A Shot Of Tila Tequila: Bottoms Up!

Posted Mon Feb 25, 2008 4:04pm PST by Lyndsey Parker in Reality Rocks

The erotic art of striptease has been showcased in numerous tasteful music videos over the years. Along with Flashdance (which was basically a 90-minute music video) and Carmen Electra's various strippercize fitness DVDs, classic shortform vids like Madonna's "Open Your Heart," Motley Crue's "Girls Girls Girls," Britney Spears' "Gimme More," T-Pain's "I'm In Love With A Stripper," and the White Stripes' "I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself" (featuring pole-thin pole-dancer Kate Moss) all spring to mind.

But no single recording artist has ever elevated the time-honored stripper-video artform to such a lofty level as has MySpace cewebrity and A Shot At Love reality starlet Tila Tequila, with her brand-spanking-new skinematic offering, "Stripper Friends." Hey girl hey, indeed.

Filmed at the world-infamous Hollywood nudie joint Crazy Girls (a place where a crazy girl like Miss Tequila surely feels right at home), "Stripper Friends" is perhaps THE most literal video interpretation of a song ever, as it unsurprisingly depicts reality television's most beloved bi-curious bachelorette and her scantily clad party pals writhing around poles, atop each other's laps, and amid piles of dirty dollar bills. Surely A Shot Of Love runner-up Dani's grandma, who was lucky enough to receive a lapdance from Tila on that show's family-visitation episode, would lustily approve.

Of course, it's doubtful that Tila's supposed Shot At Love boyfriend Bobby would approve of "Stripper Friends," which--along with all the lap- and pole-dancing and a titillating (pun intended) but completely superfluous catfight scene--also features Tila sucking face in an alley with some greaseball who looks like Domenico's evil twin.

But it probably doesn't matter what Bobby thinks, since it's unlikely he's even seen Tila since the Shot At Love reunion taping last year. After all, if Bobby and Tila's reality romance actually became reality, then how would Tila be able to justify starring in A Shot At Love 2, right? So this is probably the closest Bobby will come to seeing his fake girlfriend in the (ahem) flesh any time soon.

As for the song...well, it's pretty decent. Yes, unlike Heidi Montag's "Higher," Tila's video might even be enjoyed without the aid of a mute button! However, the reason for its relative listenability is it's basically a note-for-note remake of the once-credible R&B jam "We All Want" by Kevin Michael and Lupe Fiasco.

As for Tila's singing...well, she's ever so slightly better than Heidi Montag, but she's no Kevin Michael or Lupe Fiasco. She's more of just a straight-up fiasco.

Anyway, watch the "Stripper Friends" video below and see if the music industry should give Tila Tequila a shot:

109 Comments

1. Yahoo! Music User -
i agree - song is not bad, but the singing is

not as bad as heidi montag though

2. Yahoo! Music User -
i dont like tilas blond bob. its not flattering + its a rihanna ripoff

3. Yahoo! Music User -
typical asian import model pssh

4. Yahoo! Music User -
The singing could be better, but as for her amazingly sexy body! WOW! SHE IS FINE!

5. eliptek -
LOL... wow... Tila actually doing something quasi-mainstream.

See, this is what happens when all the writers go on strike! Reality TV is the substitute and producers will rummage through the trash for anything marketable.

FYI, the song is pretty appropriate for Tila. Unlike more legitimate artists, she earned her lime-light through the (softcore) porn she's done. If her fake boyfriend wanted to see her "in the flesh" (as it were), he'd really only need to do a quick search on the internet.

6. Yahoo! Music User -
The song may be catchy and what not but the video is horrible!!! I certainly hope that the networks don't plan on airing that video!
Nothing like bring porn into your morning video show!

7. Brandon -
This video is cool!!! I Love Tila

8. blackcourtneymichelle -
i like it

9. Yahoo! Music User -
It is lewd and a corrupting influence. It mocks women and sexuality in general.

10. etanusig -
That was so bad, I can't believe that I wasted 30 seconds of my life watching it before I turned it off. It just goes to show that the old saying is true "eager beats pretty any time" and in this case talent. But unlike Brittney, I wouldn't even take the time to watch this with the volume off. She is definitley something to aspire to for all the little whorelettes out there.

11. Yahoo! Music User -
She looks like a bobble-head.

12. jenrulz13 -
i love this video. i saw it for the first time and i LOVE it!!!!! it is the best that she has ever come out with. i love the fact that she is comfortable with the fact that she is a bisexual (like me) and she showcased both genders in the video. lol

13. babygirl94117 -
Hi T whats up I real like your music.You are real "HOT" to and real kool.my out

14. Yellie -
not all that great 4 me...

15. Yahoo! Music User -
pppppppppoooooooorrrrrrnnnnnnnnnn
S O B keeep it behind dooors

16. Yahoo! Music User -
I think I'm going to be sick.

17. Yahoo! Music User -
dude tila u are soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo hot if u ever had another show id be on it!!!!

18. rainBowBrite831 -
i love that video!!!!!!
it was so hot

19. Yahoo! Music User -
I think she sould have a job as a stripper. I don't think she is out there for the right reason. I think that she wants to just make a quick buck. The most I think that she will do is be a one hit wonder. Well not even that, maybe she might get close to the charts. Just because she was on th cover of a magazine or two. Also a lame TV show. she thinks she can turn a buck. I think she should stick to what she is good at. That is well, I will keep those words to myself. I think people forgot the what music is all about. Also people forget about reality. When they see these types of artists and tv shows. I don't want to sound like a hater or anything. Just that I ask people to look out side of the box when they listen to music and the type of programs they watch. For me seeing what Tila Tequila does. I want to be the opposite.

20. sixx -
SAD AND PATHETIC. NO MUSICAL TALENT, HORRIBLE LYRICS AND TRASHY VIDEO. WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO REAL MUSIC. YOU KNOW, WITH INSTRUMENTS AND REAL VOCALISTS!!!!!
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