Video: Christina Aguilera salutes the troops, skanky retro style
posted at 1:12 pm on February 28, 2007 by Allahpundit
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They showed Abbott & Costello movies on local TV every Saturday afternoon when I was a kid so I recognized the song this is based on instantly. It’s called “Candyman” and See-Dub digs it, but the lines about making her “panties drop” and her “cherry pop” and getting it while it’s hot in an Andrews Sisters homage is a bit much for my taste. Then again, I’m a moron who snickers at crap like this.
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She’s certaintly less whore-ish than she used to be, but I still would require a nuclear safe suit to be worn around her at all times. Her breath alone probably contains STD’s.
JG2K6 on February 28, 2007 at 1:27 PM
I don’t like the genre, but I love Christina Aguilera. She’s dead sexy, she’s completely up front about her whorishness instead of trying to pass herself off as any kind of Disney-clean role model for young women, and most importantly, she’s got PIPES. The vocals she’s laid down in recent years with accompaniment by real musicians like Dr John and Herbie Hancock are really, really good. Say what you want about her, but at least she’s authentic instead of another pop star creation.
World B. Free on February 28, 2007 at 1:30 PM
Eh, good on her. At least someone in Hollyweird is cashing in on supporting our troops while maintaining the manliness of the men in our military. All the others talk nasty in reference to getting hot about metrosexuals.
I’m sick of the wussification of our country’s men-folk.
Interesting that rodents go for length not girth…
NTWR on February 28, 2007 at 1:31 PM
A real big… what? ;)
Seixon on February 28, 2007 at 1:33 PM
What’s not to like?
The girls got the pipes and moxy to boot.
This song’s been in constant rotation on my computer the last 72 hours. I love it!
Kadnine on February 28, 2007 at 1:34 PM
I loved it! Abbott and Costello would have loved it too.
Limerick on February 28, 2007 at 1:38 PM
Nice! She pulled of the look of some airplane nose art that just stepped off and started dancing.
She’s married, now. All that “Drrty” stuff is out the window now.
Mazztek on February 28, 2007 at 1:40 PM
I thought it was cute. Yeah, the “panties” comment is a bit crude, but it’s just a turn of a phrase. We could all pick alot of nice songs apart if we try hard enough.
PS: Word B Free — Sorry to remind you but she was another of the many stars to come out of the Disney Mickey Mouse Club show that appeared (reappeared?) starting in the early 1990s. Whatever you think of the various acts that emerged from that show (N’sync, Britney, Xtina, etc), someone at Disney knew how to spot winners in those days.
JG2K6, dude you’ve got issues and anger from something you need to deal with before you embarrass yourself completely. The pretty girls laugh at you in school, or something?
doufree on February 28, 2007 at 1:41 PM
Why is a woman’s sexuality
Always under so much scrutiny
Why can’t she do exactly as she please
Without being called a million things
……….
And if you’re talking bout my life
You’re only wasting your own time
If I wanna wear lingerie outside of my clothes
If I wanna be erotic in my own videos
If I wanna be provocative, well that ain’t a sin
Maybe you’re not comfortable in your own skin
Stephen M on February 28, 2007 at 1:42 PM
Prude.
BTW, she sings that “Good things come to boys who wait.” There’s a wholesome sentiment even Dawn Eden could get behind.
see-dubya on February 28, 2007 at 1:44 PM
She could definitely give a different answer to the question of “Who’s on, first?”
yo on February 28, 2007 at 1:45 PM
Short answer: Makes me feel patriotic!
Slightly less shorter answer: Works for me. Who would have thought 3 years ago that Brittany would be a crotch-flashing, baby-ducking, head-shaving freak and Christina would have the classiest look in the music industry with a voice to match!! She got past her dirty phase and has brought great music back to pop music. She’s gorgeous but doesn’t take herself too seriously, she’s settled down and is now married.
At least she’s not performing songs denigrating the troops, which seems to be so prevalent in music today.
Darksean on February 28, 2007 at 1:46 PM
.
But mouse wang, on the other hand……
Kid from Brooklyn on February 28, 2007 at 1:48 PM
Yes, Amanda Marcotte would certainly not approve. Can we not have just a bit of subtlety, though, in an homage video like this? The song’s basically a cover of “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” — except for the new, theatrically suggestive lyrics. It’d be like rewriting “I’m in the Mood for Love” as “I’m in the Mood for Anal.”
I’m half surprised she didn’t show the GIs wearing nametags like “Ben Dover” and “Buster Hymen.”
Allahpundit on February 28, 2007 at 1:49 PM
IT’S SCIENCE, DUDE.
Allahpundit on February 28, 2007 at 1:50 PM
Seriously, though, whoda thunk that when the crack smoke cleared, Britney (mother of two) would be the basket case, and that X-tina would be the serious artist?
Kid from Brooklyn on February 28, 2007 at 1:50 PM
Great pipes, great pegs… me likey.
JackStraw on February 28, 2007 at 1:52 PM
Not a Pop-Tart.
Stephen M on February 28, 2007 at 1:53 PM
What? Are you NUTS? She started off AS A DISNEY EMPLOYEE!!!! Mouseketeer, hellloooo???? She went through the same “I am woman, hear me roar and look at my tits” crap that they all have gone through. To claim that Ms. Aguilara is not a product of “pop star creation” is delusional. Holy crap. Authentic? Gimme a break. No child singer can be “authentic”–especially when you don’t even know crap about life until you’re at least out of college.
BARF!
robblefarian on February 28, 2007 at 1:54 PM
Ha! That’s a good one.
see-dubya on February 28, 2007 at 1:56 PM
I hope they’re playing this for the Gitmo detainees. Double-slice of American Pie.
windbag on February 28, 2007 at 1:57 PM
My collie wants to know
“Can we quote you on that one AP?”
(What?! Just askin’ a simple, harmless question.)
CyberCipher on February 28, 2007 at 1:58 PM
It’s like she went back in time (which would explain where the AIDS virus came from).
Jim Treacher on February 28, 2007 at 2:02 PM
I’m pretty sure the troops appreciate the sentiment as well as the visuals. Poppin cherries indeed!
SouthernDem on February 28, 2007 at 2:02 PM
About mouse caulk.
Seriously, I get your concern about the raunch levels here, but this is still Christina we’re talking about. After hearing “Wake Me Up When September Ends” for 69 jillion times, isn’t “Candyman” a breath of fresh air? Yes, it’s a skanky remake of a classic, and an over-the-top one at that. However, it hearkens to a time when everyone (damn near) was united behind the war effort, and when victory was the only possible outcome. Please note the big-assed V in the background? Give me that over the rest of Hollyweird’s solipsistic excesses, 8 days out of the week.
Kid from Brooklyn on February 28, 2007 at 2:02 PM
Sorry doufree–missed your post.
I’ll take Joss Stone any day over any of these pop-tarts.
robblefarian on February 28, 2007 at 2:02 PM
Let me see, she’s blowing kisses at the troops, not spitting on them, she has a terrific voice, and she’s good looking. I like it. Her target audiance appears to be young military men, I would bet they appreciate the song and video as well.
JG2K6 is lieing, he’d be trembling like a newborne fawn, with grass still stuck on him, from nothing more than a glance from Christine.
I love men who claim to be too good, or too high class for woman X. You know they’re lieing.
I doubt her target audience is old fogies with faux morals feigning indignation.
Rode Werk on February 28, 2007 at 2:04 PM
Song feature’s a sample from the Run to Cadence with the U.S. Marines, Vol. II
As a Marine Vet who longs for subtlety, I agree, AP. The Corps’ never been big on ostentatious displays of overt sexuality.
Nip it in the bud, I say.
(Lingual muscle firmly lodged in the buccal region.)
Kadnine on February 28, 2007 at 2:05 PM
Gee, makes me want to re-enlist!
Besides, who didn’t wanna see the Andrew Sisters show a little more….duh….uh….um…..oh sorry, what was I saying?
CBarker on February 28, 2007 at 2:05 PM
I like it.
It’s the first thing she’s ever done I’ve liked.
Lighten up people!!
We service boys like the whiskey to flow like water, the women to come up easier than a lite-brite. It’s actually fairly appropraite considering.
FYI I’m not exactly Admiral Morals… in case that’s a problem =P
Ringmaster on February 28, 2007 at 2:05 PM
Hey, Christina, I’m hung like a gorilla.
Savage on February 28, 2007 at 2:07 PM
Why are you all bothering me? I’m busy measuring mouse penises - for science! Dammit man.
lorien1973 on February 28, 2007 at 2:11 PM
I liked it.
infidel on February 28, 2007 at 2:11 PM
this si a good song and frankly Aguilera has made an amazing reversal from her older ’skank’ stage. Frankly give her some credit; hell by doing this she’s practically a prude by standards of the music industry today
Defector01 on February 28, 2007 at 2:11 PM
She’s married, now. All that “Drrty” stuff is out the window now.
Mazztek,
You obviously haven’t heard about her “naked Sundays.”
Rightwingsparkle on February 28, 2007 at 2:14 PM
Are you a Capybara or just happy to see me?
Bill C on February 28, 2007 at 2:15 PM
I guess I should explain. She said on a talk show recently that her and her husband go naked all day on Sundays. They cook ect..naked.
I use to do that, but then the kids started to complain.
;-)
Rightwingsparkle on February 28, 2007 at 2:15 PM
That’s what I was thinking Defector. Hell, we’re almost back in the early 40’s with this. Must have something to do with “global warming”…
NRA4Freedom on February 28, 2007 at 2:15 PM
Mouse pippies and Xtina in one post…only at hotair!
And in a strange way, it works…But hey, something… Anything out of Hollywood that doesn’t put down the troops is OK in my book…I likes it!
JetBoy on February 28, 2007 at 2:16 PM
So she was a Mouseketeer, as many people in the thread have reminded me. My point was, she’s a far cry from the Hillary Duffs and Lindsay Lohans of the world who STILL try to paint themselves as Disney-friendly while doing who knows what else on the side. Christina gave that up and turned into what she is a long time ago.
And as far as the “authentic” comment, I meant that in terms of the fact that she makes no apologies for who and what she is, and doesn’t rely on slick production values to sound good. Britney Spears and others sound like absolute hell outside of a recording studio without a bunch of other layered sounds under their voice. Give Christina a piano track and a microphone and she’ll belt it out.
Sheesh….
World B. Free on February 28, 2007 at 2:17 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKfsZ35tOLI
Stephen M on February 28, 2007 at 2:21 PM
Its in their house, they don’t have kids, let them have fun.
and I have heard about it,
Defector01 on February 28, 2007 at 2:24 PM
Its in their house, they don’t have kids, let them have fun.
Well for heaven’s sake, I wasn’t complaining about it. More power to them!
Rightwingsparkle on February 28, 2007 at 2:33 PM
Hey World B, Robblefarian it’s all good. Xtina has some pipes. I’ve only heard one Joss Stone tune, so I’m no judge. Now, where are my ZZ Top CDs?
doufree on February 28, 2007 at 2:37 PM
RWS–Feisty says you were complaining about it.
I don’t approve of naked cooking, by the way. Hot grease and oven doors aren’t my idea of Afternoon Delight.
see-dubya on February 28, 2007 at 2:38 PM
And to think her rival Britney is fat, bald, and in re hab.
Labamigo on February 28, 2007 at 2:39 PM
How about Private Parts? The enlisted guy, you know.
What makes Fredericks of Hollywood a good thing?
Garter belts, nylon stocking, and high heels.
Better than baggy pants, goth looks, and hiphop!
Oh, and mouse nuts. I won’t go there.
Kini on February 28, 2007 at 2:40 PM
see-dubya,
Heh.
I guess I JUST DON’T MYSELF CLEAR ENOUGH.
Make no mistake, I do indeed approve of NAKED SUNDAYS.
Rightwingsparkle on February 28, 2007 at 2:40 PM
I had to snicker a little at anyone who wanted to try and shoot Christina down for her lyrics. First, this isn’t exactly warning label stuff she’s doing in this day and age and, second, SOMEONE go out get you a hold of a good musical history book…Any chapter on “What Mama DIDN’T tell you” will do the trick. “Dr. Longjohn” was drilling ladies’ “cavities” back in those same good old days…Predating other double-entendre pieces like “Telephone Man”, and by a good 20 years.
What you see here is someone taking a fun approach to a style of music most other people would call outdated. Once in a while someone or some group will take a shot at it and make it work for a while, so there has to be something in it worth preserving…Or trying again.(Go back a few years…Anyone remember “The Squirrel Nut Zippers”, “Cherry Poppin’ Daddies” or, using a different era, “The Stray Cats”?)
She tried it. She makes it work. In fact, she hit it dead on.
52Ranger on February 28, 2007 at 2:44 PM
These youngsters think they invented sex and naughty talk.
If you remember Abbott and Costello you damn sure remember Betty Page too. Before Playboy there was ‘Black Slik Stockings’. Ahhhhhhh the good ol days.
Limerick on February 28, 2007 at 2:47 PM
Well if we are talking Andrews Sisters howzabout Julie Andrews?
S.O.B. (1981)
Total Whore!
Stephen M on February 28, 2007 at 2:48 PM
silk
Limerick on February 28, 2007 at 2:48 PM
What’s the double-entendre in “he makes my panties drop”?
Allahpundit on February 28, 2007 at 2:48 PM
Why do I find it so amusing that Allah is offended by this?
Rightwingsparkle on February 28, 2007 at 2:50 PM
I’m not offended by it. I just think it’s gratuitous, as so much of Aguilera’s sexual persona is. They couldn’t come up with anything more clever than “he makes my panties drop” for an otherwise clever song and video like this? It’s like she threw it in there to remind her fans, “Don’t worry, I’m still easy!”
Allahpundit on February 28, 2007 at 2:56 PM
Ok,well I feel better knowing you aren’t offended because that would be like stepping through the looking glass for me…;-)
I agree that it is gratuitous and not clever. But it does sell unfortuntely and she knows it.
Rightwingsparkle on February 28, 2007 at 3:06 PM
I assume the song was built on the line “he makes my panties drop” not by the video idea. It seems that the feel of the song (notwithstanding the ‘panties drop’ line) is what steered them towards the throwback style in the video.
it’s entertaining and I’m sure it would be fun if performed live for the troops…
Opinionnation on February 28, 2007 at 3:12 PM
The mere mention of the title ‘candy man’ has me first thinking about the horror icon. Say his name 3X into a mirror…
allie on February 28, 2007 at 3:13 PM
I liked it, too–love retro, especially WWII at a time like this when our nation’s at war. Looks like victory.
(OK, the clothes are still too sleazy and are the 21st Century version of the 1940’s but…) you get that feeling of American wonderfulness all the same–the clothes, the music, the exuberance, the dancing, our fine lusty young men in uniform, the juke box, the soda shop… make us great and the only true winners.
We’re are the good guys, let’s celebrate!
Kudos to CA for making this, I say.
Jen the Neocon on February 28, 2007 at 3:15 PM
HO HO HO.
bloggless on February 28, 2007 at 3:17 PM
I like it.
Yeah, the lyrics are not for kids. I wouldn’t put this in the jukebox at Chuck E. Cheese. But I’d definitely put it in the jukeboxes at the NCO and O clubs.
LegendHasIt on February 28, 2007 at 3:43 PM
It’s a Feminism 3.0 metaphor for female empowerment and the fight against phallocentrism.
Lehosh on February 28, 2007 at 3:58 PM
I was referring to other, older musical pieces which used the form in that quote, Allah…There was “dirty” out there quite a few decades before Christina was playing footsie with it.
52Ranger on February 28, 2007 at 4:10 PM
She looks like a Protestant in that outfit!
Zetterson on February 28, 2007 at 4:13 PM
I should probably be deeply disturbed to find myself so deeply in agreement with Allah. In fact, unlike Allah, I actually *am* offended by it.
Or maybe offended is the wrong word. I’m far from a prude. By the grace of God I’m a horny red-blooded American male, no more prudish than any other.
But it all just seems so … sad. Weak. Lame.
Liberals of past generations did great social good. The Civil Rights movement, the women’s movement.
But is this really what “sexual equality” was supposed to be about? Creating a world in which every single woman has to play the slutty Lolita to succeed in the public eye?
I’m not really complaining. I’m generally in favor of slutty Lolitas. But damn … how about a break now and then? How about, just once in a while, a talented young woman decides NOT to act like this?
Just to be different.
Ironically, the in-your-face raunchiness of it all has pretty much sucked the erotic appeal right out of it (pun intended). A single smile from Ingrid Bergman was a billion times sexier than watching this tart-of-the-week prance around.
What happened to subtlety? What happened to the art of the flirtatious tease?
What happened to a singer just @#$%ing singing? Unlike most of her peers, this girl is actually talented. Why not just sing?
Sorry. I just don’t get this stuff any more. It’s not like it’s “cutting edge.” It’s all exactly like the rest. Frankly boring.
I really worry about the next couple of generations in this country. How about a little self-respect?
Professor Blather on February 28, 2007 at 4:14 PM
What were they doing at the Mickey Mouse Club 1990s edition that these people came out the way they did? Let’s see, Britney - well, we all know what happened there; Justin - Super Bowl halftime show incident, and bad boy now??; Christina has gone ho since her star shot up.
Rick on February 28, 2007 at 4:17 PM
My respect for Christina Aguilera has increased 100%!
When she performed in London she used a huge neon American Flag as a back drop.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xelo4oNhX4Q&mode=related&search=
She’s American and proud of it. Hell yeah!
Maybe her husband has common-sense and has been a positive influence on her?
angryamerican on February 28, 2007 at 4:27 PM
They’re out there–they just don’t get the play that the others do. Joss Stone and Nora Jones are two talented young females. Joss Stone has better pipes than Christina.
robblefarian on February 28, 2007 at 4:47 PM
I don’t know about that… Joss Stone always sounds like she has a head cold to me, or like her voice is being dubbed or something. I saw Christina Aguilera in concert once and one thing I can say is impressive (and something you notice if you have been to a few concerts) is that her voice and control are not lost when performing live. A lot of pop singers lose their edge on stage when they don’t have computers and mixers jazzing up their voice.
Of course, the time I saw her was also before the assless chaps interlude.
Lehosh on February 28, 2007 at 4:56 PM
Me to the troops:
“That’s what yer fighting for boys!”
Somehow, I think the prudes here would prefer she wear a Burqa and sing gospel hymns. We here have the luxury to spend a lot of time being moral. I got no problem with our guys getting a real charge outta this. They deserve it. I think it’s probably aimed at them too.
csdeven on February 28, 2007 at 5:09 PM
I like it!
Uniforms, smart tailoring, the harmony, real dancing - as in boogy-woogy not - it’s cool retro. Been waiting patiently for the fashions to change from 60s-70s slob, lousy, unflattering cuts and sallow colors - for women! I think people are ready for it.
Despite what the MSM and Hollywood culture has been trying to do, military is poised to be the uber hip.
naliaka on February 28, 2007 at 5:19 PM
Christina Aguilera can henceforth be known as the Boogie Woogie Bimbo.
But I have to admit, she’s lookin’ pretty tasty in this video.
Lawrence on February 28, 2007 at 5:30 PM
Rightwingsparkle I haven’t been invited over since she got married, and I’m usually sleeping off something on Sunday.
I mean, I went on just ONE date with Britney, and she shaved her head.
It’s enough to give a guy a complex…
Mazztek on February 28, 2007 at 5:32 PM
I’m about as anti-vigilantism as it gets… but I still liked “Boondock Saints.” I like Christina’s vid. It’s pulp. Well executed pulp.
I’m strangely comfortable with it.
Kadnine on February 28, 2007 at 5:32 PM
Retro ROCKS! :)
I loved it. (Whorish or not, and lyrics a bit changed so what….)
Rick Donaldson on February 28, 2007 at 5:39 PM
Anybody who has a problem with the video is a totally gay. if you can’t bear watching a girl in mini skirt, check yourself into rehab. I see girls everyday in school with boobs almost poping out, but I still stick to my business while appreciating the colofulness of my environment.
Ouabam on February 28, 2007 at 5:39 PM
The quality of commenters on this blog has truly gone down in recent months. What happened?
Professor Blather on February 28, 2007 at 5:50 PM
The worst you could reasonably call this video is BAWDY.
I like bawdy. Some don’t. OK.
But stop making into something it isn’t.
Wow. Buster Hymen jokes.
Anatomy lesson: the cherry she’s singing about ain’t a hymen.
If you don’t get that - step away from the keyboard. Go anywhere and meet a real, fully actualized girl. Soon.
She’s a married woman. 26 years of age.
She sings beautifully of lots of things besides sex - go to YouTube.
And she sings about sex. Naturally, ya knuckleheads.
Oh, and BTW, her hand salute is better than 99.99999999% of what “Method Actors” ever manage.
Stephen M on February 28, 2007 at 5:51 PM
I didn’t like her during her “Dirty” stage, but now that’s she’s cleaned up her look to a more refined “tart” image, I like it better.
There’s no doubting CA’s pipes…she always had that over Britney.
And as others have already mentioned, it’s shocking that CA turned out to be so much more stable (and apparently more happy) than Ms. Spears.
asc85 on February 28, 2007 at 5:51 PM
Will one of the ladies on tonights American Idol be daring to do this? Would be interesting if they did.
StuLongIsland on February 28, 2007 at 6:05 PM
She means “wait in line.”
Yech.
mesablue on February 28, 2007 at 6:06 PM
I’m sorry, but what was she singing? I wasn’t actually able to pay attention to the words.
Maybe if I watch it a few more times….
Allah, I am in full agreement with you over the unfortunate words (I can give “panties drop” a pass, but the “cherry pop” and “real big …..” are just too vulgar). But I didn’t find the *video* vulgar — just really fun eye candy. I’m glad someone still knows how do do this in Hollywood.
Anton on February 28, 2007 at 6:09 PM
Was that the nose of a P-51 off to the left in the hanger? I have to go be by myself now….
serenity on February 28, 2007 at 6:12 PM
this whole thread seems to be a bunch of complaining by a punch of prudes about a singer that is honestly more cleaned up then 90% of the music industry
Defector01 on February 28, 2007 at 6:17 PM
Christina rocks, the song rocks, the video rocks. Suggestive lyrics have always been in popular music from cole porter to little richard “good golly miss molly you sure love to ball” to now.
As Bob Hope would say at the uso shows, I just wanted you to see what you are fighting for. yummy
robo on February 28, 2007 at 6:17 PM
Hey, it works for me. The song and video are so good I’m willing to overlook the coarse lyrics.
That grill she’s singing in looks a lot like that grill Aretha Franklin sang “Respect” in for the Blues Brothers movie.
Tantor on February 28, 2007 at 6:20 PM
hehe
urbancenturion on February 28, 2007 at 6:22 PM
AP to CA: No, you’re wrong, mouseketeer. You don’t need to work blue! You’ll never play the big rooms with that crap. Ask Redd Foxx. You don’t need the blue stuff, kid, you got talent!
CA: But I don’t have talent.
AP: You’ve got it, kid. You listen to me - you’ve got a… Ben Vereen quality, I can’t put my finger on it. Take the high road, baby!
see-dubya on February 28, 2007 at 6:22 PM
Sometimes, you gotta wonder…
Mazztek on February 28, 2007 at 6:23 PM
I like Christina Aguilera and I like this vid. It’s a hell of a lot ‘cleaner’ than just about anything in pop music nowadays, no “wardrobe malfunction” for example.
Hay Christina: not bad for an army brat, not bad at all!
RedinBlueCounty on February 28, 2007 at 6:41 PM
Agreed with that one, and your other comments about the vid, Allah. There’s something to be said for being tastefully sexy and not overtly ‘letting it all hang out’, especially when it comes to an homage vid like the one in question. Although I have no problem whatsoever with the idea of giving the troops a ‘taste of home’ (to put it delicately).
Also, I see the word ‘prude’ being thrown around a bit in this thread, and I think that description - which has been levelled towards people who don’t like the vid - is off the mark. You don’t have to be a prude to find crude lyrics distasteful.
I think Professor Blather had some good points as well. There is something to be said for a woman who can be sexy and smoldering without being crude and lewd. Think Rita Hayworth’s WWII pinup.
SisterToldjah on February 28, 2007 at 6:46 PM
The retro quality is a nice touch. As for the sentiment . .. About damn time . . .and good on her.
heroyalwhyness on February 28, 2007 at 6:49 PM
At least she isn’t still strangely rotund and still gyrating around in the music video…
Neo on February 28, 2007 at 7:01 PM
3eh, 2 thumbs up!RobertCSampson on February 28, 2007 at 7:02 PM
ST, as the original prude-word-thrower, let me clarify that I meant it ironically. Those familiar with the personalities involved here might find it funny that Rightwingsparkle and I were the ones telling AP to loosen up about this. Pigs are flying; hell is lightly dusted with snow.
And AP has a point; I wish that I could play this song in the car without having to answer awkward questions from my kids, and I don’t want them to grow up like Christina Aguilera. But that’s true of most pop music and most musicians these days.
So as an homage to the 40’s, it’s a little raw. As a piece of naughty pro-military cotton candy, though, it’s pretty unusual and pretty good.
see-dubya on February 28, 2007 at 7:04 PM
Actually, relatively speaking, Christina Aguilera has really cleaned up her act from her nasty, stripper-wannabe, Skankilera act, now that producer hubby Jordan Bratman has been “managing” and “guruing” her. But one question, Allah: Where have you been? This Aguilera version of Candyman has been around for several months and the album–of mostly classics–was number one at one point . . . a long time ago. But, at this point, it’s kinda old news. Time for you to get a subscription to Billboard to keep up.
Debbie Schlussel on February 28, 2007 at 7:08 PM
I’m not offended by it, but those two lines (ok, three) are a little jarring, in a song that’s otherwise totally clean, fun, and really sort of sweet. She could easily have gone with “makes the girls all stop” or “makes my heartbeat hop” and stayed with sexy instead of veering into trashy.
Loving the 40s pinup outfits, obviously, and the whole style of the video, really. I’ve never listened to her before. She sure can sing.
Tanya on February 28, 2007 at 7:18 PM
Hey, it’s less “bawdy” than the stupid Honky Tonk Badonka Donk, and how about that unbelieveably pathetic “Confessions” where the irate guy actually looks underneath a dresser to see if anyone was there. The original was sooooo bad, I thought at first it was a Weird Al Yankovich parody — until Al’s parody did come out.
There’s something nice about seeing a “troop” musical scene - in the 40s, Hollywood was geared up for war and keeping up the spirits of the soldiers. Stupid Hollywood today gives us all their loserville, downer crap when people want genuine entertainment and want to feel good about their men and women in uniform.
naliaka on February 28, 2007 at 7:47 PM
I just got an STD from watching the movie….
I still am not sure who the bigger slut is, Christina (who disgraces the name of Christ) or Paris (Who is as dirty as the city).
Tim Burton on February 28, 2007 at 7:54 PM
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