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Over the course of the night, Paula entertained with a troupe of dancers, a stage-sized video screen that she interacted with throughout the night, audience participation, and more than one occasion of her professing her gratitude toward her fans before climbing into the crowd to perform from throughout the room.
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Having a prominent history with music, dance and television, maybe it should have been expected that Paula Abdul’s first headlining music tour in decades ultimately would be much more than that. And the moment was palpable, where the night went from simply being a staged performance to being an event. Once the crowd realized it was Abdul walking slowly through the audience, singing into her headset while embracing fans fortunate enough to have aisle seats, concertgoers were immediately on their feet, or standing on chairs. That is until about a third of the way into her set, when she began performing the single from her Spellbound album, “The Promise of a New Day,” to a darkened room before the spotlight came on and illuminated the singer at the back of the room walking through the aisle, her short figure almost unassuming when taken off of the stage. Whatever the cause, it felt as if Paula Abdul’s Reno performance was headed in an unfortunate mild direction. Or maybe it was just the Daylight Saving time change that had occurred earlier in the day, making the Sunday night start time feel a little bit later than the 8 p.m. Or maybe it was the flow of the performance, with the stage typically going dark between songs, allowing for the shuffling of dancers and stage sets, but adding a start-and-stop quality to the overall pace. Maybe it could be attributed to the layout of the Reno Ballroom, entirely seated, forcing those who wanted to dance to have to stand up in the walking aisles.
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Duet of Differences: "Opposites Attract" is about how different she is from her "lover" (MC Skat Kat), yet they love one another anyway.Break Up Song: "Straight Up" and "Cold Hearted Snake" were both songs about unfaithful men, the former presumably pre-dating a breakup and the latter being a post-breakup warning to other girls about the ex.
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He also makes an appearance in the video for "Forever Your Girl", where the Pair do a significant amount of vocals, but are not credited in the song as primary vocalists. Animated Music Video: "The Wild Pair" became the voice of the feline character MC Skat Cat, which was a major part of the music video "Opposites Attract"."It ain't fiction, it's a matter of tropes": "Opposites Attract" (with The Wild Pair) (4:24).Her next single, "Straight Up", put her on the map and spent 3 weeks at #1 in early 1989, followed by the Title Track, "Cold Hearted", a re-release of "(It's Just) The Way That You Love Me" and "Opposites Attract"-would all hit #1, save for the second to last peaking at #3, making Paula the first female singer to get four number-ones on the Billboard Hot 100 from her debut album, also tying an overall record for debut albums (which she shares with George Michael's Faith, subsequently joined by Mariah Carey's self-titled debut).Īs for awards, "Straight Up" would win four Moonmen at the 1989 MTV Video Music Awards, and "Opposites Attract" would win Best Music Video, Short Form, at the 32nd Grammy Awards. The second, "(It's Just) The Way That You Love Me", fared worse at #88. The first one, "Knocked Out", sputtered at #41 on the Billboard Hot 100.