That's Deep, Bro (Deep Karaoke Songs)

Friday Night Karaoke

In episode 77 of the Friday Night Karaoke podcast, hosts Mike Whiston and Joe Rubin explore the theme 'That's Deep, Bro,' featuring songs wi

Key takeaways

• Marc Cross won first place this week with a moving performance of 'Hurt'.
• The Friday Night Karaoke Facebook group has expanded to over 50,000 members.
• Bourbon Pursuit, based in Louisville, Kentucky, has joined as the podcast's new sponsor.
• Shure Microphones continues its long-standing sponsorship of the show.
• The hosts are preparing to attend South by Southwest (SXSW) in Austin, Texas.

Main topics

• FNK Deep Theme
• Karaoke Community Growth
• Bourbon Sponsorship

Notable quotes

We don't take money from our sponsors, at least not yet. We just take bourbon.

Conclusion

A celebratory and nostalgic episode that highlights the deep emotional

Transcript preview

Speaker 1 (0:12) I hurt myself today to see if I still feel I focused on the pain the only thing that's real the needle tears a whole stain try to kill it all away Speaker 1 (0:49) But I remember everything What have I become? My sweetest friend Everyone in the I wear this crown A Thor's chair Stains of time Someone held me still What have become? Speaker 7 (3:40) Absolutely freaking incredible. And I'm just learning how to make our freaking videos show up on the screen. What is going on, Joe Rubin? Speaker 8 (3:48) What's going on, man? I was waiting for you to work on that video. But before we switch over to your video skills, damn, I couldn't love that anymore, dude. That guy crushed that song. It was so good. Dude, that was so good. I absolutely Speaker 7 (4:02) adore and love and grew up on and still listen to Trent Reznor and Nine Inch Nails. And when I first heard Hurt, it's just one of those songs that sticks with you forever. And then Johnny Cash, obviously this legend that, again, grew up with, loved his music, just loved how authentic he was and how he really brought it. And then he covered this song from another artist he truly loved. And you're just blown away. Like, wow, he did it differently and awesome. And now. Mark Cross takes it to another level completely. And now I need to listen to all three all the time. Speaker 8 (4:38) That's a lot of hurt, dude. That's a lot of hurt. Speaker 7 (4:41) You know what? That's a lot of hurt in the world, but I'm just happy that we get to sing about it. Speaker 8 (4:46) Yes. Agreed. You know what? That was fantastic. That's really a great way to kick off this week's podcast, dude. Cause that was, that song was really deep. That song was really deep. It Speaker 7 (4:54) was deep. And you know, funny enough this week, the theme of the week is that's deep. Bro, I'm not kidding. So yeah, the whole idea of the theme. So in the Friday Night Karaoke group, obviously for everyone that doesn't know, go into Facebook, type in Friday Night Karaoke. We have this beautiful group of a little over 50,000 members and they all record songs, post them up. It's negativity free. It's sad free. And it's super awesome. So go check it out. So the theme of the week. was FNK Deep, or That's Deep Bro, where you can actually post up songs that have a deeper meaning, either to you personally, or they were trying to convey something deeper. There's a hidden meaning that you're able to uncover. And that's what it was really about. And I mean, the layers on this song are endless. You know, it's about addiction, regret, realizing success doesn't matter at the end of the day. And actually, for the theme of the week, Mark Cross actually Speaker 8 (5:47) won first place. He did. He did. Honestly, I'm more impressed with you and your level of depth on this song. That was really deep, Mike. Really deep. I'm deep, bro. That was deep. Speaker 7 (6:03) So I am Mike Whiston. I am the co-founder and co-host of the Friday Night Karaoke podcast and the Friday Night Karaoke Facebook group. And I Speaker 8 (6:14) am Joe Rubin with the same exact title and welcome to episode 77. Speaker 5 (6:20) 77! Speaker 8 (6:21) 77! Speaker 7 (6:22) Yes. What? That's so many episodes. Yeah, I like that it's the same number twice. It's easy to remember. It is. Speaker 8 (6:29) If, see, if it was episode 67, my daughter would be like, for some reason, and I don't know why. But like, as with like half the Speaker 7 (6:39) fricking universe, I really Speaker 8 (6:41) have zero idea why that like, that's funny. They don't know either. Nobody Speaker 7 (6:46) knows. I think that's the whole thing. Nobody knows. And we're supposed to be like, Oh my Speaker 8 (6:52) God. Anyway, seven. You Speaker 7 (6:55) know what? I liked it. It was a simpler time for us back in the day. Everything was just about like. Good music. You know, there was drugs. It was like a fun time. Underage drinking. It was a great time to be alive. Now they laugh about Speaker 8 (7:10) numbers. You know, Speaker 7 (7:11) they're like. Speaker 8 (7:13) For no reason. Speaker 7 (7:14) And they don't even know why. I know. Speaker 8 (7:17) It's a little weird. Speaker 7 (7:18) It's all good. You know what? You do your thing. We'll do our thing and we'll sing about it together. It's all good. Exactly. That's what we're here Speaker 6 (7:23) for. Speaker 7 (7:24) So we have actually 10 artists featured today, which is more than usual. Usually we have seven or eight. We'll try to get through all of them. We'll try to get through all of them. I do have a little bit of housekeeping I need to start off with. We do have an exciting new announcement. Make it. Speaker 7 (7:40) We have a new sponsor. Yes. Yes. It is bourbon pursuit or Speaker 8 (7:47) spirit. Yes, it is. It is delicious. Actually, I don't even know if it's delicious. I'm about to open our first bottle right at this. I was about to say it's like, oh, this is great, but I actually have never even tried it. This is our brand new sponsor. We just brought them on board. So I'm going to give them a try. I got my nice clear ice ball here ready for going. But these guys are out. Louisville, Kentucky. They've got like 10 different kinds of bourbons and, and rise. And I've got the, which one am I cracking open right now? The double oaked bourbon. So I'm going to give this one a try. Not only double oak. Do they have, I know, I know. Not only do they have like all these different spirits, but these guys are also podcasters. They have a podcast called bourbon pursuit. Oddly enough, right? And it's the number one whiskey podcast, oddly enough. So that's fantastic. That's awesome. Yeah, it is really cool. So we're going to actually have them join us for an episode. Yeah, their CEO's name is Kenny. We're going to have him on the actual podcast. We Speaker 7 (8:48) got Speaker 8 (8:48) a chance to catch up with him. Really cool guy. Started by two guys, Ryan and Kenny. They're down in Kentucky. And they've just built a nice business for themselves. And we're excited about having them as a sponsor. And I can't wait to give this a try. I'm going to pour it momentarily. And I'll let you know what I think. But in the meantime, looking forward to having these guys as guests on our show. And thank you for sponsoring. Speaker 7 (9:06) And yay sponsors. And just so you all know, we don't take money from our sponsors, at least not yet. So right now we just take bourbon. Yeah, exactly. Nobody wants to Speaker 8 (9:14) give us money. So Speaker 7 (9:15) it's not like we don't take money. Like people just haven't tried to give us Speaker 8 (9:18) any money. No, Speaker 7 (9:18) no, no, no. You have to position it right. You know, like, no, we're too good for that. We don't need it. We don't need your money. We just need your bourbon. Until the money starts rolling in. So again, just to start us off, that was Mark Cross with Hurt by Nine Inch Nails slash Johnny Cash. And just a phenomenal way to start off the podcast. Coming up next, we have a heavy hitter from the Friday Night Karaoke community. We have featured this absolute rock star multiple times on the Friday Night Karaoke podcast, and we just can't get enough. So here she is again with four of her. where she records four different versions or like, you know, four different tracks and kind of messes them all together and makes a beautiful song for us all to hear. This is going to be Bonnie and Rochelle with How Deep Is Your Love by the Bee Gees. Before we play, I just want to say this is really good. Really good. Apparently Bourbon Pursuit Speaker 8 (10:11) is really good. Yes, I'm loving it. This is great. It Speaker 7 (10:14) would be horrible if you're like... Imagine that right during the live show. Like, oh my God. You and like the Ace Ventura. Speaker 8 (10:28) None of that happening here. That would definitely make sure that we never get a dollar from any sponsor ever. No, Speaker 7 (10:35) no. You know what? The sponsors that we're like, this is actually good. They're gonna be like, you know what? Those authentic guys actually Speaker 8 (10:40) like our Speaker 7 (10:41) stuff. True enough. That's what it's about. So this is going to be Bonnie Rochelle with How Deep Is Your Love by the Beachies. Give it to her. Speaker 7 (14:32) keep singing just keep second wow that Speaker 8 (14:36) was solid that was so so good so good it was Speaker 7 (14:41) and like the harmonies just kind of came in and i love it a lot of those harmony videos they start off with all four people on there and like someone just sitting there the whole time this one it kind of like it was almost like the old music videos where like it started with one then the other one popped in the other one popped in now all four are singing together these two went away these two are just singing together now and they all she harmonized with herself really really really well and she was like into it in each of those videos separately if you were paying attention it was so great so great the video cap cut that's Speaker 8 (15:11) uh it's the software that you saw yeah so like they do some really cool like editing effects so that's uh that's why it looked so cool that's so cool yeah it wasn't Speaker 7 (15:21) like your standard smule yeah Speaker 8 (15:22) it was it was it was more like the things like you see like come on you see them on tiktok and instagram and stuff like that people use those for little videos So it makes it, it gets like really cool effects. Yeah, I know. I know. But the singing was all her and those harmonies, like you said, dude, dude, that was off, off the hook. That was so good. Speaker 7 (15:40) It makes me wonder, you know, again, that was Bonnie Rochelle with how deep is your love by the Bee Gees. And Speaker 8 (15:44) I Speaker 7 (15:45) wonder, is that really an actually a deep song or did she just go with a song that has deep in the title? It's like, Oh, That's the first thing that I would have done is like type in the word deep. Yeah. I'm going to join this week's theme of the week. What's the word deep? Like type it in, you know? I mean, I guess if you wanted to like think outside the box, it could be the song asks if relationships can actually survive the bullshit of a cynical world trying to bring you down. Speaker 8 (16:08) Maybe, maybe, Speaker 7 (16:09) or that was the Speaker 8 (16:09) most inside the box thinking ever. Speaker 8 (16:13) It's 7K deep week. How deep is your love? Perfect. Speaker 7 (16:17) Checks all the boxes. Rolling in the deep. Deep thoughts. So coming up next, you know, we're moving right along here because we got. We got eight more people to feature for you here. We'll do our best. All of 44 minutes to get through them all. And we love to talk Speaker 5 (16:38) so Speaker 7 (16:39) much. Speaker 7 (16:44) Another great member of the community. We featured him again a few times on the podcast and just a great dude all around. Sings some awesome rockability. Sings some awesome just old school rock songs in general. Classic rock, all that jazz. This dude brings it. His name's Rick Mendoza and he's going to sing Toto, but not a song that you know I would wager or that most of you would know. Speaker 8 (17:05) Exactly. Speaker 7 (17:05) Most people just know Africa, which is a phenomenal song. I was all excited. Maybe there's deeper meaning here, but it's a song called 99. And I don't know that I had ever heard it before he played it here, but we're going to go listen to it and let's see how awesome it is. Speaker 8 (17:22) Perfect. Speaker 7 (17:23) I don't know. It's going to be awesome. So Speaker 8 (17:24) I'm sure spoiler Speaker 7 (17:25) alert. Speaker 8 (17:26) It's awesome. Speaker 7 (17:28) So it's Rick Mendoza with 99 by Toto. Let's give it a listen. Speaker 7 (22:52) It's going to come. And it was never coming. It just didn't come. That Speaker 8 (22:55) outro is forever. That was hilarious. And then like four minutes later, he's like, thank you. Speaker 7 (23:01) That was great. I felt like I got punked. It was great. So again, that was Rick Mendoza with 99 by Toto. And I love old rock songs. I'm Speaker 8 (23:08) a Speaker 7 (23:08) huge old rocker. And, you know, guitar solos and, you know, drum solos and all those like instrumental pieces were just like a really cool part of that whole era, right? Like that was like one of the things that.