some horrible voices

last nite zac's work had a karaoke party as a farewell to his boss and the second-in-charge (both resigned within a week of eachother). it was on the (un-air conditioned 3rd floor of some pub in the city. friday nite is "extreme karaoke" (you know its gotta be good if its got 'extreme' in front of it). our group of about 20 or so was the only group up there for the first hour or 2. it took a while before anyone would get up and then the first 2 people to go up did an amazing job so of course no body wanted to go up after that. then a group of 3 girls got up there and one kinda took over with her amazing voice (souned like the girl from sleater-kinney) so again, it took a while before anyone else would go. after several songs zac got a group up there with him to do "love shack" (his one song he'll do karaoke to when he's not drinking). he sounds exactly like the guy in the b-52's! i knew this already cuz i've heard him do it a few times before (friday nite at the piney when we lived at camp in san diego was karaoke nite and it was all of us o.e. instructors that lived a 10 min walk from the place and a few locals). 3 different people came up to me during the song to say how amazing he sounded....its one of the only voices he can sing like (other than john k. samson from the weakerthans and propagandi)
we had to leave before 10 though (it goes til 3am) cuz as people were drinking more and more the singing was getting harder and harder on the ears (even the people who were amazing at the start of the nite were painful to listen to).
i don't do karaoke. i just watch (and laugh). fortuately since i don't know zac's co-workers too well they weren't trying very hard to get me to go up (i used to get dragged up--litrally--with a lot of resistance when we were in san diego all the time).