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Heidi's New Single: Is Montag Pop-star Worthy?
Spencer Pratt gave TV Guide a sneak listen of Heidi's new single, so New-York-based editor Mickey O'Connor and I were of course obliged to have a little bicoastal IM sesh about the Hills star's latest stab at pop stardom. Give a listen and then give us your take on her pop chops. — Anna Dimond
ohmickeyursofine: Let's start with the stoopid trend to shout your name at the beginning of your song.
ohmickeyursofine: HEIDI!
ohmickeyursofine: It's no "Britney, b----!"
dimondis4eva: No, it's less a rallying cry than an apology
dimondis4eva: like setting our expectations about where they should be
ohmickeyursofine: And what's with the faux-exotic "accent"?
dimondis4eva: It's kind of like the Harajuku girls, but it should be French and/or Italian, no?
ohmickeyursofine: I could be convinced to like the beat
dimondis4eva: Same — the first few bass beats pulled me in
ohmickeyursofine: I mean, it's nothing ground-breaking, but it makes me move a little
dimondis4eva: I've been trying to envision dancing to this at a club
dimondis4eva: without having to put on an ironic face
ohmickeyursofine: "Fashion/Put it all on me/Don't you want to see these clothes on me"
ohmickeyursofine: I'm glad you brought up irony
dimondis4eva: Why's that?
ohmickeyursofine: Because I think recording a song about clothes WITHOUT a sense of irony is kind of despicable, no?
ohmickeyursofine: I mean, this song is totally irony-free
dimondis4eva: And there, I think, is the big sticking point.
dimondis4eva: It makes me sad.
dimondis4eva: I really was plugging for Speidi.
ohmickeyursofine: you WERE?
dimondis4eva: Yeah! It's just Spence and Heidi, against the world!
dimondis4eva: And yet I kind of thank them for the fodder.
dimondis4eva: Spencer gives great sound bites.
ohmickeyursofine: I appreciate the honesty of his/their brazenness
ohmickeyursofine: They're like: Forget decency, let's see what we can get
dimondis4eva: Exactly. No one else comes clean about blatantly hustling
ohmickeyursofine: I just wish they had talent
dimondis4eva: That's kind of the missing X-factor, now, isn't it?
dimondis4eva: But you've got to give them credit for turning...
ohmickeyursofine: ...a sow's ear into a satin purse? Is that the expression?
dimondis4eva: Girl's gotta accessorize!
ohmickeyursofine: I don't know/care, but can we discuss the BLASPHEMY of recording a song called "Fashion" that isn't, you know, "FASHION"
ohmickeyursofine: Bowie craps out things cooler than Speidi
dimondis4eva: I know; I'm getting sucked into Bowie now
ohmickeyursofine: The hell with Speidi — let's just talk about Bowie.
dimondis4eva: I think he understands irony a little better than the Speidsters
dimondis4eva: You know, I saw a new Flight of the Conchords video today
dimondis4eva: THEY understand irony!
ohmickeyursofine: Actually! They have a song called "Bowie in Space," from an ep where Bret kept hallucinating different Bowies
dimondis4eva: Haven't seen that yet!
ohmickeyursofine: Today's lesson for the kids: Irony 101
ohmickeyursofine: Caribbean, Parisian, Bolivian, Namibian, East Indochinian, Republic of Dominican!
dimondis4eva: OK, I'm laughing too hard to write now. "Brunettes, not fighter jets!"
ohmickeyursofine: I appreciate silly songs when I feel like the artist "gets it"
ohmickeyursofine: in Speidi's case, not so much
ohmickeyursofine: right?
ohmickeyursofine: i wish i could roller-skate
dimondis4eva: Yup. That's really what makes me feel kind of sad: there's no complicity w the audience
dimondis4eva: I used to be reallllly good at rollerskating
dimondis4eva: and now I want that one-piece
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Jun 24, 2008 8:59 PM
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All I have to say is: Bowie! I love Bowie!
No, wait, I have one more thing to say. This is the second time you've done this, and this is the second time you've quoted lyrics that I just do not believe are real. There's just no way. Then again, I stopped listening to the radio 10 years ago for a reason, and I think I'm starting to remember that reason.
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Jun 25, 2008 8:42 AM
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Yeah, love Flight of the Conchords - "do you want to borrow my jumper Bowie?" Makes me proud to be a Kiwi, I tell ya. Not so sure about the Heidi song.....
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Jun 25, 2008 10:30 AM
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Yeeeesh. A Heidi song sounds about as pleasant as Yellow Bastard's bashed in head and removable testes. Ick!
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Jun 25, 2008 11:33 AM
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I am soooo sick and tired of these no talent "give me my extended 15 min of fame" wanna bees getting any attention at all. She has no talent, neither does he, neither does all those other stupid Hills reality idiots!
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Jun 25, 2008 11:40 AM
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This sounds like a bad 80s song. It sounds altered but yet it still sounds bad. Why is she singing about fashion, isnt that LC's thing? Jealous? Her first single flopped, why did they do another? This one is worse.
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Jun 25, 2008 12:02 PM
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This sounds like a bad 80s song.
It does. But I agree with Matt and Mickey...if only Heidi knew that and embraced it.
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Jun 25, 2008 12:31 PM
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TvGuide why are you giving this woman publicity! stop! please!
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Jun 25, 2008 2:39 PM
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TVGuide, why are you printing supposed IM strings? If I want to read IMs, I'll look over my son's shoulder when he's on IRC.
Just type it out in a normal format, please.
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Jun 25, 2008 6:45 PM
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Amusing...I appreciate it!
So true.
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Jun 25, 2008 7:03 PM
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"I am soooo sick and tired of these no talent "give me my extended 15 min of fame" wanna bees getting any attention at all. She has no talent, neither does he, neither does all those other stupid Hills reality idiots!"
Amen..all they want to do is get famous...what they really dont understand is, people only watch their show to laugh at how damn stupid they all are. Heidi is dumber than a box of rocks, if Spencer lived in my hometown, he would get whipped on everyday for being a dousche bag, and Lauren has the personality of a damn brick.
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Jun 27, 2008 7:51 AM
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