Klingon Karaoke

It was Friday, Friday, we were gettin' down on Friday! Partyin', partyin', fun, fun, fun, fun!

It was Friday, the last day of September, when several Trek Radio DJs and listeners beamed into the station's ventrillo voice chat server for Trek Radio Karaoke Night.

Listeners were treated (or totured) with several songs being sung live by the DJs and participants, including yours truly. A wide variety of songs were sung; some solo, some in pairs, and a few as an ensemble.

For my part, I sang Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance", Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive", and participated in the grand finale, Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" -- but my shining moment was an a capella rendition of the Klingon song Qoy qeylIS puqloD.

Qoy qeylIS puqloD

Qoy puqbe'pu'

yoHbogh matlhbogh je SuvwI'

Say'moHchu' may' 'Iw

maSuv manong 'ej maHoHchu'

nI'be' yInmaj 'ach wovqu'

batlh maHeghbej 'ej yo' qIjDaq

vavpu'ma' DImuvpa' reH maSuvtaHqu'

mamevQo' maSuvtaH, ma'ov

Hear! Sons of Kahless.

Hear! Daughters too.

The blood of battle washes clean

the warrior brave and true.

We fight, we love, and then we kill.

Our lives burn short and bright.

Then we die with honor and join our father in the Black Fleet where

we battle forever, battling on through the Eternal Fight.

If you missed the epic awesomeness that was the Trek Radio Karaoke Night, DJ King was recording the entire thing and has offered to make clips available upon request. We will be doing another Karaoke Night sooner or later, and this December Trek Radio will air Christmas caroling by DJs and listeners.