Bill Murray sings The House of the Rising Sun - video

Bill Murray does karaoke. Again. This time, sadly not with Scarlett Johansson. Photograph: Allstar/Focus Features/Sportsphoto


Perhaps I'm an inherently joyless human being, but I generally believe that karaoke is a pastime more excruciating than giving birth without anesthesia.

After watching footage of Bill Murray performing House of the Rising Sun, however, at his restaurant in Florida, my thoughts on amateur singing have slightly shifted. Murray's performance is less of an awkwardly poised attempt at being funny, and more of a form of deep catharsis. On stage at Murray Bros Caddyshack restaurant, the actor reportedly performed a 45-minute karaoke set with a live band. In the video below you can watch footage of him fearlessly tearing through the 1964 track, thwacking a tambourine as if his life depends on it.
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