Karaoke in the west is not as famous as here in Asia. Not even close. It comes originally from Japan, actually it was regarded as a hobby in japanese territories. This word turned out to be globalized, in japanese characters would consist of 空 (reads KARA) and オーケストラ(reads OKKESUTORA).
Me preparing to "sing" 做你的爱人
Here in China it´s no doubt the happy hour choice for almost all the locals. I dislike generalizations, but they often go singing with their families, close friends or acquaintances. I can tell from my experience here. I´ve already gone singing for at least 8 times or so. I hardly ever sang, wasn´t quite used to it, but the thing is that here they do tend to choose Karaoke, be that before a dinner or a lunch, between them or at the very end of the day. They just do. Some do it for fun, but some don´t, they even get the angriest one on Earth when their intonation goes down the drain. Singing in chinese is another challenge, remembering all the tones, what the characters mean and keeping up the rhythm is somewhat impossible to me by now.
You can find songs in corean, japanese and chinese, but English songs are not many and randomly selected, even Whitney Houston and Michael Jackson were missing!
Anyway, to me it doesn´t play an important role cuz I don´t need a sip of alcohol to sing out of tone. That I can do effortlessly. >(*0*)>
Here in China it´s no doubt the happy hour choice for almost all the locals. I dislike generalizations, but they often go singing with their families, close friends or acquaintances. I can tell from my experience here. I´ve already gone singing for at least 8 times or so. I hardly ever sang, wasn´t quite used to it, but the thing is that here they do tend to choose Karaoke, be that before a dinner or a lunch, between them or at the very end of the day. They just do. Some do it for fun, but some don´t, they even get the angriest one on Earth when their intonation goes down the drain. Singing in chinese is another challenge, remembering all the tones, what the characters mean and keeping up the rhythm is somewhat impossible to me by now.
You can find songs in corean, japanese and chinese, but English songs are not many and randomly selected, even Whitney Houston and Michael Jackson were missing!
Anyway, to me it doesn´t play an important role cuz I don´t need a sip of alcohol to sing out of tone. That I can do effortlessly. >(*0*)>
I cannot sing in Portugues :P
ResponderExcluirTo sing in Chinese = Impossible to me hahaha.