Good Morning! Revival!

Okay guys, so I know I touched on my tastes in music for the last post, but I just had to do it again becuz I don't know if you knew this or not, but Good Charlotte just released a new album "Good Morning Revival" and I must say, its really really good I would say probably the best of their incredible influental career in my opinion I don't know about you. Its a little early to say but I think that its probably going to be up there for album of the year at the end of the year.

First I want to start with their soon to be number one mega-hit "ALL BLACK". It's amazing to be blunt which you know Im not usually. It deals with really serious issues that are probably really inspiring to its listeners which is probably what GC was aiming for IMO. It also reference the Rolling Stones which gives them credibility and also shows where there primary influence stems from which I thought was really clever and emotional. It starts with the lyrics:

" Take a look at my life, all black
Take a look at my clothes, all black
Like Johnny Cash, all black
Like the Rolling Stones wanna paint it black..."

Really powerful stuff man. But don't worry, it only gets better. Rster 15 who is regarded as a big fan of GC was quoted saying "Contrary to what people believe you don't have to cut your wrists to listen to Good Charlotte. I know I don't". I think Rster 15 makes a really strong point here and Good Charlotte tries there best to not let him down and they suceed marvelously. For example, on theyre bound to be number one mega smash single "Beautiful Place" I think Joel madden, theyre lead singer makes a really good point when he makes sure his listeners/readers know he lives in a beautiful place, but that he still has darkness in his heart which the band "Third Eye Blind" also adress in their hit "Jumper" which I guess you could say influenced GC:

"We live in a beautiful place
Let love take away all this pain
We live in a beautiful place
We wasted so many black days
Our hearts are as dark as the rain
We live in a beautiful place"

Of course, those are just my two personal favorites on the CD and there are many more mega-hits just waiting to be found if a listener becomes a miner and digs out the gems. On their super-catchy song "Dance Floor Anthem" GC makes a serious statement. not to be outclassed by there younger peers GC channells "FALL OUT BOY" by making a song that some people could say would be played on the dance floor as an anthem in response to "FOBs" "This isnt a scene its an arms race" or even "Dance Dance". It has really cool pianos and keyboreds and also it is really fun to dance too I would say its a masterpiece.

"The(random)" is quoted saying "GC=Life, need I say more?" and I think he makes a really valid point. on the song "Broken Hearts Parade" its almost like Good Charlotte is answering there younger peers MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE and there album "The Black Parade" and sort of letting them know who the real kings of punk are.

"And the broken hearts parade
and I'm putting my heart out on display there's no,
masquerade, just a funeral march for love today
the band strikes up and they're playing our song
Dressed in black and we're singing along, to the
broken hearts parade and I've never been better then I am today"

In here Joel sings with a lot of heart which is a word they repeat over and over in their album which is good because I think it re-enforces how serious GC is about there heartbreak which is a really serious issue on this album. Also when you think about it their lyrics really focus around three words those being "march" (as in "march on") "hearts" and also "black" (as in wearing all black or painting it black.) I think those three words appear in every song and make many appearances in the titles too. Joel really strains his voice which is reassuring because it lets us know hes serious about singing for his fans, like in his song; "March On".

"Like soldiers
March on
If we can make it through the night will see the sun
March on, march on "

Another brilliant song on the album is the track called "Something Else". It not only pays homage to the Sex Pistols and Led Zeppelin who are inferior but highly influential by calling there song the same name but also it deals with a really serious issue. That serious issue is people who come from different backrounds but still want to fall in love with each other becuase they feel it.

" She is a diamond I am a stone
I come from nowhere she’s been to Rome
Her daddy’s a lawyer and mines not around
She has good manners I'm rough all around"

That part of the song is how the song starts and its really good because it shows how the guys from GC are really down to earth and had problems like there dad not being around and how it was rough for them. I also like how they used the same word to rhyme (around) because it helps the listener know that they are down to earth and don't have very good vocabularys like me or you. They go on to describe how there not like the people they talk about in "THE LIFESTYLES OF THE RICH AND FAMOUS";

"We all want something else
We all want something we can’t have
We all want something else
We all want something strange to us
Maybe a roll in the dirt or it’s a seat in first class
We all want something we can’t have"

In those lines Joel lets us know that its not just me who wants to sit in first class and roll in the mud but that everyone likes to do it too but maybe not everyone can because its hard to be down to earth and rich at the same time. Joel madden is down to earth and not rich and I like that.

The next track I want to talk about recalls there old mega-smash hits like "Lifestyles of the Rich and the Famous" where they talked about rich people and how we should rob them if they "don't stop complaining to the Rolling Stone" which is a valid point I really agree with since I get tired of them complaining since they couldn't fit in my shoes and I could sure fit in theres. Who doesn't like boats and caviar? The track is "Break Apart Her Heart" which again has heart in the title which is really nice because it lets the listener know there serious about there message which is broken hearts and heartbreak. Blogger "Don't Change" is quoted saying "This song shares remarkable resembalance to "Dance Floor Anthem" and gave it a 10/10 for being "I'll put it flat out this song is a masterpiece". Singer Joel madden is talking about people who break your heart and you have to rise up and fight back against them;

"Can you see what you've done?
What I've become, what i've become
Can you see?
I don't understand this cruelty
I don't understand but now I see
I don't understand this cruelty
I don't understand it's just not me
I don't understand this cruelty
But now I see"

and also he talks about how she treated him badly which really helps us feel bad for him;

" When you call she doesn't answer, when you write she doesn't answer
You go out you see him with her, she told you she was sick at home
The ring you gave her thrown away with all the letters
And when you see him with her, he doesn't even care at all
And she follows him around like you follow her around
And he doesn't even care and your figuring out
The only way your gonna keep somebody around
Well i'm about to let you know"

And he does. The song is really inspiring.

GC breaks new territory on this album since they talk about a variety of topics like Marching, black, and hearts. I think that Joel madden did a really good job making songs that a lot of people can relate to and the songs are really really good on this album. Sometimes people talk about how GC sounds the same on every song or that even there songs dont really have very good lyrics or that there singer Joel Madden makes you laugh with how terrible and serious his voice is or there shitty instrumentals that really just make people laugh at how awful it is but i disagree. I think Joel madden and company did a really good job at making a smart album that helps people deal with really serious problems. I think its said best by good charlotte fan "Hopeless Heartz" when they said "You either hate GC or you love them. Doesn't matter what music they make you either hate them or love them. I haven't met too many people who said GC was OK. On another note I love them they are my life and the guitar is great too."

Well said Hopeless Heartz, well said indeed.


Track Listing:
1. Good Morning Revival
2. Misery
3. The River (featuring M.Shadows and Synyster Gates)
4. Dance Floor Anthem
5. Keep Your Hands Off My Girl
6. Victims of Love
7. Where Would We Be Now.
8. Break Apart Her Heart
9. All Black
10. Beautiful Place
11. Something Else
12. Broken Hearts Parade
13. March On

-BL-