Thursday, August 11, 2022

Her World


Let's get it clear: this was not a concert that featured aging veterans like Aerosmith. Nor a band on its so-called tenth 'Final Concert' like a-ha. Or a concert featuring old and frail rockers like Duran Duran. This was a concert that featured a brand new singer Avril Lavigne; on her first DVD tour.

As such maybe you could excuse a bit of the nerves out there. Or the fact she was out of tune in the starting part of the concert (and almost the whole song for 'Nobody's Fool'). In fact; it was only when she hit Green Day's 'Basketcase' midway through the concert that she really got into her groove. I don't really like it when singers sing other singer's covers on their concert; as it seems to show a lack of material on their part; but I did enjoy her rendition of Bob Dylan's 'Knockin' On Heaven's Door' towards the closing stages.

The good thing about this concert: she does cover all the hits from her debut album Let Go; including what I consider her three standout hits: 'Anything But Ordinary'; 'Nobody's Fool' & 'Things I'll Never Say'; that are super catchy and better than anything from her current arsenal. It is no doubt that at her raw youth; she produced better songs than what her current version is producing; which seems to have slightly run out of ideas.

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