What is "straight up"

adv. 1 truthfully, honestly, seriously 2 (qualifier: of an alcoholic drink) chilled (stirred or shaken over ice) and served in a (w: cocktail glass), with no ice alt. 1 truthfully, honestly, seriously 2 (qualifier: of an alcoholic drink) chilled (stirred or shaken over ice) and served in a (w: cocktail glass), with no ice

Straight Up is the third album by British rock band Badfinger, released in December 1971 in the United States and February 1972 in Britain. Issued on the Beatles' Apple record label, it includes the hit singles " Day After Day" and " Baby Blue", and the similarly popular " Name of the Game", all of which were written by singer and guitarist Pete Ham. The album marked a departure from the more rock-oriented sound of Badfinger's previous releases, partly as a result of intervention by Apple Records regarding the band's musical direction. Although Straight Up received a mixed response from critics on release, many reviewers now regard it as the band's best album. Rolling Stone critic David Fricke has referred to it as "Badfinger's power-pop apex".

Production on what became Straight Up lasted nine months, at the start of which the group made an album's worth of recordings with producer Geoff Emerick, in between their touring commitments. Once Apple had decided to shelve these recordings, George Harrison took over production, only for him to become indisposed with events associated with the Concert for Bangladesh, at which Badfinger also performed. Harrison then handed the project to American producer Todd Rundgren, who oversaw recording for most of the album.

Straight Up was reissued on CD in 1993, with bonus tracks, and remastered again in 2010.

"Straight Up" is a 1988 Pop single by American singer Paula Abdul, which reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and brought her widespread public attention. It was written and produced by Elliot Wolff.

The song is a mid-tempo dance tune. The synthetic lead trumpet sound comes from the Roland D-50 (preset 1-5). Daniel J. Levitin's This Is Your Brain On Music praises the song as "hold[ing] a certain appeal over many, many listenings."

Straight Up may refer to:

• Straight up (bartending), a drink that has been chilled, strained, and served in a stemmed glass without ice

"Straight Up" is a single by American jazz and R&B singer Chanté Moore, released in 2000. It was written by R&B singer Lil' Mo and produced by Jermaine Dupri. The song served as the lead single for Chanté Moore's fourth album Exposed (2000). The song made it to number 83 on the US chart, 22 in the US R&B chart and 11 on the UK Singles Chart.

In 2005, Jermaine Dupri hand picked Korean pop sensation singer Lee Hyori to cover the single for her second LP Dark Angel. The song was released as the album's third and final single. Hyori's version did not really differ from the original other than converting most of the lyrics from English to Korean.

Straight Up is a popular but short lived Canadian television series produced by Back Alley Films. Although critically acclaimed, the show only ran for 13 episodes on CBC Television from 1996 to 1998. Set in Toronto, the show dealt with the gritty problems of teenagers living in an urban environment.

Rather than focusing on a core group of principal characters, each episode would typically feature a different set of the ensemble teenage cast. Initially, although the character relationships were intertwined, each episode would feature a self-contained plot usually involving only a few of the characters. However during the second season, there was a continuing story arc involving a murder over multiple episodes.

Although Straight Up only lasted for two seasons, it spawned the spin-off series Drop the Beat, which followed the characters of Jeff and Dennis as DJs at a campus radio station.

Straight Up (No Bends) is the debut solo single by East 17 singer Brian Harvey. The single was released on 23 April 2001 and reached #26 on the UK Singles Chart.

Straight Up is a 1988 anti-drug film produced by Community Television of Southern California and funded by the United States Department of Education. It is a high fantasy dramatization of the dangers of substance abuse and how to avoid them. The film has been released into the public for free viewing.

Straight Up is an album led by American saxophonist Harold Vick recorded in 1966 and released on the RCA Victor label.

Straight Up: America's Fiercest Climate Blogger Takes on the Status Quo Media, Politicians, and Clean Energy Solutions is a book by author, blogger, physicist and climate expert Joseph J. Romm. A Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and former Acting Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy, Romm writes about methods of reducing global warming and increasing energy security through energy efficiency, green energy technologies and green transportation technologies.

Romm writes and edits the climate blog ClimateProgress.org for the Center for American Progress, where he is a Senior Fellow. Time magazine named this blog one of the "Top 15 Green Websites" and called Romm "The Web's most influential climate-change blogger", naming him as one of its " Heroes of the Environment (2009)".

Straight Up was released on April 19, 2010 by Island Press. It is "largely a selection of [Romm]'s best blog postings over the past few years related to climate change issues". TreeHugger describes the book as "a whirlwind tour through the state of climate change, the media that so badly neglects it, the politicians who attempt to address it (and those who obstruct their efforts and ignore [the] science), and the clean energy solutions that could help get us out of the mess."