Karaoke Titles That Massacre Your Soul

I realize selecting a track for karaoke nite might be overwhelming.  Naturally, you need to select some tune within your voice that you know very well.  The KJ can use karaoke DJ equipment to bring a tune into your range and to add professional effects to your voice.  Vocal enhancement is the magic of VocoPro karaoke!  But karaoke DJ equipment can’t fake a four octave voice so don’t lose your head.  And besides the question of what you can comfortably sing, you might give thought to how the tune you choose fits with the crowd and with the pace of the show.  Since many karaoke nights have a once per show rule for songs, you need to be careful that you aren’t snatch someone else’s signature tune or you are not requesting some song that has already been sung.

When choosing a tune is hard, use this list as an assistance because it cuts 10 tracks out of the running.  What describes a show killer?  Monotonous lyrics are irritating to sing and to listen to as well.  Overly sexual tunes are embarrassing for the crowd to listen to and make the singer look silly.  Tunes with long instrumental breaks leave the performer dead time to stand soundlessly and look goofy.  Complex and rapid lyrics rarely seem to go well – the performer is sure he/she has it cold, but mostly gets pie in the face.  And, although rap can be awesome, many of rap tracks are show killers since sustaining the rhythm is harder than you’d anticipate when you don’t hear the vocal tracks to keep you on (or off) the intricate beat.

Here follows a rundown of 10 tunes – the karaoke show killers.  I beg you not to sing these.  Yes, there are terrific tunes on this list.  Of course, you will see tunes only your dog would be happy to listen to.  Either way, many of them are too difficult to perform.  They’ve been sung too much.  The audience may throw things at you when you choose to sing one of these. 

Ten Karaoke Show Killers:
1. Queen – “Bohemian Rhapsody”
2. ”I Touch Myself” by the Divinyls
3. Bonnie Tyler’s ”Total Eclipse of the Heart”
4. Aqua – “Barbie Girl”
5. Meatloaf – “Paradise by the Dashboard Light”
6. Whitney Houston – “I Will Always Love You”
7. Sir Mix-A-Lot – “Baby Got Back”
8. Meatloaf – “Anything for Love”
9. ”I Got You Babe” by Sonny and Cher
10. “Beat It” – Michael Jackson

A polite karaoke audience won’t hiss you from the spotlight if you pick these songs.  But we may privately hate you.  And don’t add liquid courage to your singing, since your state of inebriation won’t make the tune less painful for the audience!

Possibly I’ve been brutal, but that’s my observation. Karaoke show killers are not the tunes you should select if you hope to give a memorable performance.  I believe you know a song you should request that rarely is sung at karaoke shows; simply dig a little deeper into that machine karaoke songbook.  The crowd wants to sit up and remember a song they haven’t heard repeatedly.  Is your signature song on the show killer list? Uh-oh, today is a good day to find a different one.


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