The concert footage on the DVD appears in a 1.33:1 aspect ratio, which appears to be how it was filmed. The first disc is a DVD, with the concert and special features the second disc is a CD with six additional songs. The concert covers the following songs: Sk8er BoiĪvril Lavigne: My World is a two-disc set. Four of these are the same songs as are performed in the concert ("Basketcase," "Unwanted," "Sk8er Boi," and "Knocking on Heaven's Door") and two are new ("Fuel" and "Why," which is listed as a UK B-side). The CD offers six more songs, all live performances (though it's not indicated from what concert). (And she did seem energetic enough out on stage.) Lavigne's voice here is significantly deeper and huskier than in her studio recordings of the same songs to a certain extent this can be attributed to the fact that the Buffalo performance was the final stop on the tour, but I doubt that tiredness alone is responsible for the different sound. Her voice is distinctly different in concert than it is in her Let's Go recordings, which is hardly surprising given the fact that at her age, her voice is still maturing along with the rest of her body. What's really fascinating about the Try To Shut Me Up concert is how it demonstrates how Lavigne has grown. Lavigne's main distinction, this early in her music career, is her youth: she signed her record deal at the tender age of 16, debuting with the 2002 album Let's Go.
She moves from one song to the next with minimal fuss, focusing her concert performance on her music rather than putting on an "act" in general. Personally, I'm mainly interested in the music, and Lavigne satisfies on that count. Certainly one of the draws for getting the DVD is getting to see the concert experience, for those viewers who like that sort of thing. Her live performance does offer a different experience than just listening to the songs on her studio album. Her best pieces are the punchy ones like "Sk8er Boi" and "Complicated" some of the others (like "Knocking on Heaven's Door") slide off into more generic-sounding territory, but on the whole it's a reasonably satisfying collection of songs. Here, as well as in the album, her work is solid if a bit uneven. Given that Lavigne has released only one album so far, it's no surprise that all but three of the songs come from Let's Go. Let Go shows promise, but the question is whether Lavigne and only Lavigne will shine through on her next effort.Avril Lavigne: My World is a combination DVD/CD set based around Lavigne's 2003 Try To Shut Me Up tour, in particular the Buffalo, NY concert. Lavigne is still so young she's listening to the radio hits of the '90s and early 2000s: she's Pink when she's bucking authority, Alanis Morissette when she's angry, and Jewel when she's sensitive. Lavigne is a capable songwriter with vocal chops, and at her age, one imagines, she is still finding her feet, borrowing from the music she's grown up listening to.
Lavigne, a self-professed skater punk and labelmate of Pink, shares her "Take Me as I Am" credo as well. She handles a variety of styles deftly: "Sk8er Boi" has a terrific power pop bounce "Complicated" is a gem of a pop/rock tune with a killer chorus, making the song a knockout radio hit. Her debut runs the gamut from driving rock numbers like "Losing Grip" - where she shows off her vocal range, powering into the anger-fueled, explosive rock chorus - to singer/songwriter pop tunes like "My World," where Lavigne fills listeners in on the past 17 years of her life. Luckily for Lavigne, aside from youth, she does have talent.
So if 17-year-old newcomer Avril Lavigne truly wants to be "Anything But Ordinary," as she sings on her debut album, Let Go, she'll have to dig deeper. And as mass-produced teen pop makes its exit and a glut of young singer/songwriters enter, child prodigies no longer have built-in marketing appeal. Talk about pressure - being under 21 and having a record deal no longer qualifies as extraordinary.
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