Spike Slawson: "I just kept imagining Arsenio Hall's prodigious index finger on my sweet spot and the rest took care of itself."Īre We Not Men? We Are Diva! is available for pre-order through Fat Wreck. In use with midi controllers and vst plugins.
#PAULA ABDUL STRAIGHT UP SOUNDCLOUD PRO#
Can be used in FL Studio, Ableton Live, Pro Tools, Reaper, Cubase, Propellerhead Reason, Logic, Sonar, Audacity software. Just like all our tunes, Spike's vocal is the magic sauce that makes it good." Various rhythms for music production, synthesia, yamaha, roland, korg, casio keyboards, among others. He has an app on his phone that transposes songs into whatever key you want, so once we figured out where it was gonna work for his vocal, we banged it out quickly.
We picked "Straight Up" by Paula Abdul, not because she's that much of a diva, but because it's a great song."Ĭhris Shiflett: "If I recall correctly, "Straight Up" was one of the last tunes we worked on for the new Gimmes record.
The band spoke with Esquire about the tune:įat Mike: "When I think of divas I think of Britney Spears, Mariah Carey, or Beyoncé, but their songs all suck. Paula AbdulStraight Up - The Video's by Abdul. Just like all their tracks, it's a solid, no frills rock and roll tune that gives you permission to rock the hell out to a pop song. : Paula Abdul, : Straight Up, : 04:07, : 3.78, : 128 kbit/sec, : mp3.
The band - consisting of Spike Slawson (Swingin' Utters), Fat Mike (NOFX), Joey Cape (Lagwagon), Dave Raun (also Lagwagon), and Chris Shiflett (Foo Fighters) - add their signature goofy punk flair to Abdul's 1988 smash hit. Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, punk rock supergroup and cover band extraordinaire, are coming out with a new album and this time, the theme is "divas." Are We Not Men? We Are Diva! will be out on Fat Wreck May 13th, but they've shared their version of Paula Abdul's "Straight Up" to tide us over.
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