Thanks everyone for entering our Sing Indie Rock Karaoke With Of Montreal Contest. After patient and dutiful deliberation, camp Of Montreal has returned with the name of our Grand Prize winner, none other than one Griffin Walker. Congrats Griffin, and check your email! You are the only person walking into Studio B this Saturday guaranteed a song with the world’s greatest karaoke band. Griffin will sing Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’” with Kevin and crew, and he’ll have an extra ticket so a friend can attest to this later that night while cruising. (We know a couple of other people picked that song, too, but Griffin was whom OM chose. Sorry! But know that you’re our backups in case GW doesn’t answer our email.) The contest runners-up are Matthew Sklar, who shrewdly preyed upon our affinity for Joe Jackson with his selection, “Steppin’ Out”; and Dan Crawford, who caught us in one of our “‘Web In Front’ is the greatest album opener ever” moods (besides, how great would it have been to see OM cover Archers Of Loaf?!). Both of you get a pair of tickets each … and there’s hope still for your fronting OM.
If you’re going Saturday night, here’s what you need to know: Everybody has a chance to sing with the band. The sign-up list will be presented near the entrance; you jot down your name, and they’ll chose song-singers, raffle-style. And this is worth noting: Of Montreal tell us they are giving “huge priority” to folks who come in costume — and the more outlandish the getup, the greater your chances. (There may even be a costume contest, but don’t hold ‘em to it.) Worker bees will hand out lyric sheets at the event and there may be a side-screen projector during the show.
And after all that madness, a full set of Of Montreal! Can’t wait to see Kevin’s “attire.”
So if you wanna get prepared (or are just curious), take the jump for the band’s final master karaoke list. It does not disappoint.
Of Montreal’s Master Karaoke Playlist
ABBA – “Dancing Queen”
Big Star – “September Gurls”
Boston – “More Than A Feeling”
Buzzcocks – “Ever Fallen In Love”
Cheap Trick – “Surrender”
Clash – “Train in Vain”
David Bowie – “Moonage Daydream”
David Bowie – “Starman”
David Bowie – “Suffragette City”
David Bowie – “Hang On To Yourself”
Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers – “Islands In The Stream”
ELO – “Don’t Bring Me Down”
Fleetwood Mac – “Little Lies”
Foreigner – “Hot Blooded”
Gnarls Barkley – “Crazy”
Guided by Voices – “Motor Away”
Guns N Roses – “Sweet Child O’ Mine”
INXS – “Need You Tonight”
Journey – “Don’t Stop Believin’” (performed by Griffin Walker)
Kinks – “All Day And All Of The Night”
Marvin Gaye – “Let’s Get It On”
Pavement – “Cut Your Hair”
Pixies – “Here Comes Your Man”
Prince – “Raspberry Beret”
Spinal Tap – “Tonight I’m Gonna Rock You Tonight”
Steve Miller – “The Joker”
Violent Femmes – “Blister In The Sun”
Rolling Stones – “Rocks Off”
Of Montreal Songs Folks Can Sing If They Don’t Want To Do A Cover
“Party’s Crashing Us”
“Requiem for O.M.M. 2″
“Rapture”
“Suffer For Fashion”
“Bunny Ain’t No Kind Of Ryder”
Thanks Of Montreal, and thanks NY Mag! Winners, check yer email. See ya Saturday!
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i’m sorry, but im getting tired of everyone thinking journey is cool/funny. I SHOULD HAVE WON!
Wah. I lost. No Styx covers. Wah.
But my disappointment will be appeased of the band records their covers show and offers it to the fans/contest losers.
May oui?
DwD
someone please, for the love of god… videotape this.
journey sucks
i would have sung the magic position
ELO. Always.
I sooooooooo requested that exact ELO song.
The karaoke set at 40 Watt on Monday night was lots of fun. I have the setlist and some tracks up on my blog.
pavement! wooooooooo!
this list has slightly less de la soul than i would have hoped
ELO – “Don’t Bring Me Down”
I would pay good money to see pretty much any band do a karaoke version of that.
i fucking HATE journey.
Yea, Mortimer! That Journey song cannot be supported anymore! The craze depicts the best(worst?) case of the viral effect. It’s as if no one actually heard the song on their own and thought, “this rocks”. They simply listen because it’s “cool,” maybe? Or because last week at the bar, some goofnark got his D Sed after popping that on the jukebox. Ack… I just don’t get it. Same goes for that “I Like Big Butts” song by Sir Mixalot.
And Stereogum totally picked Griffin because his name is cooler. Jonathan’s never win. Though, Mortimer, I’m surprised you didn’t get a nod.
As one of the runner-ups, I am prepeared to rock the mic should the winner be unable to fulfill is karaoke duties.
I think Motor Away would be the most fun to sing. It’s short, and you don’t need much of a vocal range; just a fake British accent and a lot of beers. Speed On!!
Someone has to record this! Please, please, please.
If Athens was any indication, the value of taping will be questionable. Heh. Not that I didn’t do it anyway…
has anyone who won tickets heard anything?? i’m still waiting to hear back.