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Under My Skin opens with the dramatic tracks "Take Me Away" and "Together," which set the scene for the kick-ass guitars and radio-ready chorus of "Don't Tell Me," a song of willful female empowerment that picks up where "Complicated" left off. From there it's a one-two punch of three-chord guitar licks ("He Wasn't") and head-bopping optimism ("Who Knows") alongside swirling, brooding melodies ("Freak Out") and moody tracks ("Forgotten," "Nobody's Home") that reveal a darker side of Avril Lavigne.
"I grew up so much in the past two years," admits the Napanee, Ontario, native. "I've been through a lot, I've learned a lot, and experienced a lot both good and bad. These songs are about all of that, and each is very personal to me." Working with producers, Butch Walker (of the Marvelous 3), Raine Maida (of Our Lady Peace), Don Gilmore (Linkin Park, Pearl Jam), Avril co-wrote the dozen introspective songs on Under My Skin in near secrecy. "I'd just come off my world tour and got back to Toronto and was writing right away," the 19-year-old says. "I had no idea what I was going to do. No one did. People wondered if I'd run out of things to write about, but it was the opposite."
After a lunch date with fellow Canadian singer-songwriter Chantal Kreviazuk turned into a major chick-bonding session, Avril and Chantal sat down to write. The chemistry was ineffable. "We got together one night and all of a sudden we had a song," she says. "No one knew what I was up to, not my management, not my label." The duo got together the next night and wrote another song. "We did that for two weeks and wrote 12 songs." Momentum took over and by summer Avril was moving into Chantal and her husband Raine Maida's Malibu house to record. "I was only off my tour for a couple of weeks, and I was ready to record," Avril recalls.
The California air provided a needed escape from Avril's frantic life. "It was a great time for me, living out there, being out of the public eye, and having my independence. And my friendship with Chantal evolved into one of the best I've ever had." Chantal and Avril would spend all night in the studio perfecting the songs. During the day, Avril learned the city by driving to and from the studio and wherever she needed to be. No photos, no interviews, no pressure. Eventually they recorded most of the songs in Raine's studio, and those songs appear unaltered on Under My Skin. The rest of the tracks, co-written with her guitarist Evan Taubenfeld (and one track with former Evanescence guitarist Ben Moody), were cut just up the road. "I was involved in every aspect of making this record. I'm very hands-on," she says. "I knew how I wanted the drums, the guitar tones, and the structures to be. I understand the whole process so much better this time because I've been through it. I'm really picky with my sound."
Picking favorites out of her 12 hand-made babies is another matter. "They all mean so much to me, but I love ‘Together,’ which is all about being in a relationship and knowing it's not right. It's a song that basically says, it's not working out honey." A couple of other tracks mine dysfunctional relationships and have hooks as catchy as those on "Complicated" and real-life narratives (like "Sk8er Boi"), but what truly underscores Avril's growth are the more positive tracks, such as "Who Knows" and "Take Me Away." "I guess that's just the way that I am now," admits the former supposed attitude junkie. Deep, piano-driven tracks like "Together" and "Forgotten" reflect Avril's growth, maturity, and change since the release of Let Go. "I'm happy with what I'm doing and have faith that everything is going to work out for the best." She's also found a feminine side to offset her well-publicized tomboyishness. "I'm such a chick. I'm a hopeless romantic, and surprisingly old-fashioned," Avril laughs. "That's why I wrote a song about not giving it up to just any guy ["Don't Tell Me"]." Girly quirks aside, Avril's anxious to get the show on the road. "It feels so good to be singing new songs," she says. "I feel refreshed and I'm looking forward to the next thing."
Optimistic or melancholic, Avril's two-year wild-ride on the rock-star express has shaped her world view and taught her a whole lot about balance. "The songs on Under My Skin are definitely deeper than those on Let Go," she says, "But I still love a good pop song. I'm basically just a girl who likes to write, who likes to rock out, and who wants music to be a part of my life forever."
She's also just a girl with a bell-clear voice and the ability to bottle youthful anguish and enthusiasm into tidy, infectious songs. Avril Lavigne's Under My Skin is sure to get under yours.
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Goths, do everyone a favour
and die.
You aren't needed, get a life and stop
pretending to be depressed, no one cares. If
you think you have problems in life and are
afraid to die, then why do you smoke, drink,
and have unprotected sex? And all the other
shit you do. But hey, don't get me wrong,
I want you to die because that's just one
less person to waste food and air on.
Every time a gothic dies, everyone's
thought should be "good bye and good
riddance to bad rubbish" Why? Because
it's the truth, no one wants you around,
leave!
Same goes for feminists, tree hugging
hippies, and vegetarians, fuck you all, get a
life.
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| okay i see what you're saying about all
this but i have to say fuck you about the
vegetarians. | XXmusicgurlXX | also i am a vegetarian and what the hell is
wrong about being one???? | XXmusicgurlXX | Well, be a vegetarian, but stop being a
hypocrite, using "facts" that
don't work in the real world, and stop
protesting. The next time I see someone
protesting, | _Destroyer_ | Well, be a vegetarian, but stop being a
hypocrite, using "facts" that
don't work in the real world, and stop
protesting. The next time I see someone
protesting, I'm gonna drop kick them in
the face and dislocate their hip.
ps. If you don't see how most vegetarians
are being hypocrites, and how their wasting
their time, tell me and I will gladly
explain. | _Destroyer_ | since you'll be glad to explain go right
on ahead. | XXmusicgurlXX | Let me guess why you don't eat animals, 1)
it's "gross", 2) it's
murder.
Do you eat any soy products? Mayve you
don't, but a lot of vegetarians do, and if
it's so "gross", then why go
out of your way to eat something exactly like
it? Meat and soy is the same thing, except
soy is so full of crap, that it's not
healthy for you, even though vegetarians
think it is.
Onto the murder part, I'm guessing you did
one of the following in your life, you
probably did all however,
1) Take a dump
2) Wear clothes
3) Ride in a car
- Use public transportation
- Use the school bus to get to school
You realize that all contribute to killing
animals?
If you use the toilet, you probably know
where your shit goes? Yeah, I don't need
to explain, unless you're going to take a
huge case of dirt, and let your waste
decompose in there, instead of using the
toilet, don't complain about killing
animals.
Most of your clothes contain some piece of
animal skin or fur in it, if you go to church
like some moron, you'll probaly have
leather shoes, etc. So unless you're going
to wear bags as shoes, and wear leaves
clothes, don't complain about killing
animals.
And if you used a car, train, plane, bus,
etc.. You just contributed to polluting the
Earth, so unless you're going to swim
overseas, walk everywhere, or use a bike to
get everywhere, don't complain about
killing animals.
Also, don't say that all of the above is
needed in life, which it is, but so is meat,
if you don't eat meat, it'll cost you,
have fun suffering over a stupid animal that
would eat you if it got the chance to.
If you're already killing animals, why not
eat them? | _Destroyer_ | | who are you talking about being a vegetarian? | i_heart_emo_boys187 | | Who ever the hell is a vegetarian. | _Destroyer_ | this is for destroyer. i am a vegetarian
because i dont like meat. i hate the taste of
it. that is the same reason one of my friends
are a vegetarian. but my one friend is a
vegetarian because of how it's cruelty to
animals but i find it really weird. and my
point not everyone does it because of cruelty
to animals or anything like that, but if they
do i really dont see that big of a problem.
so you can go ahead and say whatever you want
but it is not going to stop people. | XXmusicgurlXX | I dont think you should wish death on all
goths... I quite enjoy making fun of the one
that catches my bus after school =) Oh and
vegetarians are really stupid people who
believe they are making a statement and being
"different" like a form of
rebellion against meat, when their just
conforming to the larger group of morons who
agree with their stance! | xkorn_sitch_dolliex | Why did you quote different?
If you don't eat animals because of the
taste, then that's okay, but I'm still
going to be laughing and shutting the doors
on all the pussies that will start an
organization to fund money to cure the
disease they got by not eating meat. Face it,
there is no substitute for meat, atleast not
a healthier one, same as with vegetables.
People will do what I tell them to do, I kick
more ass than the fictional
"god" and "jesus"
that so many morons believe in. I didn't
use a capital to start their names because
they don't matter. | _Destroyer_ | | ~~~~~~~~~~>proud vegetarian!!!! | i_heart_emo_boys187 | | That's why you suck. | _Destroyer_ | Ahhh your all of like 14 or something right?
Haha hmmm well im sure that the vegetarians
dont ive two fucks about your narrow
mindedness, stereotypical ways either. Get
over it. | xkorn_sitch_dolliex | | give* | xkorn_sitch_dolliex | The point is, I'm right, and they're
hypocrites, so if they're not gonna eat
meat, they can stop bitching about it. There
is no way to defend yourself being a
vegetarian, unless you say you just don't
like the taste, any other reason makes no
sense. | _Destroyer_ | Your point may be ever so slightly valid,
however, i failed to see any of the
vegetarians on this forum bitching about
being vegetarian, only admitting that they
were one. And apart from the small minority
who may protest for animal rights and so
forth they probably do this 1000 miles away
from you, not even effecting you. You just
like to either;
a) listen to the sounds of your own voice
or,
b) winge like a little bitch too much | xkorn_sitch_dolliex | I can't wait until the day science
discovers that plants have feelings too. | _Destroyer_ | Uhh, actually, I didn't direct it to
anyone on this board, it's for any goof
that comes around in the future and reads
it.
I live with a vegetarian, and I live in an
area where vegetarians protest, it's
bullshit, they are not right. They kill as
much animals by harvesting crops as someone
killing animals on a farm. There is no right
way to be a vegetarian and protest, my point
is, if you're a vegetarian, then shut up
about people who eat meat, because you're
wrong. I recieve lots of private messages on
this account from stupid vegetarians asking
me why I hate them, and then they get into a
huge argument. | _Destroyer_ | I´m a vegetarian too! so fuck you if you have
a problem with
it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | redhot | | my words exactly!! rock on redhot!! | i_heart_emo_boys187 | Rock on both! and xkorn_sitch_dolliex too.
Woohoo! | melodramatic_fool | | yes | i_heart_emo_BOYS187 | I eat meat, lots of it, but I will admit at
times I get grossed out that what I’m eating
had eyes at some point. A lot of people say
I’m Goth but I’m really really not, but if I
wear (which I think labels are for the
terminally queer) I wouldn’t care, you have
to take shit for being yourself, either that
or you are trying to fit in with some group
or another, its all shit, and I’m willing to
accept the hell I get for whatever label is
slapped on me today. | LPfan4LYF | | *were | LPfan4LYF | YOU ARE ALL FUCKING RETARDED FUCK MAN TALK
ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE BESIDES FOOD, OH YEAH
YOU WHO HATES GOTHS, WHAT CATEGORY TO YOU
PLACE YOURSELF IN? I'LL BET YOU LIKE RAP
OR SOME GAY SHIT, IF YOU WANT TO MAKE FUN OF
GOTHS THEN CHECK OUT MANSON'S FORUM | dark_side | I don't classify myself as anything. Look
in my profile, moron.
Yeah, by the way, I can fucking read what
you're saying, by typing in all CAPS,
you're not make any one read louder. Trust
me on this one, people can still read what
you're saying if you don't type like an
idiot. | _Destroyer_ | | Damn i love being a carnivore.. | hellz_hunny | Yeah, by the way, I can fucking read what
you're saying, by typing in all CAPS,
you're not make any one read louder.
Trust
me on this one, people can still read what
you're saying if you don't type like
an
idiot.
Lol, i was gonna say, why the hell do people
always write in capitals, it's easier to
get a point across even if you just write
normally.. But hey.. | hellz_hunny | You seem to have similar views to life like
me Destroyer, oh how kids think drugs and sex
is cool.. | hellz_hunny | | well... in a way... it is kinda... | jiggyX7 | If you think drugs and sex make you cool your
probably a loser who wants to be cool,
seriously... | LPfan4LYF | Oh god some people in my English class always
show off and laugh about how they 'got
stoned' at the weekend...Grow up losers! | loser_freak | Damn stereotypes... Goths are people who hate
life, want to die and all they ever do is
whine about how unhappy they are...
It's not like that anyway. Gothic
subculture is much deeper and it's not
about being a walking corpse.
I'm not here to argue with anybody. Just
my opinion. | amita | | huh??? | rocker_chick_lc | destroyer, i think you quite an inteligent
person, but being intelligent doesnt make you
smart. Wht is it you hate about feminists, is
it that your afraid of strong women who have
there own opinions and stand up for what they
belive in? is it that you been screwed over
by the femail population (im guessing your a
man here) or is it that you are just
extreemly ignorant, so ignorant that you cant
even acnowladge other ppls belifes and
lifestyle choices u fucking dictator! and for
your statment "get a life"...
havent you noticed, we all have lifes, its
just that your so wrapped up in your own that
u can't see it. OK there we go again,
another thing you cant undrstand so another
thing u hate, goths! you are acting like the
world owes you a fucking favour. i myself am
a vegetarian and i belive in femenism so it
deeply offends me that you say these things
without proper justificatin and logic, what
happend in your life that screwed you up so
much, i bet your dad had the same views as
you. its very sad, im so glad you have no
chance of running any country coz i no how
much we all hate dictators. thanxs and
remember nobody likes a nasty predudice only
of course other nasty predudice ppl, your
friends probably | Coral-fang | oooo distroyer whos the hipocrit now, on your
profile you say u dislike ppl who judge
others by there apperance or something, what!
that means you must hate yourself coz what
you said about goths definatly says to me you
hate them for there image (and belifes)oh
dear it looks like you have no friends
either, lol, now y doesnt that suprise me | Coral-fang | wow. I read through this entire topic and can
confidently say that there was only 1
intelligent thing said the entire time. | THE_DROOGIE | I don't like them too.. But I don't
hate them, either..
Tree hugging hippies?? What's that? | avrilduff | i dont care anymore about
arguing with some sad 16 year old
(note when i say this i am only 15 so he
could probably kick the shit out of me, but
he lives in canada, yay!) | Coral-fang | | screw u | Chicodelongest | you werent kidding when you said a huge post.
Well that was a very enjoyable read, thank
you. | THE_DROOGIE | | great | Coral-fang | what the fuck? i am a vegetarian what the
hell have i done to you? nothing. you are an
ass. | Megs29 | | hmm...yep..Armand has a good point... | I_Luv_Emo | That's so not true! I don't label
myself as 'goth' but I think it's so
unfair...All the shit ya'll said was based
on stupid stereotypes..... Yeah.... and maybe
if we're lucky Avril will be the one
dying!...She's so fake! | teenage_corpse | u fucken lozer
theres more to goths than that!!!!!
u dont understand anythin about life do u?
nd u r too afraid to c the truth,
no one cares about u
you should go kill urself
it would b the happiest day in history! | totaltomboy | i dont know how you guys do it.(being
vegetarians)i HATE vegetables.
if i couldnt eat meat,i would just live on
junk food and eventually get a heart attack.i
need meat. who the hell said plants have
feelings?thats funny.
the only vege i like is artichoke(and thats
with mayo)
say,if you were working out,wouldnt you kinda
need to eat meat?
im not saying you would be incapable,just if
you wanted to get huge.isnt there enzymes and
protein in meat?hey i dont care who ANYBODY
is,the only kind of person i dont like is fat
people.they eat all my food.
i like nazis,but not skin heads.
at least nazis dont marry there own sisters. | derith_89th2 | No... I think Derith is right. If you are
doing things that specifically require
*more*, then you need to eat more meat.
It's not healthy, though. A vegan
couldn't become a huge body-builder very
easily. Meat would make it work better. In
fact, steroids would, too. Meat and steroids.
And meat treated with steroids.
Blahr. Nooot healthy. | xzar | _Destroyer_, u are a stupid idiot. Not at all
goths are depressed and u probably don't
know any real goths to begin with.Real goths
were around in the eighties .And as for
dissing vegetarians, ur a stupid, ignorant
fool. Vegetarians are probaly one of the
healthiest ppl in the world. Because we eat a
variety of vegetables, vegetarians have no
use for meat. Being a vegetarian brings lots
of health benefits that u r probably to
ignorant to know anout. Being a vegetarian
lowers ur chances of getting heart diseases,
becoming, obese or having a stroke. If u
don't believe me, ask any doctor and
he/she will tell u the benifits of being a
vegetarian u asshole. | lacunacoilfan15 | I've just noticed one funny thing about
this post. You said that Goths are afraid to
die.
I'm laughing right now. One of the things
that makes Goths different from other people
is that they AREN'T afraid of dying. They
take death as something you can't escape
but at the same time a riddle that they want
to find the answer to. My personal opinion
is that Goths should believe in life after
death and be interested in such sort of
things because this makes the fear go away.
Actually, being not afraid of death gives you
a key to a full life and the ability to enjoy
its beauty. And Goths understand it.
Oh don't bring me down! I'll go and cut
my veines=)
| amita | errrr...hi i'm not a goth and i don't
like them or make fun of them so they have
nothing to do, with me, but what you said was
really funny! | MadGoddess | ok so depressed goths whu wanna die r stupid
but they shudnt be wished upon to die they
shud be givn the chance to chnge and get a
beta life and not all goths drink smoke and
have unprotected sex u no that sounds more
like chavs than goths. and if a sum1 doesnt
wanna eat meat and think its cruel then thats
fine its how they wanna live and i respect
that! and wats round with a man bein feminist
? or hippis? ur the 1 hu shud get a life | xXgXx | I have questions for you, Vamp.
Were you born in the mainstream society?
Did you become goth or were you born as one? | avrilduff | | :( u didnt reply to me i am sad now | xXgXx | I didn't read this post well, I didn't
know that my questions are already answered. | avrilduff | Can I ask a question? Because i will any way,
why would you post on a forum without reading
it all? I just think that, that is comon
sense. | i_stand_alone | Cause sometimes the forum has a gazillion
posts, and no one wants to read every single
one. | XratedRomance | | red eyes, yea right! | totaltomboy | And I guess that you totaltomboy, have
personally seen me to have your opinion. | i_stand_alone | I tend to read the starter-post and 3-5 of
the last posts. Except if the thread contains
just a few posts. | avrilduff | hey i'm bak just thought i'd let ya
no!! an its amaizin how a forum bout dying
goths turn into 1 bout howw many post people
read! plz add me by da way | xXgXx | the problem with the challenged teens of the
gothic nature, ah.. sweet sweet depressed
gothics.
They might not eat already or they might be
bulemic but since they dont eat most of the
time i get to ask for their lunch money, but
i do
have a slight amount of respect for them.
i dont HATE gothics,
i just think they could be a bit simpler.
the gothicHottopic shoppers have no support
of my gratitude at all.
its too expenceive to be a hottopi-goth.
sigh..
but i mostly respect the gothic-wiccan type. | phuckyou | I can’t stand kitchen witches. And it is
thanks to you (whomever it was that started
this topic) that I had to learn how the
adequately defend myself. And when I say
thank you I mean it, the feel of bone
crunching under my fist is so much sweeter
when the bone belongs to a goober similar to
yourself. Oh, what I wouldn’t give to have a
chance to bleed you like a decapitated mule
you arrogant freak. | VoicesCollaboration | goths are cool except for the ones that
overrate tim burton movies........stupid
fucks | blackrain13 | what the fuck is up with you tellin goths to
fuckin die for thats just so fuckin hateful
you stupid bitch why dont you fuckin die. | mandy15 | | patience......his time will come | derith_90th | | lol destroyer u are funny lmao | MadGoddess | have a point on what you said but not all of
them are like that. but there will be less
food and danger to world when one die.it
should bush | NYC_rock_yknowme | FUCK
YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!! BITCH ASS MUTHER ASSS
FUCKKERRRRR!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG
WITH YOUR PREP ASS BITCH MOTHER FUCKING
ASS!!!!! DID YOUR MOM FORGET TO GIVE YOU A
PORSH FOR X-MAS? AWWW>>>FUUCKK YOUUUUU!!!
just cuz you dont have problems doesnt mean
everyone who does should die!!! and wut the
fuk! are you talking about vegetarians are
saving animals oh and not all goths drink and
smoke idiot some a my best friends are gothic
and ther awesome i dont only hang out with
people in my group you FUCKING POZER ASS
BITCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | 3xdaysxgrace | You can add punks, emo fags, metaldorks, and
rock fans who hates on everything except
their own music to the "TO DIE"
list! >:) | AzN_HiPhOp_bOi | | | |
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