As we come to the end of another successful singing challenge here on Smule, with more than 200 singers participating in our "Every Other Word" challenge held this weekend and the previous Friday, it's nice to know that we've all had such a good time singing, laughing and, generally, getting to know a lot of new singers!!
There is some absolutely STELLAR singing talent out there, and I have to say we "destroyed" every single one of those talented people with this challenge. Our hosts struggled--as did I--in singing every other word (or as Glenny, Jaz and Keith know..."every second word") of the song. Most of the time, we lost track of the word that we were supposed to sing, and more often then not the occasional swear word or choice obscenity slipped out in place of the actual word. Okay, I'll admit it, I'm the ONLY one of the singers who let slip a curse word in almost every one of the joins with my friends--they all seemed to keep it together. My favorite curse words this time seemed to be "crap" and "sh*t", which I used with regularity in my recordings. Yep, I'm a bad girl...what can I say?
I tip my hat (if I were wearing one) to my fellow co-hosts: Keith Hill (@keithhill550), Kay (@snoweepumpkin), Glenny (@rocket_scientist), Jasmin (@jazdionne), Fernando (@fernandoriley) and, of course, my bestie and co-conspirator in all things crazy on Smule, Mitch (@_Mitch22_). They were spectacular! Almost all of them were able to do the every other word challenge correctly through at least the first half of the song. I fell apart on line two...yep, the SECOND LINE. Yes, I know, I used to be an accountant and know how to count, but apparently not count AND sing at the same time. So most of my song was of me laughing and then forgetting at the end that the entire back end was a chorus that did not need to be sung every other word. Everyone who sang with me, with the exception of Rich, reminded me that I was doing it wrong! That was hysterical!
For me, the BEST PERFORMANCE AWARD goes to @richiefoleylover who is pictured here. For those of us who know and love Rich, he has to be one of the most talented singers here on Smule. His fantastic singing voice of mellow and rich tones will just melt any song into a puddle of gooey goodness!
So to hear Rich join me in my Whitney Houston song, it was a pleasure until...
until... we both just sorta lost it.
I have to say that Rich actually "sang" those every other words, whilst I sorta sing/said them because I was trying to count (yeah, that did not help at all, did it?). About halfway through, Richie just erupted in laughter and it was a quick and momentous, SS Titanic like, slide into the abyss. We ended laughing far more than we sang. Richie's laughter is infectious and through my entire "listen" of his song, I was roaring in California, wiping tears from my eyes, as I tried to type comments. At the end, Richie completed his recording by saying "I'm sweating" and I just sort of fell out of my chair in more fits of laughter.
All I can say is, thank you Richie!! You and THIS are the reason that all of us join together to do these crazy events!! It was amazing!
Now I do have to add that our good friend Kathryn (@KathrynJones14) has added yet ANOTHER song for our every other word challenge, and you can see it on her site in the event that you haven't yet had enough of this strange needle-skipping like sing style.
So join us in these final hours and let's make history singing every other word!!!
Singers Mentioned Here:
My "Not Ready for Drive Home Radio" Crew of Keith Hill, Fernando Riley, Kay, Jasmin, Glenny, and my bestie Mitch...what the heck would I do without you guys!!
