shakira

"Nevertheless, there's a slightly patronising assumption that her more abstruse lyrics – She Wolf's "I'm starting to feel a little abused like a coffee machine in an office", or the deathless line from her English-language breakthrough hit Whenever, Wherever about how lucky she is that her "breasts are small and humble so you don't confuse them with mountains" – are the cack-handed efforts of a woman struggling to express herself in a language she doesn't entirely grasp."

id actually say its more just like someone writing in english with the characteristics/inflections etc of their first language. as well as her obv just being a bit strange (in a really nice way) lol.

from here -
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/oct/15/shakira-interview

who else has inserted the term 'lycanthropy' into song?

besides patrick wolf, you mean? lol.

she wolf is pretty good on first listen. shakira melds with the neptunes much better than i'd expect her to (or do they meld to her? unsure). it's less evidently ambitious than oral fixation was...or at least smaller in scale. no songs arguing with god or ranting about east timor or the travails of celebrity - not much epic fluffy love either. mostly it's a lot of sex. fiery emancipated desire in a sort of frank way that we haven't heard from her before. not exploitative really, but aggressive and organic to where she's at, perhaps? hard to distinguish.

'gypsy' is the only one that doesn't really fit the template and it's lovely and interesting production-wise, but feels out of place on the album. still a highlight (tho).

'Did It Again' is a stormer that they really should release in north america instead of that timbaland crap-fest, and 'Mon Amour' is a great crazed revenge/break-up song. Up there with Si Te Vas, Objection (Tango) and Don't Bother on the list of "great songs where Shakira acts like a total mentalist."

"Passengers with destination to Hell...Please proceed to your gate, we are ready to board now."

http://fourfour.typepad.com/fourfour/2009/10/comedy-album-of-the-year.html

XD

lollllllllllllll

classic post

"I wish I had longer legs that I could fasten to your body so you’d take me with you everywhere."

fwiw i have enjoyed watching shakira's transformation from a 16 year old lol alanis morrissette wannabe (pies descalzos) to weird britney clone (laundry service) to vocab-spouting she wolf. i feel like i've watched her grow up. i was in colombia when she made her breakthrough in 96, and i'll tell you what -- "estoy aqui" still gets plenty of radio time even 13 years later. she's HUGE. love her.

heard "loca" today and it ruled
luv u shakira

http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/12/premiere-stream-shakira-islands-the-xx-cover/

Shakira covering "Islands" by The XX

NYT on Shakira http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/17/arts/music/17shakira.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=shakira&st=cse

I think I might actually purchase (or at least pay to download) her new album.

Will her next single be titled "Loda"?

That article is pretty cool and has me interested in the next album, but it just writes off the last one as "too mainstream." As much as I loved Loba the song I never listened to the full album. Anyone here fuck with it?

heard "loca" today and it ruled

A couple merengue songs, but she's still meh.

The original (which I think I like better but not that much):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfLZchWHKCk

i like her version better because i like her voice better

"gordita" is great too! <3 calle 13
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJcRvJG0P1c

Arab Idol singer Mohammed Assaf says he has been banned from singing at the opening of the World Cup 2014 in Brazil and that the Colombian singer Shakira has decided to boycott the ceremony in protest at the ban,

Assaf, a Palestinian living in Gaza Strip, wrote on his social network page that he has just been notified about the decision cancelling an agreement with him to sing at the World Cup, which will kick off in June.

“I have been banned from singing at the World Cup opening in Brazil by some countries and parties which I do not know,” he said, according to the Saudi daily Sada and other regional newspapers.

“This decision has prompted Shakira to apologize from singing at the ceremony,” he added without giving further details.

http://mondoweiss.net/2014/02/mohammed-banned-performing.html quoting Emirates 24/7.

(Apparently Hamas wants to follow suit.)

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/26/arts/music/shakira-el-dorado-chantaje-interview.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fmusic&action=click&contentCollection=music®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=2&pgtype=sectionfront

Lots of collaborators on her new album (Maluma, Prince Royce, Nicky Jam), which started with one

“The creator inside of me was in desperate need of attention. But also my 2-year-old was in the same need. The person, the mother, the creator — all of those little Shakiras were fighting inside of me, so it was very tumultuous.”

The turning point came last year as Shakira revisited her Colombian roots. The songwriter Carlos Vives, who has had hits across the Spanish-speaking world with songs based in Colombian traditions like the accordion-driven vallenato, sent her demos for his next album. Shakira heard duet possibilities in a song, and the musician in her got to work.

Listened to the new one. It's uneven but I lean toward liking it, more than disliking it. She mainly sings in Spanish but sings a bit in English. A number of cuts have a pop-reggaeton feel to them. On the tracks I dislike, Shakira's vocals are too adult contemporary meets 90s pop sterile.

all of those little Shakiras were fighting inside of me

same

Your hips don't lie

I really liked La Bicicleta when it was out, kinda goofy but a fun song. Will give the record a listen for sure

I know nothing about Carlos Vives though, will have to listen to some of his other work, anyone got any recommendations where to begin?

hmmmm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mr7ZfX1E55g

it's terrible but i can't say no

i don't think it's terrible. she looks good riding that light up surfboard. it's sort of a downbeat song for her.

i have liked her a lot more ever since i read about her doing free online courses in ancient philosophy at penn.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/dec/27/shakira-bronze-statue-unveiled-colombia

That's some statue