Current karaoke list...

 ...for the next time that I go to karaoke, whenever that is:

1) "Dancing in the Dark."

2) "Big Yellow Taxi."

3) "Rhinestone Cowboy."

I've been collecting some good songs to sing in my head, whenever I heard them on the radio or wherever.

I think "Dancing in the Dark" and "Big Yellow Taxi" have quick verses that would be hard to nail, so if you did that, people would be impressed, and both of those songs have a persona that would be fun to sing in (turgid and driven and horny, vs. incredibly and shockingly pure).

I do wonder about some of the rhythms in "Big Yellow Taxi," though; I've tried singing "Both Sides Now" at karaoke easily like two or three or maybe even four times now, and somehow it always comes off leaden with me like I can't quite catch the beat, rather than the effortless emergence that comes out when someone like Judy Collins sings it.

I also think "Rhinestone Cowboy" would make a great karaoke impression, when you get to that part -

 But I'm gonna be/

where the lights are shining on me.../

LIKE A RHINESTONE COWBOY!

- since the lyrics and singing karaoke just go so well together, and the world of the song and the world that you sing in would just merge together dramatically in one single moment, at that moment.

I also think that people will vaguely recognize the verse and know that they know the song, but they won't quite realize what it is until like half a moment before you slide into the chorus, and then you'll have the audience caught up in wondering what it is and they'll all be in the palm of your hand, if you're feeling it and they feel your presence.