| Stars Are Blind | 
 enlarge
| Artist: Paris Hilton
Label: Wea International
Category: Music
List Price: $17.98
Buy New: $0.01
You Save: $17.97 (100%)
New (19) Used (12) from $0.01
Avg. Customer Rating:  82 reviews
Sales Rank: 196977
Format: Single, Ep, Import
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 42960
UPC: 093624296027
EAN: 0766485062475
ASIN: B000G04RLM
Release Date: July 17, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
|
| Tracks:
| • | Stars Are Blind | | • | Stars Are Blind | | • | Stars Are Blind | | • | Stars Are Blind | | • | Stars Are Blind |
|
| Similar Items:
|
| Customer Reviews: Read 77 more reviews...
Horrible, absolutely horrible August 15, 2006
27 out of 33 found this review helpful
This song, as well as the album is really, really bad. I tried so hard to give her the benefit of the doubt, but in the end, she proved to be no more a singer than she is an actress. Listen to it online, but don't even think to pay money for it. Give it another month or two and you'll be sick of this song and wish you'd never bought the album. It's really not worth it.
 Tell me what is worse... July 22, 2006
23 out of 39 found this review helpful
Spending a night "in" Paris, or spending more than two seconds listening to her album? Well, I must say I gave a good ten seconds thinking of both options with delicate care. Which such a question deserves. However, after those seconds passed I totally forgot that I didn't care and I went back to listen to more Vital Remains. So, you want a review? An opinion? Don't buy it, unless you like being beaten in the street, which any sane person would do when viewing somebody with this in therr walkman.
 If it wasn't Paris, these would all be good reviews August 19, 2006
14 out of 24 found this review helpful
If you listen to this single and had no idea it was Paris, you would like it. It is the perfect summer song, and is better than a majority of what's on the radio today. It has a great beat, good vocals, and is one of those songs you enjoy singing along to. Think Blondie; that's what it reminds me of.
Unfortunately, everyone basis everything Paris does on their own personal opinion of her, and that's where all the criticism comes from. If you're going to say this single is bad, then I hope you're taking the time to also knock down every artist on MTV.
The other tracks on this CD are like most other singles, remixes with a club like feel. They're catchy, but yes, obviously if you listen to the entire CD, the same song but different versions all at once, you're not going to say "wow, that was the best hour of my life". It's a single. It's one song. There isn't supposed to be huge differences and variety.
I would recommend buying her whole CD, not just the single. Scott Storch would not have produced this album if it wasn't going to be good, no matter how much money she put forward. He has a reputation to uphold, and knows that this album will be a success, as long as people accept it for what it is.
She isn't trying to be a full fledged musician. She's trying to put out fun, happy, dance music, and that's exactly what she achieved with her album. If that's not the kind of music you like, then no, you won't like it. You wouldn't buy a rap album if you only listened to country, but that doesn't mean that that rapper didn't put out some great songs. It depends on what type of music you're into.
Paris fan or not, I would definitely check out "Stars Are Blind" if you haven't already, you will not be disappointed.
Attention K-Fed shoppers: July 13, 2006
13 out of 18 found this review helpful
Bland and innocuous ska-pop that is sure to receive heavy rotation in the elevators of a certain European hotel. The vocals are breathy, restrained and probably so heavily processed that dogs will find it more interesting than people. That's unfortunate, mainly because dogs don't spend a lot of money. Of course, the whole point of this audio abortion is brand extension and market penetration--hey, stop laughing, that wansn't a joke! In any event, "Stars Are Blind" is less pungent than the Paris Hilton perfume and not nearly as annoying as the Paris Hilton TV show. However, the song and its various remixes are, appropriately enough, pointless.
(p.s.: I've also seen the video for the song, and let me tell you, it's not nearly as, um, "entertaining" as her last video.)
OMG, People Are Bashing Paris Hilton, Guess I Should Too... August 7, 2006
12 out of 16 found this review helpful
...And thus join the bandwagon. Ok, now, seriously, I try and separate myself from either being too cliche, or following a trend, but its occured to me that as much as it has become a trend to like Paris Hilton, at the same time, its become a trend to hate her. Now, I'm not AT ALL saying I have an ounce of respect for her, nor do I think she's good at anything or deserves any of what she has, however, there are plenty of places to b*tch about Paris Hilton besides an Amazon review board. Now, as tempting as it is for me to bash the b*tch to the point of no return, I'm going to try and remain civil and reveiw the album, not the person (although that can sometimes affect the music itself, which it does in this case, but I'd rather not write some 4 page essay devoted to nit-picking a person based on what I think about them).
ANYWAY, I've had the displeasure of listening to a better portion of this god-awful album. Let me tell you, it was not a gratifying experience at all. Throughout the majority of this album it becomes painfully obvious this does NOT sound like the Paris Hilton we all recognize from countless interviews. Even if you've only heard her single (which I hope you haven't), its already obvious that miss Hilton can't sing for her life, and thus needs the help of studio equipment to alter her already less-than-perfect voice.
The music itself is bland, most notably on her single (and hopefully the ONLY single before this album goes in with all the others into infinite obscurity), which contains a typical, sampled raggae beat. Now, if I were to say Paris Hilton were to do ANY type of music whatsoever, it would definately NOT have sounded like Reggae. Leave that s*it to Bob Marley and Sublime. However, as a fan of Reggae myself, I'm aware of the fact that the genre tends to have catchy beats, and catchy songs. Now, having realized that, most people feel the same, which is why to ACTUAL fans of this trite, pretentious excuse for an album, the single/album can come off as catchy/fun, which people have actually decribed it as. That's all fine and dandy; its catchy, and something about it interests you; thats completely fine with me. What my problem is, is that no amount of catchiness can make up for terrible, over-produced, singing from one of the least respected women on the planet. And this is coming from a musicians (being that I am a musician myself) perspective, I absolutly CANNOT get over that fact and dismiss this album without giving my 2 cents. 2 million people reading this may not agree, but this is my opinion: Paris Hilton, both as a person and a musical artist, sucks. Now, here are FACTS, not opinons, that should sway you from even considering buying the album in the first place: 1) the music is un-creative, and took little to no time for the record company/Paris Hilton to produce/make. 2) the singing is not actually a person singing. And 3) Its just not good music.
I wouldn't recommend this album to ANYBODY with a decent taste in music. Please, you have to beleive me, I'm amazingly open-minded when it comes to music, and I'm all for having that one album in your collection that you like to pop in every once in a while because its catchy/fun, but if thats REALLY what you're looking for, then this isn't it. Skip over it... thats all I'm going to say....
Thanks for reading... and Paris Hilton fans... go f*ck yourselves... she's laughing all the way to the bank with your [parent's] hard-earned money.. (sorry, couldn't resist a little last-minute bashing there...)
|
|
|
