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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2016 5:34:19 GMT
I'm curious to see how a fan's friends or family respond to their liking of Avril Lavigne and how fans reveal to others that their a fan. My friends don't really think much about me being a fan. She's not their kind of music, but they do like Girlfriend. They sometimes sort of tease me for being a fan, but we respect each other's musical tastes. My dad teases me about being an Avril fan and jokes about how I'm going to be Avril's future husband. I'm like, I'm 14 years younger than her, no way in hell that's happening. I don't really reveal myself as a fan openly in fear of teasing. In fact, my friends found out I listen to Avril when I they looked at my Spotify playlist and saw about 50 Avril songs in it, while my family found out when my little brother went into my desk and found my Let Go CD. If someone asks me who is my favorite music artist, I wouldn't say Avril immediately.
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Post by Rubén on Sept 20, 2016 9:10:35 GMT
Fortunately Spork, I'm in a very open-minded group of friends in which everyone listen what he or she wants and talk with the others freely. And in my house is the same. It wouldn't be surprising if you came to my house on a sunday morning and find me and my mother singing "Girlfriend" while we clean my bedroom. I listen Judas Priest, Radiohead, The Who... but I don't have to be embarrassed by the fact that I love Avril, Natalie Imbruglia, No doubt, Alanis, too. I listen what I want and enjoy a lot talking about my favourist artists whith my friends and family and what the hell, when we play Singstar or Ultrastar I always choose songs of Avril or Aqua to sing with them PD: I remember the first time I said to my friends I was an Avril's fan, their answers were "It's ok man, Complicated and Sk8ter Boy are 2000's anthems" xD
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2016 9:39:22 GMT
They are ok with it, most of time, even when they don't particularly appreciate her and/or her music. The saddest part is that here most people consider Avril as a has-been, this year I was talking to an acquaintance of mine and when I said I was a fan, he asked me if she was still making music, I said she's planning to and he replied " Anyway she's a has-been". I'm the only one among my friends to be a fan though but they don't make fun of me, if they don't like her, they tend to remember bad and useless things about her by asking stuff like " Wait, do you really like that Hello Kitty song ?" " Do you like Nickelback/Sum 41 too ?" (depends if they know about her private life) and if they are neutral, they say " Yes, I used to like her a lot" "I love Girlfriend" "I love Complicated !!". As for my family, my brother was a fan before me and then 'forgot' her. I would talk about her a lot a few years ago, I was so proud when my dad told me he liked her music and that she had a nice voice. Otherwise, I think they just don't care.
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Post by martadaniela on Sept 20, 2016 11:00:14 GMT
My friends love Avril, especially her ballads. I mean, they are not huge fans like me, but they enjoy her songs and everytime I put her album in the car they always sing along (which is awsome). I make sure they listen everytime she releases new music
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Post by BogoGog24 on Sept 20, 2016 11:52:27 GMT
Everyone who knows me knows I love Avril. I did get teased by my family for liking her, though it wasn't so much because of liking HER, but just because of my level of fandom I guess. If I put off doing something important, for example, my mom yells at me and says "Oh but you have time to look at Avril Lavigne's new clothes or whatever." My friends don't care and my best friend even went to her concert with me, despite not knowing much of her music outside of the singles. My friend at work knows how big a fan I am and he doesn't really care either. I think unfortunately a lot of people will tease us about liking Avril because of the Girlfriend/Hello Kitty image and also the fact she isn't relevant anymore. It was cool to like her back in 2002-2005, but not anymore. However I think true friends and family would respect our tastes and if they know Avril makes us happy, it should make them happy too, even if they don't like her.
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Post by ttsmu on Sept 20, 2016 12:35:50 GMT
Fortunately Spork, I'm in a very open-minded group of friends in which everyone listen what he or she wants and talk with the others freely. And in my house is the same. It wouldn't be surprising if you came to my house on a sunday morning and find me and my mother singing "Girlfriend" while we clean my bedroom. I listen Judas Priest, Radiohead, The Who... but I don't have to be embarrassed by the fact that I love Avril, Natalie Imbruglia, No doubt, Alanis, too. I listen what I want and enjoy a lot talking about my favourist artists whith my friends and family and what the hell, when we play Singstar or Ultrastar I always choose songs of Avril or Aqua to sing with them PD: I remember the first time I said to my friends I was an Avril's fan, their answers were "It's ok man, Complicated and Sk8ter Boy are 2000's anthems" xD Hello from the other SIDEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE (jajajaja ya te vi por aca tambien xD) ONTOPIC: My friends are ok with it. All my friends knows that I love Avril so much, and most of my friends knows and sings a lot of Avril's songs because of me xD . If they're in my car they know that we'll be hearing at least 3 o 4 songs of Avril in the ride, she's always on my playlist hahaha
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2016 13:51:02 GMT
Everyone who has ever met me, even if it's just for a semester at school, knows I love Avril. My parents and friends especially. One of my best friends makes fun of me, but that's the kind of friendship we have, so I forgive him for calling Avril annoying but my mom pretty much knows that if there's any type of clothing I like, it's something from Abbey Dawn. So I got lucky. Usually when I meet new friends at school, it's because of a certain interest. I'm probably in the corner playing kingdom hearts on my DS, listening to Avril Lavigne, or drawing. Disney and Kingdom Hearts are another one of those things people get to know from the get go >> But the friends I make from music either don't mind her, like her, or lie to me XD Even friends I make from all the other stuff end up knowing because that's how much I love Avril
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Post by Rubén on Sept 20, 2016 15:35:15 GMT
Fortunately Spork, I'm in a very open-minded group of friends in which everyone listen what he or she wants and talk with the others freely. And in my house is the same. It wouldn't be surprising if you came to my house on a sunday morning and find me and my mother singing "Girlfriend" while we clean my bedroom. I listen Judas Priest, Radiohead, The Who... but I don't have to be embarrassed by the fact that I love Avril, Natalie Imbruglia, No doubt, Alanis, too. I listen what I want and enjoy a lot talking about my favourist artists whith my friends and family and what the hell, when we play Singstar or Ultrastar I always choose songs of Avril or Aqua to sing with them PD: I remember the first time I said to my friends I was an Avril's fan, their answers were "It's ok man, Complicated and Sk8ter Boy are 2000's anthems" xD Hello from the other SIDEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE (jajajaja ya te vi por aca tambien xD) ONTOPIC: My friends are ok with it. All my friends knows that I love Avril so much, and most of my friends knows and sings a lot of Avril's songs because of me xD . If they're in my car they know that we'll be hearing at least 3 o 4 songs of Avril in the ride, she's always on my playlist hahaha As I said, the world is very small
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Post by Red on Sept 20, 2016 17:48:37 GMT
Sometimes people are bothered for me liking her so much, but everyone seems to like a few of her songs even my parents
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2016 18:09:13 GMT
BA is a sanctuary for people like me. No one has any idea I'm a fan and I want to keep it that way. Granted, there are worse things to own up to than being a fan of Avril, but I would get teased for it. Let's just say I was teased a lot when I was a kid, and I don't want to relive any of that as a grown ass man, even if it's not meant maliciously.
Obviously the root of this problem has nothing to do with liking or not liking Avril. It's just a stupid personal thing that I struggle with.
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Post by Falling Into History on Sept 20, 2016 21:41:34 GMT
As far as I know, my friends don't seem bothered by Avril being my favorite singer. And I have no problem letting people know either in real life or of social media, even if there's a chance I'll get teased or roasted about it. Plus, my friends probably know I'll roast them if they roast me. I don't really like they're music either, but I'll listen to it when we hang out. I think my friends don't mind because they do occasionally like to hear songs from her. I had a friend who instantly loved Here's To Never Growing Up when I played it in her car, and she doesn't really like Avril. And others like Avril's earlier albums, but never heard of GL or AL until I posted them on facebook, which some are excited I do because Avril isn't real popular now.
My family does occasionally tease me about it (Ex, "Oh, Avril Lavigne again?" or "You listen to Avril too much"), but if anything Avril comes up (new CD, a new interview, etc) they instantly grab me even though I may be sleeping. They know I love it and it'll make my day or night. I remember the first interview involving Avril I watched on TV, it was Avril's first time on Chelsea Lately. And my mom waking me up saying "Natalya, Natalya! Avril is on Chelsea Lately!" made it all the more special for me. My dad loves to say "Oh you mean Taylor Swift?" when I talk about Avril and vice versa when I talk about Taylor Swift because when he first heard I Knew You Were Trouble, he thought it was Avrils song. (Which I don't really see how he did).
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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2016 16:11:43 GMT
None of them really care tbh and I have no problem with telling people, the only person who teases me about it is my brother but our first copy of LG belonged to him so he's not really in a position to laugh.
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Post by katy on Sept 21, 2016 19:51:43 GMT
Nobody really cares - all my friends know I like her because I've known them all since it was cool to like her (LG/UMS) so if we're out or whatever and she comes on it's like ffs Katy requested Avril again. I feel like she's a guilty pleasure for a lot of people.
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Post by hethoedje on Sept 26, 2016 22:17:35 GMT
I actually rediscovered Avril because of one of my friends; at a birthday party a few years ago. So they pretty much like her too (not that they are massive fans like me, but at party's Avril often comes by on the playlists, even when it's not me whose phone is connected ). That's probably because my group is pretty much on the same level of musical taste; most of the time it's metal ( ), but most of the people in the group really complement eachother with music, and the rest of them is just used to the kind of music blasting through the speakers on partys ). But other than my friends nobody really cares, but i'm not bothered with it.
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Post by Avengium on Sept 27, 2016 17:53:14 GMT
My brother tease me with every artist i know. Specially Taylor Swift and Avril Lavigne.
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