PARIS HILTON - PARIS

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the 'do ya think i'm sexy' cover is the only non-essential track but still pulls off a miracle in making a hitherto appalling song more than tolerable. it's tucked on to the end of the album like an afterthought and everyone involved seems a bit embarrassed, apart from paris herself, who sings it with all the enthusiasm of the drunk girl doing karaoke to the bad song, not knowing or caring that her friends are backing away from her.

The Lex (The Lex), Thursday, 17 August 2006 08:16 (seventeen years ago) link

I thought "having a laugh" was a bad thing in pop?

Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 17 August 2006 08:17 (seventeen years ago) link

it's completely different to back to basics which is also incredible, but they are a little incomparable!

The Lex (The Lex), Thursday, 17 August 2006 08:17 (seventeen years ago) link

I knew what this thread contained before clicking on it.

Domenico Buttez (ESTEBAN BUTTEZ~!!!), Thursday, 17 August 2006 08:18 (seventeen years ago) link

They are both albums.
x-post

Marmot (marmotwolof), Thursday, 17 August 2006 08:19 (seventeen years ago) link

themes: paris's twin fantasies of high school romance and the fairytale princess archetype

in the credits she thanks the guy who does her eyelashes with the words "you are a true artist and i am your barbie doll"

The Lex (The Lex), Thursday, 17 August 2006 08:19 (seventeen years ago) link

'jealousy' is about nicole richie. (written by kara dioguardi, last seen documenting both sides of the lindsay lohan/ashlee simpson bust-up.) paris isn't intentionally mean to her, she just feels sorry that a) nicole turned out to be mean herself and b) will still never be as hott as paris :(

The Lex (The Lex), Thursday, 17 August 2006 08:20 (seventeen years ago) link

Fairytale princess tend to have been in abject poverty beforehand though.

Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 17 August 2006 08:21 (seventeen years ago) link

If Cinderella had a trust fund, she'd probably not really have engaged the audience's empathy that much.

Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 17 August 2006 08:22 (seventeen years ago) link

What, like Lily Allen?

Domenico Buttez (ESTEBAN BUTTEZ~!!!), Thursday, 17 August 2006 08:22 (seventeen years ago) link

(She ate baked beans on toast once, y'know)

Domenico Buttez (ESTEBAN BUTTEZ~!!!), Thursday, 17 August 2006 08:22 (seventeen years ago) link

it is a really unashamedly light, plastic pop album, in an age when even the most obviously non-credible popstars constantly try to reassert their authenticity or autonomy. neither of these things are remotely important to paris - nevertheless she provides the beating, yearning heart of the album in a way that few others can.

The Lex (The Lex), Thursday, 17 August 2006 08:23 (seventeen years ago) link

Will Esteban Buttez and the Indie Rock Whatevertheywerecalled be working with Ms Hilton in the near future?

Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 17 August 2006 08:23 (seventeen years ago) link

it is a really unashamedly light, plastic pop album, in an age when even the most obviously non-credible popstars constantly try to reassert their authenticity or autonomy. neither of these things are remotely important to paris - nevertheless she provides the beating, yearning heart of the album in a way that few others can.

...this is like a Marcello Carlin review of a Girls Aloud album, only a million fucking times worse.

Domenico Buttez (ESTEBAN BUTTEZ~!!!), Thursday, 17 August 2006 08:24 (seventeen years ago) link

Fairytale princess tend to have been in abject poverty beforehand though.

sleeping beauty, the princess in aladdin...

The Lex (The Lex), Thursday, 17 August 2006 08:27 (seventeen years ago) link

she looks immaculate in the inlay photos as well!

The Lex (The Lex), Thursday, 17 August 2006 08:30 (seventeen years ago) link

is this the gay thread? is there a song about her dog on this? (i haven't read the thread yet). i have no interest in her otherwise. lex a friend of mine had lunch wiht her just TWO YEARS ago....and said she was stunningly gorgeous.

Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Thursday, 17 August 2006 08:35 (seventeen years ago) link

why would i want to hear a woman in her twenties sing about being a fucking magical, sleeping beauty-like princess!?

Bashment Jakes (Enrique), Thursday, 17 August 2006 08:36 (seventeen years ago) link

why would i want to hear a woman in her twenties sing about being a fucking magical, sleeping beauty-like princess!?

she doesn't sing about it, she just acts like it. she sings about a) guys wanting her for her body ("i'm sexy and you know it - clap your hands!") and b) her wanting guys for true love

lex a friend of mine had lunch wiht her just TWO YEARS ago....and said she was stunningly gorgeous.

yeah, a friend of mine says her blue eyes are remarkably beautiful. (i think they're contact lenses, too!)

The Lex (The Lex), Thursday, 17 August 2006 08:39 (seventeen years ago) link

Susan does yr friend have eyes

A Viking of Some Note (Andrew Thames), Thursday, 17 August 2006 08:41 (seventeen years ago) link

I'm into this. Who's on remix duty to take this sound underground?

rchinn (rchinn), Thursday, 17 August 2006 08:43 (seventeen years ago) link

i want remixes as well!

The Lex (The Lex), Thursday, 17 August 2006 08:45 (seventeen years ago) link

Paris Hilton - Screwed (Epic Man vs MSTRKRFT one night stand remix)?

rchinn (rchinn), Thursday, 17 August 2006 08:56 (seventeen years ago) link

Paris Hilton - Turn it Up (Maurice Fulton iconoclastic edit)

rchinn (rchinn), Thursday, 17 August 2006 08:59 (seventeen years ago) link

Paris Hilton- D'Ya Think I'm Sexy (Mustapha Million Cartoon Arab Rescrub)

Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 17 August 2006 09:00 (seventeen years ago) link

'heartbeat', the ballad, is SO RIPE for jlc/booka shade/alan braxe to get their hands on

The Lex (The Lex), Thursday, 17 August 2006 09:00 (seventeen years ago) link

Paris Hilton- Love So Pure (Judith Keppel Trivia-Master Revamp)

Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 17 August 2006 09:04 (seventeen years ago) link

Paris Hilton- Aston-ishing (Randy Lerner Ellis-Out Takeover Blitz Remix)

Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 17 August 2006 09:06 (seventeen years ago) link

Paris Hilton- The Time Is Here (Alan Sugar Hire The Attractive One It Makes Better TV Pointing Renovation)

Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 17 August 2006 09:10 (seventeen years ago) link

I'll stop now.

Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 17 August 2006 09:12 (seventeen years ago) link

easily fooled

rizzx (Rizz), Thursday, 17 August 2006 09:17 (seventeen years ago) link

Ok, more interesting trivia, Paris' middle name is shared with another eponynmous debut...

Did you know that Whitney Houston's debut LP, called simply Whitney Houston had 4 number one singles on it?

It's hard to choose a favorite among so many great tracks, but "The Greatest Love of All" is one of the best, most powerful songs ever written about self-preservation, dignity. Its universal message crosses all boundaries and instills one with the hope that it's not too late to better ourselves. Since, it's impossible in this world we live in to empathize with others, we can always empathize with ourselves. It's an important message, crucial really. And it's beautifully stated on the album.

rchinn (rchinn), Thursday, 17 August 2006 09:37 (seventeen years ago) link

I thought her middle name was "Fucking" !

mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 17 August 2006 09:43 (seventeen years ago) link

So THIS is the kind of music The Lex likes.

Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Thursday, 17 August 2006 09:48 (seventeen years ago) link

lex a friend of mine had lunch wiht her just TWO YEARS ago....and said she was stunningly gorgeous.

The only thing Paris eats is penis. I mean, really, she's sickly thin.

That said, I really love the new single. It's plastic fantastic.

Nathalie (stevie nixed), Thursday, 17 August 2006 10:24 (seventeen years ago) link

some awesome things I didn't mention earlier:

1) she opens the album with a little yelp of "yah! that's hott!"
2) 'NOT LEAVING WITHOUT YOU' is AMAZING. it starts off like k clarkson with a country twang, explodes into a glorious "we can dance! we can dance! we can dance!" chorus, features a TICK TOCK moment (surely mandatory now for every female popstrel to have one of these), and climaxes in a stomping conclusion plus RAP.

The Lex (The Lex), Thursday, 17 August 2006 12:27 (seventeen years ago) link

"Paris Hilton - Screwed (Epic Man vs MSTRKRFT one night stand remix)"

Paris Hilton - Screwed (Chopped and ...)?

So, the Lex has me curious enough to download it, though that faux-reggae/No Doubt bullshit had me turned off and the single mix I heard of Screwed didn't exactly motivate me.

js (honestengine), Thursday, 17 August 2006 12:35 (seventeen years ago) link

i love 'stars are blind' but nothing else on the album is remotely like it, so much so that it seems a bit out of place.

The Lex (The Lex), Thursday, 17 August 2006 12:45 (seventeen years ago) link

it's times like this that i think a communist regime isn't such a bad thing

PARTYMAN (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 17 August 2006 13:10 (seventeen years ago) link

ILM-ists were going to like anything ever on principle it would be this but alas they do not. We do not. Nice try, Lex!

yours fondly, harshaw. (mrgn), Thursday, 17 August 2006 18:10 (seventeen years ago) link

She couldn't have less to say if she were plantlife. This album is beyond garbage. Case in point: "she opens the album with a little yelp of "yah! that's hott!"

Oh, that's been mentioned.

Richj (Rich), Thursday, 17 August 2006 18:18 (seventeen years ago) link

She doesn't actually sing, though, right? I mean really, there has to have been some "help" on that front. It doesn't quite sound like Paris Hilton. It might even sound like someone trying to imitate Paris Hilton. I mean, right?

mcd (mcd), Thursday, 17 August 2006 19:12 (seventeen years ago) link

Also, I tht the album was called Paris is Burning, I'm so disappointed it's not.

mcd (mcd), Thursday, 17 August 2006 19:13 (seventeen years ago) link

http://www.gawker.com/assets/resources/2006/08/captainbeefflaps.jpg

nervous (cochere), Thursday, 17 August 2006 19:14 (seventeen years ago) link

havent heard it yet but i'm pretty excited

however, mcd otm regarding the title

nervous (cochere), Thursday, 17 August 2006 19:17 (seventeen years ago) link

Can someone explain this? (Look at "Connected Groups" on sidebar.)

http://www.last.fm/music/MU/_/Paris+Hilton

Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Thursday, 17 August 2006 19:43 (seventeen years ago) link

Connected Groups
ilXor
Captain Beefheart

didn't you see my image post right there

nervous (cochere), Thursday, 17 August 2006 19:47 (seventeen years ago) link

I did yes but didn't realize it was already a big internet meme

Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Thursday, 17 August 2006 19:58 (seventeen years ago) link

okay, so "drunk text" is pretty great

J0rdan S., Tuesday, 6 March 2012 19:11 (twelve years ago) link

i was hoping that at some point it would break into a song but the part at the end where she starts repeating "it was just a drunk text" is a pretty sly little hook

J0rdan S., Tuesday, 6 March 2012 19:11 (twelve years ago) link

i just can't get enough

surm, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 20:47 (twelve years ago) link

the first time she says it was just a drunk text is my favorite line in a song from the past like year

surm, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 20:48 (twelve years ago) link

I have no business being on this thread but come the fuck on, ppl

Vaseline MEN AMAZING JOURNEY (DJP), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 20:54 (twelve years ago) link

like, there are enough people out there who are better musicians and aren't reprehensible racist scumbags that you really don't need to pay attention to this worthless person

Vaseline MEN AMAZING JOURNEY (DJP), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 20:57 (twelve years ago) link

i haven't heard any of the songs from her debut but i think this is a pretty great use of her

it's not something that i'll listen to a lot cuz i do prefer, y'know, SONGS, but i was pretty happy about it

J0rdan S., Tuesday, 6 March 2012 20:57 (twelve years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkbjYcwPddI

svend, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 21:04 (twelve years ago) link

Actually part 2 is where it gets funny -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYSv4HE2DDM&feature=watch_response

svend, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 21:09 (twelve years ago) link

djp a) it's not her song, it's someone else's track that she did vocals for, and it was unreleased and when it leaked people just said it was a PH song

b) have you even heard it? It's not as awful as you'd think

Joan Cusack clumsily running into a water fountain (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 23:10 (twelve years ago) link

Why on Earth would I even try to hear this song? I try to not support racists as best as I can.

Vaseline MEN AMAZING JOURNEY (DJP), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 23:17 (twelve years ago) link

Because you keep going on and on about how awful it "must be". I mean "this woman is racist and I think she's awful" is a totally legitimate thing but being all "you guys are idiots for wasting time on this piece of music that I haven't heard but KNOW is horrible" is kinda nagl

Joan Cusack clumsily running into a water fountain (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 23:20 (twelve years ago) link

actually I keep going on and on about how she's a racist

Vaseline MEN AMAZING JOURNEY (DJP), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 23:21 (twelve years ago) link

and people should really remember that

Vaseline MEN AMAZING JOURNEY (DJP), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 23:23 (twelve years ago) link

why does paris hilton get a free pass on racism from some on ilx who normally would foam at the mouth about racists?

fuck deathcore and metalcore (Algerian Goalkeeper), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 23:24 (twelve years ago) link

Had no idea she was a racist tbh but I'm pretty disgusted after a bit of googling

Joan Cusack clumsily running into a water fountain (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 00:09 (twelve years ago) link

lol @ Stern over Faxing Berlin.

errant flynn, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 03:35 (twelve years ago) link

more Howard Stern on Paris:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfODf7-_eOg

kurwa mać (Polish for "long life") (Eisbaer), Friday, 16 March 2012 03:38 (twelve years ago) link

oh i'm sure that's fascinating and hilarious

3hunn O))) (J0rdan S.), Friday, 16 March 2012 04:26 (twelve years ago) link

one year passes...

eagerly awaiting lex's return to this thread

乒乓, Wednesday, 22 May 2013 22:03 (ten years ago) link

one month passes...

Stars are Blind is a great fucking song

TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Friday, 12 July 2013 13:45 (ten years ago) link

Your ears are broken

waterface, Friday, 12 July 2013 13:47 (ten years ago) link

Also she's a racist airhead

waterface, Friday, 12 July 2013 13:48 (ten years ago) link

Maybe you're into that

waterface, Friday, 12 July 2013 13:48 (ten years ago) link

I'm into your mom, does that count?

TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Friday, 12 July 2013 13:52 (ten years ago) link

Wow good one you still have shit taste in music and people

Why wouldn't you listen to the Tide is High instead

waterface, Friday, 12 July 2013 13:54 (ten years ago) link

Is there a Paris Hilton version?

TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Friday, 12 July 2013 13:59 (ten years ago) link

i'm with lex re this album.
its a genuinely good dance pop record ...

mark e, Friday, 12 July 2013 16:20 (ten years ago) link

Yeah, it's p. okay. I had a funny moment a few years ago when some hipster guy at a party was going through my CDs. He picked Paris Hilton out. "Cool dude, you got a Banksy.". "Nah, it's an original.". He pulled a really funny face, put it back and carried on..

mmmm, Saturday, 13 July 2013 09:13 (ten years ago) link

Yeah, it's p. okay. I had a funny moment a few years ago when some hipster guy at a party was going through my CDs. He picked Paris Hilton out. "Cool dude, you got a Banksy.". "Nah, it's an original.". He pulled a really funny face, put it back and carried on..

Thats amazing - love it!

suare, Saturday, 13 July 2013 10:06 (ten years ago) link

Yeah this album's great.

I've been listening to it a lot again recently because it sounds especially good in hot weather.

gregus, Wednesday, 17 July 2013 00:58 (ten years ago) link

two months pass...

her new single

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1JMjwJG2UM

gregus, Tuesday, 8 October 2013 17:03 (ten years ago) link

SMH @ wayne's verse ("all she knows is suck, fuck")

josh, Tuesday, 8 October 2013 18:42 (ten years ago) link

two years pass...

paris turns 10 today

j. winters (josh), Monday, 22 August 2016 19:55 (seven years ago) link

three years pass...

New Pitchfork review aims to trash it but seemingly can't avoid praising it somehow.

licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Tuesday, 14 April 2020 11:02 (four years ago) link

was some discussion about that on the Pitchfork thread the other week (from April 4)

No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 14 April 2020 17:13 (four years ago) link

nine months pass...

lol there is a major and very unnecessary spoiler for Promising Young Woman (a pretty good film btw, and the scene where "Stars are Blind" appears is great) in the very first para of that article

Roz, Tuesday, 26 January 2021 07:07 (three years ago) link

I thought that URL was a quote of her opinion of music-makers: "Paris Hilton: 'Recording stars are blind'."

Halfway there but for you, Tuesday, 26 January 2021 13:24 (three years ago) link

I thought we were done talking about this racist

Hello Nice FBI Lady (DJP), Tuesday, 26 January 2021 13:24 (three years ago) link

starting to see what those rockist old left bores were going on about wrt the market-friendly pseudo-apoliticism of poptimism

Left, Tuesday, 26 January 2021 14:28 (three years ago) link

Bummer that anyone needed a movie to help them figure out that "Stars are Blind" is a good song.

Extra bummer that the movie in question was not This Is Paris.

billstevejim, Tuesday, 26 January 2021 22:09 (three years ago) link

fwiw, when I revived this thread I was unaware of all the awful stuff that I have now found by searching "paris hilton racist".

You have treated my messenger with contempt. (morrisp), Tuesday, 26 January 2021 22:18 (three years ago) link

lol the song is so half assed anyway no one gives a shit

Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 26 January 2021 22:27 (three years ago) link


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