Fijación Oral (Shakira) - Megarate Submissions

[The Bling 12,253]

Well guess who's back with a brand new megarate By popular demand, get ready to megarate... Fijación Oral Vol. 1, by Queen Shakira

Fijación Oral Vol. 1 is Shakira's forth studio album (sixth technically, but we don't count the first two ), released in June 3rd 2005. In the vein of her earlier work, Fijación Oral Vol. 1 is a Latin pop album. At its release, Fijación Oral Vol. 1 received generally favorable reviews from music critics, who complimented Shakira's evolution from her earlier work. Metacritic awarded it with a 79/100.

The album debuted at #4 on the US Billboard 200, with first-week sales of 157,000 copies. It set a record as the highest debut for a full-length Spanish-language album in the country which still stands. Internationally, the album topped the charts in Argentina, Germany, Mexico and Spain. Fijación Oral Vol. 1 was the Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album at the 2006 Grammy Awards, and the Album of the Year and the Best Female Pop Vocal Album at the Latin Grammy Awards. It also became the highest selling Latin pop album of the decade in the United States and the second highest selling Latin album overall. As of 2017, more than 5,000,000 copies of the album have been confirmed to have sold worldwide. It is the 8th best-selling Latin album in the United States.

Every lyric in this album was written by Shakira herself.

Four singles were released to promote the album. Although its lead single ('La Tortura') was the only track to reach the US Billboard Hot 100, the follow-up singles 'No', 'Día De Enero' and 'Las De La Intuición' enjoyed moderate success on the Hot Latin Songs, Tropical Songs and Latin Pop Airplay charts. 'La Pared (Acústico)' was also released as a promo single in Mexico and Spain, reaching #1 in Spain

Songs:

1. En Tus Pupilas ('Something')

2. La Pared

3. La Tortura [ft. Alejandro Sanz]

4. Obtener Un Sí

5. Día Especial ('The Day And The Time')

6. Escondite Inglés

7. No

8. Las De La Intuición

9. Día De Enero

10. Lo Imprescindible

We're not doing La Pared (Acústico), nor La Tortura Remix  You can, however, add some comentary to either La Pared or La Tortura saying how you feel about these extra tracks

HOW TO SUBMIT:

- Listen to the album ()

- Rate each song from 1 to 10, meaning 10 is amazing and 1 garbage. Please don't abuse your low ratings

- You can give your favorite song an 11.

- You can also add commentary to each song. You can talk about what the lyrics mean to you, how much you love it, etc. Every piece of commentary will be featured on the Ceremony.

- PM your results. If you already submitted the previous megarate, please use the same message you submitted with back then

I already have my scores, and they have an average of 9.05 so wow Y'all can't miss this album, this is Shakira's magnum opus.

I do know it's in Spanish so don't worry, I provided you with some translations made by me myself. I tried to keep the overall feeling and word play of each song; I accept suggestions though :

En Tus Pupilas (Into Your Eyes) [‘Something’ in Oral Fixation Vol. 2]

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[INTRO :]

[Quand tu, quand tu me prends dans tes bras] When you, when you hold me in your arms

[Quand je regarde dans tes yeux] When I look into your eyes

[Je vois que Dieu existe] I see that God exists

[C’est par dur d’y croire] It’s not hard to believe

 

Before meeting you, world seemed so flat

Even though Mr. Galilei wouldn’t agree

And I was tired of kissing frogs in vain

As Prince Charming, was nowhere to be found

 

But then you came in

Bringing back my faith

No poems, no flowers

Just flaws, just mistakes

Yet on your feet

 

[CHORUS:]

And I feel

Something in you, something between the two of us

That makes me believe

When I look into your eyes, I see that God still exists

X2

You bring him to life

You bring him to life

 

Life is a compilation of memories

But no other as good as yours

From the roundness of your lips

To the smell of your hair, to the color of your skin

 

Don’t think you’ll leave and I’ll stop trying

You’re the best that’s ever happened to me

Among mundane and sacred

And far beyond

 

[CHORUS:]

 

[INTRO:]

 

And I feel… something in you…

And I feel… something in you… something… in you

La Pared (The Wall)

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You’re like one of those good predictions

You’re like a high dose in vein

 

And desire spirals us down

Because my love for you is whole

And it’s forever

 

[CHORUS:]

Behind you, there’s a wall

Don’t you ever miss from me

Right under us, there’s the ground

And far underneath, there I’d be

X2

Without you

 

You cause my disease, yet also treat it

I've already been made into your own lap dog

 

You know without you, I’m no longer me

Wherever you go, I’ll go too; expectedly

 

[CHORUS:]

X2

La Tortura [ft. Alejandro Sanz] (The Torture)

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[Alejandro Sanz:]

Ah my sweetheart

Keep your poetry

Keep your happiness to yourself

Give it to me

 

[Shakira:]

I’m not asking for all days to be sunny

I’m not asking for all Fridays to be partying

And I’m not asking for you to come back begging my pardon either

If you’re crying dry tears

And talking of her

 

[Shakira:] Oh love, it hurts so much

[Alejandro:] It hurts so much

[Shakira:]

The fact you left not saying where to

Oh love; it was a torture, losing you

 

[CHORUS:]

[Alejandro:] I know I haven’t been a saint, but I can fix it love

[Shakira:] Not only out of bread lives man, and not only of excuses do I live

[Alejandro:] You only learn from mistakes, and today I know yours is my heart

[Shakira:] Better keep all that; get that bone to another dog, and let’s say goodbye

 

[Alejandro:] There you are at it again, there you go again…

[Shakira:]

I can’t expect winter to forgive a rosebush

I can’t expect an elm to give pears

I can’t expect eternity from a simple mortal

And go around throwing pigs millions of pearls

 

[Alejandro:]

Oh love, it hurts so much; it hurts so much…

That you no longer believe my promises

[Shakira:] Oh love

[Alejandro:] It’s a torture

[Shakira:] Losing you

 

[CHORUS:]

 

[Alejandro:]

Don’t get down, don’t get down

Hey my blacky girl, look, don’t chicken out (?)

On Monday to Friday, you’ll have my love

But let me keep Saturday to myself, it’s better this way

Hey my black girl, don’t punish me no more

‘Cause out there, without you I’m not at peace

I’m only a man full of regret

I’m a bird coming back to its nest

 

[CHORUS:]

 

[Shakira:]

Oh, oh…

Oh, after all I did for you…

It was a torture losing you…

I’m so sorry it has to be this way…

Keep crying your apologies            

I’m not going to cry for you

Obtener Un Sí (Obtain A ‘Yes’)

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[INTRO:]

Ah, you’ve got me dying for you

How could I forget (you)

Just your charms or, even some flowers

Would be more than enough

To obtain a ‘yes’

 

Bags are forming under my eyes from staring at you

And even worse, I’d still watch you; I’ll always be here

Waiting

Until you realize that

 

[CHORUS:]

I love you, ‘cause you’re clear

Clear

Clear, just like my soles

Like after-love

Like your voice, like your skin

 

[INTRO:]

 

[CHORUS:]

 

[INTRO:]

 

Oh, just your charms or, even some flowers

Would be more than enough

To obtain a ‘yes’

Día Especial (Special Day) [‘The Day And The Time’ in Oral Fixation Vol. 2]

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I don’t know if it’s too late for you

I want to challenge my comfort

There’s no use in pretending anymore

 

I don’t know how transient your fault is

I no longer blame you

The clock hands are far ahead now

 

Tears went dry

Storms are quiet now

Beating like the sun

My ageless heart

Will forever wait

 

[CHORUS:]

Today, is a special day

I want to believe in this chance

We took a leap in the dark

And now, I can see again

A light in the dark

 

I’m no longer as confused as I used to

If I don’t build us up, you won’t let me down

And falling’s easier than it seems

 

The world I believed in

Both eternal and fleeting

I’d rather end it

Even if you’d rather hide from me

Your vulnerability

 

[CHORUS:]

 

Beating like the sun

My ageless heart waits

 

[CHORUS:]

Escondite Inglés (‘Statues’)

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Welcome, you finally arrived here

Perfect timing, perfect place

Not every sweet fattens

And not every pleasure is sin

 

I shall be your legged desire

An enthralling idea crossing our minds

I shall be a contrivance toying with your mind

Object and cause of your downfall

And your salvation

 

[CHORUS:]

Count from 1 to 10

And you’ll find me straight away

That’s the way I play ‘statues’

Kiss me already

And I’ll tie you to my couch

That’s the way I play sta-

That’s the way I play sta-

That’s the way I play statues

 

Don’t you judge me, I’m not that way

I just happen to have a playful mind

Not every sweet fattens

And no sinner comes clean after praying

 

I shall be your legged desire

Spokeswoman to your imagination

I shall be a contrivance toying with your mind

Object and cause of your downfall

And your salvation

 

[CHORUS:]

 

Count from 1 to 10

And you’ll find me straight away

Count from 1 to 10

And you’ll find me straight away

1, 2; 1, 2; 1, 2; 1, 2, 2 times 5 10

No

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No, don’t try to excuse yourself

Don’t test my patience

Excuses existed long before you did

No, don’t look at me like you used to

Don’t talk about ‘us’

Rhetoric is your most lethal weapon

 

I’m going to ask you not to come back again

I can still feel you hurting me

Down to my core

You’re old enough; you’ll have to know what it’s like

To break someone’s heart the way you did

 

[CHORUS:]

No one can live with so much poison

The hope your love gave me

No one else could give

I swear, I’m not lying

No one can live with so much poison

You can’t commit your soul to gathering try after try

Rage’s heavier than concrete

 

I hope you don’t expect me to wait for you after my 26s

Patience will have already left me, down to my feet

And you’ll find me plucking daisies

And looking out, but not at you

To make you feel frustrated and want to leave

 

[CHORUS:]

 

No one can live with so much poison

No one can live with so much poison

No

 

No

Las De La Intuición (The Intuitive Ones) ['Pure Intuition', Unreleased Track]

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I won’t allow any more questions about me

 As long as you already know the answers

From the moment I very first saw you

I knew what I was going after

 

I set myself to be

Your almost-perfect victim

I set myself to be

A volcano today

 

[PRECHORUS:]

Love is, perhaps, a common mishap

And, as you can see

I’m still breathing

Must be out of luck ‘cause

 

[CHORUS:]

I think I finally understand (Slowly, slowly, you start to fall)

We craved each other even before we were born (I feel you, I feel you, before we were born)

I have a feeling, action’s about to start (Inside, inside, there you’re going)

And women, we are the intuitive ones (This way, I’m ready for anything my love)

 

May I suggest a little slip?

A mistake, turned into a success

I set myself to be

A volcano today

 

[PRECHORUS:]

 

[CHORUS:]

X2

 

The intuitive ones

Día De Enero (January Day)

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I met you on a January day

With the moon upon my nose

And as I saw I could trust you

In your eyes, I got lost

 

Was it my fickle heart?

Was it your sweet touch?

 

Now that we’ve been all around the world

Just like Mutt and Jeff

I seem to have found some scratches

That you got, here and there

No worries though, my crazy love

Will heal them all…

 

I’ll have the world turn all around us

I’ll leave you as if you’d just been born

And things will happen fast

Soon you’ll see how bright the sun truly is

More than anyone else, you deserve happiness

 

[CHORUS:]

You will see

How, piece by piece, your wounds’re going to heal

You will see

How life itself, will set sea and salt apart

 

And even though, you’ve been a stranger

Even to the land that saw you grow

If I ask you, ‘What comes now?’

You’ll always say, ‘What did you say?’

And no matter what, bandoneons will always be your soft spot

 

Even when you seem absent mind,

Slowly taking step after step,

I know what causes you this pain

That’s why I wanted to give this song to you

 

[CHORUS:]

X2

Lo Imprescindible (Indispensable)

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[INTRO:]

[Blei baby blei baby] Lead, baby lead, baby

[Geh nicht wieder weg] Do not go away

[Blei baby blei baby] Lead, baby lead, baby

[Geh nicht wieder weg] Do not go away

 

A machine

Crafted to think of you

That’s what I am

What I’ve always been

 

You know it’s killing me, this merciless wait

Resignation carved down to my bones

Every day, a very part of me cries helplessly

There’s no logical way of arranging my life without you

 

[CHORUS:]

I may look invincible, but

Fateful, indispensable

Is your comeback to me, come back to me, come back

Ah, pain is suffocating me

And all that matters now

Is your comeback to me, come back to me, come back

Stop torturing me!

 

A machine, waiting restlessly

That’s what I am

Since the moment you were gone

 

You say there’s no point in my response

You’ve already made your point

I should lead my own way, not follow yours

But I don’t want to break the tie between us two

Show some regard, don’t leave me to suffer

 

[CHORUS:]

 

[INTRO:]

 

[CHORUS:]

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HAVE FUN AND SUBMIT You have till APRIL 13TH, FRIDAY. Ceremony will be APRIL 15TH, SUNDAY.

[The Bling 12,253]

EXTRA:

"The idea of making a double project was never planned or premeditated, it just happened. I found myself writing 60 songs and put myself on the mission of selecting my favorite ones, which happened to be 20. And those 20 songs formed this project, Oral Fixation Vol. 1 and 2."

– Shakira talking about both albums.

I'd kill to get my hands on any Shakira unreleased

[Babel 40,912]

La Pared live version is thousand times better than the album track! wish it was the original one

 

[The Bling 12,253]

12 minutes ago, Triggered said:

La Pared live version is thousand times better than the album track! wish it was the original one

NNNN I love the album track but I see what you mean

The live version was the promo single, not the album track, so I guess Shakira agrees with you

[sipthistea 21,099]

I'm definitely doing this one. I know I said the same about the Vol. 2 , but honestly I haven't listened to that one. And I know Shakira shines the most when she sings in Spanish (And this album has many jewels). 

I hope you non-Spanish speakers give this album a chance and participate 'cause this is one of Shakira's best albums. 

Gracias The Bling por hacer este Megarate 

[The Bling 12,253]

8 minutes ago, sipthistea said:

I'm definitely doing this one. I know I said the same about the Vol. 2 , but honestly I haven't listened to that one. And I know Shakira shines the most when she sings in Spanish (And this album has many jewels). 

I hope you non-Spanish speakers give this album a chance and participate 'cause this is one of Shakira's best albums. 

Gracias The Bling por hacer este Megarate 

YAAAS I'll be blessed to have your results

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I'll make sure you submit this time don't worry

I already translated every song so they have no excuse not to participate You can throw some promo too

Gracias a ti por participar

[Kandy life 204]

Sending Rs right away.

[Salvador Sequea 813]

One my favs ! To me, a truly piece of art .

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On 15/3/2018 at 5:32 AM, The Bling said:

I’m going to ask you not to come back again

I can still feel you hurting me

Down to my core

Hey, but according to the official booklet of the album, in this part of the song 'Voy a pedirte que no vuelvas más' she says 'Siento que me duelas (grief, mourning) todavía aquí, adentro' instead of 'dueles'.

 

[The Bling 12,253]

7 hours ago, Salvador Sequea said:

One my favs ! To me, a truly piece of art .

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Hey, but according to the official booklet of the album, in this part of the song 'Voy a pedirte que no vuelvas más' she says 'Siento que me duelas (grief, mourning) todavía aquí, adentro' instead of 'dueles'.

 

It is a piece of art

True, I meant 'hurting me' as in 'causing me grief', but that sounds so awkward so I chose to translate it that way. So it would be:

I'm going to ask you not to come back again

I can still feel the grief you caused me

Deep inside

My translations are a bit loose but I think they retain pretty well the original meaning as well as still sounding kind of good

[Salvador Sequea 813]

3 hours ago, The Bling said:

I'm going to ask you not to come back again

I can still feel the grief you caused me

Deep inside

This is much more close to the original lyrics. Anyways, this is something that rarely happens when it's time to translate music throught two or more languages. Even some songs of Shakira may change when they are translated. To me the most perfect translation from her would be En Tus Pupilas = Something. 

[The Bling 12,253]

REMINDER TO SUBMIT: You have till April 13th

Previous megarate submitters

@The Bling @Salvador Sequea @Aleks @Flippy @RAMROD @CyanDante @TheShameMonster @EvilRegal @AndyGa @Chiunzhan @dit

People interested (+maybe)

@Aubbie @SychosSoChic @Bio @Californian100 @Johnny Wayne @Brian Ryan @Bambino @Texas Joanne @sipthistea @lavendermusic @DannyRodeck @Rumours1977 @MarlonBrando7 @pltcn61 @AJK273 @JohnWayneBitch @HausOfAmericano @MannyMonroe18 @Triggered @Dino @RudraCNG @Chuckles @Orion @Spock @LDGA @ARPiT @sailormari @Haiii

 

[Phoebe Buffay 12,525]

I'll send them later this week.

[The Bling 12,253]

1 minute ago, EvilRegal said:

I'll send them later this week.

Thank you so much I have to do yours too

[Phoebe Buffay 12,525]

Just now, The Bling said:

Thank you so much I have to do yours too

YAAAASS.

[Flippy 10,261]

I'll send mine by the end of the week