Early 2000s Rock Chicks Rate

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#25

Ashlee Simpson - Pieces Of Me

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15/24

Score: 8.239

My Score: 8
Highest: 10 x 8 (@soratami, @yeRleDanaL, @Blond, @Hurricane Drunk, @Pineapple, @Robsolete, @phily693, @Music Is Death)
Lowest: 1 x 1 (@theincredibleflipper) 3 x 1 (@Verandi)

Pieces of Me was Ashlee's first single from her debut album Autobiography. It was released in 2004 and charted at #5 in the US.

The making of the song was showcased on her reality tv series, The Ashlee Simpson Show, and was inspired by her relationship with musician Ryan Cabrera.

The song also became infamous because her little lip-syncing mishap on Saturday Night Live. When she went to perform her second song of the night (which was supposed to be Autobiography), but a recording of Pieces of Me which she performed earlier was mistakenly played instead, exposing the fact that she was not actually singing live. This incident almost killed her career, which in hindsight was definitely an overreaction.


@theincredibleflipper (1) - Sorry I really hate this.

@berserkboi (6) - Never loved this, not that it’s terrible or anything - just a bit nothingy!

@Sprockrooster (6) - I never quite liked this. My stanning days with Ashlee began with Little Miss Obsessive which is still among my top 10 most played tracks ever according to LAST FM. A song. Pieces of Me is a bit meh and out there. Average.

@unnameable (9) - Wins the prize for most excessive use of gated reverb on drums since the 80s.

@DJHazey (8.5) - Of her two biggest hits on the album, this was always massively more catchy than Autobiography and I’ve always appreciated how much she goes for it in the chorus.

@Epic Chocolat (7) - An infamous SNL performance. The song in itself is fine but how can I ignore the infamy. I remember the hoopla the next day, the acid reflux talk, the GIFs.

@Memoria (9) - A much better song than the SNL disaster gives it credit for.

@livefrommelbs (9) - A classic. I like this one SO much more with nostalgia on its side than I did when it came out (but I liked it then too, teebs)

@Pineapple (10) - One of the best tracks between the Simpson sisters, Ashlee hit gold. Actual perfection.





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#24

Avril Lavigne - Losing Grip

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7/24

Score: 8.389

My Score: 9.5
Highest: 10 x 13 (@Sprockrooster, @Phonetics Girl, @theincredibleflipper, @soratami, @livefrommelbs, @DJHazey, @2014, @Milotic, @Crisp X, @Slice of Life, @phily693, @Guy, @Music Is Death)
Lowest: 1 x 1 (@Daniel_O)

Losing Grip was Avril's 4th single from her debut album Let Go. It was released in 2003 and although it didn't chart in Canada it did well in other countries, peaking at #20 in Australia, #22 in the UK and #64 in the US.


@saviodxl (6.5) - Unpopular opinion probably, but out of the Let Go's singles, this one just doesn't shine so bright like its peers. I remembered of its existence only because of the rate.

@berserkboi (8) - Love the pizzazz!

@Memoria (9) - As one of her heavier songs, my enjoyment of this song can sometimes be dependent on the mood I'm in, but for the most part that chorus a singshoutalong of an anthem.

@Sprockrooster (10) - Aside from Under My Skin I almost added this track to the poprock rate I hosted as it is my fave song from Avril from her debut, but I had to go with my ultimate Avril-11 I Will Be. The angst in Losing Grip that is pouring through had me shook in my high school formative years. Avril was part of the bridge making between my old rock heart and the pop world. This was a key song in doing so.

@livefrommelbs (10) - The way this song just takes me back to watching MTV after high school when I was 13. I miss those days, but also kinda don't, but am grateful for the power of songs like this to take me back so vividly. Underrated in Avril's discog.

@DJHazey (10) - One of the first songs in her arsenal that showed listeners how Avril could bring a more mature-sounding attitude even if she was perceived as “that girl who plays all that teen mall-punk stuff”. Not when a song like this bites, no I take that back, the chorus especially clamps the fuck down and doesn’t let go. There’s a casual “well you can just fuck off” attitude wrapped up in all the raw emotion that I just crave from her. She says she’ll punch the wrong-doer out and she means it. That kind of thing. The OPEN YOUR EYES, OPEN UP WIDE bridge along with all the aggressive guitar transitions and the insane key-changed double-chorus, well folks that’s what we call magic.





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#25

Ashlee Simpson - Pieces Of Me

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15/24

Score: 8.239

My Score: 8
Highest: 10 x 8 (@soratami, @yeRleDanaL, @Blond, @Hurricane Drunk, @Pineapple, @Robsolete, @phily693, @Music Is Death)
Lowest: 1 x 1 (@theincredibleflipper) 3 x 1 (@Verandi)

Pieces of Me was Ashlee's first single from her debut album Autobiography. It was released in 2004 and charted at #5 in the US.

The making of the song was showcased on her reality tv series, The Ashlee Simpson Show, and was inspired by her relationship with musician Ryan Cabrera.

The song also became infamous because her little lip-syncing mishap on Saturday Night Live. When she went to perform her second song of the night (which was supposed to be Autobiography), but a recording of Pieces of Me which she performed earlier was mistakenly played instead, exposing the fact that she was not actually singing live. This incident almost killed her career, which in hindsight was definitely an overreaction.


@theincredibleflipper (1) - Sorry I really hate this.

@berserkboi (6) - Never loved this, not that it’s terrible or anything - just a bit nothingy!

@Sprockrooster (6) - I never quite liked this. My stanning days with Ashlee began with Little Miss Obsessive which is still among my top 10 most played tracks ever according to LAST FM. A song. Pieces of Me is a bit meh and out there. Average.

@unnameable (9) - Wins the prize for most excessive use of gated reverb on drums since the 80s.

@DJHazey (8.5) - Of her two biggest hits on the album, this was always massively more catchy than Autobiography and I’ve always appreciated how much she goes for it in the chorus.

@Epic Chocolat (7) - An infamous SNL performance. The song in itself is fine but how can I ignore the infamy. I remember the hoopla the next day, the acid reflux talk, the GIFs.

@Memoria (9) - A much better song than the SNL disaster gives it credit for.

@livefrommelbs (9) - A classic. I like this one SO much more with nostalgia on its side than I did when it came out (but I liked it then too, teebs)

@Pineapple (10) - One of the best tracks between the Simpson sisters, Ashlee hit gold. Actual perfection.





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