Karaoke
Karaoke… what’s the origin? Plus.. time for me to switch careers maybe? 
I think with MAJOR Auto-Tune I can become a major singer as well!!
Listen to the audio bit here which talks about Auto-Tune that is used SO MUCH today.. giving that electronic sound first heard in the Cher “Believe” song. Listen here at The New Yorker.
you have a beautiful voice. Do something real no playing around
I edited your singing with auto tune……..mmmmmhhh ……..maybe some other settings
No editorial comment.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgG674C8390
But notice at the end etymology is spreading.
Great moves Marina
Whitesnake, here I go again….—Bob Marley, satisfy my soul…..–U2, beautiful day…..— Frank sinatra, all of me….—John Lennon, watching the wheels….—Lionel Ritchie, All night long…..—-James Brown, I feel good….—Guns N Roses, sweet child o mine…—–Spandau Ballet, Gold…—Teddy Pendergrass, if you don’t know me by now…..—UB40, Red red wine…..—-Billy Paul, me and Mrs Jones….—Foreigner, I wanna know what love is….—Lou Rawls, That’s where its at……–Poison, Every rose has it’s thorn…..–Bill Withers, Lovely day…….—to name but a few!! 
My favorite Karaoke song to do is Geogia Satelites, “Keep your hands to yourself”.
It’s easy and very few words.
I love your lessons. Etymology is something i always found fascinating.
haha, enjoyed that immensely
If you want to know the original song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDJRy6hOiPM
And if you want to UNDERSTAND the original song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVtoHwqlic4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gpJ1hVoJqU here is a good tune but i don’t thin anyone has ever used it fo karaoke
Are you sure it was the Japanese? I was under the impression that it was Korean. Its not that I do not trust you findings just a question.
homework
Bohemian Rhapsody- Queen
Tom Sawyer- Rush
Holy cow!!!!
I don’t care if you can sing or not….you are so attractive!!!
they totally explained that on How I Met Your Mother a long time ago
oh , i just remembered this song:P http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juRUAJtlcfc&feature =related&fmt=18 hehe it’s awsome
it’s abouth the Finnish summer 
My favorite karaoke songs are the one without words…
what is the origin of the word “beer” or “alcohol”.
Desperado.
How about a thong, the word that is…….
That dress was so short I could almost see all the way to moscow
haha
I tried to see Moscow but the Minsk got in the way.
Haha. Marina taking the world by storm.
As for me, I don’t do much karaoke, but my whole family does.
New video is up
Inspired by Marina, I dug up some old bit of experimenting i did using FruityLoops …
(results are a bit on the gimmicky side - experimenting with ideas and techniques, but a proper attempt at experimenting)
all approx 1 min long:
http://www.mijj.info/tune/IcySnowyPlace.mp3 - trying to get the hang of drums
http://www.mijj.info/tune/jungleStroll.mp3
http://www.mijj.info/tune/visit.mp3
titles are reminders to me rather than proper titles
i don’t know if they’ll play in the browser if you just click on it. It works ok in mine .. but .. {shrug}.
I like them! God job! It’s fun, right?
I did those as a doodle around using the music package FruityLoops.
(very easy to get started, but can get very sophisticated and time consuming.)
I always had the intention of doing proper songs, but i can’t get past doing little clips.
yeh - it’s all good fun. Especially if you like messing with sound effects (like i do). - the end part of your song reminded me that i had these hidden away somewhere.
What I sear i just went on yt and it said “feckless” was uploaded 16 mins ago
it was.. Current vid is nowhere number 24
Look at this russian atm.. Another reason for a mac http://www.geekologie.com/2007/06/11/russian-windo ws-atm.jpg
Privet Marina!!! Snachalo pasibo tebe za “Hot For Words”. So, here’s my question/ word request. i was wondering what is the origin of the word LIVE and it’s two connotations: the first on as a verb - to live and the second one as and adjective - live, like to play live music. it’s a little strange because they are spelled the same but pronounced differently. That’s pretty much it. Thanks again. Keep on doing a great job. Greetings from the Republic of Moldova. Rock on! Andrei [The TooL]
What is the origin of the word “heebie-jeebies” and what does it really mean?
With all due respect to Via Gra
my favorite karoke song for a woman to sing is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6C83lwwxJ8
Respect by Aretha Franklin…lively, assertive, has style, not aggressive….it’s great.
For a song with a good beat & some meaning, Tennesse by Arrested Development :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g40c6iAEHpc
For a fun & silly hip hop song, I like BOTH:
Pump It by the Black Eyed Peas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxUbaRk34RE
& Sure Shot by the Beastie Boys:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5GXj1jwb1U&feature =related
Since your showing off your tantalizing talents how about telling us where tantalizing talent came from.
Tks
Your pupil,
Yomero
tantalizing and talent
Tantalize by HotForWords
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HWYtffXnOY
I added my weekend song that I wrote to the music player… let me know what you think. I’m not really good at the music thing obviously, but it’s fun to try.. and funny
It’s all done on Garageband on the Mac.
The music player can be activated by clicking the little note icon in the upper right box.
Something like that “Peanuts” theme no walter as bumble bee –I love your voice
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=i9Cw0iqZDmM
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=iFqoPfP1KHc
do you hear something to this beat?http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=rBQ2xc6jjJs
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=rBQ2xc6jjJs
Hey Miss M. Someone named bangore has run Missycupcake1 off of utube by his bad videos of her and her site. It’s a shame when some asshole does that to a member of yours and to a good person on top of it all.
THATS WHAT I WAS ON ABOUT!! ITS AWFUL I sent her an email
that’s great, M -
what make it for me is that switch between the the music boxish rhythm and the cool jazzy rhythm. + it’s like there’s something of a conversation going on in there.
!!! i love that ending !!! - “we’re sorry but .. ” + the sparkle - brilliant wrap up.
you’re so inspiring, M
i had a shot experimenting with FruityLoops - I have 3 little 1 min music clips to show for it - now i’m inspired to have another doodle around.
I don’t know if i have your resolve, though.
Marina,
This is your original composition?
It is very good and I yield to your genisus.
You never cease to amaze.
i got a tricky 1 were dose the word guru come from
i was on your you tube page and it said guru so i thugt id ask
first day back in school tomozz
Would it be to much to ask if you could put it on the shout outs page.. (hope I am not being too … you know)
[Pogues and Kirsty MacColl - Fairy Tale of New York]
it’s got everything ..
* sentimentality
* regrets
* hope
* drunkenness
* christmas
* high singalong factor
kara ok song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80DtQD5BQ_A
and soviet national athnem
Its my first day at college tomorrow!
the best karaoke song ;] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vz6RwoESOn4
easyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy !
Random message: I just hate the inventor of barbed wire
Has it ever been proven a cow crosses a fence when there’s normal wire and not when there’s barbed wire…? 
Here is your video Marina!! HOPE YOU LIKE IT
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=grKQI0qGFzE
Very cute
Glad you liked it.
Wait a minute….. Very cute?? You are the only one in the video!!!
Send this one out to MissCupcake, for a laugh
The Cuppy Cake Song
Caliber
Filipinos LOVE karaoke. There’s not one Filipino family without a magic mic.
DEEEEYUMMM MARINA!
Very Cute.
One of my favorite songs to do on karaoke (every thursday) is Metallica’s “Fuel” (cuz I’m a big metal head) and The Killers’ “Mr. Brightside” because apparently I kick ass in that song.
I also got two word requests:
Where did the word “lingo” come from? Lingo is practically another way of saying slang.
and the other request is where did name of genre “metal” come from?
As in Heavy Metal? Just think Led Zepplin, shut your eyes and say Led Zepplin. OK still having a problem visualizing, then fire up a big fatty,
now inhale. Say again, Led Zepplin, L e a d Zepplin, Lead Zepplin, did the light bulb 
go off yet? 
Hey, i love mariachi music, it’s fun to sing it specially drunk… haha, by the way, can you investigate abour the word Mariachi????
What is the origin of Couture. Like high end apparel or shoes or accessories? e.g. Juicy Couture
COUTURE is a French word meaning “sewing” and the evolution of Latin CON-SUTURA “with-sewing”.
Another French word COUTURE means “culture” from the Latin CULTURA but this form is ancient and out of date.
I know I asked this before but I have forgotten and need reminding ( I searched everywhere for the comment)
doesnt matter
what are you looking for?
Thanks Marina for this video (perhaps your best one so far). I really appreciate your choreography
Don’t be afraid by some comments about your voice, it’s not Mariah Carey’s voice but it’s really not “unlistenable”…
Well, the purpose of my comment went to me when I saw your video “Penny and dime” (did you know that the French word disme [also written dixme] has lost his mute “s” like in English and became dîme during the 18th century?). I wonder where the name “pound sterling” comes from. What I found is quite interesting because of a controversy about the origin of “sterling”. I found 4 possible origins:
1) steorra star (coming from a Norman word and the fact that the first coins had a star on them)
2) Easterlings (”men from the East”) because of the good reputation of merchants from Hanse
3) esterlin (name of a French currency) but I don’t know if the name sterling comes from esterlin or if the origin of esterlin is sterling.
4) sterlingus (a Latin word which may seem strength or stability)
I think it could be a good subject of investigation…
And congratulations for your videos, they are both interesting and funny.
PS: If you make a video from this, please pronounce the first letter of my nickname “k” (like in Elvish languages).
Hi Marina! What is the origin of the phrase “ladies first”?
I’m not saying I never make a fool of myself by singing, but with notably few exceptions I do my ( very off key ) swinging in the shower; where nature intended!
You should all be greatful.
Oh, I am
Thanks 
I am having second thoughts about the partnership programme now http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Ix4UeQwgtv8
James…. I started to watch the video but stopped, as I have seen so many similar videos.
There is a website where you can upload your videos and be seen by millions.
There is a website where you don’t have to pay dime one, yet they will host your videos and show them to the whole world for you.
There is a website where an obscure person can plug away for a year, uploading videos, responding to comments, video responses, etc… and after a short while, the website says, oh.. and by the way, I’ll give you a (majority) piece of advertising revenue that I make from your videos.
There is a website, that as a result of using and sticking with it, you can end up getting BOOK DEALS, TV DEALS, MOVIE DEALS.. etc.. as a direct result of your success on this website.
There is a website that CONSUMES 5% of all INTERNET TRAFFIC IN THE WORLD… yet doesn’t charge the users who are the ones causing that massive consumption of these Internet resources.
The website that I am talking about is of course YouTube.
And if you don’t want to achieve success on the Internet using video and if you think being paid money for doing something you love is bad.. then PLEASE don’t use it. But if you’d like to succeed at any of those things.. YouTube is the QUICKEST way to achieve that, PERIOD.
Don’t listen to idiots who get all grumpy when others make money and they don’t . Those are the same people that complained that the Rolling Stones sold out.. or the Beatles.. or film producers… or tv producers… or actors.. etc.. anyone who goes off and achieves success.. these people complain that they didn’t just sit there and be poor like them.. and not GIVE IN TO THE MAN…
Give me a break. These people need to grow up.
Marina is ballin’!
Ok I am back on the partner side again.. But I still think its unfair how they have a “show partner vids only link” that does push out people that work hard, I have used it before (to filter out junk) but not for much else.. It will be a while anyway as I think you have to give tax details, and because I am the age I am I don’t have to pay tax for anything so…
James & Marina,
It’s interesting how SOME people also complain that someone is “too studious” or works “too hard” because it makes them “look bad” in college classes.
Seriously!?! It’s hard to believe other students have said that me and my friends make them “look bad” by actually doing our work, but I’ve heard it and seen how they treated us like the nerds 
ON THE OTHER HAND, there have also been people who are NOT that petty, who ARE fun and encouraging, etc. Those are the people I hang out with and seek time with
As for “how much is too much”, as long as a person’s needs for sleep, activity, being with other people, etc. are being met adequately, it’s fine to be diligent. Well, there have been a couple years when I was working way-way more than spending enough time with friends or sleeping. However, I can also say that I was able to do more in those years than I would have been able to do otherwise and I live a more balanced life these days
Marina, thank you for this great explanation on how YouTube works. Most of us are experts in something worth watching. We just need to have your great looks and the presentation skills to make it look so good! I may have to buy myself an iMac computer, work on my guitar tunes, and find some compelling subject matter which no one else has tried, yet. There’s a possibility of success and the price of failure is less than if you started your own business. Maybe in 2009. Your dear student, seesixcm6
James, trust me when I tell you that nobody clicks on the Partner-Videos-only link.
The beauty of YouTube is the rawness of the videos that are uploaded. Why would someone choose to watch only slickly produced content? They can watch TV for that!
As for what a partner is… ANYBODY can become a partner now.. there are now tens of thousands of partners I think now. It simply means that they applied and filled out information on how to get paid the advertising money. It USED to be an exclusive club.. but they have now opened it up to everybody.
As for you… get your parents to sign up for you and get the checks sent to them.
I actually have applied twice and got the same reply “not enough views. try again later” so when I start to kick off a bit more I will try again, I am quite pleased with myself so far every day for the last 2 weeks my channel has had at least one honour for the most viewed comedian in the united kingdom, that, to me is a sure sign things are starting to look up for me now. My damn video converter keeps losing sync so I have just uploaded the wmv file. Its still uploading. I will post the link here. I hope u will like it. Its like some of your fan videos. If you don’t like it I will take it down straight away.
Also I have heard of some people being asked by youtube to become partners. Was that the same case for you? And I am worried too because one of my videos (my most viewed ) has got music by amy winehouse in it.. Suppose when I apply next time I will have to ask them what to do next..
Cheers, Marina. It’s been a pleasure watching you these many months
James,
Hi!! Congrats on being on the top comedians list in the UK.
Super cool
I posted a reply to what Marina said in her response to this. Really, I wanted it to go to you both. BUT, in the case you weren’t notified via email, I put in a reply talking about working and social forces.
Good luck with the process
James&Marina?? I can only wish..
Thanks for the reply it is past 10:30.. That is where my brain stops understanding info.. I shall read that a bit more in depth tomorrow. when i am not getting into “brain dead mode”
As there are some out there who think the teacher
should not quit her day job (not that I would want her
to do that) maybe we should have a contest to see if
anyone can make a video doing better,
The word I would like you to teach me about is simper. I stumbled across it once while looking in a dictionary. It’s a cool word, but hard to use in a sentence. Plus, no one knows what it means even if you do use it properly.
Thanks.
Hi Marina,
My daughter and I were playing tic tac toe and as usual we kept tying or as it is commonly know ending in a Cat’s Game. So my question is what does Cat’s Game mean and where did it come from?
Thanks!
Hey Marina,
If only you were my teacher when I was in school…lol
I have 2 word requests for you, which I hope you will appreciate for someone clearly as fashion conscious as yourself.
The first is: SHOES. I know what they are, but where did the name for them come from.
And the second, similar to the first is: BOOTS.
Hope to see a fun video about them!
Nish
so i had a thought. how about smarty pants? where did that come from? i mean its not really that foreign but where did that phrase come from? <33 ty
i karaoke to j.s. bach’s brandenburg concertos 1-6
I have heard of the cramps. My aunt got me into it.. I only really like demented and mad sin.. at least I know I am not the only one on her with that taste. (I have a very odd taste in music)
your the only one on your aunt with that taste!? ha! yeah, i’m a music whore.
DOn’t feel so alone in your good music taste
ARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH OH MY GOD GOD SHIT!!! SOMEONE HAS HACKED MISSCUPCAKE AND DELETED ALL HER VIDEOS!!! OH MY GOD I DIDNT GET TO DO MY RESPONSE OH MY GOD!!!!
Maybe she hasnt … I don’t know
hey marina,
thanks for sending me over here. my request is for you to explain the origin of “pet peeve.” i’ll be looking forward to it
katieMCbindergarten
p.s. if you do this one and say my name aloud, it’s katie “em cee” bindergarten… not “mick” bindergarten. thanks!
Thanks Katie!
the vote 1720 is today the last day on the vote
They extended the contest to September 13.. what a bummer… but they always do that to me
Sorry, but is worst than Anette Olzon singing…
A karaoke for this one in German …
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94gRXeWY4-c
Thank you, but was Tarja the girl in Marna’s video… the cameo pic with the Mic.???
When I turned 40years old, my appreciation for the human voice increased… after I’d taken my daughter to a live performance of La Boheme. I bought some Cecilia Bartoli albums. People & my family thought I was nuts, or rather more crazy. One of my longtime workmates went to see Angela Gheorghiu in concert when he went to San Fransisco last year. I’m so Jealous.
Enjoyed the Simone Simone
Was that picture in Marina’s kareoke vid Tarja? Anyways, because of one of your links, I’ve been enjoying some of her stuff on Youtube. Thank you.
Tarja is the best, and she comes frequently to my country.
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The one of this link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94gRXeWY4-c is Simone Simone a mezzo soprano.
i still don’t understand what a philologist does for a living…trace the history of DANCE
Phililogist mostly are teachers
i love singing along to john denver’s leaving on a jet plane and annies song same artist. i always loved John Denvers music since i was a kid.
With all respect marina dont get me wrong your the best teacher and if you were my teacher i’d spend all night on my course work and probably would ask more questions in class rather than work lol. but then again its just you really make everything easy to understand.
but then again please for the love of god don’t become a kareoke singer for the love of god, i may act like a soldier and not know much on music but it was only a bit ok.
mike
Hello Marina,
Dancing and singing!
I’ve been waiting for this dance for quite some time now-
Thank you for the FUN! (and the dance- I need to sit down now, you have must heart racing).
No singing for me, I can only Howl.
Thank you Marina
Loved the video!! was good to see you let loose on the karaoke
Speaking of which, the definition of the Japanese word ‘kara’ meaning ‘open’ made a lot of sense to me. I think that because, the word ‘karate’ means ‘open hand’. I like the way how some parts of words have the same meaning even if they are used to form other words.
Some songs I would love to be able to sing on karaoke are : Bon Jovi - Living on a Prayer, Duran Duran - Hungry Like The Wolf, and Bryan Adams - Summer of 69.
Jya mata ne
Kara means “empty” not “open”… are you saying that you thought it meant “open”? I’m doing “karate” soon.. and that will be a fun one as well
Can I request Karate?? “james over at my website…..”
Will this be a choppy video?
You plan to do karate soon, perhaps you would be interested in other words that would fit well into that lesson.
For instance, there’s the Dojo, where people practice karate. The Sensei who teach, the Shihan who is master teacher, Sempai who are students, etc.
If you have time and are interested in the origins of other Japanes styles of martial arts that provide complimentary fighting skills to develop a well-rounded repertoire of self-defense techniques, you can use Judo or Akido (which fit in with Dojo too), or even Jujitsu.
I was too tired to proof read my comment
But when you reflect, it fits for empty. It fits for open.
Professor, you must be a lot of fun at parties. It’s nice to see you get out of the house, even though it’s smoke and mirrors or other special effects.
Word request for Halloween part 2:
weird/fate/fancy
zombie
rankle/dragon
robot
savage
toxin
How come the word burrito is not in the Words/Lesson list?
It’s listed under the Chronological list.
I don’t think any of the latest lessons are in the alphabetical listing. For example, you won’t find “Giraffe,” ‘Democrats and Republicans,” or the second “Best Weekend Ever.” As for myself, I always refer to the chronological listing. It’s up to date.
Marina has widened the lead by 361 votes.
Her video is now standing at 1705 votes.
bestweekendevercontest.com
I was looking at a few videos where people have filmed with the iSight camera and have no audio.. Is this the people that filmed the videos own fault
Yes
The majority of my videos were filmed with my iSight.. when I am close to the camera, it’s my iSight camera
Seeing the quality of those videos made me think about a mac, before I would have never wanted one. My brother thinks its wrong that I might be/am going to buy a mac because I like the camera. But its not just that. Also being a windows guy it would be nice to try something new. I will always keep my laptop I have now though, I like it too much to get rid of it.
Isight is that some kind of improvement on the SAS’s famous Mark 1 human eyeball laugh out loud. I hate the fact i put the snow thing on and it causing me grief every single sentence.
James.. it’s not the camera on the mac that makes one buy a mac… it’s the fact that it comes with all this multimedia software already installed. I record my movies with iMovie (comes with the mac)… my theme song and the ukulele songs were written in Garageband (comes with the mac).. I even have a program that runs windows XP in a window on my mac if I ever need anything that only runs on a PC… but what I don’t get with the mac is the following:
I had a PC laptop that started running really slowly.. to the point where I couldn’t do anything on it. I paid a guy a couple hundred to fix it and he said it was so overloaded with spyware that he had to format the hard-drive and start all over again… so I elected to do that and lost some files (pics, docs) in the process. Then after about a month a friend was on my computer and all of a sudden there were pop-ups again.. and I was SOOOO pissed! I called my tech friend and he looked at it and said that I was overrun with spyware again that he would have to run these programs that take hours to run and it would cost me a couple hundred again… and at that point I got a mac and have NEVER had an issue with spyware/viruses ever again.
So.. from a creative point, you can’t beat a mac.. but from a productive point as well, you can’t beat a mac… as you don’t have to keep disinfecting the machine every few months or so.
Just my personal opinion and I understand why some people stick with PCs.. but I can run PC on my mac as well, so there is no reason for me to have a PC.
You are totally right there Marina. I do like the programmes you get with mac but when I looked in the shop they did seem a bit awkward (maybe because media player is so simple, but probably because I am not used to it.) Really I suppose it is only windows that gets viruses Mac/Linux don’t get them. What is a shame for me though is how other companies can’t put mac on their own computers. Dell for example puts windows on computers but Microsoft don’t make their own Microsoft brand, whereas it is the other way around with Apple.
When I got that virus I thought I might have to re-install but I was determined not to, in the end I downloaded and ran all the anti-viruses I could find at the same time and managed to remove it bit by bit. Only last week my brother caught it and my mum caught a different one! So from that point ANYTHING is better. I think I find Windows a bit easier to use than mac but so long as I can keep my laptop that I have at the moment I WILL be getting a mac sometime!!
God bless you hotfor
wordseverythingSpyware can be a real hassle. I am not sure of your internet
provider/server and they’re features they have available but,
check to see if you can get a free download from yours of
SPY-BOT Anti-spyware by Computer Associates. It’s pretty simple
and gets things that my Norton 360 doesn’t know about.
It’s incredible how quickly the “junk” can get back into a system.
I wish I had the cash for a Mac.
(Now imagining you do some air-guitar!)
Okay, this is likely a more simple request (meaning: worth a video?):
The word coffee. Did people used to make and drink such bad
“coffee” that it might have once been “cough-ee”? Just curious….
Ooops! “Their” — not ‘They’re”.
You’ll see it. I did but, all too late.
ok…uh that tech friend of you must really suck….
and viruses and spyware….? never had any problems with those on my computer…..