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Avril Lavigne: Happy Ending

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by Michaela Annot
  • Type: Single
  • Release date: 02/08/2004
  • Label: Arista
The news a few months ago that ex-Evanescence axe-man Ben Moody was hooking up with Avril Lavigne was enough to send shivers down the spine of even the most besotted sk8er bois.

Goodbye pop thrills! Hello angry damsel! Even though Mr Moody (what an apt name) isn’t involved in this particular track, the shadow of overblown whinge-pop looms large. ‘Happy Ending’ is an Alanis Morissette tune in all but name. It’s nowhere near as good as Avril’s uber-ballad ‘I’m With You’ from her last album, and it’s the sort of gritted teeth ‘everything’s-rubbish-now-cos-you’re-gone-you-bastard’ pap that gives us girls a bad name and makes us all look like a bunch of depressive bunny boilers.

But at the same time, it’s really quite catchy, impressively pompous and enjoyably over-stated. How confusing.

  • Avril Lavigne 6 / 10

Avril Lavigne - Happy Ending

Why are you even review this fuckin shite?

Avril Lavigne - Happy Ending

Whilst I would much rather have my foreskin removed by a rabid rottweiler than ever hear this rancid pile of poo by choice again, I fully support DiS's decision to review it. Every now and then a pop gem springs from the unlikeliest of places - Busted, Kylie, Five, even the eminently punchable Will Young - and we should always be alert and open to the possibility.

If we close our ears, brothers and sisters, we close our minds.

*lol* Honestly, I'm not as much of a wanker as I sound...

Avril Lavigne - Happy Ending

Rather *embarrassingly*, I do quite like this song. Yes, the little cum wagon annoys the tits off me quite frankly, but it doesn't stop the tune from being rather top. I think she's given the stripey knee-length socks a rest and is really letting the RAWK flow \m/

Re: Avril Lavigne - Happy Ending

God I sounded like a cunt in that post. It's not like i'm encouraging her to let the RAWK flow, it's not like i'm a fan of RAWK... infact i'd rather listen to this single a million times on repeat before I peeled the price sticker off some trashy emo band's flame decorated capsule of tosh. Good old Avril, I respect her a lot more than punk pop bands playing the Concrete Jungle Stage.

Re: Avril Lavigne - Happy Ending

youre funny.

Re: Avril Lavigne - Happy Ending

"Little cum wagon" :) That amuses me. I fucking hate Lavigne though.

Avril Lavigne - Happy Ending

Oh pleeeaaaase, .. what is Avril Lavigne doing on THIS SITE?? I thought this place here was about REAL alternative/indie music?!?!?
Plus, ... what I like about this site is that you feature many small bands, that do not get the chance to be promoted through TV or radio. Avril does have heavy marketing behind her, .. and, most of all, her music is not worth to be mentioned on here!

Re: Avril Lavigne - Happy Ending

Eh. Don't worry about it, it's not like she's being interviewed and given front page flashorama suckfest exposure.

Avril Lavigne - Happy Ending

I'm sure theres alot of DIS readers who like Avril.
And the NME.........

Avril Lavigne - Happy Ending

As much as I dislike Avril Lavigne and her music (I just don't find it appealing. In the least bit.), I must say that this album is better than the last. I can't stand the chick's voice, but the songs do have some meaning, even if it is tacky and overrated. You have to give her some credit.
I think her last album had a lot of the energy of someone trying to be or do something in it. This album, I think she's just given up w/ trying to get something (It's apparently not pleasing the ones she wants to please), and just started doing what was real, and what was her.
And as much as I still dislike her voice, that 'Happy Ending' song has gotten to me. Even if it is slighty tacky. It's real.
I mean, face it: You can't tell the blunt truth w/o being tacky.
You just can't.
So I'll admit it, as much as I don't like her music, when that song comes on the radio...
Yes, I do turn it up a bit.
: P

Re: Avril Lavigne - Happy Ending

What's the meaning of the song? That she's a cranky bitch who writes retarded songs and acts all tough like she can beat up men but would start crying because she ran out of energy while playing tetherball?

Re: Avril Lavigne - Happy Ending

Haha, that could be a reasonable opinion if you really dislike her and the song that much.

Avril Lavigne - Happy Ending

whats tetherball?
is it on a simpsons episode?
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Avril Lavigne - Happy Ending

Hey precious kids, don't cry because Avril gets a mention on DiS. Let the feelings wash over you, let the annoyance dribble away and put something on that you do like.

Ben Moody though.. hawhahaha. If his surname reflects her second album perfectly ie. 'moody' with a capital 'Shite', then let's hope she starts working with a banjo player called Constance Imminent-Death.