Simple Plan Tells Off Girl, Jacks Everybody In New Video

anthonyjmiccio | April 8, 2008 11:15 am

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Simple Plan, the Canadian dill pickles behind “Addicted” (“I’m adic…I’m addicted to you”), “Perfect”‘ (as in “I’m sorry I’m not…”), and the self-pitying drunk driver’s lament “Untitled (How Could This Happen To Me?),” have released a video for their new single, “Your Love Is A Lie.” The pop-punk moment these hacks rode in on is long gone, and as they’ve got no hope of going emo, they’ve teamed with Evanescence producer John Fortman and Timbaland protege Danja to rip off every possible milquetoast hook in one last desperate attempt to attract a new teenage fanbase.

The opening hook is a dead ringer for Jojo’s “Leave (Get Out),” until the vocal apes Green Day’s “Boulevard Of Broken Derams.” The chorus throws in Michelle Branch’s “Are You Happy Now?” and at least three Avril songs. When he says “do you think of me when he fucks you” in the unedited version, its very Alanis. Someone who’s heard a Jesse McCartney song can says which of those this rips off too. On top of all this petty thievery, its a song about how angry Pierre Bouvier (I swear to God, that’s his name) is that a girl cheated on him. Get used to it, Pierre. Resist, Radio Disney! Resist!

Simple Plan – Your love is a lie – Official Videoclip [Youtube]