No Ray Bang

Last night we went out on the town and had a bit a fun. Let me rephrase that, we had very much fun. Our group of English friends is growing and five of us went to a No Ray Bang. These are the karaoke rooms that can be rented by the hour. Anyone who saw Lost in Translation may remember Bill Murray doing this with his Japanese friends. His rendition of Peace, Love, and Understanding is a classic. And we made a few classics of our own last night.
Jenn will not let me forget that she missed the U2 concert back home (And I quote: "Quite possibly the last U2 concert ever!!! I can't believe I'm missing it!!!"). I chose Vertigo as my first song to help out in her dissapointment. I don't think it worked. This is our new friend Brad, a teacher in Yeoju who hails from Dallas. He liked to sing songs by The Beatles and Elton John.
This isn't like karaoke at home where you wait for hours for your name to be announced so you can get on stage in front of hundreds of strangers. This is a private room for you and your friends. There are two big screens at either end of the room with the song words. There are couches to relax on. There are disco lights on the ceiling. You can get drinks delivered to your room. They also provide tambourines for added excitement.
There were also several duets. This is Malachy and I continuing on with the U2 theme by serenading our respective ladies with a romantic rendition of With or Without You.
It took a lot of persuading, but Jenn finally got her hands on the microphone and chose to sing Piano Man by Billy Joel. This is a long song so after a while, I jumped in to help her out.
At the end of two hours we chose November Rain by Guns'N'Roses to be our finale with everyone joining in.