Rabu, 25 Mei 2011

Nobody's Home - Avril Lavigne

I couldn’t tell you why she felt that way,
She felt it everyday.
And I couldn’t help her,
I just watched her make the same mistakes again.
What’s wrong, what’s wrong now?
Too many, too many problems.
Don’t know where she belongs, where she belongs.
She wants to go home, but nobody’s home.
It’s where she lies, broken inside.
With no place to go, no place to go to dry her eyes.
Broken inside.
Open your eyes and look outside, find the reasons why.
You’ve been rejected, and now you can’t find what you left behind.
Be strong, be strong now.
Too many, too many problems.
Don’t know where she belongs, where she belongs.
She wants to go home, but nobody’s home.
It’s where she lies, broken inside.
With no place to go, no place to go to dry her eyes.
Broken inside.
Her feelings she hides.
Her dreams she can’t find.
She’s losing her mind.
She’s fallen behind.
She can’t find her place.
She’s losing her faith.
She’s fallen from grace.
She’s all over the place.
Yeah,oh
She wants to go home, but nobody’s home.
It’s where she lies, broken inside.
With no place to go, no place to go to dry her eyes.
Broken inside.
She’s lost inside, lost inside…oh oh yeah
She’s lost inside, lost inside…oh oh yeah
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Touch The Sky - Avril lavigne

I used to carry this big old world
On my shoulders and back
I used to lie inside my room
Wondering where Im at

I felt a chill running through my veins
And wondered, would I be saved?
I felt the ice building in my soul
Would it melt away?

Hes a warm breeze
Breathing life into me
Hes the sunlight
Shining down on me

I used to worry my life away
Counting every dime
Shutting out the ones I loved
Never finding the time

And then one day I was overcome
By loneliness and dispair
And deep inside I thought I heard
"Lean on me, Im here"

Hes a warm breeze
Breathing life into me
Hes the sunlight
Shining down on me

I pulled the burden from off my back
And tossed it into the wind
And stretched my arms toward the sky
And let my life begin

And like a tree, I have measured up
Best when Ive been cut down
And like a tree, I can touch the sky
With my feet on the ground

Hes a warm breeze
Breathing life into me
Hes the sunlight
Shining down on me

Hes a warm breeze
Breathing life into me
Hes the sunlight
Shining down on me, yeah

Shining down on me
Shining down, shining down
Shining down on me
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Tomorrow - Avril lavigne

And I wanna believe you
When you tell me that it will be okay
Yeah, I try to believe you
But I dont

When you say that its gonna be
It always turns out to be a different way
I try to believe you
Not today, today, today, today, today

[chorus]
I dont know how Ill feel
Tomorrow
Tomorrow

I dont know what to say
Tomorrow
Tomorrow is a different day
Its always been up to you

Its turning around, its up to me
Im gonna do what I have to do
Just dont
Give me a little time

Leave me alone a little while
Maybe its not too late
Not today, today, today, today, today
Oh

[chorus]
I dont know how Ill feel
Tomorrow
Tomorrow

Tomorrow
Tomorrow
I dont know what to say
Tomorrow

Tomorrow
Tomorrow is a different day
Hey, yeah, yeah
Hey, yeah, yeah

And I know Im not ready
Hey, yeah, yeah
Hey, yeah, yeah
Maybe tomorrow

Hey, yeah, yeah
Hey, yeah, yeah
Im not ready
Hey, yeah, yeah

Hey, yeah, yeah
Maybe tomorrow
And I wanna believe you
When you tell me that it will be okay

Yeah, I try to believe you
Not today, today, today, today, today
Tomorrow it may change
Tomorrow it may change

Tomorrow it may change
Tomorrow it may change
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Take Me Away - Avril lavigne

I cannot find a way to describe it
Its there inside, all I do is hide
I wish that it would just go away
What would you do, you do, if you knew

What would you do
All the pain I thought I knew
All the thoughts lead back to you
Back to what was never said

Back and forth inside my head
I cant handle this confusion
Im unable, come and take me away
I feel like I am all alone

All by myself I need to get around this
My words are cold, I dont want them to hurt you
If I show you, I dont think youd understand
Cause no one understands

All the pain I thought I knew
All my thoughts lead back to you
Back to what was never said
Back and forth inside my head

I cant handle this confusion
Im unable, come and take me away
Im going no where [on and on and]
Im getting no where [on and on and on]

Take me away
Im going no where [on and on and on and on]
[and off and on and off and on]
All the pain I thought I knew

All my thoughts lead back to you
Back to what was never said
Back and forth inside my head
I cant handle this confusion

Im unable, come and take me away
Take me away
Break me away
Take me away

Take me away
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Nobodys Fool - Avril lavigne

Step up step up (step up)
Step up step up (step up)
Step up step up
Step up

Fall back, take a look at me and youll see
Im for real, I feel what only I can feel
and if that dont appeal to you
Let me know and Ill go cuz I flow

better when my colors show,
and thats the way it has to be.
Honestly, cuz creativity could never bloom in my room
Id throw it all away before I lie,

So dont call me with a compromise
Hang up the phone Ive got a backbone stronger than yours.
(step up) la la... (step up) la la... (step up) La la...
Yeah...

If youre tryin to turn me into someone else
Its easy to see Im not down with that
(Not nobodys fool) Im nobodys fool
If youre tryin to turn me into something else

Ive seen it enough and Im over that
(Not nobodys fool) Im nobodys fool
If you wanna bring me down
Go ahead and try

Go ahead and try.
Dont know you think you know me like yourself,
But I fear that youre only telling me what I wanna hear
But do you give a damn?

Understand that I cant not be what I am.
Im not the milk and cheerios in your spoon.
Its not that simple here we go not so soon.
I might have fallen for that when I was fourteen

And a little more green,
but its amazing what a couple of years can mean.
(step up) la la... (step up) la la... (step up)
la la...Yeah...

If youre tryin to turn me into someone else
Its easy to see Im not down with that
(Not nobodys fool) Im nobodys fool
If youre tryin to turn me into something else

Ive seen it enough and Im over that
(Not nobodys fool) Im nobodys fool.
If you wanna bring me down
then go ahead and try

go ahead and try.
Oh...
Go ahead and try
Try to look me in the eye but youll never see inside

Until you realize (realize)
Things are tryin to settle down
Just try to figure out
Exactly what Im about

If its with or without you I dont need ya doubting me
If youre tryin to turn me into someone else
Its easy to see Im not down with that
(Not nobodys fool) Im nobodys fool

If youre tryin to turn me into something else
Ive seen it enough and Im over that
(Not nobodys fool) Im nobodys fool
If you wanna bring me down

then go ahead and try...
(Go ahead and try) La la... (Go ahead and try) La la...
Yeah...Go ahead and try
Youll be laughing out loud when Im playin to my own crowd

Try...
READMORE - Nobodys Fool - Avril lavigne

Mobile - Avril lavigne

Went back home again
This sucks, gotta pack up and leave again
Say goodbye to all my friends
Cant say when Ill be there again

Its time now, I turn around
Turn my back on everything
Turn my back on everything
[chorus]

Everythings changing when I turn around
Im out of my control
Im a mobile
Everythings changing when I turn around

Im out of my control
Im a mobile
Start back at this life
Stretch myself back into the light

Im waking up to say Ive tried
Instead of waking up to another TV Guide
Its time now, I turn around
Turn and walk on this crazy ground

[chorus]
Everythings changing when I turn around
Im out of my control
Im a mobile

Everythings changing out of what I know
Everywhere I go
Im a mobile
Im a mobile

Hanging from the ceiling
Lifes a mobile
Spinning round with mixed feelings
Crazy and wild

Sometimes I wanna scream out loud
Everythings changing everywhere I go
Im out of my control
Everythings changing everywhere I go

Out of what I know
La la la la la la la la la
[chorus]
Everythings changing when I turn around

Im out of my control
Im a mobile
Everythings changing out of what I know
Everywhere I go

Im a mobile
Everywhere I go
Im a mobile
READMORE - Mobile - Avril lavigne

Losing Grip - Avril lavigne


Are you aware of what you make me feel, baby?
right now I feel invisible to you like Im not real.
Didnt you feel me lock my arms around you?
Whyd you turn away?

Heres what I have to say...
I was left to cry there
Waitin outside there
Grinnin with the lost stare,

Thats when I decided...
Why should I care?
Cause you werent there,
When I was scared,

I was so alone.
You need to listen.
Im startin to trip,
Im losin my grip

And Im in this thing alone.
Am I just some chick you place beside you,
to take somebodys place?
When you turn around,

can you recognize my face?
You used to love me
you used to hug me,
but that wasnt the case,

everything wasnt okay.
I was left to cry there
Waitin outside there
Grinnin with the lost stare,

Thats when I decided...
Why should I care?
Cause you werent there when I was scared,
I was so alone.

You, you need to listen,
Im startin to trip
Im losing my grip
and Im in this thing alone.

Crying out loud
Im crying out loud
crying out loud
Im crying out loud.

Open your eyes,
open up wide.
Why should I care?
Cause you werent there when I was scared

I was so alone.
Why should I care?
Cause you werent there when I was scared
I was so alone.

Why should I care?
If you dont care
then I dont care
were not going anywhere.

Why should I care?
Cause you werent there when I was scared
I was so alone.
Why should I care?

if you dont care
then I dont care
were not going anywhere.
READMORE - Losing Grip - Avril lavigne

Im With You - Avril lavigne

Im standing on the bridge
Im waiting in the dark
I thought that youd be here
by now

Theres nothing but the rain
No footsteps on the ground
Im listening
but theres no sound

Bridge: Isnt anyone trying to find me?
Wont somebody come take me home
Chorus: Its a damn cold night
trying to figure out this life

Wont you take me by the hand
Take me somewhere new
I dont know who you are
But I..

Im with you
Im with you
Im looking for a place
Im searching for a face

Is anybody here i know?
Cause nothings going right
And everthings a mess
And no one likes to be alone

Bridge: Isnt anyone trying to find me?
Wont somebody come take me home
Chorus: Its a damn cold night
trying to figure out this life

Wont you take me by the hand
Take me somewhere new
I dont know who you are
But I..

Im with you
Im with you
Why is everything so confusing?
Maybe Im just out of my mind

Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah YEAHHHHHHHHHH
Chorus:
Its a damn cold night
trying to figure out this life

Wont you take me by the hand
Take me somewhere new
I dont know who you are
But I..

Im with you
Im with you
Take me by the hand
Take me somewhere new

I dont know who you are
But I
Im with you
Im with you

Take me by the hand
Take me somewhere new
I dont know who you are
But I

Im with you
Im with you
Im with you
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I Dont Give A Damn - Avril lavigne


Everytime you go away,
it actually kinda makes my day,
everytime you leave you slam the door,
you pick your words so carefully,

you hate to think your hurtin me,
you leave me laughing on the floor
Cuz
(Chorus)

I dont give it up,
I dont give a damn,
what you say about that,
you know I dont give it up,

I dont give a damn,
what you say about that,
you know Im not gonna cry bout some stupid guy,
a guy who thinks hes all that.

I thought we were just hanging out,
so whyd you kiss me on the mouth,
you thought the way you taste would get me high
You went to all your friends to brag,

guys are always such a drag,
dont you know the reason that I kissed you was to say goodbye
Cuz
(Chorus)

hanging...hanging out
I am simply hanging....hanging out
I am simply hanging...
so whyd you kiss me on the mouth

dont you know that I
I dont give a damn about you
I wont give it up not for you
I dont give a damn about you

I wont give it up not for you
Im not gonna cry bout some stupid guy,
a guy who thinks hes all that.
I dont give it up,

I dont give a damn,
what you say about that,
you know I dont give it up,
I dont give a damn,

what you say about that,
(i dont give a damn)
I dont give it up,
I dont give a damn,

what you say about that,
you know I dont give it up,
I dont give a damn,
what you say about that,

you know I dont give it up,
I dont give a damn,
what you say about that, (what you say)
READMORE - I Dont Give A Damn - Avril lavigne

I Always Get What I Want - Avril lavigne

Every now and then we all want something
Even if theres no way of gettin it
If i stomach that thats the way it must be
Be the way around it, could I get myself around it

Get me what I want
Everything that I got
Get me what I want
Cause Im a big shot

Dont wanna always have to be so nice
Dont wanna hear you say well thats just life
I dry out when I open my mouth
I make my way around it, make my way around it

Get me what I want
Everything that I got
Get me what I want
Cause Im a big shot

So give me what I want
I always get what I want
Dont want to see me red
If I dont get what I want

Thats not what you want
Im not about to take no for an answer
no
If I tell you I cant Im still gonna go

I did it all by myself
I found my way around it
Get me what I want
Everything that I got

Get me what I want
Cause Im a big shot
So give me what I want
I always get what I want

Dont want to see me red
If I dont get what I want
Thats not what you want
Its not to lovely

It could start to get ugly
It really bugs me
Get me what I want
Everything that I got

Get me what I want
Cause Im a big shot
So give me what I want
I always get what I want

Dont want to see me red
If I dont get what I want
Thats not what you want
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Fuel-Avril Lavigne

Gimme fuel
Gimme fire
Gimme that which I desire
Oh

Turn on, I see red
Adrenaline crash and crack my head
Nitro junkie, paint me dead
And I see red

A hundred plus through black and white
War horse
War head
Fuck em, man

White knuckle tight
Through black and white
Oh
On I burn

Fuel is pumping engines
Burning hard
Loose and clean
Oh

And on I burn
Churning my direction
Quench my thirst with gasoline
So gimme fuel

Gimme fire
Gimme that which I desire
Turn on beyond the bone
Swallow future, spit out hope

Burn your face upon the chrome
Yeah, oh yeah
Take the corner, going to crash
Headlines

Another junkie, lives too fast
Yeah
Lives way too fast, fast, fast
Oh

Oh
On I burn
Fuel is pumping engines
Burning hard

Loose and clean
Oh
And on I burn
Churning my direction

Quench my thirst with gasoline
So gimme fuel
Gimme fire
Gimme that which I desire

Oh yeah
Oh
And on I burn
Churning my direction

Quench my thirst with gasoline
Oh
Gimme fuel
Gimme fire

My desire
Oh
On I burn
READMORE - Fuel-Avril Lavigne

Forgotten-Avril Lavigne

Oh, oh 4x
I’m giving up
On everything because you mess me up
Don’t know how much you screwed it up

You never listen, that’s just too bad
Because I’m moving on
I won’t forget you were the one that was wrong
I know I need to step up and be strong

Don’t patronize me, yeah

[Chorus:]

Have you forgotten
Everything that I wanted?

Do you forget it’s now
You never got it?
Do you get it now, yeah, yeah, yeah?
Oh, oh 2x

Gotta get away
There’s no point in thinking about yesterday
It’s too late now
It will never be the same

We’re so different now, yeah
Chorus
I know I wanna run away, I know I wanna run away
Run away

If only I could run away, if only I could run away
Run away
I told you what I wanted; I told you what I wanted
What I wanted

I was forgotten, I won’t be forgotten never again
Chorus
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Falling Down-Avril Lavigne

If fears what makes us decide
Our future journey
Im not along for the ride
Cuz Im still yearning

To try and touch the sun
My fingers burning
Before youre old you are young
Yeah Im still learning

#I am falling down
Try and stop me
It feels so good to hit the ground
You can watch me

Fallin on my face
Its an uphill human race
And I am falling down
Im standing out in the street

The earth is moving
I feel it under my feet
And Im still proveing
That I can stand my ground

And my feet are there, havent washed my hair
Too be lost before you are found
Dont mean you are losing
#I am....

Some day Ill live in a house
Etc., etc., etc.
Dont you know thats not for now
and for now Im falling

down...down...down...,
down...down...down,
down...down...down,
Yeah e Yeah..Yeah e Yeah,

#I am....
Im falling down
Im falling down..Im falling down
Im falling
READMORE - Falling Down-Avril Lavigne

Freak Out-Avril Lavigne

Try to tell me what i shouldnt do
You should know by now
I wont listen to you
Walk around with my hands

Up in the air
Cause I dont care
Cause Im all right
Im fine

Just freak out let it go
Chorus
Im gonna live my life
I cant ever run and hide

I wont compromise
Cause Ill never know
Im gonna close my eyes
I cant watch the time go by

I wont keep it inside
Freak out let it go
Just freak out let it go
You dont always have to do everything right

Stand up for yourself
And put up a fight
Walk around with your hands up in the air
Like you dont care

Cause Im all right
Im fine
Just freak out let it go
Chorus

Let it go
On my own
Let it go
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

Chorus
Just let me live my life
I cant ever run and hide
I wont compromise

Cause ill never know
Im gonna close my eyes
I cant watch the time go by
I wont keep it inside

Freak out let it go
Freak out let it go (x 2)
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Everything Back But You-Avril Lavigne

Today was the worst day, I went through hell
I wish I could remove it from my mind
Two months away from you but I couldn't tell
I thought that everything was gonna be just fine

The postcard that you wrote with the stupid little note
Something wasn't quite right about it
Smelled like cheap perfume
And it didn't smell like you

There is no way you can get around it
Because you wrote
[Chorus]
I wish you were her

You left out the "E"
You left without me
And now you're somewhere out there with a
Hey hey

Psycho babe,
I hate you
Why are guys so lame?
Everything I gave you

I want everything back but you
My friends tried to tell me all along
That you weren't the right one for me
My friends tried to tell me to be strong

I bet you didn't think that I would see
The postcard that you wrote with the stupid little note
Something wasn't quite right about it
I wanna see you cry like I did a thousand times

Now you're losing me, you're losing me now
Because you wrote
[Chorus]
The postcard that you wrote with the stupid little note

Something wasn't quite right about it
Smelled like cheap perfume and it didn't smell like you
There is no way you can get around it
Because you wrote

[Chorus]
I wish you were her
You left out the "E"
You left without me

Everything back but you
I wish you were her
You left out the "E"
You left without me

Everything back but you
READMORE - Everything Back But You-Avril Lavigne

Innocence-Avril Lavigne

Waking up I see that everything is OK
The first time in my life and now it’s so great
Slowing down I look around and I am so amazed
I think about the little things that make life great
I wouldn’t change a thing about it
This is the best feeling
[Chorus]
This innocence is brilliant
I hope that it will stay
This moment is perfect
Please don’t go away
I need you now
And I’ll hold on to it
Don’t you let it pass you by
I found a place so safe, not a single tear
The first time in my life and now it’s so clear
Feel calm, I belong, I’m so happy here
It’s so strong and now I let myself be sincere
I wouldn’t change a thing about it
This is the best feeling
[Chorus]
It’s a state of bliss, you think you’re dreaming
It’s the happiness inside that you’re feeling
It’s so beautiful it makes you wanna cry
It’s a state of bliss, you think you’re dreaming
It’s the happiness inside that you’re feeling
It’s so beautiful it makes you wanna cry
It’s so beautiful it makes you wanna cry
This innocence is brilliant
Makes you wanna cry
This innocence is brilliance
Please don’t go away
Cause I need you now
And I’ll hold on to it
Don’t you let it pass you by
[Chorus]
READMORE - Innocence-Avril Lavigne

My Happy Ending-Avril Lavigne

So much for my happy ending
Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh...

Let's talk this over
It's not like we're dead
Was it something I did?
Was it something You said?
Don't leave me hanging
In a city so dead
Held up so high
On such a breakable thread

You were all the things I thought I knew
And I thought we could be

[Chorus:]
You were everything, everything that I wanted
We were meant to be, supposed to be, but we lost it
And all of the memories, so close to me, just fade away
All this time you were pretending
So much for my happy ending
Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh...

You've got your dumb friends
I know what they say
They tell you I'm difficult
But so are they
But they don't know me
Do they even know you?
All the things you hide from me
All the shit that you do [CD version]
All the stuff that you do [radio edited version]

You were all the things I thought I knew
And I thought we could be

[Chorus]

It's nice to know that you were there
Thanks for acting like you cared
And making me feel like I was the only one
It's nice to know we had it all
Thanks for watching as I fall
And letting me know we were done

[Chorus x2]

[x2]
Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh...
So much for my happy ending

Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh...
READMORE - My Happy Ending-Avril Lavigne

Don't Tell Me-Avril Lavigne

You held my hand and walked me home I know
While you gave me that kiss it was something like this it made me go ooh ohh
You wiped my tears, got rid of all my fears, why did you have to go?
Guess it wasn't enough to take up some of my love
Guys are so hard to trust
Did I not tell you that I'm not like that girl?
The one who gives it all away

[Chorus:]
Did you think that I was gonna give it up to you, this time?
Did you think that it was somethin I was gonna do and cry?
Don't try to tell me what to do,
Dont try to tell me what to say,
Your better off that way

Don't think that your charm and the fact that your arm is now around my neck
Will get you in my pants I'll have to kick your ass and make you never forget
I'm gonna ask you to stop, thought I liked you a lot, but I'm really upset
Get out of my head get off of my bed yeah thats what I said
Did I not tell you that I'm not like that girl, the one who, throws it all away

[Chorus]
Did you think that I was gonna give it up to you, this time?
Did you think that it was somethin I was gonna do and cry?
Don't try to tell me what to do,
Dont try to tell me what to say,
Your better off that way

This guilt trip that you put me on won't, mess me up I've done no wrong
Any thoughts of you and me have gone away

[Chorus]
Did you think that I was gonna give it up to you, this time?
Did you think that it was somethin I was gonna do and cry?
Don't try to tell me what to do,
Dont try to tell me what to say,
Your better off that way

Better off that way
I'm better off alone anyway
READMORE - Don't Tell Me-Avril Lavigne

Complicated-Avril Lavigne

Chill out,
What you yellin’ for?
Lay back, it’s all been done before
And if you could only let it be
You will see
I like you the way you are
When we’re, driving in your car
And you’re talking to me
One on one
But you become
Somebody else
‘Round everyone else
watchin your back
like you can’t relax
you’re tryin’ to be cool
you look like a fool
to me
Tell me
Why do you have to go and make things so complicated?
I see the way you’re
acting like you’re somebody else gets me frustrated
life’s like this, you
and you fall, and you crawl
and you break, and you take
what you get and you turn it into
honesty ya promise me I’m never gonna find you fake it
No, no, no
You come over unannounced
dressed up like you’re something else
where you are and where you sat
you see you’re making me
laugh out when you strike a pose
take off all your preppy clothes
you know
you’re not fooling anyone
when you become
Somebody else
’round everyone else
watchin’ your back
like you can’t relax
tryin’ to be cool
you look like a fool to me
Tell me
Why do you have to go and make things so complicated?
I see the way you’re
acting like you’re somebody else gets me frustrated
life’s like this, you
and you fall and you crawl
and you break and you take
what you get and you turn it into
honesty ya promise me
I’m never gonna find you fake it
No, no, no,no,no,no,no,no,no
Chill out,
what you yellin’ for?
lay back, it’s all been done before
and if yiu could only let it be
you will see
Somebody else
’round everyone else
you’re watchin’ your back
like you can’t relax
you’re trying to be cool
you look like a fool
to me, to me
Why do you have to go and make things so complicated?
I see the way you’re
acting like you’re somebody else gets me frustrated
life’s like this, you
and you fall and you crawl
and you break and you take
what you get and you turn it into
honesty promise me I’m never gonna find you fake it
No, no
Why do you have to go and make things so complicated?
I see the way you’re
acting like you’re somebody else gets me frustrated
life’s like this, you
and you fall and you crawl
and you break and you take
what you get and you turn it into
honesty promise me I’m never gonna find you fake it
no,noo,no
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I will Be-Avril Lavigne

There's nothing I could say to you
Nothing I could ever do to make you see
What you mean to me

All the pain, the tears I cried
Still you never said goodbye and now I know
How far you'd go

Bridge:
I know I let you down
But it's not like that now
This time I'll never let you go

Chorus:
I will be, all that you want
And get myself together
Cause you keep me from falling apart

All my life, I'll be with you forever
To get you through the day
And make everything okay

Verse 2:
I thought that I had everything
I didn't know what life could bring
But now I see, honestly

You're the one thing I got right
The only one I let inside
Now I can breathe, cause you're here with me

Bridge:
And if I let you down
I'll turn it all around
Cause I would never let you go

Chorus:
I will be, all that you want
And get myself together
Cause you keep me from falling apart

All my life, I'll be with you forever
To get you through the day
And make everything okay

Ending bridge:
Cause without you I cant sleep
I'm not gonna ever, ever let you leave
You're all I've got, you're all I want
Yeah

And without you I don't know what I'd do
I can never, ever live a day without you
Here with me, do you see,
You're all I need

Chorus:
And I will be, all that you want
And get myself together
Cause you keep me from falling apart

All my life (my life), I'll be with you forever
To get you through the day
And make everything okay

Chorus:
I will be (I'll be), all that you want
And get myself together
Cause you keep me from falling apart

And all my life, you know I'll be with you forever
To get you through the day
And make everything okay
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Keep Holdding On-Avril Lavigne

You're not alone
Together we stand
I'll be by your side, you know I'll take your hand
When it gets cold
And it feels like the end
There's no place to go
You know I won't give in
No I won't give in

Keep holding on
'Cause you know we'll make it through, we'll make it through
Just stay strong
'Cause you know I'm here for you, I'm here for you
There's nothing you could say
Nothing you could do
There's no other way when it comes to the truth
So keep holding on
'Cause you know we'll make it through, we'll make it through

So far away
I wish you were here
Before it's too late, this could all disappear
Before the doors close
And it comes to an end
With you by my side I will fight and defend,
I'll fight and defend
Yeah, yeah!

Keep holding on
'Cause you know we'll make it through, we'll make it through
Just stay strong
'Cause you know I'm here for you, I'm here for you
There's nothing you could say
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Nothing you could do
There's no other way when it comes to the truth
So keep holding on
'Cause you know we'll make it through, we'll make it through

Hear me when I say, when I say I believe
Nothing's gonna change, nothing's gonna change destiny
Whatever's meant to be will work out perfectly
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!

La da da da
La da da da
La da da da da da da da da

Keep holding on
'Cause you know we'll make it through, we'll make it through
Just stay strong
'Cause you know I'm here for you, I'm here for you
There's nothing you could say
Nothing you could do
There's no other way when it comes to the truth
So keep holding on
'Cause you know we'll make it through, we'll make it through

Keep holding on...
Keep holding on

There's nothing you could say
Nothing you could do
There's no other way when it comes to the truth
So keep holding on
'Cause you know we'll make it through, we'll make it through
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Girl Friend-Avril Lavigne

Hey, hey, you, you, I don't like your girlfriend
No way, no way, I think you need a new one
Hey, hey, you, you, I could be your girlfriend

Hey, hey, you, you, I know that you like me
No way, no way, you know it's not a secret
Hey, hey, you, you, I want to be your girlfriend

You're so fine, I want you mine, you're so delicious
I think about you all the time, you're so addictive
Don't you know what I can do to make you feel alright?
Alright, alright, alright

Don't pretend, I think you know I'm precious
And so yeah, I'm a hey, hey princess
I can tell you like me too and you know I'm right
I'm right, I'm right, I'm right

She's like so whatever
You could do so much better
I think we should get together now
And that's what everybody?s talking about

Hey, hey, you, you, I don't like your girlfriend
No way, no way, I think you need a new one
Hey, hey, you, you, I could be your girlfriend

Hey, hey, you, you, I know that you like me
No way, no way, you know it?s not a secret
Hey, hey, you, you, I want to be your girlfriend

I can see the way, I see the way you look at me
And even when you look away I know you think of me
I know you talk about me all the time again and again
And again and again and again

So come over here and tell me what I wanna hear
Better yet, make your girlfriend disappear
I don't wanna hear you say her name ever again
And again and again and again

'Cause she's like so whatever
And she could do so much better
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I think we should get together now
And that's what everybody's talking about

Hey, hey, you, you, I don't like your girlfriend
No way, no way, I think you need a new one
Hey, hey, you, you, I could be your girlfriend

Hey, hey, you, you, I know that you like me
No way, no way, you know it's not a secret
Hey, hey, you, you, I want to be your girlfriend

Oh, in a second you'll be wrapped around my finger
Woo, 'cause I can, ?cause I can do it better
There's no other, so when's it gonna sink in?
Hey, she's so stupid, just what were you thinking?

In a second you'll be wrapped around my finger
'Cause I can, ?cause I can do it better
There's no other, so when's it gonna sink in?
She's so stupid, just what were you thinking?

Hey, hey, you, you, I don't like your girlfriend
No way, no way, I think you need a new one
Hey, hey, you, you, I could be your girlfriend
No way, no way

Hey, hey, I know that you like me
No way, no way, you know it's not a secret
Hey, hey, I want to be your girlfriend
No way, no way, no way, no way
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Alice (OST Alice In Wonderland)-Avril Lavigne

Tripping out
Spinning around
I'm underground, I fell down
yeah, I fell down

I'm freaking out
Where am I now?
Upside down
And I can't stop it now
You can't stop me now

I, I'll get by
I, I'll survive
When the world's crashing down
When I fall and hit the ground
I will turn myself around
Don't you try to stop it
I, I won't cry

I found myself in Wonderland
Get back on my feet again
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Is this real?
Is it pretend?
I'll take a stand until the end

I, I'll get by
I, I'll survive
When the world's crashing down
When I fall and hit the ground
I will turn myself around
Don't you try to stop me
I, I won't cry

I, I'll get by
I, I'll survive
When the world's crashing down
When I fall and hit the ground
I will turn myself around
Don't you try to stop me
I, and I won't cry
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Oh Holy Night-Avril Lavigne

[Avril]
O holy night, the stars are brightly shining
It is the night of my dear Savior’s birth!
Long lay the world in sin and error pining
Till He appeared and the soul felt its worth

[Chantal]
A thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices
For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn

[Avril]
Fall on your knees, O hear the angel voices!
O night divine, O night when Christ was born!
O night divine, O night, O night divine!

[Chantal, 3 rd Verse of the original ]
Truly He taught us to love one another
His law is love and His Gospel is peace
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Chains shall He break for the slave is our brother
And in His Name all oppression shall cease

[Avril]
Sweet hymns of joy in grateful chorus raise we,
Let all within us praise His holy Name!

[Avril , Chantal a high pitched accompaniment]
Christ is the King! That ever, ever praise we!
His power and glory evermore proclaim!
His power and glory evermore proclaim!

[Avril] oh-oh , oh , oh

[Avril , Chantal a high pitched accompaniment]
His power and glory evermore proclaim!
His power and glory evermore proclaim!
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Everybody Hurts-Avril Lavigne

Don't know, Don't know if I can do this on my own
Why do you have to leave, me
It seems, I'm losing something deep inside of me
Hold on, onto me

Now I see
Now I see

Everybody hurts some days
Its okay to be afraid
Everybody hurts
Everybody screams
Everybody feels this way
And its okay
La di da di da
Its okay

It feels like nothing really matters anymore
When you're gone
I can't breathe
And I know you never meant to make me feel this way
This can't be happening

Now I see (now I see)
Now I see

Everybody hurts somedays
Its okay to be afraid
Everybody hurts
Everybody screams
Everybody feels this way
And its okay
La di da di da
Its okay
La la la la la

So many questions so much on my mind
So many answers I can't find
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I wish I could turn back the time

I want to...
Everybody hurts some days (some days)
Everybody hurts some days (some days)
Everybody hurts some days (some days)
Its okay to be afraid (afraid)
Everybody hurts
Everybody screams
Everybody feels this way
And its okay
La di da di da
Its okay

La la la la la
Its okay

Everybody hurts somedays
Its okay to be afraid
Everybody hurts some day (yeah we all feel pain)
Everybody feels this way but it'll be okay
Can someone take me away to a better place
Everybody feels this way
Its okay

La di da di da
Its okay
La la la la la
Its okay.
La di da di da
Its okay.
La la la la la
Its okay.
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Goodbye Lullaby-Avril Lavigne

Goodbye
Goodbye
Goodbye, my love

I can’t hide
Can’t hide
Can’t hide what has come.
I have to go, I have to go, I have to go
And leave you alone

But always know, always know, always know
That I love you so
I love you so
I love you so
Oh

[chorus]
Goodbye, brown eyes
Goodbye for now
Goodbye, sunshine
Take care of yourself
I have to go, I have to go, I have to go
And leave you alone
But always know, always know, always know
That I love you so, I love you so, oh.
I love you so.
Oh.

La lullaby. Distract me with your eyes.
La lullaby. la lullaby. Help me sleep tonight.
La lullaby (la lullaby, la lullaby)
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I have to go
I have to go
I have to go
And leave you alone

But always know, always know, always know
That I love you so
I love you so
(Goodbye)
(Lullaby)
I love you so
(Goodbye)
(Lullaby)
I love you so
(Goodbye)
(Lullaby)
I love you so
(Goodbye)
(Lullaby)
I love you so
I love you so

Goodbye, brown eyes
Goodbye my love
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How Does It Fell-Avril Lavigne

I'm not afraid of anything
I just need to know that i can breathe
I don't need much of anything
But suddenly, suddenly

I am small and the world is big
All around me is fast moving
Surrounded by so many things
But suddenly, suddenly

[Chorus]
How does it feel, to be different from me?
Are we the same?
How does it feel, to be different from me?
Are we the same?
How does it feel?

I'm young, and I am free
But I get tired, and I get weak
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I get lost, and I can't sleep
But suddenly, suddenly

[Chorus]

[Bridge]
Would you comfort me
Would you cry with me;

Ahh, ahh, ahh-ah
Ahh, ahh-ah
Ahh, ahh-ah
Ahh, ahh-ah
Ahh, ahh, ahh-ah
Ahh, ahh-ah
Ahh, ahh-ah
Ahh, ahh-ah

I am small and the world is big
But I'm not afraid of anything;

[Chorus x2]

[Ending (background)]
How does it feel [x2]
Different from me, different...
(Ahh, ahh, ahh-ah;
ahh-ah,
ahh-ah,
ahh, ahh, ahh-ah;
ahh-ah,
ahh-ah)
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Smile-Avril Lavigne

You know that I'm a crazy bitch
I do what I want when I feel like it
All I wanna do is lose control
But you don't really give a shit
you don't let it go let it go with it
'cause you're fucking crazy rock'n'roll

[Bridge]
You said "Hey,
What's your name?"
it took one look
and now I'm not the same
Yeah you said "Hey."
and since that day
you stole my heart
and you're the one to blame

[Chorus]
Yeah
and that's why I smile
It's been a while
since every day and everything has
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felt this right
and now you're turning all around
and suddenly you're all I need
The reason why I smile

Last night I blacked out I think
What did you, what did you put in my drink?
I remember making out and then, oh, oh
I woke up with a new tattoo
your name was on me and my name was on you
I will do it all over again

[Bridge]

[Chorus]

You know that I'm a crazy bitch
I do what I want when I feel like it
All I wanna do is lose control
You know that I'm a crazy bitch
I do what I want when I feel like it
All I wanna do is lose control
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Stop Standing There-Avril Lavigne

All this talking to you
I don’t know what I’m to do
I don’t know where you stand
What’s inside of your head

All this thinking of you
Is that what you do onto
You’re always on my mind
I talk about you all the time

Chorus:

Don’t waste another day
Don’t waste another minute
I cannot wait to see your face
Just show how much I’m in it
So open up your heart
Help me understand
Please tell me who you are
So I could show you who I am

You’re just standing by
You’re just wasting time
Why don’t you just tell me the truth about me and you
And as the time goes by
I hope you realize
If you ask me to
I just might be with you

So don’t waste another day
Don’t waste another minute
I cannot wait to see your face
Just to show how much I’m in it
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So open up your heart
Help me understand
Please tell me who you are
So I could show you who I am

Bridge:

Stop Standing there, standing there
And stop acting like you don’t care
And stop being scared, being scared
Stop acting like you don’t care..

So, don’t waste another day
Don’t waste another minute
I cannot wait to see your face
Just to show how much I’m in it
So open up your heart
Help me understand
Please tell me who you are
So I could show you who I am

So, don’t waste another day
Don’t waste another minute
I cannot wait to see your face
Just to show how much I’m in it
Open up your heart
Help me understand
Please tell me who you are
So I could show you who I am

Who I am, who I am, who I am
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When Your Gone-Avril Lavigne

I always needed time on my own
I never thought I'd need you there when I cry
And the days feel like years when I'm alone
And the bed where you lie is made up on your side

When you walk away I count the steps that you take
Do you see how much I need you right now?

When you're gone
The pieces of my heart are missing you
When you're gone
The face I came to know is missing too

When you're gone
The words I need to hear to always get me through
The day and make it ok
I miss you

I've never felt this way before
Everything that I do reminds me of you
And the clothes you left, they lie on the floor
And they smell just like you, I love the things that you do

When you walk away I count the steps that you take
Do you see how much I need you right now?

When you're gone
The pieces of my heart are missing you
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And when you're gone
The face I came to know is missing too

And when you're gone
The words I need to hear to always get me through
The day and make it ok
I miss you

We were made for each other
Out here forever
I know we were, yeah

And all I ever wanted was for you to know
Everything I'd do, I'd give my heart and soul
I can hardly breathe I need to feel you here with me, yeah

When you're gone
The pieces of my heart are missing you
And when you're gone
The face I came to know is missing too

And when you're gone
All the words I need to hear will always get me through
The day and make it ok
I miss you
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What the hell-Avril Lavigne

You say that I'm messing with your head
(yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
All 'cause I was making out with your friend
(yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Love hurts, whether it's right or wrong
(yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
I can't stop 'cause I'm having too much fun
(yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

You're on your knees,
beggin' please
'stay with me'
But honestly,
I just need to be a little crazy

All my life I've been good but now,
I'm thinking 'What the hell'
All I want is to mess around,
and I don't really care about
If you love me, if you hate me,
you can't save me, baby, baby
All my life I've been good but now,
whoa 'What the hell'

What,
What,
What,
What the hell

So what if I go out on a million dates
(yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
You never call or listen to me anyway
(yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
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I'd rather rage than sit around and wait all day
(yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Don't get me wrong,
I just need some time to play (yeah)

You're on your knees,
beggin' please
'stay with me'
But honestly,
I just need to be a little crazy

All my life I've been good but now,

I'm thinking 'What the hell'
All I want is to mess around,
and I don't really care about
If you love me, if you hate me,
you can't save me, baby, baby
All my life I've been good but now,
whoa 'What the hell'

La la la la la la la la, whoa, whoa
La la la la la la la la, whoa, whoa

You say that I'm messing with your head
Boy, I like messing in your bed
Yeah, I am messing with your head
When I'm messing with you in bed

All my life I've been good but now,
I'm thinking what the hell (what the hell)
All I want is to mess around and I don't really care about (I don't care about)
All my life I've been good but now, I'm thinking what the hell
All I want is to mess around and I don't really care about. (if you love me)
If you love me (no), if you hate me (no)
You can't save me, baby, baby (if you love me)
All my life I've been good but now, whoa, what the hell

La la, La la la la la la, La la, La la la la la la la
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Selasa, 24 Mei 2011

Siswa Siswi Jepang Paling Sopan di Dunia



REPUBLIKA.CO.ID,TOKYO - Jepang bisa membanggakan disiplin siswa-siswi negara tersebut di sekolah. Perilaku siswa Jepang di kelas itu lebih baik atau terbaik dunia. Demikian hasil penelitian internasional.
Menurut hasil penelitian tersebut, murid-murid di Jepang menempati posisi tertinggi dalam peringkat perilaku baik. Laporan dari forum kerjasama ekonomi OECD mendapati jumlah gangguan di kelas pada tahun 2009 lebih sedikit jika dibandingkan angka hasil penelitian tahun 2000.

Siswa-siswi di Inggris berperilaku lebih baik jika dibandingan perilaku rata-rata siswa di negara lain. Namun, negara dan kawasan Asia mendominasi posisi teratas di daftar peringkat perilaku terbaik.
OECD menerbitkan analisis statistik perilaku yang dihimpun sebagai bagian dari penelitian internasional forum tersebut. Penelitian itu juga membandingkan kinerja sistem pendidikan.
Penelitian OECD mencermati tingkat gangguan yang terjadi di kelas dari segi berapa lama guru harus menunggu siswa usia 15 tahun ''menjadi tenang'' dalam proses belajar. Penelitian mendapati bahwa, meski banyak pihak merisaukan perilaku buruk, kemungkinan remaja gaduh dan berulah itu menurun jika dibandingkan dengan hasil analisis internasional serupa pada 2000.

''Keyakinan umum selama ini mempercayai disiplin siswa turun dari satu angkatan ke angkatan berikutnya. Keyakinan tersebut juga mempercayai bahwa para guru kehilangan kendali atas kelas mereka. Namun, keyakinan umum itu keliru,'' kata laporan OECD. ''Antara tahun 2000 dan 2009, disiplin di sekolah ternyata tidak memburuk. Bahkan, di banyak negara disiplin siswa justru meningkat.''
Negara-negara dan kawasan di Asia menempati tujuh dari 10 tempat teratas. Tiga tempat teratas ditempati oleh negara di Eropa timur.
Dua sistem persekolahan Cina (Shangai dan Hongkong) berada di posisi empat teratas. Ini mencerminkan munculnya Cina sebagai adidaya pendidikan yang tengah bangkit.

Dalam hasil pengukuran penelitian terhadap keterampilan baca-tulis yang diterbitkan bulan Desember, sistem persekolahan Shanghai menempati posisi teratas di dunia. Dalam penelitian perilaku ini, Inggris menempati posisi ke-28 dengan skor yang menempatkan perilaku siswa Inggris di atas rata-rata. Posisi Inggris di belakang Amerika Serikat dan Jerman, tapi di atas Prancis dan Italia.
Peringkat pendidikan internasional hasil penelitian OECD ini menempatkan negara-negara Skandinavia di posisi bawah. Finlandia, yang biasanya berada di peringkat teratas urutan sekolah dunia, berada di tiga posisi terbawah. Hanya Argentina dan Yunani yang disebut mengalami gangguan lebih banyak di dalam kelas.


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Kamis, 19 Mei 2011

Avril Lavigne

Avril Ramona Lavigne Whibley (lahir di Kanada, 27 September 1984; umur 26 tahun), atau lebih dikenal dengan nama Avril Lavigne, adalah seorang penyanyi pop-punk, musisi, dan aktris asal Kanada. Pada tahun 2006, Majalah Bisnis Kanada memposisikannya dalam posisi ke-7 wanita Kanada paling mengagumkan di Hollywood, dan pada tahun 2007 dia memenangkan 9 nominasi Jabra Music Contest untuk kategori Best Band In The World, berdasarkan pilihan penggemar diseluruh dunia.
Hingga kini, Lavigne telah merilis 3 buah album studio, yaitu Let Go (2002) yang terjual lebih dari 19 juta diseluruh dunia dengan 9 juta di US, Under My Skin (2004) yang terjual lebih dari 12 juta diseluruh dunia dan 4 juta di US, dan The Best Damn Thing (2007) yang terjual lebih dari 9 juta dan 2,5 juta di US. Lavigne juga telah memproduksi delapan singel internasional, diantaranya adalah "Complicated", "Sk8er Boi", "I'm with You", "Don't Tell Me", "My Happy Ending", "Girlfriend", "When You're Gone" dan "What The Hell". Lavigne pun mengisi soundtrack untuk film Alice in Wonderland dengan lagu yang berjudul "Alice". Ia telah menjual rekaman album dan singelnya sebanyak kurang lebih 45 juta diseluruh dunia.

Profil

Avril Lavigne dilahirkan disebuah kota kecil, Napanee, Ontario. Kemampuan Avril dalam bernyanyi telah diketahui sejak ia berumur 2 tahun, ketika ibunya mengatakan bahwa Avril telah mulai ikut menyanyi lagu-lagu rohani di gereja. Keluarga Avril pindah ke Napanee saat dia berumur 5 tahun. Pada tahun 1998, Avril memenangkan kompetisi bernyanyi dalam tour resmi penyanyi Kanada, Shania Twain. Avril menyanyikan lagu Shania yang berjudul What Made You Say That.
Saat usia Avril menjelang 16 tahun, dia didaftarkan oleh Ken Krongard, seorang artis dan jurnalis, wakil dari perusahaan rekaman Arista. Ken mengundang Antonio "L.A." Reid untuk mendengarkan nyanyian Avril disebuah studio rekaman milik Peter Zizzo di New York. Selanjutnya Avril melengkapi kontrak album perdananya, Let Go.

Keluarga

  • John Lavigne (ayah)
  • Judy Lavigne (ibu)
  • Matt Lavigne (kakak laki-laki)
  • Michelle Lavigne (adik perempuan)
  • Vhita Lavigne (adik perempuan)

Karier Musik

Album pertama Avril, Let Go, dirilis pada tanggal 4 Juni 2002 di Amerika Serikat, menduduki posisi 2 disana, dan menduduki posisi 1 di Australia, Kanada, Inggris, dan beberapa negara lainnya, dengan hits singel lagu "Complicated", "Sk8er Boi", "I'm with You", dan "Losing Grip". Album ini sangat sukses dan terjual lebih dari 17 juta diseluruh dunia, 7 juta nya terjual di US.
Ditahun 2004, tepatnya tanggal 25 Mei 2004, Lavigne merilis album kedua yang bertitel Under My Skin dengan hits singel lagu "Don't Tell Me", "My Happy Ending", "Nobody's Home, "He Wasn't", dan "Fall to Pieces". Album ini mengikuti jejak sukses dari Let Go, terjual 12 juta diseluruh dunia dan 4 juta terjual di US.
Album ketiga Avril, The Best Damn Thing dirilis pada tanggal 17 April 2007. Album ini cukup mengejutkan, karena Avril mengubah gaya bernyanyinya yang sebelumnya sangat kental dengan rock dan warna-warna gelap, menjadi lebih ceria dan berwarna pink. Album ini mempunyai hits singel lagu "Girlfriend", "When You're Gone", "Hot", dan "The Best Damn Thing".
Avril pun pernah beberapa kali mengisi soundtrack film, diantaranya adalah film Eragon dengan singel "Keep Holding On" dan yang terbaru, film Alice in Wonderland dengan singel berjudul "Alice".

Karier Film

Avril tampil dalam film awalnya dalam film Over the Hedge sebagai pengisi suara, dimana film ini berdasarkan komik yang berjudul sama. Dia bekerja sama dengan William Shatner, Bruce Willis, Garry Shandling, Wnda Sykes, Nick Nolte dan Steve Carrel. Dia juga beraksi dalam film karya Richard Gere berjudul The Flock, sebagai kekasih dari seorang pelaku kejahatan, dan proyek ketiganya adalah Fast Food Nation, berdasarkan buku favoritnya.nAvril membuat sebuah batu bertulisan dalam film Going The Distance dan juga sempat tampil dalam sebuah episode film Sabrina, The Teenage Witch, menampilkan lagu "Sk8er Boi" dengan band-nya.

Pandangan Publik

Dalam halaman remi MySpace Avril, dia menjelaskan bahwa aliran musiknya adalah Pop/Punk/Rock, tetapi All Music Guide dan para pengamat musik lainya menjelakan bahwa aliran musik Avril adalah Punk, Punk-pop, Pop/Rock, Alternative Rock, Alterrnative Pop-rock, Modern Rock dan Post-Grunge. Avril mengatakan bahwa "I'm not punk". Avril juga menjelaskan kepada MTV Essential "I'm a rocker chic and not completely pop". Walaupun dia mengutip bahwa aliran musiknya adalah punk dan menggambarkan sebagai hasil pengaruh, aliran musiknya telah diberi nama umum dengan punk tahun 1970an.
Avril berbicara tentang penampilan barunya dalam sebuah wawancara pada bulan September 2006, dia menjelaskan "When I was in high school I was a little shit, hanging out with the guys, gettting drunk, getting in fights, playing hockey. My band were all guys, so I was only around guys, but when I got older I started being more of a chick. I broke out on the scence lookina like the 17-year-old that I was. And from then to now I look really different - but that's called growing up".

Kehidupan Pribadi

Dalam majalah Seventeen edisi Januari 2003, Avril mengakui "I was always snagging a bit of Matt's cheeseburger everynow and again". Juga mengatakan dalam wawancara setelahnya, dia mengatakan tidak memakan daging, tetapi tidak mengatakan bahwa dia vegetarian, suatu waktu seseorang bisa seja menemuinya sedang memakan daging.
Sebagai seorang remaja dia biasanya bermain di Restoran La Pizzera di Napanee, Ontario. Dalam Unser My Skin Bonez Tour Documentary, dia mengatakan bahwa pizza dengan olive topping adalah makanan kesukaannya, walaupun dia tidak biasa memakannya berlebihan, karena pizza dapat merusak suaranya. Sejak dia terkenal dan populer di dunia musik, restoran tersebut menyediakan pizza dengan nama Avril yang merupakan jenis pizza kesukaan Avril, dan disana ada buku tamu untuk penggemar yang akan dipilih oleh Avril ketika dia mengunjungi kerabat dan sahabatnya di kota dimana dia dibesarkan, Napanee.
Avril mempunyai tato bintang di pergelangan tangan kirinya yang merupakan salah satu gaya yang digunakan untuk album pertamanya. Tato tersebut dibuat bersamaan dengan tato milik Ben Moddy, teman Avril yang merupakan mantan personil band Evanescence. Akhir tahun 2004, Avril mempunyai tato berbetuk hati berukuran kecil dengan aksen bertulisan hurup 'D' di pergelangan tangan kanannya, dan merupakan bukti persembahan untuk kekasihnya Derick Whibley. Avril dan suaminya telah membeli sebuah rumah seharga 9.5 juta dollar Amerika di Bel-Air, yang mana rumah ini rumah peninggalan pasangan terkenal sebelumnya, Travis Barker dan Shanna Moakle. Rumah tersebut memiliki 8 kamar tidur, 10 kamar mandi, sebuah ruangan kerja, elevator, dapur kelas tinggi, dan garasi untuk 10 mobil.
Avril pernah digosipkan memiliki hubungan istimewa dengan mantan gitarisnya Jesse Colburn, tetapi menolak rumor tersebut, dan menjelaskan bahwa dia tidak memiliki hubungan apapun selain 'teman' dengannya maupun dengan anggota band lainnya sepeti Evan Taubenfeld atau siapapun. Walaupun begitu, Evan Taubenfeld masih menganggap bahwa Avril adalah sahabat terbaiknya disepanjang waktu dan seluas dunia, seperti yang dia katakan dalam halaman web resmi band "Q&A", band terakhirnya. Dalam majalah J-14, Avril bercerita tentang ciuman pertamanya terjadi saat dia berumur 14 tahun.
Tahun 2004, muncul sebuah berita bahwa Avril dan Hillary Duff bertengkar hebat. "I read that I was supossedly mad at my fans for dresssing like me" kata Avril dalam koran mingguan Quoted. "They quoted Hillary Duff saying 'Avril need to appreciate her fans and blah, blah, blah.' I'm like, excuse me? First off, it's not even true. I never said that, and second, who the hell cares what she has to say about my fans? Whatever, Hillary Duff such a goody-goody, such a mommy's girl". Baru-baru ini dilaporkan ada dramatisir antara mereka berdua di pesta Maxim di New York, dengan kejadian yang berbelit-belit dan rumit saat kedatangan mereka karena pelarian yang tak diinginkan. Avril berbicara sangat kasar, melompat secara kasar dan memaksa pihak penyelenggara pesta untuk meninggalkan tempat itu.
Bulan Februari 2004, dia mulai menjalin hubungan khusus dengan penyanyi Kanada Deryck Whibley, yang merupakan vokalis utama/gitaris pop punk band Sum 41. Pada tanggal 27 Juni 2005, Avril dan Deryck berwisata romantis ke Venice, Italia. Pasangan ini menikah disebuah gereja katholik dengan upacara pernikahan secara agamis dengan disaksikan sekitar 110 tamu undangan pada tanggal 15 Juli 2006, di sebuah lahan pribadi di California coastal city of Montecito. Saat ditanya apakah mereka siap untuk diberi keturunan, mereka mengatakan "not right now but somewhere down the road". Namun ternyata sekarang hubungan mereka tidak abadi lagi, hal tersebut dikarenaan perselingkuhan yang terjadi antara Deryck dengan Hilton. Avril pun menggugat cerai.

Derma

Avril telah banyak melakukan aksi kepedulian, seperti Make Some Noisw, Amnesty International, Camp Will-a-way, music clearing minefield, U.S. Campaign for burma, Make-a-wish foundation, dan War Child. Dia juga memberi bantuan terhadap ALDO ads untuk para penyandang aids. Aldo menjual pernak-pernik dengan kata-kata "HEAR", "SEE", dan "SPEAK" dan sebuah tas edisi khusus yang hanya dijual di Aldo dept. store atau dujual secara Online. Aksi ini bertujuan untuk membantu para penyandang aids diseluruh dunia. Avril bekerja dengan Reverb, sebuah lembaga masyarakat, untuk tou nya pada tahun 2005. Avril juga menyanyikan lagu "Knocking On Heavens Door" untuk sebuah derma.

Avril di Negara lain

Avril Lavigne mengadakan konser di Jakarta, Indonesia pada tanggal 4 April 2005. Dia pun pernah mengadakan konser di Kyoto, Jepang pada awal 2007. Saat itu dia mempromosikan lagu barunya yang berjudul Girlfriend dan When You're Gone yang segera masuk peringkat 1 dalam Best Download dan peringkat 3 Oricon Chart di Jepang.

Diskografi

Tahun
Judul album
Singel
                       Cover
2002

2004

2007
  • "Girlfriend"
  • "When You're Gone"
  • "Hot"
  • "The Best Damn Thing"

2011


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Rabu, 18 Mei 2011

Raden Adjeng Kartini


Raden Adjeng Kartini (lahir di Jepara, Jawa Tengah, 21 April 1879 – meninggal di Rembang, Jawa Tengah, 17 September 1904 pada umur 25 tahun) adalah seorang tokoh suku Jawa dan Pahlawan Nasional Indonesia. Kartini dikenal sebagai pelopor kebangkitan perempuan pribumi.

Biografi

 
       Raden Adjeng Kartini adalah seseorang dari kalangan priyayi atau kelas bangsawan Jawa, putri Raden Mas Adipati Ario Sosroningrat, bupati Jepara. Ia adalah putri dari istri pertama, tetapi bukan istri utama. Ibunya bernama M.A. Ngasirah, putri dari Nyai Haji Siti Aminah dan Kyai Haji Madirono, seorang guru agama di Telukawur, Jepara. Dari sisi ayahnya, silsilah Kartini dapat dilacak hingga Hamengkubuwana VI.
Ayah Kartini pada mulanya adalah seorang wedana di Mayong. Peraturan kolonial waktu itu mengharuskan seorang bupati beristerikan seorang bangsawan. Karena M.A. Ngasirah bukanlah bangsawan tinggi[2], maka ayahnya menikah lagi dengan Raden Adjeng Woerjan (Moerjam), keturunan langsung Raja Madura. Setelah perkawinan itu, maka ayah Kartini diangkat menjadi bupati di Jepara menggantikan kedudukan ayah kandung R.A. Woerjan, R.A.A. Tjitrowikromo.
Kartini adalah anak ke-5 dari 11 bersaudara kandung dan tiri. Dari kesemua saudara sekandung, Kartini adalah anak perempuan tertua. Kakeknya, Pangeran Ario Tjondronegoro IV, diangkat bupati dalam usia 25 tahun. Kakak Kartini, Sosrokartono, adalah seorang yang pintar dalam bidang bahasa. Sampai usia 12 tahun, Kartini diperbolehkan bersekolah di ELS (Europese Lagere School). Di sini antara lain Kartini belajar bahasa Belanda. Tetapi setelah usia 12 tahun, ia harus tinggal di rumah karena sudah bisa dipingit.

      Karena Kartini bisa berbahasa Belanda, maka di rumah ia mulai belajar sendiri dan menulis surat kepada teman-teman korespondensi yang berasal dari Belanda. Salah satunya adalah Rosa Abendanon yang banyak mendukungnya. Dari buku-buku, koran, dan majalah Eropa, Kartini tertarik pada kemajuan berpikir perempuan Eropa. Timbul keinginannya untuk memajukan perempuan pribumi, karena ia melihat bahwa perempuan pribumi berada pada status sosial yang rendah.

Kartini banyak membaca surat kabar Semarang De Locomotief yang diasuh Pieter Brooshooft, ia juga menerima leestrommel (paket majalah yang diedarkan toko buku kepada langganan). Di antaranya terdapat majalah kebudayaan dan ilmu pengetahuan yang cukup berat, juga ada majalah wanita Belanda De Hollandsche Lelie. Kartini pun kemudian beberapa kali mengirimkan tulisannya dan dimuat di De Hollandsche Lelie. Dari surat-suratnya tampak Kartini membaca apa saja dengan penuh perhatian, sambil membuat catatan-catatan. Kadang-kadang Kartini menyebut salah satu karangan atau mengutip beberapa kalimat. Perhatiannya tidak hanya semata-mata soal emansipasi wanita, tapi juga masalah sosial umum. Kartini melihat perjuangan wanita agar memperoleh kebebasan, otonomi dan persamaan hukum sebagai bagian dari gerakan yang lebih luas. Di antara buku yang dibaca Kartini sebelum berumur 20, terdapat judul Max Havelaar dan Surat-Surat Cinta karya Multatuli, yang pada November 1901 sudah dibacanya dua kali. Lalu De Stille Kraacht (Kekuatan Gaib) karya Louis Coperus. Kemudian karya Van Eeden yang bermutu tinggi, karya Augusta de Witt yang sedang-sedang saja, roman-feminis karya Nyonya Goekoop de-Jong Van Beek dan sebuah roman anti-perang karangan Berta Von Suttner, Die Waffen Nieder (Letakkan Senjata). Semuanya berbahasa Belanda.

      Oleh orangtuanya, Kartini disuruh menikah dengan bupati Rembang, K.R.M. Adipati Ario Singgih Djojo Adhiningrat, yang sudah pernah memiliki tiga istri. Kartini menikah pada tanggal 12 November 1903. Suaminya mengerti keinginan Kartini dan Kartini diberi kebebasan dan didukung mendirikan sekolah wanita di sebelah timur pintu gerbang kompleks kantor kabupaten Rembang, atau di sebuah bangunan yang kini digunakan sebagai Gedung Pramuka.
Berkat kegigihannya Kartini, kemudian didirikan Sekolah Wanita oleh Yayasan Kartini di Semarang pada 1912, dan kemudian di Surabaya, Yogyakarta, Malang, Madiun, Cirebon dan daerah lainnya. Nama sekolah tersebut adalah "Sekolah Kartini". Yayasan Kartini ini didirikan oleh keluarga Van Deventer, seorang tokoh Politik Etis


Surat-surat


      Setelah Kartini wafat, Mr. J.H. Abendanon mengumpulkan dan membukukan surat-surat yang pernah dikirimkan R.A Kartini pada teman-temannya di Eropa. Abendanon saat itu menjabat sebagai Menteri Kebudayaan, Agama, dan Kerajinan Hindia Belanda. Buku itu diberi judul Door Duisternis tot Licht yang arti harfiahnya "Dari Kegelapan Menuju Cahaya". Buku kumpulan surat Kartini ini diterbitkan pada 1911. Buku ini dicetak sebanyak lima kali, dan pada cetakan terakhir terdapat tambahan surat Kartini.
      Pada tahun 1922, Balai Pustaka menerbitkannya dalam bahasa Melayu dengan judul yang diterjemahkan menjadi Habis Gelap Terbitlah Terang: Boeah Pikiran, yang merupakan terjemahan oleh Empat Saudara. Kemudian tahun 1938, keluarlah Habis Gelap Terbitlah Terang versi Armijn Pane seorang sastrawan Pujangga Baru. Armijn membagi buku menjadi lima bab pembahasan untuk menunjukkan perubahan cara berpikir Kartini sepanjang waktu korespondensinya. Versi ini sempat dicetak sebanyak sebelas kali. Surat-surat Kartini dalam bahasa Inggris juga pernah diterjemahkan oleh Agnes L. Symmers. Selain itu, surat-surat Kartini juga pernah diterjemahkan ke dalam bahasa-bahasa Jawa dan Sunda.
      Terbitnya surat-surat Kartini, seorang perempuan pribumi, sangat menarik perhatian masyarakat Belanda, dan pemikiran-pemikiran Kartini mulai mengubah pandangan masyarakat Belanda terhadap perempuan pribumi di Jawa. Pemikiran-pemikiran Kartini yang tertuang dalam surat-suratnya juga menjadi inspirasi bagi tokoh-tokoh kebangkitan nasional Indonesia, antara lain W.R. Soepratman yang menciptakan lagu berjudul Ibu Kita Kartini.

Pemikiran

      Pada surat-surat Kartini tertulis pemikiran-pemikirannya tentang kondisi sosial saat itu, terutama tentang kondisi perempuan pribumi. Sebagian besar surat-suratnya berisi keluhan dan gugatan khususnya menyangkut budaya di Jawa yang dipandang sebagai penghambat kemajuan perempuan. Dia ingin wanita memiliki kebebasan menuntut ilmu dan belajar. Kartini menulis ide dan cita-citanya, seperti tertulis: Zelf-ontwikkeling dan Zelf-onderricht, Zelf- vertrouwen dan Zelf-werkzaamheid dan juga Solidariteit. Semua itu atas dasar Religieusiteit, Wijsheid en Schoonheid (yaitu Ketuhanan, Kebijaksanaan dan Keindahan), ditambah dengan Humanitarianisme (peri kemanusiaan) dan Nasionalisme (cinta tanah air).
      Surat-surat Kartini juga berisi harapannya untuk memperoleh pertolongan dari luar. Pada perkenalan dengan Estelle "Stella" Zeehandelaar, Kartini mengungkap keinginan untuk menjadi seperti kaum muda Eropa. Ia menggambarkan penderitaan perempuan Jawa akibat kungkungan adat, yaitu tidak bisa bebas duduk di bangku sekolah, harus dipingit, dinikahkan dengan laki-laki yang tak dikenal, dan harus bersedia dimadu.
Pandangan-pandangan kritis lain yang diungkapkan Kartini dalam surat-suratnya adalah kritik terhadap agamanya. Ia mempertanyakan mengapa kitab suci harus dilafalkan dan dihafalkan tanpa diwajibkan untuk dipahami. Ia mengungkapkan tentang pandangan bahwa dunia akan lebih damai jika tidak ada agama yang sering menjadi alasan manusia untuk berselisih, terpisah, dan saling menyakiti. "...Agama harus menjaga kita daripada berbuat dosa, tetapi berapa banyaknya dosa diperbuat orang atas nama agama itu..." Kartini mempertanyakan tentang agama yang dijadikan pembenaran bagi kaum laki-laki untuk berpoligami. Bagi Kartini, lengkap sudah penderitaan perempuan Jawa yang dunianya hanya sebatas tembok rumah.
      Surat-surat Kartini banyak mengungkap tentang kendala-kendala yang harus dihadapi ketika bercita-cita menjadi perempuan Jawa yang lebih maju. Meski memiliki seorang ayah yang tergolong maju karena telah menyekolahkan anak-anak perempuannya meski hanya sampai umur 12 tahun, tetap saja pintu untuk ke sana tertutup. Kartini sangat mencintai sang ayah, namun ternyata cinta kasih terhadap sang ayah tersebut juga pada akhirnya menjadi kendala besar dalam mewujudkan cita-cita. Sang ayah dalam surat juga diungkapkan begitu mengasihi Kartini. Ia disebutkan akhirnya mengizinkan Kartini untuk belajar menjadi guru di Betawi, meski sebelumnya tak mengizinkan Kartini untuk melanjutkan studi ke Belanda ataupun untuk masuk sekolah kedokteran di Betawi.
       Keinginan Kartini untuk melanjutkan studi, terutama ke Eropa, memang terungkap dalam surat-suratnya. Beberapa sahabat penanya mendukung dan berupaya mewujudkan keinginan Kartini tersebut. Ketika akhirnya Kartini membatalkan keinginan yang hampir terwujud tersebut, terungkap adanya kekecewaan dari sahabat-sahabat penanya. Niat dan rencana untuk belajar ke Belanda tersebut akhirnya beralih ke Betawi saja setelah dinasihati oleh Nyonya Abendanon bahwa itulah yang terbaik bagi Kartini dan adiknya Rukmini.
Pada pertengahan tahun 1903 saat berusia sekitar 24 tahun, niat untuk melanjutkan studi menjadi guru di Betawi pun pupus. Dalam sebuah surat kepada Nyonya Abendanon, Kartini mengungkap tidak berniat lagi karena ia sudah akan menikah. "...Singkat dan pendek saja, bahwa saya tiada hendak mempergunakan kesempatan itu lagi, karena saya sudah akan kawin..." Padahal saat itu pihak departemen pengajaran Belanda sudah membuka pintu kesempatan bagi Kartini dan Rukmini untuk belajar di Betawi.
       Saat menjelang pernikahannya, terdapat perubahan penilaian Kartini soal adat Jawa. Ia menjadi lebih toleran. Ia menganggap pernikahan akan membawa keuntungan tersendiri dalam mewujudkan keinginan mendirikan sekolah bagi para perempuan bumiputra kala itu. Dalam surat-suratnya, Kartini menyebutkan bahwa sang suami tidak hanya mendukung keinginannya untuk mengembangkan ukiran Jepara dan sekolah bagi perempuan bumiputra saja, tetapi juga disebutkan agar Kartini dapat menulis sebuah buku.
Perubahan pemikiran Kartini ini menyiratkan bahwa dia sudah lebih menanggalkan egonya dan menjadi manusia yang mengutamakan transendensi, bahwa ketika Kartini hampir mendapatkan impiannya untuk bersekolah di Betawi, dia lebih memilih berkorban untuk mengikuti prinsip patriarki yang selama ini ditentangnya, yakni menikah dengan Adipati Rembang.

Buku

  • Habis Gelap Terbitlah Terang
            Pada 1922, oleh Empat Saudara, Door Duisternis Tot Licht disajikan dalam bahasa Melayu dengan judul Habis Gelap Terbitlah Terang; Boeah Pikiran. Buku ini diterbitkan oleh Balai Pustaka. Armijn Pane, salah seorang sastrawan pelopor Pujangga Baru, tercatat sebagai salah seorang penerjemah surat-surat Kartini ke dalam Habis Gelap Terbitlah Terang. Ia pun juga disebut-sebut sebagai Empat Saudara.
            Pada 1938, buku Habis Gelap Terbitlah Terang diterbitkan kembali dalam format yang berbeda dengan buku-buku terjemahan dari Door Duisternis Tot Licht. Buku terjemahan Armijn Pane ini dicetak sebanyak sebelas kali. Selain itu, surat-surat Kartini juga pernah diterjemahkan ke dalam bahasa Jawa dan bahasa Sunda. Armijn Pane menyajikan surat-surat Kartini dalam format berbeda dengan buku-buku sebelumnya. Ia membagi kumpulan surat-surat tersebut ke dalam lima bab pembahasan. Pembagian tersebut ia lakukan untuk menunjukkan adanya tahapan atau perubahan sikap dan pemikiran Kartini selama berkorespondensi. Pada buku versi baru tersebut, Armijn Pane juga menciutkan jumlah surat Kartini. Hanya terdapat 87 surat Kartini dalam "Habis Gelap Terbitlah Terang". Penyebab tidak dimuatnya keseluruhan surat yang ada dalam buku acuan Door Duisternis Tot Licht, adalah terdapat kemiripan pada beberapa surat. Alasan lain adalah untuk menjaga jalan cerita agar menjadi seperti roman. Menurut Armijn Pane, surat-surat Kartini dapat dibaca sebagai sebuah roman kehidupan perempuan. Ini pula yang menjadi salah satu penjelasan mengapa surat-surat tersebut ia bagi ke dalam lima bab pembahasan.
  • Surat-surat Kartini, Renungan Tentang dan Untuk Bangsanya
            Surat-surat Kartini juga diterjemahkan oleh Sulastin Sutrisno. Pada mulanya Sulastin menerjemahkan Door Duisternis Tot Licht di Universitas Leiden, Belanda, saat ia melanjutkan studi di bidang sastra tahun 1972. Salah seorang dosen pembimbing di Leiden meminta Sulastin untuk menerjemahkan buku kumpulan surat Kartini tersebut. Tujuan sang dosen adalah agar Sulastin bisa menguasai bahasa Belanda dengan cukup sempurna. Kemudian, pada 1979, sebuah buku berisi terjemahan Sulastin Sutrisno versi lengkap Door Duisternis Tot Licht pun terbit.
            Buku kumpulan surat versi Sulastin Sutrisno terbit dengan judul Surat-surat Kartini, Renungan Tentang dan Untuk Bangsanya. Menurut Sulastin, judul terjemahan seharusnya menurut bahasa Belanda adalah: "Surat-surat Kartini, Renungan Tentang dan Untuk Bangsa Jawa". Sulastin menilai, meski tertulis Jawa, yang didamba sesungguhnya oleh Kartini adalah kemajuan seluruh bangsa Indonesia.
            Buku terjemahan Sulastin malah ingin menyajikan lengkap surat-surat Kartini yang ada pada Door Duisternis Tot Licht. Selain diterbitkan dalam Surat-surat Kartini, Renungan Tentang dan Untuk Bangsanya, terjemahan Sulastin Sutrisno juga dipakai dalam buku Kartini, Surat-surat kepada Ny RM Abendanon-Mandri dan Suaminya.
  • Letters from Kartini, An Indonesian Feminist 1900-1904
            Buku lain yang berisi terjemahan surat-surat Kartini adalah Letters from Kartini, An Indonesian Feminist 1900-1904. Penerjemahnya adalah Joost Coté. Ia tidak hanya menerjemahkan surat-surat yang ada dalam Door Duisternis Tot Licht versi Abendanon. Joost Coté juga menerjemahkan seluruh surat asli Kartini pada Nyonya Abendanon-Mandri hasil temuan terakhir. Pada buku terjemahan Joost Coté, bisa ditemukan surat-surat yang tergolong sensitif dan tidak ada dalam Door Duisternis Tot Licht versi Abendanon. Menurut Joost Coté, seluruh pergulatan Kartini dan penghalangan pada dirinya sudah saatnya untuk diungkap.
            Buku Letters from Kartini, An Indonesian Feminist 1900-1904 memuat 108 surat-surat Kartini kepada Nyonya Rosa Manuela Abendanon-Mandri dan suaminya JH Abendanon. Termasuk di dalamnya: 46 surat yang dibuat Rukmini, Kardinah, Kartinah, dan Soematrie.
  • Panggil Aku Kartini Saja
            Selain berupa kumpulan surat, bacaan yang lebih memusatkan pada pemikiran Kartini juga diterbitkan. Salah satunya adalah Panggil Aku Kartini Saja karya Pramoedya Ananta Toer. Buku Panggil Aku Kartini Saja terlihat merupakan hasil dari pengumpulan data dari berbagai sumber oleh Pramoedya.
  • Kartini Surat-surat kepada Ny RM Abendanon-Mandri dan suaminya
            Akhir tahun 1987, Sulastin Sutrisno memberi gambaran baru tentang Kartini lewat buku Kartini Surat-surat kepada Ny RM Abendanon-Mandri dan suaminya. Gambaran sebelumnya lebih banyak dibentuk dari kumpulan surat yang ditulis untuk Abendanon, diterbitkan dalam Door Duisternis Tot Licht.
            Kartini dihadirkan sebagai pejuang emansipasi yang sangat maju dalam cara berpikir dibanding perempuan-perempuan Jawa pada masanya. Dalam surat tanggal 27 Oktober 1902, dikutip bahwa Kartini menulis pada Nyonya Abendanon bahwa dia telah memulai pantangan makan daging, bahkan sejak beberapa tahun sebelum surat tersebut, yang menunjukkan bahwa Kartini adalah seorang vegetarian.[3] Dalam kumpulan itu, surat-surat Kartini selalu dipotong bagian awal dan akhir. Padahal, bagian itu menunjukkan kemesraan Kartini kepada Abendanon. Banyak hal lain yang dimunculkan kembali oleh Sulastin Sutrisno.
  • Aku Mau ... Feminisme dan Nasionalisme. Surat-surat Kartini kepada Stella Zeehandelaar 1899-1903
            Sebuah buku kumpulan surat kepada Stella Zeehandelaar periode 1899-1903 diterbitkan untuk memperingati 100 tahun wafatnya. Isinya memperlihatkan wajah lain Kartini. Koleksi surat Kartini itu dikumpulkan Dr Joost Coté, diterjemahkan dengan judul Aku Mau ... Feminisme dan Nasionalisme. Surat-surat Kartini kepada Stella Zeehandelaar 1899-1903.
            "Aku Mau ..." adalah moto Kartini. Sepenggal ungkapan itu mewakili sosok yang selama ini tak pernah dilihat dan dijadikan bahan perbincangan. Kartini berbicara tentang banyak hal: sosial, budaya, agama, bahkan korupsi.

Kontroversi

Ada kalangan yang meragukan kebenaran surat-surat Kartini. Ada dugaan J.H. Abendanon, Menteri Kebudayaan, Agama, dan Kerajinan saat itu, merekayasa surat-surat Kartini. Kecurigaan ini timbul karena memang buku Kartini terbit saat pemerintahan kolonial Belanda menjalankan politik etis di Hindia Belanda, dan Abendanon termasuk yang berkepentingan dan mendukung politik etis. Hingga saat ini pun sebagian besar naskah asli surat tak diketahui keberadaannya. Menurut almarhumah Sulastin Sutrisno, jejak keturunan J.H. Abendanon pun sukar untuk dilacak Pemerintah Belanda.
Penetapan tanggal kelahiran Kartini sebagai hari besar juga agak diperdebatkan. Pihak yang tidak begitu menyetujui, mengusulkan agar tidak hanya merayakan Hari Kartini saja, namun merayakannya sekaligus dengan Hari Ibu pada tanggal 22 Desember. Alasan mereka adalah agar tidak pilih kasih dengan pahlawan-pahlawan wanita Indonesia lainnya, karena masih ada pahlawan wanita lain yang tidak kalah hebat dengan Kartini seperti Cut Nyak Dhien, Martha Christina Tiahahu,Dewi Sartika dan lain-lain.Menurut mereka, wilayah perjuangan Kartini itu hanyalah di Jepara dan Rembang saja, Kartini juga tidak pernah memanggul senjata melawan penjajah. Sikapnya yang pro terhadap poligami juga bertentangan dengan pandangan kaum feminis tentang arti emansipasi wanita. Dan berbagai alasan lainnya. Pihak yang pro mengatakan bahwa Kartini tidak hanya seorang tokoh emansipasi wanita yang mengangkat derajat kaum wanita Indonesia saja, melainkan adalah tokoh nasional; artinya, dengan ide dan gagasan pembaruannya tersebut dia telah berjuang untuk kepentingan bangsanya. Cara pikirnya sudah melingkupi perjuangan nasional.

Peringatan

Presiden Soekarno mengeluarkan Keputusan Presiden Republik Indonesia No.108 Tahun 1964, tanggal 2 Mei 1964, yang menetapkan Kartini sebagai Pahlawan Kemerdekaan Nasional sekaligus menetapkan hari lahir Kartini, tanggal 21 April, untuk diperingati setiap tahun sebagai hari besar yang kemudian dikenal sebagai Hari Kartini.


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