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Fraser McAlpine | 10:22 UK time, Friday, 6 April 2007

Beyonce & ShakiraI can't help thinking a trick has been missed in putting together these two and not trying to have some fun with their names. I mean, what kind of name for an act is 'Beyonce & Shakira'? A boring one, that's what. Surely 'BeSha' would be better, or 'Shabey Onkira'? C'mon, 'Shabey Onkira' would be amazing! Or 'Beki Shayora', or 'CeSha Yon BeKira'? No? Just me then...

Anyway, whatever they call themselves...there's something weird going on in this song. Not the unconventional instrumentation. That's only weird if you've never heard flamenco guitars or mournful Spanish violins or Turkish flutes or bellydance music or 'Toxic' by Britney Spears or anything other than the blandest Western pop.

No the weird thing is that everyone involved in the making of this song seems to be under the impression that if you take one sexy lady, add another sexy lady, get them to wriggle around doing a sexy bellydance and bend over a lot, and add smoke and heavy breathing, what you get is THE SEXIEST SEXINESS EVER.

What you actually get is the anti-climactic sound of two competing show-ponies with asthma nudging each other out of the way, so they can get more time at the musical feedbag.

Confusing, isn't it? Maybe they just sort of cancelled each other out?

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CD Released:
April 16th

(Fraser McAlpine)

Comments

  1. At 01:32 PM on 06 Apr 2007, sev wrote:

    Nah, I don't agree at all.
    I think this is a VERY sexy song, and the video ain't bad either !
    And I think it's totally different from the Mariah Carey/Whitney Houston duet where they REALLY were competing like 2 show-ponies striving for more attention than the other.
    Nah, definitely, I think Yonce and Shakira and really UNITED on this song, united against the bad guy, that "beautiful liar" !!!
    GOOOOOO GIRLS !!!!!!! We love ya !!

  2. At 01:57 PM on 06 Apr 2007, anon wrote:

    i agree with fraser about
    Beyonce & Shakira in this video they are both good singers and both have strong singing voices and it just doesnt work as it sounds like they are both compeating against each other to be the better singer. i aslo agree with him about the name they called off called themselves something different, i think that the name sounds boring and needs living up a bit. i dont like the song that much and i think the video is boring.

  3. At 03:36 PM on 06 Apr 2007, Talal wrote:

    THANK YOU. Finally, some sense! I'm Arab, and all the Arabs I know seem to think this is "the sexiest sexiness EVER".

    It's crap, wrapped in whine, dipped in yuck. So much potential, but ultimately a huge disappointment.

  4. At 09:58 AM on 07 Apr 2007, Lee wrote:

    I think it had potential to be awesome! But somewhere the writing of the lyrics went down hill and the over bearing big headedness of the girls having to say their names over and over again spoiled it. 'Shakiria, Shakiria, Beyonce, Beyonce'. Yeah okay we get it, we know your names... *rolls eyes*

  5. At 01:05 PM on 07 Apr 2007, Rach wrote:

    I think whoever wrote the comments for this is a dick, seriously. This is a great song, great video & two great singers :D

  6. At 08:59 PM on 07 Apr 2007, µώ±π²ΤΒ§ wrote:

    I've heard this opinion a lot, but I think it's a thoroughly enjoyable song (apart from the horrible Beyonce Beyonce bit - urghhh). It's like a megastar overload! And they're not competing - they're just two completely beautiful people with brilliant voices in the same song. It may be too much for some people, but I think it's quite a nice, sexy tune. Not the most amazing thing ever, but surely worth 3 or 4 stars.

  7. At 01:24 AM on 09 Apr 2007, Laura wrote:

    Yeah. I have to agree. Their voices don't blend well at all: both strong, but Shakira's is far too individual against BeyoncΓ©'s creamy but, in comparison, bland soprano. Also, sorry to come over all girly and shallow for a moment, but Shakira looks better than BeyoncΓ© in the video. That's not to say BeyoncΓ© looks awful, but her clothes make her look not only wide-hipped, but short, and she's taller than Shakira (okay, I know that's not difficult, but come on). Doesn't her mother design all her clothes? What was going on here?

    Shakira's got better clothes, she sings better, and frankly, sweetie, she dances better. Ho hum.

  8. At 04:40 PM on 10 Apr 2007, delroy wrote:

    to be honest i like the both of them and you no what i think b sounds great on this and shakira has a voice that i find annoying after a while she sounds like shes her vocals are comming from the bottom of her stomach

  9. At 11:23 AM on 18 Apr 2007, ALEX wrote:

    great song...shakira looks hot and is so much sexier that beyonce...i dont like beyonce vocals cuz she screams to much....

  10. At 10:44 AM on 26 Apr 2007, kimberley wrote:

    hi i am in my lesson doing my work i have just finshe d what are you up to

  11. At 05:42 PM on 27 Apr 2007, toni wrote:

    i think that it the names may not be funky but i don,t think that really matters.its the song that matters!

  12. At 04:52 PM on 30 Apr 2007, Shanice wrote:

    That's an..interesting way of puting it. But it's so true! Except...I'm not sure they actually have asthma...I may be wrong, I'm ONLY 14! lol!

  13. At 12:28 PM on 01 May 2007, wrote:

    shakira n beyonce sucks! you're all a pack of freaks!

    beyonce is a b**** and shakira cant even sing they sound like drag queens
    lol

  14. At 10:08 AM on 09 May 2007, wrote:

    i think this song is amazing and wen mah lil boy dances 2 it i love it because its well funneh. xxxxx love ya all

  15. At 11:17 AM on 14 May 2007, Anonymous wrote:

    It so borin da way beyonce dance she takes all her enegry its still not suit her....hahahha!

  16. At 11:40 AM on 14 May 2007, stacey wrote:

    hi

    [hello - Fraser]

  17. At 01:51 PM on 14 May 2007, caitlin wrote:

    i fink thats this song is wkd, very catchy. i fink the only mistake they made was tht they say mre of eachothas names in the song than ne fin else lol! i fink the reason tht i like it too is cuz i am a massive beyonce fan n i do like abit of shakira! ppl tht slate this song r jus mad! lol! i fink they shud defo do anufa duet 2gether! wkd track girls!!!! xx xx

  18. At 02:01 PM on 14 May 2007, Kat wrote:

    ooooh

    goblins strike again!

  19. At 04:07 PM on 14 May 2007, dodger wrote:

    the song is quite good but its basically the same thing over and over, which gets kinda boring. there good singers though. lol, i never thought about the cancelling each other out thing...well done Fraser!

    lol Dodger xx :( Dieting REALLY sucks

  20. At 05:13 PM on 14 May 2007, Kat wrote:

    then why diet? *munches ice cream* exercise is The Way!

  21. At 09:33 PM on 14 May 2007, wrote:

    its not what you eat, its what you burn off

  22. At 10:20 PM on 14 May 2007, Kat wrote:

    Well and kinda what you eat too in a balanced diet 5 fruit a day kinda way. Except I fully believe that 3 fruit a day is enough.

    I wanted to go running today and it rained :( I haven't been running in AGES!! Should get a blimmin treadmill and stick it in my greenhouse! :P

  23. At 10:48 AM on 22 May 2007, kerry wrote:

    hi you both are good dancers ok how do you lose all the fat ??????

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