Karaoke Tuesday: “Everything Zen”

Sixteen Stone
Sixteen Stone

“Everything Zen”
by Bush
from the album Sixteen Stone
1994
Buy the album on Amazon

I posted another Bush karaoke song (“Glycerine“) almost 3 months ago to the day from today. How the hell have we been doing this blog for 3+ months? I won’t rehash my thoughts on Bush, other than to say that if I remember right this was their first single, and what got me into them.

I’ve only actually done this song a handful of times at karaoke. I still like listening to it – it’s got some killer hooks and typical Bush passion – and I enjoy singing it, but I think maybe I have a tough time getting into it since the words don’t make a whole lot of sense (fine, that criticism was a direct rehash of my last Bush post). Or maybe it’s one of those songs that people hear and think “oh yeah, I remember that song” and then go back to ordering their drink. If I’m being honest, though, what really draws me to singing it when I do is that it’s on the short list of songs I do that has at least one long, drawn out, take a deep breath and fill up your lungs and give it your goddamn all and make crowd cheer, damnit moments in it. I’ve got a weakness for those (at least the ones I can hit), what can I say? (Creep and Sister Christian are a couple of others on that list). I might need to do it next time.

About Chris

Chris is a digital producer based in Toronto, but don't worry, he's American. He enjoys karaoke and video games that are old enough to cost under $20. He used to be a master of the pit and live shows but can hardly keep up with anything new nowadays, so he usually goes to his happy place of media from his wayward youth. Chris is still trying to figure out what to be when he grows up.

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