Karaoke Revolutionized

Week Five
Paula Abdul's "Straight Up"



    Karaoke Revolutionized is an ongoing project that allows parodists the opportunity to parody popular songs that they wouldn't ordinarily take a look at, especially the older folks on this site who generally stick to 60's and 70's hits. This project follows the famous games that allow players to sing along to their favorite songs, using microphones that hook up to the Playstation 2. Usually all big top Billboard hits, with on the rare occasion a few exceptions.

This week's song is "Straight Up" by the artist Paula Abdul

A little information on Paula Abdul...

- A Grammy Award-winning American pop singer, dancer, Emmy Award-winning choreographer, and television personality. Married to Emilio Estevez between 1992-1994, she is the former daughter-in-law of actor Martin Sheen.

- She has sold over 53 million records to date. After her initial period of success, she suffered a series of setbacks in her professional and personal life, until she found renewed fame and success in the 2000s as a judge on the television series, American Idol.

- Her hits include...
    - "Opposites Attract"
    - "Vibeology"
    - "Cold Hearted"
    - "Straight Up"

A little information on the song, "Straight Up"...

- A 1988 hit single by American singer Paula Abdul, which reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and brought her widespread public attention.

- The record spent three weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 from February 11, 1989 and was ranked fourth in the Top 100 hits of 1989, becoming one of the biggest hits of the year.

Lyrics:

Lost in a dream
I don't know which way to go
A-let me say, if you are all that you seem
Then, baby, I'm movin' way too slow
I've been fooled before
Wouldn't like to get my love
Caught in the slammin' door
How about some information, please?

Straight up, now tell me
Do you really wanna love me forever
Oh, oh, oh
Or am I caught in a hit-and-run?
Straight up, now tell me
Is it gonna be you and me together
Oh, oh, oh
Or are you just havin' fun?

Time's standing still
Waiting for some small clue
A-let me tell you now, I keep getting chills
When I think your love is true
I've been fooled before
Wouldn't like to get my love
Caught in the slammin' door
How about some information, please?

Straight up, now tell me
Do you really wanna love me forever
Oh, oh, oh
Or am I caught in a hit-and-run?
Straight up, now tell me
Is it gonna be you and me together
Oh, oh, oh
Or are you just havin' fun?

You are so hard to read
You play hide-and-seek
With your true intentions
If you're only playin' games
I'll just have to say
A b-b-b-bye, b-b-b-bye

Do, do you love me?
(Do, do you love me, baby?)
Do, do you love me?
(Do, do you love me? A-hey, baby)
Do, do you love me?
(Do, do you love me, baby?)
Come on now!
Do, do you love me?
(Do, do you love me?)
A-tell me, baby

I've been a fool before
Wouldn't like to get my love
Caught in the slammin' door
Are you more than hot for me
Or am I a page in your history book?
I don't mean to make demands
But the word and the deed
Go hand in hand
How about some information, please?

Straight up, now tell me (Tell me)
Straight up, now tell me (Tell me)
Straight up, now tell me (Tell me)
Straight up, now tell me (Tell me)
Straight up, now tell me (Tell me)

Straight up, now tell me
Do you really wanna love me forever
Oh, oh, oh
Or am I caught in a hit-and-run?
Straight up, now tell me
Is it gonna be you and me together
Oh, oh, oh
Or are you just havin' fun?

Straight up, now tell me
Do you really wanna love me forever
Oh, oh, oh
Or am I caught in a hit-and-run?
Straight up, now tell me
Is it gonna be you and me together
Oh, oh, oh
Or are you just havin' fun?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iu4NcgQZucE


Deadline: 9/10/08

Posting a bit early aren't we?

Laid Up & Made Up jump to mind already.

http://www.amiright.com/parody/80s/paulaabdul11.shtml

Bristol's Stomp ;)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/00799/Bristol-Palin-460_799134c.jpg

I'm going to get something done for this one, but this week has been pretty hectic and it's not going to be done tomorrow...

I'll still post the next song and I'll write two songs in a week.

It's just that I have been working a lot, and really can't come up with anything this time. (Maybe this should have been a 2 week song)

I got lucky. If it wasn't for the Palin situation, I probably wouldn't have come up with something that fast. I had considered a multi-storied tune, like Al's "A Complicated Song", with each verse/chorus treated with a new idea.

"Wake Up!" is coming soon...