Yesterday, Pierre Bouvier attended the opening night premiere of Cavalia’s Odysseo horse show in Irvine, California and brought his 4-year-old daughter Lennon with him.
Check out the pictures of the two in the gallery:
In less than two weeks, Simple Plan will be releasing their highly-anticipated fifth album “Taking One For The Team” and to get their fans hypedup even more, the band will be releasing snippets of yet unheard songs via Instagram uptil the release date – February 19th.
Today, Simple Plan will be releasing a sneak peek of the song “Farewell” feat. Jordan Pundik (New Found Glory) and already they have released a little bit of the lyrics of the song:
Make sure to follow @simpleplan on Instagram for the upcoming sneak peeks. And of course I will publish them here as well.
Joe DeAndrea from AbsolutePunk did another extensive interview with Chuck a couple days ago and as always, it’s a piece you’ll definitely want to read.
In the interview Chuck opened up about the negative backlash their early releases for this record (namely mostly “Saturday”) received online and the hard times the band had to go through mainly because of that. He also mentioned a different strategy the band is taking with the single that will be marketed for the U.S., which should be “Singing In The Rain”, a song with more of a reggae vibe, which will be featuring R. City (this is also the first interview where Chuck talks about this interesting collaboration). Besides this collab, Chuck also discussed how the featurings with Jordan Pundik and Juliet Simms came about and the differences between having a guest write his own parts and writing them ahead for him/her.
Another big topic of were the interview were the styles that can be found on the album – mostly ballads, pop-punk songs, pop songs and “weird” songs. Chuck spoke about how in the summer the band had most of the record ready but eventually realized they were missing some traditional classic Simple Plan songs, more in the pop-punk genre, which resulted in the pop-punk song-writing sessions, which produced three more songs on the album: “Opinion Overload”, “Farewell” and “Nostalgic”.
If you want to find out more, I wholeheartedly recommend you reading through the whole interview here.
It’s here! “Opinion Overload”, a pop-punk throwback that kicks off the new album “Taking One For The Team”, has just been released as a music video and is also available on iTunes everywhere. Below, you can read a little message from the band:
We are so excited to share with all of you the video for “Opinion Overload”, the opening song of our new album “Taking One For The Team”.
“Opinion Overload” is a song about following your heart and not letting anyone tell you that you can’t. For us, writing it was about getting back to our roots and reminding ourselves and everyone else what this band is all about. We wanted to make a video that strips everything bare and lays it all on the table; go back to the basics and focus on what we love the most: playing shows for you.
The video is a walk down memory lane for the five of us, right back to when we started this band and played small, sweaty clubs every night.
Of course, a lot has changed since those days, but in some crazy way, it’s almost as if nothing’s changed at all. It’s still about the power of a song, the magic of stepping on stage and playing your heart out for anyone that cares to listen.
This video is our thank you to everyone who ever supported our band – you’re the reason we’re still here doing this. Enjoy the music and we’ll see you at the shows!
Pierre, Chuck, Sebastien, Jeff and David.
Check out the video and make sure to leave a comment below with your OPINION (see what I did there?)!
And of course, here’s already the lyrics for your singing pleasure:
So you think you got me figured out
Won’t you go ahead and tell me what I’m all about
You know I’m dying to hear it
I’m getting sick of all the sticks and stones you throw
Now it feels like it’s opinion overload
I can take it but I’d rather leave it
Get out of my face
Quit bringing me down
I don’t care what you say
So what part of that don’t you understand?
Hey!
I’m doing things exactly like I want to
What part of that don’t understand?
Hey!
And I don’t give a damn if you don’t approve
What part of that don’t you understand?
Hey!
You’re so tough, throwing punches with your words
You think you’re clever
Let me tell you you’re not the first
Say something I haven’t heard yet
You’re disrespectful
Always quick to judge
I kinda wonder if you’re doing it just because
It must be nice being perfect
Get out of my face
Quit bringing me down
I don’t care what you say
So what part of that don’t you understand?
Hey!
I’m doing things exactly like I want to
What part of that don’t understand?
Hey!
And I don’t give a damn if you don’t approve
What part of that don’t you understand?
Hey!
I won’t apologize
For what I feel inside
I won’t be pushed around
I won’t be backing down
Not doing what you say
I’ll never change my ways
Get out of my face
Hey!
I’m doing things exactly like I want to
What part of that don’t you understand?
Hey!
And I don’t give a damn if you don’t approve
What part of that don’t you understand?
Hey!
(I won’t apologize for what I feel inside)
What part of that don’t you understand?
Hey!
(Not doing what you say, I’ll never change my ways)
What part of that don’t you understand?
With just about 12 hours left till the release of Simple Plan’s new single “Opinion Overload” (tonight at midnight EST) the band just released a promised “Track By Track” video, in which the band members talk about how the song came along. Check it out below: