Shakira..........

[Marvelous]

............anyone wild of this woman........

I love her, her music is so cool, and I saw some interviews, she is cool.....but aslo sweet and nice!!

her single : Hips don`t lie, is number 1 in Holland now!!! I love that one!!

[TomUk]

I adore Shakira.

One of things I am most looking forward to this year is the World Tour!

http://84.104.58.68/shakira/splash.jpg

http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/7136/normalrtrlive2829216bh.jpg

Shakira shows are out of ths world.......... :-O

[TomUk]

Oh I would join this to the other thread but I don't know how. har har

[dreampop]

She will be here in July I think... I like her but I believe she's doing a mistake.
She tries too hard to look sexy and she doesn't have to cause she's sexy already...

[TomUk]

What's the mistake?

If being sexy is a crime.............arrest her!

I prefer her more naturally sexy now than when she had bleached blonde hair or when she had darker hair and bad clothes. But her albums are still political and so is she, but she has always liked to fill the dance floor too :COLOMBIA: :_rocker:

[LinnieNL]

I love her I love her! The new song is great, I play it all the time and it doesn't get boring. She's also like reallyyy sexy but still she's got something sweet as well...

[cristino]

Me gusta mucho el estilo de Shakira...................
ha sobrepasado las fronteras latinas

[Valerio]

I like her very much! She has a great voice, the songs are powerfull, and she seems to be very nice and not vain. Yeah, she's very sexy without strong make up and blonde hair!

Hips don't lie is number 2 in Italy, just because there is a very good song at number 1. Go Shakira! ;-)

[dreampop]

What's the mistake?

If being sexy is a crime.............arrest her!

No, I don't mean that being sexy is a mistake but some times some women overdo it. I believe she tries to look sexy in a fake way sometimes while she doesn't need that cause even if she did nothing she would still be sexy. I hope you got what I mean...

[Marvelous]

Has anyone see a live show of her yet??

I wanna know if she is good on stage?

I remember whenever.....back then I found it was not that good, But maybe that was then!!

And She lost a lot of weight didnt she?.........maybe im wrong but she was bigger around her fisrt album?? no?

[TomUk]

Babis -
Yeah I know what you mean. It was a total shock to see her in the video for 'Suerte / Whenever Wherever' with bleached blonde hair, writhing in mud, after years of seeing her on stage with a guitar and brunette braids ha ha. But nowadays she looks more natural.

http://www.shakiragallery.com/albums/userpics/10008/normal_Shakiramedia_robgreig_12.jpg

Marlous -
I saw her in London a few years ago, and the show was awesome. She has total energy, and wowed the audience. She can sing live, plays the drums and guitar and belly dances...! There's a concert DVD out called 'Live off the record' or something like that which has a great documentary on it as well. I'm obsessed with this woman! :_sunshine

[TomUk]

Me gusta mucho el estilo de Shakira...................
ha sobrepasado las fronteras latinas

Estoy de acuerdo :-D

Mas informacion sobre su tour mundial...



"'Las canciones son como la banda sonora de una vida', afirma Shakira, que iniciará en España su 'Tour Fijación Oral'


La música colombiana saca al mercado el día 28 "Oral Fixation II", con nuevas canciones en inglés, que incluirá en sus conciertos

Redacción / EP
España es el país elegido por Shakira para iniciar el próximo 16 de junio, en A Coruña, la gira mundial del "Tour Fijación Oral", con el que estará en nueve ciudades españolas y proseguirá por Hispanoamérica, EE UU y Europa. La cantante y compositora colombiana presentará en estos directos los temas del que será su nuevo disco, "Oral Fixation II", en inglés, y que sale a la venta el próximo 28 de marzo. Pero como afirmó hoy en rueda de prensa, el tour contará con las canciones que han marcado la trayectoria de su vida, "canciones del pasado que me recuerdan lo que soy y he sido".

"Las canciones son como la banda sonora de una vida", dijo hoy Shakira en Madrid, que está muy contenta por empezar en España este tour, con el que visitará en junio A Coruña (día 16), León (día 20), Madrid (día 22), Pamplona (día 25), Barcelona (día 28) y Málaga (día 30) y que proseguirá en julio en Elche (día 1), Las Palmas (día 3) y Tenerife (día 5). "Va a ser la gira más importante que he realizado hasta ahora", confesó, adelantando que el "show" estará basado en "los temas que la gente conoce y quiere cantar conmigo".

De esta manera, Shakira deleitará a su público con canciones ya clásicas como "Moscas en la casa" o "Estoy aquí" o su éxito "La tortura", que incluye en su último disco y en el que hace un dúo con Alejandro Sanz. Un "repertorio muy completo" al que se sumará un show basado en el arte, la danza y el rock and roll y el inimitable movimiento de cintura de la colombiana. "No tengo asegurada la cintura, pero debería hacerlo, porque ya me está dando dolores de espalda", bromeó. Una danza "mezcla africana y española, que demuestra la sensualidad de la mujer", dono "sólo se mueven las caderas".

EMPEZÓ CON 14 AÑOS
Shakira, quien afirmó que el público español le ha sido siempre "tremendamente fiel", estuvo de gira hace ahora tres años, pero sólo en Madrid y Barcelona. "El público español me ha visto crecer como artista", señaló recordando que empezó en el mundo de la música con tan sólo 14 años y vio cómo se le cerraban muchas puertas antes de conseguir el éxito. "Era sólo un mundo de hombres y adultos", precisó.

"No todo ha sido un camino de rosas", prosiguió, puntualizando que al final "el sudor derramado se recompensa". "Mi madre me decía que tenía que dedicarme a mi meta las 24 horas del día, eso jamás se me olvidó", recordó Shakira, puntualizando que tiene buenos recuerdos del colegio de religiosas en el que estudió porque fue "el primer escenario donde probé actuar delante del público".

Los esfuerzos no han sido en balde y ahora Shakira puede presumir de vivir en las Bahamas, donde espera poder pasar un año sabático, estudiando idiomas y dedicándose a la jardinería, "uno de esos placeres que aparecen cuando tienes 30 años", después de la macrogira que tiene programada y antes de empezar a componer temas para un nuevo trabajo.

"SENTIR LA HUMEDAD EN LA PIEL"
Preguntada por si Alejandro Sanz será una de las sorpresas de sus conciertos, la artista dijo que no iba a adelantar nada. Pero sí reconoció que trabajar con el cantautor ha sido "fundamental" para "Fijación oral". "He aprendido mucho de él, es un genio creativo, que vive el arte las 24 horas del día", afirmó.

Shakira también tuvo tiempo para responder a algunas preguntas más personales. Así confesó que ya no le da tiempo a cantar en la ducha, porque son "duchas militares de entrar y salir" porque no tiene tiempo. O cómo madrugar no le sienta nada bien, aunque "un buen desayuno ayuda". También reconoció que entre sus gustos están comer pescado frito -"aunque ahora me tengo que poner a dieta de cara a los conciertos"-, vivir cerca del mar, la sal en la ropa y la humedad en la piel". "

http://www.shakiragallery.com/albums/1/appearances/2006/tourpress/normal_57165323_10.jpg

[CanadianMike]

I don't have any of her cds, but I like her A LOT...she is SEXY.:cool:

She played a small private concert months ago...i had a concert to go to (Bon Jovi...or Rob Thomas...don't remember), but I wish I didn't have plans...I would have like to go see the private concert (win tickets) or at least meet her.

My niece just got her cd.

She can move like no other.

[TomUk]

Mike - the North American leg of her tour is coming up if you have interest. PS Linnie already met her heheh! see the Acer pic thread.

She is still number 1 in the US billboard charts, and is number 3 in the UK singles chart.

This is the setlist for the tour:

1.- Estoy Aquí
2.- Te Dejo Madrid
3.- Don't Bother
4.- Antología
5.- Hey You
6.- Dia de Enero
7.- Inevitable
8.- Si Te Vas
9.- Obtener Un Sí
10.- La Tortura

VIDEO INTERLUDE

11.- No
12.- Suerte
13.- La Pared (Versión Acústica)
14.- Pies Descalzos, Sueños Blancos
15.- Ciega, Sordomuda
16.- Ojos Así
17.- Hips Don't Lie

http://tour.shakiramusic.com/fotos/20060616_ACoruna/028.jpg

[TomUk]

Congratulations to Shakira on her first UK number one this week!

The best thing is that she *climbed* the charts over a number of weeks. This is not normal for a UK chart, as 90% of the time, a song makes its highest entry on the first week. To get to the top spot over three weeks is VERY rare, especially considering that this song was hardly ever played on the radio here.

Ace of Base could do that with the right song. :)

[MelissaQu]

Ella es fantastica! Me gusta la canción "Hips don't lie"

She's very popular here even after the song is played too much!

[TomUk]

Here is UK the song is hardly played at all!

Even though Shakira has returned to the number 1 singles chart in the UK after 4 weeks off the top spot, the main station 'BBC Radio 1' doesn't have her on their playlists, not even the C list!

haha! Poor Shakira...

[oneira]

I saw Shakira live in Athens on July 20... Oh my God she is amazing and beautiful!!! Ive got a few pictures that ill try and upload. Her live singing voice is awesome as well, well worth the 150 euros. Im going to see her again on sept. 5 in Boston... will be sure to keep you all posted.

*waves to tom, long time no see :)*

[TomUk]

Hi Oneira!

I would have *loved* to have gone to one of the early concerts in Europe... But I have taken all my holiday time to go to Colombia in September.

I met Babis' frined Alex when he was in London last week and he had been to the Athens concert and said it was fantastic! I will have to wait until 2007. Make sure you take some pictures from Boston :)

The charts have been announced and Shakira is still number one in the UK, which is a good omen because it may mean we get more tour dates!!

[Sexor]

HOW is this song #1 for this long?

It's not that great lol...

[TomUk]

Looks like the general public disagree, Terry ;) ... It's not one of her best, but it's the best summer song around at the moment. Compare it to Get Together by Madonna and it looks like a masterpiece!

[Sexor]

The general public also liked Crazy Frog, and Sandi Thumb...

[Osiris]

I can't stand her. Her voice is too nasal for my taste (à la Aguilera).

I don't find her songs particulary original either... I fail to see the appeal. Whenever was alright I guess.

[TomUk]

The general public also liked Crazy Frog, and Sandi Thumb...I think it's sour grapes cos most of your favourites are hangng onto a record contract by the skin of their teeth :-P ... but yeah it's all down to pesonal taste. A lot of people don't like her voice, I doubt she's bovvered though :-)

I don't think you can compare the realtively small time success of Crazy Frog with an established singer/songwriter like Shakira though. I did not see Crazy Throg or Sandi Fumb cling onto the number one spot for weeks and weeks in nearly every country in the world. This is week #11 and Shakira is still at number one here. No cartoon frog did that...

[Sexor]

I think it's sour grapes cos most of your favourites are hangng onto a record contract by the skin of their teeth :-P ... but yeah it's all down to pesonal taste. A lot of people don't like her voice, I doubt she's bovvered though :-)

I don't think you can compare the realtively small time success of Crazy Frog with an established singer/songwriter like Shakira though. I did not see Crazy Throg or Sandi Fumb cling onto the number one spot for weeks and weeks in nearly every country in the world. This is week #11 and Shakira is still at number one here. No cartoon frog did that...

I'm not sour about anything... I think this song is at best average, and I can't fathom how it's managing to shift sales, but i'm not surprised though...it IS the UK after all. :devil:

and Shakira was struggling BIG time until she got a rent-a-crapper to do a song for her. :whistle:

[TomUk]

Struggling before HDL? :rotfl:

I think you'll find she was hot off the cuff of winning Best Female at the MTV EMAs beating off competition from Madonna, Xtina etc, after her amazingly successful Fijacion Oral Volumen 1..! Where have you been, the moon (or North America)? :devil:

As for UK sales of Hips Don't Lie "it IS the UK after all.." I was speaking about the song as a *wordwide* smash hit. :nerd: I believe it was a record breaker in your country too? :teehee:

[Sexor]

Her album barely shifted sales over here before she got a rent-a-crapper on board.

[TomUk]

Well that says a lot about the US audience unfortunately. Over here, we like the song because of Shakira. I don't think anyone gives two hoots about Wyclef Jean!

[André]

I adored "Underneath Your Clothes" and I believe she's one of the nicest celebrities around.... but I'm not too interested in her.

Jules: DON'T compare her to Christina! Ugh!!!

[Rudy Rudy]

I couldn't care less about Shakira, but comparing to Xtina is a crime. That women should not be allowed to make records, her voice can do one thing and that is moan. Maybe porn would be a nice job for her.
Shakira's voice is good!

[Osiris]

lol Don't kill me please!

I think their voices are very similar in that annoying nasal way. Makes me cringe.

But feel free to worship her! :-P

[Sexor]

Overall, these bitches have nothing on Rachel Stevens. :-D

[Osiris]

haha Viva la Stevens! *looking for the :rah: smiley*

[Rudy Rudy]

The one with the career flop?

[Sexor]

The one with the career flop?

Well, if I was talking about Ace of Base maybe. :stir: :lol: :-P

[Osiris]

The one with the career flop?

Do you want me to spank you?!

[Rudy Rudy]

Not tonight!

Sorry to have said something bad about your Godess, but that is what I have heard from several sources.

[Osiris]

Not tonight!

Sorry to have said something bad about your Godess, but that is what I have heard from several sources.

Well her last album did flop a bit (#27) but not the singles! :-P

[TomUk]

FY eye: In this day and age, album sales are everything, the singles are there mainly there to promote an album. Shakira has not ever had a flop album. Even her live album sales dwarf anything by your septic waifs.

I cannot believe Rachel Stevens has even been mentioned in a Shakira thread. She is merely a figure of fun even for kids, and her talent and stage presence can be compared to a very boring wall. Saying that Shakira is not original ('La Tortura', 'Objection', hello?) then bigging up Rachel Stevens is laughable. :lol:

She is not only a cringeing mediocrity but is also as dull as dishwater.:re:

Anyway back on topic, my Shakira unplugged CD has arrived! :-D

http://www.supermusic.sk/obrazky/4964_MTV%20unplugged.jpg

[Sexor]

Rachel Stevens could out shake Shakira's hips any day :-D

[Osiris]

Rachel Stevens could out shake Shakira's hips any day :-D

*Superficial mode on* And Rachel is gorgeous... which cannot be said of Shakira. :-D

[TomUk]

Rachel Stevens could out shake Shakira's hips any day :-D

If she can, well, why hasn't she?

I'm waiting.....

Also... About the rent-a-rapper thing, if North Americans weren't so insular they would actually learn that Shakira has worked with rappers before, and the more you know about South America and Colombia, then the more you will like Shakira. Shakira is from the Carribbean, including the West Indies. So any Carribbean involvement is very close to home for her.

Edit: due to vanity.

[Sexor]

If she can, well, why hasn't she?

I'm waiting.....

Also... About the rent-a-rapper thing, if North Americans weren't so insular they would actually learn that Shakira has worked with rappers before, and the more you know about South America and Colombia, then the more you will like Shakira. Shakira is from the Carribbean, including the West Indies. So any Carribbean involvement is very close to home for her.

Edit: due to vanity.

She is busy with her backdoor parties. :-P

and I was just saying that the song was only a hit here cos it featured a rapper...cos as you should know almost anything with a rent-a-crapper gets a good spot on the charts.

[TomUk]

When you say 'here' I think you're talking about North America. So how do explain the song's popularity in the other 100 countries?

Is it because she's wearing a red dress? Or a necklace?

I heard that the song was only successful in Holland because Shakira was wearing earth tone mascara. It's absolutely true, and those that say so aren't bitter because thay're fans of failing artists that can't write their own songs, let alone pick up a guitar.

I can't believe them. It's nonsense. :)

[Sexor]

Because she is on a big record label and can afford to promote the shit out of her shitty song. She can do a slutty dance add on the rent-a-crapper and get a #1 easily.

[TomUk]

Shakira has always been on the same record label since she was 14 years old, with her own written songs. She has been (slutty) belly dancing since she was 7. She was the most famous person in her home country before she turned 20. What do YOU do?

Newsflash: this is not her debut song.

I love this.

[TomUk]

http://www.myblog.fr/albums/Meeting-avec-Chancelier-Gordon-Brown-a-Londres-02-03-06-/TN2_342521.jpg

This was several months ago, but did you know that Shakira was at 10 Downing Street (25 minutes walk from my little old flat :) having talks with Gordon Brown, trying to organise a Live8 event for South America? She was trying to get funding for several events.

Shakira presides over a very successful charity for displaced children in Colombia which has built and maintained Schools and many other facilities.

http://www.fundacionpiesdescalzos.com/english/index.php

It's worth a look if you're thinking about sponsoring a child or whatever. It's a problem in the fact that in Colombia, the government is very different fom a European one. There are 3 MILLION children in Colombia that are working kids, and they can't study. Colombia's hierarchy have left the children behind.


Edit: I changed some things from 'South America' to 'Colombia' :) oops!

[Sexor]

Shakira has always been on the same record label since she was 14 years old, with her own written songs. She has been (slutty) belly dancing since she was 7. She was the most famous person in her home country before she turned 20. What do YOU do?

Newsflash: this is not her debut song.

I love this.

The point is that she was flopping big time in America before her little song with a rent-a-crapper saved her here. Seeing as the song is big and all here, it generated interest throughout the world and thus gave her a hit!

I don't remember asking how long she has been slutty dancing or how long she has been on her label. :-|

[Sexor]

http://www.myblog.fr/albums/Meeting-avec-Chancelier-Gordon-Brown-a-Londres-02-03-06-/TN2_342521.jpg

This was several months ago, but did you know that Shakira was at 10 Downing Street (25 minutes walk from my little old flat :) having talks with Gordon Brown, trying to organise a Live8 event for South America? She was trying to get funding for several events.

Shakira presides over a very successful charity for displaced children in Colombia which has built and maintained Schools and many other facilities.

http://www.fundacionpiesdescalzos.com/english/index.php

It's worth a look if you're thinking about sponsoring a child or whatever. It's a problem in the fact that in Colombia, the government is very different fom a European one. There are 3 MILLION children in Colombia that are working kids, and they can't study. Colombia's hierarchy have left the children behind.


Edit: I changed some things from 'South America' to 'Colombia' :) oops!

http://server5.dedicateduk.com/~ace/thb/smilies/22.gif *blink*

[TomUk]

The point is that she was flopping big time in America before her little song with a rent-a-crapper saved her here. Seeing as the song is big and all here, it generated interest throughout the world and thus gave her a hit!

I don't remember asking how long she has been slutty dancing or how long she has been on her label. :-|

Please name me one flop album from Shakira?

[TomUk]

http://server5.dedicateduk.com/~ace/thb/smilies/22.gif *blink*
Funnily enough, that post wasn't addressed to you. This is a Shakira thread, not a Shakira bashing thread. Why don't you focus on posting things in threads to do with singers that you actually like?

What do you do for a living? I'm interested about that. I'm sure it's better than Shakira or me, or other people.

[Sexor]

I like Shankira, just not Hips Don't Lie :-)

[TomUk]

If you like 'Shankira' , then why the tirade of insults towards her?

Look, all you did was to throw out irrelevant, offensive,and sexist insults. You haven't made any legitimate comments on Shakira or her music. All I'm trying to do is to give out information. If you can't find anything constructive to say, then I suggest you keep out of the thread.

PS Using the word 'crapper' instead of 'rapper' is incredibly smug and pathetic.

Edit: due to me.

[Sexor]

Winding you up is so much fun. :-D

[TomUk]

That was so witty! Well done!

[Sexor]

WOW, Shankira looks so amazing in this (http://www.ebaumsworld.com/2006/07/shakira-parody.html) video! :-D

Her hips don't lie! :lol:

[Sexor]

lmfao at whoever gave this thread a zero rating

[TomUk]

I can only repeat what I said before. If you can't find anything constructive to say, then I suggest you keep out of the thread.

[Sexor]

But, I don't want to leave :(

[TomUk]

Wow. I really want to live in middle America. It seems so informed and free!

I would not be surprised if you haven't left your country.

[Sexor]

Wow. I really want to live in middle America. It seems so informed and free!

I would not be surprised if you haven't left your country.

you bump the thread a month later with that useless posting :-|

[LinnieNL]

Yay Yay Yay I'm going to see Shakira in concert in february!!!!!! I bought myself a ticket yesterday... it means I can't buy food for next week but oh wel... I'm going to see Shakira again :-D

[TomUk]

The point is that she was flopping big time in America before her little song with a rent-a-crapper saved her here. Seeing as the song is big and all here, it generated interest throughout the world and thus gave her a hit!

I don't remember asking how long she has been slutty dancing or how long she has been on her label. :-|

I was just looking back on the thread here to get the link for pies descalzos, and I found this!

She was flopping in America!! I *think* you mean USA. I think you'll find she has no danger of not thriving in Latin America. Yes, the part of your continent that people in general (worldwide) don't hate. Have you travelled?

[Sexor]

She was flopping in America!! I *think* you mean USA. I think you'll find she has no danger of not thriving in Latin America. Yes, the part of your continent that people in general (worldwide) don't hate. Have you travelled?

I *MEANT* USA when I said America. :lol: And yes, I have traveled. :smug:

[TomUk]

Well, you come across mind bogglingly stupid.

[Sexor]

Well, you come across mind bogglingly stupid.

And why is that? Because I don't happen to agree with you on Skankira. :-|

[TomUk]

I am used to people disagreeing with my music tastes. I have been an Ace of Base fan for 13 years.