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Post by Jack on Jun 6, 2015 4:19:20 GMT
I really feel like she is making a pop rock album like TBDT. It caouldnt be no reason of wearing that pink sun glasses and using TBDT mic. Maybe we wilk get more songs like He Wasnt, Contagious, Alone etc something in very high tempo but contain some reflection and women power lyrics Perhaps, is that she was in her own studio? I definitely think she was using her own studio, hence why she had that personalized microphone she got in 2009-10 and it was Chad who recorded her. I don't think microphone and glasses colour has necessarily something to do with the style/genre of music she's recording. With that being said, I wouldn't mind some songs similar to TBDT sound-wise, but not-so-pop and more mature lyric/attitude-wise. It would be nice if she gave us some hint about the stuff she's recording.
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Post by eismann on Jun 6, 2015 8:15:48 GMT
Maybe not but its just that we had to see and hear so much about the Chavril stuff during the AL era, it's like... Ok enough already. IDK that's just my feeling about it. Remember that one random time she uploaded a video from the studio when she was with Alex da Kidd? And they even played a snippet of what we presumed to be Candy? I always wonder why she did a studio update only once and it was very randomly. I wish she'd be in the mood to do it more often. It was such a great thing to see. I loved it, too. But she teased us with something that never got real, so maybe now she decided not to show anything until it's officiall. Too bad actually, cause I would love to know how she works on songs and what direction she wants to go
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Post by BogoGog24 on Jun 6, 2015 13:38:19 GMT
Yeah that's a good point. Maybe she's realized all the times she spoke too soon about things that never ended up happening (like showing off an entirely new collection of AD at a fashion show that never got released ) I also don't really think her wearing sunglasses or using TBDT mic really indicates what style of music she's recording. She seems to wear sunglasses in the studio a lot. Maybe it just gets her into a certain mood, makes her feel more comfortable, or whatever. I would love some TBDT style songs though.
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Post by eismann on Jun 6, 2015 14:11:21 GMT
I love that she is still keeping her TBDT-mic for her home-studio. She has all the money to buy a new mic everyday, but she decided to keep the design from an old era Too bad that sometimes it seems like she is "denying" the UMS-era...
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Post by BogoGog24 on Jun 6, 2015 14:16:58 GMT
I've noticed that too. The other day she acknowledged the anniversary of LG but she still never noticed the UMS video we made for her. I always wonder to myself if she doesn't like that album/era. I can't see any other explanation for why she seems to ignore it.
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Post by eismann on Jun 6, 2015 14:35:54 GMT
I think she knows how much UMS is a fan-favourite. If she wrote/tweeted something like "10 years of UMS, what a great time" etc. people would go crazy and think that she wants to do another UMS. I mean, she followed Metallica on twitter and people started saying that she will do a collaboration and go into UMS-direction again for her next album. Maybe she just wants to avoid to raise any hopes and then left fans disappointed when UMS-2.0 isnt happening. OR maybe she doesnt really feel her UMS-era anymore, she was way different back then, had a whole other image/style etc. I always seems that TBDT reflects her true personality best. But I think it's kind of sad that she only talks about LG, cause it was her first album and then AL, cause it's her new album. Like UMS/TBDT/GL never happened..
and btw, I'm still disppointed she didnt even tweet a word about the UMS-anniversary-video
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Post by Blackarachnia on Jun 6, 2015 14:36:03 GMT
I've noticed that too. The other day she acknowledged the anniversary of LG but she still never noticed the UMS video we made for her. I always wonder to myself if she doesn't like that album/era. I can't see any other explanation for why she seems to ignore it. It contains a lot of break up songs, so maybe she just doesn't want to acknowledge that guy anymore. Not necessarily to the public, but to herself... bad times she doesn't want to think about anymore, and UMS is a reminder of that. Just my guess. Maybe she still hates Chantel for whatever reason and didn't have as much writing control in those songs, either
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Post by Blackarachnia on Jun 6, 2015 14:39:45 GMT
I think what most of us meant by "too much" is the PDA photo with Chad was too much, not that she was posting too many photos. Personally I would love to see lots of pictures from her, just not these try-hard photos of her making out with her husband. That's a bit TOO intimate for my taste. But I love seeing the pics of her in the studio. I wouldnt call a small kiss "making out", and I dont think it's a "try-hard photo". I see photos like that all day from my friends, and to me it's not that intimate. It's just a small kiss... But I agree, more photos from the studio and pleeease some snippets...! It's just tacky. They're not explicit or "bad", but they do turn some people off
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Post by BogoGog24 on Jun 6, 2015 14:40:56 GMT
I've noticed that too. The other day she acknowledged the anniversary of LG but she still never noticed the UMS video we made for her. I always wonder to myself if she doesn't like that album/era. I can't see any other explanation for why she seems to ignore it. It contains a lot of break up songs, so maybe she just doesn't want to acknowledge that guy anymore. Not necessarily to the public, but to herself... bad times she doesn't want to think about anymore, and UMS is a reminder of that. Just my guess. Maybe she still hates Chantel for whatever reason and didn't have as much writing control in those songs, either But TBDT and GL are reminders of Deryck, a guy she was married to and divorced, and she still acknowledges those eras/albums. I highly doubt she's still torn up about a guy who played in her band 10 years ago. And she's had other tiffs with writers but still plays those songs, so I don't think Chantal has anything to do with it.
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Post by jenda358 on Jun 6, 2015 19:02:12 GMT
There are so many mysteries surrounding Avril and her actions and opinions. It's so frustrating! I want to know the answers so bad!
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Post by BogoGog24 on Jun 6, 2015 19:18:54 GMT
Come on Avril, write that tell all book! We're waiting...
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Post by eismann on Jun 6, 2015 20:21:18 GMT
Come on Avril, write that tell all book! We're waiting... Seriously, I would pay 100€ for this book if it really tells the truth
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Post by jenda358 on Jun 6, 2015 20:34:23 GMT
Come on Avril, write that tell all book! We're waiting... Yeah, that's actually one of my biggest dreams. I would be down for it even if it meant skipping one whole album cycle.
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Post by Jack on Jun 6, 2015 23:45:27 GMT
I think she knows how much UMS is a fan-favourite. If she wrote/tweeted something like "10 years of UMS, what a great time" etc. people would go crazy and think that she wants to do another UMS. I mean, she followed Metallica on twitter and people started saying that she will do a collaboration and go into UMS-direction again for her next album. Maybe she just wants to avoid to raise any hopes and then left fans disappointed when UMS-2.0 isnt happening. OR maybe she doesnt really feel her UMS-era anymore, she was way different back then, had a whole other image/style etc. I always seems that TBDT reflects her true personality best. But I think it's kind of sad that she only talks about LG, cause it was her first album and then AL, cause it's her new album. Like UMS/TBDT/GL never happened.. and btw, I'm still disppointed she didnt even tweet a word about the UMS-anniversary-video Actually, she's shown appreciation to TBDT as well, especially Girlfriend (her biggest hit). I don't know if TBDT reflects her personality better, but I think she probably think that image is what people may expect from her, since it was her last big success, and seeing how she's tried to emulate it with her last albums. The albums she completely ignores are UMS and GL; she did even ignore GL to an extent while she was supposedly promoting it, she barely played non-single songs even after fans asked her to. It's ok if she doesn't feel any era in particular anymore, but it's so frustrating how she "celebrates" some of her albums and some others she doesn't. It's extremely frustrating to see how her most personal albums are the ones she doesn't seem to value and appreciate at all If people thinks she'll go into UMS-ish direction again just because she says something about the album's 10th anniversary or because she follows rock bands on Twitter, it would be their fault, not Avril's. If that's why she didn't say anything about our 10th anniversary video, that would be uncool on her part.
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Post by BogoGog24 on Jun 7, 2015 0:06:43 GMT
I don't think certain albums reflecting her personality more than others really has much to do with it. She's hardly the same person she was in LG era but she acknowledges that era and always speaks about it fondly. And I don't think she's afraid to because the fans might get the idea she's heading in that direction. It can't be because UMS was dark/serious/rock since she made plenty of dark and serious songs on AL, Alice, HYRM, and she made a rock song with Bad Girl. I don't think it'd have anything to do with Jesse, the guy that most of the UMS songs are about, because he was just a boyfriend from over 10 years ago that I doubt she cares about anymore. I don't think it'd be because of her tiffs with Chantal and Butch since she had feuds with other writers like The Matrix and Martin Johnson and she still performs those songs. Maybe her ignoring it is just a coincidence and not intentional at all.
While UMS is one of my least favorite albums from her, I do think it deserves to be acknowledged as much as she acknowledges her other albums and I think it's pretty sad she never saw the video we made for her. I can't imagine that it just slipped past her. If time was an issue, she had a lot of time while she was ill to watch it. She definitely watched a lot of those other videos fans made for her. It's really bizarre. I can't think of any real reason why she would ignore that album/era. The Deryck explanation wouldn't make sense, since as I also pointed out, she was married to him in TBDT era and most of GL is about him, plus he produced songs on both those albums, and she doesn't ignore those albums/eras.
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