Avril

Avril
Née le 27 septembre 1984 à Napanee, Ontario, Canada.

Elle passa toute son enfance à Napanee, une petite ville de 5000 habitants de l'Ontario. Fille de Judy Lavigne et John Lavigne, elle a un grand frère (Matt) et une petite s½ur (Michelle).

Elle décide de devenir chanteuse dès son plus jeune âge. Soutenue dès lors par ses parents, c'est à l'âge de douze ans que la jeune fille écrit ses premières chansons, apprenant d'elle-même à jouer de la guitare. Inspirée par ses propres expériences, ses textes se mêlent à une musique influencé par les Goo Goo Dolls, Green Day et l'univers du skate, qu'elle pratique régulièrement. Elle chante dans la chorale de l'église de son village, vers 12 ans, et se produit lors de petits festivals et d'événements locaux. À mi-chemin entre le pop et le pop-punk, elle se produit dans quelques festivals régionaux.

Pour ses parents la musique est très importante : « Pendant de nombreuses années, la seule musique que j'écoutais était ce que j'entendais à l'église et ce que passaient mes parents à la maison. À mon anniversaire et à Noël, on m'offrait des disques. »

Passionnée par la musique, elle commence à emprunter la guitare sèche de son père jusqu'au jour où elle reçoit la sienne. À partir de ce moment, elle y consacre une majorité de temps de sa propre initiative. Elle joue sans cesse la même chanson : Fly Away de Lenny Kravitz. Puis, elle commence à écrire ses propres chansons : « J'ai commencé à écrire à 12 ans et mes premières chansons ont commencé à exister alors que j'en avais 13. Mais je crois avoir toujours écrit des poèmes. Je les ai tous gardés et je pense que je pourrais transformer certains d'entre eux en chansons. Certains ne sont en effet pas mauvais. »

Le recruteur Antonio Reid, de RCA/Arista, la découvre lors de l'un de ces festivals et lui propose un contrat. Avril Lavigne a alors seize ans lorsqu'elle arrête ses études pour se consacrer pleinement à la musique. Elle part à Manhattan pour écrire son premier album. Cependant, elle entre en désaccord avec ses employeurs et s'oppose aux rythmes et aux paroles qu'on lui propose.

Elle part alors s'établir à Los Angeles, où elle fait la connaissance de Clif Magness, producteur et gérant. Un an plus tard, elle sort Complicated . Elle livre son tout premier album solo Let Go en 2002, qui connaît un grand succès. À 19 ans, Avril Lavigne sort un nouvel album en mai 2004 intitulé Under My Skin .

Après le succès de ses deux premiers albums (plus de 20 millions d'exemplaires vendus), Avril Lavigne fait des apparitions en 2006 dans les films Fast Food Nation , The Flock (avec Richard Gere) et le film d'animation Over The Hedge . Elle a également commencé une carrière de mannequin, posant notamment pour Chanel.

Elle est mariée avec Deryck Whibley, le chanteur du groupe de Punk Rock canadien Sum 41 depuis le 15 juillet 2006. Ils habitent tous les deux à Los Angeles, bien qu'elle ait une résidence à Vancouver et à Napanee. Ils sont nés tous deux dans la province de l'Ontario et se connaissent depuis longtemps lorsqu'ils commencent à entretenir des relations intimes en mars 2004.

Avril Lavigne a réalisé une chanson intitulée "Keep Holding On" pour le film Eragon.

Un nouvel album est enfin sorti, intitulé The best damn thing. Son premier extrait, Girlfriend, a fait le top des palmarès pendant plusieurs semaines.

# Posté le jeudi 31 mai 2007 09:43

Let go

Let go
Son premier album, let go s'est vendu a des milliers d'exemplaires. Voici les chanson qui se retrouvent sur l'album

1.Losing grip

2.Complicated

3.Sk8er boi

4.I'm with you

5.Mobile

6.Unwanted

7.Tomorrow

8.Anything but ordinary

9.Things I'll never say

10.My world

11.Nobody's fool

12.Too much to ask

13.Naked

# Posté le jeudi 31 mai 2007 09:55

Losing Grip

Are you aware of what you make me feel, baby
Right now I feel invisible to you, like I'm not real
Didn't you feel me lock my arms around you
Why'd you turn away ?
Here's what I have to say
I was left to cry there,
Waiting outside there
Grinning with a lost stare
That's when I decided

[chorus]
Why should I care
Cuz you weren't there when I was scared I was so alone
You, you need to listen I'm starting to trip,
I'm losing my grip and I'm in this thing alone

Am I just some chick you place beside you to take somebody's place
when you turn around can you recognize my face you used to love me,
you used to hug me
But that wasn't the case
Everything wasn't ok I was left to cry there
waiting outside there grinning with a lost stare
That's when I decided

[chorus]

Crying out loud I'm crying out loud
Crying out loud I'm crying out loud

Open your eyes
Open up wide
Why should I care
Cuz you weren't there
when I was scared I was so alone Why should I care
Cuz you weren't there when I was scared I was so alone
Why should I care
If you don't care then I don't care were not going anywhere
Why should I care cuz you weren't there when I was scared I was so alone
Why should I care If you don't care then i don't care were not going anywhere
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# Posté le jeudi 31 mai 2007 09:59

Complicated

Uh huh, life's like this
Uh huh, uh huh, that's the way it is
Cause life's like this
Uh huh, uh huh that's the way it is

Chill out whatcha yelling' for?
Lay back it's all been done before
And if you could only let it be
you will see
I like you the way you are
When we're drivin' in your car
and you're talking to me one on one but you've become

Somebody else round everyone else
You're watching your back like you can't relax
You're tryin' to be cool you look like a fool to me
Tell me

Why you have to go and make things so complicated?
I see the way you're acting like you're somebody else gets me frustrated
Life's like this you
And you fall and you crawl and you break
and you take what you get and you turn it into honesty
and promise me I'm never gonna find you fake it
no no no

You come over unannounced
dressed up like you're somethin' else
where you are and where it's at you see
you're making me
laugh out when you strike your pose
take off all your preppy clothes
you know you're not fooling anyone
when you've become

Somebody else round everyone else
Watching your back, like you can't relax
Trying to be cool you look like a fool to me
Tell me

Why you have to go and make things so complicated?
I see the way you're acting like you're somebody else gets me frustrated
Life's like this you
and You fall and you crawl and you break
and you take what you get and you turn it into
honesty
promise me I'm never gonna find you fake it
no no no

Chill out whatcha yelling for?
Lay back, it's all been done before
And if you could only let it be
You will see

Somebody else round everyone else
You're watching your back, like you can't relax
You're trying to be cool, you look like a fool to me
Tell me

Why you have to go and make things so complicated?
I see the way you're acting like you're somebody else gets me frustrated
Life's like this you
and you fall and you crawl and you break
and you take what you get and you turn it into
honesty
promise me I'm never gonna find you fake it
no no no

Why you have to go and make things so complicated?
I see the way you're acting like your somebody else gets me frustrated
Life's like this you
You fall and you crawl and you break
and you take what you get and you turn it into honesty
promise me I'm never gonna find you fake this
no no no
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# Posté le jeudi 31 mai 2007 10:01

Sk8er boi

He was a boy, she was a girl
Can I make it anymore obvious?
He was a punk, she did ballet
What more can I say?

He wanted her, she'd never tell
Secretly she wanted him as well
But all of her friends stuck up there nose
They had a problem with his buggy clothes

He was a skater boy
She said see you later boy
He wasn't good enough for her
She had a pretty face
But her head was up in space
She needed to come back down to earth

Five years from now she sit at home
Feeding the baby she's all alone
She turns on TV guess who she sees
Skater boy rockin up MTV.

She calls up her friends they already know
And they've all got tickets to see his show
She tags along and stands in the crowd
looks up at the man that she turned down.

He was a skater boy
She said see you later boy
He wasn't good enough for her
Now he's a super star
Slamin on his guitar
Does your pretty face see what he's worth? {x2}

Sorry girl but you missed out
Well tough luck that boy's mine now
We are more than just good friends
This is how the story ends
Too bad that you couldn't see
See that man that boy could be
There is more than meets the eye
I see the soul that is inside

He's just a boy and i'm just a girl
Can I make it anymore obvious?
We are in love haven't you heard
How we rock each others world

I'm with the skater boy
I said see you later boy
I'll be back stage after the show
I'll be at a studio
Singing the song we wrote
About a girl you used to know {x2}
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# Posté le jeudi 31 mai 2007 10:03