American Idiot

[An41]

sum 41 - chuck

 

[Jono Russell]

Best album I've heard all year is Etiquette - Something With Numbers

oh man i love swn and have been looking everywhere for it. i dont wanna get it from the net as i dont wanna use my credit card. mate can u tell me where.

 

[Anonymous]

They have SWN at Miranda HMV.

 

[CC_Eagle]

SWN suck. They're just another Coastie emo band. The f**king place is full of them. Drummer in my band is good mates with them..

 

[skeepe]

SWJ it's at HMV everywhere, but I got it from JB Hi-Fi in Canberra, only $20.00 an absolute bargain.

 

[skeepe]

SWN suck. They're just another Coastie emo band. The f***ing place is full of them. Drummer in my band is good mates with them..

I wouldn't exactly classify them as Emo. Can't imagine Jake singing about what he wrote in his diary last summer.

 

[CC_Eagle]

SWN suck. They're just another Coastie emo band. The f***ing place is full of them. Drummer in my band is good mates with them..

I wouldn't exactly classify them as Emo. Can't imagine Jake singing about what he wrote in his diary last summer.

I can...emo doesn't necessarily mean a diary whinge. If he is singing (what he calls singing anyway) about how he is hurt or depressed or any other gay shit then its still classified as emo IMO.

 

[An41]

SWN suck. They're just another Coastie emo band. The f***ing place is full of them. Drummer in my band is good mates with them..

I wouldn't exactly classify them as Emo. Can't imagine Jake singing about what he wrote in his diary last summer.

I can...emo doesn't necessarily mean a diary whinge. If he is singing (what he calls singing anyway) about how he is hurt or depressed or any other gay sh*t then its still classified as emo IMO.

yep you have defined emo perfectly

 

[skeepe]

SWN suck. They're just another Coastie emo band. The f***ing place is full of them. Drummer in my band is good mates with them..

I wouldn't exactly classify them as Emo. Can't imagine Jake singing about what he wrote in his diary last summer.

I can...emo doesn't necessarily mean a diary whinge. If he is singing (what he calls singing anyway) about how he is hurt or depressed or any other gay sh*t then its still classified as emo IMO.

yep you have defined emo perfectly

I guess I just don't pidgeonhole music in that way... I like what I like, who cares what they're singing about. For example, Millencolin, Foo Fighters etc, sing songs about depression but nobody calls them emo.

 

[An41]

i totally agree with you im not trashing your taste in music or anything. I listen to some emo, but good charlotte has taken it a step to far with the goth image when they are not.
if it sounds good to your ears then thats good enough.
people are starting to jump on the wagon of i hate emo music because others dont like them. People listen to them because they sound good.

 

[Pink_Sharkie]

I might buy it :mrgreen:

 

[Tupac Shakur]

American Idiot is a good song i didn't really like it at first compared to their other songs.

 

[Jono Russell]

why has GC taken it to far with the goth look. are they not alloud to wear what they like anymore. is it up to the fans what they have to wear for them to be liked.

green day have started wearing the whole black thing over the past few years. you hardley ever see them out of black anymore.

 

[An41]

many bands wear black even i wear black sometimes, its just all the make up crap they put on,its the whole image they have compare to other bands.
GC music is too poppy. im sorry they might have to play a bit more heavier music.
Im not saying they are sh*t or anything

 

[CC_Eagle]

Most of my shirts are black...I'm not a goth/emo/punk.

But then again alot of my shirts and band/tour shirts which mostly come in black.

An41 admit it. GC are shithouse....

I'm not having a go at anyone who likes them or that "genre" anyway.

Any of that shit is still miles better than Rap/Hip Hop/ RNB.

 

[Jono Russell]

but them wearing make up doesnt make them goth my mates band wears make up and they are defenetly not goth. they either like to do it for fun on stage or they do it because its gives them a different approach to the music scene. kiss did it and no one called them goth.

they dont do it in everyday life like goths would. i dont think ive ever seen benji madden in make up out side of concert pics or promo shots.

 

[Anonymous]

I don't think the problem with Good Charlotte is the make up. Its just another excuse for people to bag them.

Punk is a culture about anarchy - breaking the rules, doing what others don't want you to do. Punk rock is supposed to follow a similar tune. It has simple rhythms, played at nutcase speed, and generally makes some sort of heavily sarcastic political observation.

Take Green Day for example. They sort of went off the track a bit, veering more into generic rock for a while, but with American Idiot they've returned full circle. I can't think of an album that more encapsulates living in a world of paranoia and fear... of post September 11 USA.

Good Charlotte don't follow this punk trend. They dress up in fashion-punk get up, get whored around by the record label and produce music with little true observation or insight. They're pop stars. They're no more punk than Avril Lavigne.

That said, I don't necessarily mind GC. Or Avril for that matter. I have the Young and the Hopeless Album. But it doesn't sit with the other punk albums in my CD collection - with the Clash, the Ramones, Green Day, NOFX and the rest of it. It sits in the pop section.

 

[Jono Russell]

i think gc's songs have meaning, no they dont sing about political issues but they sing about there life experiances. the last 2 albums have been about there family lifes, the way the twins hated there father and they talked about these issues. they sung about suicide and how things get better.

i consider them to be punk.

they are not out there singing about the date they went on last night or how hot a woman is. like certain pop bands would. there songs have real meaning they are sending out a message to the fans that listen to them.

 

[CC_Eagle]

$10 says GC don't "write" their own songs...

I found out from a muso friend of mine that Jet's song "Are You Gonna Be My Girl?" isn't actually their song. It was recommended to them by their label after a random songwriter sent it in to the label.

 

[An41]

i think gc's songs have meaning, no they dont sing about political issues but they sing about there life experiances. the last 2 albums have been about there family lifes, the way the twins hated there father and they talked about these issues. they sung about suicide and how things get better.

i consider them to be punk.

they are not out there singing about the date they went on last night or how hot a woman is. like certain pop bands would. there songs have real meaning they are sending out a message to the fans that listen to them.

Hello kids this is a prime example of Emo.

Oh Noes!! i hate my cat i think ill write a song about it.