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Rolling Stones Issue 907 October17,2002

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GOOD CHARLOTTE : THE YOUNG AND THE HOPELESS rated** ( 2 stars)

The Young and the Hopeless

Epic

Identical punk twins from Maryland try a little to o hard

"WE GOT NOTHIN TO PROVE," GOOD Charlotte declare on the finale of THE YOUNG AND THE HOPELESS, the Maryland punk-pop quartets second album. But Benji and Joel, the identical twins who co-founded Good Charlotte as teenagers, sometimes sound too desperate to establish their punker-than-thou credentials. The us-against-them bravado of "The Anthem," "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous" (which ridicules "critics and trust-fund kids") is strained. Good Charlotte are more persuasive when they let their vulnerability crack through the surface of these slightly over baked songs, in which elaborate production touches (strings, timpani-like drum flourishes) mask the bands three-chord limitations. "My Old Man" and "Emotionless" wrestle with complex feelings in the wake of a fathers departure, but relief arrives as hormones pogo in "Riot Girl." When Joel yelps "Christina, wouldnt want to meet her," its way more punk rock than sniping at rich kids.


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		Here's the Rolling Stones review of THE YOUNG AND THE HOPELESS from the Rolling Stones Issue 907, October17,2002 Rolling Stones Issue 907 October17,2002 REVIEWS>>New CDs GOOD CHARLOTTE : THE YOUNG AND THE HOPELESS rated** ( 2 stars) The Young and the Hopeless Epic Identical punk twins from Maryland try a little to o hard "WE GOT NOTHIN TO PROVE," GOOD Charlotte declare on the finale of THE YOUNG AND THE HOPELESS, the Maryland punk-pop quartets second album. But Benji and Joel, the identical twins who co-founded Good Charlotte as teenagers, sometimes sound too desperate to establish their punker-than-thou credentials. The us-against-them bravado of "The Anthem," "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous" (which ridicules "critics and trust-fund kids") is strained. Good Charlotte are more persuasive when they let their vulnerability crack through the surface of these slightly over baked songs, in which elaborate production touches (strings, timpani-like drum flourishes) mask the bands three-chord limitations. "My Old Man" and "Emotionless" wrestle with complex feelings in the wake of a fathers departure, but relief arrives as hormones pogo in "Riot Girl." When Joel yelps "Christina, wouldnt want to meet her," its way more punk rock than sniping at rich kids.



		author- Greg Kot