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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2016 5:31:12 GMT
What are the "Cabrera" rumors? ? Supposedly she is living with a singer named Ryan Cabrera now (as "roommates") but this hasn't been confirmed by either of them.Oh. Yeah, I think I read that somewhere. "They" say he's just crashing there during his D.
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Post by goodbye on Jan 9, 2016 7:39:01 GMT
I don't have a big story I heard MHE on VIVA when I was 7 or 8 and I loved it and because I hadn't got much to do with music when I was younger but I never forgot her. When I got my first MP3-Player in 2008 I put most of her music on it together with 3 or 4 other artists. One year later I bought Let Go followed by her other 2 albums. The gap between TBDT and GL wasn't really big. It was more like 2 years but 1 year was full of her 3 albums and 2010 was full of Kesha so It was surprising to read in a magazine that GL would be released in March. Since I joined Facebook in March 2011 I follow her closely and other media followed very short too.
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Post by Light02 on Jan 9, 2016 22:53:56 GMT
When I was in sixth grade I saw a picture of her from 2002 next to the lyrics to Sk8er Boi in my English student's book but our teacher never played us the song. I read the lyrics and remember being curious about what the song sounded like but I quickly forgot about it. A couple of years later my sister was watching The Disney Channel and Alice came on. I instantly loved the song! (I never made the connection with the girl in my English student's book, though.) I would always watch the commercials on The Disney Channel just so I can hear the song. I even recorded it on my mom's phone at some point. I wanted to find out who the singer of the song was but her name was covered by The Disney Channel logo. I asked a friend of mine whether she knew the singer's name and she told me, athough she pronounced it wrong but I couldn't know that at the time so for a while I pronounced her name in a really weird way. Then, when I was 13 me and my family finally got an Internet connection. After a while I realized I can use YouTube to find songs that I like so I looked for Alice but I had forgotten Avril's name and I think I searched for something like "Alice song" but Avril came up. In the suggested videos was Sk8er Boi and then I remembered seeing the title and the lyrics to that song in my sixth grade English student's book so I listened to it. I loved that song, too. You should also know that at the time I had NEVER liked more than one song by the same artist so I felt like liking two songs in a row by the same singer was some sort of miracle. In that day I listened to a bunch of her songs on random, loved about 95% of them and posted all of them on my Facebook. Then the guy I had a crush on at time wrote on my wall something along the lines of "Are you just gonna post Avril Lavigne songs? Fuck!". I remember feeling incredibly embarrassed and I lost all desire to listen to her for a little bit. But two weeks later I was still thinking about the fact that I had actually finally found music that I genuinely liked so I went back on YouTube and I heard the rest of her songs in the span of a week, I think. I remember that that was in February when I was 13 and in March I turned 14 and joined Bandaids shortly after. At that point I had researched pretty much everything about her (and learned how to pronounce her name right by watching interviews with her, lol) and had become a huuge fan. But BA helped me keep up with the latest news around her and gave me a place to share my opinions about her and her music. She was the first artist whose music I consistently liked and I was incredibly amazed. It sounded like her melodies are magical, like all of her music had something special, a sort of haunting quality to it that I fell in love with and that I felt had been missing in any other singer's material. That's why I will never stop being a fan of hers. Because she is the first music artist I genuinely loved and her music is super special to me. And even though I'm older now and I've found other music that I also enjoy I have yet to find another singer or a band from whom I like 90-95% of the songs.
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Post by TomX on Jan 9, 2016 23:50:39 GMT
My story is pretty basic: I used to watch MTV 24/7 when I was a kid, and in 2002, when I was 10, I saw her video for Complicated and instantly fell in love with her looks and her attitude. She was so different from the girls that were out in pop world and I loved that. I bought her Let Go album in early 2003 and it was the first CD I purchased with my own savings. Been a fan ever since, with a small gap in 2007-2009, when I started to hate the pinkish, bratty, way-too-happy Avril during TBDT era. But when Alice came out, she looked so much like in her UMS days that I re entered her world and stuck with her to this day. I became a member of Bandais in 2010.
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Post by helloheartache on Jan 23, 2016 19:25:57 GMT
I first discovered Avril in 2011, from one of the books I had for school. Back then, I was trying to find new artists to listen to, because I was tired of only listening to the same old songs I grew up with as well as only mainstream music which gets played on the radio non stop. So I decided to check out some of her songs, as I had never heard of her before and I really wanted to see what her music sounded like.
The first song I heard from her was Alice, which I didn't like at all and absolutely hated. Then I heard Smile, which I kinda liked and so decided to download to MP3 Player. After that, I almost forgot about her and didn't listen much to her, apart from occasionally playing Smile on my MP3 Player.
A year later in October, I was bored on my laptop and so, I decided to check out her YouTube/Vevo channel to see if she had any new songs released. That was when I noticed "Goodbye" and after watching the entire video, I decided to check out all of her music to see if I really liked it. I started searching and finding songs and in less than a month, I was "obsessed" with her. I was "in love" with everything about her. Her music, her style, her personality, everything. I listened to her music all the time, every single day, whether that was a full album or songs in a random mode. I was watching her live performances, her interviews, her documentaries and almost anything I would find about her. I thought she was "perfect", in the sense that I couldn't find any flaw in her, or anything related to her.
Sometime during that time, I discovered Bandaids and started visiting the site from time to time. But I didn't really become a member of the community till now, because I just wanted to see the discussions and keep up with anything related to Avril and at the same time, not be a member. During that time, I also started following her on social media.
When I learnt that she was going to release HTNGU early in 2013, I was extremely excited about the release of it. I was literally looking forward to it, counting the days to its release day and when it finally got released, I couldn't stop listening to it for two whole months. It was amazing to my ears and I absolutely loved it, both the song and the music video which came afterwards. During the summer months, I was listening to Rock N Roll and HTNGU as well as the live version of 17 from the performance in the Viper Room non stop, anticipating excitedly the release of new music till September. When I learnt that the album was not going to be delayed and released on November 5th, instead of September 24th. But I didn't mind the wait to the new album, as I "knew" that it was gonna be good.
I heard all three snippets of "Let Me Go", "Give You What You Like" and "Sippin' On Sunshine" on the day they came out and I liked all of them. Especially GYWYL, which I was completely mesmerized by. Late in October, I finally got to listen to the entire record, which I was kind of disappointed by. I had overplayed HTNGU and "Rock N' Roll" and by that time, I was tired of them. I didn't like 17 at all, since the production wasn't the same to the leaked version I had been listening since August/September of that year and the lyrics of "Bichin' Summer" kind of annoyed me, for the reason that I wasn't expecting to hear a song talking about "high school lovebirds", "waiting on the bell" and "everybody partying and doing it while we're young" from a 29 year old woman. I was disappointed by that album. I was expecting an album with more "mature" songs as well as piano ballads, rather than a record half of upbeat youthful songs and half of ballads like GYWYL, LMG, Hush Hush and FF. But after a while, it grew on me and I didn't mind playing it a lot of time on my CD player. I actually started to like it after a few listens.
Later, the AL tour began and I remember being disappointed by almost everything about it. Her vocals, the way she sang, almost everything about that tour was a big disappointment in my eyes. I was expecting her live performances to be full of emotion, passion, playing different instruments, different clothes and more movements onstage. Then, that M&G incident where there was a no touching rule happened and I started losing interest in her gradually. By that time, I had other artists and music to listen to besides Avril and I had stopped paying much attention to her, apart from still listening to some of her songs from time to time. It wasn't that I had stopped being fan, but more that I had overheard almost every song and every album that she had released and as a result, I was kind of tired of her music and her. Sometime in October, I started searching for articles around the internet to find any information I could about new music, but I found little to no information. By November, I had started to worry and wonder about what was happening to Avril and she was absent from literally everywhere. In December the site of BA went down and that was when I was completely in the dark about Avril (like everyone here), apart from the fact that she wasn't feeling well. During that time, I gained back the "interest" I had lost in her. But ever since, I'm not that obsessed with her anymore. She's not the only artist I listen to. I can see her flaws and judge her objectively. I don't see her as perfect anymore. I don't love everything she does. But I'm still a fan and I still love her as much as I did 3 years ago. And whatever happens, I'm still gonna be here to support her.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2016 22:51:03 GMT
I discovered Avril back in May of 2015. Like a lot of people, I have heard her more popular songs like Complicated on the local radio a fair number of times, but I haven't really followed her until then. All I remember was that I was procastinating on a history project by looking for new music to listen to. I then discovered Sk8er Boi on Youtube and the fact that the same person who sung Complicated made this song as well surprised me. I listened to it and loved it, so I found it on Spotify and added it to my playlist. Before I knew it I was hooked! I racked up a few hundred plays on Sk8er Boi in the span of one month. I also added Complicated and I'm With You to my playlist and racked a good number of plays on them, as well.
I then decided to expand my horizons and listen to her other albums. I listened to songs from Under My Skin and The Best Damn Thing and added my favorites to my playlist. By August my playlist of about 60 songs consisted of 50% Avril Lavigne songs from all five studio albums. I watched videos of her concerts and the behind-the-scenes of her music videos. I even bought Let Go, Under My Skin, and The Best Damn Thing physically! I have never followed an artist as much before.
I discovered Bandaids from the Avril Lavigne subreddit on Reddit (which, unfortunately, lacks activity). There was a post on the subreddit discussing about the state of Bandaids and how it has been offline for months. One person commented to check out the Bandaids Twitter page for updates. I checked out the Twitter page and there, if I recall correctly, was a tweet that stated that there was a backup forum. I lurked in the forum for a few months, observing and reading threads and posts. I was just glad that there was a place where people loved the same artist I loved! Eventually, I decided to man up and create an account. So here I am!
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Post by Mohican. on Jan 26, 2016 5:47:33 GMT
Nice stories people! Mine is actually not that special. I think I was around 10 when I first listened to her. I remember being at my dads, my older stepsister was around 16 and she's had her own tv in her room. I came to ask her something and she's had MTV streaming in the background. I looked at the screen and saw a young woman smashing her guitar and driving through malls. I immediately liked her and didn't even know what for exactly. I guess there was just a vibe. It was still the time to record radio songs on tape and that was something I was really into. So the next time when I listened to Complicated on the radio and recognized her I recorded the song on tape and listened to it over and over again. But I was a kid and I don't even know why, but I never asked anyone older than me for an album or more songs. People knew though and when I was at my aunts a good while after that she told me she had got her CD. She copied it for me ( I know, I know... so illegal) and that was it. I was obsessed. Billions and I literally mean billions of posters in my room, everything I could find in magazines, spending hours in front of the television just to watch a video of her and so on and so on. I even freaked out more when Under My Skin got released, but it all changed when Girlfriend came out and Avril had suddenly become pink, girly and no longer that dark chick I had admired for so many years. And I became older, I guess.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2016 5:50:50 GMT
Glad you're here Spork. Good story.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2016 5:55:27 GMT
Mohican, I too love the "Angry Avril" side of her amazing youth. I've accepted that she's grown into a wealthy woman. I try to appreciate all facets of her incredible journey.
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Post by Lesbian Princess on Apr 20, 2016 12:32:22 GMT
When "Goodbye Lullaby" came I was 12 when I first heard Avril. It was on a school bus (it was cheaper than my mom taking me to school and I was not at the age where I could go to school by myself yet-she didn't trust me and cared for my protection) where the radio was always on, playing music. And I heard "Complicated". And I started looking through every magazine for a poster, article and picture of her. I started dressing in Tripp baggy pants, Converse shoes, t-shirts and sweaters with stars or skulls on them. If my mom hadn't said no, I would have worn the tie too The first album I actually bought with my own money was Avril Lavigne's "Let Go". But I tell everyone that I bought Evanescence's "Fallen". Why I do this, I'll get to right now. By 2004-2008, I started adding her pictures in folders (which I carried with me all through middle school to high school). People always bullied me (yes, that includes my brother too, back at home!). So everybody called me a poser each time they wanted to see my folder filled with pictures in the front and back cover. I listened to her in secret (through headphones instead of blasting her music). I admired her clothes and her beauty in secret, in my room. This was when "Under My Skin" was released. By the time "The Best Damn Thing" was released, I started to drift away from her. Mainly because my brother teased me by playing "Girlfriend" and saying, "Look, Crystal! She's so punk rawk! Wearing tube socks and a mini skirt! Singing about 'Hell yeah, I'm the motherfucking princess!' Look Crystal! Listen to it!". I fell in love and went back to her music when I heard "Alice". By the time "Goodbye Lullaby" was released and I saw the video for "Smile", I smiled and started crying happily. I'm 25 now (pagan and a goth girl) and I am just barely trying to get over my fear of being called a poser and feeling intense shame. Which brings me to the other thread "What does listening to Avril mean to you".
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Post by blackstar6 on Apr 22, 2016 8:50:51 GMT
When I heard her song Complicated on the radio in 2002. I loved the song so much that I started listening to her music after that. Avril was 17 and I was 13 at the time.
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Post by ⋆niki⋆ on Apr 22, 2016 11:23:15 GMT
My story is not that special as yours guys, and I can't remember clearly, but well, here it is:I remember I saw her Complicated music video back in 2002. I liked her appearance, but nothing special. I liked how she was looking different. I mean I never was that girly girl, and I saw her, necktie, white t-shirt, straight brown-blonde hair, just like mine... but the song was not too catchy for me. And I forgot about her. Then I'm With You came. I saw the music video on VIVA TV (old Hungarian music channel). I was listening to the song and watching her sing it and I was just like... whaaat. This can't be. It was so beautiful, I couldn't even breath. The feeling of the video and the song together, just blew my mind. I immediately fell in love with her. I remember I was talking about her with one of my friends via Internet and asking about Avril. She knew her and had IWY - she sent it to me and this was the first Avril song I had. I was about 10 years old. I bought all the magazines I could to have posters and interviews, my brother downloaded Let Go for me. I was a kid and my English wasn't really great and I couldn't use Internet too, so all I had was the magazines. Some months after I saw the music video of Don't Tell Me. Unfortunately we couldn't afford to buy CD-s, so my brother downloaded Under My Skin for me and I was totttttallly in Avril Lavigne. I wore clothes like her, I sang her songs and I literally wanted to be Avril Lavigne. The UMS era was my totally me era. Okay, I was a 12-13 year old riot teenager back then, so... Her music was the music I could hide in. Second time I literally fell in love with her was when I saw the music video of Girlfriend. My first reaction was "What? This can't be that riot rocker girl". But then the album came and I was sooo excited. At that time I started use Internet a lot, that was the first year I started to search for her pictures and save them. My fangirlism grew to it's highest point in 2007-2008. The hiatus was painful, but I remember I was sitting and waiting near my brother's PC when WTH was released. The 4th era was a little bit "meh" for me. I loved Alice and her Alice look, but that was all, but that was the first time I could afford her first 4 CD's. Maybe that's why I was waiting for the AL era so much. In 2012 I became the part of the biggest Hungarian AL fansite and in 2013, soon before AL was released, I became the admin. I still have the site and the fb page, and I still in Avril so much - I listen to her everyday, check Bandaids everyday, watching the news and waiting for new material. She was the biggest thing in my life - now she's a little bit more in the background because I'm having a baby boy and in the middle of summer, I can hold him in my hands (and my husband is a Little Black Star too!) - but this community (Bandaids) and Avril Lavigne will always be big part of my life
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Post by Avengium on Apr 24, 2016 23:44:02 GMT
Wow! Great and Sincere stories, Lesbian Princess and ⋆niki⋆. I'm glad that all of you wrote these posts. My brother sometimes have make me feel embarrased about some artists, like your brother with "Girlfriend" Lesbian Princess. I'm glad you're better in that aspect.
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Post by delmatico on Aug 26, 2019 19:19:25 GMT
I finally found this thread My story: I became an Avril fan in February 2019. (HAW is not the reason why I became an Avril fan) If you want to know full story how I became an Avril fan, we have to go back to 2006. In 2006 my sister started buying teen magazines ( OK!, Bravo, Teen...) I would go through those magazines sometimes, In one of them I saw a girl with black eyeliner and interesting outfit, (I'm not sure but I think it was Avril's picture from He Wasn't video) that was first time in my life that I saw that someone has so much black eyeliner, That was coolest thing that I saw, After that I read articles about her from teen magazines, asked my sister to give me her posters. Because of her black eyeliner and outfit she was the coolest thing in this world to me. But I never listened her music (BIGGEST MISTAKE OF MY LIFE), I didn't listen to music at all, Back then I still hadn’t discovered the music. (It wasn't until I was 15 that I became interested in music) In 2010. my sister stopped buying teen magazines, and I discovered metal and started to watch mexican soap operas and teen series, so day by day and I forgot Avril. (SECOND BIGGEST MISTAKE OF MY LIFE) We can now return to the 2019, Somewhere in February 2019 I was watching some video on youtube, and in the background of that video was Sk8er Boi song, I fell in love with that song immediately, so I researched who sings that song, and when I found out it was Avril Lavigne I was so shocked, so suprised and so happy like I hit the lotto, because that was girl with black eyeliner that I loved before 10 years, that moment my memories came back, and I fell in love with her black eyeliner, outfit, attitude, behaviour... again, Only difference is that this time I fell in love with her music too. Second song I heard from her was The Best Damn Thing, Third was Losing Grip, I fell in love with both songs immediately, I do not remembered what was 4th song. More or less, that would be all... I became an Avril fan in 2019. but maybe I can say that I am fan of her black eyeliner since 2006. EDIT: I can't believe how many people here are as old as I am
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Post by Presto569 on Sept 3, 2019 23:40:01 GMT
I played Burnout Paradise back in 2008 and on that game Girlfriend was on the soundtrack. I loved that song, and years later with the help of youtube I discovered the rest of her music. I now have all her official albums on CD and I have been starting to collect live ep albums. I am now going to Detroit to see her live. My Avril obsession started all on Burnout Paradise.
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