Holy shit! What’s wrong with me? I actually like this song.
It’s slick and unadventurous, but that chorus is undeniable. One could easily imagine Gwen Stefani delivering the reggae-lite nugget. Even Paris’ inflections reek of L.A.M.B.. Her voice is passable — she’s no, um, Brittany Murphy — but since Ashlee Simpson topped the charts, my expectations for pop stars have been lowered. I even give the production team credit for going all ’80s (shades of Matthew Wilder) instead of inflicting some tired bass-heavy club jawn on us. Of course, I don’t expect any of you to set aside your bias against the heiress/porn star we love to hate. Fair enough, just spare us the corny “…And I go deaf” comments.
Gotta go YouSendIt on this one, lest Stereogum’s bandwidth goes Popoazao.
Download Ms. Hilton’s “Stars Go Blind” (MP3) here.
Incidentally, Paris is not helping us take her singing career seriously. During the video shoot for this debut single, her boob popped out of her swimsuit. Despite the double-sided tape! Pic after the jump.
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oh. oh my. I think it might be okay to want to fuck her again. this is actually pretty good. oh wait. no. this is what gwen stefani decided not to do with her record. it’s official. paris hilton is still a dirty whore.
…And I go deaf.
Dude, it’s milk. Watered-down milk.
Autotune IS a beautiful thing. Yet, in a world where Christina Aguilera is releasing pretty decent pop singles (“Ain’t No Other Man”), do we really need Paris? X-tina is blond, has the same skank ho’ reputation Paris worked so hard to attain, plus SHE CAN ACTUALLY SING. Sorta renders Paris as Pop Singer redundant.
Of course, pop is nothing without redundancy.
I’m sure it will make millions, but it will never tarnish my ears. NEVER!
COME ON SCOTT WHAT THE FUCK MAN.
What swerve said.
Reason #99 to despise Paris.
Although, it could be worse. No doubt this is going to be number one for weeks (thank you TRL! *rolls eyes*)
This is the type of song that would make me leave the United States out of shame.. if I thought there was anywhere I could go to actually avoid it.
I hear ya. I dunno — I gotta be honest. And I think if Gwen Stefani were singing it, I’d like it.
Sorry! Next MP3 will be from Oneida!
Speaking of uncovered nipples…where, oh, where is my Stereogum shirt?
I wait…patiently…by the mailbox.
hardly a serious threat…i mean it isn’t is it? silent prayer for the swift delivery of a truck to her fragile frame. star is hideously crippled.
Those are some quality lyrics…
“if you show me real love baby, i’ll show you mine”
Thanks Paris, but we’ve already seen yours…
Gee, another song that pits unrelated expressions in “contrast” to each other to describe “this whole crazy world”.
Do you remember when you said that everytime you made a crummy post we should buy a F** stereogum t-shirt?
hhahah, i havent looked at stereogum for a couple of weeks, but i just was at perez, and listened to this song, and thought, oh no, i like this song. and then i thought, i wonder if sterogum has posted on it, and voila!
hhahah, i havent looked at stereogum for a couple of weeks, but i just was at perez, and listened to this song, and thought, oh no, i like this song. and then i thought, i wonder if sterogum has posted on it, and so you have!
Sorry, but this song is really pretty decent. Very easy on the ears. Its like “The Tide is High” meets Gwen.
desdemonafestival.com
Oh, my gord. So many jokes to be made . . . so many. . .
you’re getting confused with liking the song and liking the page views you get via Google every time you post something on Paris Hilton. If you want to be People magazine just admit it.
god. this song rules. i hate myself.
Sorry I didn’t hear the end because I fell asleep. I’ll try again.
LOL – You are too much, Stereogum – I ain’t buyin it.
If I heard it on the radio, I would seriously think I was listening to Gwen Stefani.
I just played it and I want to hear it again.
~i’m so ashamed~
i have heard her talk and i refuse to admit thats what she sounds like when she sings. are you sure this is real and not an unlease track off of l.a.m.b.
Personally, I don’t see anything wrong with people wanted to fuck around. If Paris Hilton wants to sing, let her, who cares? If only people would stop crying out for musical significance from every track you hear. “Man, this song is horrible, I can’t believe anyone’s even talking about it…” “Who does this whore think she is, singing for fun. What a stupid bitch.” “Pearl Jam sucks, nothing they do will ever be as good as Ten.” “Sonic Youth is old.” Answer: because they want to. Period, come on now, let people have a good time without having to pass your stupid judgment tests.
That’s boring!
is it me, or has stereogum been pretty disappointing lately?
It’s you. It’s as good as ever.
Wouldn’t be a bad song if it wasn’t that crappy stereotypical reggae pop. I can’t imagine that voice coming from Hilton’s lips though.
http://www.musictimes.com.au
nick, i agree with it. it sounds like they sampled the tide is high. while listening to it i cant stop singing along to the tide is high.
Is it wrong to like this… :’(
OK, it is a pretty decent song, even though they didn’t just double her vocal…they quardupled it. Times TEN.
The problem is, it would be a GREAT Gwen song, and a FABULOUS No Doubt song. So even though it’s Paris singing, I’m hearing Gwen.
Example: “Mad World,” cover of the Tears for Fears song, by Gary Jules (Donnie Darko soundtrack). Gary Jules did a great job — but damned if I don’t think of Michael Stipe when I hear this cover. He sounds just enough like Stipe that I want to hear Stipe cover it, so I’ll never quite like this version of the song.
I like it. What’s up with all the “I’d like this if Gwen were singing it” crap? A good song is a good song.
The pain! Oh, good great god, the pain!
Why do I listen to you stereogum, why?
I’m fascinated by these responses. Why the constant elitist facade? Can you, just once, let your guard down? Can you stop demanding irony and eccentricity and twee-as-fuck lyrics?
I’m not saying the song is fantastic — it’s well-produced schlick, and there’s nothing wrong with that — but I’m mad about your responses to it.
Why does everything need to be complex and layered and credible for you to appreciate (or at least ignore) it?
You make me sick. At least Scott is honest.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH hahahahaha, that’s terrible. It doesn’t even sound like her. So much editing done to the vocals, the producer should be ashamed.
Wow. I couldn’t delete that crap off my computer fast enough!
it is not that it is not good. it is that it is dishonest.
Well, it’s not as bad as I thought it was gonna be, but her “vocals” are so obviously computerized! As a huge No Doubt fan, I’m ashamed to say it does kinda sound like a really bad imitation of Underneath it All, or something like that. It is still really bad. Reason #99 to hate her, indeed.
How is she going to manage live?
And they wonder why people have stopped buying music! This is complete shite.
“I’m fascinated by these responses.”
You’re too easily fascinated. Song is boring. Pick your battles. Let it go.
“What a boob.”
*whispers* Scott, you are not alone.
*hides*
Look, the song is good, but Paris is probably the person least responsible for it being good. She didn’t write it, she didn’t produce it – she just put down a vocal and let AutoTune do the rest…
It’s like her book, her perfume, and everything else. She just put her name on it. That’s all.
I know Roger Manning (air, beck, Jellyfish, etc) played keys on some stuff but i’m curious who else was involved in the record. he said the music was actually cool/80′s. curious who else is on it.
if not for the breathiness this would be very listenable
And I was so, so happy that Gwen wasn’t releasing a solo CD this summer. Rats.
(Ducks.)
I rather enjoyed this post (and hearing the tune). Can only do so much Radiohead and Pearl Jam…
Is it wrong to like this… :’(
Posted by: Scott at June 4, 2006 12:05 AM
Nope–we all have our secret little love songs. Still don’t believe you
It’s a solid album track, granted, but this can’t possibly be the first single that introduces Paris Hilton as pop singer.
Nothing too spectacular.
Where’s the guest spot by Chingy? Or is that on the remix?
Ahhh crap. I really wanted to hate it, but you can’t deny the burrowing-under-your-skin-like-a-tapeworm catchiness. A bit short, which is a good thing. Definitely autotuned within an inch of its life, but this is one of those hot summer night, coupla drinks and watch the curves start swaying kind of songs. And really, who can complain about that?
Don’t love it as much as “Screwed” but I love Paris.
OMG! you guys that is the most boring song EVER!
That crap acctualy make me miss Britney Spears.
This song is everything currently wrong with pop. Take a perfectly good song and slap an name brand on it instead of developing a respectable pop star. Goddamn. I doubt Rachel Stevens turned this down.
No wonder no one takes pop seriously or gives it the credit it deserves when shit like this happens.
‘thats hawt’
Her thigh looks like a neglected ham.
I listened to several Paris Hilton tracks, and the styles are all over the map. I like the sound of her voice on “Stars are Blind”, but I’ll be shocked if she actually lends her voice to anything that I’d want to hear all the way through more than once. I won’t be terribly motivated to check out her next release.
If you like this, though, don’t let the haters get you down. The production isn’t bad (assuming that the over-compressed, distorted version I heard was not the album sound).
“Holy shit! What’s wrong with me? I actually like this song.”
you’re an idiot.
I get all apeshit about Antares Auto-tune on the Brittany Murphy post and now, finally everyone picks up on it.
Or is it that you all really love Brittany Murphy?
The mind reels . . .
Okay, one…not reggae, it’s a sad rendition of a pop song with an electronic reggae beat put in to make it sound a little more like the hack piece that it is…two….I think I just threw up in my mouth a little…three….she’s IS a dirty whore, no one forget that.
ah.. the haters out in droves again.
Good on ya, Paris.. don’t let the haters bring you down (like they ever could.. LOL!)
I don’t particularly care for Paris per se but the song isn’t really that bad and considering we have other acts like: Ashley Simpson, Britney Spears, Avril Lavigne, etc.. what is wrong with Paris having a piece of the pie?
(insert puns).
yeah right, she now found her true carreer..
WTF?
I’m really sure she’s expecting, not anything else, than more and more s*x from this, maybe her dad realised what a piece of a daughter he has and decided to make something of her awesome and prosperous life.
The song ‘might’ be good (except for the really crappy and brainless lyrics) but well its awesomely edited. woohoo production.
I can’t believe anyone would think good of her though, a couple more of falls-and-nipple-watching and she’ll make a new record, at least she’ll be good at that, because that’s the only things SHE IS good at.
this is super corny.
is the weird semi-echo when the Autotune kicks in?
Anyone know where i can get a URL with this song on it.. im in love with it for some reason…
It’s not reggae it’s old school ska music which uses a similar guitar beat to reggae but is light and poppy sounding. Here is a famous ska song by No Doubt at youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch.php?v=YLdxtgXKVRk
Paris doesn’t sound like Gwen Stefani, Gwen has a great vocal emotive range, I don’t know how much range Paris has, we’ll have to wait and see for that.
Paris does have the ability to sing in key. There are lots of similar sounding ska songs. I don’t hate Paris because I don’t know her, she seems nice on her t.v. show but that doesn’t mean she is nice in real life. People who hate her are full of crap if they don’t know her. How can you hate someone you don’t know? Jealous bitches hate whomever makes them feel jealous. Of course the jealous bitches always say they are not jealous…right. You aren’t jealous of someone whom you don’t know and is super rich, young and pretty, and is the world’s most famous celeb, and who is friends with the world’s richest people. No, it’s not jealousy that inspires the hate, it’s….it’s…it’s because she is a rich girl who if she was a regular guy who was a party animal and screwin whomever he wants then you would be like “he’s my hero”. But since it’s a rich chick she’s just a stupid whore? Dude…weak.
I’ve always found that when people complain about an annoying celebrity (or those girls on Super Sweet 16), the people who like them always say “You’re just jealous.” I think that’s a terrible counter argument.
Great summer radio song…nuttin’ wrong with that.
nauseating.
Now try singing….Kingston Town…UB40….I gotta say….I like it…but why!?!?
this music really sucks… her voice is not so bad as I expected, but the music is crap!! I’m sure that paris could afford better producers that would make better beats! this one I really hate, it’s a boring song, not catchy at all. But the bubblegum fans will make it number 1, for sure…
I really like the song, it surprised me. It may not be a chart topper but it definetly shows she can sing.
I really like the song, it surprised me. It may not be a chart topper but it definetly shows she can sing. Show them what you are made of Paris!!
“you’re just jealous” may be a terrible argument but it is a truthful one. There really is no other reason to hate on Paris other than she gets to get away with shit we would ALL love to get away with. Come on, you can’t tell me that you wouldn’t to walk in her shoes at least for a day. To fly wherever you want, do whatever you want to do, talk to whomever you want to or avoid doing wahtever you don’t want to?
She’s got a great life.. albeit, she’s not all that talented but hey.. who cares? Most celebrities are waaaay over-rated but I don’t hear anyone bitching and moaning about them.. why then Paris .. other than down-right jealousy?
damn.. no need for me to be up this late..
“tell me you wouldn’t want to walk in her shoes”
Apparently she wrote the lyrics to this song.
http://www.azcentral.com/offbeat/articles/0530Hilton-ON.html
i dont like her much cos of her slutty image..
ewww!!!
wow is all i can say i don’t no what to say it sounds like something that would be in a little 60′s movie it’s a little to bubble gummy for me. I’m Sticking to the new Nelly Furtado
Jesus Christ I’m old. (30) I remember when there was real music on the radio. Sigh……OK, there are actually people out there who think this is good? Shit, I sing way better than that, with no autotuning required. Paris totally wishes she was Gwen Stefani, and let’s be real, folks, Gwen Stefani ain’t much of a singer herself. But that song was completely weak. Debbie Harry should publicly kick her ass–not so much for stealing the guitar chord from “Tide is High” so much as it would be really fun to watch.
Hey i think it ain’t half bad.
Paris Is Burning! (But only when she pees)
when i heard it on the radio i thought it was gwen .. i thought it was a little weak for her but i liked the chorus a little… its just sorta catchy
though knowing its paris it does make me think AH SO JUNK THIS SONG but its alright not bad for paris! and i like avril and nelly f. too!
I think the song is mindless fun. Pure summer pop. Check your brain at the door. It’s not deep. It is catchy. The way it was meant to be. It just sounds fun. And produced. But that’s today’s music. Let Paris have her fun. I love her for it. I know I’ll get shit for this. And compairing her to other artists. We could do it all day. Temptations vs. Backstreet Boys vs. Beatles. Yes some are better than others. And did find their niche. Still boybands. Just of different eras. Still fun.
The thing that bothers me the most is that this is such an obvious move to capitalize off the attention that celeberty leeches like ‘K-fed’ and paris earn for doing nothing but basically being rich. And yeah, that is something to be jealous of.
These people (Lindsay Lohan, Paris, K-fed…etc) are using music as a device for success, rather than an actual career for talent. I mean, it is music afterall, so enjoy it if you think overproduced spoonfed celeberty merchandise sounds good. Just remember, you pay a cent for any of their music, and you might as well be sucking off a hooker.
that’s hot song!
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The song of Paris is HOT HOT HOt
I hope the single will be a success.
Mario, I would never want to be Paris Hilton for a day. I value my soul too much, and doesn’t have one.
its true.. money can buy you everything, including a voice.. paris gets what she wants… another way to make money the easy way.
Awesometacular.
That is all.
Pop music is dead…and Paris Hilton killed it!
where’s Simon Cowell when you need him : (
You know what the sad shit is? If it was really Gwen Stefani doing this, people would be all over it.
this isn’t really her voice. check out this article that explains how much work they had to do in the recording studio to make her sound half decent:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,198368,00.html
Doubling vocals is a pretty classic (and acceptable) pop music technique. It fattens up the sound and put the vocals even more out in front, or allows a singer to harmonise with themself. Usually, in the past, a singer had to do several takes to get two matching vocal tracks, because singing something exactly the same way twice is rather diffucult, even for classically trained singers.
“is the weird semi-echo when the Autotune kicks in?
Posted by: andrew at June 5, 2006 04:45 PM”
Autotune is on the whole track.
If her producer(s) layered her vocals to fatten them up, the only way they could have made them all sound in key is by pitch correcting all of them. There is no way that Paris sang one, let alone fifteen perfect vocal takes. Come on, the label even admitted to it. Don’t be tricked, true believers.
Autotune is designed to be unnoticable, so that people are fooled into thinking that a pop star has a good voice. When, in reality, a pop star is now more than ever a puppet for some record exec douche to buy another yacht. The new pop stars don’t even have be good singers.
Paris, thanks for helping to fatten up another man’s wad.
Again.
i don’t care if it was gwen and the damn thing was written by prince, the song sucks. i have no problem liking a song and admitting it.
It sucks.
When evaluating any pop tune you have to ask yourself 2 questions:
Can a group of drunk people all scream the chorus while dancing to it together at 2 in the morning?
Can at least two of those drunk people go home and fuck to it later?
The obvious answer regarding this dreck is a resounding:
Not-on-your-fucking-life.
The technology used to foist this abomination makes me want to be a Luddite.
When evaluating any pop tune you have to ask yourself 2 questions:
Can a group of drunk people all scream the chorus while dancing to it together at 2 in the morning?
Can at least two of those drunk people go home and fuck to it later?
The obvious answer regarding this dreck is a resounding:
Not-on-your-fucking-life.
The technology used to foist this abomination makes me want to be a Luddite.
This song is jka lol!!! i am 13 it is quite good it grows on you lol. she aint no stupid blond! long live england lol add me angelo_212@hotmail.co.uk
I would have to agree. I’ve fallen for this song. Hard.
It’s not as good as seeing her giving an awkward blowjob.