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The Best Show on WFMU => Show Discussion => Topic started by: mike a on July 06, 2007, 01:54:17 PM
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If he were alive today, what would he (or The Resistance) think of the Rubinoos v. Avril Lavigne controversy currently brewing?
http://www.cbc.ca/arts/music/story/2007/07/04/lavigne-lawsuit-girfriend.html (http://www.cbc.ca/arts/music/story/2007/07/04/lavigne-lawsuit-girfriend.html)
Fun fact: Avril's "songwriting partner" is called "Dr. Luke."
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I heard the song they sound different. Except for the one line interchanging girlfriend and boyfriend.
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I agree. I mean, how many songs are about wanting to be someone's "girlfriend" or "boyfriend"? 75%? There's bound to be some overlapping words melody.
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I think the point is they're saying she lifted the hook:
"Hey, (hey) You, (you), I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend" - Rubinoos
"Hey, (hey) You, (you), I Don't Like Your Girlfriend" - Avril
Same rhythm and they both repeat in the first and third lines of the chorus.
I'd bet that there's a small private settlement in their futures. It will be for less than the cost of litigating. If not, the Rubinoos will lose because they won't have deep enough pockets.
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Evan Funk Davies definitively proved last week that the Rubinoos were ripping off "Get Off of My Cloud" anyway.
I just hope Avril gets through this with her dignity and class intact.
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Yes...........she has so much to lose...........and so talented...........
What irks me the most about her is that she claims to be "punk", gag.
I didn't fight in the Punk Wars for bleach blond teeny boppers on par with Ms. Spears to fly the Punk flag.
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Yes...........she has so much to lose...........and so talented...........
What irks me the most about her is that she claims to be "punk", gag.
I didn't fight in the Punk Wars for bleach blond teeny boppers on par with Ms. Spears to fly the Punk flag.
I wouldn't let the likes of A. Lavigne rile you up. As the great Kelly Clarkson said to Chive Davis yesterday:
"You're 80; you're not supposed to like my album."
Anyone who fought in any kind of legit "Punk Wars" surely has enough scar tissue to withstand the horrors of teen pop.
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I'm a delicate sort.
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I'm going to post the clip of
humorless bitch one person party Avril Lavigne on Popworld again.
[youtube=425,350]p--77vPuWCY[/youtube]