AT Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2007 02:49:57 Don wrote:

>She's never heard of the Rubinoo's....some band from the 70's? That's kind
>of interesting. It would be like some Cool Gen X'er saying they never heard 
>of
>Nirvana.

That's pretty presumptuous. Until the controversy this week I had never 
heard the SONG "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend" and only knew the name Rubinoos 
from mentions on this mailing list. And I consider myself pretty well versed 
on '70s pop having forged my musical career living through that decade.

"I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend" was never a radio hit in Canada. It's not on any 
K-Tel albums. It's not the theme song to some TV show or was used in a 
pivotal scene in a Ben Stiller comedy. Avril is from a very small town in 
rural Ontario, Canada...and until someone re-invented her as a skate 
pop-punk at the age of 16, she was strictly a country artist (gasp!). Even 
if she were listening to pop and rock radio delivered to her by the two 
major radio stations in Kingston starting at the ripe age of one or two 
years old, her musical reference point starts in the height of the SYNTH-POP 
era - Tears For Fears, Simple Minds, Depeche Mode - and bad adult 
contemporary movie soundtrack hits.

It would be like asking Hilary Duff if she's ever heard "Ramona" by The 
Stampeders or "Cry Your Eyes Out" by Les Emmerson. Big hits in Canada. 
Non-starters in the US.

Someone else on this list already connected the culprit of the crime -- her 
co-writer/producer Gottwald who DID produce a remake of the song in the '90s 
for another band. It's most likely his influence on the song that has put 
Avril on the hot plate.

Jaimie Vernon,
Bullseye

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