Taking Sides: Avril Lavigne's "Sk8er Boi" vs. being thrown into a pit of lava

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Because holy fuck

― David Allen, Saturday, 26 October 2002 03:48 (twenty-three years ago)

The next single (which'll be her third) is far worse - a sappy ballad called "I'm With You." But "Sk8er Boi" is catchier, and more likely to stick in your head when you're at a funeral or having a nice date or something. So maybe it's more evil.

And the lyrics are just so unbelievably bad. It's scary to picture her scribbling that shit down before The Matrix wrote a tune for it.

The fourth single may be "Losing Grip," which is her "angry" song. I kind of like it, no matter how fake and overwrought everyone'll say it is.

― Chris Dahlen (Chris Dahlen), Saturday, 26 October 2002 04:50 (twenty-three years ago)

i can't watch the 'sk8er boi' video anymore. it's too intense. not in a bad way, even. but it's so raw. it's like watching someone get cut up. a live person being cut up by some guy with a hacksaw. you know? dismembered! alive! it's bad. i start feeling really cold. my heart beats really fast. i feel a tightness in my chest. i have to look at the floor and lift my head up for occasional glances.

i'm usually okay when it comes on the radio but i can't handle it combined with the video.

― d k (d k), Saturday, 26 October 2002 05:09 (twenty-three years ago)

sk8er boi

― mitch lastnamewithheld (mitchlnw), Saturday, 26 October 2002 08:10 (twenty-three years ago)

I've found her songs have pretty low repeat value but the singles at least I've really liked on first listen, and since I'm not paying for them thats fine by me.

― Tom (Groke), Saturday, 26 October 2002 08:37 (twenty-three years ago)

Avril Lavinge's music in like listening to the shittiest teen psychiatry group imaginable, but they've taken out everyone with behavioural problems, and just left the people who need a damn good slap.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Saturday, 26 October 2002 09:09 (twenty-three years ago)

i guess it doesn't have a high repeat value for me either, but i still love the way sk8r boi and, um, l8r boi rhyme in the chorus

― dave k, Saturday, 26 October 2002 11:24 (twenty-three years ago)

It's seriously like Blink 182 except with worse lyrics, except I guess blink 182s asses don't look as nice. "he was punk, she did ballet, what more can I say". N0THING MORE PLEASE.

― Ronan (Ronan), Saturday, 26 October 2002 11:52 (twenty-three years ago)

i think its funny that people consider it "punk"

hahahahhaha

― ***1979*** (***1979***), Saturday, 26 October 2002 11:59 (twenty-three years ago)

Hey, that's an easy one, I'll take "Sk8er Boi."

Why in the world would you guys want a teenager to write lyrics that weren't 100% catty screwed-up teen-think psychology? That's what teenagers are FOR.

― nabisco (nabisco), Saturday, 26 October 2002 18:34 (twenty-three years ago)

I thought teenagers were for projecting marketing impressions on detailing what the kids seem to like these days.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 26 October 2002 20:46 (twenty-three years ago)

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