Karaoke is where they have a sound system that plays the background music for popular songs without the vocal tracks, and drunk people pick a song from a book and get up and sing it on stage in front of the crowd. Some go solo, some drag up all their friends for a singalong. The lyrics play on a monitor in front of you, kindof like "follow the bouncing ball".
Some people are really good, good enough to be in a band... and some are absolutely horrible! I think I fall somewhere in-between, I have a friend who is horrible, but we just don't tell her and she gets up everytime anyway. Its fun!
Here is a bunch of strangers doing Karaoke that I found on google, to help you picture the scene.
