Avril Lavigne
 

Has anybody seen her in concert?

A guy from work invited me to go with him, all expenses paid, so I said, "Sure, why not?" I don't really know her music, other than the songs that are out on radio. I know that there is a pit at her concert, which, luckily, we won't be in. I'm not expecting this to be anything more than a circus act. :D

her CD is so awesome... its one of the only CDs I've bought in the past two years... I love her music but like you I'm not really into the pit thing... I've never seen her in concert but I saw her Hard Rock Live special on MTV awhile ago and she did a good job...

I hate that wannabe punk rock poser with the fire of a thousand suns.

Just sayin.

Well, even if the concert does suck, it's still free! :)

Yay for free! ;)

I bought her CD for my kids and I will admit that I've caught myself listening to it more than once. I'll go one step further and admit that I like the song "Skaterboy" (excuse me, I mean sk8rboi :rolleyes: )

But as an angst-ridden punk artist, Avril doesn't cut it for me. Something about her image is too contrived. Like if Menudo was a solo act. And a girl.

But you should go; good, free music is never a bad thing! :)

She is not a PUNKER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But if it's for free, I'll go and see her.

If you really want to hear real punk, check out the following:

Ramones, Sex Pistol, Bad Religion, NOFX, Rancid, Offspring, Misfits, etc.

That IS strange...its like she dresses fairly punky but doesnt perform in the genre at all. Faith Hill and 50 Cent could both dress punked out, and even if they performed the exact same songs, theyd apparently be considered 'punk' by MTV

Bob Dylan and Luther Vandros could both go for a mohawk, wear punk cloth and kept their style, MTV would still call them punk. MTV used to be good (in the 80s and early 90s), now they suck.

But Shine... tell us how you REALLY feel... ;)

SATX*APhi, go and enjoy... free is good :)

This is the best post today. :)

If Avril is punk, then I'm Halle Berry. Even though her image is just as contrived as Britney Spears', the fact that she writes most of her own material makes me respect her a little bit more.

She's some kinda Canadian heroine though, which is at once disappointing and slightly freaky. ;)

Avril doesn't write ALL her own material. She got her songwriting cred by sitting in the room while pop songwriters wrote her material for her.

She also isn't the one playing guitar on any of her songs on the album.

She's FAKE.

Shine, I love you.

I <3 you too bitchy day at Jewel lady. :D

I like her music, I don't like her image/personality/style.

it took 4 people to write that crap-ass 'complicated' song. 'nuff said.

as for seeing her live, i've seen her on some live specials on tv, like mtv's new years eve, the billboard music awards, and the grammys and she was terrible.

That's why I said most, not all. Dang. Chill. It's Friday! :D

She started out as one of those Tiffany, Debbie Gibson soft pop girls and now she's hard and we are to believe it? What's really irritating is she's performing on Metallica Icon. SHe definitely will not rock!

Some people aren't lucky enough to have weekends to go out to date parties, get drunk, and have a good time. My Friday is my Sunday.

i can't stand her look or her music.

Pssst.

Learn how to pronounce Bowie, honey.

And Annie Hall called. She wants her tie back.

I like I'm With You and Complicated and I don't even like the whole pop/rock type of music.

I hate to say it but I saw her play before she broke.... she must have been 15 or 16 at one of the commmunity events in Kingston (I do a lot of promo work around Ontario).... any-hoo

Yes she did play a guitar... not good but okay.
Yes she did dress like that back then.....
Her music was.... intresting.... sort-of pop-punk (except for the Christian rock song she sang) but catchy (nice back ground music for the bbq).

As for her look and attitude... well I could rattle off at least 2 dozen sorority girls in Toronto that have the same attitude if not similar look, and have had for around 4 years now (god my sister has dressed like that for a good 5 years now).

Okay rant done.... now a question: What do you mean by pronouncing Bowie? like David Bowie (singer) or Bowie Knife?

Hahahahaha...nothing says anarchy & f*ck the man like a little Christian rock.

Side note: Jesus is my homeboy. :p

Is the way Avril dresses and Ontario thing? My sisters who go to UBC from Ont. seem very Avril-ish or am I just stereotyping grils from Ontario? (sorry if I am - but I always take the BC sterotype punches, so I'm just throwing a few back :p)

It could be worse. You could be me - stuck in class all day tomorrow, working on Sunday.

*passes around some cheese to go with my whine*

Shine, you're right, she is fake. My only consolation is that no one will remember her in 5 years.

One really sad thing is that this generation of faux punks will really think that this is what punk rock is. If you're in that category, go straight to Arya's post. (Dude, you rock!)

Yeah.... i guess it is an Ontario thing.... most call it skater-girl/punk for lack of a better term. Personality wise they a very self-depriciating (ie. I suck at _____ ) no matter how good they are at anything.... oh yeah they aren't afraid to speak their mind; which has made some intresting and amusing (for me) mixers and parties in Greek land here at UofT.

Another funny thing is that most of these girls either like or hate Avril (not love)... because they realize she is somewhat packaged, but they do listen to her music (some secretly like my sister).

Hey man, we're all cool. We're all punk snobs. Yes look at Arya's post for real punk.

-Rudey
--Hardcore

This is the funniest post that i have read all day! :p

You forgot THE CLASH!!!!

Another great post!

I read this thread backwards.

When she's got make up on she's sorta cute but without she'd be blah.

Alright, so tonight's the night. Can you hear my excitement? ;) I will let you all know tomorrow how the concert went.

Have fun!!! :)

Thanks Cream I'll try. ;) I'm takin off in about 30 min's to San Antone. Ahhhh, ciao for now!

She performed here a few weeks ago. I'm told she does a cover of Green Day's Basket Case. Do I hear Billy Joe Armstrong banging his head against a wall?

Why does it matter? Green Day was a packaged and commercially polished as Avril is or Sum 41 or Linkin Park or (the worst) Limp Biskit. I have very little faith in the original artistic talent or integrity of any of these "MTV Artists"; while the marketing packaging that is on MuchMusic (Canada's watereddown MTV) is bad the crap that is aired on MTV is pathetic in it's blatant commercialism.

Yes, she did sing this song AND did a really good job!! She also did a little "hip hop" jam session and sang one of eminem's songs from 8mile, also another song can't remember. When she sang "I'm With You" everyone down on the floor (which was open, no seats) was throwing bracelets, wrist bands, belts, etc. on stage. Avril kept laughing and it just killed the song.

Most of the people at the concert were 13 year olds in neck ties and vans. The screaming fans, oh gosh, the screaming. Surprisingly, Avril really does have a good voice.She played the guitar for two songs, I think, and ran across the stage throughout the other songs. The crowd seemed to love it though. Overall, the concert was surprisingly pretty good.

Avril is hot and I want to make out with her.