ToyfareMark
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Post by ToyfareMark on Apr 23, 2014 17:23:25 GMT -5
Can you Explain to any woman there not 17 anymore ? But she still looks 17, so its to be expected.
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Post by Zombie Mod on Apr 23, 2014 17:32:30 GMT -5
why does this place keep trying to melt my brain with stuff like this You're a zombie, you don't have a brain Not now I dont
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BRV
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Post by BRV on Apr 23, 2014 18:01:50 GMT -5
It's really not all that bad.
Then again, I have on multiple occasions called "Selfie" by The Chainsmokers my favorite song of 2014, so take my opinion with a grain of salt.
Also, mah girl Avril there has always been in my fave five, so I'm probably biased.
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agent817
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Post by agent817 on Apr 23, 2014 18:05:50 GMT -5
You know, if Gwen Stefani had made this video in 2005, nobody would've batted an eye or talked bad about it. You know, it does kind of remind me of "Hollaback Girl," of which I was never a fan. The funny thing about Avril Lavigne is that back in 2002, the media tried to sell her as "the Anti-Britney," but then again, around that time you even had Michelle Branch and Vanessa Carlton, and other female recording artists who aren't too pop-like. Of course, what separated Ms. Lavigne to Ms. Branch and Ms. Carlton was that she had changes in image and style as years progressed. I did enjoy some of the stuff she put out a long time ago, like stuff from her first two albums. Looking at this, hell, even looking at when she did "Girlfriend" just showed that she was just as pop-like as other artists. This song right here just screams the likes of Ke$ha or Lady Gaga, or even Katy Perry for that matter. Not that I mind the artists I just mentioned, but don't you think that Avril should try a new style. I wonder if she has a contract that says that she won't do what she wants unless this is what she actually wants, which is kind of hypocritical if you look at what she was doing many years ago.
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BRV
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Post by BRV on Apr 23, 2014 18:10:33 GMT -5
You know, it does kind of remind me of "Hollaback Girl," of which I was never a fan. The funny thing about Avril Lavigne is that back in 2002, the media tried to sell her as "the Anti-Britney," but then again, around that time you even had Michelle Branch and Vanessa Carlton, and other female recording artists who aren't too pop-like. Of course, what separated Ms. Lavigne to Ms. Branch and Ms. Carlton was that she had changes in image and style as years progressed. I did enjoy some of the stuff she put out a long time ago, like stuff from her first two albums. Looking at this, hell, even looking at when she did "Girlfriend" just showed that she was just as pop-like as other artists. This song right here just screams the likes of Ke$ha or Lady Gaga, or even Katy Perry for that matter. Not that I mind the artists I just mentioned, but don't you think that Avril should try a new style. I wonder if she has a contract that says that she won't do what she wants unless this is what she actually wants, which is kind of hypocritical if you like at what she was doing many years ago. What some would define as selling out, I would argue is Avril Lavigne acknowledging the direction in which pop music is trending, and evolving alongside it. Sure, she could have stayed as that skater, "Anti-Britney" girl forever, and her career would have gone the same way as Vanessa Carlton, Michelle Branch, and Liz Phair.
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Apr 23, 2014 18:21:29 GMT -5
Hollaback Girl was AWFUL too, and I like Gwen Stefani.
Besides, saying "yeah, well this also sucked", doesn't make the sucky original thing you're comparing it to not suck.
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Post by AwamoriRock on Apr 23, 2014 18:30:21 GMT -5
Seems like a bit of a late cash-in on the bizarre fetishizing of "haha Japan is strange and cute harajuku sushi" image. It's pretty awful, but not that surprised since she released those bad Asian language covers of her songs before.
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Savage Gambino
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Post by Savage Gambino on Apr 23, 2014 18:30:32 GMT -5
Just listened to it. HARDLY the worst song ever (if you believe that, you haven't listened to much music). It's not something I would listen to on purpose for more than 30 seconds, but that's par for the course as far as Lavigne's music goes ("Girlfriend" could be a candidate for worst song to get mainstream play, if only for being the blueprint to Taylor Swift's own brand of nice girl/fem fedora music). That said, watching her parading around to insipid pop when she looks like someone's mother is just sad, man. It would be like Katie Holmes still trying to play Joey from Dawson's Creek. It's like, Avril, 2007 called and they're sick and tired of you.
The back-up dancers that look like they're being held against their will is a nice touch, though.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2014 18:37:23 GMT -5
First thought that came to my head when I saw this video earlier was:
Gwen Stefani did this gimmick 1000000000x better years ago.
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J is Justice
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Post by J is Justice on Apr 23, 2014 18:37:56 GMT -5
I've heard worse. I don't see how it's racist, though.
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Post by Hit Girl on Apr 23, 2014 19:01:34 GMT -5
Meh
She's probably taking the piss
I've always liked her.
This is her best song...
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Post by Kash Flagg on Apr 23, 2014 19:11:43 GMT -5
I just can't tell this song from most of the commercial pop being made nowadays.
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Apr 23, 2014 19:15:48 GMT -5
I just can't tell this song from most of the commercial pop being made nowadays. I probably couldn't either, but I mostly listen to NPR. I got old.
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wisdomwizard
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Post by wisdomwizard on Apr 23, 2014 19:24:25 GMT -5
It's really not all that bad. Then again, I have on multiple occasions called "Selfie" by The Chainsmokers my favorite song of 2014, so take my opinion with a grain of salt. Also, mah girl Avril there has always been in my fave five, so I'm probably biased. No you're right on both on both accounts. It's a decent song, it just has some overproduction. This song isn't "Hot Problems". I seriously think it's high time those of us rational folks out here in this wasteland we call the World Wide Web should start banding together and tell these people to stop taking things like "bad songs" so seriously. That way, we can concentrate and come together on ACTUAL problems.
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Legion
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Post by Legion on Apr 23, 2014 19:29:30 GMT -5
This strikes me as a long that is meant to be a piss take....is it not?
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Post by Wailing Fungus on Apr 23, 2014 20:06:49 GMT -5
Wait - something is going to be "pulled from the internet"? By who, Beyoncé's publicist?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2014 20:21:15 GMT -5
Well I have nothing to fear any longer.
Because there's no way death can be worse than that.
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Mac
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Post by Mac on Apr 23, 2014 20:29:12 GMT -5
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Lancers
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Post by Lancers on Apr 23, 2014 20:35:47 GMT -5
I'm not gonna give the song the satisfaction of a 500 word essay. Simply put, this is ear vomit.
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chazraps
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Post by chazraps on Apr 23, 2014 20:48:05 GMT -5
I really wish it was Nickleback's Chad Kroeger singing the entire thing.
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