Avril Lavigne

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it's not very often I can claim to hate anything, but I can honestly say I hate Avril Lavigne's music. To me her singing comes off as an attempt to show up the other pop artists (Chibinina pointed this one out already) and the fact that she doesn't truly represent punk. granted, I don't like punk much, because punk bands claim to be "unique" and not posers when they really copy each others' styles, but at least punk bands can be funny. Avril happens to dress up punk-style, and talk about being yourself, yet she enjoys the fact that other people want to be like her. kind of hypocritical, don't you think? I just look at her as this year's brittney spears- c'mon, is that what the music industry has resorted to these days- release more of the same, so that the radio ends up playing the same songs, all of which sound the same? it drives me nuts listening to my friends' hip-hop stations, because it's the same Avril, Shakira, Eminem, and other songs every day- it's annoying. my stations repeat sometimes, but generally they don't play the same song hourly (except my old favorite rock station, which overplays the new Linkin Park on an hourly basis).... I mean, do we honestly need to hear the same song so many times.... well, now that I've gotten off topic, I'll try to get back on... basically, Avril reminds me of why I'm not a fan of North American pop (notice I said North American, I do recognize the fact that she's Canadian, and I won't diss them, because Canada produced Our Lady Peace, one of my favorite bands)