Mister Poll: Is Avril Lavigne the next Madonna?

Is Avril Lavigne the next Madonna?

Yes

No

Maybe

Avril has the better voice.

Yes, it's sweet and distinctive

Noways, no-one can top Madge's unique+powerful voice

Who has the better looks?

Avril, she's young and is turning into a natural beauty

Madonna, she has longevity in her back pocket and is a timeless beauty

Who's music carries more influence?

Avril, she's a rock chick_need we say more?

Madonna, she's a musical chameleon_how else did we learn the art of reinvention?

Who's messages carry more influence?

Madonna, she's a living legend man! Sure we'll hang on her every fable

Avril, she's got the kiddie market and more with the stuff she churns out

Whose image and subtext (secret encoded message/s) are more likely to carry historical influence?

Madonna, she's already written in the history books and her face has appeared on nearly every magazine cover for the past couple o' decades

Avril, she's young, sweet and mysterious and is redefining the girl/woman ethic

Who is more likely to be studied in historical + pop cultural texts decades from now?

Avril, she's starting out and is already turning into a trailblazer of some kind..

Madonna, who are you trying to kid man?

Who is likely to be remembered as a b!tch?

Madge: obviously the queen of pop has to lead the "can't touch this" brigade

Avril: she's turning dissing into an artform, and is already fast becoming a princess of the "don't mess with me" brigade

Who is the greater champion for female rights?

Madonna, she's all-woman, unrelenting and has the advantage of years in the femme fatale game

Avril, she started out as a teen punk princess and lives to break (and maybe remake) rules

Both, they'd make one helluva feminist duo

Neither, they're both an embarassment to the female species

Who will have a greater stake of longevity?

Avril, she's got the racoon mascara down to a trade and is already learning how to paint (and therefore posh) herself up

Madonna, she's graced magazine covers for years, takes pride in her looks and has a wide range of looks (well there is no end to this woman in the public eye is there?)

Which of the two has timeless beauty?

Avril, she's got great looks and has a certain charm to her that will allure fans for years to come

Madonna, she's got great looks and has a certain charm to her that will allure fans for years to come

Both, they're such naturals

Neither have a clue about what it takes to be a timeless beauty (ooh.. a little harsh!!)

Avril is the current big thing that is happening to the broad genre of popular music

True, she's got herself a couple of target markets and is presently expanding her audience, (and thus - looks like she's gaining on Madge)

False, Avril's got nothing on Madonna and her immaculate business acumen in the music industry (over all these years)

Partially true, Avril's got stiff competition from her pop rivals, but still may not compare in the long run to the strength of Madonna's output

Uncertain, neither of them is the current big thing happening to the broad genre of popular music

Who is more likely to end up with a better repertoire (that is, collection of music for performance)?

Madonna, no questions about that one (just go to Amazon.com and check it out)

Avril, from an early age she seemed destined to be a soul searcher and will thus churn out tons more

Madonna is incapable of being overthrown, as the ultimate Queen of her pop(ish) throne

True, duh!

False, there's still room for Avril to make headway if she plays (and continues to play) her cards right from now

Partially true, it's a philosophical issue for me: on the one hand, Madge does rule, but on the other hand, in time she may not necessarily be the ultimate ruler

Uncertain, who the hell cares anyway?

Who has more staying power?

Madonna: well she's been in the media like forever dude/tte

Avril: she's got this threatening menace type of attitude that, if cultivated right, could hold/keep our attention for years to come

Both, they're like cheese and chives man - 2 different people

Neither, they will be both eventually be lambasted off the pop/rock scene by a giant unnatural force that will suddenly hit the earth

Who has betrayed a number of her fans more?

Avril, man she has no respect for the people that buy her as a product (and thereby keep the product alive)

Madonna, product or no product, she's been dissing people everywhere for ages

Who is more likely to change their colours musically or otherwise (e.g. by making major life-changing choices like marriage, motherhood etc)?

Avril, she's pretty capricious and changes her mind all the time, but is still more or less in control - who's to say what she'd do in the next couple of months/years?

Madge, now who's our favourite chameleon in the media - who knows what she's going to do next?

Who's more likely to reach a wider, all-encompassing audience (e.g. diverse in terms of gender, race, culture, creed etc.)?

Avril, rock is universal and so Avril will rock on with the masses! (even though her pop side will water it down a bit)

Madonna, she's the only person rumoured to be able to "make gay people str8 and str8 people gay" (need we say more?)

Who is more eligible as either a cartoon character or caricature of herself?

Madonna, people have been drawing her (and drawing from) her image forever, people have made ads with her and turned her name and face into a symbol, and now i think she goes around more or less as someone pretending to be herself

Avril, come on: teen dream, skater-punk, rock chick, depressed princess - this girl is scaling through her options and can easily become an icon (what next, hip hop hoochyma meets grunge or death metal? we're waiting..)

Does Avril Lavigne have even a little of what it takes to be as prolific and iconoclastic as the Queen of Pop herself, Her Madgesty Madonna Ciccone Ritchie?

Yes, let's give her some time to gain a real education and break through herself a little more each time (she gives something to us musically)

No, unfortunately Avril doesn't possess all the goods that would take to be that influential (besides, Madonna is quite singular and unique)