I've missed the match between Arsenal vs Manchester United last Saturday. It was a MUST SEE match for Manchester United fan like me - being a fan of Manchester United since I was still a kid. But then I have something more important to attend that evening, I went for a business preview event at Hilton. Something that I cannot miss because there are no replays and highlights available just like football where you can watch it on the TV or internet.
Being a fan and missed the big match against our fierce rival, I try to look for replays and highlights through the internet since I don't have an ASTRO. So I try to find it in youtube and metacafe because it's free.
Full match replays and highlights are available at Manchester United's Official Website, proudly broadcasting its own TV channel MUTV. But I don't have the money to pay for the subscription fee which cost:
₤ 4.00 per month (RM 27.8133)
&
₤ 40.00 per year (RM 278.254)
*converted using my favourite currency converter site XE.com
The match was highlighted at the front page of metacafe. So I try to look some other videos of Manchester United in youtube and I found something quite unusual and interesting. Looking at the title of the video "Punk'd... Merk'd... Wayne Rooney... ". Straight away thinking of the famous MTV hidden camera practical joke TV series - Punk'd - hosted by Ashton Kutcher which features pranks on celebrities.
And this time on FOOTBALLERS?!!!
Merk'd - a British version of Punk'd hosted by an English and Manchester United footballer RIO FERDINAND. Ferdinand intended to play pranks with the help of insiders on his fellow English lads shortly before the World Cup of 2006. The show also known as World Cup Wind-Ups.
Just like Punk'd, the prank would end up with the catchphrase
You Got Merk'd!!!
- Merk'd English Footballers -
(Listed in the order of from Striker to the Goal Keeper)
- Striker -
Wayne Rooney: found responsible for the death of an ill dog own by a fan.
(Insider: Girlfriend)
Peter Crouch: thinks that he's about to witness a violent brawl between an Indian businessman and Russian gangsters.
(Insider: Robbie Fowler)
- Midfielder -
Shaun Wright-Phillips: gets an Italian restaurant worker fired.
(Insider: John Terry)
David Beckham: late for a meeting caused by the driver.
(Insider: None)
- Defender -
Gary Neville: get his car checked and charged with traffic tickets.
(Insider: Ryan Giggs)
Ashley Cole: accused of erasing a track that was ready to be released.
(Insider: None)
- Goalkeeper -
David James: accused of breaking an artwork made by a French artist.
(Insider: None)
I've been wondering why people keep criticizing this pretty young lady. By the way, I'm not a fan of hers. One day while I was looking through some videos in YouTube and i saw this certain particular video revealing the "creativity" of this particular "artist". This video reveals and compares some of her "works" with other artists.
Introducing the winner of the Copy Cat of the Year Award... Once again and always our beloved steal-a-songtress...
AVRIL LAVIGNE!!! The infamous "rock/punk-pop" singer and "songwriter". with her reputation of being a copy cat and bad role model (on and off stage).
She's also labeled as a poser. Bragging about her skateboarding technique which she does perform onstage at her concert. Surprised and amazed, she only knows how to Ollie which is only the basic trick you learn in skateboarding!!!
She also claim that she plays guitar, but yet she only plays maybe two chords in some of
her songs in the concert!!!
She also pretends to be something she's not. She always says thing and then contradicting them,
like when she said "I'm not into gloss and . It's soooo fake" but then she's wearing heavy eyeliner and lip gloss. Claimed that her music is a mix of punk, pop and alternative and contradicted herself "I never said i was a punk" and "I'm not a pop artist"!!! She even had a pin that said "Kiss me I'm PUNK" and claimed that she is a skater-punk in an interview.
Bla bla bla... And now she's trying to defend herself with the recent copywrite lawsuit against her smash hit "Girlfriend" and the rough situation with her ex-pal singer/songwriter Chantal Kreviazuk. She was sued by couple of songwriters for plagiarism and criticized for sounding too similar to a pop band, The Rubinoos, with their hits "I Wanna be Your Boyfriend" (1979) while Avril's lyric "Hey hey you you, I want to be your girlfriend". Avril claims that she never heard the song before.
Chantal Kreviazuk has publicly criticized Avril for her songwriting skills and vowed to never work with her again.
"I mean, Avril, songwriter? Avril doesn't really sit and write songs by herself or anything," - Kreviazuk
Avril and Deryck: Couple of Copy Cats
This is a video I took from YouTube owned by ainsxf.
This videos shows some of the works of Avril and her husband.
Avril's victims (video):
The Rubinoos, Peaches, My Chemical Romance, Blink 182, SUM 41
Deryk's - SUM 41 - victims (video):
Son of Dork, My Chemical Romance, Blink 182, Avril
