Shakira - Islands (cover the xx) cd quality

[earthling85]

Love Shakira, but I gotta say I definitely prefer The XX original..

[1691christian]

good cover

[Xcubanchick21]

Shakira did a great cover.She gave the song live, because this song was soooo sad and Sale el Sol is about happiness =D

[loqueseapaso]

Es horrible. Debería contnuar agitando las caderas lejos de la música. Ya ven que eso no es lo suyo.

[alexpiccirillo1]

i think this sounds great. its just those crazy die-hard xx stans that are like getting panic attacks cuz someone decided to cover this song :/

[liamwazhere]

@alexpiccirillo1 No, I love the XX, and hate most of Shakira's music. But I love this cover.

[gottamackthat]

i mean... this remix isn't AWFUL, but it's still no match compared to the original. LONG LIVE THE XX,!!

[Pokahontaz1008]

This song gives me an inexplicable energy:)

[StereoNumber]

no this tune is nice, a good homage to the original...

[rhyssbaker]

she gave it a go bless her x

[Helmutlozzi]

after hearing the original.. Oh god this song doesnt match up.

[abrahamgbj]

oh Shakira... you totally trashed that tune...

[marinainamedow]

i hate this so much

and its almost the same as the xx's

i'm crying

this new shakira sucks, she's gone commercial.

[Copipastemania]

Horror. The xx es la mamada, porque arruinan la canción con semejante cover mierdero..

[marinainamedow]

@Copipastemania amén

[simpson5768]

i love this song! i think its better than the original.

[marinainamedow]

@simpson5768 i would really like to hear what other bands or "artists" you listen to

kuddos xoxo :)

[fcortes123]

takes a lot of talent to keep everything exactly the same except for the singer...

[riddlemebeck]

i. love. this.

[BrickSlappingBros]

Shakira is the sexiest lady in the world. Just stating my own opinion..

[netforce0]

@BrickSlappingBros smart and sexy :)

[pinkgiraffe75]

@Shamoo28 I hate HATE how everyone assumes Shakira is some dumb blonde bimbo. You clearly haven't heard her speak in interviews and haven't realized how naturally intelligent she is. She is an incredible human being and I look up to her in many ways because she IS NOT like the typical Beyonces and Britney Spears that everyone in this country looks up to. Get to know her a little and you'll see what i mean.

[marinainamedow]

@pinkgiraffe75 no, what people need to do is forget about her new shit singles because in them she is trying to BE beyoncé. you can't deny that. people need to go listen to her real self, her pies descalzos album.

this?

this is some over-handled commercial blonde. just like everyone else, she's lost all meaning.

[jogurtizelje2]

@0786975 no matter what she's listening she still produces shit

[Axeldude]

hahahaha Holy Fuck Shakira is awesome

[RessieRove92]

This is so bad. :/ I was expectin it to be good :(

[fabricioberna]

this is so much better than the original.

[AndricDavid]

@fabricioberna

God i hope you're trolling.

[fabricioberna]

@AndricDavid i'm not.

[marinainamedow]

@fabricioberna i really hope you're joking

[MySongMyWay96]

No le pega cantar buena música

[ultimente2]

hmm, she's also a big mgmt fan

[kiyubie]

I actually really like this cover, even if I prefer the original. Some people aren't really objective here : because Shakira did this cover doesn't mean that it's shit, just stop with your predjudices please.

[sherekan]

I didn't even know who the XX were, not that I care that much. Shakira rocks.

[Hidethegames]

Haha, I can't believe people here sometimes.

I like this, as much as the original version? Probably not, but its not bad, and its nice to listen to different version of the same thing. ^_^

[jsynclair93]

Fuck what they say! Shaking this is a great song!

[psychoeva21]

blagejgfgudghhh

[Endowie]

Ma cos'è sto schifo?

[juliaRBD14]

Esto es destrozar una canción y lo demás son tonterías.....

[sk8erkid83194]

Geez bitch get your own song

[boombox5000]

The xx has a special place for me, but I like this. She was making it her own.

[yorenfromabove]

@crackheadcarla it's you.

[Hail2TheVictorsBaby]

you guys are all fucking retarded "too fast" bla bla bla...listen to it as if IT has nooo connection to the XX.

[SanYun0]

J'aime cette vidéo cest pas possible putin

Nik ta reum

Elle pete cette connasse de chanson hein salope

Va te faire foutre cette putin de magnifique chanson

[NintendoPaperboy]

this sux

[CassieJHL]

she completly missed the point of the song! did she even listen to the original version or read the lyrics??

[basehead617]

horrible autotuning of her voice

[TalksToWalls98]

What the hell!?!? She is fcukin ruining a perfectly good song! It should be illegal to try to do a cover of the xx if u are some crappy commercial pop singer like her! Geez... (I must say kudos for song choice though.) BUT STILL!!!

[KizzyGonzalez]

She made it too fast. It needs that slow tempo. no go.

[1406Matthew]

love this! :)

[SpacePIRATEarrgh]

I didn't expect to like this. And now I fucking love it.

[piratehyde]

too fast : (

[tigerswell]

i like it.

[yosiposi]

So if as you all say she's got "so good taste in music", why does she make the music she makes? I'm sorry, but I don't like this at all. And The XX don't need to be better known... they're already touring around the globe.

[Nahlim88]

@yosiposi Did you listen to any of her songs other than the ones she makes videos for? If not, then you shouldn't be talking about her music.

[lxlheathenlxl]

What. is. this.

[loqseaporver]

perra se tiro la cancion malparidaaa

[DULCEDJAVU]

@loqseaporver Perra no Lobaaaaa trata de compensar el hecho que no canta si no que gime con sus movimientos de cadera Apestaaaaa arruina la canción de The xx la despedaza

[itswoohoo]

@loqseaporver usted solo hijo de puta, si no le gusta jodase...shakira 1000000000000000 veces mejor, marica celoso

[thaistirfrye]

I like that Shakira listens to a wide array of music, and she also takes extension classes at UCLA, simply for the sake of learning itself. Very admirable.  AND she is giving people a chance to discover a song they might have never heard otherwise.

[ShitWurCool]

@157Olivia are you on craaack?

[riericzie]

I will forever remain Loyal to the XX. no one can do that song anybetter than them

[TheNiDreA]

@riericzie yeah. i agree. =)

[mrdanroxanne]

this is so shit

[StrangePotion]

This is Shit. The original is without a doubt the best

[vampiremebarak24]

@StrangePotion the originals song will always be the best and it doesn't means that it is a shit

[StrangePotion]

@vampiremebarak24 to ME anything Shakira touches is shit.

[marineane]

all that beat n drums... agh

original way better

this cover makes this sound like on of those cliche new songs, not the original music of xx

altho it is cool she likes the xx :D, n i still lover her, and the xx (the xx a bit more tho..)

[unh69]

This version is different from the one in my album! Why is it different!?

[MissKayaa91]

I love Shakira! This is a really good cover. I do like the original by The XX too before anyone jumps down my throat.

[jack93w]

this cover is to over produced i love the thing the xx have cause all their songs are very minimilistic and simple this is just crap in comparison

[MrDark005]

Horrible Covcer.! this is Shiit.!

[Sektion9]

Bleh.

[Mickeus]

Horrible cover

[valentinaespinel28]

sucks with all and YEAH im from colombia

and i have to say that shakira was so much better before

[157Olivia]

I love shakira it sounds a lot better than those boring sods sing it x more up beat

[TheWyburd]

you ruined this song

[manuespinosa]

Every time Shakira covers this song a hipster dies.

[avena36]

I have to admit i dont like this cover !.. the xx is waaaaaaaay better

[Shamoo28]

Not too fond of this cover but I still can't get my head around the fact that Shakira listens to The xx.

[0786975]

@Shamoo28 This is the list Shakira is playing during the wait of the concert. She picked the songs herself: U.R.A. Fever" by The Kills, "Black Swan" by Thom Yorke, "L.E.S. Artistes" by Santogold

"Herculean" by The Good, The Bad & The Queen, "I'm Good, I'm Gone" by Lykke Li,"In Sympathy" by Depeche Mode, "Collect Call " by Metric, "Someone Great" by LCD Soundsystem, "Pursuit of Happiness" by Kid Cudi

[TheSansan01]

@0786975 i did not know shakira was a hipster

also greetings from colombia

[margheritapuca]

@0786975 Thom Yorke, Santogold, Lykke Li? She has good tastes in music. :)

[0786975]

@Shamoo28 And "Echoplex" by Nine Inch Nails, "Stylo (feat. Mos Def and Bobby Womack)" by Gorillaz, "Let's Go To Bed" by The Cure, "Muscle Cars" by Mylo, "The Hardest Button To Button" by The White Stripes, "Leyendecker" by Battles

[safariinc]

@Shamoo28 she used to actually be cool in the 90s, then she americanized herself and became pretty boring.

[supaduparocka]

@Shamoo28 I bet her agent set it all up

[sixpointneuf]

@supaduparocka well, that would be his job wouldn't it? lol. yup he prob. set it up... at her request

[Burntlego]

@Shamoo28 Why wouldn't she? That's a ridiculous statement.

[Shamoo28]

@Burntlego Simply because she's a pop star, so I would not honestly expect her to listen to an underground band like The XX. And in case you thought I have something against Shakira, I don't.

[FruitSlush01]

is shakira wearing silly bands??! :O

[goofygirl1014]

I like the original better but this is still pretty good.

[isabemoon]

"Loca", el último sencillo del álbum se convirtió en un hit internacional alcanzando el #1 en las radios de Latinoamérica, Europa y Estados Unidos. A su vez el disco Sale el Sol se ha mantenido #1 por 10 semanas consecutivas en ventas de Soundscan latino de Estados Unidos y ha alcanzado Disco de Diamante, Platino y Oro en países de Latinoamérica y Europa.

[adri411]

This is awful.

[Shea360FTW]

the xx version is more deep, this makes it sounds to fast and "popy"

[franzzsh]

A cover is about taking a song of another artist and genre and change it. Who would like different versions in the same genre of the same song? This actually seems to be a Shakira's song, therefore it's a good cover.

[zxcorr]

I've heard the original before this cover came out. When it came out, I thought it's so great, making the original sounds like a cover. lol. You know, like those alternative bands trying to cover mainstream songs like "Baby One More Time" to look cool.

[punkduderock]

i like this version is more fun the original is kinda boring

[marinainamedow]

@punkduderock it's called having meaning

[Alejomor2727]

Está bien!!! las dos versiones están muy buenas...

[b303]

WTF is this? Please redirect yourselves to the original version from The xx

[Hail2TheVictorsBaby]

@b303

no. Shakira is amazing, you guys sounds like a bunch of Beetles / Bieber fans

[b303]

@Hail2TheVictorsBaby Ooook, did you actually mean Beatles? as in THE BEATLES?? of course I am a Beatle fan. Shakira sold out long time ago to get into the US market, her only real good record was Pies Descalzos. You probably only know the new crappy stuff and you sound like a Lady Gaga fan to me. Someone actually listens to Bieber?? Poor souls. 

[marinainamedow]

@b303  i love you

[bluepolkadots412]

haha shes wearing silly bandz :)

[LatinGuitarMan1]

Shakira has always used many different genres of music her new album is a combination of her new pop songs and her very first albums which were rock.

[ManuellaNeves]

I like it. The original is my favourite, but this version is also great. It's so cheerful, makes you wanna dance...

[thedanieltorres]

i like this version too much, its not monotone

[cupidsdaughter17]

what the shit is this.

please go listen to the ORIGINAL

[itsjulianskatechap]

great!

[franzzsh]

The XX are getting free promotion. They thanked Shakira for this and they liked the cover. People you have to understand that Shakira is POP singer, obviously she wouldn't do a simlar version. That's what a cover is about , take a song into a different rhytm from the original. I don't want the same song with the same rythm pretty boring...

[DinoNinja7771]

she has silly bands on!!!

[bikevangelou]

omg this is hideous.

who does she think she is. go make your shit pop and leave xx alone.

[84angelboy]

its a very well done cover... shakira can shakira likes any kind of music... she always sound great

[specularimage]

HERESY!!! T_T

"Islands" for-conventional-people version.

[0786975]

@specularimage I don't consider myself as conventional

[raemama13]

@0786975 btw i just wanted to say that this version is so terrible. sounds just like anything i could hear on the radio. shakira, grow up and write your own stuff

[franzzsh]

@raemama13 Shakira writes all her songs. This one was a cover that the XX asked Shakira to include in her new album.

[mateopumba747]

@specularimage so by "unconventional" you mean hipster doushbags?

[kalutzy8]

i've always been a huge fan of shakira & i am a pretty big fan of the xx.

i enjoy both versions(:

[Tanzania24]

tiene silly bands jaja que tierno. Aun así, no me convence, prefiero la versión original mil veces.

[REVG9]

i will never expect finding out that shakira had made out a cover from a xx's song

i think the original version is much better, has more emotions, but the fact that shakira decided to make a cover about it, makes me take in mind all the different musical influences shakira might have for their great music

[0786975]

@REVG9 Shakira IS emotion! check out the mtv unplugged video of Tú! Or the video of No just to name a few

[AdrianSmithFan]

@0786975 or La Pared- oral fixation tour,, mindblowinlyy emotional! :)

[AdrianSmithFan]

I think Shakira is very very underrated as a musican! She produces, writes, performs and theres still people who thinks she doesnt do any of that.

[TheMaddameButterfly]

@AdrianSmithFan she murdered the song

[marinainamedow]

@0786975 no, she WAS emotion

[TheShewolfvictim]

@REVG9 In fact The xx ask her to make this cover for their album..she has a lot of indie musicians who prefers her as an unique pop singer and writter, 4 exemple hot chip made a cover of her "she wolf" and everything everithing made a cover of her "did it again" they said that was the only pop song that worth it on 2009.... shakira does a ot of covers live too...of metallica, ac,dc,aerosmith,elvis... but this is the first time that she actually recorded it.

[rolen123]

@ChickThatCanSk8 first of all idiot the xx asked shakira to cover the song dumbass and she accepted so blame the xx.so be4 going insulting people get your shit right

[Elizastardut]

THE XX THE XX THE XX THE XX THE XX THE XX THE XX OLIVER JAMIE ROMYY BETTER THAN THIS SHIT

[dordan666]

the people that like this version are shakira's fans.... and the people who hate this version are the XX fans....

.....I hate it!!

[dordan666]

this sucks!!!!!! I'm colombian and i like some Shakira's songs but this version is horrendous!

[ChickThatCanSk8]

this sucks

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wait no it isn't, first of all the music is melow and supposed to have meaning. Then Shakira's voice comes in and ruines the emotion. No offense but XX is better, they give emotion and feeling to this song.

This version reminds me of a crappy kid's song that would be on a Disney movie :/ sorry fans I just had to rant a bit to get my rage out.

[xanderableme]

SOOOOOOO Much better than the original!!!

[marinainamedow]

@xanderableme WHAAAAAAAAT are you smoking

[nathalei224]

I really like this version to.

The xx is nothing,

sound like hands on a schoolboard

[marinainamedow]

@nathalei224 you're hands on a school board you toad

[ainaTanabata]

DISGUSTING... how dare you say this is beautiful? She KILLED the entire intention of the song... it's quick and horrible. nononononono. NO.

[nia120493]

I knew about the xx way before this cover was made, but I'm so happy that shakira made a cover of this. I love the fact that she is never afraid to experiment with different types of music..or in this case make a cover of a song that isn't so popular :)

[Electrophonique]

This is when the cover exceeds the original. Congrats Shakira.

[marinainamedow]

@Electrophonique go dy in a hol lol xoxoxx kuddos :)

[The34jay]

the original is so monotone and ugly-sounding. Shakira makes is WAY better. It's like my favorite song now. But this version is a lil different than the version they are selling on iTunes.

[0786975]

@The34jay really? What is the differents? I have this one on the original cd.

[happip]

@0786975 I realised this too. it's something like... the instrument part sounding slightly different, you can find that version on spotify too

[marinainamedow]

@The34jay OH MY FUCKING GOD YOU HAVE TO BE KIDDING ME

I really hope your kidding, tell me child, what music do you like?

[Gambit1984]

The original song is much better.

[FueledbyRaymond]

this isn't bad, i was iffy. but the transition from the intro to the verse is SO Great. 0:30

[juanpazongochulo]

Great! Love both version a lot :)

[DOOMSDAY7DG]

After finding out this so song was a cover for the xx (which I had know idea who they were) I began listening to more of their songs and now I am a big fan of The xx :D

[TheChronicR]

@DOOMSDAY7DG THIS. I didn't give a about The xx or whatever when they won the Mercury prize, before Shakira did this. Now I'm a huge fan. So stop complaining already, she HELPED them!

[peppercorns207]

Pretty pissed when I found out she covered the song. The xx is much less known than this bitch so she's pretty much stolen the song by doing it

[0786975]

@peppercorns207 i think both parts win with this song. The xx will be better known thanks to shakira

[jadesmitt]

@0786975

Agreed i'd never heard of them but thanks to shakira i like them :)

love both versions !!

[juanpazongochulo]

@peppercorns207 And they loved that She did it. You need some anger management guy, getting pissed b/c some one made a cover is petty. You should maybe take a toke and chill a bit.

[ichimaruome]

@peppercorns207 I'm pretty sure The XX gave her their blessing to use the song. She wouldn't be allowed to release it without their permission. It wouldn't be stolen, in that case.

[BlakeDaFish]

@peppercorns207 ok... first off, The Xx are absolutely fucking huge, especially since winning the mercury award, right on the verge of becoming mainstream, if not at the bottom of the heap with mainstream artists. And second, The Xx ASKED her to cover their song. Third, even without being asked to play it, all she's doing is giving them free promotion.

Twat.

[BritAshPos]

This song is touching to me. It's so sweet. "I am yours now. So now I don't ever have to leave."...

[Justinjello]

I actually really like it.