Blankspace2010 Posted May 29, 2022 Posted May 29, 2022 9 minutes ago, Ampersand13 said: Eh, I enjoy Too Much to Ask from time to time but have never liked Unwanted. Just something about it I can somehow let go (pun intended) of Unwanted… but TMTA is honestly just perfection.
ATRL Moderator Ampersand13 Posted May 29, 2022 ATRL Moderator Posted May 29, 2022 1 hour ago, Blankspace2010 said: I can somehow let go (pun intended) of Unwanted… but TMTA is honestly just perfection. I used to absolutely love TMTA, and I still enjoy it just a little less than I used to I much prefer a song like Naked which I think is among her best closers
Bloodflowers. Posted May 30, 2022 Posted May 30, 2022 I wish Avril would have great re-current radio material songs like her peers do
HBK-79 Posted June 3, 2022 Posted June 3, 2022 On 5/29/2022 at 7:57 AM, Homebrand said: I usually like hearing different perspectives, but when he kept contradicting himself saying it was bad because it was an album full of 'emotional songs' then would drag other albums for not being cohesive, then ranking self titled and HAW at 3 and 2 respectively, which are arguably her least ''cohesive'' albums I'm more offended by this flop's monotone voice. Anyway, I'm all for variety on Avril's albums. But on ST, it's as if she was just genre-hoping because nothing on that album fell into place, both musically and sonically.
ATRL Moderator Ampersand13 Posted June 3, 2022 ATRL Moderator Posted June 3, 2022 I get that HAW and SL aren’t her most cohesive but I feel like some fans do too much on those albums as a whole. They have some true highlights: HTNGU, FF, Hush Hush, Hello Heartache, 17, Birdie, Head Above Water, Goddess, It Was in Me, Crush, Tell Me It’s Over. I get that they are more pop leaning and stray from some of her earlier material but those songs are simply wonderful. Not saying they are necessarily better than her first four albums (though I think they are just as good and some even better) but that they deserve some flowers from time to time
ATRL Moderator Ampersand13 Posted June 3, 2022 ATRL Moderator Posted June 3, 2022 Side note: Avril’s vocals on Goodbye Lullaby are just transcendent. The F5 in WYWH, the E5s in What the Hell, the ad-libs in Smile and I Love You She really became a vocal legend that era at least in the studio
HBK-79 Posted June 4, 2022 Posted June 4, 2022 21 hours ago, Ampersand13 said: I get that HAW and SL aren’t her most cohesive but I feel like some fans do too much on those albums as a whole. Personally, I think people drag ST and HAW simply because the songwriting just wasn't good, the lyrics were banal, the production was cheap, and the songs sounded like rejects from her earlier albums or from any Taylor/Katy/Kesha album. But tbh I don't understand why people complain about lacks of cohesiveness in pop albums. RED and Lover were vastly disjointed in terms of style/sound, and fans and critics alike praised them as two of Taylor's best works.
ATRL Moderator Ampersand13 Posted June 4, 2022 ATRL Moderator Posted June 4, 2022 5 minutes ago, HBK-79 said: Personally, I think people drag ST and HAW simply because the songwriting just wasn't good, the lyrics were banal, the production was cheap, and the songs sounded like rejects from her earlier albums or from any Taylor/Katy/Kesha album. But tbh I don't understand why people complain about lacks of cohesiveness in pop albums. RED and Lover were vastly disjointed in terms of style/sound, and fans and critics alike praised them as two of Taylor's best works. But the lyrics in the songs I mentioned aren't more banal than the ones on Under My Skin and The Best Damn Thing, the former of which has some of her worst lyrics in her entire career. And the vocal toplines on SL are far more complex than UMS'. Sure the production isn't as consistent but she was hitting more E5s, F5s, and harmonics than ever before. I'm not gonna say SL doesn't have some low lows and same for HAW but the highs are just as good as her prime
HBK-79 Posted June 4, 2022 Posted June 4, 2022 Do you flops think Olivia will continue to cover Complicated when she starts her European tour next week? Or will she forget that she's an Avril stan and start covering Alanis?
rihannabiggestfan Posted June 4, 2022 Posted June 4, 2022 I wanted to add that the "revolving deuit" post on here (regarding "Tell Me It's Over") lives in my head RENT FREE If I remember correctly, @ProudLBS posted it nnn, but I could be wrong (since ATRL deleted old threads smh)
ProudLBS Posted June 4, 2022 Posted June 4, 2022 1 hour ago, rihannabiggestfan said: I wanted to add that the "revolving deuit" post on here (regarding "Tell Me It's Over") lives in my head RENT FREE If I remember correctly, @ProudLBS posted it nnn, but I could be wrong (since ATRL deleted old threads smh) What post? Idk what you’re talking about
rihannabiggestfan Posted June 4, 2022 Posted June 4, 2022 (edited) 9 minutes ago, ProudLBS said: What post? Idk what you’re talking about Where you were mocking/teasing Avril's pronunciation of "revolving door" as "revolving deuit" (in Tell Me It's Over) ... but it may have been someone else. Whoever reading this remembers posting that on ATRL back in the day should speak up Edited June 4, 2022 by rihannabiggestfan
ProudLBS Posted June 4, 2022 Posted June 4, 2022 9 minutes ago, rihannabiggestfan said: Where you were mocking/teasing Avril's pronunciation of "revolving door" as "revolving deuit" (in Tell Me It's Over) ... but it may have been someone else. Whoever reading this remembers posting that on ATRL back in the day should speak up oh it wasn’t me
HBK-79 Posted June 6, 2022 Posted June 6, 2022 Pale Waves stanning AL2. That makes one person in this world that uses UMF.
GoatGly Posted June 6, 2022 Posted June 6, 2022 The old ATRL thread used to be more active this is sad
ProudLBS Posted June 6, 2022 Posted June 6, 2022 13 minutes ago, GoatGly said: The old ATRL thread used to be more active this is sad oh we don’t use this thread
GoatGly Posted June 6, 2022 Posted June 6, 2022 1 hour ago, ProudLBS said: oh we don’t use this thread Why did nobody tell me dat
HBK-79 Posted June 7, 2022 Posted June 7, 2022 Ramona with Gen-Z queen Charli Whatshername from last year.
Power love Posted June 7, 2022 Posted June 7, 2022 On 6/3/2022 at 5:18 PM, Ampersand13 said: the lyrics in the songs I mentioned aren't more banal than the ones on Under My Skin and The Best Damn Thing, the former of which has some of her worst lyrics in her entire career Are you ok??
HBK-79 Posted June 8, 2022 Posted June 8, 2022 In her latest podcast, Hayley Williams says she prefers Kelly C over Avril. We lost.
ProudLBS Posted June 8, 2022 Posted June 8, 2022 1 minute ago, HBK-79 said: In her latest podcast, Hayley Williams says she prefers Kelly C over Avril. We lost. That’s not what she said lol
HBK-79 Posted June 9, 2022 Posted June 9, 2022 23 hours ago, ProudLBS said: That’s not what she said lol She literally says "One of the biggest and one of the coolest...Kelly Clarkson". Unless the audio was cut off mid-sentence.
ProudLBS Posted June 9, 2022 Posted June 9, 2022 (edited) 7 minutes ago, HBK-79 said: She literally says "One of the biggest and one of the coolest...Kelly Clarkson". Unless the audio was cut off mid-sentence. Hayley’s talking about people who started dying their hair a little bit, wearing bracelets, etc, aka people Avril influenced (she even called it the Avril Lavigne effect) Edited June 9, 2022 by ProudLBS
HBK-79 Posted June 10, 2022 Posted June 10, 2022 23 hours ago, ProudLBS said: Hayley’s talking about people who started dying their hair a little bit, wearing bracelets, etc, aka people Avril influenced (she even called it the Avril Lavigne effect) Still, Hayley is saying that Kelly is the coolest, putting her above Ramona.
ProudLBS Posted June 10, 2022 Posted June 10, 2022 1 minute ago, HBK-79 said: Still, Hayley is saying that Kelly is the coolest, putting her above Ramona. No, the coolest among the inflencees
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