I'm sure you know what karaoke is, but just to give you a brief explanation for those who don't, it's something like this:
It's a way to kick out your stress by singing along with the melody you choose which literally blare out extremely loudly. Oh, of course it's a kind of entertainment. What I want to write about here is only the Japanese case, so if you have your stories to tell in your karaoke experiences, give me a holler.
OK, you pick your favorite song from among the latest populat songs... but the video on the screen is sooo old and just tacky. Not only that, it usually doesn't match the image of the song at all. The common patterns include love romance, nature scenery, and dancing that could have been popular.....20 years back. Ugh.
Even though there may be thousands of variations in details, the patterns are surprisingly little in pattern and can't be more hideous. If there are so many variations, why don't they give it a little more change and a twist and a color and some fashion?
It's not that bad these days cuz if you're lucky you can get music videos of the singers shown in the back, but unfortunately it doesn't go like that every time.
Too bad, isn't it? There are so many unfortunate songs which are so good and moving but has been degraded in providing the right mood just b/c the video sucks.
Although, I don't really look at the screen cuz I'm usually busy chasing after the lyrics.
Hey, is that why those images don't change forever?
More and more foreign songs are being took in into Japanese karaoke machines recently, so try out the hot songs with uncool images when you get the chance to come to Japan.
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