Poor Arsenio was gobsmacked and I actually felt bad for him to have to comment after the dumpster fire of his former beard ended.
But Paula was pushing 32-34 at the time, and I knew that the boys were done with her and the girls would see her as their mom from that point on. The Gimme Gimmes have released eight fun-filled albums since their first single in 1995, each one themed after a certain genre the latest studio album Are We Not Men, We Are Diva (2014), is a compilation featuring female fronted covers of Christina Aguilera, Barbara Streisand, and Lady Gaga. Now, had she been young, like Britney was in her MTV debacle, a comeback might have been possible.
#PAULA ABDUL STRAIGHT UP TOUR SETLIST SERIES#
No one could un-see what they saw that night. Abdul will be headlining a concert series called ‘Forever Your Girl’ that begins August 13 at the Flamingo Las Vegas Paula’s hit single from 1988 ‘Straight Up’ turns 30 this year, and Paula says of the concert series: I love telling stories through music and dance, and engaging with the audience. She can never recover from this."Īnd she never returned to pop princess, object of male lust, Lakers Girl status again. I dialed up my bestie and said "her career as we know it is OVAH. Sure, she sometimes was a tad squat looking because of her(lack of) height, but the video editors for the most part managed to fool us all quite successfully.īut that night when I first saw the lil tub o' lard in that horrible costume, I had the same reaction as DL fave "Diana Shriek Boy" had when learning of her death. It was like one day Paula was a pop princess that boys liked and girls wanted to be like. You have to understand that there wasn't a slow deterioration in her looks and shape a la Mariah or even Madonna. I could not believe my ears, but I could especially not believe my EYES.
I remember that night as if it were yesterday. For those who are saying that it doesn't seem that bad "for the time," you're either being overly kind, or you think "that time" was just lots of whack music and performances.