Its very possible Manny that she just got hot outta nowhere. My Senior yearbook had a similar thing. Person that changed the most it was called. You wouldn't believe the transformation of one girl. Although, I do think TheReason is going through puberty very roughly because all he does is fantasize about Sue Bird and Avril Lavigne.
LOL. I went through puberty a while ago. Sue Bird is hot! And so is Avril, but they aren't the hottest.
To my astonishment, I found the following on cdnow.com's website: ["Like fellow newcomers Michelle Branch and Vanessa Carlton, Lavigne both plays and writes her own music." Kristin Roth CDNOW Editorial Staff]
well she's definitely as manufactured as the next "trl" girl, but she's also as hot. whoa! but man isn't she like 16 or something? those before pictures are crazy considering the last one couldn't be more than 2 years old. i have to say, i did download "complicated" and i listen to it every now and then in the car on really low volumes. i like the was she says frustrated. ok i can't believe i said that.
LOL. Thanks. I saw the pictures of her in her yearbook.I thought that she looked pretty good in her junior pic.
Sorry, I realized upon your quote of my post that I was not fully clear. I meant that, in regards to the Clash I only thought of their first album as being punk. Offspring was never really in my mind. Buzzcocks have elements of punk and more melodic pop-rock type stuff...the damned I cannot really remember too much about...just that I didn't like them. But that is why I said "most" and not "all." At least three of the four had categorizatin problems in moy opinion. Sorry for not being clear. Why did you have to "bite" in response?
The possibility does exist that the songs on her album were not written by her, even though she can write songs. Shania Twain's first album was like that. She wasn't allowed to sing any of the songs that she wrote.
http://www.avril-lavigne.com/indexframes.html On a writing trip to NYC, Avril caught the attention of Antonio "LA" Reid, who snapped her up and signed her to Arista. At 16, she moved to Manhattan and began work on her debut CD. Avril plunged into the creative process. "I love writing," she explains. "When I get upset and really need to get it out of me I go to my guitar. Sometimes I feel like my guitar is my therapist." Although Avril virtually lived in the studio during that New York stint, her efforts didn't pay off at first. "I started working with these really talented people, but I just wasn't feeling it; the songs weren't representative of me," she admits. "Then they started talking about having people write for me, but I had to write myself. I had to do my music. It was a really stressful time, but I never considered giving up." Instead, she flipped coasts. Los Angeles gave Avril the fresh start she needed. It was there that she hooked up with producer/songwriter Clif Magness, and "I was like, 'Yeah! I've found my guy!'" she enthuses. "We totally clicked, because he just let me guide; he really understood me and let me do my thing." The songs for Let Go began pouring out, with Magness at the helm as well as up-and-coming production team the Matrix. Soon after Avril hooked up with Nettwerk Management who've steered the careers of Sarah McLachlan, Dido, Coldplay, Barenaked Ladies and Sum 41. Avril couldn't be happier with the way the album turned out. "In this past year I've really grown as a writer. 'Complicated' wasn't written about anyone in particular. It is basically about life, people being fake and relationships." As to one of her favorite tracks, "Losing Grip," she says, "That is definitely one of my ex-boys-he didn't give me what I needed emotionally." Avril laughs, "It doesn't matter now, and plus I got a good song out of it."
