The Anthem vs. Cute Without the E

[Jorge]

vs.

[Stardog Champion]

Voted against Good Charlotte cause I always will.

[Jammer XCI]

Gross

Voting against Good Charlotte, fuck those dorks.

[Jorge]

I know the Taking Back Sunday song from the Myspace autoplay days, and I was always bothered by the ever so slight tempo change in the second half of the chorus. Make it more obvious or don't slow down at all!

[LoathedVermin72]

Good Charlotte is completely unbearable

[BurtReynolds]

not voting for Good Charlotte, but how embarrassing is that other video?

[Higgs]

Ugh. Cute Without the E (but with a N instead) I guess.

[mf]

Nobody wins here. We all lose for being subjected to it.

[Jorge]

Nobody wins here. We all lose for being subjected to it.

You have to pick one!

[Kevin Davis]

The little breakdown at 2:00 in "Cute" is kinda nice until the vocals come back in, I guess. But both of these are abysmal.

[mf]

Nobody wins here. We all lose for being subjected to it.

You have to pick one!

i picked good charlotte because i felt like they could use a pity vote to spice things up

[Kevin Davis]

I think Good Charlotte's reigning superiority in the yuck department is a bit overstated. A lot of this other whiny emo-ish stuff is equally awful.

[Jorge]

I think what makes them especially yucky to me is that they sound so manufactured. I can listen to "Cute Without the E" and point out its many flaws but I am convinced those guys are sincere and believe in what they are doing. Everything about Good Charlotte comes off as cynical, meticulously designed product. "I don't wanna be you!". Ugh. It feels like something that was drawn up by a group of Hot Topic marketing specialists.

[Joesanity]

This Taking Back Sunday album has really not aged well. Still the easy choice.

[Kevin Davis]

I think what makes them especially yucky to me is that they sound so manufactured. I can listen to "Cute Without the E" and point out its many flaws but I am convinced those guys are sincere and believe in what they are doing. Everything about Good Charlotte comes off as cynical, meticulously designed product. "I don't wanna be you!". Ugh. It feels like something that was drawn up by a group of Hot Topic marketing specialists.

This was definitely my take in 2003-4, but now it feels like an academic difference that my brain registers more than my ears do. Regardless of who the puppetmasters are, this stuff all fails to clear the same extremely low bar musically.

[bodysnatcher]

i guess Taking Back Sunday just bc of it's terrible youtube quality Fight Club remake video

[mikejasond]

The Anthem is a good one

[Jorge]

i guess Taking Back Sunday just bc of it's terrible youtube quality Fight Club remake video

I never noticed that. Incredible

[BurtReynolds]

that video is so bad it makes me think less of Fight Club for inspiring it.

[oasisfan35]

I had downloaded an early release of Good Charlotte's first album which I eventually replaced with a better bit-rate rip, however my initial download was primarily demos in basically the album order and in listening to the new rip ages ago was a real "what the fuck" moment. I rarely listen to just single tracks as opposed to full albums/shows these days but I would probably find myself switching anything by GC off other than The Motivation Proclamation.