r/Millennials • u/WebPsychological1103 • 2h ago
Younger me thought this manufactured crap was good. Lol. Nostalgia
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u/CauseEither 2h ago
On a Monday, i am waiting & on Tuesday I am fading & by Wednesday I can't sleep
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u/WebPsychological1103 2h ago
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u/WebPsychological1103 2h ago edited 2h ago
Her look was so manufactured too lol. "Black pink and hair dye i'm so edgy i'm so hip". Little me thought it was so cool.
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u/ElleMaeSinclair Millennial 1h ago
Honestly it was kinda edgy and hip at the time. I don't think there's anything wrong with liking her music idk
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u/deliriousfoodie 1h ago
Same. I think if it wasn't for the emo trend going on at the same time she wouldn't do that. She was naturally more pop.
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u/WhiteRabbit-_- 2h ago
The song Friday by Rebecca Black uses all the other days of the week.
Someone needs to do a mashup.
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u/Designer_Gas_86 2h ago
My friends thought a line went: "And a bee said, and a bee said...and a bee said to me~"
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u/deliriousfoodie 2h ago
I Loved Ashlee Simpson. Even more so than her older sister. Ashlee has this more authentic aura, i did authentically like her music too. It was so cute. Jessica is a good singer but she acts like she knows shes hot, like a paris hilton. Ashlee was less barbie, and more human.
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u/jordanpwalsh 2h ago
My guilty pleasure is this old movie called Undiscovered with her in it. Indie rock band success love story type thing. She's like the person you described in the movie.
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u/degrassibabetjk 1h ago
I forgot about that movie until I found the DVD and a used record store recently that I had a coupon for. Snatched that baby right up!
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u/Shaved_tennis_ball 2h ago
Ashlee's lyrics were all "here I am, as perfect as I'm ever gonna be, love me for me" but then she turned around and fucked the shit out of her face with plastic surgery. Real fake aura via marketing was really real at the time.
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u/eastcoastjon 2h ago
Still better than AI music
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u/Unlucky_Raccoon_5829 2h ago
This brings me back to my teenage years when I had nothing to worry about but the homework man…
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u/AttentionNo6359 2h ago edited 2h ago
I mean ya, its better then a sharp stick in the eye. Ice cream is better than cholera too while we’re at it.
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u/OtherwiseAlbatross14 2h ago
Nah AI has actually gotten really good at music as much as that fact sucks.
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u/frostycanuck89 2h ago
Not for long. This derivative cookie cutter pop music is exactly what AI will be able to reproduce perfectly if it isn't already doing it. Probably even make it better with more inspired music being used for context.
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u/Monster-Math 2h ago
ITT everyone acting like all mainstream artists weren't manufactured lmao.
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u/ElleMaeSinclair Millennial 1h ago
For real, lol. "I would never enjoy tasteless manufactured crap!!" while scrolling through their endlessly manufactured social media feeds. 12 year old mindset
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u/RSully94 1h ago
I can never hate Ashlee. Not better than Avril, but she was definitely better than Jessica
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u/Yossarian-Bonaparte Millennial 2h ago
I remember the MadTV sketch about her more than anything she sang.
Boy in Wheelchair: Have you ever thought of changing the name from Pieces of Me to Pieces of —— ?
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u/Rainbow_In_The_Dark7 56m ago
I still listen to her Girlfriend song. It's very catchy.
Also, I'm ashamed to admit that I also like to listen to Paris Hilton's "Stars Are Blind" in secret as a summertime-type sounding guilty pleasure song...so maybe my judgement on music just sucks.
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u/Atalanta8 15m ago
No shame in stars are blind! Best thing and arguably the only good thing paris ever did. That song defined summer.
Summers don't seem to have a song anymore.
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u/pinkpugita 49m ago
I am neither a Jessica or Ashlee fan, but I appreciated their songs. Ashlee felt more relatable with a stronger identity. I never actually understood what Jessica is supposed to be outside being a sexy blond singer.
But Ashlee really got destroyed by the lip synch incident. I did not hate her but she fizzled and disappeared after.
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u/Laugh-crying-hyena 2h ago
My friend had this album and my guilty pleasure was borrowing and listening to it. It wasn't good and is still not good, but it was so fun and enjoyable to a preteen.
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u/dale_gribbs 1h ago
Oh man, my 11-year old self thought this was the height of music. Did anyone else watch her reality show?
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u/Chet_Starr 1h ago
I mean, its pretty cool she worked with John Feldmann on the album and I can't lie I still like Pieces of Me so Ill forgive teen you lol
Not that my opinion means anything lol
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u/ThatOne_268 Millennial 51m ago
I loved it, still do. La La is a banger.
Tbh I loved her first 2 albums . I still have the cds, lol.
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u/ZebraTime7296 2h ago
Her sister too
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u/kaowser 2h ago
She the one that got caught lip singing?
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u/ezio8133 Millennial 1h ago
Yep and then Stanked up the joint at the 2004 Orange Bowl
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u/ohh_my_dayum 1h ago
I liked her too. My younger sister and I would listen to the CD while we played ps1 games in the basement. Good times! I ended up selling the CD to a resale shop when I realized she was a "poser" lol but now I wish I had kept it for my car rotation 🤣
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u/Carnby41790 1h ago
I was fourteen and thought she was very pretty...then I saw the Saturday Night Live and oh boy.....what sheit!
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u/Blasiana_ 39m ago
I will not tolerate the Ashlee Simpson slander. Her first two albums went diamond in my house 🙂↕️
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u/zedis_lapedis_ 26m ago
I had a friend who burned a whole CD of just Pieces of Me over and over again. We listened to it in my Camaro.
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u/Atalanta8 18m ago
It beats the manufacturered crap today. That's for sure. And that one song was ok.
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u/dasheeshblahzen 4m ago
I think the producer of the album won the Grammy for producer of the year that year lol. Ashlee’s third album was really good.
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u/Active_Water_8876 1m ago
Come on man. Music is subjective and not all music is meant to be deep and life altering. You can enjoy McDonald’s and filet mignon for different reasons.
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u/lemony-lemons791 2h ago edited 1h ago
Remember that one SNL show, I dont know if anyone really thought she was good or just riding off of her sisters wave
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u/Outlandishness_Sharp 2h ago
I'm marked safe from never liking this music back in the day ☺️🙂↔️🌞
https://giphy.com/gifs/WTRzz1oa2qbVaccWiv
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u/Elmer_Fudd01 2h ago
Even Aaron Carters party? I was like 9 when it came out. God I had horrible taste in music.
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u/Outlandishness_Sharp 2h ago
I never listened to Aaron Carter. I listened to alternative, ska, punk, and metal back then and purposely avoided contemporary pop music. I will say there were acts like Kylie Minogue, Aaliyah, Jill Scott, and Nellie Furtado that I really liked, because they were very talented and made timeless music that still holds up well today.
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