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She can't act, she can't sing, but who cares - she walks like Rihanna.

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MardyBra · 18/06/2013 17:08

I know it's only a bloody pop song, but it seems to be everywhere and is bugging the hell out of me. I can't even verbalise why - I suppose it's glorifying a woman who has a sexy walk, but isn't "much good for anything else".

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JuicyShops · 18/06/2013 18:57

Hang on a minute is this song not about a girl who can't sing or dance but holds herself confidently (anyway)!! Think you have all missed the point!!!

SplitHeadGirl · 18/06/2013 18:53

Yes, my (wonderful, feminist-ally) husband made a point of asking me what I thought of it last night and I said 'It's a pile of crap'!

He laughed and said he knew I would say that...I wasn't TOO sure why I KNEW it was crap as I hadn't heard it properly, but that I thought it basically stated that a woman's abilities/talents/personality do not matter, and even are ok to be commented negatively upon, as long as she looks the part...it even compares her, loud and clear, to another woman, a popstar, which is criminal!!! She is a fucking person in her own right!!!!

The Wanted I think have made misogynist comments so no surprise they put out a shite song like this.

RainboxFX · 18/06/2013 18:34

"She can't sing, she can't dance, but who cares, she validates the heterosexual male gaze" didn't scan as well.

MatersMate · 18/06/2013 18:21

Rihanna can sing and dance as well as walk though. Hmm she's worked really hard to get where she is, not something everyone wants to aspire to, but surely better than just a wiggly walk.

Bloody terrible, and yes, it makes me worry for my DD too :(

GerardWay · 18/06/2013 18:18

It's by The Wanted. 5 hormonal young men that probably have one thing on their mind. .

Snazzywaitingforsummer · 18/06/2013 18:17

Rihanna's walk had never struck me as the most fascinating thing even for fans of hers. In fact I don't think I have ever seen her walking anywhere in any video. . I do dislike the idea that her public image is one to aspire to.

DoctorAnge · 18/06/2013 18:16

Doesn't she end the video in her underwear Hmm
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MardyBra · 18/06/2013 18:12

That's the problem 4little. I've got a bloody earworm of it.

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4LittleBubbles · 18/06/2013 18:04

The meaning is shit, but catchy tune...

AmandaPandtheTantrumofDoom · 18/06/2013 17:57

Oh, and based on the video she is also fairly stupid. And has got to the position of Director by everyone fancying her? Is that the joke of recycling all those boy band video cliches.

Awful, just awful.

DeathByTray · 18/06/2013 17:47

Well, that's 3.34 minutes of my life I won't be getting back.

thefirstmrsrochester · 18/06/2013 17:47

It's by 'Blue' isn't it? Between them they don't have a pair of brain cells to rub together.
Shit song, shit sentiment, shit band.

DuchessOfAvon · 18/06/2013 17:43

I heard it for the first time today and couldn't believe what I was hearing. It makes me weep for the DD's as they grow up and have to content with this kind of crap. Its the pits.

WoTmania · 18/06/2013 17:39

Ken Bruce introduced it in a scathing way a couple of weeks ago. I truly loved him at that moment.
It is an awful song. I detest it too.