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Karaoke-related killings are not limited to the Philippines. In the past two years alone, a Malaysian man was fatally stabbed for hogging the microphone at a bar and a Thai man killed eight of his neighbors in a rage after they sang John Denver’s ‘Take Me Home, Country Roads.’ Karaoke-related assaults have also occurred in the United States, including at a Seattle bar where a woman punched a man for singing Coldplay’s ‘Yellow’ after criticizing his version.
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The New York Times, on how bad karaoke versions of Frank Sinatra’s “My Way” have led to at least six deaths. (via crumbler)
To be fair, eight murders seems to be a commensurate response to Country Roads.
(via thedanimal)
And I don’t think officials have ever come close to tallying all the “Vision of Love” related assaults.
