"I, Like, Cry, When I Listen to It, It's So Good."

That quote, of course, comes from the ubiquitous entity you and I know as Paris Hilton, regarding her own CD, which was released about three weeks ago.

Mayhaps you've also heard of the great prank pulled in record stores throughout the UK. It's now confirmed that the guy who did the mix on the fake CD is none other than Danger Mouse, of Gnarls Barkley, Gorillaz & Grey Album fame. Word is, fake CD's are going for bank on eBay as a collector's item. While I couldn't get my hands on one of the doctored CD's, I can offer the following, in addition to the photo set linked above, to help you make your own bootleg of a bootleg:

1. A video of the prank, for instructional purposes:


2. The Danger Mouse mix, upon request, to burn onto CD yourself (sorry, it's too big to upload directly)

3. And finally, the motivation. While I don't deny that Paris' first single, "Stars Are Blind," is a nice, catchy pop tune, I do have beef with the degree to which she plays off its originality. She totally ripped off the beat from Blondie's "The Tide is High," and that part when she sings, "Why shouldn't we be with the one we really love?" is just an amped up version of Debbie Harry beginning, "I'm not the kind of girl..." Listen to the songs! Tell me I'm wrong!

Exhibit A - Paris' song.

Exhibit B - Blondie's song.