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...decades, the American record-buying public has made its position clear. People do not want poetry mixing with their popular music any more than they want Fred Durst speaking in full sentences. Avril Lavigne's level of complexity and Alanis Morissette's version of irony will do just fine for the drive to the shore, thank you. The two legendary exceptions are Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen. Both have a poet's gift for turning common words into indelible images and a rock star's knack for churning out melodies that make their poetry subliminal. They bring the pain...
...punk princess AVRIL LAVIGNE, charity began in the T-shirt bin at a thrift store, where she found a sporty green-and-gold number that she wore in the video for her song Sk8ter Boi. Turns out the T shirt came from a Wilkesboro, N.C., elementary school, which has since been inundated with calls from fans looking to buy one. The result? A windfall for the school, which was struggling to find cash to pay for new computers. Maybe it could pay Lavigne back by teaching her how to spell skater...
Ideal mate: Avril Lavigne, of course...
...experimentation would feel awkward and staged, this very lack of experimentation will also come to bore their old listeners. It’s nice to finally see the ladies reach a wider audience on the radio and on TRL, where their music can ensnare young listeners who think Avril Lavigne is just about as punk as they come. But for a fresher taste of a woman’s boot in your mouth, pick up any of the Donnas’ earlier albums, and float back to a time when the band’s musical future was even more...
Predict, if you can, where Avril Lavigne will be in five years...