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Post by BogoGog24 on Aug 8, 2020 19:29:54 GMT
I completely agree. I would rather erase eras than reorder them. I would erase AL, it was easily the worst album, worst era, worst tour, worst everything of her whole career. It was poorly thought out, poorly executed, and didn’t really do anything for her career. Then she started getting sick and having marital issues, so it was not only a bad time in her career but her personal life as well. Just erase the whole era!
Otherwise I think all her other albums make sense. The progression from LG to UMS seemed natural, then TBDT also felt like a natural progression even if it was different. She knew what she wanted to do for that album and she was successful with it, it felt like a natural direction from the darkness of UMS to do something more uptempo. Then GL made sense, even if things were messy with the label and the album didn’t turn out exactly the way it should have, this was Avrils chance to show she was still a mature singer/songwriter and it made sense to do an album of ballads after such a bratty, upbeat album and especially as she was going through a divorce. HAW was super fitting after her battle with Lyme and second divorce. AL is the only one that just doesn’t fit and has no direction or theme or purpose.
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Post by Duwod on Aug 8, 2020 22:33:12 GMT
This may sound boring but if I had a time machine I would only use it to go back in time to the eras to see how it was back then. I would never change an order or erase something. Simply because I like everything with its ups and downs. The imperfection makes life perfect and I would not want to change anything to make some things „better“. AL was not her best era but I accept it as it is. Avril could have been more successful if she did some things different but I accept it the way she decided even if it was out of laziness. But that’s just my way of thinking.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2020 22:44:01 GMT
AL era might not be the best, but I wouldn't erase it because for some reason I think that era, no matter how much of a disaster it was, still was a pretty interesting era to me. Also, the AL tour was the first time I saw Avril live! (should this be on the unpopular opinion thread? haha)
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2020 1:26:51 GMT
This may sound boring but if I had a time machine I would only use it to go back in time to the eras to see how it was back then. I would never change an order or erase something. Simply because I like everything with its ups and downs. The imperfection makes life perfect and I would not want to change anything to make some things „better“. AL was not her best era but I accept it as it is. Avril could have been more successful if she did some things different but I accept it the way she decided even if it was out of laziness. But that’s just my way of thinking. Thank you for not messing with the Universe and altering all our timelines!
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Post by TomX on Aug 9, 2020 1:39:56 GMT
I'd erase the AL era, man, even Avril hated it LMAO. Just watch any of her interviews from that time. Or ANY performance on shows and tour....,BUT, I'd replace it for a 5 or 6-song EP with the highlights from the album (Hello Heartache, FF, Hush Hush, GYWYL, Bad Girl and YASNY), the rest can be erased from existence. They did nothing for her career. The only highlight HTNGU had is that it gave us an iconic music video with the throwback look, but that's it.
Everything else was a natural progression for her career, though I would've toned down the brattiness on TBDT (keeping the same production) and ditch the pink and dancers, and worked on some better lyrics for GL. HAW would've been the perfect follow-up to GL. She even stated in several interviews that GL worked as a bridge between her older stuff and what would come next. That's why the theme/sound of the AL era sounded off from the beginning. It made no sense whatsoever.
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Post by ame · 雨 on Aug 9, 2020 23:13:41 GMT
OMG the dancers for TBDT hahah i almost forgot about them. YES, Erase that, FOR SURE! xD
and if not, at least make good coreographies or something like that. i know kpop wasn't that big back then but imagine GF as with a kpop concept. maybe not fitting for avril but oh well.
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Post by BogoGog24 on Aug 10, 2020 3:07:14 GMT
I just realized Alice is included in a Disney playlist on Apple Music called Disney 2010s.
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Post by UnderAlexSkin on Aug 10, 2020 3:46:10 GMT
Guess who you see MachinGunKelly boi rocking on MTV Btw Avril retwitted it by herself.
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Post by biggerwow on Aug 10, 2020 4:43:43 GMT
Lmao I was listening to his new pop punk style songs on Thursday. Remember his cover of Misery Business and thought to myself hey he was supposed to work with Avril before Covid so why hasn't he made a cover of her songs! And the you share this Alex!!!!! I haven't even heard it yet lmao but I think he probably did good. Edit: I heard it. Wtf is this shit. I thought it was gonna be an actual full song cover like Misery Business. Dammit MGK. Oh and ame · 雨 I can totally imagine GF as a kpop song. I jutsygot into Blackpink and after a few plays of Kill this love I couldn't stop thinking of them singing GF.
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Post by katy on Aug 10, 2020 7:42:25 GMT
I’d erase GL and AL because they’re both really poor albums. I’d go LG > UMS > HAW but merge some of the highlights from TBDT into HAW (innocence, WYG, replace dumb blonde with girlfriend maybe). Then leak the rest of TBDT as unused tracks Thinking about this has made me realise I genuinely can’t remember the last time I listened to anything from GL or AL. And literally no part of me wants to listen either.
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Post by Jinkxx on Aug 10, 2020 8:47:32 GMT
I’d erase GL and AL because they’re both really poor albums. I’d go LG > UMS > HAW but merge some of the highlights from TBDT into HAW (innocence, WYG, replace dumb blonde with girlfriend maybe). Then leak the rest of TBDT as unused tracks Thinking about this has made me realise I genuinely can’t remember the last time I listened to anything from GL or AL. And literally no part of me wants to listen either. I just listened to AL this morning while driving to work and GL during the weekend I have this with TBDT, the part where literally no part me of wants to listen to that whole album. Well maybe GF as an exception since it's catchy.
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Post by Panchali on Aug 10, 2020 9:53:42 GMT
I’d erase GL and AL because they’re both really poor albums. I’d go LG > UMS > HAW but merge some of the highlights from TBDT into HAW (innocence, WYG, replace dumb blonde with girlfriend maybe). Then leak the rest of TBDT as unused tracks Thinking about this has made me realise I genuinely can’t remember the last time I listened to anything from GL or AL. And literally no part of me wants to listen either. I just listened to AL this morning while driving to work and GL during the weekend I have this with TBDT, the part where literally no part me of wants to listen to that whole album. Well maybe GF as an exception since it's catchy. I like bsides: I will be and Alone better..
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Post by BogoGog24 on Aug 10, 2020 12:58:39 GMT
http://instagram.com/p/CDgUOAlq-I6 This video is clearly Samantha Bower, a singer from the UK I believe who has notoriously copied Avrils image and singing style. But the funny thing is every time she’s called out for it, she denies she’s copying her. Girl you just filmed a whole ass video singing one of her songs, clearly copying her singing style, dressed like her, and never showing closeups of your face. This woman is so ridiculous with her obsession with copying Avril but especially denying it, it’s so bizarre. Edit: She also has a post on IG in lingerie and the caption is Goddess lyrics.
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Post by biggerwow on Aug 10, 2020 16:49:22 GMT
Lol Avril doesn't even dress like that anymore. It's similar but she doesn't dress that emo anymore. That is so 2007 TBDT style Avril but more like what I dressed like in HS. And I don't think I ever saw Avril wearing vans. She wore Chuck Taylor's or maybe an expensive brand that looked like those shoes.
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Post by Jimmyzz on Aug 10, 2020 17:00:58 GMT
I have always thought that it was kind of funny watching the little exchange between Avril and Evan and Avril's facial expressions to what Evan said in the first 15 seconds of the video below, right at the beginning of the song 'Tomorrow' during the AOL Session. It kind of appears that they may have just had a little argument, but ultimately they push through it and be professional, lol. Not sure that there is really any back story to really be told here, but It's always caused me to look for clue's during the song to see if there are any more telling moments as to what there tiff may have been about. Evan at the 54 second mouths something to Avril but this appears to maybe just be a cue as to how to articulate the song a certain way at that point. Anyway, since I love this specific AOL performance of Tomorrow, I just keep repeating this thought process every time I watch this video. So I guess the old saying 'we are creatures of habit', is really true. At least for me anyway, lol 😂
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