Every first and third Friday of the month, Rock Star Gomeroke at the High Noon Saloon emerges for happy hour as Happyoke. As with any live karaoke, audience members can sign up to sing live on stage at the Saloon. In the case of Gomeroke, there's a plentiful selection of songs, and even better, it rocks.
At the Halloween edition of Gomeroke on Oct. 31, one fan dressed up in striped pajamas and a George W. Bush mask took the stage and blasted out Elvis Costello's "Pump It Up," albeit with brand new lyrics.
The concert video of the performance follows below.
"Pump It Up" is a classic track off of Costello's 1978 classic album This Year's Model. The original video for the song can be found here.
The next Rock Star Gomeroke, ahem Happyoke, is on stage this Friday afternoon at the High Noon. What's in store? Here's how The Gomers tell it:
Karaoke is not loud. Rock Star Gomeroke is loud. Karaoke does not let you wear wigs and sequins. Rock Star Gomeroke will provide you with wigs and sequins. Karaoke does not guarantee that you will get laid like a rock star. Rock Star Gomeroke guarantees that you may get laid like a rock star.
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