Yes, I’m afraid Avril Lavigne has disappointed us all, only this time it’s because she said some naughty words in front of children. You know, like their parents do when they get mad. And like all the TV shows do now. And like so many people’s t-shirts say on them. Oh, sorry, I’m supposed to outraged, right? Okay, here goes:
Avril, you should be ashamed of yourself! But this time it’s for something other than your music!
Actually, that’s just a joke. She plays a version of punk rock that’s supposed to be kid-friendly, and honestly, who among you can truly say you could play punk rock for kids for very long before you’d need to shout some bad words just to get out the frustration after a while? Like the guys in the Wiggles, you know you’d have to scream “fuck” every once in a while just to get it out of your system. So perhaps she just got her wires crossed and forgot where she was or something. But seriously, it was at a baseball game, right? Shouldn’t something wake everyone up every once in a while anyway, just so the players don’t get discouraged to see everyone sleeping through all the games all the time?
And as to her music: Look, punk rock is supposed to annoy adults anyway, right? All punk rock fans remember how their parents hated it, I’m sure. So how do you think kids today would feel if you liked their music? It would damage them for life! That’s why they have to find stuff you’ll hate. (They don’t have to try very hard!) So, as adults, we’re supposed to hate Avril Lavigne! It’s by design.
Also, as a faux punk rocker (like she is), you’re going to get frustrated by people always dissing on you for being candy-assed anyway, and that will make you want to scream an obscenity now and again to try to legitimize yourself as a true punk. (Remember that guy from Green Day saying how it makes him mad to be called “pop punk”, even thought that’s an honest, accurate description and/or classification of their music?) You can’t really begrudge her that, now can you?
Here’s the article. Yes, don’t take my word for it; she really did say bad words!:
