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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2020 12:28:58 GMT -5
Impressive! Considering she had like 3 years active career 1989 1990 and 1991
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Post by 🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲 on Jun 19, 2020 17:28:19 GMT -5
Saw her in a new commercial today!
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Post by Nick on Jun 19, 2020 17:43:58 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2020 1:52:56 GMT -5
Will anyone would be interested to do Paula Abdul rankdown of all her songs? Since she has 3 albums plus some songs It would be maybe less than 40 songs to rank?
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Post by chartfreak on Jun 20, 2020 10:12:47 GMT -5
Wow...she went from 6 straight # 1's, to one top 10 and then only top 20 or lower. I have always enjoyed Paula. I'm probably a minority, but I love Vibeology.
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Post by Juanca on Jun 20, 2020 12:31:42 GMT -5
I’ll definitely be up for a Paula Abdul RD!! Vibeology and My love is for real made it to my personal top 5.
I have a soft spot for her
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2020 12:57:12 GMT -5
I really like Spellbound album And all FYG singles As for HOH... none are above any songs on 1st 2 but I still like them
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Post by George on Jun 21, 2020 0:48:51 GMT -5
I’d be up for a Paula Rankdown, but maybe break it up like only her singles, or album by album (since she only has three). Doing all of her songs all at once would be a challenge.
I remember revisiting her songs when she was coming here to open for NKOTB, and I fell in love with “Ain’t Never Gonna Give You Up”!
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Post by bat1990 on Jun 26, 2020 16:28:59 GMT -5
Wow...she went from 6 straight # 1's, to one top 10 and then only top 20 or lower. I have always enjoyed Paula. I'm probably a minority, but I love Vibeology. I believe her career was in part a victim of Soundscan being used for the Billboard charts. Some of the Spellbound singles charted higher than the BDS Soundscan data indicated on airplay and sales. Also, with the decline of New Jack Swing and the rise of artists like Mariah, Celine, and En Vogue, I wonder if she just didn't mesh with the mainstream anymore.
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Post by josh on Jun 26, 2020 16:34:55 GMT -5
As I recall, she had some medical challenges she was dealing with, which caused her to take some time off, which caused her to lose her momentum.
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Post by HolidayGuy on Jun 27, 2020 7:49:11 GMT -5
bat- do you mean the Hot 100 overestimating the Spellbound singles' performances? When BDS and SoundScan charts were posted before the Hot 100 used them for the chart, "The Promise of a New Day" hit No. 1 Hot 100, though its peaks on those charts stood out- No. 5 airplay, No. 25 sales. When the Hot 100 incorporated BDS and SoundScan data into the chart, small-market airplay points probably helped the follow-up singles achieve higher-than-you'd-think peaks (by looking at the individual peaks). I recall "Will You Marry Me," for instance, peaking low on the top 75 sales chart, yet ti peaked in the top 20 Hot 100.
josh- yes, she had that plane-landing accident. Some have had the nerve to question whether the accident was real.
Paula was very sweet when during our interview and post-Straight Up Paula! meeting in late 2018. A class act.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2020 9:06:40 GMT -5
Spellbound is such a great summer album!
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Post by josh on Jun 30, 2020 6:44:44 GMT -5
Holiday, I believe she was also battling bulimia around 1993-94.
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Post by HolidayGuy on Jun 30, 2020 7:49:27 GMT -5
^I do recall seeing that, too. Overcoming challenges such as those is great, though I opted to not ask her about it, as it could stir some painful memories.
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Post by Carlitoz on Jun 30, 2020 11:51:15 GMT -5
A few days back I was listening to some old songs and decided to play Pebbles´ "Girlfriend" after so many years. Man the song sounds SO PAULA in my opinion!! It came before Forever Your Girl, but LA Reid and Babyface were also involved. I could totally hear Paula singing it. Cold Hearted and Knocked Out have these song written all over the place! The bridge! All of it! Back in the day there was drama between Paula and Pebbles.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2020 10:44:59 GMT -5
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Drama about what?!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2020 10:45:09 GMT -5
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Post by Carlitoz on Jul 1, 2020 16:51:10 GMT -5
Don't know all details, but read somewhere online that apparently Pebbles caught Paula with LA Reid in bed. Now is it true, I don't know. I'm sure if you search both names you'll get more info.
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Post by JamaicaFunk² on Jul 1, 2020 20:18:24 GMT -5
Holiday, I believe she was also battling bulimia around 1993-94. Not to mention being beaten up by Emilio Esteves. Allegedly.
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Post by netti on Jul 5, 2020 2:12:31 GMT -5
I'm new here and Paula is one of my tops.
First I never heard anything about Emilo abusing her, maybe her second husband (bc she refuses to say anything about him. But till this day in interviews and such, Paula speaks highly of him, as do her friends. Like on her A&E Biography and VH1's Driven.
As a life long fan I'm so happy that Paula is back. Her vegas show was amazing. If you didn't get to go then you must go next year! So fun.
I'm even obsessed with the new arthritis commercial! I just kinda wish that she would have had the same outfit on and the up pony tail. I love that it seems she is in a place professionaly where people are looking back and up to know and giving her more respect.
One complaint! Would love that new album she has been working on since 1997. I don't get it. Even if she can't find a major label. Just release on your own. Throw some tunes on iTunes for us!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2020 2:17:02 GMT -5
Vibeology is still so fucking good,a shame that it and every single after it wasn't huge
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Post by netti on Jul 5, 2020 3:03:09 GMT -5
Vibeology is still so f**king good,a shame that it and every single after it wasn't huge It really is. Crazy ass song but I love it! Definitely in the Top 5!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2020 16:57:20 GMT -5
I have been listening to Paula Abdul these days... And ... I asked if anyone would do her rankdown ... but I guess no one will So I decided to try and do it ☺ my very 1st one. Since I guess no more than 10 people will participate, it will not be hard to do it and I have an idea how this would turn out. Hopefully I will not change my mind 😊
It is exactly midnight here So tomorrow I will make a thread
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Post by netti on Jul 6, 2020 19:27:51 GMT -5
I have been listening to Paula Abdul these days... And ... I asked if anyone would do her rankdown ... but I guess no one will So I decided to try and do it ☺ my very 1st one. Since I guess no more than 10 people will participate, it will not be hard to do it and I have an idea how this would turn out. Hopefully I will not change my mind 😊 It is exactly midnight here So tomorrow I will make a thread I'm all for it! I just don't know how these rank downs work and where they are...
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Post by George on Jul 6, 2020 20:34:41 GMT -5
@phillippe I’m down for a Paula rankdown too! netti They’re usually in the General Forum > Games section: pulsemusic.proboards.com/board/21/gamesPretty much someone hosts by creating a list of songs/items, people PM their list on a ranking system (#1 being their most favorite, then so on and so on), and then the host calculates all the averages and announces the collective rankings of all the participants.
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Post by netti on Jul 6, 2020 20:42:14 GMT -5
Paula is one of my Tops! LOVE HER!
I just saw the arthritis commercial on MSNBC and I loved it! I'm glad they are actually airing it along! Bc I've seen in many times.
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Post by Juanca on Jul 7, 2020 13:25:51 GMT -5
Well done!!!! I’m glad you jumped and decided to do this :) I’ve had ideas for rankdowns for awhile but unfortunately I don’t seem to have enough bandwidth to do that in the past couple of years, with some “extracurricular” and home activities that keep me busy. But I’m also a bit overwhelmed at the work it’d entail... anyway... see you in that RD thread soon :)
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2020 14:58:30 GMT -5
Well done!!!! I’m glad you jumped and decided to do this I’ve had ideas for rankdowns for awhile but unfortunately I don’t seem to have enough bandwidth to do that in the past couple of years, with some “extracurricular” and home activities that keep me busy. But I’m also a bit overwhelmed at the work it’d entail... anyway... see you in that RD thread soon Do not miss the 1st round of elimination :)
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