Distantconstellation Posted February 23 Posted February 23 ย Perfect concept video, great dancing, very detailed. How the hell did the song only make it to #28 on the Hot 100 back in 1995?! By the way i love how prominent trip hop influence was for this song and other 90s songs 9
Escape Posted February 23 Posted February 23 I was surprised the title of this thread didn't have anything to do with Katy Perry. 12
dabunique Posted February 23 Posted February 23 1 minute ago, Distantconstellation said: ย Perfect concept video, great dancing, very detailed. How the hell did the song only make it to #28 on the Hot 100 back in 1995?! By the way i love how prominent trip hop influence was for this song and other 90s songs Because this is not what people wanted to hear back in 95 3
Distantconstellation Posted February 23 Author Posted February 23 6 minutes ago, almanac said: I was surprised the title of this thread didn't have anything to do with Katy Perry. Ive only ever made like one katy perry thread ever... i think u got me confused with another user.ย
Magmar Posted February 23 Posted February 23 I really like the song but i guess it wasn't as catchy as her other bops.
HardBambi Posted February 23 Posted February 23 Opposites attract is my fave from her! So good! Video and song
Walk_Away21 Posted February 23 Posted February 23 Watching 90s videos back is crazy. Even though the technology was so far behind, the budget comes through. The videos look so much better than the terrible CGI videos we get now that videos are kind of a dead format. 9 1
Oktober Knight Posted February 23 Posted February 23 The 90s were the decade of exploration and experimenting, I miss it so much. Paula had MLIFR, Madonna had Bedtime Story, Janet had Got Til It's Gone, Kylie had Confide In Me, whew such great music!ย 9
blown away Posted February 23 Posted February 23 The song underperforming had a lot to do with people's perception of Paula back then I think. She wasn't the it-girl anymore and was on her way out. ย The chart performances of her preceding singles, Vibeology and Will You Marry Me show this reducing interest in Paula's music as well. ย A shame though, because My Love Is For Real is a gem. It deserved to be a huge hit everywhere. Crazy Cool and If I Were Your Girl should've been big hits as well, they are amazing too. 4
vale9001 Posted February 23 Posted February 23 (edited) seeing the video for the first time and also listening to the song. ย Well the song just sounds like a lot of material from Madonna and Janet from years before, so probably wasn't something special to revamp a career. ย Then no offence but i don't see someone with a pop star charisma. She seems like the dancer behind a popstar. Doesn't have the thing you got watching Madonna, Janet, Britney and many others.ย Edited February 23 by vale9001
Dula Peep Posted February 23 Posted February 23 Cultural appropriation aside, it was a great videoโฆ 1
theweekend Posted February 23 Posted February 23 arts not charts for real. I really don't know how her label approved her to release this and that album. too experimental for her and she was just starting to create a base after touring for spellbound. ย anyways it was bound to flop like the other experimental songs exampled in the comments. too bad Paula wouldn't be able to recover from it and mainly from her personal struggles
Tudors Posted February 23 Posted February 23 (edited) She just stopped trying. When Jlo does a flop she just does another song and tries again and again and again. Paula accepted defeat Edited February 23 by Tudors 1
Distantconstellation Posted February 23 Author Posted February 23 37 minutes ago, Dula Peep said: Cultural appropriation aside, it was a great videoโฆ her father or mother is Syrian though. 3
Distantconstellation Posted February 23 Author Posted February 23 30 minutes ago, Tudors said: She just stopped trying. When Jlo does a flop she just does another song and tries again and again and again. Paula accepted defeat Paula actually wanted to cut Genie in a Bottle according to the writer of the song. Innosense (girl group that britney was in and Nikki Deloach was front woman of), Christina, and Paula were fighting for the song and they went with Christina. Idk how Paula would have sounded on Genie since too me its a very teen-pop type song and Paula was in her late 30's at that point. 3
Tudors Posted February 23 Posted February 23 2 hours ago, Distantconstellation said: Paula actually wanted to cut Genie in a Bottle according to the writer of the song. Innosense (girl group that britney was in and Nikki Deloach was front woman of), Christina, and Paula were fighting for the song and they went with Christina. Idk how Paula would have sounded on Genie since too me its a very teen-pop type song and Paula was in her late 30's at that point. So just one more try and she didn't get the song and was like nevermind to a music career.
Distantconstellation Posted February 23 Author Posted February 23 29 minutes ago, Minogue said: Ofra Hazaย I read that she died of AIDS becaus of blood transfusion gone wrong. How tragic. 2
DammnBaby Posted February 24 Posted February 24 (edited) 10 hours ago, Tudors said: She just stopped trying. When Jlo does a flop she just does another song and tries again and again and again. Paula accepted defeat She was dropped by her label. This wasn't a time when you could self-fund an uber-generic single and pop it on streaming and make a career out of it like J.Lo. One flop and you were OUT. Edited February 24 by DammnBaby 1
Distantconstellation Posted February 24 Author Posted February 24 8 hours ago, DammnBaby said: She was dropped by her label. This wasn't a time when you could self-fund an uber-generic single and pop it on streaming and make a career out of it like J.Lo. One flop and you were OUT. I think she got comfortable doing american idol at that point and people didnt take her seriously anymore
The7thStranger Posted February 24 Posted February 24 Paula's musical career was derailed becuase of some pretty sexist and nasty rhetoric that had nothing to do with the quality of her music. 1
Digitalism Posted February 24 Posted February 24 I think music started shifting by 95 and eventhough she changed it up a bit the drums here are still very new jack swing which weren't cool anymoreย People had already moved on to the Dallas Austin/Babyface sound ย
Bloodflowers. Posted February 24 Posted February 24 20 hours ago, Distantconstellation said: Paula actually wanted to cut Genie in a Bottle according to the writer of the song. Innosense (girl group that britney was in and Nikki Deloach was front woman of), Christina, and Paula were fighting for the song and they went with Christina. Idk how Paula would have sounded on Genie since too me its a very teen-pop type song and Paula was in her late 30's at that point. ย Paula also rejected Spinning Around that then went to Kylie Minogue too ย Looks like she was planning to restart her era in 1999 but then scrapped everything ย ---- ย She took 4 year gap from an already underperforming second era and then the song was too experimental and ethnic for white audiences to grasp. Shame since it's her best song and most interesting in her discography. Her 3rd album flopped, then she was clearly planning 4th album in late 90s but decided to scrap it all together ย 2
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