# Admit you don't know who Shakira and Pink are **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 2, 2002, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-you-dont-know-who-shakira-and-pink-are/106948 "2002-05-02T21:35:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![roadrunner70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@roadrunner70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roadrunner70)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2002, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-you-dont-know-who-shakira-and-pink-are/106948/21 "2002-05-03T20:34:51Z")
Man I _love_ Pink. Dark Side of the Moon was a kick ass album. (ask your parents to explain “album” to ya, kids) ---
**Author:** ![Ferrous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Ferrous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferrous)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2002, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-you-dont-know-who-shakira-and-pink-are/106948/22 "2002-05-03T20:37:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by KneadToKnow \* > \*\* > Well, that’s how out of touch I am, I guess. I thought that was Britney Spears. > > 😉 \*\* Bastard! ( 😉 ) Making me do a search just to show you I know the difference between Britney and Shakira! Here!..[http://www.pepsi.com/current/music/shakira/](http://www.pepsi.com/current/music/shakira/) I have to go wash now… ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2002, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-you-dont-know-who-shakira-and-pink-are/106948/23 "2002-05-03T21:00:50Z")
Honey, I’m gay, so you _know_ that I know who Shakira and Pink are. Heck, I have both the Moulin Rouge DVD (with the music video starring Pink, Mya, L’il Kim, and Chrstina Aguilera) and Pink’s CD with “Get This Party Started.” ---
**Author:** ![Ferrous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Ferrous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferrous)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2002, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-you-dont-know-who-shakira-and-pink-are/106948/24 "2002-05-03T21:12:53Z")
Oh, I didn’t know “Get This Party Started” was by Pink. I guess I _have_ heard something by her. Actually, I kind of like that song. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-you-dont-know-who-shakira-and-pink-are/106948/25 "2002-05-04T14:39:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ferrous \* > Here!..[http://www.pepsi.com/current/music/shakira/](http://www.pepsi.com/current/music/shakira/) Okay, so entirely out of morbid curiousity I looked. So, what’s the big deal? Britney and J. Lo had a love child? ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-you-dont-know-who-shakira-and-pink-are/106948/26 "2002-05-04T15:51:25Z")
> [@](#): > > So, what’s the big deal? Britney and J. Lo had a love child? I’d sure pay some good money for footage of _that_ conception. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-you-dont-know-who-shakira-and-pink-are/106948/27 "2002-05-04T16:10:01Z")
I prefer [The Alabaman priests’ (band name!)](http://www.obligation.org/ch101jundec.html) description of Shakira, myself (look for “Sex Up The Classroom!”) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Big\_Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@The\_Big\_Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Big_Cheese)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-you-dont-know-who-shakira-and-pink-are/106948/28 "2002-05-04T16:12:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ferrous \* > \*\* > Bastard! ( 😉 ) Making me do a search just to show you I know the difference between Britney and Shakira! > > Here!..[http://www.pepsi.com/current/music/shakira/](http://www.pepsi.com/current/music/shakira/) > > I have to go wash now… \*\* I haven’t seen that commercial. And I thought I knew Spanish…damn my 56k modem! Bad! bad modem! ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-you-dont-know-who-shakira-and-pink-are/106948/29 "2002-05-04T16:13:27Z")
OK, so I didn’t have any idea who they were until I read this thread. Now educated, I wander away unimpressed, except for **Arden Ranger** ’s clever invention: “[sub]C[/sub]Rap”. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-you-dont-know-who-shakira-and-pink-are/106948/30 "2002-05-04T17:41:36Z")
I know several people who have been long-( **long** )time fans of Shakira who aren’t entirely sure they know who she is now. jayjay ---
**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-you-dont-know-who-shakira-and-pink-are/106948/31 "2002-05-04T17:50:33Z")
Oh, _that’s_ who that chick in the Pepsi commercial was. Man, I was like: I am so out of touch! Er, I still am. Dunno what she sounds like. And Pink, well, I wouldn’t know who she was if it wasn’t for the Bally’s commercial. I want to punch the TV screen every time I hear that stupid song. I need to get out more, though. That much is certain. ---
**Author:** ![Winnowill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/4491bb/32.png) [@Winnowill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winnowill)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-you-dont-know-who-shakira-and-pink-are/106948/32 "2002-05-04T20:27:19Z")
I believe Shakira’s commercial is Diet Pepsi, whereas Britney’s is regular high-test Pepsi. I am only familiar with the voices of either of them through the medium of cola. However, I’m sick of seeing Britney’s face everywhere. As for Pink - I dunno. I’m planning on re-upping for Columbia House, and am considering getting her lastest album as part of my intro package. There is sadly little on the “available” list of intro CDs that I have even the slightest interest in, so I have to make do with what there is. If I hate it, I’ll sell it. Or give it to my brother, who likes her. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-you-dont-know-who-shakira-and-pink-are/106948/33 "2002-05-04T22:16:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Winnowill \* > **I believe Shakira’s commercial is Diet Pepsi, whereas Britney’s is regular high-test Pepsi.** Nope. The only celebrity currently appearing in Diet Pepsi ads is Cindy Crawford. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Big\_Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@The\_Big\_Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Big_Cheese)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2002, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-you-dont-know-who-shakira-and-pink-are/106948/34 "2002-05-05T01:07:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jayjay \* > \*\*I know several people who have been long-( **long** )time fans of Shakira who aren’t entirely sure they know who she is now. > > jayjay \*\* **JayJay** , in what way? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Griffin)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2002, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-you-dont-know-who-shakira-and-pink-are/106948/35 "2002-05-05T01:39:29Z")
Shakira is Columbian and in her latest song sings like she’s trying to sound Irish or something. Or is that how she always sings? ---
**Author:** ![Deadly\_Nightlight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Deadly\_Nightlight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deadly_Nightlight)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2002, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-you-dont-know-who-shakira-and-pink-are/106948/36 "2002-05-05T04:05:01Z")
I had been a fan of Shakira until she put out her english album and got her new look, she really isn’t too much like what she used to be before. She sounds like a bad version of the cranberrys. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2002, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-you-dont-know-who-shakira-and-pink-are/106948/37 "2002-05-05T04:24:54Z")
I’ve heard of Pink, and gather that she’s another teen-slut “singer” in the same vain as Ms. Spears. Given that, I’d rather not know any more. And I’d never heard of Shakira before I saw this thread. Y’know, sometimes there are definite advantages to not having a TV :). ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2002, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-you-dont-know-who-shakira-and-pink-are/106948/38 "2002-05-05T05:25:00Z")
I have no idea who Shakira is. I did, however (as coincidence has it) glimpse part of a video last night while channel surfing, with a pouty young girl named “Pink”. I watched for about 30 seconds, got bored, and moved on. That has been the sum total of my exposure to the entity known as “Pink”. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2002, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-you-dont-know-who-shakira-and-pink-are/106948/39 "2002-05-05T05:53:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by The Big Cheese \* > \*\*JayJay, in what way? \*\* **The Big Cheese** , see the posts by **The Griffin** and **Deadly Nightlight** above. From my understanding, she used to have an amazing talent and sang amazing, top-quality songs (and I have to admit, having gone back and listened to some of her older Spanish-language work, I agree (even if I don’t understand a word of it)). Since she put out this last album, she’s gone syrupy pop and totally changed her image. Some fans feel a little betrayed. jayjay ---
**Author:** ![Deadly\_Nightlight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Deadly\_Nightlight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deadly_Nightlight)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2002, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-you-dont-know-who-shakira-and-pink-are/106948/40 "2002-05-05T06:48:22Z")
I agree with JayJay, She is def. more pop now than what she was before, I love her Song “ojos asi” with the middle eastern influence. Now I turn her off, she really doesn’t even sound the same as she used to. However Pink is still cool in my book 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-you-dont-know-who-shakira-and-pink-are/106948.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-you-dont-know-who-shakira-and-pink-are/106948.md?page=3)