July 8, 200718 yr Was this song popular back in the 70's as it could just be a coincidence, Avril probably wasn't even born til the late 80's so may have never even heard the song. You're forgetting the fact that Avril has a CO-writer in this as well... So, it may be possible that HE has.... And in any case, I find it impossible to believe that she wont have heard Toni Basil's "Hey Mickey", it's a classic 80s tune that still gets played...... So, she's still a dirty little plagiarist.....
July 9, 200718 yr Nine words out of the song are the same and she's a dirty plagarist? I put it down to coincidence myself, I don't think there's enough in it to say she ripped it off. The similarity to Hey Mickey is evident, but in this case, I don't think it's plagarised. Edited July 9, 200718 yr by Andrewy
July 9, 200718 yr One wonders if maybe she heard it a long time ago in the background somewhere and the riff was stuck somewhere in the back of her brain...
July 9, 200718 yr Nine words out of the song are the same and she's a dirty plagarist? I put it down to coincidence myself, I don't think there's enough in it to say she ripped it off. The similarity to Hey Mickey is evident, but in this case, I don't think it's plagarised. Oh come on mate, her and her co-writer just glued them together and hoped no one would actually notice.... UH UH, WRONG!!!!! We damn well did notice.... Sorry, but this pretty cavalier "cut-and-paste" bullsh!t approach to "songwriting" is just becoming ridiculous.... Modern Pop Music is a fukkin' joke. It's taking the p!ss.....
July 9, 200718 yr Coming up with the lyrics "Hey You" and "I want to be your girlfriend" isn't rocket science. I doubt she needed help from this old band to think that up in no more than 5 seconds. Coincidence.
July 9, 200718 yr Coming up with the lyrics "Hey You" and "I want to be your girlfriend" isn't rocket science. I doubt she needed help from this old band to think that up in no more than 5 seconds. Coincidence. As I said earlier .... both songs are cr*p! Don't know what the fuss is about! It's not like we're talking Bohemian Rhapsody, Imagine, Life on Mars, or any decent bloody song. Pile of Poo!
July 9, 200718 yr Oh come on mate, her and her co-writer just glued them together and hoped no one would actually notice.... UH UH, WRONG!!!!! We damn well did notice.... Sorry, but this pretty cavalier "cut-and-paste" bullsh!t approach to "songwriting" is just becoming ridiculous.... Modern Pop Music is a fukkin' joke. It's taking the p!ss..... Na ... I think that in this case it's just coincidence ... wanting to date someone is hardly a rare topic to write a song about, I think saying "I want to be your girl/boyfriend" is a lyric that comes up fairly regularly :lol: I put it down to coincidence for this one.
July 16, 200718 yr I think it's not about the lyrics (well, it is) but the fact it sounds similar. The hey (hey!) you (you!) I want to be your boyfriend is in the same vein as Girlfriend. I still think it's a coincidence.
July 16, 200718 yr I think it's not about the lyrics (well, it is) but the fact it sounds similar. The hey (hey!) you (you!) I want to be your boyfriend is in the same vein as Girlfriend. I still think it's a coincidence. Yeah, and the fact that it sounds very similar to Toni Basil's "Hey Mickey" as well is 'coincidence' too I suppose...... Oh, and now there's talk of her ripping off Peaches as well.... Another 'coincidence' presumably...... She's nothing more than some LA fake-ass b**ch now, she was doing SO much better when she was just being herself back in the "Sk8er Boi" days... And please don't call it "developing as an artist" because I dont call blatant plagiarism and dressing up like some skanky LA hooker for a sleazy photoshoot "artistic development"...
July 16, 200718 yr Author Yeah, and the fact that it sounds very similar to Toni Basil's "Hey Mickey" as well is 'coincidence' too I suppose...... Oh, and now there's talk of her ripping off Peaches as well.... Another 'coincidence' presumably...... She's nothing more than some LA fake-ass b**ch now, she was doing SO much better when she was just being herself back in the "Sk8er Boi" days... And please don't call it "developing as an artist" because I dont call blatant plagiarism and dressing up like some skanky LA hooker for a sleazy photoshoot "artistic development"... Well seeing as Avril Lavigne has gone from in the beginning ripping off Alanis Morissette image & sound to ripping off Kelly Clarkson's image & sound (ironically Kelly has done the reverse to disasterous results!) it is hardly too surprising.
July 17, 200718 yr Well seeing as Avril Lavigne has gone from in the beginning ripping off Alanis Morissette image & sound to ripping off Kelly Clarkson's image & sound (ironically Kelly has done the reverse to disasterous results!) it is hardly too surprising. Yeah, she did have the whole "watered-down teenage Alanis" thing going... :lol: :lol:, but even so, that was still more about her being herself than what she's become now....
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