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So I got an email update from the JLC here in London, announcing a presale for Avril Lavigne:
Hey !
Best Damn Thing, released in April 2007, is already certified platinum ... Fans can expect to see the high-spirited energy of the record come to life through Lavigne’s stage show, which will feature dancers and a live band.
So now it's a big deal if you go to a concert and there's actually a live band?
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wow..that's really really sad..although not that surprising...
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what's next, promoting a pop princess show on the basis that the singer will actually sing instead of lipsynching and gyrating her ass? :lol:
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Avril Lavigne epitomizes everything that is wrong with popular music today. I would rather rip up my money, throw it in the toilet and piss on it than pay to see a concert by her. Same goes with Kanye West and Brittany Spears.
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I've seen Kanye.
It was hilariously fun.
For the record, he was opening for The Stones.
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Huh... you can just see the 11 year olds wanting to go to that show ask themselves "A live band? How does that work????"
Brutal.
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Kanye has made one of the best 10 albums of the year, so lets not go lumping him in with Avril and Britney.
Maybe he's got an ego, but his album is pretty great.
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You certainly are entitled to your opinion.
However, while record-buyers are often wrong, a large number of like-minded music critics are rarely wrong (I emphasize rarely here to note that music critics can be wrong).
But hey, I don't really get the whole "Arcade Fire is the next big thing" thing, so..... yeah.
At least we can agree Kanye's music comes from a more genuinely creative place than that of Avril et al.
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Kanye's songs do not all sound the same...and i haven't heard the new album, but I've enjoyed all his releases so far...
he seems like a douche, but his music's pretty good on average...and at least he doesn't try to act all gangsta gangsta like a lot of the competition...
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I like Kanye. His songs are fun and have substance to them, unlike a lot of mainstream rap these days. He also seems to put on a great live show based on the few performances I've seen on television.
