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The My Way killings was a social phenomenon in the Philippines, referring to a number of fatal disputes which arose from the singing of the song My Way, popularized by Frank Sinatra, in karaoke bars (more commonly known as videoke in the Philippines). A New York Times article estimated the number of killings to be at least six as of 2010. Between 2002 and 2012, numerous people were killed for singing this song. |
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@shadow27 | 25 September 24 |
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Attention to these killings peaked on May 29, 2007, when 29 year old Romy Baligula was shot dead by bouncer guard, Robilito Ortega, at a bar in San Mateo, Rizal. The bouncer had stated that he was prompted to kill Romy using his service weapon, a .38 caliber pistol, when Romy accidentally went off key while singing My Way and struggled to get back on track.
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@shadow27 | 25 September 24 |
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The phenomenon continued in the 2010s and gained much more attention when a chairman of a Tondo village (barangay) was shot alongside his aide/driver by motorcycle-riding gunmen, while singing the song during a Christmas party; the chairman died on the spot while the aide survived in critical condition.
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@shadow27 | 25 September 24 |
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Some Filipinos - even those who love the song - will not sing it in public, in order to avoid trouble or out of superstitious fear. As of 2007, the song reportedly had been taken off the playlists of karaoke machines in many bars in Manila, after complaints about out of tune renditions of the song, resulting in violent fights and murders |
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@liambrwn | 25 September 24 |
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They needed the ebouncer 
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@ogdenz | 25 September 24 |
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God help you if you are a native there with the name Mai Waiy. Just as they were about to be killed did they say 'And now,the end is near'?
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@liambrwn | 25 September 24 |
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@iilmadme | 25 September 24 |
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I feel really bad for being able to relate to this
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@faun | 25 September 24 |
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Coldplay's Yellow can go on the list, too.
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@shadow27 | 25 September 24 |
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@ faun - 25.09.24 - 12:02pm Coldplay's Yellow can go on the list, too. It is on the list  In August 2007, a karaoke singer in Seattle, Washington, was attacked by a woman who wanted him to stop singing Coldplay's Yellow. In March 2008, a man was arrested in Thailand for shooting eight people to death, including his brother-in-law, in a dispute stemming from several karaoke offerings, including repeated renditions of John Denver's Take Me Home, Country Roads. |
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@shadow27 | 25 September 24 |
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In December 2008, a man at a Malaysian coffee shop hogged the karaoke microphone so long he was stabbed to death by other patrons. In August 2012, a fight over the microphone broke out in a Chinese karaoke parlor, with a man killing two relatives with a meat cleaver. In July 2013, an American was stabbed to death for refusing to stop singing in a karaoke bar in Krabi, Thailand. Some people just take karaoke VERY seriously.. |
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@ogdenz | 25 September 24 |
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Killyoke! Stabbyoke!
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@ogdenz | 25 September 24 |
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Surely there's a way to wire up the microphone to the mains so as it gives a lethal zap when the singer doesn't come up to par or hogs the stage?
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@liambrwn | 25 September 24 |
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Wonder what the reaction would be to icerose being recited
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@shadow27 | 26 September 24 |
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@ ogdenz - 25.09.24 - 12:25pm Surely there's a way to wire up the microphone to the mains so as it gives a lethal zap when the singer doesn't come up to par or hogs the stage? Running Man meets karaoke night. |
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@1owlcity | 26 October 24 |
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That is true, shadow.
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