"The authorities do not know exactly how many people have been killed warbling “My Way” in karaoke bars over the years in the Philippines, or how many fatal fights it has fueled. But the news media have recorded at least half a dozen victims in the past decade and includes them in a subcategory of crime dubbed the “My Way Killings.”
Karaoke-related killings are not limited to the Philippines. In the past two years alone, a Malaysian man was fatally stabbed for hogging the microphone at a bar and a Thai man killed eight of his neighbors in a rage after they sang John Denver’s “Take Me Home, Country Roads.” Karaoke-related assaults have also occurred in the United States, including at a Seattle bar where a woman punched a man for singing Coldplay’s “Yellow” after criticizing his version."
John Denver? Really? I can understand Coldplay. I mean, my blood pressure sky rockets just knowing they exist. They suck more balls than Torrey Pines' driving range picker. But John Denver? He was such a nice guy.
COUNTDOWN - Top 10 Classic Feel-Good Songs Destined to Lead to Murder at Philippino Karaoke Bars:
10. Happy Together - The Turtles
9. Build Me Up Buttercup - The Foundations
8. Stand By Me - Ben E. King
7. Physical - Olivia Newton John
6. Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover - Sophie B. Hawkins
5. Wannabe - Spice Girls
4. My Little Buttercup - The Three Amigos
3. No Woman No Cry - Bob Marley
2. On The Good Ship Lollipop - Shirley Temple
And the number one feel-good song destined to lead to murder . . .
1. Anything by Coldplay - have I mentioned they suck?
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