I must confess that I am, as of this morning, in love with Shakira.
This morning I happened to see her video for "Objection (Tango)" on one of the TVs at the gym. My first reaction was, "Who is this bimbo-bombshell I'm going to have to hate?" So I actually pulled my headphones out of my CD player mid-"Aquarius" and plugged them into the little box on the stationary bike so I could hear what the ass-shakin' chick on the screen sounded like.
"Surely this mama's a-shakin' and a-shimmyin' because she can't sing to save her life," I thought.
But hey, I was wrong! (And I can say that without lapsing into "Jodzie" mode!)
So listen for yourself. And forgive me if this song has been out for, like, a month already and I've just "discovered" it. So I'm a little behind the times, all right?
I think I'm going to go out later and buy the eight-track!
fresh-baked at 08:55 AMShakira is just awesome. She has natural sexuality, something that Britney and Christina do not have. I cannot wait until her next album, either in Spanish or English!
Offered by: John T. Hill on October 6, 2002 4:21 PMSigh.
Jodi my sweets....what are you smoking? Shakira revulses me to my very core.
I wish she would clear her throat, her singing would be just as wretched...but at least it would sound likes she's singing through volumes of mucus.
Offered by: les D on October 3, 2002 10:05 AMI prefer her Spanish stuff too. I also think she looks better as a brunette. But I don't care what language she shakes her bonbon in. It's amazing to watch.
Offered by: Sassy McSmartpants on October 2, 2002 4:52 PMTo Sassy McSmart, well it also worked for Celine Dion and no one is castigating HER. I'm a little more tired of the saccharine sweet Celine than I ever could be of Shakira. But perhaps that is, as I said in an earlier comment, because I started listening to Shakira before she started playing to and for the ungrateful American masses.
Buwwahhhhaa!!
Offered by: Joni on October 2, 2002 12:51 PMThe line "Lucky that my breasts are small and humble so you don't confuse them with mountains", always makes me feel gross. Being a bodacious woman myself, whose breasts are neither small nor humble, it pisses me off that she seems to think that having large ta-tas is a bad thing.
Offered by: kelly on October 2, 2002 11:25 AM*gag* **cough** I just can't stand her.
Offered by: shannon on October 2, 2002 9:30 AMI could watch that girl shake her ass all day long. But if I hear "Underneath Your Clothes" one more time, I'm going to poke my eyes out with sticks. From what I understand, her English is very limited and her songs are sung Abba-esque. She's hooked on phonics man. (Works for her, I guess.)
"Lucky that my breasts are small and humble so you don't confuse them with mountains" The word for 'mountains' in Spanish is interchangeable with breasts (ahh, slang) just as we use "jugs," "melons," "rack," and the like. So it was a play on the translation.
Offered by: Sassy McSmartpants on October 1, 2002 11:00 PMOne night when I was drunk, I hooked up with Shakira.
Or at least I thought.
When I woke up the next morning, I found out it was Shaqira. Yes, the big man in drag.
His breasts were small and humble, which made me think it was the latin queen.
Deceptive man though. When he saw the tears in my eyes the next morning, he gave me a Burger King Shaq-pack and some Pepsi. I started to believe that he really cared.
Then he gave me a free copy of Kazaam!
Talk about being disrespected...
Offered by: leo on October 1, 2002 9:30 PMYou know ... I could have slept with Shakira ... but she said No.
Offered by: LA on October 1, 2002 9:10 PMShe's a hottie, and I don't usually say that about girls.
Been tryin' to do the Objection (Tango) groove she does in the video, but I just don't got the rhythm in me :]
and she sings too??
Offered by: Jon on October 1, 2002 5:02 PMI have come up with the ultimate pop star to bridge the generations; In my lab, I've taken Cher's DNA and Shakira's DNA and combined them creating... Cherkira!
Oddly enough, her concerts in Japan have left the populace running away from her, screaming her name out of sync with their lip movements.
Offered by: Thomas on October 1, 2002 3:14 PMSorry. Can't stand her.
Offered by: Nancy on October 1, 2002 2:32 PMShakira is the worst!!!!!!!!!
What's happening to you?????????
I'd rather listen to Enrique Iglesias while locked in a sauna wearing a fur coat!
Offered by: Nicole on October 1, 2002 1:37 PMHad her.
Offered by: Max on October 1, 2002 11:55 AMI love Shakira and can boast that I was listening to her when she was a brunette.... Check out these Spanish language tracks from older albums: No Creo (Solo Tu); Estoy Aqui; and Somre De Ti.
I read an article recently that intimated that Shakira was a day late and a dollar short, and likened her singing voice to Alanis. To that I say, "I just don't think so."
You found her just in time, Jodi! And if you have a hankering for some Latin hunks, check out Jarabe de Palo at my site....
Offered by: Joni on October 1, 2002 11:03 AMShakira also shimmies to shake her obsession with her own chest. Could be just a translation issue, but didya notice? "Lucky that my breasts are small and humble so you don't confuse them with mountains" ... "Next to her cheap silicone I look minimal." Not sure what's she's worried about. Isn't flat in this year?
Offered by: EB on October 1, 2002 10:13 AM{"Shakira," Shakira's Likeness, and "Objection (Tango)" all © 2002, PepsiCo.}
Offered by: aaron on October 1, 2002 9:51 AM





