Shut Up & Sing
There’s something about Christina Aguilera that grates my last nerve. It’s a pity, too, because outside of her last album, I’ve spent plenty of dollars on her projects. However, her undying need to try to convince others that she is some sort of feminist who is gyrating and thrusting her vagina into the camera in the name of freedom is annoying as hell.
She’s been singing this same song for about eight years now. We get it, X-Tina: You’re “dirrty,” you’re nasty, you like to hump people at random. Or better yet, you watched a whole lot of Madonna videos and you find that super duper cool. I understand, Chrissy — you’re not the only one who watched the “Erotica” video and became inspired to turn off your night light and practice junior-level hoe shit in the dark.
Yet, stop making your antics out to be more than what they are.
I must have missed out on the “controversy,” but apparently Christina felt compelled to speak out on her new video.
As she explained to Access Hollywood:
“Mama still has to be me. I never claimed to be a cookie-cutter soccer mom. That’s all good for some people. Not for me.
He’s going to grow up in a household where he knows mommy expresses herself artistically and some of that will have to reflect itself sexually too at times. He’s going to learn to respect the fact that women are allowed to express themselves and not feel shameful about their bodies or their sexuality.”
To quote a good friend of mind: “Girl, bye.”
Seriously, I know I might come off prudish at times but I swear explicit sexuality doesn’t bother me in the least. I am a huge fan of both Madonna and Janet and much of each artist’s respective catalog should have come with a map to a free clinic.
When I’ve criticized Janet about her exploiting her sexuality to death I’m more bothered by the fact that she’s using sex to deflect from the fact that creatively, she has nothing new to offer. She started to rely on sex to guise the fact that she was in an artist rut. That made her seem boring and desperate.
Christina Aguilera, meet your present and potential future.
“Not Myself Tonight” is a generic pop song. The video, while visually stimulating, didn’t net the intended reaction she obviously wanted. She boinked inside of a church but the Vatican was still too busy pretending to be mad at Lady GaGa to give a damn about anything she was doing.
As a result, the “outrageous” video (which was actually outrageous 15 years or so ago when everyone first saw it) didn’t save the song from tanking. I guess she didn’t learn her lesson the first time with the “Dirrty” video.
Janet Jackson has proven that you can be sexy singing about abstinence and could make you think about something more than how your ass shifts at the club to a given beat.
Madonna has shown how being a provocateur can take catchy pop singles to new heights.
Christina Aguilera is basically telling us something we already knew under a shroud of fake feminism: Desperation isn’t sexy.
She may very well be a freak-a-leek and gold star for her getting it in as often she pleases. However, being sexy doesn’t excuse mediocrity especially when you were blessed with such a great voice. A voice she’s losing because she is dead set on oversinging at all cost. And someone please tell her to stop adding “ha” after every line she sings live. Nothing is that funny.
And while we’re at it, tell her to just shut up period.
I’ve been reading her recent comments about GaGa and how she’s someone spun it into the media pitting women against each other.
I would like to take a moment to clarify something that has been brought to my attention this morning. It is very easy for comments to be taken out of context and create unnecessary drama-especially between us women. So I would like to tell you all directly so my words can not be misconstrued to sell someone else’s story…I have absolutely nothing against Lady Gaga or any other female artist in this business. I think she is great, and I appreciate any woman fearless enough to go against the norm. She has earned her success with hard work and a clear focus and I have nothing but respect for that.
There is room for all of us on everyone’s iPods.
This is not the first time I have been unfairly pitted against another female artist but it will be the last time I comment on the matter.
“Can’t hold us down….”
With love,
C/X
Why is it always the media’s fault?
When she asked about Lady GaGa in 2008 after it was obvious that she was copying a then unknown artist she said: “I’m not quite sure who this person is, to be honest. I don’t know if it is a man or a woman.”
Yeah, that media.
I wonder did they cause this, too:
I want to like this girl because she can sing this way:
But she makes it so very hard.
I wish she would shut up with the snide remarks. It comes across as petty and suggests jealously. Or better yet just shut up and sing period.
If only she would sing – good songs – and entertain – without trying to give everyone a hard on in the name of female liberation. Hell, I can even deal with that. So go ahead, Christina, in the next video show your unshaven vagina and say it’s your way of taking a stand against female circumcision. If the song is cool, in the end it doesn’t matter. But, if she keeps offering these half ass offerings coupled with a stank attitude I’m not going to buy it or her.
VaunTV
May 19, 2010 at 1:03 am
*starts playing Diva* Fuck that lol Gone Christina be that BITCH lol.. good points tho..she should start being more humble and nice…her vocals still EAT everyone elses lol
Crystal
May 19, 2010 at 11:26 am
Christina’s “Stripped” is still everything to me. I want her to get back to that.
sickwitit
May 19, 2010 at 11:44 am
why do i love the fact that mjb doesnt fuck with her? lol
you do make great points, this child is damn near 30 with a kid and still actin like a insecure little girl…or maybe this is all pr *kanye shrug*
ya girl bey can take that advice about oversingin as well…
overall tho, not many can fuck with her vocally so let her be a bitch…
Dham
May 19, 2010 at 12:15 pm
This bitch threw shade at Mariah? FUCK HER.
Sorry I had to get that out. I love me some Mimi. I used to want to like Christina too. For me, the pretentiousness needs to be toned down. She really believes that she some how empowers women with the ho-shit. I used to respect her, because she has the best voice out of all of her peers. But as stated, she delivers nothing new.
KO
May 19, 2010 at 12:16 pm
her singing gives me a headache…..
Babygirlja
May 19, 2010 at 5:29 pm
I thought that I was the only one who realized that she says “Ha” after every line she sings. She can keep her stank attitude and drag queen make up and I hope she realizes that nobody’s checking for her this quarter.
How da hell you gon ask MJB to kiss your hand? She’s lucky Mary had a ‘Breakthrough’
Third Eye
May 19, 2010 at 7:26 pm
Why she gotta shut up? lol Don’t listen. So what she throws jabs? She’s a sarcastic cocky bitch who likes to be nekkid lol. I appreciate the fact that she’s not sugary nice and super prepped by her PR and label. Besides that, she can sing better than anyone NOT named Sharon Jones. So if she wants to tell someone to kiss the hand, so be it lol. And as stank as MJB’s attitude is and was, that ish was probably some well needed karma lol
As far as Janet and Madonna go. I just see Janet’s career as a natural progression. No artist remains hot forever. Yes, one day your beloved Beyonce will be in a place where people don’t care anymore. Hard to imagine I know, but she will be 40 one day (or 32 who knows with these fickle audiences). Not so much because Janet/Madonna got desperate or her music got bad (matter of opinion) but just b/c they got old. But NO ONE can compare to either in their hey day. NO ONE.
I don’t think Janet relies on sex b/c she’s desperate, that’s Ciara lol. Janet is more sensual than sexual to me. Madonna is more provocative, than just sex. And Christina is just an egotistical jerk whose copying both of their blueprints lol.
Let her live. But her foray into dance music reeks if yuck to me. She needs to take it back to pop where she’s comfortable.
Dr Kiti
May 19, 2010 at 9:35 pm
I love Christina Aguilera, from the ‘Genie in a Bottle’ days. For a long time she had the big voice when everybody was content just to carry a tune. I too wish she’d stop with the over singing. It’s impressive but, damn, it gets annoying fast. I wish that she, along with many, many other celebs, would just shut the fuck up and do what she’s famous for. I’m so sick of listening to what celebs have to say, like I really care, just because they’re famous. Hell no! I just wanna hear you sing.
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JAQT876
May 20, 2010 at 9:33 pm
“And someone please tell her to stop adding “ha” after every line she sings live. Nothing is that funny.” HILARIOUS!!!! HA HA HA HA
JoshZilla
May 21, 2010 at 7:34 pm
Poor Xtina. Her Stripped album was good but homegirl fell off. If she would just be herself and stop trying to be what she thinks will sell, then she’d do much better. Instead of doing this fake ass european dance music which she is hella late on, she could have stuck with her soulful, stripped down sound and people would have loved it. These days, singers feel the need to be edgy and it just comes off contrived. (Rihanna, I see you!)
It’ll be sad to see how bad her album flops. Even Nicki Minaj on her 2nd single “YooHoo” or whatver it’s called, can’t save her.
Lioness
May 21, 2010 at 8:14 pm
“Why she gotta shut up? lol Don’t listen. So what she throws jabs? She’s a sarcastic cocky bitch who likes to be nekkid lol. I appreciate the fact that she’s not sugary nice and super prepped by her PR and label. Besides that, she can sing better than anyone NOT named Sharon Jones. So if she wants to tell someone to kiss the hand, so be it lol. And as stank as MJB’s attitude is and was, that ish was probably some well needed karma lol”
I’m sorry thirdeye, but if Christina was this real B who likes to be sarcastic she wouldn’t run with her tail between her legs and blame the media for her “Ignit” comments, I’d have more respect for her if she expressed her “Real” opinions and threw her rocks without hiding her hands afterward, it makes her look extremely silly and crazy! How old is she 12?