[LibertyGirl77]

I like the idea of Shakira promoting Pepsi. She's a great singer who writes most of her own stuff (to produce an English CD, she sat down with a Spanish-English dictionary and sounded it out as she went along). Her lyrics are sensual without being trashy. (Lyric: "Baby, I would climb the Andes solely/to count the freckles on your body") I think she's 25 years old, so sensuality isn't Lolita-ish with her.

Britney Spears, on the other hand, is absolutely insidious. She promotes herself as a squeaky-clean role model for young women, then sings lyrics like, "(Moan) I get nasty!" while heaving and moaning into a microphone. Or the oh-so-empowering "I'm a Slave 4 U." Give me a break. She is totally disgusting. I'd have more respect for her if she'd just pose for Penthouse, star in a porno and be done with it. At least it would be honest.

[MadIvan]

Britney Spears, on the other hand, is absolutely insidious. She promotes herself as a squeaky-clean role model for young women, then sings lyrics like, "(Moan) I get nasty!" while heaving and moaning into a microphone. Or the oh-so-empowering "I'm a Slave 4 U." Give me a break. She is totally disgusting. I'd have more respect for her if she'd just pose for Penthouse, star in a porno and be done with it. At least it would be honest.

Britney Spears is the spawn of Satan. I thoroughly agree that her public statements about virgnity and chastity are totally out of alignment with her on-stage persona, though recent articles have suggested she is breaking with her off-stage innocence - if it wasn't a myth to begin with.

But the biggest argument against Britney Spears is much simpler than that. Look at her. She is the embodiment of ignorance and stupidity, yet she has not been damned for this - rather, in her case, it is deemed a virtue.

To top it all off, she has no talent whatsoever. Admittedly, my view is jaundiced by the fact that I listen to classical music, but her entire repertoire appears to be the same puerile, crotch grabbing routine that Madonna exhausted over a decade ago.

Regards, Ivan

[rintense]

Isn't Shakira the one who said the US got what it deserved on 9-11 (or something along those lines?) I think it was her, but it may have been another one of those pop gals.