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Angry Avril Responds to Rip-Off Claims

Celebrity Justice7/7/2007 1:22 PM PDT BY TMZ STAFF
Angry Avril Responds to Rip-Off Claims

Earlier this week, TMZ reported that attitudinal Avril Lavigne's song "Girlfriend" was a rip off of a 1979 song by the Rubinoos called "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend." Avril's management flatly denied the band's claims, and now Avril's called BS too.


Writes Avril:

"You may have heard some news that two guys who wrote for some band from the 1970s I have never in my life heard of called the "Rubinoos" are trying to sue me. They have a song called "I Want To Be Your Boyfriend" that has no musical similarities to the song "Girlfriend" that Luke Gottwald and I wrote together. They claim that a small part of the lyrics are the same and are saying that I took these from them. I had never heard this song in my life and their claim is based on 5 words! All songs share similar lyrics and emotions. As humans we speak one language.

Off the top of my head, two other songs that I can immediately think of with this type of lyric are "Hey, hey, you, you get off of my cloud" by the Rolling Stones and "Hey little girl I want to be your boyfriend" by the Ramones. Simply put, I have been falsely accused of ripping their song off. Luke and I have done nothing wrong and there is no merit to their claim."

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Art:  1682 days ago

Of course I meant "scene". Man, I AM a hack!

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blackberry_curve@yahoo.com:  1682 days ago

Canada's disgrace. nick_dagosto@yahoo.com

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blackberry_curve@yahoo.com:  1682 days ago

Wow. I just downloaded it off of Morpheus 'cause I quite frankly, I *never* actually (((buy))) CDs... or even MP3 songs (iTunes). lol

But it DOES sound noticeably similar! O_o Wow.

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He's Boring now:  1682 days ago

Hey Jury of Jerry Colonics

Luckily in this Country such decisions of civil fraud are determined by a Judge or Jury, not people on the Avril payroll that come running like that other Canadian, Tom Greens whole Fan Club did, when any mention of his name appears on line.


Musicologists can certaintly make a case at any trial with lots of "facts"..however, its kind of like how a judge once described pornography "I cant define it, but I know it when I see it"....same for a ripped off musical piece---the average person, which would comprise any jury, would know a rip off when they hear one.

Now crawl back into your Avril Fan Club President hole in Saskatoon or wherever you people hang out.

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don toledo:  1682 days ago

If she was a visual artist she could call it appropriation and get away with it.
It just aint that hard to make up your own song, here have this one,

hey hey ho ho
your head is like a lunch box
baby

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Jury of Jerry Colonnas:  1682 days ago

Mall Rat -

Sorry Perry Mason, that's not how music plagirism cases work. Bet you think CSI is real too.

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Nick Sandoval:  1682 days ago

When the hell did humans start to speak only one language??? Avril has to be one of the dumbest people ever if she can bring any Rolling Stones song in comparison to any of her crap. I know a way she can prove herself though, how about starting to write your own damn songs??? That way you know they weren't ripped off before you put your S**T of a voice on your records!!!! Peace out.

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Alex:  1682 days ago

She is a fraud. She needs to stop talking crap about other celebs all the time in interviews and focus on writing decent songs instead of stealing them.

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What Would Xmas Be Without Warrants Served In Annas Death:  1682 days ago

Hey, TMZ - let us weigh-in on this one with a poll - knockoff or not a knockoff. I vote "no," after listening to both tunes. And BTW, I can't stand the girl or her music, so it was an exercise in pain. I actually preferred their tune, going with the lesser of the evils.

Whatever the outcome, these losers definitely will get their 15 minutes of "fame," and settlement or not, might reap a few bucks to meet their car payments. -Check out the popularity of their song in question on iTunes right now, compared with all the other megahits they recorded.

Good work, boys - you'll manage to make some sleazy lawyers some money and add to the compost heap of the world.

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Lor:  1682 days ago

It's not that it's just the same lyrics.
That part of the song sounds the exact same.

It's not like "Hey....hey-you. I want to be your..boyfriend".

Both songs are "Hey, hey! You, you! I want to be your boooyfriend"

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Jesse:  1682 days ago

Anyone that has ever heard the arias of Handel and Bach know that they are sublime. And many of the melodies are taken from their own and others work. It was the custom of composers to work that way. How strangely sad and moronic that people can get so concerned about what appears in both cases to be just juvenile novelties that are meant to be enjoyed for the moment and quickly (and mercifully) forgotten.

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gwen:  1682 days ago

wow...without a doubt that song was ripped off. The first time I heard Avrils' version I knew I had heard that song before. Maybe she thinks all 70's band members are dead and know one would notice. Sorry Avril..you stole a song and you got caught.

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EZDreamer:  1682 days ago

Avril is so sexy, who cares?

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Amanda:  1682 days ago

Last time I checked, humans had more than one language...hell, she comes from Canada, she should know this.
My 12 year old and 8 year old said both songs sounded alike...they never heard the older version before either. So what, doesn't mean that her stealing that was right.
Anyway, I'm tired of her. She's a poser and I think Conway Twitty could beat her ass. I'm so happy she's a "princess" and we're just the locals.

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TMZ_User:  1682 days ago

Avril is a fraud and turd nicely rolled into one.

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