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After a
Sunday at the office, the evening took a group of 6 of us to KTV. KTV is very
popular in China. It is essentially karaoke, but in a private room with maracas and tambourines provided, so that the
audience is only your friends. Snacks and beverages accompanied 3 hours (one
too much in my opinion) of singing. The English karaoke catalog left a lot to
be desired, I say, but my best performances included “And I Guess That’s Why They
Call It The Blues”, “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”, and “Hotel California”
(Twice, for those late comers that missed the first go ‘round). I even sang “Tonight’s
the Night” – mainly for the novelty that it wasn’t censored out by the Chinese for
sexual content. I mean, kudos to Rod for the metaphors, I guess. I was even
volunteered for songs I had never heard of or didn’t care for, just so the
Chinese could hear it sung in the proper accent. I would say I did ok, but they
were very appreciative and impressed. I was struck at how well they all sang –
especially the men. I think it might be due to a language that places such
importance on enunciation (4 distinct for most every character combination to
differentiate meaning). When our time was up, the tv monitor essentially told
us to leave – and so we did.
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