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Post by katy on Jan 23, 2021 21:07:52 GMT
Yeah I always found it a shame it was always the same people meeting her. I’ve no issue with any of them (obviously), and personally I’ve never been that bothered about meeting her, but this was people who had the money to literally follow her around the world. That’s great for them, but it doesn’t mean they’re more dedicated than other fans, they’re just clearly very well off financially and got treated favourably for it, lol.
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Post by biggerwow on Jan 23, 2021 21:24:37 GMT
Is there a way for Avril to upload the Bukodan live show on her channel? It's such a great concert, I would love to see the GP witness it! she doesn't even post her performances from talk shows on her channel. But yeah she can upload some of the videos. For example, Shakira has a few concert videos on her channel. Or she can upload the official audio to streaming from any of her tours. But I don't think the GP matters. I'd bet the ones who bother to check out more than the official videos like Complicated, SB, or GF are her fans not the GP.
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Post by alavigneIE on Jan 24, 2021 10:34:49 GMT
No offence, but not every single fan of Avril's who's followed her since her first single came out in 2002 has been able to follow her around the globe since not everyone is lucky enough to be in a strong financial position. Of course, every one of us would have loved to go to every show in North America, Europe and Asia she's played between 2002 and 2012. Unfortunately, some of us can hardly make ends meet.
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Post by gabbox on Jan 25, 2021 1:12:39 GMT
Off topic .. few days ago I said I would be happy if Avril and Billie would collab because of Billie fangirling Avril..
Well I listened to her collab with Rosalia.. I fell asleep. I prefer Flames honestly ahahha .. I tend to like Billie’s songs but this last one.. Goodbye Lullaby for real.
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Post by biggerwow on Jan 25, 2021 1:35:58 GMT
Off topic .. few days ago I said I would be happy if Avril and Billie would collab because of Billie fangirling Avril.. Well I listened to her collab with Rosalia.. I fell asleep. I prefer Flames honestly ahahha .. I tend to like Billie’s songs but this last one.. Goodbye Lullaby for real. lmao yeah that song is weird...I think a nice ballad like lovely would be cool though. But meh that ship has sailed. I think it would be nice if Billie covered Avril but she hasn't even done that. Or maybe when Avril can cover a billie song one day.
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Post by chelseafaye on Jan 25, 2021 4:37:14 GMT
My thing is that it was always the same small group of fans who would get invited to exclusive events and stuff because they were associated with the Bandaids name, despite the fact their involvement in the site declined pretty quickly, yet they’d still get invited to these events. Up until recently, the usual suspects were also the only few people she would usually reply to on social media, though thankfully it seems that recently she’s been replying to a lot of more random comments as well. I've noticed this with a few different fan sites; people will run them until they have an 'in' and then just kind of fizzle out their involvement. But yeah, people always tend to milk the name of the fan sites they once owned/ran/whatever'd to keep that.
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Post by sandyshort on Jan 25, 2021 12:24:13 GMT
Hi everyone! Lately I've been wondering if Avril speak any languages beside English. I heard she lived in France once so I guess she knows French. And I think I saw a video in which she was speaking German but I can't find it anywhere. Does anyone know about it?
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Post by alavigneIE on Jan 25, 2021 12:47:25 GMT
Hi everyone! Lately I've been wondering if Avril speak any languages beside English. I heard she lived in France once so I guess she knows French. And I think I saw a video in which she was speaking German but I can't find it anywhere. Does anyone know about it? I don't think I've ever heard her speak German, but she said she studied French when she moved to France. Besides, she's said several times that her dad is originally from France and that she was going to apply for the French passport or citizenship. PS.: Wait, I've found a video where she does speak German!
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Post by BogoGog24 on Jan 25, 2021 13:19:48 GMT
The only language she’s completely fluent in is English. She studied French so she is likely at an advanced level but not sure if she’s totally fluent in it. Especially because she probably doesn’t use it too often now, she may have forgotten some.
Any other language, she knows a few simple phrases but that’s it.
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Post by TamyXD on Jan 25, 2021 13:34:03 GMT
OMG her speaking German is so funny to me, because even though German is my mother tongue and I've been living in Germany my entire life, I barely understand a word she's saying!
Also, in the video, at 2:26, she seems to be saying "Ich mag deinen Freundin sein, ich glaub du brauchst 'ne neue" and then she says she got the first part right but the second part wrong, but it's actually the other way round. It's supposed to be "Ich mag deine Freundin sein" (it's just a slight grammar mistake, though).
I also seem to remember that this section was from an interview before or after her 2011 concert in Cologne/Köln, and she partly spoke in Cologne Dialect, because even with the translation, I couldn't understand a single word of what she was saying, lol. (Dialects in Germany are very different from each other, they partially use completely different words and even different grammar, so even if you grow up in e.g. the south of Germany, you may not be able to understand someone speaking with a western German dialect).
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Post by rosegold on Jan 25, 2021 13:55:36 GMT
I think she only speaks English. Being quasi fluent in French myself I've never seen anything from her that indicates she can speak French. I mean, she obviously is familiar enough with the language after having studied it for a while that she could understand things here and there and speak some phrases, but I don't think she could engage in any level of communication in French from the few displays she's had over the years in interviews -- even after having lived in France. Unless she purposefully hides her proficiency, but that wouldn't make much sense.
I do love that she moved to Paris that one year to live a more independent life and try to get better at a language she's always wanted to learn, though. That's one of my top favorite Avril moments ever in her personal life. It takes courage to do something like that on your own and I think it's pretty badass that she said 'fuck it, I'm just gonna do it' and went for it.
Unrelated, but have you guys seen Avril's latest instagram stories? Those videos of her skating and falling to the ground while laughing gave me such major throwbacks to the My World DVD with all those little clips of Avril and her band continuously falling down from skating. Also, the songs she used for those stories are the ultimate omen that the pop-punk era is dawning upon us. 🤘 Don't be shy, Avril, drop that lead ~wink wink~
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Post by alavigneIE on Jan 25, 2021 14:25:10 GMT
I think she only speaks English. Being quasi fluent in French myself I've never seen anything from her that indicates she can speak French. I mean, she obviously is familiar enough with the language after having studied it for a while that she could understand things here and there and speak some phrases, but I don't think she could engage in any level of communication in French from the few displays she's had over the years in interviews -- even after having lived in France. Unless she purposefully hides her proficiency, but that wouldn't make much sense. Unrelated, but have you guys seen Avril's latest instagram stories? Those videos of her skating and falling to the ground while laughing gave me such major throwbacks to the My World DVD with all those little clips of Avril and her band continuously falling down from skating. I totally agree with you. Every time she's "spoken" French she's said the typical words everyone knows in French. I mean, you don't need to attend language lessons to say oui, merci, de rien and ca va. That said, if she's ever studied French, I'd say she would have done A1 beginner's level. But again, if you don't practise your speaking skills, you're likely to forget everything you've learnt. As for her insta stories, now I do believe she couldn't actually skate (like properly skate) when she became famous in 2002. We've seen short videos of her in the BTS of Let Go, My World and some TV shows, but we've never seen her jump or do flips on the skateboard, right?
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Post by sandyshort on Jan 25, 2021 15:13:29 GMT
Hi everyone! Lately I've been wondering if Avril speak any languages beside English. I heard she lived in France once so I guess she knows French. And I think I saw a video in which she was speaking German but I can't find it anywhere. Does anyone know about it? I don't think I've ever heard her speak German, but she said she studied French when she moved to France. Besides, she's said several times that her dad is originally from France and that she was going to apply for the French passport or citizenship. PS.: Wait, I've found a video where she does speak German! Thanks for the video! Yeah, I guess everyone here is right and she doesn't actually speak German or any other languages well enough, but it's still nice to see she tries to. Once I heard a rumour (it was around 2012 I guess) that she was going to record some songs in French. I think it would be interesting to hear something like that from her.
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Post by ame · 雨 on Jan 25, 2021 15:27:44 GMT
I still remember when she said she had some japanese phrases in her new song called Hello Kitty and i was like: ooh cool, that sounds interesting, maybe the title is just missleading"....oh bOY.... little did I know... anyway, the song got released and the japanese...haha the japanese phrases oMG they were...LOL hahahaha i can't...."mina..." xD minasaiko..HAHAHA arigatou....*wait for it* .... K-K-K-K kaAwWaaAiii OMG I CAN'T
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Post by BogoGog24 on Jan 25, 2021 17:21:32 GMT
I think she only speaks English. Being quasi fluent in French myself I've never seen anything from her that indicates she can speak French. I mean, she obviously is familiar enough with the language after having studied it for a while that she could understand things here and there and speak some phrases, but I don't think she could engage in any level of communication in French from the few displays she's had over the years in interviews -- even after having lived in France. Unless she purposefully hides her proficiency, but that wouldn't make much sense. Unrelated, but have you guys seen Avril's latest instagram stories? Those videos of her skating and falling to the ground while laughing gave me such major throwbacks to the My World DVD with all those little clips of Avril and her band continuously falling down from skating. I totally agree with you. Every time she's "spoken" French she's said the typical words everyone knows in French. I mean, you don't need to attend language lessons to say oui, merci, de rien and ca va. That said, if she's ever studied French, I'd say she would have done A1 beginner's level. But again, if you don't practise your speaking skills, you're likely to forget everything you've learnt. As for her insta stories, now I do believe she couldn't actually skate (like properly skate) when she became famous in 2002. We've seen short videos of her in the BTS of Let Go, My World and some TV shows, but we've never seen her jump or do flips on the skateboard, right? At best she can do an ollie, but otherwise no she can’t really do tricks.
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