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madtinkerer · Joined: 02 Jul 2004 Location: Gumi, South Korea

I need some help with a project I'm working on. Some of my older students want to learn English songs they can sing at the noraebang to show off to their friends. I'm going to find the lyrics and teach them to the kids in the class. Can you suggest some English tunes that are pretty common in noraebangs. I could be safe and go with an all Beatles repetoire, but I'd like to have some variety.

Thanks in advance

schwa · Joined: 18 Jan 2003 Location: Yap

Lou Reed's Walk on the Wild Side might be educational.

Leslie Cheswyck · Joined: 31 May 2003 Location: University of Western Chile

The Animals:

Don't Bring Me Down
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
House Of The Rising Sun
We Gotta Get Out Of This Place

tzechuk · Joined: 20 Dec 2004

Moon River.

Dancing Queen.

My Way.

kangnam mafioso · Joined: 27 Jan 2003 Location: Teheranno

some of my fav's:
creep, radiohead
sweet caroline, neil
like a rolling stone, dylan
perfect day, lou reed
with or without you, u2

PolyChronic Time Girl · Joined: 15 Dec 2004 Location: Korea Exited

I ALWAYS hear that song "On top of the World" by the Carpenters...in Noraebangs, TV, on their cellphones.....
Be warned: I will shoot the next person who sings that song...bad memories two years ago when my boss made me sing that song for the hagwon talent show, with hundreds of parents snapping pictures and laughing in derison Evil or Very Mad

toomuchtime · Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2005 9:23 pm Post subject:

Village People:
YMCA.

JacktheCat · Joined: 08 May 2004

John Denver and The Carpenters seem to be real popular here, same as in China and Japan.

Just one of those mysteries of the universe, like why Koreans believe in fan death or how did Stephen Revere get so famous.

hypnotist · Joined: 04 Dec 2004 Location: I wish I were a sock

Early Beatles songs are pretty easy and forever popular. As well as "safe" Wink

Incognito · Joined: 20 Dec 2004 Location: Teacher centered hell!!!

I did Karaoke in my afterschool class this past Friday. In preparation, I asked my students which songs they wanted to sing. The top two...

Yesterday - Beatles
Dancing Queen - ABBA

I asked "why not do Hey Jude instead of Yesterday?" They replied "huh." They had never heard "Hey Jude." Kinda shocked me actually.

Len8 · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Location: Kyungju

Stevie Wonder's songs are popular.

They might sell books with English norebong songs. I bought one with the Korean norebong songs, so I assume they might have the English equivalent.

Mamas and Pappas "California Dreaming"

"My Love" by Westlife. Are popular

Blind Willie · Joined: 05 May 2004

I Will Survive.

Go with the karaoke classic

Zenpickle · Joined: 06 Jan 2004 Location: Anyang -- Bisan

Electric 6 - "Gay Bar"

Seriously, it's in the back of the book.

peony · Joined: 30 Mar 2005

oops i did it again - britney spears
i want it that way - backstreet boys
I.O.U - *no idea who sings it
daydream believer- monkees