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Friday, May 8, 2009

Bars What's Hula Hula Got to Do With It?

Posted by Gina Young on Fri, May 8, 2009 at 6:08 PM

Lest there be any doubt as to where to have a swingin' night of karaoke in this town, I can pretty much guarantee that your mind will be blown at Hula Hula. Case in point: mid-chorus of Tina Turner's "What's Love Got to Do With It?" an unsuspecting girl named Vanessa found herself showered with foam from a strategically-placed onstage foam machine. Did I mention that it was the first qualifying round for the Karaoke World Championships? Hmm... yeah, I guess that bears mentioning. The tiki-themed Hula Hula (I know that sounds redundant) hosts karaoke Wednesday through Sunday at 106 1st Ave N in Queen Anne (more here) and the vibe is definitely competitive—allegedly it's where performers from the 5th Avenue Theater go for kicks. Who knew?

Even if you despise karaoke as a general rule (and trust me, I do), could you really fail to appreciate the glasses- and side-part-wearing white guy who did all the dramatic runs in "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday" by Boyz II Men not once but TWICE on Wednesday night? I think not. And oh yes, in case you're wondering, Vanessa made it to the next round—she's hell bent on making it to Finland for the Karaoke World Championships and if you think you can take her down, I guess we'll see you next Wednesday.

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that place is a shit-meathead paradise. Go if you want to get rufied and raped by the boys!

Posted by Gay Pitbull

on May 8, 2009 at 7:52 PM

Tell us how you really feel!

Posted by Keekee on May 8, 2009 at 10:36 PM

most girls i know HATE foam and foam parties. i knew a lot of sorority girls and they ALL said the foam parties they went to were the worst. that doesn't lend well to the cred of this place, it DOES sound kinda like a frat-guy/meathead type of location. see the yelp.com review of the place, people either think it's a little off or they mention it being a great place to where you, "can still wiggle around and not knock over a frat bro's beer." enough said.

Posted by weatherboy on May 9, 2009 at 7:53 AM

COMING SOON - big ad buy from the joint to the Stranger.

Really kids, who was born yesterday?

Posted by Savvvy on May 9, 2009 at 10:30 AM

Hula Hula is a youth-of-America-doing-shots-and-getting-crAYzee kind of place, but I had kind of a great time there. The black-light tropical-themed mural is something to behold. If it were full of theater professionals doing their best to be the number one karaoker in the world, it'd be ten kinds of fun. Gina isn't recommending it as the spot to engage in some intellectual discourse or meet the love of your life, as far as I can tell.

Posted by Bethany Jean Clement on May 9, 2009 at 12:24 PM