Good Charlotte, "The River" (f. Avenged Sevenfold)

[CLEM]

wm.allaccess.com/allaccess/goodrive.wma

This might possibly be the only song by them I've ever enjoyed thoroughly. The lyrics are extremely well-written, and A7F does a great job. Hopefully this will end up as a single to save their reputation from the crap that was "Keep Your Hands Off My Girl".

[Punchanello]

PM?

[CLEM]

I heard it on promosquad, so unless someone ripped it, I don't have a link. Yet.

[Punchanello]

Its now their first Alternative single from the new CD and it features M. Shadows and Synyster Gates from Avenged Sevenfold.

lol @ their names.

[duh5]

This is decent for them, a hell of a lot better than "Keep Your Hands Off My Girl."

[Punchanello]

30 second clip:

download.yousendit.com/89C6FCF550B68E2B

[tozion]

Link added.

This is decent. It's better than anything from their last album. That's not saying much though.

[Punchanello]

I prefer the clip of the slow/acoustic version I heard on promosquad. This isn't that bad though.

[tozion]

#84 on iTunes

[TotallyEnormousExtinctDinosaur]

I listened to the clip on iTunes and it sounds way bad.

LOL @ how even iTunes is classifying this as "Pop"

[sleepy eat pepper]

This song sounds like an incredibly weak attempt to sound like poppy Alkaline Trio. Too bad it completely falls apart with the sh*tty vocals, bland guitar riffs, and terrible (yet "good" for them) lyrics.

[irice22]

sleepytime said:

This song sounds like an incredibly weak attempt to sound like poppy Alkaline Trio.

Great comparison!

[TotallyEnormousExtinctDinosaur]

I'm hearing this for the first time ever as I type this, on FUSE. This is HORRIBLE. Immediately their worst single to date, and trust me I think almost all of them suck.

[tozion]

Billboard review:

The River
GOOD CHARLOTTE Featuring M. SHADOWS & SYNYSTER GATES
Label: Daylight/Epic

On fourth album "Good Morning Revival," Good Charlotte tones down signature pop-punk banner and etches a more straight-ahead rock stencil, albeit with iron-clad melodies that would bob grandpa's head to the beat. Following late-2006 introductory viral MySpace single "Keep Your Hands Off My Girl," the band gets down to business with "The River," a fist-pumping, guitar bloodletting anthem featuring Avenged Sevenfold's throaty lead M. Shadows and guitarist Synyster Gates, alongside G.C. lead Joel Madden. Rock-radio worship is indisputable, but Epic is pulling out all stops to propel the group to top 40 ubiquity (so far, the band's biggest pop hit is 2003's No. 18 "Girls and Boys"). "River" is best-suited to invoke staple status at the former format, but it's only a matter of time, given multifaceted "Revival," before these boys make Good Charlotte the best it can be. —Chuck Taylor

[picpak]

tozion said:

(so far, the band's biggest pop hit is 2003's No. 18 "Girls and Boys").

It is? I've never even heard of it.

[tozion]

Debuts at #89 on the Hot 100.

[tozion]

Jumps 68-39 on the Hot 100.