Wrestling Matches: Ashlee Simpson Tries To Transform Herself Into Le Tigre, With Middling Results

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Ashlee Simpson Tries To Transform Herself Into Le Tigre, With Middling Results

I have listened to "Rule Breaker," the latest song to emerge from Ashlee Simpson's forthcoming album Bittersweet World, about five times now, and much like when I was confronted with that other song by that other Ashley last year, I'm emerging from each listening session confused. The guitar lick—it sounds kind of sleaze-rockish! Would I enjoy it if someone who didn't sound all drunken-sorority-karaoke was on vocals? The beat—it's sort of reminding me of just-at-the-curdling-point Le Tigre! But am I being too hard on the song because the lyrics say things like "I just wanna color outside the lines / I've been reprimanded 'bout a thousand times"? This is definitely one of those tracks that needs an artist with less baggage to perform it, because the prospect of listening to it a bunch more just holds no appeal for me at all. Oh, overheated celebrity music world of today, you are so cruel to your listeners! [YouTube]

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1:05 PM on Tue Feb 5 2008
By Maura Johnston
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by Hiphopopotamus at 01:43 PM on 02/05/08
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If she dances like the Deceptacon video I might stay interested for at least 30 seconds.
by Oldboy at 01:51 PM on 02/05/08
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I rather liked "Autobiography." Her career is certainly preferable to that of her sister's. You go girl.
by Dead Air ummm Dead Air at 02:07 PM on 02/05/08
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It's like Le Tigra, except her voice is way more grating.

Call me old fashioned, but I really liked BIg Nose Ashlee Simpson a lot more.
by unperson at 02:17 PM on 02/05/08
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This song isn't great, but it's almost as good as the last single, which was (and is likely to remain) the best thing she's ever done.
by SonOfSlam at 03:30 PM on 02/05/08
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I've never wanted to punch a song before.

"We like to break rules/we both have tattoos"
by narymary at 03:46 PM on 02/05/08
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I think my problem with this song is what the fuck does she have to be angry about that she's singing about "beef" and sounding all pissed? Cry me a river you rich twatwaffle.
by smervice at 04:22 PM on 02/05/08
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Dude she would get so much cred if she grew a mustache, she could lipsync all day long
by mistress.of.misery at 12:29 AM on 02/06/08
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The funny part about the fact that she's touting the fact that she has tattoos is the fact that she has really generic ones (a star, love on her wrist, a cartoon cherry). It's not like she's gotten work done by Paul Booth or anything. If that became the cool thing to do, though, she'd jump on the bandwagon.