Instant Karma

John Lennon , a brilliant songwriter who redefined music. He gave us songs such as "Revolution" and "Give Peace a chance". His peaceful thinking threatened a nation so much, our government tapped his phones and tried to deport him. He virtually stopped playing music for five years to dedicate his passion into getting to know his son. This is a man who said things like "God is a concept by which we measure our pain", comes a tribute with his face stamped on the front.


Avril Lavigne bought you top 40 hits like "Sk8ter Boi" and "My Happy Ending". She kidnaps songs from 1970s power pop bands. Her songwriting has been described by people she has worked with as follows : "I mean, Avril, songwriter? Avril doesn't really sit and write songs by herself or anything." She also has inspired many with her insightful words such as "People are like, 'Well, she doesn't know the Sex Pistols.' Why would I know that stuff? Look how young I am. That stuff's old, right? " . What would these to people have in common? That right, absolutely nothing, yet for some reason, Avril Lafuckingvigne gets the honor of covering John Lennons most influential song "imagaine" on a tribute album to raise money for Darfur (which is great).


This album is a complete embarrassment to every noise that has ever been turned into music. Sounds everywhere are peeking over the 30 story building and wondering to their selves "how long would it hurt until it was all over?". Im talking jumping off bridges, crematorium gas chambers, drinking cool aid kind of dying here. Its awful. Let me list some of the gifted 'artists' featured on the album:

-Christina Aguleira
-Black Eyed Peas
-Matisyahu
-Big and rich
-Jacks Mannequin
-Yellowcard (this is a real hiatus from singing about that girl who broke your heart you were just 16 and it felt so right, sleeping all day staying up all niiiiiiiggght)
-and of course, Avril

The list goes on, I can really stop there. Although, I will say this, the covers that are good are stellar. Regina Spektor covers "real love", which bought me to tears, of course I was already crying from the painful experience of listening to the previous tracks.

I read a review say saying "if John Lennon were here he would tell all of you naysayers to this album to stop being elitist snobs. If Avril Lavigne gets my 10 year old to listen to John Lennon, then I am fricking overjoyed." This is a valid point. But you could just play John Lennon for your kid. Shes 10 years old, you influence her, not pop culture, isnt that the point of being a parent?