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AVRIL LAVIGNE

interview

When were you born? and where?
I was born on the twenty-seventh of September 1984 in Napanee in Canada.

Have you got any brothers or sisters?
I've got one brother and one sister.

Have you got any pets?
Yes, I've a dog, he's called "Sam".

Your dad is French, isn't he?
Yes, and I'm happy about that, I love France.

What are your hobbies?
I skate and I sing and write my songs.

You play the guitar, do you play another intrument?
I played the piano a long time ago but I quickly stopped. Now, I'm learning to play drums with my musicians.

What was your first day in New York like when you arrived alone at sixteen years old?
It was wonderful! It was real life which was beginning. I was very excited about my flat just for me alone! But I realized I had to do the washing up and the cooking (laugh) !

Your album is very interesting. Really Rock. Where did you take your strong energy? Why did you choose that style of music?
I think Rock is...er... It's me!! I put all my problems in my songs, that's good for me, I'm better after having written what I feel.

Do you need anything special to write your songs?
I feel good writing in the night. But I find new ideas anywhere, I have already found a new idea while doing the washing up!

Are you always happy and do you enjoy yourself all the time?
Yes, I can't stay and do nothing. I move all the time and I think that when I'm tired my family and my friends love that.

Are you still a child?
Oh! Yes! I want to remain a child, I love to do silly things as when I was a teenager, it's great!

Are you a rebel?
I don't know, it's the media that gave me that label.

THE Reason of our choice

We've chosen this song, because this story of a boy and a girl is very simple and nice. This is a very good lesson for us, for our lives. We must to listen to ourselves, our heart and not to our friends, we mustn't let our friends decide for us. Because in the song, the girl listen to her friends and refues to be with the boy and later she is sad because she didn't listen to her heart. "Sk8er boi" is very well written and we like the ryhthm of the song. The singer has a nice voice, it's very nice to listen to her.
 

The meaning of the song

The song is a love story. He was a boy, she was a girl, she did ballet and he was a skaterboy. She wanted to go out with him but her friends told her, she was too good for him so she refused him. Five years later, she is alone and she has a baby and she thinks about the boy. One day, she sees him, he has become a Rockstar and all of the friends already have tickets for his concert. She would like to go back with him but he has already found another girlfriend and they have already written a song together about a girl he used to know.

LYRICS : SK8ER BOI

 

He was a boy
She was a girl
Can i make it any more 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 their nose
They had a problem with his baggy 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

5 years from now
She sits 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
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
Slamming on his guitar
Does your pretty face see what he's worth?

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

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 the man that boy could be
There is more that meets the eye
I see the soul that is inside

He's just a boy
And Im just a girl
Can I make it any more obvious
We are in love
Haven't you heard
How we rock eachothers 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 the studio
Singing the song we wrote
About a girl you used to know

I'm with the skater boy
I said see you later boy
I'll be back stage after the show
I'll be at the studio
Singing the song we wrote
About a girl you used to know