Comments on: No. 33: Heidi Montag, “Higher”

By: Christopher R. Weingarten

Christopher R. Weingarten — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:35:59 +0000

If you’re smart/self-aware enough to defend watching the Hills with the phrase “sleazy escapist lark,” I think you should be able to handle a little ribbing.

By: propaganda-artist

propaganda-artist — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:05:13 +0000

@zoilus: I am on board with this comment.

By: Robbie

Robbie — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:31:56 +0000

@cryptosicko: I agree “higher” is way easier to ignore than “my humps”… but that’s due to “my humps” having been aired to the point of making us all sick, whereas “higher” (thank the lords above) did not make it that far… but it still reaches levels of sucking beyond Black Eyed Peas wildest dreams – and Fergie and Will.I.Am are pretty imaginative folks when it comes to making shitty music, I’ll tell u that…

Now: if this is no.33, I dread to think what’s coming next…

By: metamuslix

metamuslix — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:28:17 +0000

Now I have to have a High(er) on Fire-a-thon to wash this away.

By: zoilus

zoilus — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:46:01 +0000

C’mon, folx, the song itself is begging you to place it “higher.”

But despite the level of suck we can all agree it attains, your opening graf here is fuck-off-and-die material. Plenty of people watch The Hills as a sleazy escapist lark (maybe this isn’t as clear to you because you don’t get the wonderfully mock-cheesy, MTV-Canada-made Aftershow, starring Eugene Levy’s charming son Dan, where you live?) and this doesn’t make us – cough, them – “mouth-breathing dipshits” and “dead-eyed blank slates”. I thought Idolator, which usually celebrates pop pleasures, was above that kind of adolescent snot. (The show has gotten more and more boring the past couple seasons though.)

By: cryptosicko

cryptosicko — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:20:41 +0000

Higher > My Humps

(a controversial opinion here perhaps, given the comments, for which the only defence I can offer is that were I to hear this song in some mall clothing store or something (or rather, not “or something”; where else would I hear this?), I’d find it easier to ignore than “My Humps”)

By: CandiceJones

CandiceJones — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:08:34 +0000

“Fashion” by Heidi Montag might be worse? I don’t know hahaha…

By: propaganda-artist

propaganda-artist — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:24:31 +0000

When I heard about this whole mess, I thought it might actually be alright, at least from a production viewpoint. (Sort of like how Paris Hilton’s singles were “alright.” Not good music, but at least it sounded professional.)

But this just sounds like someone recorded a song using the microphone on their MacBook and jimmied up some beats using GarageBand. Actually, ALL her stuff sounds like that.

What’s even more train wreck-y? This cover, for her other single “No More.”

That is the straight-up, real cover that was featured on iTunes. I shit you not.

By: NunyaB

NunyaB — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:39:38 +0000

“Overdosin” is amazing though, and I will not hear otherwise.

By: Chris Molanphy

Chris Molanphy — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:38:12 +0000

@urbanator: Agreed, I pegged this as "Top 10 Shittiest of Decade" when it came out (like CW says, the out-of-tune bridge has to be heard to be believed) and am surprised we're talking about it already.

By: urbanator

urbanator — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:21:54 +0000

How did she make the list already?

I thought you would have to count down past zero for this dreck.

By: insideoutbox

insideoutbox — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:51:07 +0000

i watched The Hills once. it’s like a black hole of purpose. anti-purpose! anyway, those 20 minutes i wasted thinking i may be able to figure out why people watch (like?!) this show made me want to sob uncontrollably, so i can relate, heidi. the world is a cruel place.

By: TheRunningboard7

TheRunningboard7 — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:50:05 +0000

I had my fingers crossed for a Creed cover. Little did I know, so many would have preferred it.

By: mahkiavelli

mahkiavelli — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:44:08 +0000

Holy jesus that’s bad. I don’t watch MTV ever, but is that what passes for music videos these days?