Okay, so when I was a little kid I used to think that I had the most incredible voice in the entire world. I believed that I would become famous and just needed an opportunity to be discovered. My three singer obsessions were Mariah Carey, Jewel, and Celine Dion..haha..My first concert--Celine Dion. Now, I remember watching this biography on Celine Dion and how she got discovered and became famous. Apparantly she was found through submitting a tape of her music and of her singing. I decided that this was my one chance. For Christmas I begged my parents for a microphone and yieldingly they finally caved and got me one. I sang every single freaking day. I also made my own home-made tape to send to producers so I could finally be "discovered."
When I was in elementary school I competed in the talent show every year and was always the leader and head person to sing in our group. I remember this being quite the ordeal since everyone wanted to be the main singer. lol. We would practice singing "Hero" by Mariah Carey and "You Were Meant for Me" by Jewel out at the playground. When I look back on my childhood I now realize why I am so dillusional as an adult as well, I think it's genetic and started out pretty naturally at a young age. haha.
Now, my parents refused to go to the talent shows. I think it was too much for them. This was the only thing in my entire life I remember my parents not supporting me in. They never missed a single soccer game or a single track meet, but singing in front of the entire school and their parents..my parents just couldn't handle the embarrassment. hahahahah. I know look back and don't blame them. Now my Grandma Claudine..well she went to every single one and even went as far as to videotape me. I don't know what happened to those videotapes but I am praying that they got burned and destroyed so that there can never be any kind of evidence of these mortifying presentations in front of the school(completely unaware that I was embarassing myself). Songs I sang in elementary/middle school were "Hero" by Mariah Carey "You were Meant for Me" by Jewel and "Fly" by Celine Dion. Could I have been any more of a loser? hahahahah
Now I remember my need to be a singer going on for far too long. My parents would shut the door every time the microphone came out and every time I sang "all by myself" by Celine Dion my dad would poke his head in and say "you will be all by yourself if you keep singing this song." hahaha..throughout this whole thing I know my parents were ruined of all of Celine Dion songs especially the Titanic theme song...I feel so bad for them. haha. Now, my Papa...he is the sweetest man and everytime anyone made fun of me or shut all the doors in the house my papa would come into my room and listen intently to me sing. He told me that I was a great singer and beautiful to top it off so I could go anywhere in life if I wanted. haha..Oh my Papa. Sweetest man ever. I still find this memory incredibly endearing and it makes me love my Papa even more.
Okay, onto my point. I have this insane passion for singing..and usually I hate doing things that I'm bad at, but for some reason...it doesn't bother me that I'm an absolute wretched singer...I still continue to live out those childhood dreams through a little thing called Kareoke..hahaha...oh and Rockband helps too ;)
I absolutely love kareoke...absolutely love it. My favorite part of kareoke is the interpretive dancing that I do improv style while singing and making an ass of myself. And with everything that I love in life I must list....so here is the list of my top ten kareoke songs...
1. Cher "Do you Believe in Life After Love"
2. Sinead O'Connor "Nothing Compares" (this is way better when Alex is present so I can point at him and lure him in as I sing and completely humiliate him as well.)
3. Tracy Chapman "Give Me One Reason" (must be well equiped with spins at the 'turn around' part of the lyrics)
4. Foreigner "I Wanna Know What Love is" (now this was Alex and I's first kareoke duet and I will never forget it..lol.)
5. Alanis Morissette "You Oughta Know" (the most currently performed)
6. Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Maps" (this is also a great rockband song)
7. Lisa Loeb "Stay"
8. Four Non Blondes "What's Up"
9. Sheryl Crow "Bitch"
10. John Mellencamp "Hurts so Good"
