Jul 5 2007Avril Lavigne is a thief

FRIST!!!

Bunch of Negatives fighting to be a zero..

If she's punk Johnny Rotten is mainstream.
Bubble gum at best.
Dressing goofy does not make one punk.

Well that's ridiculous.

it's definitely a bit similar..

@1- Thanks troll. I LOVE being first! Esspecially first to tell you you're a cross eyed monkey fucker.

You know, I wasn't buying it until I heard the chorus of the other song... that's a little too similar to be a coincidence, I think.

Not that I really care whether she gets sued or not, but I think one line of a song that sounds like just about every other 80's pop song does not make it a ripoff. Christ, if that's the case, the beat sounds just like "Hey Mickey" by Toni Basil. We're not talking Vanilla Ice here, although the talent level is similar.

I think there's only one appropriate recourse that will appease neither side but offer us all some relief. The song should be pulled from all radio broadcasts for at least 4 years until no one cares who she is anymore. It may not do anything for either party, but that's one less poppy bullshit song we have to listen to again.

She's written a lot of songs in the past and I think it is a coincidence.

U can hear it in the chorus, for sure

I imagine if I stuck my finger way up her ass, it'd come out exceptionally dirty. For some reason that really turns me on.

I think perhaps Avril might have drawn inspiration from the chorus of the other song. Everything else about "Girlfriend" sounds original though.

I like how they try to make The Rubinoos seem like they were somehow important...
"Avril stole our song! See! We were famous! We were in a Japanese magazine and had a "Spot the Difference" section in a magazine!"

Still, the bitch needs to get a life. And by get a life I mean disappear off the face of the earth.

I like how they try to make The Rubinoos seem like they were somehow important...
"Avril stole our song! See! We were famous! We were in a Japanese magazine and had a "Spot the Difference" section in a magazine!"

Still, the bitch needs to get a better songwriting crew. And by get a better songwriting crew I mean disappear off the face of the earth.

Avril Lavigne "knows music well," eh? She's such a music scholar she couldn't pronounce David Bowie's name right.

I just found out Avril landed on Martha's Vineyard from my friend who taxi's there (she was called to pick her up from the airport), and I was considering going there to like...see her for two seconds, snap a pic, then continue drinking, but I just read this and I feel much less enchanted by the opportunity.

I have to say the immediate "settle" attitude sort of downplays her credibility. "Oh we'll just pay them instead of going to court." If it were me, my reputation would be more important.

how is it a "coincidence?" it's a pretty HUGE coincidence that they both say "hey hey you you i wanna be your ___friend".....

I would think she'd want to admit she stole it. I wouldn't want to take credit for writing that piece of shit myself.

14, they also did the theme song from Revenge Of The Nerds which makes them automatically awesome.

i stopped reading when i read that avril lavigne is said to know music well.
hahahahahahah.
oh, inverted world.

stupid... I mean, if you think about it, there's only a handful of chords available on each instrument that sounds pleasant, sooo eventually things come around that sound similar...

This is ridiculous though, Shakespeare and the guys that wrote the Bible should just sue everyone in Hollywood if these guys can sue over this song.

how can you steal from a song that nobody's ever heard before?! seriously... both melodies are just so completely trite that neither should be credited with an original idea.

i think both songs suck ass...

AMERICA IS THE PARADISE OF CACINE AETERS AND STUPID TEENAGERS THAT WANTO TO BE MAD AND LOOK LIKE A HOLD BUNCH OF PATETICA SHITEATERS AVRIL LAVIGNE IS JUST A BITCH THAT WAS FUCKED AT SCHOOL FOR ALL HIS TEACHERS AND CUMMED IN HIS STUPIDI SILLY FACE I HOPE SHE SHIT HERSELF IN A TV SHOW..AMERICANS ARE JUST A STUPID BURRITO EATERS!!

It's not a huge deal that she clearly used a line from another song--don't pop musicians recycle all the time?

It's just obnoxious that she didn't cut them a check from the start. It really is *stealing* if you don't cite your sources, and she deserves to be embarassed.

Stupid Avril...

I thought this was going to be like the Nickleback comparison, where they tear into all the songs being of almost identical structure. This is nothing like that. I have to admit that I hear two different songs. Albeit, One that sucked back in the 70's, and one that sucks today.

I agree with Nsomniac, I thought it sounded just as much like 'Hey Mickey' by Toni Basil.

Except that 'Hey Mickey' was about a million times better.

If you ask me. It sounds like she ripped off the rolling stones song "(hey you) Get off my cloud".DUUUUUHHH

um, again, George, you're bashing Americans but Avril here is Canadian.

On another related subject, I think the Fish is stealing stories from Socialitelife.com. Seriously.

I am sorry, george clooney, but WTF? what is a cacine aeter? and any-who, avril isn't a us/american but a canadian.

WOAH! Isn't Avril Lavigne Jewish?

Accusing her of KILLING JESUS is a bit anti-semitic, bro.

I'm on the fence, it might be stolen. Just to be safe Avril should be put to death immediately.

If anything it should be cheerleaders suing. The whole Hey(hey) You(you) could be taken from any of their songs... and if you watch the video, that's what they were going for.

avril lavigne needs to start dying

I bet I could open a beer with her snaggle tooth. See, she is good for something..........

kelli's totally right and i'm surprised no one else said anything, it's so damn obvious. Rolling Stones released "Get off my Cloud" in 1965, the Rubinoos' song came out in 1978...LAME. And what about the Ramones' "I wanna be your boyfriend" from 1976? It has the same damn title and the "Hey" to begin the chorus. Really, the Rubinoos(sounds a little like the Ramones) couldn't have come up with that power punk chorus.

"HEY" "HEY" "YOU" "YOU"

That's about all the two songs share and I didn't see the Rubinoos when Billy Ocean catcalled to get in his car...

Why is the "y" in "Sk8er Boi" changed to an "i"? Is the "i" really that much cooler than the "y"? At least the "8" in "Sk8er" can be chalked up to laziness, since it saves a whole character, but "boi/boy" is three letters either way. It must be that kind of rebel attitude that makes her "punk".

I think they're both shitty in their own unique ways.

Can I sue Avril for being dumb and irritating and worthless? That would stick in court.

LOL, finally.

I mean did anybody believe she wrote any of those songs? "Complicated" lol, when's that law suit coming

She doesn't write any of her own songs. Who cares anyways, she sucks and so does Good Charlotte.

All I know is I'd take Chantal Krappyassfuck over Avril's skinny, Sum 41 tattooed ass anyday. If anyone was curious.

That's ridiculous. The Rubinoos song is actually GOOD, so how could she have copied it?

Definitely no coincidence..

The chorus is exactly the same, coincidences don't happen like that, and because she is in the business, shes not too "young" not to know older music, just cus she seems like a ditz doesn't make her agents ditzes. She knew what she was stealing, and she's havin it come to her.

Hey hey, you you, (nobody would have used those words exactly like that, at the exact same pace)

Wow...the Rubinoos must really miss being famous. But I guess suing a 20-something punk wannabe is almost like making a real comeback! The songs are nothing alike. Besides, Avril doesn't even know who David Bowie is, so the chances of her listening to an obscure one-hit-wonder from the '70s are pretty slim.

ba ah hahahahha. or what about gwen stefanis song? and hot topics fall 2001 fashion line? shes ripping everyone off left and right. BUT THATS NOT NEW.

by gwen stefani i did mean no doubt. their first single off 'return of saturn'. completely ripped by avril. dumb cunt.

I hate Avril, but this is totally ridiculous. In the long history of musical plagiarism, big songs have been ripped off by mig songs - not tunes by bands that nobody fucking remembers ever hearing.

"The Walk" by The Cure was a blatant rip off of New Order's most popular song, "Blue Monday". Ray Parker Jr.'s "Ghostbusters" theme was a rip-off of "I Wanna New Drug" by Huey Lewis & The News. Those rips were sloppy and obvious.

As somebody else pointed out, the most unique element in common was already written by the Stones. Maybe Mick and Keith should sue the fuck out of The Rubinoos for ripping them off.

And Jimi Hendrix totally ripped off "The Star-Spangled Banner"

They both suck. Can I sue them for that?

These guys, who were out in the 70's, long before Avril was born, actually weren't even heard of till now. Doesn't add up, does it.

And for the punks out there that slam her, I know your mentality levels are low, but it was the media, not her that claimed she was punk.

Whats funny is a lot of songs sound the same

for EXAMPLE the opening riff???

sounds to be the exact same chord progression as the MISFITS "astro zombies"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5AEGyv9Cqs

Now the misfits could beat the shit out of those fags The Rubinoos so thats probably why they stayed away from a lawsuit on them...

but lest be honest.

The rubinoos suck
Avril Sucks.

so who really fucking cares if the songs sound the same.

All Hail The MISFITS!!!!

OMG! She's a theiving whore and anyone who knows music, plays music and/or in the profession knows it.OMG!WOW!....wow man, wow!<-stolen quote:D

I actually listened to both songs, and I am a songwriter, and I think Avril ripped off the song. They are so similar. I'd sue her if it were me. The boyfriend song is on limewire. Go download it and listen for yourself.

The chorus is the same, and I use the term "chorus" loosely as the entire song is one giant chorus. Other than that they don't sound too much alike.
Actually, the first time I heard the song I thought that it sounded exactly like Hey Mickey. Toni Basil needs to join in so it can be a class action lawsuit of one hit wonders and pathetic nobodies.

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Amen, Chauncey, although, I can't agree with calling "The Walk" a sloppy rip-off. Bold, however, considering they weren't nearly as far apart as Avril Douchebag and the Rubinoos, being part of a very simliar British pop scene. Although, this is still a semi-valid excuse to shoot her in the face, so I guess I'm behind it.

#55, "I actually listened to both songs, and I am a songwriter, and I think Avril ripped off the song....the boyfriend song is on limewire. Go download it..." What did we do to deserve your wisdom? Limewire?! BRILLIANT! *Runs around neighborhood shouting "Eureka!"*

well frankly avril makes most of her music . so i cant see her copying shit. so , why dont you all just grow up stop bitching about every little thing that happens on this god damn earth , and why dont you try to save it or use your time creatively.

#59 - Do you know how many artists probably pay songwriters to be able to claim they wrote a song? Avril has a long history with song-writers... I doubt she has a musical bone in her body.

You're obviously not using YOUR time creatively, either, as you've planted yourself in front of the computer to defend some hack who won't ever credit you for doing so. You know why? Because she doesn't give credit where credit is due, ie, this song.

The choruses are VERY similar, and I'll bet she knew it before the song was ever released. Who cares if no one has really heard The Rubinoo's until now? They wrote a song from which elements have been obviously stolen. They have every right to take legal action.

You can't really blame Avril. The dumb bitch doesn't write her songs. She let's some hippy fuck who's actually heard this slop from the seventies rip it off. The bitch sang country first for christ sakes. Calling her a Hack is about right. I vote death sentence for her anyway.

Ok, this is totally embarrassing, but whatever.

"The Party" (the pop "band" that was formed from the Mickey Mouse Club) remade "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend" and I remember hearing Avril's "Girlfriend" and thinking "aw, she did a tribute song,or something..? How cute"

The lyrics are dead on.

"Hey- Hey! You- You! I wanna be your boyfriend" -Rubinoos

"Hey-Hey! You-You! I don't like your girlfriend!"

Welcome to Vanilla Ice territory. Watch your "career" go down in flames...

Never even heard of the Rubinos. Anyways, their song was ok. But Avril's song sucked. I wouldn't want to compare the two if I were the Rubinoos. Normally I like alot of Avril's songs (espc her ballads) and think she has a great voice (though maybe not the best personality or sense of fashion...lets face it, she's a pseudo-punk). But I would have to disagree w/ the lawsuit, and say the two songs really don't sound alike. About as similar as any other boppy tune. Not to mention the fact that Avril wasn't even alive when their song came out, and probably never even heard of them. And even is she did;doesn't all music come from some sort of inspiration anyways?

"hey hey you you i could steal your lyrics"
"no way no way copyright infringement"

Every fan of Avril needs to become familiar with her twin sister, LizVicious.com--
Dedicated to AFJ, RIP.

Liz fans holla.

are they sueing because there are two verses which are slightly similar?!?! they re either bored with their life and have nothing to do or bored with their life and have nothing to do. they re probably a 100years old now and barely anyone knows them and their songs. only two verses are similar and that hey hey you you.....and i wanna be your girl/boyfriend....get a life and find a hobby!!

You know, to this day, I still cannot understand why people (and the courts) think that the Ghostbusters song and Huey Lewis' "I Wanna New Drug" sound the same. Frankly, I can't hear much similarity between the two.

Avril Lavigne is not fucking jewish. But that is way funnier than anything I've read on here for a while.

Oy vey oy vey I don't like your girlfriend

She needs to be smothered in jam and left in a room full of racoons.

Just an old used up band trying to get their names in the paper. And they did... With that said I wonder if they should try and sue every movie and other songs that have used... hey you... so on....
this is a silly scam....

The chorus is an obvious lift from the Rubinoos; what's equally obvious is that a dullard like Lavigne has never heard of the Rubinoos, let alone heard their music. The real thief is the 40something who ghost-wrote the song. The Rubinoos were a cult favorite, generally loved by the critics and ignored by the public. Exactly the sort of band a frustrated performer who's relegated to ghostwriting would listen to. That's why there's talk of settlement, so that that doesn't come out in court.

was thinking exactly the same as 71, both that it is a blatant lift and obviously the work of someone else who is familiar with music that came out pre-mid-90s. she can't even steal her own songs - that's not very punk, avril!
though i think full credit for writing the verses must lie with avril and not the ghostwriter, because who else could come up with genius like 'she's like, so whatever'?
just wondering how much of a portion of a song you have to steal to be a rip-off, in others' eyes? it's exactly because this song is obscure that she could get away with it. if someone came out with 'he loves you, yeah yeah yeah' as the focal point of a chorus, delivered in the same vocal rhythm and essentially same tune, it would laughable to pass it off as either an original tune or a friendly tribute.
if you're familiar with the lush cover - changed to 'i wanna be your girlfriend' - then the avril rip-off is even more immediately obvious.

"The CEO says: ...But nothing's similar."
haha, proving that industry suits are indeed musically deaf.

i dont think its really alike cuz after all lyrics can mix and so she is the best

The only thing that's the same is that they say "Hey hey you you." Cuz, yeah, "Hey you," those aren't popular words for songs as it is. She MUST'VE stolen it. Duh. I'm no massive Avril fan or anything, but that's just stupid.

These two songs have very little in common.

I hate that goddamn song. It makes me die a little inside everytime I hear it.

I hate that goddamn song. It makes me die a little inside everytime I hear it.

Only similiarity I hear is the "hey hey you you" which is prob in both songs just because they suck at writing lyrics and didn't wanna put in anything retarded like "i'm a motherfuckin' princess." Oh wait that already happened

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Wait- you’re insinuating that Avril Lavigne is one of those trendy pop stars? I just can not believe that. She just seems so above it. I mean, she's a deep person with lots of emotion; like anger and hate. She is real hardcore punk and we should all be admiring her god given talent for writing music. I mean, she's an artist.

Avril's great! <3 talented and and such. lot of losers want her to fall cause they can't be as success as her. Famous and easy for her to make money. And with those jealosy in those losers' heart, poor them :p

it may not be the same song, but it is very similar!

u shud see this girl hu thinks she number 1 avril fan!!http://www.bebo.com/Profile.jsp?MemberId=4146194266

I see no similarities, to the boyfriend song, I agree that if anyone has a copyright suit it would be toni basil "mickey"

Just because certain folks haven't heard of the Rubinos, that doesn't discredit their case at all. Just because you don't know the name of a disease doesn't mean you can't catch it(hmm...how appropriate IS that....).Sure, Avril is famous these days, but the chorus is just too close for comfort. It may be an accident, but really, she is making money off a hookline that has been written earlier. Just because she has the money to promote her version of it doesn't entitle her to ownership, although a lot of you seem to think so.

Just because certain folks haven't heard of the Rubinos, that doesn't discredit their case at all. Just because you don't know the name of a disease doesn't mean you can't catch it(hmm...how appropriate IS that....).Sure, Avril is famous these days, but the chorus is just too close for comfort. It may be an accident, but really, she is making money off a hookline that has been written earlier. Just because she has the money to promote her version of it doesn't entitle her to ownership, although a lot of you seem to think so.

Thief!!!!! have she stolen your mother panties??????Dumb ass!! Girlfriend is far from dat..Wotevr shit..

The Rubinoos lost their frivolous case against Avril.

i hate avril lavingne she is ugly

umm hey how can these guuys talk so bad...well i guess u all had nuff wit avril cusshe so damn fuckingly rulz da punk world and u guys are just dirt bags out there wishing 2 b sumthang but too bad u all ain got no talent...it doesnt matta if shesa american or canadian...only thing shz a person and u all treat her like a meatball...damn....... whateva..she rulz herjob and i dont thik shes copied it...the song pefectly sounds her type...ppl r jealous of her success