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"Silly Little Girl"

I've been hearing someone called Avril Levigne (sp?) all over the radio and everyone raving about her. Seems like Alanis Morisette-lite to this bloke.
To the extent that the verses actually remind me of a Morrisette song called "You live, you learn".

*shrugs* Anyhoo, her record company are trying to promote her as a genuine, tortured fem-angst artist blah blah. And today I saw her video.

Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!

Can you say "Contrived Corporate Posturing"? She's about 16, nice clean skate-clothes, her "band" consists of other 16yr olds all with trendy-messy clothes and the video consists of her
(a) Running around Mall doing amusing anti-social things like stealing a slush puppy from a security guard, driving little push-cars around and, gosh, knocking a display over
(b) Playing in front of a half-pipe whilst clean-cut skater types stand about and nod.

*shakes head*
Oh man, a teen Riot Grrl trying to come off like this beacon of Feminine Solidarity? She's Britney Spears in combat-trousers. There's no difference here folks, it's the record label aiming for the disaffected-teen whilst also carpet-bombing the perky/happy teens with Spears, Aguilera et al.

I'm not ripping the song, it's ok for what it is. But the way she's being promoted is hilarious.
"She's the anti-Britney" "She's a voice for young women"
Really? You actually think that do you? As much as I'm aware Morisette had her start in bouffant-haired pop stardom, at least she's genuinely experienced life and her songs have that twang of anger.

Compare:
Alanis Morisette
"You took me for a joke
You took me for a child
You took a long hard look at my asss
And then played golf for a while
You shake is like a fish
You pat me on the head
You took me out to wine dine 69 me
But didn't hear a damn word I said"

Avril Levigne
"He was a skater boy
She said see you later boy
He wasn't good enough for her
She had a pretty face
But her head was up in space
She needed to come back down to earth"

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Now I'm not saying she doesn't have a good voice or anything like that, I'm just saying please dont get sucked into thinking she's anything other than another production-line Dancing Bear.
Enjoy the music by all means, just don't kid yourself she's anything remotely close to Tori Amos/Alanis Morrisette/Beth Orton etc.

She's a 16-18yr old girl that sings about skater boys.
End. Of. Story.

Gangsta Hamsta wrote:
> On the sybject of rock and stuff, has anyone heard anything by 'The
> Datsuns'?
>
> Heard them last weekend some time they really do rock. They have one
> of the most incredible guitarist I have heard (bar Van Halen, Hendrix
> etc).
>
> If anyone gets a chance, download some of their stuff. Its good
> adrenaline pumping, shouty(ish) rock.


Saw them play the Harlow Square a few weeks back, most enjoyable too. Posturing, pompous semi-***k rock with widdly guitars and an up-yours attitude. Brilliant.

On the sybject of rock and stuff, has anyone heard anything by 'The Datsuns'?

Heard them last weekend some time they really do rock. They have one of the most incredible guitarist I have heard (bar Van Halen, Hendrix etc).

If anyone gets a chance, download some of their stuff. Its good adrenaline pumping, shouty(ish) rock.

SHEEPY wrote:
> Yeah but that's because you're female

But I've got more by male artists :Þ

explain that!

;)

Yeah but that's because you're female

I saw Shirley Manson (think thats her name) of Garbage in Argyle Street a few weeks ago.

Thought she ran away from Scotland

Mr.Snuggly wrote:

> Strangely enough, I don't own a lot of music from female artists.

I've got loads of female artist Cds:

Tori Amos
Alanis Morisette
Madonna
Britney
Joni Mitchell
Garbage
All Saints
Snake River Conspiracy
My Ruin

Thats just a few

I've got a large Cd collection though. And its quite diverse

(show off)

Err I have a Blondie album, I think.

" Why d'ya have to go and make things all pure complicated, see you acting like a penguin gets meh farstarted "

You can tell Avril Lavigne is a tortured soul, because she wears lots of eye make-up. Although I must admit to humming the tune a few times, like the nancy boy I am.

Strangely enough, I don't own a lot of music from female artists. I've got a few Beth Orton records, some really old Sheryl Crow ones, erm... I liked Nelly Furtado for a bit and I own the first Destiny's Child LP. Other than that, that's about it.

Number 3?
Man, I never got enough pocket-money to buy singles when I was stupid.

Busted got to number 3 in the charts

How I love the intelligence and music taste of this country

There's an even funnier act I saw this morning as well.
4 little boys called "Busted" and a song called "What I go to school for"

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA


They all bounce during the choruses and their school-mates bounce with them.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Watch their hands, they aren't playing anything.
I couldn't get furious watching it, I was genuinely in hysterics watching them be ROCK.

I'd love to get hold of their fans, tie them to a chair and play them Nailbomb whilst saying "This is rock you pantywaists"
And I'd *love* to kidnap Avril Levigne and lock her in a listening booth and play Patti Smith to her whilst hissing "THIS is female rock. THIS is being alternative and a voice for females in music"

Fantastic
*appluads*
Funniest morning of music ever.