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Post by atlantaboy on Jun 25, 2007 9:31:02 GMT -5
Does anyone else think that A. L.'s lyrics are getting worse and worse? This is one of the most cliche-lyric songs I've heard since the 80s - maybe it was written for her by someone else
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Post by Kid Pulse on Jun 28, 2007 15:57:19 GMT -5
Haven't heard this one yet, but the explosion is starting!
68 43 AVRIL LAVIGNE When You're Gone 2007 RCA/RMG 234 66 168 0.730
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Post by MinusName on Jun 28, 2007 18:13:31 GMT -5
I think I've already exhausted myself from this song, but this will be hanging around on the Hot AC chart until early 2008 more than likely. I think top 5 will be pretty easy to get.
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Post by atlantaboy on Jun 28, 2007 20:21:39 GMT -5
I think the early "explosion" is from the record label promoting the single - the lyrics are so poor, I think, it will slow way down when it approaches the Top 10, and have a QUICK DECLINE in the fall - early radio station callout is actually pretty mediocre on this song (at least on Hot AC)
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Post by crazyfun1 on Jun 28, 2007 20:24:43 GMT -5
As I stated in a thread a bit ago, under "your opinion please"...Avrils single sounds horrible, and very jouvenile.
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Post by Kid Pulse on Jul 13, 2007 18:37:17 GMT -5
I hate to admit it- but I like this.  Chick music all the way like mosr Avril music, but oh well. 35 31 AVRIL LAVIGNE When You're Gone 2007 RCA/RMG 577 445 132 2.278 I agree the lyrics are pretty weak, though. I just like the way she sings them. |
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Post by Kid Pulse on Aug 7, 2007 17:36:30 GMT -5
This song sounds really good on radio in my opinion, and should last longer than her last two singles.
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Post by Kid Pulse on Aug 15, 2007 22:48:50 GMT -5
Geez am I the only one who loves this song? Nobody ever replies on it, hahah.
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Post by tortuga on Aug 15, 2007 22:54:21 GMT -5
One of the most boring songs of the year! She's really lacking in the ballads this time around.
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Post by vinyl on Aug 16, 2007 15:15:42 GMT -5
It's doing decent on Hot AC?
Good. :)
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Post by atlantaboy on Aug 16, 2007 18:23:54 GMT -5
Geez am I the only one who loves this song? Nobody ever replies on it, hahah. That's cause I'm trying not to say anything negative  Glad u like this song, though!! |
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Post by MinusName on Aug 16, 2007 22:03:49 GMT -5
Geez am I the only one who loves this song? Nobody ever replies on it, hahah. I loved this song back in April, but I got tired of it a lot quicker than her previous ballads. This has nothing on "I'm With You" or "Keep Holding On" imo. |
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Post by Kid Pulse on Aug 21, 2007 15:38:13 GMT -5
One of the most boring songs of the year! Maybe that's why I like it so much. 14 14 AVRIL LAVIGNE When You're Gone 2007 RCA/RMG 1662 1526 136 6.930 |
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Post by vinyl on Aug 23, 2007 12:56:28 GMT -5
Pff I hope she reaches the top 10.
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Post by Kid Pulse on Sept 11, 2007 7:28:47 GMT -5
How about this? 10 10 AVRIL LAVIGNE When You're Gone 2007 RCA/RMG 1871 1746 125 7.881 |
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Post by atlantaboy on Sept 11, 2007 10:26:51 GMT -5
Just heard "Don't Tell Me" on the radio and the difference between the lyrics on her previous CDs and this current one is ridiculous - IMO it's almost like two different artists (she used to sound like Alanis Morissette, now she sounds like Ashlee Simpson) - did she start writing her own lyrics, stop writing her own lyrics, or just purposely try to fit in with the teen pop scene? (if anyone knows...)
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Post by Kid Pulse on Sept 11, 2007 14:32:02 GMT -5
I think people aren't looking deeply enough into this song, to find out the lyrics have a lot of meaning to them. Avril was worried it would sound "cheesey".
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Post by atlantaboy on Sept 11, 2007 15:52:04 GMT -5
I think people aren't looking deeply enough into this song, to find out the lyrics have a lot of meaning to them. Avril was worried it would sound "cheesey". It's got lines like "I love the things that you do" "Don't you know how much I need you right now" "The voice I came to know is missing too" and "The words that always get me through the day and make it okay I miss you" - it is cheesey I don't get why she couldn't have made the lyrics more specific like she did in "Don't Tell Me" "I'm With You" or "Complicated" - the most creative it gets is when she says the bed is made up on his side and that the clothes on the floor smell just like him - IMO this could've been a much bigger hit if she (or someone) had just spent some time on it...this song sounds like it was written in five minutes IMO |
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Post by Kid Pulse on Sept 11, 2007 20:04:20 GMT -5
I think people aren't looking deeply enough into this song, to find out the lyrics have a lot of meaning to them. Avril was worried it would sound "cheesey". It's got lines like "I love the things that you do" "Don't you know how much I need you right now" "The voice I came to know is missing too" and "The words that always get me through the day and make it okay I miss you" - it is cheesey I don't get why she couldn't have made the lyrics more specific like she did in "Don't Tell Me" "I'm With You" or "Complicated" - the most creative it gets is when she says the bed is made up on his side and that the clothes on the floor smell just like him - IMO this could've been a much bigger hit if she (or someone) had just spent some time on it...this song sounds like it was written in five minutes IMO She wrote it about her marrige, and how she is so far away from her husband all of the time, and doesn't get to see him very much. I guess personal songs are often the simplist ones. |
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Post by atlantaboy on Sept 12, 2007 17:38:13 GMT -5
It's got lines like "I love the things that you do" "Don't you know how much I need you right now" "The voice I came to know is missing too" and "The words that always get me through the day and make it okay I miss you" - it is cheesey I don't get why she couldn't have made the lyrics more specific like she did in "Don't Tell Me" "I'm With You" or "Complicated" - the most creative it gets is when she says the bed is made up on his side and that the clothes on the floor smell just like him - IMO this could've been a much bigger hit if she (or someone) had just spent some time on it...this song sounds like it was written in five minutes IMO She wrote it about her marrige, and how she is so far away from her husband all of the time, and doesn't get to see him very much. I guess personal songs are often the simplist ones. Do you know if she wrote the songs on her previous CDs? (by herself) I can't believe she couldn't find a more poetic way to write "I love the things that you do", unless she's never really written songs before now |
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Post by mrclimbfall20 on Sept 13, 2007 23:07:47 GMT -5
I hate to admit it- but I like this. Chick music all the way like mosr Avril music, but oh well. 35 31 AVRIL LAVIGNE When You're Gone 2007 RCA/RMG 577 445 132 2.278 I agree the lyrics are pretty weak, though. I just like the way she sings them. I agree. The chorus is really catchy. In a way it reminds me of a faster paced (and much better) version of "Because Of You" by Kelly Clarkson. |
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Post by atlantaboy on Sept 14, 2007 18:17:22 GMT -5
I hate to admit it- but I like this. Chick music all the way like mosr Avril music, but oh well. 35 31 AVRIL LAVIGNE When You're Gone 2007 RCA/RMG 577 445 132 2.278 I agree the lyrics are pretty weak, though. I just like the way she sings them. I agree. The chorus is really catchy. In a way it reminds me of a faster paced (and much better) version of "Because Of You" by Kelly Clarkson. Seems like two completely opposite songs lyrically |
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Post by shocker on Sept 15, 2007 6:17:15 GMT -5
Musically, it's a very haunting song. The instrumentation kind of reminds me of Coldplay or Augustana.
I can't see the comparison to Kelly Clarkson very much.
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Post by atlantaboy on Sept 15, 2007 10:44:20 GMT -5
Musically, it's a very haunting song. The instrumentation kind of reminds me of Coldplay or Augustana. No!!! Don't say that - Augustana is one of my favorite bands!!! The piano intro and ending are pretty nice though to "When You're Gone" - I think it could've been a really big hit on both CHR and HAC if more time had been put into the lyrics (sorry I've prob. said that a million times) :) |
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Post by Kid Pulse on Sept 15, 2007 12:37:27 GMT -5
I still think it will be a big Hot AC hit.
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Post by atlantaboy on Sept 15, 2007 13:00:21 GMT -5
I still think it will be a big Hot AC hit. Sorry I keep dissin your song...I'm just frustrated with Avril :) |
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Post by Kid Pulse on Sept 15, 2007 13:32:18 GMT -5
I still think it will be a big Hot AC hit. Sorry I keep dissin your song...I'm just frustrated with Avril :) Hahah, it's cool If it weren't for so many females going top 5 (Fergie, P!nk, and soon-to-be Colbie Caillat), I think this might be there already. |
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Post by esoteric76 on Sept 20, 2007 15:24:13 GMT -5
Musically, it's a very haunting song. The instrumentation kind of reminds me of Coldplay or Augustana. I can't see the comparison to Kelly Clarkson very much. The chord progression in the chorus is nearly identical to that of Faith Hill's "When the Lights Go Down." It took me about 2 days of obsession to figure it out...listen to the two back to back and you'll hear it... |
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Chick music all the way like mosr Avril music, but oh well.
