Dabekk wrote:A couple questions:
For all the people who hate Avril Lavigne and wish to mutilate her in various ways, I would be interested to know why you guys hate her so much.
Also, how could her tie possibly be construed as skanky?
Furthermore I would like to say a few things in her defense. For those people who find her personally annoying: finding her annoying is fine. However, I think that you should at least acknowledge the fact that she does, in fact, act like herself, rather than how record companies expect her to act. So if you find her annoying, that's fine, but give her some credit for being an individual amongst an industry of increasing conformity.
I would also like to point out to the people that hate Avril a couple things. First, she writes her own material. So if you hate her songs that is fine as long as you acknowledge that they are, in fact, her songs. Also, she does actually play an instrument. I believe in a different topic some time ago about Avril Lavigne someone pointed out that in the video for 'Complicated' she plays the guitar, while she only sings in live performances. Well for you I'll say that in OLP's video for 'Naveed' Raine plays the guitar, but he doesn't live. 'Nough said.
Moreover, I would like to express my belief that Avril Lavigne is a beautiful young woman, a talented song-writer, and has an amazing voice.
1. The tie is skanky because it draws attention to her knockers.
2. So she writes her own material. Yipty do. Writing your own material isn't something to be proud of if the material in question is crap. PS: Glance at the credits on her cd. All of those songs have a professional song-writer down as co-writer. So there goes that theory.
3. So she plays her own instrument. So do all the people in my high school band. That doesn't mean they deserve a record deal. PS#2: Pavoritti just sings, doesn't play his own instrument. Does that make him a crappy musician? Ditto on Billie Holiday. And since the London Philharmonic ONLY plays instruments and doesn't actually sing, well they must suck too.
4. You honestly just tried to compare OLP to Avril? One is a rock BAND, the other is a solo chick. OLP has 5 albums and nearly 10 years behind them, the chick has one album and a few months. One has multiple Juno awards and the reputation that comes with several hit singles/albums. The other has one album, an MTV awards (yipty), and zero proof of longevity. That is NOT "Nough said."
5. Where was Avril's 'underground' fan base? The people who remember her back when? OH WAIT. There aren't people like that. Why? Because she got signed based off an image. She didn't tour the crappy bars, didn't put in the 'bitch' time that goes with actually starting a band. She was a pseudo-punk, so she got a deal. That being said, when someone is made famous based primarily off an image like she did, that image is therefore fair game when making a judgement on her. She is damn near EVERY stereotypical punk chick EVER. The spikes, the belt, the "crazy" tie, give her a mohawk and she's done with the checklist. Yet she claims to be "original," despite Madonna, Courtney Love, Joan Jett...the list goes on. The only difference is she lacks any kind of spine, so all of her "crazy punkness" is just in apperance. Check out the music. Where's the heavy guitar riffs? The volume? The punk sound? She isn't Joan Jett, she's a washed down version of PINK. She's there for that painful transition between liking Mandy Moore and liking Pink.
And I simply CANNOT see how you don't watch her interviews and such and realize that the whole "tough girl" thing is a giant act she puts on whenever a camera is rolling. It's so obvious it HURTS.
Enjoy.
You can't go around building a better world for people. Only people can build a better world for people. Otherwise it's just a cage.
--Terry Pratchett
When it's cold I'd like to die
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huh? But now I get it. You were watching that Sk8r Boi video.
