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Hi. My name is Kelly Reeves. I love cookies, crafts, plaid, the Internet, music and especially cats. I am the co-founder and managing editor of Urlesque.
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lindsey: karaoke terminology 101

convincingindie:

the ‘c’mon ride the train’ problem

noun

  1. When a karaoke song is so incredibly appealing, yet when you sing it you realize that there are actually only 5 or so words in the entire song that you end up repeating over and over.

origin: Quad City DJ’s ‘C’mon N’ Ride It (The…

OH! This reminds me of what I will refer to as the “Copacabana Problem” where you pick a song without realizing it has an incredibly long (and, subsequently awkward) instrumental break in the middle. Or, even worse, when that instrumental break comes in the form of an extended outro and you never actually get to start singing again.

That is the worst.

I somewhat agree but I also like middle instrumental breaks for a dance breakdown performance.
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  1. sissarae reblogged this from interweber and added:
    See Also: Chumbawamba’s “Tubthumping”
  2. convincingindie reblogged this from kellyreeves and added:
    Yes - there is definitely room for well played - and anticipated - dance breakdowns. However, I find with the Copacabana...
  3. mknell reblogged this from kellyreeves and added:
    Also applicable - Technotronic’s “Pump Up the Jam” and “I Gotta Feeling” by the Black Eyed Peas.
  4. kellyreeves reblogged this from convincingindie and added:
    I somewhat agree but I also like middle instrumental breaks for a dance breakdown performance.
  5. interweber reblogged this from convincingindie and added:
    convincingindie: Yes - there is definitely room for well played - and anticipated - dance breakdowns. However,
  6. convincingindie reblogged this from interweber and added:
    OH! This reminds me of what I will refer to as...“Copacabana Problem” where you pick
  7. gumplr reblogged this from interweber and added:
    few music videos not improved by Korean reinterpretation.
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