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[Zorax]

Thanks for the link. A few diff versions of Laguna Sunrise that I remember.
'One', is that a three dog night piece? One stanza starts with "One is the loneliest number you will ever know..."

I tended toward singable songs for karaoke weekends. Classics. Nothing real challenging. By the time I'd get to the bars it would be after hockey and most people are already shitfaced so anyone sounds good to them. The serious karaoke was for money.
I won second and third a lot, rare for a first as there's just too many real talent that people haven't even seen yet.

I have a great instrument shop north of me and ran into a lady nameguna S Lilly who works there that is also a vocal coach for a couple of colleges. She goes to all the local karaoke to listen to people and she remembered me back this spring at my local low key spot.

We had a great conversation and she was straight up with me. She said I may have potential but I didn't know how to really open my throat and use my diaphragm. No training so that figured. She said anytime I want to spend a few weeks with her to really find out if I can really sing just give her a call. She said any good coach can tell in a few weeks if someone is too tone deaf or whatever. Called a few months ago and she'll have time next Feb. And not even full price, practically free.

[Zorax]

Man, I just listened to Laguna like 10 times and listening as I type. Sunday story because music sticks in your head along with events during the music.

I liked Sabbath and still do but didn't always stay regular with any one kind of music.
The very second time I heard Laguna was around the same time at a big dance place, a 'discotech'? But played everything for dancing.

Guy was running some Sabbath for a rock/metal session and people jerking around and shit on the floor while I sit that stuff out but was making some eye contact with a cute petite girl not far away. Laguna came up and most the dance floor froze and didn't know what to do with the song. I walked right over to the lady and took her hand and took her to the center of the floor and we slow danced. People got out of our way because people didn't seem to like slow dancing.

I don't remember much else except she liked to couple dance and was excellent and I just stared at her and we got some applause when the song ended with the last move was her back bend and her long auburn hair almost touching the floor. I love that flourish. The next song was the final song of the night and the signal for bar closure was always Stairway to Heaven which we twirled into the night.

I remember this because it was the start of a three year relationship that would have gone further but we were not religiously compatible at the end. But we talked about those days a lot.

Shit happens. She was Irish Catholic and I was agnostic. I said I'd follow her into any church anytime and would convert or whatever. Guess it didn't sit well or something and we parted ways after a while.