I wish the karaoke place tonight has this song. I want to sing it soooo bad.
My new favorite song. Singing it at karaoke this weekend.
Posted March 1, 2010 at 10:56pm in karaoke
Update to my karaoke resolution, I need to add songs to my list when I’m not tipsy and perusing a book at a karaoke joint. I’m currently going over my additions from this past weekend and they’re QUITE laughable.
Posted February 22, 2010 at 8:33pm in karaoke
lindsey: karaoke terminology 101
the ‘c’mon ride the train’ problem
noun
- 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.
Posted February 19, 2010 at 3:46pm in karaoke
Groove Is In The Heart
On Friday, I joined some ladies for some epic karaoke at a dive bar in Brooklyn that must be the best bar ever, because I kept tweeting about it all night (sorry Twitter followers).
Now I love karaoke and take it pretty seriously, but I rely on a mental list of “standards” that I fall back on such as anything in the Carrie Underwood repertoire, TI’s ‘What You Know’ (which has been replaced for the time being with Usher ‘Love in the Club’ — always a crowd fave) and Whitney Houston (which I was able to hone using our SingStar game at home).
When I’m in the situation I pretty much freeze and can’t really improv when it comes to choosing new, fun songs. If I try to go off book I’ll pick something like Miley Cyrus’s ‘The Climb’ and regret it later. For the past few years I’ve tried to keep a running list of songs that when I hear out and about in my normal life and think “Man, this is a good karaoke jam,” I can have it ready for my next karaoke adventure. Apparently, I’ve failed at making this list because on Friday when I opened the “Karaoke” note on my phone, I only saw one song name staring up at me: “Groove Is In The Heart.” At that moment, keeping my karaoke song list became a late-breaking New Year’s resolution to help make my karaoke adventures more spontaneous and fun.
I didn’t sing that song, and when on earth I added it to my list, I have no idea. Maybe I’ll do it next time, though.
Posted February 15, 2010 at 12:35pm in karaoke
In important karaoke standard news…
I think I need to give “What You Know” a break. Sometimes I feel like I’m just going through the motions. Going forward, I will be replacing it with “Love in the Club.”
