"He proposed in 20 different ways and they all sounded the same."
August 23, 2012 9:36 PM Subscribe
It's a perfect storm of CanCon: Avril Lavigne and Chad Kroeger (of Nickelback fame) announced their engagement on Tuesday, taking their six-month relationship public for the first time. Kroeger and Lavigne (now collectively known as Chavril) met in February while recording a duet for Lavigne's upcoming fifth album.
Nickelback (and a little Avril Lavigne) discussed previously on Metafilter.
Nickelback (and a little Avril Lavigne) discussed previously on Metafilter.
This post was deleted for the following reason: Unless there's some significantly deeper story here, celebrity dating/marriage news isn't really a Metafilter sort of post. -- taz
It's so beautiful. "Two houses, both alike in banality..."
All the world loves a lover, but my warmheartedness stops at actually listening to a Lavigne/Kroeger duet. Mazel tov, kids, and offa my lawn! And my radio!
posted by Sidhedevil at 9:40 PM on August 23, 2012 [1 favorite]
All the world loves a lover, but my warmheartedness stops at actually listening to a Lavigne/Kroeger duet. Mazel tov, kids, and offa my lawn! And my radio!
posted by Sidhedevil at 9:40 PM on August 23, 2012 [1 favorite]
Really needs a link to the Globe & Mail's extraordinary arts feature, which covered more than half a page of its slim little arts section in the print version this morning: "Is Chavril our own Brangelina?"
There may well be a time, not so long from now, when the print edition of the Globe & Mail ceases to be. It may be followed by a long slow fade of the whole institution into total irrelevance. This stunning pile of breathless tabloid prose and pseudo-colonial shoulder-checking will make for an excellent case in point when so many wonder why.
posted by gompa at 9:46 PM on August 23, 2012 [3 favorites]
There may well be a time, not so long from now, when the print edition of the Globe & Mail ceases to be. It may be followed by a long slow fade of the whole institution into total irrelevance. This stunning pile of breathless tabloid prose and pseudo-colonial shoulder-checking will make for an excellent case in point when so many wonder why.
posted by gompa at 9:46 PM on August 23, 2012 [3 favorites]
“'It was our fourth session in the studio,' [Lavigne] told Hello! Canada, 'and I walked in on Aug. 8 and Chad was scrapbooking.'"
Canada's National Newspaper, ladies and gentlemen.
posted by gompa at 9:47 PM on August 23, 2012 [3 favorites]
Canada's National Newspaper, ladies and gentlemen.
posted by gompa at 9:47 PM on August 23, 2012 [3 favorites]
I raise a glass of Bovril in the couple's honor.
posted by Nomyte at 9:49 PM on August 23, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by Nomyte at 9:49 PM on August 23, 2012 [2 favorites]
Man their kids are going to have fucking weird mouths.
posted by howfar at 9:50 PM on August 23, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by howfar at 9:50 PM on August 23, 2012 [1 favorite]
They're absolutely perfect for each other...
...and possibly one of the signs of the apocalypse.
posted by loquacious at 9:51 PM on August 23, 2012 [1 favorite]
...and possibly one of the signs of the apocalypse.
posted by loquacious at 9:51 PM on August 23, 2012 [1 favorite]
jesus, I'm sorry. I guess I'm just overtired or whatever. goodnight.
posted by boo_radley at 9:51 PM on August 23, 2012
posted by boo_radley at 9:51 PM on August 23, 2012
"I didn’t know Canada allowed SAME SUCKS MARRIAGE" - my favourite twitter response to the news, heh.
posted by zarah at 9:52 PM on August 23, 2012 [11 favorites]
posted by zarah at 9:52 PM on August 23, 2012 [11 favorites]
This is it! 2012! The Mayans were not wrong!
posted by Slap*Happy at 9:54 PM on August 23, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by Slap*Happy at 9:54 PM on August 23, 2012 [1 favorite]
If you play Nickelback backwards, you hear Satan. Even worse, if you play it forwards, you hear Nickelback.
posted by Devils Rancher at 9:55 PM on August 23, 2012 [10 favorites]
posted by Devils Rancher at 9:55 PM on August 23, 2012 [10 favorites]
Also, awful as this union might seem, it's still just a footnote to the evilest Canadian pairing of all time.
posted by gompa at 9:56 PM on August 23, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by gompa at 9:56 PM on August 23, 2012 [2 favorites]
There's a file going around the Internet that claims to be the new Nickelback song. DO NOT CLICK IT! It really is the new Nickelback song.
posted by Devils Rancher at 9:57 PM on August 23, 2012 [6 favorites]
posted by Devils Rancher at 9:57 PM on August 23, 2012 [6 favorites]
Wow, did I take the wrong side of the over-under on how long this post would stick around.
posted by lalex at 9:58 PM on August 23, 2012
posted by lalex at 9:58 PM on August 23, 2012
I'm going to go ahead and admit that there's one Nickelback song I like. It's Figured You Out, which sounds like most (all?) Nickelback songs, but has dirty lyrics.
posted by Joakim Ziegler at 10:01 PM on August 23, 2012
posted by Joakim Ziegler at 10:01 PM on August 23, 2012
Where's the worst.music.ever tag?
posted by blaneyphoto at 10:02 PM on August 23, 2012
posted by blaneyphoto at 10:02 PM on August 23, 2012
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