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" Make no mistake, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes are a supergroup. Comprised of members of other successful acts \u2014 NOFX, Foo Fighters, Lagwagon \u2014 they bring together their collective wit and ability to reimagine pop songs as instant punk rock classics. Thought you couldn&amp;#039;t mosh your way through Whitney Houston&amp;#039;s Bodyguard theme? Think again. After forming way back in the Reality Bites era of the &amp;#039;90s, these guys are still giving you a reason to pogo to Paula Abdul, and with a new album out this May \u2014 the ironically dubbed Are We Not Men? We Are Diva! \u2014 they aren&amp;#039;t slowing down. Here&amp;#039;s what the band had to say about this cover of Paula Abdul&amp;#039;s classic &amp;quot;Straight Up&amp;quot;: Chris Shiflett: &amp;quot;If I recall correctly, &amp;#039;Straight Up&amp;#039; was one of the last tunes we worked on for the new Gimmes record. I think it was Spike [Slawson]&amp;#039;s idea. 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. Just like all our tunes, Spike&amp;#039;s vocal is the magic sauce that makes it good.&amp;quot; Spike Slawson: &amp;quot;I just kept imagining Arsenio Hall&amp;#039;s prodigious index finger on my sweet spot and the rest took care of itself.&amp;quot; Fat Mike: &amp;quot;When I think of divas (the new Gimmes album theme) I think of Britney Spears, Mariah Carey, or Beyonc\u00E9, but their songs all suck. We picked &amp;quot;Straight Up&amp;quot; by Paula Abdul, not because she&amp;#039;s that much of a diva, but because it&amp;#039;s a great song.&amp;quot;      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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