Abdul vs Minogue: Sloppy Seconds

Paula accepts what Kylie rejects

Tomorrow night in the US Paula Abdul will perform her new single “Here For The Music” on American Idol.

But while it’s new to Paula, the song has been kicking around the net for years as “I’m Just Here For The Music”, a demo performed by Kylie Minogue.

Funnily enough Paula and Kylie have a long history of song swapping. Kylie’s “Spinning Around”, released in 2000, was co-written by Paula and fellow Idol judge Kara DioGuardi (about Paula’s split from ex hubby Emilio Estevez) for a comeback album that never eventuated.

Next up, just last year, Paula recorded Kylie’s song “Boombox”, another song that had been hanging around the internet. This time Kylie decided she quite liked it, had it remixed, and included it on her recent remix album, also called Boombox. Paula had gone as far as to put the song on her website and hint it would be her next single, before it disappeared only to never be mentioned again.

So, that leaves us with her electro-tastic version of “Hear For The Music”. In the olden days Paula would “allegedly” have backing vocalists sing along with her lead to beef up her reed-thin vocals. These days, thanks to technology, they get the robot from Lost In Space to process them.

Despite my scoffing headline, Paula actually picked up two pretty decent tracks that Kylie overlooked in favour of tosh like “Speakerphone” on her last album, so perhaps we should be glad that they are finally being heard by a wider audience.

Or not.

Hey, why don’t you be the judge with my handy side-by-side comparisons?!

As a bonus I have added CoCo Lee’s “爱不停 (Love Doesn't Stop)” which is her Mandarin version of “Boombox”.

Paula Abdul - Boombox

Kylie Minogue - Boombox

Coco Lee - 爱不停 (Love Doesn't Stop)

Paula Abdul – Here For The Music

Kylie Minogue – I’m Just Here For The Music

Kylie Minogue - Spinning Around

Cox loves Pitts

After years of no-speakies, it seems Courteney Cox has buried the hatchet with her BFF Jennifer Aniston’s ex-hubby Brad Pitt.

B-rad bumped into Courteney and her hubby David Arquette backstage at a Chris Cornell concert at the Wiltern Theater in LA and they - shock! - all got talking.

“Instead of ignoring him, Courteney chatted away with Brad all night,” a “spy” told the New York Post’s Page Six. “The three were in great spirits and seemed really happy to see each other.”

Well it would have just been awkward not to talk to him, right?

In times past Courteney has seemingly been more willing to call Brad out for doing the dirty on Jen vis-à-vis that strumpet Angelina Jolie than eternal apologist Jen has been.

This is also great news for David, who admitted to radio host Howard Stern that he missed Brad. Maybe Courteney will let them hang out again now?

No, probably not.

The Adventures Of Jon Arbuckle

My life has been changed (virtually) since my mate Matt introduced me to website Garfield Minus Garfield. The site takes each days Garfield cartoon, and deletes the lovable obese tabby so that we can see what Jon’s life would be like if he were talking to thin air rather than his cat. Or something.

Anyway, check it out, it’s minutes of fun.

Shelley laughs off boob-boo

Good old Shelley Craft has had a giggle after finding out about her nipple exposure on the Logies red carpet.

“Perhaps I was subliminally auditioning for Underbelly III,” she told The Daily Telegraph.

That’s the spirit Shell!

Who knows what she’ll show on Domestic Blitz next season!

Scott Keenan

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