PARIS HILTON - PARIS

have you ever seen the state of the participants in celebrity come dancing/cooking/hairdressing/badger baiting, etc? I reckon the average person on the street would be hard-pressed to name even half of the participants in these programmes before they begin. they may become celebrities afterwards, but that's another story.

rather than meaning 'celebrated' or 'lauded', it now just seems to mean 'somebody that some other person, somewhere, has heard of... once'.

there have long been people like paris hilton, it's just that in the past they didn't have sex tapes, they dressed classier, and didn't always think they needed to *do* things like films and records to justify themselves.

Except Dickens had talent.

why are people so hung up on the question of her "talent" anyway? what kind of talent are they referring to? countless musicians with no discernible ability to sing (from bob dylan to britney spears via every indie act ever) or write songs (almost every popular entertainer in the history of pop music) are feted. what is it about paris which needles people so much more?

absence of proof is not proof of absence.

um re talent -- it's not just her talent that's in question, but her producers', writers', etc.

in the case of bob and britney, not that I'm a fan of either, they may not be able to sing like nusrats or buckleys or christinas, but at least they're distinctive, they have character and charisma. you'd recognise their voices in a millisecond.

however, paris's singing voice, while also not exactly technically great, is entirely bland and strangely featureless...much like paris herself. it's the vocal equivalent of special K, and I want coco pops, dammit! with chilli!

coco pops with chilli sounds vile.

paris's voice is very distinctive.

Transcribed, the quotation is:

And here comes Hurst! He's got...

(Wolstenholme's attention is diverted by some of the crowd spilling onto the pitch)

Some people are on the pitch! They think it's all over!

(Geoff Hurst scores to put England two goals ahead)

It is now! It's four!

ITV's commentary for the match as the final concluded with "It's four! It's four!" is not quite as notable, as per the BBC's dominance of the British media at the time.

The fourth goal was allowed to stand, although it was scored as a pitch invasion was in progress. The laws of the game clearly state that in such circumstances, the game has to be stopped because of outside interference of any kind [1].

[edit] In pop culture

The phrase, along with other calls from English football matches, appears in New Order's song "World In Motion". The British band The Dentists called their first album Some People are on the Pitch They Think It's All Over It Is Now in Wolstenholme's honour; the LP begins with a sample of Wolstenholme's original commentary. Track #3 on british folk metal act Skyclad's EP Jig-a-Jig is called "They Think It's All Over". The song contains the phrase "They think it's all over. Well is it now?" in its chorus and includes several references to the '66 World Cup.

The quotation was also used as the title of the BBC's satirical sports quiz show They Think It's All Over, which has appeared on BBC One since 1995. The show has heightened the popularity of the phrase in recent years, though Kenneth Wolstenholme was reportedly unhappy with the use of the phrase for the title of the show.

Stop! may refer to:

* Stop! (album), a 1988 album by Sam Brown
o "Stop!" (Sam Brown song), a song from this album
o "Stop!", this same song was later covered UK R&B singer Jamelia
* "Stop!", a song by Jane’s Addiction from their 1990 album Ritual de lo Habitual
* Stop!, a 2004 Indian film starring Dia Mirza

Let Go is the first album by pop rock singer Avril Lavigne, released on June 4, 2002.[1] It was highly successful, being certified platinum six times in the United States and seven times in Australia. In Canada it received a diamond award for surpassing sales of one million. It has sold over 15 million copies

Contents [hide]
1 Track listing
2 Singles
3 References
4 Further reading

[edit] Track listing
"Losing Grip" (A. Lavigne/C. Magness) – 3:53
"Complicated" (A. Lavigne/The Matrix) – 4:05
"Sk8er Boi" (A. Lavigne/The Matrix) – 3:23
"I'm with You" (A. Lavigne/The Matrix) – 3:44
"Mobile" (A. Lavigne/C. Magness) – 3:31
"Unwanted" (A. Lavigne/C. Magness) – 3:40
"Tomorrow" (A. Lavigne/C. Frasca/S. Breer) – 3:48
"Anything but Ordinary" (A. Lavigne/The Matrix) – 4:12
"Things I'll Never Say" (A. Lavigne/The Matrix) – 3:43
"My World" (A. Lavigne/C. Magness) – 3:27
"Nobody's Fool" (A. Lavigne/P. Zizzo) – 3:57
"Too Much to Ask" (A. Lavigne/C. Magness) – 3:45
"Naked" (A. Lavigne/C. Frasca/S. Breer) – 3:29/4:27 1
Enhanced track: "I Don't Give"
1 A longer version of "Naked" was released in several European countries. The song includes longer instrumental parts.

[edit] Singles
"Complicated" was the first single from the album. Its release had a major impact on Lavigne's career, and significantly increased sales of the album. It peaked at number two on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, number three on the UK chart, and number one in Australia. "Complicated" remains Lavigne's most successful song to date.

"Sk8er Boi" was the second single released from Let Go, with a punk edge. The song went top 10 in the US, UK and Australia, and number 1 in Canada. Nonetheless, it remains one of Lavigne's biggest songs to date. After the upbeat songs "Complicated" and "Sk8er Boi" had their runs globally, Lavigne decided to release a ballad from her album. "I'm with You" performed a little bit better than "Sk8er Boi", peaking at number four on the Billboard Hot 100, number seven in the UK, and number eighteen in Canada.

The alternative rock-influenced "Losing Grip" was the fourth single. It barely gained any airplay or video play in the U.S., peaking at number sixty-four on the Billboard Hot 100, more than fifty spots lower than its three predecessors. It managed a twenty-two place in the UK, and went to number twenty in Australia, probably its highest chart position anywhere in the world. Otherwise its release was unsuccessful. "Mobile" was the fifth single released from the album, and was released in Australia as a radio-only track. It was later used in the 2004 film Wimbledon with Kirsten Dunst.

All four of Avril's singles earned Grammy nominations though none have garnered her an award.[1]

[edit] References
^ AvrilLavigne.com
Avril Lavigne Bandaids Avril Lavigne Fansite
Avril Lavigne Wiki Entry on Let Go

[edit] Further reading
Lyrics
hey my name is guneet & m a screwd up fan of avril & i wana be with her & to do that m starting singing her singles

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_Go_%28Avril_Lavigne_album%29"

The state of being in a band.

I figure, the practice amp i have now is enough for just me, this would be a purchase for bandom.
by jared Jan 17, 2005 email it

Certainly bona fide porn stars might question the professionalism of her sex tape, pointing to her serious lack of expertise, an expertise which can surely come only from many hours of practice. Nick Carter has already been openly scathing on this point.

But in the field of the kind of pop music Paris makes - fluffy pop music light on vocal pyrotechnics - who are her competitors? Britney obv... Emma Bunton? Mandy Moore once but she now seems so pseudo-deep indie...

Do such singers "earn" their fame? Britney was instantly famous when "Baby One More Time" was released. Emma likewise via the Spice Girls. Mandy was probably pretty big, but has certainly worked hard to swap this in favour of indie cred.

Arguably Paris has worked harder to prepare the way for the emergence of the pop star Paris than most other pop stars of the same style do: the millions leading to the sex-tape leading to the trashy club image leading to the reality TV show culminating in the music. She's really like Britney in reverse.

Also can I emphasise that I'm not criticising her album because it's her. I'm criticising it because it is a poor pop record.

I've heard the forthcoming Emma Bunton album and it's great!

(multiple Stevem xpost)

She can hang out with Jade Goody, Danielle and Jo O'Meara now!

Actually, meh. I already hated her.

I still like "Stars Are Blind," though. Hopeless.

indeed -- even though she's just prussian blue w/ better production values.