Paris Hilton: Singer

Several people have asked me what I think of Paris Hilton’s new CD, which is being released today by Warner Bros. I guess when it comes right down to it; I don’t think much of it at all.
There is nothing attractive about Paris Hilton. She is a talentless rich girl. She proved she couldn’t act in House of Wax, not even to the low, low standards of the horror genre. She has shown time and time again that she has no personality on her “reality show,” The Simple Life — where Nicole Ritchie is the real star.
Now she’s showing the world she can’t sing. A trifecta.
Listening to the CD online, there are moments where Paris’ disc doesn’t sound bad, but that can only be expected. When you have a limitless budget anything is possible.
If you, and I mean anyone, had $100 million at your fingertips, you could make a movie — probably a pretty good movie too. You could hire the best cinematographer, the best set dressers, some competent actors and buy a great script.
Hilton’s CD feels exactly the same. The production values are pretty good. The music is vacuous but fun, and if the songs had been sung by someone with a little more musical integrity (like Cascada or Ashlee Simpson) they would almost be tolerable.
But then you get to the lyrics. Absolutely thought provoking! Take this snipped from Turn It Up, a loving ode to hooking up in a club.
“Can you make me hot? Make me touch the ceiling?”
Wow. Shivers. That’s what’s being sent down my spine right now. Then there’s her first track, “Stars Are Blind.”
The title just makes me want to say “Yeah, to their lack of talent.”
The songs just get worse from there, from I Want You which features a sample of the Bee Gees Grease to the awful slow jam “Heartbeat” and a rancid cover of Do Ya Think I’m Sexy (a song that was better suited to RevCo).
To quote Simon Cowell, this is bad karaoke.
Here’s how bad the disc is. I wouldn’t steal it off of the Internet. I wouldn’t take a copy for free. And if someone paid me to listen to this hunk of crap again, I wouldn’t take the money.


And you shouldn't have to either. In fact, it you want to hear how bad this disc is, you can stream the entire disc for free on the Artist Direct site. Check it out by clicking HERE.

And here's the video for Stars Are Blind, courtesy of YouTube.