This past December 14th was a strange night! Terrible weather, incessant rain, yet more than 200 Anti-Karaoke fans showed up at Apolo 2 to create a truly special show.
In spite of the harsh weather conditions, the show must go on…and like always, A.K. stockpiled a variety of interesting surprises and great performances for us.
Rachel started the evening off singing The Doors’ “Break On Through” and the Violent Femmes’ “Kiss Off.”
One of the biggest stars of the show was Barbarah with a killer version of Pantera’s “Walk.”
Vane and Laia, backed by Solo on air guitar, performed one of the great A.K. standards, “Sweet Child O’ Mine.”
El Hombre Más Grande del Mundo surprised us with what would be the most memorable performance of the night.
In his debut at A.K. he sang The Beatles’ “Can’t Buy Me Love.” We’ll hopefully see this man again soon at A.K.
Lord Vader devastated with a thunderous “Enter Sandman.”
Nicky and Mia performed one of the show’s most popular hits, “Video Killed The Radio Star.”
Pitufi & Soul astonished the crowd with an extraordinary performance of “September.” It is always a privilege to listen to such voices at Anti-Karaoke.
Blimunda performed a title that Rachel recently added to the show’s repertoire, Wolfmother’s “Woman.”
In the first half of the show, Rachel sang Joan Jett’s version of the glam classic “Do You Want To Touch Me.”
A superbly performed Scorpions’ “Rock You Like A Hurricane” provided by Dani Metal with a disturbing cameo from Fabri.
Macia and Leticia debuted at A.K. with The Gossip’s “Standing In The Way of Control.”
Samurai Xavi liberated the disappeared White Zombie with their great classic “Thunder Kiss ’65.”
Anna debuted at Anti-Karaoke with the theme from “Cabaret.”
The Jack Daniels that Rachel dispensed while singing “New York, New York,” heated up the crowd on this cold winter night.
Los Hermanos Grimm debuted with an entertaining “Du Hast” by Rammstein.
Kate sang one of the definitive hymns of Punk Rock, “Should I Stay Or Should I Go?” by the Clash.
Jan offered a great performance of Bowie’s “Modern Love.”
The great “train wreck” of the night was an unfortunate “Sad But True” by some characters who made the show into a private little party for a few minutes while the audience died of nausea.
In the end, one of them apologized to the crowd and Rachel indignantly responded: “Don’t apologize, the next time just don’t get on the stage. Those are five minutes of our lives that we’ll never get back.”
At this point Solo, the romantic gentleman of A.K. sang “Girl, You’ll Be A Woman Soon.”
Pirata del Caribe opted for a more punk rock tune: “Teenage Kicks.”
Ennio From Rome reminded us of U2 from the ‘80’s with “Pride (In The Name of Love).”
For the first time in a while, Axl Rose made an appearance at A.K. Characterized as the volatile and unpredictable leader of Guns N’Roses, Rachel made her triumphant entrance on the stage as “Outta Get Me” played.
After becoming furious at a photographer, s/he sang AC/DC’s “You Shook Me All Night Long.”
Los Verplanos contributed a little Disco amusement with The Village People’s “YMCA.”
That night we also heard: “I Was Made For Loving You” by Kiss (Miss Koi), “Breaking the Law” by Scorpions (Mr. Eddie Harris),
“Bohemian Rhapsody” by Queen (Iván),
“Hysteria” by Muse (Lord Vader) and “No One Knows” by Queens of the Stone Age (Prades).
In the home stretch, Rachel sang “Come Out & Play” by The Offspring.
Rocko provided an absolutely euphoric version of “The Final Countdown” by Europe.
Fabri and his loyal subjects performed a “Killing In The Name” as rabid as you could imagine.
And with “Kids in America” ended one of the craziest nights of the year.
Nos vemos este lunes en el Anti-Karaoke especial Navidad, que promete ser otra de las grandes noches del año!
CLICK to see more photos of this night! (Photos by Marco Quiroga Marazzato)
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