Avril Lavigne: C/D?

I want to smack that burrito out of Avril's mouth.

Please see for reference to this trick of image the articles about Pink that have run in recent months, including the one which was illustrated by her posed in a Plasmatics album cover setting; the duct tape on her nipples in the "Just Like A Pill" video -- you know, the one where the guitar's mixed all the way down?; and the absolute Meredith Brooksness of her album save that one Peaches-ish track.

Anyway, ditching an R&B career to kickstart a new "punk" trend is pretty punk if you ask me.

Anyway you're right about the post-teenpop casting about for image—see also the adjectives on the releases accompanying the Vanessa Carlton and Michelle Branch records and the heralding of J. Timberlake as the next Michael Jackson (and probably the gossip column items linking him to Janet as well). The wholesale buying into it by so-called critics is what rankles me, I guess.

And I still think that "Just Like A Pill" sounds crap; on the radio the mixing up of the bass makes the song sound like it's just her and drums made of crinkly paper, no matter how much graphic equalizer fiddling you do.

ps where did i ever say i wanted liz phair on the radio? i just don't want drums that sound like their sound came from a present's being unwrapped.

Joni Mitchell gave it props recently! I think Michelle Branch's "Game of Love" is the positive female counterpart to this song. They sound so similar, chordwise & vocally.

I mean, what's to hate?

Her version of "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" doesn't suck anywhere near as much as I though it would. And the proceeds go to War Child.

Some people just hate teenagers in a kind of irrational orgy of (their own) post-adolescent self-loathing, I guess.

this may be my favorite post ever.

I saw Avril recently -- probably on MuchMusic -- and she said almost the same thing.

Then she said she's ditching the tie.

Priceless.

As one, I think I can say sans the post-adolescent self-loathing (but with adolescent self-loathing to spare!) that a good majority of people hate teenagers, because they're dumb.

Especially in the Avril case, with Complicated and Sk8r Boi's incessent whining that preppies just don't get them, and they're tired of being outcasts. Nevermind the borderline racist (yes, I said it) mentality of putting people into such groups -- I'll let it slide, that's what teens do -- but c'mon, skaters aren't the outcasts? It's nerds.

That's why DEVO will always be the ultimate punks.

I think I was trying to make a point, but lost it when DEVO sprung to my mind. Damn. Well, I'll go listen to them now. Right.

Then again, maybe "mainstream" teenagers are, after all, as dumb as their adult counterparts.

But seriously, I've worked with damaged and hurt (street, abused, neglected) teens for a long time, and they never cease to surprise me (perhaps because I'm dumb?) with their intelligence and insights.

I have this theory that those of us who had crappy transitions into adulthood, if we haven't confronted and in some way "dealt" with them, we tend to view childhood -- and especially adolescence -- as something bad.

I've seen perfectly "nice" adults fuck up their kids royally, and usually over something trivial -- like "if you won't follow the rules of my house, get out!" People: do you ever stop and think what happens to kids out there when no-one but their equally lost friends are looking out for them?

Sorry. Something I got a lot of thoughts and surprising emotion about. I'm not necessarily defending Avril, per se, but just that sense that it's the feeling of being outcast that matters to many, whether it's objectively true or not.

Now back to our scheduled programming...

Switchblade lobster ftw, in my opinion.

http://www.aux.tv/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/avril-lobster.png

this album is going to rule

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaKy1JhzqeI

that's really good, but it's one of the only songs on the album w/o a Kroeger writing credit and the new single is pretty bad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuNTO31FlY8

i wanted to like "rock n roll" b/c i thought the sony phone bit was funny in the video but alas :\

oh that was already posted itt n/m (xp)

"rock n roll" is pop cocaine! won't hear a bad word against it. the other two tracks are blaaaaaaaaaaand

other than the dubstep hello kitty song theres a lot to like here, i even have good initial feelings abt the kroeger duet ballad and (to a lesser extent) the manson song

and overall this is miles better than the new katy perry

Dubstep hello kitty song?

*listens*

Oh dear.

there's a new avril lavigne??

http://i.imgur.com/MM8qYvy.png

haha how bad is this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZsf4F7Oe7A

Bloody hell she's 30 this year

and Love Angel Music Baby is 10 this year

"Harajuku Girls" wasn't very good, but it had a hook or two. But this... jfc

is this what happens to punks when they grow old

http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6077437/avril-lavigne-charges-400-fan-photos-brazil

^ Avril Lavigne Charges $400 for Awkward Fan Photos in Brazil

gee, even my shrink, parole officer, ex, etc stands closer to me than Avril to her fans. err. literally

I guess?

https://twitter.com/AvrilLavigne/status/557258140182642688

dud af, fuck outta here

She found god

https://www.billboard.com/amp/articles/columns/pop/8480271/avril-lavigne-billboard-cover-story?__twitter_impression=true

Interesting story -- glad she's better.

https://toxictiktoks.tumblr.com/post/635617900676415488