Karaoke Singer Episodes
The lifeblood of the karaoke community. Whether at a bar, a private room, or online, there's no karaoke if there's no one to sing karaoke.
May 4, 2022
Hip Hop at Karaoke: The Don't, the Do, and the Deuces
Let's be honest--when it comes to talking about hip hop, you probably don't want to hear two middle-aged white guys wax philosophical about it. Hell, neither do your hosts Adam and Ed. But when it comes to talking about hip h...
April 20, 2022
Finding Your Karaoke Voice (or Voices) with Comedian and Impressionist Bobby Hedglin-Taylor
Karaoke is all about singing, right? That should be obvious, but what's a little less obvious is finding your voice. Do you sing like yourself, in your natural voice? Do you try to imitate the original artist? Ed makes the b...
April 6, 2022
A Cool Thing About Karaoke: Taking Risks with Good People
In the movie BLOOD IN, BLOOD OUT, one of the characters says “life’s a risk, carnal.” Life is absolutely a risk–and so is karaoke. After this episode's Karaoke Trivia Bullpen challenge, Adam and Ed talk about the risks and re...
March 23, 2022
The Real Karaoke Is the Friends We Made Along the Way
You know, doing this podcast has been a journey for Adam and Ed. Or, rather, it's been a step on their own personal karaoke journeys, and that's what this episode is all about. Even the Karaoke Trivia Bullpen focuses on journeys (and, for one question, at least, the band Journey). They relive some …
March 9, 2022
Oh, the Places You'll Go (and Drink, and Sing)
This week on "The Greatest Song Ever Sung (Poorly)," Adam and Ed reminisce about some fantastic karaoke regions--from Japan and the Phillipines, to New York City, Portland Oregan, Florida and, of course, western Pennsylvania,...
Feb. 23, 2022
Drink Water. Express Your Feelings. Sing Karaoke.
This week, Adam and Ed get a little serious–they talk about all things health and wellness, and how they relate to karaoke. Even the Karaoke Trivia Bullpen focuses on it, as Adam quizzes the notoriously morose Ed on songs abo...
Feb. 9, 2022
The Second the Singalong Starts It'll Be Sensational: Cover Songs, Karaoke, and... Frank Turner?
Disclaimer: there is no actual singalong, but Adam and Ed do interview Frank Turner, the musician and songwriter responsible for that line from his song “The Gathering,” part of his ninth album F.T.H.C. releasing 11 February ...
Dec. 1, 2021
Episode 19 - Karaoke Archaeology
This week, The Greatest Song Ever Sung (Poorly) looks back at history through another music trivia challenge, and then dives headfirst into the history of karaoke, the thing that unites Adam and Ed in holy bromance-trimony de...
Nov. 17, 2021
Episode 18 - Bless Your Heart, Phil Collins
This week, Adam gets put on the spot with a sexy song challenge, and then Adam and Ed reminisce on flirting, dating, and relationships of all kinds that start and continue through karaoke. Then, Adam learns the true meaning o...
Oct. 20, 2021
Episode 16 - Rotating Around to Burleskaraoke
This time around, the guys don't dilly-dally or chat about their personal lives--there's so much karaoke fun to be had that they jump right into it. Adam hits Ed right off the bat with a Broadway challenge, and then they dive...
Oct. 6, 2021
Episode 15 - Hold Me, Thrill Me, Karaoke Me
This week, Ed reminisces about getting to see an outdoor punk rock show held in Episode 8 guests Gabe and Leigh Cetra's backyard, where he rocked out to the sounds Ben Dumm and Kepi Ghoulie (formerly of The Groovy Ghoulies). ...
Sept. 22, 2021
Episode 14 - The Singing Machine is a Time Machine
Breakout your JNCO jeans and your... um... whatever people wore in the 2000s. This week, Adam and Ed get nostalgic for the '90s and 2000s. The music, the karaoke... ok, they don't really remember karaoke in the '90s and early...
Sept. 8, 2021
Episode 13 - Home Is Where the Friday Night Karaoke Is
Back in Episode 4, Ed and Adam talked a bit about online karaoke, and what it was missing for them. In this episode, they cover events from the past week in their lives, like "what rhymes with Ivermectin?" and poetry and, wel...
Aug. 28, 2021
Episode 12 - The Birthplace of Karaoke
This week on TGSESP, we decide it's time we acknowledge our bias as Western karaoke people and talk more about karaoke in it's birthplace, JAPAN. Highlights include: Adam's experiences in Japan, scanning our catchphrase, ASMR...
Aug. 13, 2021
Episode 11 - Broadway Babies
OK, normally in these descriptions it's a quick hit summary of what to expect. That is completely unnecessary since all you need to know about this one is it's AAAALLLLLLLL about Broadway baby. Ed and I let our geek flag fly ...
July 28, 2021
Episode 10 - Now This Here's a Story..
This week on TGSESP, we take a deep dive into the world of storytelling and how it applies to karaoke. While Ed and I clearly have stories for days, we thought it best to consult an expert so we were delighted to have Mara Wi...
July 14, 2021
Episode 9 - You Can Win Karaoke. For Real.
In this episode of TGSESP, we let our competitive sides show as we talk about what it means to "win" karaoke and then talk to the person who actually won karaoke. Here's what you can look forward to: fireworks playlist propog...
June 26, 2021
Episode 8 - Let's Duet in Ways That Make Us Feel Good
On this week's episode of TGSESP, we recognize that karaoke feels good when you do it yourself but, is just better with a partner. In that spirit, we brought in two karaoke experts, that share in their love of karaoke and lov...
June 11, 2021
Episode 7 - Karaoke is Funny?
World's collide on this week's episode of TGSESP as comedy and karaoke merge to make one big ball of warm soup. Ed demonstrates his knowledge (or lack there of) of Weird Al, Adam brings back an "old" segment, Adam and Ed both...
May 28, 2021
Episode 6 - Questions, Answers and Smooth Talk
This week's episode of TGSESP is all about answering your questions and dropping all the karaoke knowledge everywhere. Ed and Adam show off their smooth voices, a dog outshines both of them as co-host, Adam laments about the ...
May 14, 2021
Episode 5 - Party Boy and the Party Pooper
This week's episode of TGSESP is all about getting the party started as our guest Christopher Smith helps us weed through a randomly generated bracket of karaoke party songs to determine what is, in fact, the song to get the ...
April 30, 2021
Episode 4 - Online Karaoke, Tiktok, and Bathtubs, Oh My!
On this week's episode of The Greatest Song Ever Sung (Poorly): Ed and Adam talk about being Phizer warriors, Adam has a new podcast idea, Ed shares way too much about how he's coped with not being able to go to karaoke, they...
April 16, 2021
Episode 3 - Rock Stars and Karaoke at the Bar
Spring is in the air as Adam and Ed talk about their (sorta) mutual love of baseball, what it's like for that person at the bar who's NOT there for karaoke and what you can do to help, special guest Ben Dumm gives them rock s...
April 2, 2021
Episode 2 - The KJ: Professional Drunk Hoarder And So Much More
On this episode of The Greatest Song Ever Sung (Poorly), Ed and Adam tap into their announcer voices, find out that they are vaccination twinsies, have a small disagreement around the word 'hyped', delve way too deep into wha...