0 a form of entertainment, originally from Japan, in which recordings of the music but not the words of popular songs are played, so that people can sing the words themselves: --
Drew's intuitive approach to the phenomenon, however, belies his methodical and thorough dissection of the various styles and motivations of karaoke singers.
Despite these theoretical weaknesses, there are some excellent articles that will inform and stimulate even the reader who still has no proper experience of karaoke.
They argue that it is helpful to understand the nature of karaoke in terms of 'technology, place and musical behaviour' (p. 3).
The authors claim to deal with karaoke as machine, and as everyday musical practice in the binary contexts of globalisation and localisation.
Indeed, there never seems to be a shortage of male or female singers at karaoke bars.
Singing does take place in certain social environments + churches, football matches, karaoke bars, for example.
In this sense it is like karaoke, which provides the catalog of songs from which to choose.
Just as my female informants liked karaoke much more than their male counterparts, the girls seemed far more interested in common music.
