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Hey folks, let's talk about Avril Lavigne for a moment shall we?
I really hate Avril Lavigne. Avril Lavigne is a pop singer who, even if you don't know her by name, you'd probably recognize a few of her songs such as "Girlfriend" (Harsh language), "Complicated", or the irritatingly titled, "Sk8er Boi".
The thing about Avril Lavigne that I find so odd is that, I don't really hate her music. Most of it, anyways. But good grief, her image, and her personality... Enough to make me despise her. Also, she released "Girlfriend". I hate "Girlfriend". Freakin' earworm...
Anyways, I had honestly thought (perhaps it was just wishful thinking...) she'd started to fade into obscurity. Imagine my surprise when I looked at the top 100 music charts looking for fodder for this post, and found that, shock and awe, she was sitting at the 23rd most popular song. Huh.
So then I gave a listen to the charmingly titled "What the H***". And I started laughing. True story.
Why would a song by Avril Lavigne make me laugh, you might ask? Well, what the heck, let's listen to "What the H***".
"You say/That I'm messing with your head/Yeah yeah/Yeah yeah/All 'cause/I was making out with your friends"
Oh is THAT all...
Great friends, by the way.
"Yeah yeah/Yeah yeah"
"Complicated" said "No, no, no", this says "Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah". I eagerly await her next single which will feature repetitions of the word "Maybe" in the chorus.
"Love hurts/Whether it is right or wrong/Yeah yeah/Yeah yeah"
Oh god, it's going to do that "Yeah, yeah" thing the whole song isn't it? Give me a second I need to prepare myself...
...Sigh...
Alright, next line.
"I can't stop/'Cause I'm having too much fun/Yeah yeah/Yeah yeah"
Just be glad she doesn't enjoy driving.
"You're on your knees/Begging please/Stay with me"
Sure, why not, you only cheated on him, why would he ever want you to go away? By the way, I love how Avril is played up to be the GOOD GUY of the song, as though her boyfriend was somehow smothering her by not wanting her to make out with other guys.
"But honestly/I just need to be/A little crazy"
Mission accomplished. Several times over.
"All my life I've been good/But now/Woooooah/I'm thinking/What the h***"
WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT HOLD ON WAIT WAIT WAIT. "All my life I've been good"? Really? You're Avril La-freakin'-vigne, and you're trying to sing a song about how innocent you are? I'm sorry, but no one that released "Girlfriend" gets to talk about how innocent they are.
Seriously. You have a reputation for being a rebellious "punk rock princess" (say that without gagging, I dare you), you JUST CAN'T MAKE A SONG WITH THE LINE "All my life I've been good"! It doesn't work that way! You can't do it!
Wikipedia has an entire section of your article dedicated to your tattoos! And according to that same page, you have the f-bomb tattooed on your chest! And you said that's your favorite word!
That's like 3OH!3 releasing a song about not being a pretentious jerk. It's like if Cee-Lo were to now release a song called "I'm Sorry and I Should Have Watched My Language!" That's like if Justin Bieber made a song that didn't suck! IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY! YOU CANNOT JUST DO THAT!
GAH! Just... Next lyric...
"All I want/Is to mess around"
Ok see, now you're sounding more like Avril Lavigne.
"And I don't really care about/If you love me/If you hate me/You can't save me/Baby, baby"
Save you from...?
"All my life/I've been good/But now/Wooooah/What the h***"
Seriously. I get that you wanted to make a song about cutting loose, and just being yourself without caring about what people think of you. That's noble. BUT YOU DON'T GET TO TALK ABOUT IT IN PRESENT TENSE WHEN YOU'RE AVRIL LAVIGNE. GRRRRRAAAAAGGGHHHH...
"What, what, what, what the h***?"
Charming.
"So what/If I go out on a million date/Yeah yeah/Yeah yeah"
OK CUT THAT OUT IT'S REALLY GOTTEN OLD
"You never called/Or listened to me any way/Yeah yeah/Yeah yeah"
Ok, then break up with him. That's fine. If he really wouldn't listen to you, you had every right to be angry and break up with him.
...You did not have the right to FREAKING CHEAT ON HIM!
"I'd rather rage/Than sit around and rage all day/Yeah yeah/Yeah yeah"
I'D RATHER RAGE THAN LISTEN TO THESE IRRITATING "Yeah, yeah"'S BETWEEN EVERY FREAKING LYRIC. SO I WILL!
RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111111111!!!!11!!!one!!!
"Don't get me wrong/I just need some time to play"
You've had time to play Avril. It's called "Your entire life thus far".
"You're on your knees/Begging please/Stay with me"
I think he's probably singing "Love Me" to her.
"But honestly/I just need to be/A little crazy/All my life I've been good/But now/Woooooah/I'm thinking/What the h***/All I want/Is to mess around/And I don't really care about/If you love me/If you hate me/You can't save me/Baby, baby"
"La la la la la/Woah Woah"
Random noises!
"You say/That I'm messing with your head/Boy/I like messing in your bed/Yeah/I'm messing with your head/When I'm messing with you in bed"
And remember folks, this is her song about how innocent and good she's been her whole life.
"All my life I've been good/But now/Woooooah/I'm thinking/What the h***/All I want/Is to mess around/And I don't really care about (x2)/If you love me/If you hate me/You can't save me/Baby, baby/All my life I've been good/But now/Woooooah/What the h***/La la la la la la la"
And that's the end. THIS SONG... Doesn't really suck. Yeah.
I mean, the lyrics are BAD, but honestly, the worst part about them is they picked the worst possible singer. If I had gone into this song never having heard of Avril Lavigne before (I call such a place "Heaven") I wouldn't have taken nearly as much issue with the song as I do.
True, I don't approve of playing up the CHEATER to be the GOOD GUY in ANY song, but... Compared to some of Avril Lavigne's other stuff, this is like... Great. The music works well enough, and the "yeah/yeah"s are annoying but she uses them JUUUUUST sparingly enough to keep them from being TOO irritating.
I enjoyed this song more than I thought I would. As opposed to Bieber's work which irritates me, or 3OH!3's which enrages me, I actually found this song enjoyable to listen to. Not great, but certainly not terrible.
I still haven't forgiven Avril for "Girlfriend" though. Ugh.
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