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John Denver karaoke sparks Thai killing spree
Telegraph ^ | 3/8/2008

Posted on 03/08/2008 5:08:14 PM PST by gondramB

A gunman in Thailand shot-dead eight neighbours, including his brother-in-law, after tiring of their karaoke versions of popular songs, including John Denver’s Country Roads.

Weenus Chumkamnerd, 52, put his gun to the head of a respected female doctor and seven of her guests as they partied at her home in Songkhla Province, South Thailand.

"When I began shooting nobody pleaded for his life because they were all drunk," he said after his arrest.

He said he was so furious with their awful singing that he did not notice he had murdered his own brother-in-law.

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Country Roads is a hugely popular song in south east Asia and the neighbor said the revelers had been singing it over and over again.

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: johndenver; justifiablehomicide; karaoke; killing; thailand
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To: Popman

***I actually thought he was very talented musician and was a icon for country music. ***

Long haired hippie with rose colored glasses! He wasn’t a country singer any more than Nancy Sinatra was even though they produced albums with country songs. Clint Eastwood could sing better!


61 posted on 03/08/2008 5:58:12 PM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Only infidel blood can quench Muslim thirst-- Abdul-Jalil Nazeer al-Karouri)
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To: Dionysius
You light up My Life would have ended with a suitcase nuke going off..
62 posted on 03/08/2008 5:59:57 PM PST by vetvetdoug
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
Think what you want, but Denver was a talented song writer and he had a decent voice. Millions of people also thought so and bought his albums

As for Clint Eastwood being a better singer than Denver, have you heard Eastwood sing?

He sings in the movie "Paint Your Wagon" he SUCKS.

63 posted on 03/08/2008 6:04:03 PM PST by Popman (Gold Standard: Trying to squeeze a 50 lb economy back into a 5 lb bag)
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To: gondramB

You came on my pillow....BLAHHHHHHHHGGGGGGGGGH!! COUGH!


64 posted on 03/08/2008 6:06:16 PM PST by avg_freeper (Gunga galunga. Gunga, gunga galunga)
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To: Grut

LOL....nice.


65 posted on 03/08/2008 6:10:37 PM PST by indcons (FReepmail "indcons" to get on the Barack <<redacted>> Obama ping list)
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To: Blogger

Ah! It didn’t come through. Can you try again?


66 posted on 03/08/2008 6:17:59 PM PST by Southerngl
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To: gondramB

He wasn’t a Muzzie, by any chance?


67 posted on 03/08/2008 6:21:10 PM PST by Deo volente
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To: Popman

***Think what you want, but Denver was a talented song writer and he had a decent voice.***

You should haver heard him whine his songs in BIGHORN thirty eight years ago. Awful!

And who can forget the contraversy when he was found to be hoarding fuel while demanding others not use fuel way back in the first energy crisis.


68 posted on 03/08/2008 6:24:06 PM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Only infidel blood can quench Muslim thirst-- Abdul-Jalil Nazeer al-Karouri)
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To: gondramB

“When I began shooting nobody pleaded for his life because they were all drunk,” he said after his arrest.

If true, then they didn’t realize they were being killed. Talk about drunk.

Regardless, the murderous scumbag should be introduced to “Ol’ Sparky.”


69 posted on 03/08/2008 6:25:57 PM PST by Levante
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To: gondramB
Bob Denver singing Country Roads, now that would set me off.
70 posted on 03/08/2008 6:30:13 PM PST by BallyBill (Serial Hit-N-Run poster)
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To: gondramB

John Denver was one of the very few karaoke singers who managed to make it big! Dude, somehow or another, he karaoked his own songs!


71 posted on 03/08/2008 6:32:19 PM PST by Revolting cat! (We all need someone we can bleed on...)
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To: gondramB

This story illustrates the importance of soundproof rooms. I built my home with soundproofing in all the walls and solid wood doors.


72 posted on 03/08/2008 6:32:25 PM PST by devere
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To: gondramB

Rumor has it they had just finished “It’s a Small World After All”, and someone recommended switching to John Denver...


74 posted on 03/08/2008 6:34:57 PM PST by Mr Rogers (Let's win Congress - the Presidency is lost!)
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To: Southerngl

75 posted on 03/08/2008 6:35:52 PM PST by Blogger (Propheteuon.com)
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To: kinoxi

The same person you berate.


76 posted on 03/08/2008 6:35:55 PM PST by kinoxi
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To: Senator Goldwater
Lisa Ono's cover of "Country Roads"
77 posted on 03/08/2008 6:37:17 PM PST by Tamar1973 (Riding the Korean Wave, one recipe at a time http://www.youtube.com/Tamar1973)
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To: Popman
Millions of people also thought so and bought his albums

Billions of flies can't be wrong!


78 posted on 03/08/2008 6:37:58 PM PST by Revolting cat! (We all need someone we can bleed on...)
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To: gondramB
OMG It's still wildly popular there. It was wildly popular in Asia when it was popular in the US. Back in the early 70’s. almost forty years, no wonder the guy snapped.
79 posted on 03/08/2008 6:50:02 PM PST by isrul (Help make koranimals an endangered species)
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To: jdm
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You Rock!
80 posted on 03/08/2008 6:53:37 PM PST by cmsgop ( You go to da box..... you feel shame)
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