Avril Lavigne? Babe, talented or neither?

[bigc]

very very well put wozza

whenever anyone starts believing their own hype its bad news

 

[Stoaty Ferret]

I bet she smells funny...

 

[GUNTER]

She has got fabulous tits though!

 

[Wozza]

Nice article on the F8ker Girl here .

 

[tinx]

Don't like her music and don't think she is fit either simple as that

 

[Barnet Seagull]

good pop stars very, very rarely write good pop songs.

The end. ]

The obvious exception being Nik Kershaw

 

[Marc]

too young for my liking, I prefer proper Punk not some manufactured toss like this!

 

[Wozza]

The obvious exception being Nik Kershaw

I was thinking more along the lines of Howard Jones actually.

 

[Barnet Seagull]

Yes, but Howard Jones didn't write "The One and Only" for Ches did he?

 

[Gritt23]

There's a reason for this: good pop stars very, very rarely write good pop songs.

The end.

There are clearly exceptions to this though. Who can possibly doubt George Michael as a top writer of pop songs, and didn't he just make the perfect star as well.

Wham had everything as far as pop is concerned, and I bet if they turned up tomorrow, you would be questioning whether either of them really write a single line of their songs.

 

[Dropkick Turnip]

..........to a large degree manufactured..........

Unlike Good Charlotte, of course....

 

[the right footed denilson]

babe?

ffs!!!!

babe!!!!!

 

[JJ McClure]

Whats not to like, she's fit and her album is my car at the mo. Nuff said.

 

[Marc]

Unlike Good Charlotte, of course....

I did'nt think these guys were? I mates got some of their early stuff, then again I think its this lot who are signed to Madonna's label or something

Linkin Park are manufactured but I actually dont mind them!

 

[Dropkick Turnip]

I think most mainstream music (and that's not limited to the worst aspects of the Top 40), including lots of stuff that I've got, is manufactured to a degree.

The problem is when major record labels get involved and the bands' original purpose and direction is watered down for mass consumption. It annoys me that I fall for it but I do, time after time.

I wasn't singling out Good Charlotte but just making a point that they are really no less manufactured than Awful Latrine.

 

[Marc]

Blink-182 are a fine example Dropkick of what your saying, they were great then signed to a major label...yes they still have some decent tunes but they have been "fine tuned" for radio/tv/charts etc etc. Even the mighty Offspring have gone down that path but both bands still write some good songs in they're albums...those are the songs you NEVER hear on the radio/tv/charts

 

[Dropkick Turnip]

Indeed and Avril's early stuff on her mum's label is awesome dude!!

I don't know what I'm saying really. Must be time to strip more wallpaper. Now, how punk is that?!

 

[Marc]

very punk as long as you have some punk playing whilst stripping...your wallpaper

Dunno why but The Vandals seem a good choice for that sorta thing

 

[Digmut]

Not too keen on the tunes but deffo top totty, which makes me a complete perv as she's the spitting image of my daughter!!!!!

 

[Dropkick Turnip]

Hey, I always undress to The Vandals!

You can tell I haven't started yet because I'm still here instead of downstairs but I've got the new Jane's Addiction album on at the moment. It strays (do you like the pun?) into Bon Jovi territory in a couple of places and the guitar solos are a bit widdly for my liking but it's a rocker and it seems to do the trick when I actually get down to any stripping. Need to strip twice as fast now before Mrs Turnip comes home and realises I've been on here all day!!

Sorry to everyone else for our shameless hijacking of this thread. Just call us Dwayne and Dwayner