Lame? No way! Have you ever even listened to Sk8r Boi? It tells a cool story! There's a girl who is a snooty ballet dancer and she dumps her boyfriend because he's into skating and wearing sloppy clothes and he isn't good enough for her. She marries another guy, and 5 years later sees him as a big star on MTV! She realizes there was more to him that what she saw, more inside, and is sorry she missed out. Avril is playing the part of the new girlfriend, telling her she missed out and it was too late. I especially love the last line:
"Now I'm with the Sk8r Boi, I said see ya later boy, under the stage after the show, I'll be at the studio, singing a song we wrote, about a girl you used to know!"
so it was all brought full circle. I love it. Peppy and fun to drive to, too.
In America, it's Bowie (rhymes with Joey)
In Britain, it's Bowie (rhymes with Woweee!)
So neither is actually considered incorrect. If she pronounced it the British way, that's understandable since she's Canadian and of French decent.
Bowie isn't even his real name. It's David Jones. He changed it in 1966 to avoid confusion with the Monkee's Davey Jones. Bowie's son took back the family name after he grew up. He was born Zowie Bowie, but is now Joe Jones, the computer specialist.