Good Charlotte - Motel Du Cap (August 8, 2025) • Page 3

Joel recently on his podcast said that he doesn’t really write lyrics, he mostly just improvises in the booth based on the music. I’m not sure that’s 100% true, but it’s definitely at least partly true and definitely explains some of the more random shit.

 

I think if you like classic GC you will like YA. I just don’t it’s possible not to in that case.

 

Me too, haha.

Take a look at my life, all black
Take a look at my clothes, all black
Like Johnny Cash, all black

 

The riff just before the chorus in KYHOMG (at 0:38) goes hard but the rest of the song... not so much.

I used to love Break Apart Her Heart back in the day. Still like it instrumentally but the lyrics are horrible.

Misery and The River are still bangers!

 

I wonder what the lyric split between Joel and Benji is. And I think Billy only wrote Ghost of You from Chronicles (although that may be one of my least favorite GC songs).

 

March on isn't too bad either. I always liked the acoustic version of it too. @Jason Tate did you listen to the GMR b-sides at all? Jealousy and Face the Strange are worth listening to IMO.

 

March On isn’t my favourite of that kind of GC song but it is definitely vintage GC

 

I like Dance Floor Anthem

 

I don't think so, if they're not on streaming I probably don't have them. Just have The River (Acoustic).

 

put your hands up!

 

Good Morning Revival could've been killer if it stuck more to the synthy, ravey, post-punk revival vibes it has going on with a few songs and the b-sides. Still think it contains too many clunkers to make it really work as a whole. It's all over the place stylistically but the songs that do hit for me are among my favorites out of their entire discography.

 

Youth Authority (mostly) rules

 

Let me know if you want me to send them to you.

 

yes plz

 

Greetings from California re-listen for the first time in AGES this morning. Enjoying this more than I thought I would (in the first half still).

 

Onto the second side now. I can see why I didn't like this ten years ago, but it's connecting a lot more today. Big early 90's throwback feeling with it. And in 2014 I was listening to like ... nothing in this vein.

 

Will do that after work for sure. Haven’t listened to greetings from California in a while but i remember digging a decent number of tracks on it. I feel like i heard once that they did this record to fulfill their contract with capitol records, but i could be wrong.

 

The first thing that comes to mind for me about this song is that it was inexplicably on the Ruby Tuesday playlist when I worked there in 2008-2009, mixed in with every Train single released up to that point, some Coldplay, and various other adult contemporary whatever, and I thought it was really funny to hear GC included there.

 

GC is just like NFG when it comes to b sides, they are all so good, no matter what album.

 

Today’s the day! Let’s go!

 

https://shop.goodcharlotte.com/

Pre-orders are up. Password is rejects

 

green midnight procured

 

might snag that signed one

 

€45 is a little too much for me for the signed one with shipping and duties and all. I already have the Madden Brothers album signed. Cool stuff though.

 

Little surprised signed was the same price. Like that it's a separate art piece too. My signed Butch Walker one being on the plastic wrap was the most LOL version of one of those that I have.