Thursday, 27 August 2009

"Shakira, Shakira"
"Calvin Harris, Calvin Harris"

A few weeks ago, blogs and even our friends on social networking sites were all 'OMG new Shakira single wow' and so on and so forth.

We took a listen and were considerably underwhelmed with Shakira's 'She-Wolf' single. It had better verses than it did a chorus - and that's not a good sign for any pop single. Plus her howls were distinctly unimpressive - and those have got to be the most important part of any song about werewolves.

Simple solution though, just get Calvin Harris on the case right? He'll sort it out, turn it into a big club smash and put excitement into the bits where there isn't any right? Right? Well, no not really. Despite every bell, whistle, cowbell, whoosh and zappy noise Calvin can muster up, there's just no turning this OK song into something amazing. And the howls sound even less convincing in Calvin's remix.

Still, she looks beyond AMAZING in the video, so that's got to count for something.

Posted by Robot

1 comments:

  1. Normally I would compose some linear notes, but this track makes Pigeon's little brain want to explode. This song is ridiculously addictive. It's also rubbuish. And yet brilliant. That howl is useless, and utterly wonderful. You can almost see right up her rectum in that outfit 'you're not going out dressed like that' etc etc. Has Shakira aged backwards? Calvin Harris remains insanely irriating yet immensly likeable. We are dancing. We are sitting down. We have done a little sick.
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