lauren Gregg

[19:09–22:32]

• A mellow acoustic reimagining, impressing the hosts with its originality.
• The hosts discuss the value of creative covers and reminisce about recording in closets for the best sound.
• [22:41] Joe Moon: “You had a bit of a cleanse of some sort—that was a musical cleanse.”
• [23:20] Mike Whiston: “The best part is she’s, like, sitting there in a cheetah robe… If you don’t have a lot of space to record, one of the best places… is in the closet…”

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[Song 3] "This Is How We Do It" (Montell Jordan) – Rachel Everest McDonough (feat. Mike Tahir, Rick Mendoza, Jennifer Adams)

[26:13–29:20]

• Brings mid-90s party spirit, letting everyone reminisce and jam along.
• [30:05] Mike Whiston: “That was good. Another song that we all know. Everybody knows that song. Everybody jams out to that song. Everybody loves that song.”
• Nostalgic appreciation of “storytelling” in old-school hip-hop; plenty of in-jokes about "lowercase G" to "big G" progression.

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[Song 4] "Rock and Roll Music" (Beach Boys) – Rick Mendoza

[34:39–36:59]

• A throwback favorite with authentic energy; Rick performs amid a wall of guitars, giving added “street cred.”
• Hosts note the effectiveness of the chosen audio effect and Rick’s rock aura.
• [37:16] Mike Whiston: “That street cred right there. You're singing a rock and roll song and you have a wall full of guitars in the background.”

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[Song 5] "Cruisin’" (Smokey Robinson) – Charles Johnson

[40:58–44:47]

• Described as “the chillest song of this entire podcast”—a smooth, heartfelt delivery.
• Noted as being dedicated by a previous performer (Rachel Everest McDonough) to Charles—a sweet connection in the community.
• [46:31] Joe Moon: “That was the chillest song of this entire podcast.”
• [47:08] Mike Whiston: “You can feel what he was feeling while he was singing that song…”

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[Song 6] "Blister in the Sun" (Violent Femmes, Acoustic) – Asthma Bully Jones

[53:42–55:35]

• Solo acoustic take, full of quirky energy, dedicated to friend KJ Welsh.
• Hosts admire the difficulty of singing and playing guitar simultaneously and share their own “music game” stories.
• [55:39] Mike Whiston: “He's doing it with an acoustic guitar… Playing a guitar and singing a song is really freaking hard.”

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[Song 7] "Hurt So Good" (John Mellencamp) – Angel Lark

[59:51–62:47]

• Powerful, high-energy close to the show with a performance the hosts see as “star material.”
• [62:54] Mike Whiston: “What a way to end the podcast. So much energy, so much power, so much talent.”
• [63:10] Joe Moon: “She could definitely be a professional singer. Like, she could do this for a living.”

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Memorable Quotes & Moments

• Acoustic Love:
  [16:10] Mike Whiston: “I love acoustic music. I love when someone, like, has an acoustic guitar… it just gives the song a different, like, meaning and feeling and everything. It’s great.”

• On the FNK Community:
  [33:07] Mike Whiston: “We’ve made 71 of these freaking crazy awesome compilations of musical talent from the Friday Night Karaoke community.” [69:01] Mike Whiston: “It’s a really fun time. There’s 38,000 members. Negativity free, ad free. It’s all about a love of the music.”

• Fun Fact Game (Tongue-in-Cheek):
  [04:33] Mike Whiston: “We’re going to give you five facts. Only one of them is going to be true. Tell us which one’s true and you win.”
  [64:20] Mike Whiston: “That was the one fun fact that we actually gave today that was true.”

• Podcasting Family Vibes:
  [23:55] Joe Moon: “Everyone wants to be part of the Friday Night Karaoke podcast.”

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Important Segments (Timestamps)

• Opening Song: “Steal My Sunshine,” Jennifer Adams & friends — [00:16–03:17]
• **Community Introduction & Spring Break Theme Announced — [06:10–08:00]
• **Song 1 - “Fast Car” (Mike Tahir) — [08:35–12:45]
• **Song 2 - “Toxic” (Lauren Gregg, acoustic) — [19:09–22:32]
• **Song 3 - “This Is How We Do It” (Rachel Everest McDonough, etc.) — [26:13–29:20]
• **Song 4 - “Rock and Roll Music” (Rick Mendoza) — [34:39–36:59]
• **Song 5 - “Cruisin’” (Charles Johnson) — [40:58–44:47]
• **Song 6 - “Blister in the Sun” (Asthma Bully Jones) — [53:42–55:35]
• **Song 7 - “Hurt So Good” (Angel Lark) — [59:51–62:47]

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Podcast Style & Tone

• High-energy and irreverent, with constant friendly humor, callbacks, and inside jokes.
• Heavy audience engagement (“Tell us which [fun fact] is true!”), and heartfelt community appreciation.
• Frequent meta-commentary about their podcasting process and mechanics.
• Supportive, positive atmosphere—exactly in line with their “ad-free, negativity-free” principle.

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Next Week's Theme: "FNK Gender Bender"

[68:21]

• [68:56] Mike Whiston: “We want you to sing a song that was originally sung by a guy if you're a girl. And if you're a guy, sing a song that was originally sung by a girl.”
• Chosen after a spirited debate about “cowgirl week” and “grunge,” embracing all singers to swap gender roles in their song choices.

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Closing

The hosts thank every community singer and encourage listeners to join the Facebook group, check out live events (including upcoming London karaoke parties), and tune in on audio platforms. As always, they wrap up with their theme announcement and a call to join the biggest, happiest karaoke group on the internet.

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For More:

• Facebook group: Friday Night Karaoke Facebook

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Transcript

[Jennifer Adams]

I was lying on the grass on a Sunday morning of last week Indulging in my self defeat.

[Rick Mendoza]

My mind was.

[Jennifer Adams]

Stuck in all ace of a twisted wrong beat I come to three feet.

[Mike Whiston]

Deep.

[Jennifer Adams]

Never find you stare at my.

[Rachel Everest McDonough]

Being there on a confusing morning week.

[Lauren Gregg]

Impaired my tribal lunar speak.

[Jennifer Adams]

And of.

[Rachel Everest McDonough]

Course you can't be calm if you only say what you would have done.

[Jennifer Adams]

So I missed a million miles of.

[Rick Mendoza]

Fun.

[Jennifer Adams]

I know it's up for me if you steal my sunshine make sure I'm not into deep if you steal my sunshine Keep the light on my feet if you steal my sunshine.

[Mike Whiston]

I.

[Jennifer Adams]

Was lying on the bench sliding a.

[Mike Whiston]

Party across the street L A T.

[Jennifer Adams]

E R that week my sticky Paul's.

[Rachel Everest McDonough]

Reds and making straws out of big.

[Jennifer Adams]

Festler retreats and the color boy foot be he now the funny clay gleaming tar and a daring on the heat Involve an unusual feel.

[Mike Whiston]

And I'm not.

[Jennifer Adams]

Only a monk But I invite all who want to come sawing It's a million miles of fun I know it does for me if you steal my sunshine Making sure I'm not in too deep if you steal my sunshine Keep bursting on my if you steal my sunshine I know it's done for me if you steal my sunshine not something hard to see if you steal my sunshine Keep dumb and filter me if.

[Lauren Gregg]

You steal my sunshine Sam Sunshine.

[Co-host Female]

Jennifer Adams will never steal your sunshine, I promise. As long as you keep singing like that and keep opening up our podcast exactly like that.

[Mike Whiston]

Oh, my God. What an awesome way to start the podcast. And hello, Joe Rubin.

[Joe Moon]

Hello, Mike Wson. And that is definitely an awesome way to start a podcast. I love Jennifer's voice and I love her attitude throughout the entire song of everything that she sings. It's just like the most positive, positive attitude ever.

[Mike Whiston]

And, like, presence.

[Co-host Female]

And she's there and you're there with her, and we're all there and it's a big smile and it's, you know, it's spring break.

[Joe Moon]

That's what it is, Spring break. It is spring break week.

[Mike Whiston]

Let me just rewind real quick. That was Jennifer Adams with Steal My Sunshine by Len and this nice little blast from the past. I love that song. And it's, you know, listening to songs like that that just kind of like, you know, you'd never think about now. You don't hear them on the radio anymore. You don't hear them anywhere anymore.

[Joe Moon]

Right. It was huge for a while. Remember, like, when that first came out?

[Mike Whiston]

Yeah.

[Joe Moon]

Fun fact. Fun fact. Len recorded that entire song on a Casio keyboard.

[Mike Whiston]

Shut up.

[Joe Moon]

Yeah.

[Mike Whiston]

Did they?

[Joe Moon]

I don't really know that it sounds like.

[Mike Whiston]

Great. I want to start making up fun facts.

[Joe Moon]

Yeah.

[Mike Whiston]

You know what we should give, you know, throughout the episode, we're going to give you five facts. Only one of them is going to be true. Tell us which one's true and you win.

[Joe Moon]

Something. I, I actually, I don't think anything going to be true because we didn't really do any research in advance. We're just going to make, let's just make up fun facts throughout the entire thing.

[Mike Whiston]

You know, by the way, I love the Chewbacca. The, the giant Chewbacca, you know.

[Joe Moon]

You know, I put it on the shirt and I look in the mirror and I'm like, oh, we have almost the same beard. Well, I'm almost looking exactly like this. This is great.

[Mike Whiston]

Spot on. That's what you're going for. I want you to sing a song on Friday night karaoke. Like Chewb. We should have a Chewbacca week.

[Joe Moon]

We should. We should. A Star wars theme week. Some sort of.

[Mike Whiston]

I remember like reading about on social media or something that there was some dude and to get back at his girlfriend, he like posted somewhere on like Reddit or something and had all these people call her with like Chewbacca voices or something.

[Joe Moon]

Dude, it was. He put up signs all over the place and said, call me with your best Chewbacca voice to win 100. And he put up his ex girlfriend's phone number on it. And she's on the news.

[Co-host Female]

Yeah, I get calls at 3 o'.

[Joe Moon]

Clock in the morning and all I.

[Mike Whiston]

Hear is so epic.

[Co-host Female]

I mean, if you're gonna, if you're.

[Mike Whiston]

Gonna get back to someone that is like, it's a clean, really fun way.

[Joe Moon]

It's the best thing ever. I was cracking up when I saw that.

[Mike Whiston]

Like, I couldn't even be mad. I was just. That's great.

[Co-host Female]

So I am Mike Whiston.

[Mike Whiston]

I am the co host and co founder of the Friday night Friday Night.

[Co-host Female]

Friday Night Karaoke podcast and the Friday.

[Mike Whiston]

Night Karaoke Facebook group.

[Joe Moon]

And I am Joe Moon with the same exact title. And this is FNK spring break week where you play. We're playing the best songs that just that remind you of spring break. If you go on spring break, what are you jamming to right now? And that's what we're playing.

[Mike Whiston]

Celine Dion, always. It's my jam. That's what gets me going. It's what gets the ladies heads turning.

[Joe Moon]

Does it?

[Mike Whiston]

You know, a little power of love.

[Joe Moon]

All Right. All right. Maybe some Richard Marks.

[Mike Whiston]

Yeah. I put on the big freaking flashy sunglasses. Right. You know, a little power of love. I put a fan in front of me and I open up the shirt and skips flying behind me.

[Joe Moon]

It's great. Nice. Do you do, like, the water thing with. With your hair? Like you just. You switch?

[Mike Whiston]

Yeah, I just, like, sprinkle it up. Yeah.

[Co-host Female]

So as Joe mentioned, it is party. Like it's spring break week, and the.

[Mike Whiston]

Members of the Friday night karaoke Facebook group, and you could be a member too, just go to Facebook, type in Friday night karaoke, and click on join. Answer the three questions, and you're in. It's a negativity free group. You've heard it many times before, and if you haven't, you're hearing it for the first time right now. Negativity free. It's ad free, and it is amazing. It's all about the music. Feel free to join, but the members of that amazing group with 37,000 members on Facebook were posting songs from this theme week from the party. Like it's spring break week, as Joe mentioned, putting up their favorite spring break songs or that makes them feel like they're in spring break or just makes it feel like spring or, you know, just kind of gets them going. So we have eight amazing songs for you today. We started with Jennifer Adams with Steal My Sunshine by Len, and we have.

[Co-host Female]

Seven more amazing tunes to jam into your ear holes right now.

[Joe Moon]

Get them ready.

[Mike Whiston]

Let's go.

[Co-host Female]

Next.

[Mike Whiston]

Coming up next, I actually, I love the original and I love the COVID of this song. So this is a cover of the COVID which is technically a cover of the COVID of the original. So this is Mike Tahir singing Fast Car, the Luke Combs version, but it's originally by Tracy Chapman. I love them both. They're both amazing. And actually, I love all three because Mike Tahir absolutely crushed it. Give it a listen.

[Joe Moon]

Let's hear.

[Mike Whiston]

So my buddy Tyler wanted me to.

[Joe Moon]

Sing Luke Combs, but I don't know.

[Mike Whiston]

Luke homes well enough. So we just discover.

[Mike Tahir]

So I get a genius. You got a fast car I want a ticket to anywhere maybe we can make a deal maybe together we can get somewhere any place is better Starting from you got nothing to lose maybe we'll make some fam Me myself I.

[Mike Whiston]

Got nothing to prove.

[Mike Tahir]

You got a fast car I got a plan to get us out of here Been working at the convenience store managed to save just a little bit of money and I won't have to drive too far let's cross the border and into the city you and I can both get jobs finally see what it means to.

[Rick Mendoza]

Be a living.

[Mike Tahir]

See my old man's got a problem lives with a bottle that's the way it is his body's too working his body's too young look like his my mama went off and left him she wanted more life than you could give and said somebody's got to take care of him why quit school? And that's what I you got a fast car fast enough that we can fly away still got to make a decision leave tonight live and die this way So I remember we were driving driving in your car speak so fast about like I was drunk city light lay out before say all bill n wrp around my shore and I I had a feeling that I belong I had a feeling I could be someone be someone, be someone you got a fast car we go cruise and entertain ourselves still ain't got a job so I work as a market as a checkout girl I know that things will get better working I'll get promoted we'll move out of the shelter, buy a bigger house and live in the suburbs So I remember when we were driving driving in your car speak so fast I felt like I was drunk till I say I'm before any heart bell KN my shoulder and I I had a feeling that I belong I I had a feeling I could be someone be someone, be someone you got a fast car I got a job that pays all our bills to stay out drinking at the bar se more your friends any two your kids I'd always.

[Jennifer Adams]

Hope.

[Mike Tahir]

Ain'T going nowhere take a fast car and keep on driving.

[Mike Whiston]

So I.

[Mike Tahir]

Remember when we were driving driving in your car speed so fast I felt like I was drunk city lights laid out before city heart KN right around my shoulder and I had a feeling that I belonged I had a feeling I could be so someone be someone, be someone you got a fast car to fast another week fly away still got to make a decision.

[Mike Whiston]

That's a good song. Both versions. Both versions are good.

[Co-host Female]

Yeah, you're right. Both versions are good. And the third version is awesome.

[Joe Moon]

That was really good. That was really good.

[Mike Whiston]

Here.

[Co-host Female]

Yeah. Yes.

[Joe Moon]

Dude. Who was that again?

[Mike Whiston]

Mike. To hear singing fast car originally Tracy Chapman and the Luke combs cover.

[Joe Moon]

I may have missed it. I mean, has he been a member for a while? Am I?

[Mike Whiston]

Yeah. Member for a while. He posts some awesome stuff. I mean, the dude is really, really, really talented. Wow. Kind of comes in under the radar a little bit.

[Jennifer Adams]

Yeah.

[Mike Whiston]

Really really good.

[Joe Moon]

Really good. Great voice.

[Mike Whiston]

I feel like we featured him before maybe on an episode. I'm not really positive, but yeah, I'm excited to listen to more stuff that he puts out. I mean, he puts out some really good music.

[Joe Moon]

Yeah. Nice job, dude. Wow.

[Mike Whiston]

Yeah, absolutely. And, yeah, I do like that too. Do you?

[Joe Moon]

I know you're, like, holding up your sign. You're like, hey, look at me.

[Co-host Female]

I have a fast car.

[Mike Whiston]

I know.

[Joe Moon]

And then you like.

[Co-host Female]

And I also put on lipstick while I drive it.

[Joe Moon]

I was like, what are you doing right now in the. In the video there? I'm like, I don't understand what's. You pretty.

[Mike Whiston]

You have to look good when you're driving fast. All right?

[Joe Moon]

You do. You do. I mean, look at that.

[Mike Whiston]

Technically, you don't. Technically, when you're driving fast, you don't have to look at it. It's when you're driving slow and everyone could see you. That's when you have to look good. You know, you could be all, like, you know, all razzle dazzle when you're slow.

[Joe Moon]

When the cops pull you over, though, you got to have the lipstick on, though.

[Mike Whiston]

Yeah, you want to. You want to avoid that ticket it. I've tried. It never worked. The cop comes over, I'm like, hold on.

[Joe Moon]

Yeah, not in that switch.

[Mike Whiston]

What do you think? How fast was I going? Did I outrun the ticket?

[Joe Moon]

I'm sure that works.

[Mike Whiston]

Well, it works in Vermont fair. I love this podcast, by the way.

[Joe Moon]

I know.

[Co-host Female]

So again, Mike, to here. Rocking fast car.

[Mike Whiston]

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[Joe Moon]

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[Mike Whiston]

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[Joe Moon]

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[Mike Whiston]

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[Joe Moon]

I know. I'll send them. I'll send them this part of the podcast. Maybe they'll. Maybe they'll hire me as their voiceover guy.

[Mike Whiston]

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[Co-host Female]

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[Mike Whiston]

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[Co-host Female]

On Friday night karaoke.

[Mike Whiston]

So coming up next, and moving things right along here, we have an man. I love songs that, you know that. That you kind of. They're iconic and everyone knows them. And then someone sings in a different way and it could be like, you know, postmortem jukebox style.

[Joe Moon]

Yes. I was just thinking like, like when somebody takes that into the postmodern jukebox and it's like, I love this one, but I don't know what it is until it starts and you're like, oh, but.

[Mike Whiston]

But you know, the most basic, you know, alternative to a song that I absolutely adore, Especially when the original artist gets on it and does it this way. But, you know, absolutely. When you go to a bar or go anywhere, you're on Friday night karaoke and someone sings it this way. I love acoustic music. I love when someone, like, has an acoustic guitar or if there's just like, it's just acoustic and it has a different feel to it and it's just. It's so, like, natural and awesome and it just gives the song a different, like, meaning and feeling and everything. It's great. I love it. So totally agree.

[Joe Moon]

You know, I mean, I mean, I don't know how many times we've said it on this show that we freaking love acoustic music.

[Mike Whiston]

Super our jam. I mean, it really is if. If Joe and I are at a conference or we're just hanging out in a city somewhere, you're either gonna find us at karaoke or you're gonna find us at a bar that has a acoustic guitar and a microphone.

[Joe Moon]

Every time.

[Mike Whiston]

Every single freaking time. There's only two places. I mean, it limits your options. So if we go missing at any point, everyone's like, where's Mike and Joe?

[Joe Moon]

Check the local karaoke bars within a three mile radius, you know?

[Mike Whiston]

Right.

[Joe Moon]

And then who's got an acoustic dude on the guitar?

[Mike Whiston]

Like, just, you know, your best bet is a karaoke bar that also has acoustic guitars.

[Joe Moon]

Dude. Yeah, that's, you know what the Venn diagram of that, that's exactly where we are, like right in the middle of that.

[Mike Whiston]

So for anyone that doesn't know, I live in Japan, my wife's Japanese and we. I live in Japan. She was with me in the US for 13 years and then we moved here about three years ago. She, her uncle in Osaka owns a American style karaoke dive Bar and he has like a stage with like giant screen for the lyrics and he has a couple other smaller screens for lyrics. But it's open bar style, so there's no private rooms or anything. And the stage has a drum set, it has guitar, has bass, has a whole like, has all these instruments. So you can literally just go up there, get on the microphone and start singing and just do the karaoke. Or you could get up there, grab an instrument your buddy can jump on and jump, jump on the drums.

[Joe Moon]

Awesome.

[Mike Whiston]

And start jamming along and.

[Co-host Female]

What a cool concept.

[Joe Moon]

All right, so now, now my Japan geography is a little rusty. How far is that from you?

[Mike Whiston]

It's like a two hour train away.

[Joe Moon]

That's crap, dude. I thought you like moved to Japan to be near that.

[Mike Whiston]

I mean, the bullet train makes Japan tiny. You know, like you can like literally go anywhere on the bullet train really fast. You know, like that's the whole point. Like it kind of floats above the rails and just go.

[Joe Moon]

That's what makes it. I mean, that seems awesome. I want to try that one day. All right, let's get back on track here.

[Co-host Female]

We're coming up next we have an.

[Mike Whiston]

Acoust version of Toxic from Britney Spears. This is going to be Lauren, Greg, give it a listen.

[Joe Moon]

All right.

[Lauren Gregg]

Baby, can you see I'm calling a guy like you should wear a warning. It's dangerous I'm falling there's no escape I can't wait I need a hit baby give me it. You're dangerous too high, can't come down it's in the air to spin around in. Do you feel me now?

[Jennifer Adams]

Down.

[Lauren Gregg]

Taste of your lips I want to ride you're toxic now sleeping under. Taste of your poy and it dies I'm addicted to you. Don't you know that you're toxic? I love watching did you know that you're toxic? It's getting made to give you up. I took a s from the devil's g slow it's taking over me.

[Rick Mendoza]

Too.

[Lauren Gregg]

High, can't come out it's in the air spin around and around yeah.

[Mike Whiston]

Can.

[Lauren Gregg]

You feel me now? Taste of your lips all right you're toxic I'm sipping under with the taste of your poison paradise. I'm addicted to you and you know that you're toxic. I love of what you do you know got your T. Don't you know that you taste of your lips I'm on a ride you're a toxic guy. I'm sipping under with the taste of your poison paradise. I'm Addicted to you don't you know that you toxic.

[Co-host Female]

I don't want to be toxic I don't want to be but that was so good.

[Mike Whiston]

I feel replenished I don't feel toxic anymore.

[Joe Moon]

You had a bit of a cleanse of some sort. That.

[Mike Whiston]

That. That. That was a. A musical cleanse. Was it? Dude, I don't know.

[Joe Moon]

That rendition of that song, dude, freaking perfect.

[Mike Whiston]

That perfect.

[Joe Moon]

I've never loved that song. And the. The Britney version of it, the liver.

[Mike Whiston]

It's okay.

[Joe Moon]

It's all right. It's not bad. It's like, I was never like, oh, that's amazing. That rendition was amazing.

[Mike Whiston]

I mean, it's Britney, regardless. I mean, Britney is, like, iconic for so many of these songs.

[Joe Moon]

Oh, no, I'm not saying it was a bad song, but I'm just like. I'm just not like, oh, my God. I love the Britney song Toxic.

[Mike Whiston]

Like, it's my favorite.

[Joe Moon]

It was just. It's just there, right? For me, it was. It was good. It was just that rendition of the song. Song.

[Mike Whiston]

Yeah. Fantastic. I love it. It was subtle, but, yeah, it was great. Anyway, the best part is she's, like, sitting there and they're like, cheetah robe and hanging out. She actually wrote she's, like, hanging out in her jammies in, like, the closet. And by the way, if you're going to be recording on Smule Star Maker or anything, you're going to be recording and you don't have a lot of space to record. One of the best places, believe it or not, to record in your house is in the closet with all the clothes and all that kind of stuff because it kills out all that noise bouncing around. It's actually a really popular place to be recording, and I was just trying to keep on talking until the dog stopped.

[Joe Moon]

Yes. Thank you for that. Thanks for waiting. Like. Yeah, someone at the door and the dogs. You know, he's nice and quiet sleeping here while I'm recording. And then all of a sudden, nope. Now.

[Mike Whiston]

Well, no, I mean, the dog wants one job podcast.

[Co-host Female]

I get it. Everyone wants to be part of the Friday night karaoke podcast.

[Mike Whiston]

You know what? Actually, one of the things I miss.

[Joe Moon]

My credit in this show. Can we throw him a credit at the end of the episode?

[Mike Whiston]

I think we kind of have to. If we use the bark, do we have to?

[Joe Moon]

Or he's got to get a royalty of some sort.

[Mike Whiston]

That's right. Gonna get some biscuits or. Yeah, or we're fucked. Right. So again, that was Lauren Gregg with Toxic by Britney Spears. And, man, this is. This week's already off to a phenomenal start. When I think of spring break, I don't know if I think of Toxic as a song that I would pick, but I'm happy that that's a song that she would pick, and I'm glad it's a song that she did pick because we got to hear it right now.

[Joe Moon]

Right? Right on.

[Mike Whiston]

Yeah, right on.

[Joe Moon]

Thank you. I feel like that's when you come home from spring break. That's what's playing in here.

[Mike Whiston]

Yeah. You get home, you're back, you just had the time of your life, and.

[Joe Moon]

You'Re like, I need some penicillin. And like, that song comes on the radio.

[Mike Whiston]

Yeah, absolutely. All right, so coming up next, we have to move through these because I talk a lot.

[Co-host Female]

We have.

[Mike Whiston]

My God, I love this song. This is such a great song. We all know this song. When I think of spring break or I think of jamming out or partying, this song definitely comes to mind. It's top of the freaking list.

[Co-host Female]

It's Montel Jordan with this is how we do.

[Mike Whiston]

Yes.

[Joe Moon]

Yes. That is definitely spring break in the mid-90s for me, for sure. Yeah.

[Mike Whiston]

Oh, my God. And it's still great. I mean, it's still great. Today you put it on. Everybody still knows that song. It's classic. It's going to be Rachel Everest McDonough with this is How We do it by Montel Jordan. All right, listen.

[Rachel Everest McDonough]

This is how we do it. It's Friday night and I feel all right. The party is here on the west side. So I reach for my body and I turn it up? Designated driver take the keys to my truck?

[Mike Whiston]

Hit the sh.

[Rachel Everest McDonough]

Cuz I'm faded Honey's in the street saying money. Oh, we made it it feels so good in my hood tonight. The summertime skips and the guys in the gunny all the gang bangers I forgot about the drive by. You gotta get your groove on before you gonna get paid? So tip up your cup and throw your hands up and let me hear the party say I'm kinda buzzing.

[Mike Tahir]

It's all because this is how we're doing.

[Rachel Everest McDonough]

South central does it like nobody does?

[Mike Tahir]

This is how we're doing.

[Rachel Everest McDonough]

To all my neighbors you got much flavor?

[Mike Tahir]

This is how we do it.

[Rachel Everest McDonough]

Let's split the track really old school this is how we do it. Our hands are in the air and waving from here to there. If you're an OG Mac or a wannabe player you see the mud's been good to me Ever since I was a lowercase G But now I'm a big G. The girls see I got the money and the dollar bills, y' all. If you were from where I'm from then you would know that I gotta get mine in a big back truck. You could check yours and a six bow whatever it is the party's underway so tip up your gut then throw your hands up and let me hear the party say I've got a buzz.

[Rick Mendoza]

And it's all because that's how we do it.

[Rachel Everest McDonough]

South Central ducks it like nobody does.

[Mike Tahir]

That'S how we do it.

[Rachel Everest McDonough]

To all my neighbors you got much flavor let's flip the trap for in.

[Jennifer Adams]

The old school.

[Rachel Everest McDonough]

I'm kind of buzzed all because.

[Mike Whiston]

That'S how I lose I'll.

[Rachel Everest McDonough]

Never come back on an old school tr check it out. Once upon a time in 94 montel make no money and life is so so. And then he started saying state he stood and people thought the music that he made was good. They lived with DJ and Paul was his name. He came up to Marty. This is what he said. You and OG are gonna make some cash, sell a million records and we'll make the dash. Oh, I'm buzzing the club South Central does like nobody does to all my neighbors you got much flavor that's how we do it. I'll never come whack on an old school track. I'm kind of buzz all because.

[Jennifer Adams]

Oh.

[Rachel Everest McDonough]

It'S party time Straight up coming from the west side. Oh, she's got the flavor.

[Mike Tahir]

That's how it does.

[Co-host Female]

I mean, nobody does it like that.

[Joe Moon]

Nobody does like that. I mean, that was. Hey, has Montel ever come back in an old school track? Has he ever?

[Mike Whiston]

Yeah.

[Joe Moon]

Can we make up a fun fact about that? I think he has.

[Mike Whiston]

Do you remember we had Doug E. Fresh on here and he did, like, a rap for Friday night karaoke, and it was awesome. And he, like, introduced to, like, you know, these were the winners last time. And here's the upcoming theme and all that kind of stuff. We should get Montel Jordan.

[Joe Moon]

Oh, we totally should.

[Mike Whiston]

Like, that's your homework.

[Co-host Female]

So Rachel Everest McDonough. Wow. So this is how we do it.

[Mike Whiston]

I mean, that was good. Another song that we all know. Everybody knows that song. Everybody jams out to that song. Everybody loves that song.

[Joe Moon]

They do. And she crushed it. I thought that was a lot of fun. I love, loved it. You know what? That's the song, man. When you think of spring break, everyone's singing that.

[Mike Whiston]

Or just good times.

[Joe Moon]

If you're old.

[Mike Whiston]

Good vibes, you know?

[Joe Moon]

You know?

[Mike Whiston]

Yeah, she got the. She got the, the rhymes and not her.

[Joe Moon]

I mean, I didn't want to, you know. You know what I mean by digging a hole here?

[Mike Whiston]

I'm old. I missed everything you said. That's all you say? Great.

[Joe Moon]

Perfect. Was I on mute the whole time?

[Mike Whiston]

I don't know.

[Joe Moon]

Hold on.

[Mike Whiston]

I was like, thinking about what I wanted to say, you know?

[Joe Moon]

All right, good. I wish you were talking over me at that time. I really hope you, you were.

[Mike Whiston]

The.

[Joe Moon]

One time where I'm like, mike, I hope you were non stop talking over me.

[Co-host Female]

Mike, can you please talk? Please? Damn it, dude, why are you so quiet? Damn it. Stop being so quiet.

[Joe Moon]

One time.

[Mike Whiston]

I love about, like old school hip hop and R and B, you know, like, like, like this and, you know, so many other songs and so many other artists, you know, jamming out back then, they really told us story, you know, the rap parts, they're like telling this whole story about this thing that's happening and progresses, like, from part to part, and it's great.

[Joe Moon]

I don't know. He gave some history back when he was a lowercase G, you know, and.

[Mike Whiston]

Then now he's a big G. Yeah, right?

[Joe Moon]

He got the dollar bills.

[Mike Whiston]

Now he's getting, getting, getting paid.

[Joe Moon]

Exactly. I like the progression.

[Mike Whiston]

This is, this is the context I.

[Joe Moon]

Needed, you know, thanks for the backstory, man.

[Mike Whiston]

Yeah, now we have Tony Robbins and Grant Cardone. Back then we had Montel Jordan, you know, 10x your life or, you know, grow up to be a big G. Exactly. Awesome. So moving right along and banging through this week again, actually, real quick, thank you, Rachel Everest McDonough with this is How We do it by Montel Jordan. I love this week. I love every week. I love music and I love Friday night karaoke. One of the really cool things about this podcast is we're on episode number 71, and we've made 71 of these freaking crazy awesome compilations of musical talent from the Friday night karaoke community.

[Joe Moon]

We sure have, man. And it's. You know what I'm saying that we don't do it every week. Like, we used to be on, like this nice regular schedule. And I get it, you know, but like, I really love doing this podcast. It's just so much fun hearing the talent that comes out of this group.

[Co-host Female]

We've got.

[Joe Moon]

What do we have, 38, 8,000 people or something like that, right? In FnK, we get hundreds of songs submitted every week that from just amazing artists from across the planet. It's so cool, man. And I love getting to feature a bunch of them. And our episodes get like anywhere from 30 to 50,000 downloads, you know, like a lot. That's a lot of cool people listening to our man. I mean, I know they listen to the music and stuff. I know it's not really. It's kind of us a little bit. Really. The artist, though, I think that getting to hear some amazing singers that you never would have heard otherwise is just such a cool thing.

[Mike Whiston]

Yeah. And, you know, I just want to call it out. You might be watching the video version of this in the Friday night karaoke Facebook group. If you actually just go up to the feature, the latest podcast video will be somewhere in the featured at the very top of the page. And you can go watch this, you know, exactly as it is. You might actually be watching it right now. But if you are watching it on video and you haven't heard the audio version, please go check us out on your favorite platform. Obviously you have the. The major ones like Apple and Spotify, but we're also on iHeart, Castbox, Google Podcasts, Amazon, Audible, basically anywhere that you can listen to podcasts. That's where we are. So please check us out on your audio platform. Give us a five star rating or.

[Joe Moon]

Give us a review that helps us a lot. Write something nice. Yeah, unless you hate us, then just don't write anything.

[Mike Whiston]

Like, imagine you're writing something to your mother, the. The one that you like. Yeah.

[Joe Moon]

That'S how the saying go.

[Mike Whiston]

All right.

[Co-host Female]

All right, man.

[Joe Moon]

Play the next song. Who's up next?

[Mike Whiston]

Right? We're digging holes, right? Yeah, we sure are.

[Co-host Female]

Coming up next. Oh, this is. This is perfect.

[Mike Whiston]

This is a perfect spring break song. I mean, it's a little bit older than me. You know, I'm. I'm. I was born in 81. This is a bit before that. But, you know, I grew up listening to this. I grew up listening to all these songs.

[Co-host Female]

This is the Beach Boys.

[Mike Whiston]

Yeah, yeah, the free Beach Boys. Rock and roll music. And a little Rick Mendoza. Give it a listen.

[Joe Moon]

All right, Rick.

[Rick Mendoza]

Just let me hear some of that rock and roll music. It's gotta be rough. Rock and roll music if you wanna dance with me if you wanna dance with me I got no kicks against modern jazz unless they try to play it too and fast and change the beauty of the melody until it sounds just like a symphony. That's why I go for that rock and roll. Use it any old way you choose it, it's gotta back me. You can't lose it and you don't have to use it it's gotta be rock and roll music if you wanna dance with me if you wanna dance with me I took my little one over across the tracks so she could hear my old man hanging sacks I must admit they had a rotten band man they were blowing like a hurricane that's why I go that rock and roll music Any old way you choose it it's got a backbeat you can lose it any old time use it it's gotta be rock and roll music if you wanna dance with me if you wanna dance with me Way down south they gave a ju.

[Joe Moon]

I tell.

[Rick Mendoza]

You, folks they had a jamboree and drinking beer from a wooden cup but folks, a dancing gown they started playing that rock and roll music any old way you choose it it's got a backbeat you can't lose it Any old time you use it there's got to be rock and roll your music if you want to dance with me if you want to dance with me say if you want to dance with me if you want to dance with me thank you.

[Joe Moon]

You're welcome.

[Co-host Female]

Dance with you But I'll sing with you too, Rick Mendoza. Yes, I will sing with you all day long.

[Joe Moon]

That was awesome.

[Co-host Female]

That was awesome.

[Joe Moon]

I love. First of all, I love that song. And Rick Crush watched it. That was so much fun. By the way, holy wall of guitars. Batman, right?

[Mike Whiston]

That street cred right there. You're singing a rock and roll song and you have a wall full of guitars in the background. You know, there's your street cred right there. You know, like, hi, I am the rock and roll guy.

[Joe Moon]

Yes, Yes, I played that rock and roll music.

[Mike Whiston]

So in Smule Star maker, you know any of those recording apps, when you record your song, you have in almost all of them, you have the ability to add. Had, like, voice filters, and there's all kinds. There's like hype ones. There's like super distorted ones. There's super reverby and echoey ones. Yeah, there's like.

[Joe Moon]

You can get a little out of control, to be honest.

[Mike Whiston]

It can get out of control. But when you're recording, it's really, really important in those apps to select the right effect. And I feel like Rick just knocked that nail right on the head. You know, the effect there, it fit perfectly. It had a little echo. It was perfect, right? It sounded like he was in. In like, kind of like a hall or something like that. It felt perfect for that song. And he just. I loved it. He Hit all the notes. He had the energy, he had the guitars in the background. He had the total vibe. And I was there. I was. And I was ready to dance with you, man.

[Joe Moon]

Yes. It was great. Nice job, Rick.

[Mike Whiston]

Rick. It's a working process. Progress.

[Joe Moon]

He'll work on that intro for you.

[Mike Whiston]

Mendoza, you getting better. That was definitely, you know, improving step by step. Work on it.

[Joe Moon]

We'll come back next week, we'll see how you do.

[Mike Whiston]

I'll present my final version as soon as you sing me a song in Chewbacca voice. I, I, I have a six year old son for anyone that doesn't know, named K. Okay. And when I pick him up from school recently, every time I pick him up, we get in the car and literally within like a minute of getting in the car, I have my music on. I'm like ready to just like, I have the windows down now because it's getting nice out and I'm ready to just like empty my head and just listen to some music and get home and then I'll, you know, have the, have the chat and stuff like that. And then instantly he's like, dad, can we play the music game? And the music game is you make the sounds of a song and you have to guess the song. He only knows like, you know, 20 songs, so it's always the same 20 songs. He like, knows like Believer from like Imagine Dragons. So he always does the same ones and it's fantastic and it's super fun. I don't know where I was going with this, but the thought popped in my head and it was fantastic.

[Co-host Female]

Hi, kids.

[Mike Whiston]

This is what ADD looks like they know the truth.

[Joe Moon]

All right.

[Mike Whiston]

Or do more.

[Joe Moon]

Of both.

[Co-host Female]

Anyway, so coming up next.

[Mike Whiston]

Oh, man. This is just hit after hit.

[Co-host Female]

This is Smokey Robinson a little cruising.

[Mike Whiston]

That's great for spring break.

[Joe Moon]

Yes.

[Mike Whiston]

And actually this is gonna be Charles Johnson. Fun fact and rewinding back two singers ago when Rachel Everest McDonough had sang Montel Jordans. This is how we do it. She actually wrote in her poetry post on Friday night, karaoke, when she posted that song up, she wrote. So this one is dedicated to a very supportive, amazing guy I call sir because he is the epitome of a gentleman and means a lot to me. Charles Johnson, he rocked it for another theme. And I did it as I was going to post it for April Fools since I don't sing this normally. Actually, the April Fool's joke was on you because it was actually amazing.

[Joe Moon]

Wait, she dedicated that song to the.

[Mike Whiston]

Next Charles Johnson and this next singer is Charles Johnson.

[Co-host Female]

Get out of here.

[Joe Moon]

That's awesome.

[Mike Whiston]

Her song was dedicated to two. And this is going to be cruising a little Smokey Robinson. All right, give it a listen.

[Charles Johnson]

Cruising by Smokey Robinson. Baby, let's cruise away from from here. Don't be confused the way is clear. And if you want it, you got it forever this is not a one night understand baby?

[Mike Whiston]

Yeah, yeah.

[Charles Johnson]

So let the music take your mind Just release it you will find you're gonna fly away. Glad you're going my way. I love, love it when we're cruising together. Music is played for love. Cruising is made for love. I love it when we're cruising together. Baby, tonight belongs to us.

[Mike Whiston]

Us.

[Charles Johnson]

Everything is right. Do what you must. And inch by inch we grow closer and closer to every little part of each other who baby, yeah, yeah. So let the music take your mind. Just release and you will find you're gonna fly away. Glad you're going my way. I love it when we're cruising together. Music is played for love. Cruising is made for love. I love it when we're cruising together. Cruise with me, baby. Baby, let's cruise let's float, let's climb. Let's open up and go inside. And if you want it, you got it forever I could just stay here beside you and love you baby.

[Mike Whiston]

Let.

[Charles Johnson]

The music take your mind Just release it you will find you're gonna fly away. Glad you're going my way. I love it when we're cruising together and music is played for love. Cruising is made for love. I love it when we're cruising together. You're gonna fly away. Glad you're going my way. I love it when we're cruising together. And music, music is played for love. Cruising is made for love. I love it. I love it. I love it, I love it. Cruise with me, baby I love it when we're cruising together and music is playful. Cruising is made for love. I love it when we're cruising together. Cruise with me, baby. Cruising by Smokey Robinson.

[Mike Whiston]

I mean, that was Cruising by Charles Johnson and. Oh, man, that was so chill.

[Joe Moon]

That was the chillest song of this entire podcast.

[Mike Whiston]

I gotta say, he has like such a good just like chill voice, you know, like just a just the kind of voice you just kind of want to hang out with. It's the kind of voice that you want to listen to an audio book with, you know, like.

[Joe Moon]

Maybe. You know what? I'd rather hear him sing, man.

[Co-host Female]

He's got me too.

[Joe Moon]

His. He's got a smooth voice. Man. Man, it's good. It's good. And it's like, you know, if you listen to just the order, you don't see the video here, but, like, in the video, he's just loving what he's doing. You can just tell that he loves the song. He loves singing it. You know, I just. And I love that.

[Mike Whiston]

And he feels it. You can. You can. Yes. You can feel what he was feeling while he was singing that song, and you could tell it was, like, sparking some light bulbs, you know, and just kind of, you know, getting things going for him when he was singing that song. And. Yeah, that kind of lit up everything for us. And it was great. I absolutely loved it. It was chill and the Vibey and Charles freaking Johnson with Cruising by Smokey Robinson. Yeah. And you know, what I was saying about the voice, you know, like, you know, audiobooks, it wasn't a slight. Some people just have a great voice naturally. They just naturally have a. You know, Morgan Freeman can go read anything he wants, and we're all gonna listen everything. He could. He could read, like, the dictionary, and we would be like, oh, right, like letter Z, Right?

[Joe Moon]

You just, like, go right into it and just. Just read all the verse, and you're like, keep going.

[Co-host Female]

Which one's after Z?

[Joe Moon]

You start over, start again, start again.

[Co-host Female]

Let's see the thesaurus next. It's different.

[Mike Whiston]

Like, you know, if he's reading, you know, he's going to be nice and smooth and cool, and you're going to like it. And he's like, you know, Sam, I am so.

[Asthma Bully Jones]

Sam.

[Mike Whiston]

Sam, I am. Would you like green eggs and ham? And when I read to my kids, I'm like, I am.

[Co-host Female]

I am.

[Joe Moon]

Oh, my God.

[Co-host Female]

Would you like green eggs?

[Joe Moon]

Dude, I can't imagine your kids ever falling asleep while you read them the book. No, they're just like. It's just like jumping on the bed. They're getting more and more excited as you go on.

[Mike Whiston]

My kids will never need drugs. They just need to record my voice and put it in their earbuds.

[Co-host Female]

Like, I'm ready to go. Let's do it.

[Jennifer Adams]

God.

[Mike Whiston]

That'S great.

[Joe Moon]

He's in that. Your air part doesn't go in your nose. What are you doing?

[Mike Whiston]

Well, I mean, you could try. Sure.

[Joe Moon]

I mean, it fits, but, you know. All right, who's next?

[Mike Whiston]

So I. I do want to call out one thing. So, you know, we do from time to time, call out these events that we go to. Joe and I, as many of you know, we run a company in podcasting. And we have a podcast podcast. Yay. And we often go to podcast conferences and expos and all these things.

[Joe Moon]

That's right.

[Mike Whiston]

We were actually just in Chicago and a couple in Athens for a couple. Through these cool karaoke parties, we're throwing another. Hey. What, What? What's up?

[Joe Moon]

Deep dish.

[Co-host Female]

Oh, so good. Yeah, Chicago deep dish.

[Mike Whiston]

You know, like in your story. Yeah. Japan sucks at pizza. Like, they like fucking corn and like mayonnaise and freaking like garbage.

[Joe Moon]

Can I get the corn mayo pizza?

[Mike Whiston]

Large ketchup on some of this mayo. Ketchup isn't tomato sauce. You know, like, what are you doing? What are you doing with the pizza? So, you know, the nice thing about going. Yeah, the nice thing about going to Chicago is, you know, we got these giant deep dish pizzas. I got to hang out with Joe, which is great. I don't get to hang out with Joe that much anymore, but we get these giant deep dish pizzas. We had like a ton of meetings scheduled for this conference and everyone that from out of the country or just like have never been to Chicago before before for the meeting, they were like, can we book the meeting over deep dish pizza? So we had like a ton of deep dish pizza meetings. The first one we ate, like, freaking. And then moving forward, we're like a slice, you know, like, we're just smelling it. Yeah, it's good pizza.

[Joe Moon]

Yeah. You know what, it was worth it, though. It's awesome. So good. But you know what? I totally squirreled out on your. On your story about London. I'm not. Is it like London?

[Mike Whiston]

Yeah, about London. Yeah. So we actually have another conference coming up in. In London. We'll be in London from May 17 to May 23, and we will, like, always be throwing a karaoke party. Take a look in the Friday night karaoke group again. If you're not a member of the group, just go to Facebook, type in Friday night karaoke and join and then look in the featured section for this announcement. But we will be announcing for anyone that is local to that region in London area, come and hang out with us. Drinks are on us, and it'll be a good, jolly time for everybody involved. I'm really looking forward to it. We've had some amazing times in the past in Orlando and in.

[Joe Moon]

We always have amazing times. We bring people out to karaoke. It's so much fun. And actually I love when FNK members show up and meet us at the karaoke bars. It's so much fun.

[Co-host Female]

It's my favorite.

[Mike Whiston]

My favorite.

[Joe Moon]

That yeah, that dude came in. Oh, man, that dude came in. The last one in Orlando, Lando, like, busting out that. What was that rap song like? He was insane. Insanely good.

[Mike Whiston]

Mic drop moment, you know.

[Joe Moon]

It was totally like. The entire place was like, holy. Everyone was. The whole place was on fire.

[Mike Whiston]

He took like an hour and a half, Uber to come hang out with us.

[Joe Moon]

It was so good.

[Mike Whiston]

That was so freaking cool. Yeah, he hung out all night and then, you know, went back at like 2 o' clock in the morning or something like that. Right. It was an absolute freaking blast.

[Joe Moon]

It was great.

[Mike Whiston]

So anyway, take a look in the Friday night karaoke group. It's going to be posted there in the next, like two weeks or so. So we haven't picked the date yet, but it will be a date and it'll be fun and come hang out with us. We would love to see you there.

[Co-host Female]

So coming up next, there's only two songs left. Oh, my God.

[Mike Whiston]

We're getting near the end of the podcast and that time always makes me sad. But we've had a lot of fun and there are two more to go, so let's bang through them. This next one, we are talking about how much we love acoustic covers and acoustic songs. This dude actually does it with an acoustic guitar and no backing music or anything. Anything. Just him, a guitar, a microphone, and.

[Joe Moon]

Our one man, one guitar. That's it.

[Mike Whiston]

I was trying to like make a parallel to two Girls One cup, but I couldn't come up with one.

[Joe Moon]

I'm glad you didn't. Yeah, well, play the song.

[Co-host Female]

So this is gonna be Asthma Bully.

[Mike Whiston]

Jones and one of the original members of Friday night karaoke. He's a moderator, he's a good friend and an absolute rock star all around. Asthma Bully Jones gonna be singing some Violent Femmes Blister in the sun. God, I love this song. Here it is. Evan Case, Spring break. Here's one about a.

[Joe Moon]

A one man party, if you will.

[Mike Whiston]

At least that's what it was when.

[Joe Moon]

The song came out. People believed.

[Mike Whiston]

Kj, this is for you.

[Asthma Bully Jones]

When I'm walking I scrub my stuff and I'm so strong out highest kind I just must stop to check you out Let me go out like a blister in the sun Let me go out Big hands I know you're the.

[Rick Mendoza]

One.

[Asthma Bully Jones]

Body indeed I sting my she I don't even know why My girlfriend she's at the end, she is starting to cry Let me go out like a blister in the sun Let me go out the can and to know you're the one When I'm walking I strut my stuff and I'm so strong Now I'm high as a kind I just might stop to check you out Body and feet I stained my sheets I don't even know why My girlfriend, she's at the end, she is starting to cry When I'm walking I strut my stuff and I'm so strong High as a kite not just mine stop to check you out Let me go out Like a blister in the sun you go out be hand to know you're the one.

[Jennifer Adams]

Yeah. Wow.

[Co-host Female]

Yeah.

[Mike Whiston]

I love that song so much. It's actually one of my go to karaoke songs songs. And I freaking love that song. For the right crowd. And it's just so much fun to sing. And it's chill and it goes really.

[Co-host Female]

Quiet and it gets loud again. It's just so much fun.

[Mike Whiston]

And he's doing it with an acoustic guitar. And let me tell you, I mean, I know so many people do it, but for some reason, my brain can't do it. And I respect the. Out of anyone that can. Playing a guitar and singing a song is really freaking hard.

[Joe Moon]

It's awesome. And you know what? He crushed that. I love it. It's just. I love just like, hey, you know, I'm Pick guitar, jam on a song, record it, you know, that always makes me happy. You know what? I'm not great at it.

[Mike Whiston]

Like, I.

[Joe Moon]

And I totally see what you're saying. I'm pretty good at it, you know, But I'm not great at it. Some people are just amazing at it, you know, But I'm okay at it. But I love doing it. I love.

[Mike Whiston]

Yeah.

[Joe Moon]

What I can do. It's just like. And just playing and singing at the same time makes me happy.

[Mike Whiston]

Yeah. For some reason it's like, you know, the whole, like, pat your head and like, rub your belly, you know, that thing. Like, I. I think I could do that. No, I can do that.

[Joe Moon]

You got it.

[Mike Whiston]

I. I can't. I can't sing and play the guitar at the same time.

[Joe Moon]

One day I.

[Mike Whiston]

One day I want to be. You know what I end up doing? I end up, like, hitting the chord and then I sing the verse and then I hit the next chord, but I can't, like, get the strumming going. And like, I just. My brain doesn't connect it. But ask my bully Jones with Blister in the Sun, Violent Femmes and apparently. Apparently. You know, I always thought. And I think many people Always thought it was about a little alone time. I always thought that that's what that song was about. I always thought it was about, like, a little, you know, time with yourself.

[Joe Moon]

Big hands. I know you're the one.

[Mike Whiston]

Yeah, exactly. That's why I always thought it was. But apparently that song is just about being really jacked up on drugs. Apparently, that's what it is, right? You know, I was trying to listen to the lyrics while, you know, I've sung the song so many times. I was trying to listen to the lyrics just, you know, just that time and relate it to that. I don't see it. I'm pretty sure it's about being by yourself. Maybe they said it's about being jacked up on drugs, but I'm pretty sure just about that special alone time.

[Joe Moon]

Special time with yourself. Some me time.

[Mike Whiston]

Just that me time, you know, away from the camera or on only fans. Yo, if you're gonna do anything on cnn, do it.

[Joe Moon]

All right.

[Co-host Female]

As for bully Challenge, blister in the sun, Violent fans, thank you so much.

[Joe Moon]

Much.

[Mike Whiston]

Tony Mo from the Friday night karaoke group was actually the inspiration to jam out more on the acoustic. So Tony Mo, a great member of the community. We've featured him on the podcast before, but if you go check him out, he always is posting up these songs. Many originals, many covers on the guitar and a microphone. And just a. An awesome member of the community and just an awesome singer and awesome dude in general. And apparently Tony Mo inspired, hired as my bully to start jumping on that guitar a little bit more.

[Joe Moon]

Awesome.

[Mike Whiston]

That song was actually, you might have heard in the beginning, dedicated to another moderator and a great member of the community, KJ Welsh up there in Bowler, Wisconsin.

[Joe Moon]

Awesome.

[Mike Whiston]

Yeah. So we're at that time. It's the very last song. Last song.

[Co-host Female]

You're like, play it.

[Mike Whiston]

Go do it, dude. Do it.

[Joe Moon]

Come on.

[Co-host Female]

Do it.

[Mike Whiston]

Play it.

[Joe Moon]

Come on.

[Co-host Female]

I can dare you. Double doggy dare you.

[Mike Whiston]

Coming up next and final, this is Angel Lark. She did that last week.

[Joe Moon]

Oh, yeah.

[Mike Whiston]

Remember?

[Joe Moon]

Oh, my gosh. Great.

[Mike Whiston]

The last theme. She did.

[Co-host Female]

Love stinks.

[Joe Moon]

Yes.

[Co-host Female]

Yeah, yeah.

[Jennifer Adams]

Love stinks.

[Mike Whiston]

Oh, man, that was so good. I want to go listen to it.

[Co-host Female]

Again Anyway to close out the Friday.

[Mike Whiston]

Night karaoke podcast and to close it.

[Co-host Female]

Out so freaking strong.

[Mike Whiston]

This is Angel Lark with Hurt so Good by John Mellencamp.

[Joe Moon]

Nice.

[Mike Whiston]

Give it a listen.

[Jennifer Adams]

A young girl said put away those young girl ways now that I'm getting older so much older I long for those young girl days With a boy like you With A boy like you? Lord knows there are things we could do, baby, trust me and you? Come on and make it hurt so good? Come on, baby, make it hurt so good? Sometimes love don't feel like it should? You make it hurt so good? You don't to have, have to be so excited. Just trying to give myself a little bit of fun. Yeah, you always look so invited. You ain't as green as you are young? Hey, baby, it's you? Come on, boy, now it's you? Sink your teeth right through my bones, baby let's see what we we can do? Come on and make it all hurt so good? Come on, baby, make it hurt so good? Sometimes love don't feel like it should? You make it hurt so good? I ain't talking no big deals I ain't made no play I my shell I ain't talking no high heels? Maybe we could walk around all day long? Walk around all day long? Come on, baby, make it hurt so good? Sometimes love don't feel like it should? You make it hurt so good, hurt so good? Come on, baby, now come on, baby, make it hurt so good? Sometimes love don't feel like it should? You make it hurt so good. Hey. Hey.

[Joe Moon]

Yeah.

[Co-host Female]

What a way to end the podcast. So much energy, so much power, so much talent.

[Mike Whiston]

Villains.

[Joe Moon]

Wow, dude. I mean, I don't know how many times I could say this, like, with about FNK singers, but she could definitely be a professional singer. Like, she could do this for a living.

[Mike Whiston]

She should be.

[Joe Moon]

Without a doubt, she should be famous like so many other the FNK members. Like, you just hear them and you're just like, holy. Maybe she is. I mean, she's got the style on stage. She's got like, the whole, like, everything going on when she's singing.

[Mike Whiston]

She does it professional. The voice, the whole. The whole nine yards. She. She is star material. We said this last time we thought she was Jewel.

[Joe Moon]

I didn't think she was Jewel.

[Mike Whiston]

Oh, okay. I mean, I thought she would. Yeah, terrible joke, dude.

[Co-host Female]

Again, that's Angel Lark.

[Mike Whiston]

Hurt so good, John Mellencamp. And what a way to close out the podcast. Oh, actually, fun fact, last podcast episode, when she sang Love Steve stinks.

[Co-host Female]

Yeah.

[Lauren Gregg]

Yeah.

[Mike Whiston]

So when she sang that song, there was a part where she was talk. You know, she just talked to the camera, and she was talking about how her, you know, boyfriend broke up with her via text message, and, like, you know, there was something about a.

[Joe Moon]

A gas station, flowers or something.

[Mike Whiston]

Exactly. And apparently we found out afterwards that.

[Co-host Female]

Was a true story that happened oh, man.

[Joe Moon]

By the way, that's the one fun fact that we actually gave today. That was.

[Mike Whiston]

That was true.

[Co-host Female]

That was the one true fun fact. Hey, kids, can you identify the other five?

[Joe Moon]

Actually, you know what we did?

[Mike Whiston]

We.

[Joe Moon]

We kind of dropped the ball on that.

[Mike Whiston]

That whole thing.

[Joe Moon]

Like, we should have made up more.

[Mike Whiston]

Failed. We're gonna make this way more fun for you guys.

[Joe Moon]

I know.

[Mike Whiston]

For all you out there.

[Joe Moon]

Damn it.

[Mike Whiston]

Music land.

[Joe Moon]

Oh, well, anyway, that is awesome. That. That was actually. I mean, sorry.

[Mike Whiston]

Awesome.

[Joe Moon]

Awesome. Awesome for the story. Yeah. Sorry that that happened and Makes for a great story.

[Mike Whiston]

Yeah. Do you still have the mini mar flower? Maybe? That was the one in the video. She actually had the little mini mar. Yeah.

[Joe Moon]

I can't imagine that. She was like, you know what I'm going to do is go to the gas station and buy another one and hold it up. That was probably the one. She probably saved it and was like, what an. I'm saving this just to. Just to remember, like, how food ish. Right?

[Mike Whiston]

Like. And she's like, we're like this voodoo doll.

[Joe Moon]

Yeah. And then all of a sudden, she's like, I got the perfect time to bust out that flower. You know, that's it. You know what for Friday night karaoke podcast.

[Mike Whiston]

Yeah. The. The ultimate revenge.

[Joe Moon]

Yes.

[Mike Whiston]

You know, sing about it to 30 to 50,000freaking people. I love that. So that's it. That was the last song of FnK spring break party. Like it. Spring break break, Man. I love recording these episodes. And it's always sad to get to the end, but we are at that time, and there is a special thing we do at the end of every podcast. We decide what the very next theme of the week in the Friday night karaoke group on Facebook is going to be. And Joe and I typically will both pick our own, you know, have our own idea, pick our own theme, and then we will go back and forth and decide which one it should be. So do you have anything in mind? Would you like to start or would you like me to start?

[Joe Moon]

You can start.

[Mike Whiston]

All right. So this is. I have no idea. I didn't give this any thought prior to this exact moment. And I'm buying time while I'm talking right now to think of the next theme.

[Joe Moon]

So you can't play guitar and sing at the time, you can't rub your belly and pat your head at the same time, but you can give a whole fucking monologue and come up with a fucking theme of the week at the same time. That's amazing.

[Mike Whiston]

It's Crunch week.

[Joe Moon]

I'm gonna go for FNK Cowgirl. That's songs about girls in the country style. Just songs girls can sing.

[Mike Whiston]

Cowgirl, cowgirl, cowgirl, cowgirl, cowgirl, cowgirl.

[Joe Moon]

Like girls singing country or like, guys singing about girls and country songs?

[Mike Whiston]

Wait, I'm changing mine. I'm changing mine. I want to change mine. I want to change mine. Fnk group grunge.

[Joe Moon]

Nope, sorry.

[Mike Whiston]

I want FNK Bender. Gender Bender. FNK Gender Bender. Girls think guy songs. Guys sing girl songs.

[Joe Moon]

I thought it was songs that Bender from Futurama would sing.

[Mike Whiston]

Well, he would definitely sing this is How We Do It. He'd say, like, cash money or. Right.

[Joe Moon]

I was like. I was like, I'll light a cigar and drink some.

[Mike Whiston]

Right? Yeah, yeah. He would sing Sinatra. You know, guys. So, okay, mine is Gender Bender. Yours is Cowgirl.

[Joe Moon]

Yeah.

[Mike Whiston]

All right, so we've done Gender Bender before. We've never done Cowgirl, but I'm just having trouble thinking of what songs people would sing for FnK cowgirl. Girl.

[Joe Moon]

There's, like, lots of female country singers that sing amazing songs.

[Mike Whiston]

You know what? You know what? Let's freaking do this. Let's freaking do this.

[Co-host Female]

We haven't.

[Mike Whiston]

We always do, like, cowboy week. We always do everything. Boy week week. Yeah, let's do cowgirl week.

[Joe Moon]

Yeah. And it could be, you know, if you want to sing a song about a guy singing about a girl, then do that, too. But, like, there's like, you know, there's Laney Wilson, this Dolly Parton.

[Mike Whiston]

There's like, does it have to be because we just did a country week.

[Joe Moon]

It just. It doesn't have to be just, you know, any girls. It doesn't have to be country songs.

[Mike Whiston]

Just so cowgirl. But, you know, it doesn't have to be country.

[Joe Moon]

Yeah, I guess.

[Mike Whiston]

There's so many holes in this one.

[Joe Moon]

Oh, for sake. Right? FNK Grunge.

[Co-host Female]

FNK Gender Bender.

[Mike Whiston]

Oh, yeah, that's what we're going with. We're going with FNK Gender Better. That's what we're going with. We've poked all the holes in it. We realize this is a stupid idea.

[Joe Moon]

I'll refine it. I'm going to refine it for, like, next week, though. Okay. And I'll come up with, like, a better, like, more honed down theme.

[Mike Whiston]

I'll give you a mulligan. All right, so FNK Gender Bender. It's going to be a hashtag FNK Gender Bender. And we want you to sing a song that was originally sung by a guy if you're a girl. And if you're a guy, sing a song that was originally sung by a girl. That would be fun.

[Joe Moon]

But yes, awesome.

[Mike Whiston]

Cool. That's it.

[Co-host Female]

Thank you all so much for joining us.

[Mike Whiston]

It was eight amazing artists. This was FnK Spring Break Party, like a spring break week. And again, if you're not a member of the Friday night karaoke group group, we urge you to please join. It's a really Fun time. There's 38,000 members. Negativity, free ad. Free. It's all about a love of the music. It's all about your music. And we pick, you know, anywhere between 8 and 10 of your songs every time we record a podcast episode and we play them here for all the world to hear. And yeah, we would just love to. To see you and meet you and say what's up? If you are in London in the middle of May, go to the group and take a look for that announcement. We would love to sing with you live.

[Joe Moon]

Yes.

[Mike Whiston]

And that's it. That's all we got.

[Joe Moon]

Thank you.

[Mike Whiston]

Everyone out. Thank you so much. Catch you later. Bye bye.