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Subject: Karaoke Killings
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shadow27 25.09.24 - 07:56am
The My Way killings was a social phenomenon in the Philippines, referring to a number of fatal disputes which arose from the singing of the song My Way, popularized by Frank Sinatra, in karaoke bars (more commonly known as videoke in the Philippines). A New York Times article estimated the number of killings to be at least six as of 2010. Between 2002 and 2012, numerous people were killed for singing this song. * +

shadow27 25.09.24 - 07:57am
Attention to these killings peaked on May 29, 2007, when 29 year old Romy Baligula was shot dead by bouncer guard, Robilito Ortega, at a bar in San Mateo, Rizal. The bouncer had stated that he was prompted to kill Romy using his service weapon, a .38 caliber pistol, when Romy accidentally went off key while singing My Way and struggled to get back on track. * +

shadow27 25.09.24 - 07:59am
The phenomenon continued in the 2010s and gained much more attention when a chairman of a Tondo village (barangay) was shot alongside his aide/driver by motorcycle-riding gunmen, while singing the song during a Christmas party; the chairman died on the spot while the aide survived in critical condition. * +

shadow27 25.09.24 - 08:01am
Some Filipinos - even those who love the song - will not sing it in public, in order to avoid trouble or out of superstitious fear.

As of 2007, the song reportedly had been taken off the playlists of karaoke machines in many bars in Manila, after complaints about out of tune renditions of the song, resulting in violent fights and murders * +

liambrwn 25.09.24 - 08:15am
They needed the ebouncer (cool3) * +

ogdenz 25.09.24 - 09:56am
God help you if you are a native there with the name Mai Waiy. Just as they were about to be killed did they say 'And now,the end is near'? * +

liambrwn 25.09.24 - 10:33am
(lol) * +

iilmadme 25.09.24 - 11:51am
I feel really bad for being able to relate to this * +

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