@ost_hisa // From what I recall, one of the biggest reasons on why Rudolf and Opera were treated differently was their backgrounds.
( I'll make this a thread 🧵)
In Japan, if you sing badly at karaoke, people will politely clap and say, "You have a unique style."
They protect you from embarrassment.
In Texas, I destroyed "Livin' on a Prayer" at a bar.
I didn't just sing it badly.
I attacked it.
The key I sang in has not been discovered by science.
Bon Jovi felt a disturbance and didn't know why.
Halfway through, a woman at the bar stood up and started singing the chorus with me.
Then her friends joined.
Then the bartender, while making a drink.
A guy raised his beer and yelled, "SOMEBODY CALL BON JOVI. TELL HIM WE'RE SORRY."
In the back corner, one old man kept playing pool.
He never looked up.
Not once.
By the last chorus, the entire bar was screaming "WHOA, WE'RE HALFWAY THERE" and I was just holding the mic like a decoration.
Someone was recording on their phone.
When it ended, a big guy punched my shoulder and said,
"Brother, you didn't sing that song.
You sacrificed it. And we accepted the sacrifice."
I got a free beer.
For singing badly.
The worst singing of my life gave me the best night of my life.