Hollawhatwhere?

I have asked many people of all sorts and styles and no one seems to be able to tell me definitively just what Gwen Stefani's "Hollaback Girl" means. It's a girl proud of her self-esteem! It's a new high school fight song with cursing! It's assistance to children learning just how many "a"s and "n"s are in "bananas"! Obviously, we have some good theories, but I suppose we're just out of the target audience range on this one. Although, Gwen's older than we are so the boggling continues.

And let's not even delve into the wackery of the video. The number of costume changes and the deployment of an afro on one of her Japanese posse just makes the mind reel.

Speaking of videos, Drew and Jill know of my weird obsession with the Shakira video for "Tortura", her new Spanish-sung number. The strange spine jolting sternum shifting and the amount of oily black goo our Columbian rump shaker uses to seduce us through the television screen doesn't really work on me. And darling, scooting across a table in the manner of a wounded spider is not foxy. Not foxy at all. Perhaps it all makes sense with the lyrics, I'll never know as I don't speak Spanish, but I honestly can't imagine the words that would explain those antics.