Posted on 06/01/2007 8:36:26 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
MANILA (AFP) - A jobless man was shot dead by a security guard for singing out of tune in a Philippine karaoke bar, police said Thursday.
Romy Baligula, 29, was halfway through his song on Tuesday night in a bar in San Mateo town, east of Manila, when 43-year-old security guard Robilito Ortega yelled that he was out of tune.
As Baligula ignored his comments and continued singing, Ortega pulled out his revolver and shot him in the chest.
Senior Superintendent Felipe Rojas said Baligula died instantly.
The security guard was detained by an off-duty policeman shortly after the shooting.
Deaths and violence are not uncommon in Philippine karaoke bars.
The popular Frank Sinatra song "My Way" has been taken off many karaoke bars in Manila after it was found to be the cause of fights and even deaths when patrons sang out of tune.
I guess you really can’t sing My way, your way.
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Clearly, Simon Cowell is out of control.
He got off easy, I’m just saying.
For all things, there is a reckoning.
The ultimate GONG show.
I shot a man in reno, just to watch him die.
He was also singing.
It was a two-fer.
Bad singing makes for good karaoke
American Idol - Survivor?
Some folks jes’ need a-killin’.
Lol.
Traveled to the Philippines on vacation a while ago, asked the bellman at a relatively upscale hotel about a bar mentioned in the travel guide.
Bellman looks at me. Security guard looks at bellman. Both insisted I should not go.
(naturally I had to, at that point)
I think the Philippines is the only place I’ve ever been, where even the hotel doorman was armed.
Anyone found singing it in tune oughta be shot dead too!
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