# Christina Aguilera **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 12, 2008, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-aguilera/433275 "2008-01-12T12:07:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2008, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-aguilera/433275/21 "2008-01-12T17:41:28Z")
[QUOTE=chowder] You think she looks ridiculous? :dubious: [/QUOTE] She’s worn some ridiculous outfits and still been hot. I used to suspect that Britney Spears’ mother had planted double agents in Aguilera’s camp, to (a) give her insane fashion advice, and (b) keep her away from mirrors. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2008, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-aguilera/433275/22 "2008-01-12T17:41:54Z")
[QUOTE=chowder] You think she looks ridiculous? :dubious: [/QUOTE] Not all the time… Just when she has dressed up to look ridiculous for a video or an event. I have nothing against it. I think CA can look hawt in a bin-bag. And she certainly does have her head screwed on unlike Ms Spears. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2008, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-aguilera/433275/23 "2008-01-12T18:46:58Z")
While Aguilera and Spears started out around the same time, I always thought that the best comparison to Aguilera was actually Madonna. Both singers may have done some outrageous things but they were consciously choosing to do them - they were controlling their own public image. And both of them have repeatedly changed their public image which gives them the ability to walk away from anything that isn’t working. Spears, on the other hand, I see as someone like Marilyn Monroe or Anna Nichole Smith - she’s being overwhelmed by her public image and is no longer in control of it (if she ever was). ---
**Author:** ![Critical1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2008, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-aguilera/433275/24 "2008-01-12T18:52:55Z")
Cristina was in some pop cover of lady marmalade with a bunch of other female pop singers, now I hate the genre as a rule but when that came on I sat up and listened, then I wished all the other girls would shut the fuck up. Christina can sing her ass off, 99% of female pop stars (as was posted up thread) couldnt even sing mary had a little lamb without production. amazing voice. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2008, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-aguilera/433275/25 "2008-01-12T18:56:30Z")
[QUOTE=Critical1] amazing voice. [/QUOTE] 100% agreed. If it didn’t have Christina in it I wouldn’t bother forcing myself not to flip channels when that cover of lady marmalade is on. I was a fan of Britney at the beginning, but I was a hormonal teenager then. I fancied the pants off her. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2008, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-aguilera/433275/26 "2008-01-12T19:20:57Z")
[QUOTE=Critical1] Cristina was in some pop cover of lady marmalade with a bunch of other female pop singers, now I hate the genre as a rule but when that came on I sat up and listened, then I wished all the other girls would shut the fuck up. [/QUOTE] I got a lap dance to that song at a burlesque club in New Orleans, so I will always have a soft spot for it. Or maybe a hard spot. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2008, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-aguilera/433275/27 "2008-01-12T19:28:33Z")
[QUOTE=Zabali\_Clawbane] Christina Aguilera happens to have [gone into labor yesterday](http://perezhilton.com/2008-01-11-christina-in-labor-too). Word is yet to be released as to whether or not the child has been born, or if mother and child are healthy and happy. [/QUOTE] CNN reports she has indeed given birth. On the same day and in the same maternity ward as Nicole Richie. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2008, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-aguilera/433275/28 "2008-01-12T19:31:29Z")
[QUOTE=cochrane] CNN reports she has indeed given birth. On the same day and in the same maternity ward as Nicole Richie. [/QUOTE] Oh dear. Thus begins an unwanted association. ---
**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:** [January 12, 2008, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-aguilera/433275/29 "2008-01-12T22:41:05Z")
[QUOTE=Big Bad Voodoo Lou] I got a lap dance to that song at a burlesque club in New Orleans, so I will always have a soft spot for it. Or maybe a hard spot. [/QUOTE] Maybe a wet spot… ---
**Author:** ![Ludy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Ludy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludy)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2008, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-aguilera/433275/30 "2008-01-12T22:43:38Z")
[QUOTE=cochrane] CNN reports she has indeed given birth. On the same day and in the same maternity ward as Nicole Richie. [/QUOTE] Aww maybe they will become BFF like Katie and Brooke :rolleyes: ---
**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:** [January 12, 2008, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-aguilera/433275/31 "2008-01-12T22:52:10Z")
[QUOTE=Ludy] Aww maybe they will become BFF like Katie and Brooke :rolleyes: [/QUOTE] I thought it was Katie and Posh who were BFF? ---
**Author:** ![Ludy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Ludy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludy)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2008, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-aguilera/433275/32 "2008-01-12T22:55:11Z")
[QUOTE=jayjay] I thought it was Katie and Posh who were BFF? [/QUOTE] After the birth of their babies they patched up all their differences and became friends. I am kinda sad that I know this. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2008, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-aguilera/433275/33 "2008-01-12T23:43:04Z")
[QUOTE=Little Nemo] While Aguilera and Spears started out around the same time, I always thought that the best comparison to Aguilera was actually Madonna. Both singers may have done some outrageous things but they were consciously choosing to do them - they were controlling their own public image. And both of them have repeatedly changed their public image which gives them the ability to walk away from anything that isn’t working. Spears, on the other hand, I see as someone like Marilyn Monroe or Anna Nichole Smith - she’s being overwhelmed by her public image and is no longer in control of it (if she ever was). [/QUOTE] Yes, that is sort of what it looks like to me. I often have heard the comment that Christina did things the **normal** way – first you’re a playful teenie, then you go through a Girl Gone Wild phase from 18 to 21, then you get on with having a life and settling down. And similarly, when it comes to public exhibitionism, posing for professional nude photo shoots that get published in magazines vastly outclasses going around in minis with no panties getting in and out of cars straddle-legged. Always liked Christina better than Britney, anyway… ---
**Author:** ![mamboman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecb155/32.png) [@mamboman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mamboman)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2008, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-aguilera/433275/34 "2008-01-12T23:49:31Z")
C’mon Britney Spears has more talent and soul in her little fingernail today than Christina whatsherface has demonstrated in her entire caeer. Seriously… ---
**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:** [January 13, 2008, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-aguilera/433275/35 "2008-01-13T00:09:59Z")
[QUOTE=mamboman] C’mon Britney Spears has more talent and soul in her little fingernail today than Christina whatsherface has demonstrated in her entire caeer. Seriously… [/QUOTE] [Chris Crocker](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHmvkRoEowc)? Is that you? ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2008, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-aguilera/433275/36 "2008-01-13T00:22:12Z")
[QUOTE=mamboman] C’mon Britney Spears has more talent and soul in her little fingernail today than Christina whatsherface has demonstrated in her entire caeer. Seriously… [/QUOTE] I’m going to assume you are insane and dismiss this statement as a manifestation of your insanity. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2008, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-aguilera/433275/37 "2008-01-13T00:55:57Z")
[QUOTE=jayjay] [Chris Crocker](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHmvkRoEowc)? Is that you? [/QUOTE] wow, somebody needs to switch to decaf. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2008, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-aguilera/433275/38 "2008-01-13T01:03:21Z")
My theory is that watching Christina \*looking like a million bucks \* while knocking a \*James Brown \* cover out of the park on \*THE GRAMMYS \* is what pushed Brittney over the edge. I think her head shaving flip-out was shortly after. ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2008, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-aguilera/433275/39 "2008-01-13T01:46:58Z")
I can’t name or hum a single Christina Aguilerra tune, and that is all the observation I need for pop stars. Add in batshit crazy and I’m a fan. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2008, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-aguilera/433275/40 "2008-01-13T01:53:12Z")
I still think Britney Spears is sexy and I would still sleep with her. Actually I prefer the way she looks now to how she looked when she was younger. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-aguilera/433275.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-aguilera/433275.md?page=3)