Can Hips Possibly Lie?
Well well, what can I say, while I was sitting in the car last night having a chat with my groovy brother this song came on, now I had heard it a few times but never really listened to it, I couldn?t really understand what Shakira was going on about due to the horrific lyrics and also Wycliffe Jean (or whatever he?s called, formerly of The Fugees) shooting his mouth off about refugees and that.
So I decided being kind of anal about things like that, that I would Google the lyrics today, so I did, and from what I can see, its quite obvious that English is clearly not her first language, the lyrics make no sense whatsoever, how did this become a chart topper I wonder, it sounds like just another Shakira song but reading the lyrics you can clearly see Wycleff?s influence in it, apparently his part is about his concern for (you guessed it) refugees and CIA harassment(?). It?s almost as if she just wants it to rhyme and so puts random words together. Hmmm!
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BABS HAS BLOGGED!!!! (Huge Round of Applause)
And fweckit - whatever the lyrics are - I now have them circling continually around my poor wee brain. ARRGGGGGH.
Posted by: NKL | June 29, 2006 2:15 PM
Fweckit?
Do your hips lie though, NKL? Mine don't, not that I know of anyway.
Posted by: Matt | June 29, 2006 2:17 PM
Aw thanks Nikki, you are the greatest, I don't think that my hips can lie, but maybe Shakira's can seeing as they move about as if independant from the rest of her body!
Posted by: Babs | June 29, 2006 2:29 PM
Welcome Babs!
I think the meaning is very clear. He's seen her body movin', he was talkin', it was makin' her (a woman) go mad, she tries to hide it, but HER HIPS DON'T LIE.
See, perfectly clear.
Posted by: nrgza | June 29, 2006 5:09 PM
You lost me after the "Welcome Babs" bit...
Posted by: SharkyUK | June 29, 2006 8:15 PM
It still makes no sense, maybe that bit does, but not the rest, what's all this "we own our own boats" bit about, who owns boats and where are they headed? Could I maybe hitch a lift?
Posted by: Babs | June 30, 2006 8:46 AM
For the case of 'it makes no sense' I quote:
"go back like when 'pac carried crates for Humpty Humpty
I need a whole club dizzy"
And also:
"I ain't guilty, it's a musical transaction
No more do we snatch ropes"
-Although I believe Monsieur Jean would be more guilty for those than Shakira.
Posted by: Matt | June 30, 2006 9:45 AM
Since when did "making sense" become any sort of requiremnt for music, espeically poppy rubbish?
For example the Coldplay track was called yellow because he needed a 2 syllabol word, and it was going to be Bognor or something and Chris Martin saw a yellow pages and the rest is hystory.
(I have the Jonthan Ross interview if you want)
Posted by: Adrian | July 2, 2006 3:20 PM
Sorry, I can't get over your spelling of 'syllable' enough to read the rest of your comment.
Posted by: Matt | July 3, 2006 11:35 AM
I didn't have spell check installed on the machine I commented from. You can crit my spelling when you can integrate from first principals, or do a FFT in pascal.
Posted by: Adrian | July 3, 2006 11:49 AM
Ooh! Handbags. :-P
Posted by: Matt | July 3, 2006 12:06 PM