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標題[情報] Avril Lavigne To Show Fans What Lies Beneath On New Albu
時間Tue Mar 2 11:32:08 2004
Avril Lavigne To Show Fans What Lies Beneath On New Album
Singer to premiere material from Under My Skin on upcoming mall tour.
by Joe D'Angelo
If the 6 million fans who made Avril Lavigne's first album, Let Go,
among the best-selling records of 2002 think they know what makes
the 19-year-old rocker tick, they're just scratching the surface.
As her second album's title,
Under My Skin, suggests, Lavigne's about to show them what lies
beneath.
"There are some songs that are really deep," she said. "I have this
song called 'How Does It Feel.' It's just a very mature song. Just
me stepping back and looking at my life, talking about how I am
small and the world is big. I'm a deep person and I think of weird
things.
"[Let Go] was just a few things I went through and wrote about," she
continued. "There's so much more to my life now."
Lavigne understands why some fans might think they've got her
pegged. Songs like "Anything but Ordinary," "Complicated" and
"Losing Grip" paint her as a misunderstood adolescent struggling for
her own sense of normalcy while rebelling against conventional
ideas. Nearly constant media coverage — even when she may not have
always welcomed it — presented another sketch of the artist.
"I think a lot of people think I come across as a bitch," she said.
"Everyone I meet tells me, 'Man, I didn't think you'd be so cool,'
which kinda sucks."
While she may be letting her wrist-banded guard down, she's hardly
turning into a pushover, evidenced by "Don't Tell Me," the album's
first single, expected to hit the airwaves in mid-March. One of the
few songs on the album that's not inspired by personal experiences,
the song is less an anthem for abstinence than it is a statement
about not giving in to pressure. Featuring the lyrics, "Don't think
that your charm and the fact that your arm/ Is now around my neck
will get you in my pants/ I'll have to kick your ass ..." and "Get
out of my head/ Get off of my bed/ Yeah, that's what I said," the
track presents Lavigne as the big sister many girls don't have.
"It's about being strong," Lavigne explained. "There are a lot of
guys out there who just want to take you out to dinner and then,
like basically go home and 'unhh' you. That's what a lot of guys are
like and I just think girls need to be strong and not let any guy
pressure them into doing anything."
Under My Skin finds Lavigne working with fellow musicians rather
than the songwriting ringers who assisted with Let Go. Her guitarist
Evan Taubenfeld penned the music for "Don't Tell Me" while the band
was in the early stages of promoting Let Go. Many songs were written
with singer/songwriter Chantal Kreviazuk, whom Lavigne describes as
a big-sister figure. Our Lady Peace frontman Raine Maida produced
some tracks, as did Marvelous 3's Butch Walker. But the collaborator
with the most star power was former Evanescence guitarist Ben Moody
(see "So Where's Evanescence's Ben Moody? Ask Avril Lavigne").
The pair penned several songs together, though only "Nobody's Here"
made the cut for the album. Another tune not directly inspired by
personal events, "Nobody's Here" is about a girl plagued with
problems who just wants things to return to normal. A collaboration
with the guitarist behind the toothy riffs of songs like "Going
Under" and "Bring Me to Life" might suggest "Nobody's Here" will
sound like an Evanescence song with Avril, not Amy Lee, on vocals.
To that, Lavigne has a simple response.
"Uhhh ... no.
"It's actually an acoustic song with strings," she added.
That's one surprise that awaits those who flock to malls across the
country to catch Lavigne and Taubenfeld premiere the new material on
only acoustic guitars. Beginning in Minneapolis on Thursday, the
pair will embark on a 21-city North American trek well in advance of
the album's May 25 release date. Each successive gig will be
announced only 48 hours before show time on local radio stations and
online at AOL CityGuide. The tour is expected to wrap in Dallas in
mid-April.
"It's kind of funny, because we're just going to randomly show up at
malls," she said. "It'll be good practice for me to play my guitar
every day."
There's another upside to the trek, too. Unlike the sheds and
amphitheatres she's been accustomed to playing, mall gigs have an
advantage crucial to almost every 19-year-old.
"When we're done with the shows, we can put on disguises and go
shopping every day."
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