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Avril Lavigne has been nominated for the juno of best song-writer of the year.

now I'm not one of these anti-avril people, in fact I have defended her on numerous occassions, but this is absolutely ridiculous.
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it's about time she gets the recognition she deserves
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one question, sarcasm or no?
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no
we are the brand new beatniks. we are the down and outers.
we are the bleeding hearts, beating syncopated, broken rhythm.
our speed is often break neck. we need to slow it down.
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o.k.
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Ummm, didn't one of the Anti-Avril things consist of the fact that she didn't write her own songs?
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obviously, it wasn't a true fact.
we are the brand new beatniks. we are the down and outers.
we are the bleeding hearts, beating syncopated, broken rhythm.
our speed is often break neck. we need to slow it down.
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she "co-writes" all of them (what that mean exactly, we don't know), and to me that alone is enough to say that she doesn't deserse this nomination. In reality we don't know how much of avril's songs are her work.
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all the lyrics and some melodies
we are the brand new beatniks. we are the down and outers.
we are the bleeding hearts, beating syncopated, broken rhythm.
our speed is often break neck. we need to slow it down.
tired of being sleepless. tired of being broken.

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but how do you know that?

anyway, I don't really want to get into this. I think avril is very talented and has great potential, I just don't think she has proven herself as a song-writer.
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who else is nominated?
we are the brand new beatniks. we are the down and outers.
we are the bleeding hearts, beating syncopated, broken rhythm.
our speed is often break neck. we need to slow it down.
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um . . . shania twain is one of them, but the article that I read on Canoe didn't mention who else was nominated.
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Post by Mechanical Thought »

i don't mind that avril was nominated for that. i don't really know exactly what she does in the studio so meh ...
i'm just happy she is in the appropriate category: pop album of the year.
but nonetheless, i am happy for her ...

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true, let's just hope she wins a grammy or two also.
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oh yea, she's nominated for those too ...
meh.

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who gives a shit about the grammys or the junos? the awards mean nothing because they refuse to recognize any music that fails to sell large volumes.

in order for an award of that nature to be truly meaningful it has to include all spectrums.

i'm sure even jeff will admit that there are at least 2 or 3 albums out there that deserve this award more then avril and won't get nominated because they failed to crack into the top 10.
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ben kweller
skiba
etc.
we are the brand new beatniks. we are the down and outers.
we are the bleeding hearts, beating syncopated, broken rhythm.
our speed is often break neck. we need to slow it down.
tired of being sleepless. tired of being broken.

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definitely skiba.
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Songwriter Of The Year
Avril Lavigne/The Matrix
Chad Kroeger/Nickelback
Ron Sexsmith
Remy Shand
Shania Twain/Robert John "Mutt" Lange



I got this from chartattack.com.

so I take it back about avril, because it says that she co-wrote it with the matrix.
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