Saturday, August 16, 2008

Paula Abdul Can't Sing

We already knew that, didn't we? Paula Abdul was all about the dancing. She had a cute voice and with the aid of electronics and vocally talented back up singers, she could put out an album, put on a show, do some dance videos and be Paula Abdul. It worked, back in the eighties and into the early nineties.

Rumor has it lately that Paula is not committed to her comeback as a singer, rumors fueled by the fact that she has canceled her Today show appearances twice now. Speculation runs that it is from fear that Matt Lauer would ask her, again, if she's ever been drunk or on pills, or that she's afraid of some snafu, like the Ashlee-Simpson-Saturday-Night-Live debacle, since her single Dance Like There's No Tomorrow is so heavily synthesized that she probably wouldn't be performing it live, just like the "live" Superbowl Performance.

Who knows what she sounds like "live" these days, but this is what she sounded like at a live performance back in 1991. Sometimes, it's just better to lip sync:

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

she can sing just as well as all the other dancing pop stars out there! she sings better than cyrus, spears etc. leave her alone! and randy and simon dont sing at all. and paula actually Is committed, she is working on an album which according to this radio guy who has listened to it "is great, and her voice sounds great, and no fixing of her voice"

Jo Gillis said...

Hello Anonymous - Randy and Simon never claimed they could sing and of course her voice sounds.... "great" in the studio where they can "fix" it - I'm just pointing out that some people should lip sync to their music, not try and sing live. Dancing Pop Stars - sounds like an ice skating show!