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If you’re up to speed on rom coms, you know how crucial it is for two shared souls to get drunk and croon “their song” to ignite that sparkling connection. Or, what the hell, we just like to get really drunk and sing along to popular tunes and pretend, just for that moment in the spotlight, that we can set fire to Adele’s rain! Calcutta is a city soaked in music and culture of every kind. We have one of the largest following of rock, alt, electronic, pop... you name it, we got it. Oh, and we like to drink too. So what better place than this for a karaoke bar?!
Us students, broke though we may be, would gladly save up through the week to have the opportunity to croak publicly to our fave tracks (after a drink or four of course; liquid courage and all that). So be it feelingly singing along to Bohemian Rhapsody or dancing to Don’t Stop Believing or messing up the words of Jolene every time, rest assured, you’ll be singing along with us and having the best time, too. So what say Calcutta? If I sing a song, will you sing along?
If I have not convinced you already, hear it from karaoke fans in other cities:
“Toons: The Cafe Down Under is a lounge-cum-sports bar in the basement of a mall in Pune. The juke box, loud and vibrant graffiti, chilled beer and rock music make the pub irresistible. However what caught my attention was the karaoke nights held there. Allowing only rock music, karaoke nights on Wednesday means singing along to Led Zep, Rolling Stones, G ’’ R, Pink Floyd, The Who, Nirvana and more. My first time there made me think that I was at a rock concert,” says Sneha Roy, a second-year student of economics at Symbiosis College, Pune.
“The first karaoke bar I went to was Manchester United Cafe in Lower Parel in Mumbai. It felt amazing to see people let their hair down and have a good time. Croaking away like a frog without a care in the world can have a therapeutic effect, really. It felt like something I had missed all my life when I was in Calcutta,” says Arunima Banerjee, a second-year student of statistics at St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai.
“Yeah, it’s a great place to socialise. Karaoke is a pretty big deal in Hong Kong, because to the singing you add the drinking, which makes the evening more fun. And you feel free to socialise more. It helps you get to know people in a large group a lot faster,” says Samya Sengupta, a second-year student of biochemistry at Presidency University who has grown up in HK.
