I've seen some bloody awful karaoke in Canada too, let me tell you. Just tragically and horrifyingly awful.

One time the Orillia Folk Society set up a show at some hotel north of town on the highway. The hotel owner thought it would be great to have some live music, but it turned out that what he had in mind was not quite along the lines of folk music. He grew more and more restless. What he really wanted was a karaoke night, it turned out. He asked if anyone could play some Elvis. Fortunately, I managed to pull a genuine Elvis song out of the hat and play it, and that helped smooth the waters....but it was the last time we ever tried to do a folk night at that place. ;-)

Richard and weelittle....great repartee, lads! LOL! I love weelittle's last response on the matter...