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As a person who tends to enjoy activities others find annoying (e.g. karaoke, the Electric Slide, etc.), I really thought Sing Sing would become my favorite place on Earth! With the dueling pianos pounding out beloved classics from every pop artist you can think of while the audience is encouraged to sing along, Sing Sing should have been my version of paradise. However, after having been dragged there about 4 times now for various graduation, birthday, and bachelorette parties, I can truthfully say that I would rather get a hypodermic needle stuck in my eye hourly than ever go back to Sing Sing again. The pianists, while extremely talented at their instrument and charismatic in their own right, will openly mock song selections and the people who chose them, unless of course, there is a $20 bill attached to the request form. Then they suddenly have no problem with playing "American Pie" for the 6,000th time of the evening. Because of the pianists' elitist attitudes towards the requesting/tipping system, I'm sure that those who have the disposable income necessary to get one of their songs played have a grand time, whereas poor college students who can't comfortably spend more than maybe a couple of bucks per request get the shaft and have to sit through increasingly painful renditions of "Margaritaville." The last time I was there, I had to get thoroughly intoxicated just so I could endure Sing Sing for two hours, and even then, I found myself bolting drunkenly out the door before 10 PM. On a complimentary note, I am a fan of how Sing Sing celebrates bachelorette parties and birthdays by getting the celebrant in question up on stage, putting a bumper sticker with a lewd comment on either the chest or rear end, and making them do something hideously embarrassing.
Pros: Funny birthday celebrations, Buzz Bucket is delicious
Cons: Annoying music, snotty pianists, sub-par service
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