The Collective Echo of Avril as Heard From the Candy Aisle in Wal-Mart






It was last february. Around Valentines Day. I went into Wal-Mart one day to get some candy so i could give it out to my friends on said day. I didn't have a boy friend, so I didn't have to worry about big gifts, just candy and friends. You know how when you go into that store and they have televisions up everywhere you turn, playing commercials and music? It seemed like around that time everytime I'd go in they'd be playing either a Kelly Clarkson, Yellowcard, or Avril Lavigne songs. On that day it just happened that it was Avril and the song was "Don't Tell Me". It was morning so there wasn't too many people in the store and I easily made my way to the candy aisle. As I was walking I noticed the video playing on different tv's throughout the store. It wasn't unusual. What caught my attention was hearing people in aisles I was walking buy singing it. When I finally settled into the candy aisle and wasn't distracted by the sound of my own feet and jacket moving, I could hear it. People singing Avril. I was just standing there, looking at candy, and listening to people in Wal-Mart singing to Avril--enough people for it to carry through the aisles. It made me smile, it made me want to join in...and I think I did. In some freaky way, Avril brought us together. And it was beautiful, in my opinion.