Good Charlotte

Y fallait que j'en parle...Le groupe que j'écoute le plus en ce moment...

Biographie

Le groupe « Good Charlotte », dont le nom est tiré d’un livre pour enfants, est né en 1996 dans la ville de Waldorf dans le Maryland.
Après avoir assisté à un concert des Beastie Boys, Benji Madden et son frère Joel décident de former un groupe. Problème : Ils ne savent jouer d’aucun instrument. Benji se met alors à la guitare.
Bientôt, les deux frères sont rejoins par Paul Thomas (à la basse) et Aaron Escolopio ( à la batterie). Ils enchaînent les concerts locaux ce qui leur permet d’acquérir une certaine réputation dans leur ville.

En 1998, le groupe décide de quitter Waldorf pour Anapolis. Les jeunes garçons devront enchaîner les petits boulots pour survivre. C’est lors d’une représentation que Billy Martin les remarquent. Il leur propose de les héberger. Billy Martin intégrera rapidement le groupe en tant que guitariste.
C’est grâce au titre « The little things » que le groupe connaîtra leur premier grand succès.

Le label Epic remarque tout de suite le talent du jeune groupe. Le contrat qu’il signe avec eux permettra à Good Charlotte de partir en tournée avec Blink 182 ou encore Bad Religion.
En septembre 2000, ils sortent leur premier album.

Mais c’est le second « The yound and the hopeless » qui leur permettra de connaître un réel succès. En effet, il se vend à plus d’un million d’exemplaires rien qu’aux Etais Unis.
Aujourd’hui, Good Charlotte est reconnu par les professionnels et par le public.

Membres

Joel Madden : chant (lead)
Benji Madden : guitare et chant (back)
Billy Martin : guitare clavier
Dean Butterworth : batterie
Paul Thomas : basse

Ex Membres

Aaron Escolopio : batterie (1996-2001)
Dusty : batterie (2001-2002)
Chris Wilson : batterie (2003-2005)
Cyrus : batterie (qui a fait une tournée)
Josh Freese : batterie
Robin : batterie
Derek : batterie (2006-2007)

Discographie

Good Charlotte (Epic Records) (2000)
The Young and the Hopeless (Epic Records) (2002)
The Chronicles of Life & Death en deux versions (Epic Records) (5 octobre 2004)
Good Morning Revival (Epic Records) (23 mars 2007)

Et après mes deux morceaux préférés...

Misery

Take a look around
Don't you see it
See that you are the only real face in the room
No one here has a clue what your feelin'
Don't feel bad
Keep your sadness alive

Look at all these happy people
Living their lives
Look at all these plastic people
There's nothing inside
Look at all these shallow people
Telling their lies
Look at all these empty people, people

Don’t you know
The Misery loves company
Yeah I heard
The Misery was looking for me
Happiness, is a face that don't look good on me
Yeah I heard
The Misery comes looking for me
Whoa, misery's my company
Whoa, misery is looking for me
Looking for me

The hands are up now
Everybody's singin'
Everybody’s movin’
They program their feelings
They're syncronizing,
And criticizing
Don't feel bad
Keep your sadness alive

Look at all these happy people
Living their lives
Look at all these plastic people
They're dying inside
Look at all these shallow people
Telling their lies
Look at all these empty people, people

Don't you know
The misery loves company
Yeah I heard
The misery was looking for me
Happiness, is a face that don't look good on me
Yeah I heard
The Misery comes looking for me
Whoa, misery's my company
Whoa, misery is looking for me

Don't you know this misery loves me
Don't you know this misery loves me
Don't you know this misery loves me
Don't you know this misery loves me
Loves me

So you're tired of runnin'
You're tired of hurting
You're tired of living in their lies
You're tired of listening
You're tired of hurting
Keep your sadness alive, alive

Don't you know
The misery loves company
Yeah I heard
The misery was looking for me
Happiness, is a face that don't look good on me
Yeah I heard
The misery comes looking for me
Don't you know
Misery loves company
Yeah I heard
The misery was looking for me
Happiness,is a face that don't look good on me
Yeah I heard
The misery comes looking for me

Whoa, misery's my company
Whoa, misery is looking for me

All Black

Take a look at my life, all black
Take a look at my clothes, all black
Like Johnny Cash, all black
Like the Rolling Stones wanna paint it black

Like The night that we met, all black
Like The color of your dress, all black
Like The seats in my Cadillac
I used to see red now it's just all black.

As long as I could remember I dreamed in black and white
As I grew up and the sun went down I never felt more alright
My mother she used to tell me...Son you better get to church
It's a dark dark world and there's evil out there and you know it's
only getting worse

Never been much for weddings or anniversaries but
I go to a funeral if I'm invited any day of the week
Some people say that I sound strange some say that I'm not right
But I find beauty in this world every single night

Take a look at my life, all black
Take a look at my clothes, all black
Like Johnny Cash, all black
Like the Rolling Stones wanna paint it black

Like The night that we met, all black
Like The color of your dress, all black
Like The seats in my Cadillac
I used to see red now it's just all black

I sat down at her table at the end of the night
She was having black coffee and a cigarette, she wasn't wearing white
She said, people tell me that I'm strange they say that I'm not right
She said The only time I feel alive is in the dead of night
I think I found the one for me

Take a look at my life, all black
Take a look at my clothes, all black
Like Johnny Cash, all black
Like the Rolling Stones wanna paint it black

Like The night that we met, all black
Like The color of your dress, all black
Like The seats in my Cadillac
I used to see red now it's just all black

I remember feeling so alive
The night I looked into her eyes

Take a look at my life, all black
Take a look at my clothes, all black
Like Johnny Cash, all black
Like the Rolling Stones wanna paint it black

Like The night that we met, all black
Like The color of your dress, all black
Like The seats in my Cadillac
I used to see red
I used to see red
Take a look at my life, all black
Take a look at my life, all black
Take a look at my life, all black
all black
all black
Take a look at my life, all black
Take a look at my life, all black
Take a look at my life, all black
all black
all black
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all black