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 Review by: JiveSide See others by this writer ![[staff]](/images/icons/staffsticker.gif){kind=icon}
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Published on February 11th 2003
I can’t wait for the backlash, oh I can’t wait brothrs and sistrs, for it’s almost here, it has to be, a backlash that if only for a moment makes music honest, tough, dangerous…anything that's different from the overproduced bile in mainstream music today. Am I wrong in claiming that something is not right with today’s music? Let’s look at the current trends; metal cut the tempo and hired a stylist, thugz became huggably cute, and punk is a slew of commercial jingles with wimpy singers. It’s become increasingly harder to tell a Simple Plan video from a Gap commercial, or a New Found Glory clip from a Blink-182 outtake. This has bred a generation of kids who think Puddle of Mudd is heavy rock, that pintsized Ja Rule is tough, and Good Charlotte is rebellious punk rock. No wonder the kids today are soft, the mainstream is only offering them one-calorie rock and roll without ever suggesting music that will kick your teeth in, and it breaks my heart to hear new acts that sound just as prim and proper as the previous band of buffed and polished pretty boys. However, when the underground imitates the mainstream it signals for a change to happen, waking the people from their slumber and making them proclaim, “now this is good!” Please login or register to post comments. What are the benefits of having a Punknews.org account?
"Sometimes the Radio" is a great song. I agree with the person that argues the point: His website is dedicated to hip hop and r&b.... I also agree with this review.... The Goodwill are contrived and boring. This album is like a bad NFG... which is pretty bad. One day, people who listen to this will hear a good band and bust in their pants. Hey wuss, we're all shocked that you like this. Because your taste in music is mindbendingly good. they are a really good band to all on this board...shut the fuck i like them but i'm from long island I guess I will be the first person on this board to say that I actually found a few of their songs to be quite enjoyable. Much better than their old bands, I'll tell you that. This band is terrible. What the hell is Negative Progression thinking? This guy's singing style is ridiculous. "This shall serve as an announcement to the cocksucking industry. Yeah, you wanna know something? I'm going to feed you your children. No room for errors. Blemish equals beauty. Your thoughts rival those of an ordinary piece of fruit, and the music you sell is killing all art. Kill. You will all die alone and with no knowledge of what you have destroyed. Please stop pretending to be friendly and cool or anything but the high rent car sales phone slaves that you all are. Throw enough money at a wall and you are bound to cross a sticky bill? It's the grease from your palms and the sweat forced out your forehead by the 18 year old kid that is gonna take your fake job. Soulless, spineless yes-men that have built an industry on stifling creativity. Hitler would be so proud. Company slave. Fuck off and die." In response to all of you... R&b sucks, rap sucks, pop punk sucks.. Listen to the icarus line!!!! In response to the guy who wrote "Ok, i went to the reviewer's website and its obvious he doesn't know the first thing about the genre of music this band is in. I have yet to get the album but the mp3's i've heard are awesome and I wouldn't trust a review from somebody who has tour dates for D'angelo or The Roots or Mary J. Blige's video up on their website. But that's just me." Ok, i went to the reviewer's website and its obvious he doesn't know the first thing about the genre of music this band is in. I have yet to get the album but the mp3's i've heard are awesome and I wouldn't trust a review from somebody who has tour dates for D'angelo or The Roots or Mary J. Blige's video up on their website. But that's just me. I thought the first paragraph was pretty useless. speaking of wusses and modern rock sound...what happened to the juliana theory?? that new album sucks...waste of money...what happened to those guys' sound? you guys are all so punk rock...you should go start a band that would rival Sham 69...if the music is whiny what do you call yourselves? "Damn this shit is so cheesy. It's 2003 - think about the state of even popular music in 1993 - Dinosaur Jr, Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Superchunk, Shiner, Pavement, Jawbox... What the hell has happened?! Bring back the J Mascis & Lou Barlow stylings for the love of god !!" one of the best reviews i have ever read. what gets passed off fpr punk nowadays is horrible, unintelligent, unoriginal, whiny and not the least bit pissed off. fuck emo, fuck pop punk. it almost seems like its style over substance. quit whining about some bitch that broke your heart, get a life and sing about something relevant. quit trying to cash in. i give the goodwill credit... for what they do have. i saw them the two days ago (2/9) with taking back sunday. they sounded pretty freakin good- until the vocals... ive had enough of all this poppunk poo. there was actually a chance of me liking this but id have to say that breaking pangaea rocked goodwill and tbs... i just downloaded let it go. i see what you mean...it started off great and then kinda dropped. better than some stuff though. this score is for the review Damn this shit is so cheesy. It's 2003 - think about the state of even popular music in 1993 - Dinosaur Jr, Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Superchunk, Shiner, Pavement, Jawbox... What the hell has happened?! Bring back the J Mascis & Lou Barlow stylings for the love of god !! I like the review, it perfectly pinpoints what is wrong with music today. While this isn't as bad as some shit out there, do we really need another band like this? Can't someone try something other than putting a small spin on something that's been beatin to death? It's mediocre in the first place, why try and copy it? fuck that the goodwill are gods compared to half the shit you mention. they're a great live band (at least i've seen them to back that up), they make great intros, they put energy into all their songs and aren't trying to sound like some other band. their lyrics are typical, yeah, but what did you expect, thrice writing the songs? this is a good band and they just put out the best album of the year so far. the other pretentious shit was already torn apart, you don't need to speed 60 mph head on into indie labels trying to put out records people will like. My bastard friend put this CD in my player and after 10 seconds it met it's ultimate demise. The Goodwill CD's lifespan was 5 minutes. very nice guys, I still have yet to hear the album. I'll let you know what I think of it sometime tonight or tomorrow, but until then, I will give it a 3 from what I heard from one of their mp3's about a year back. fuck people who tell you what to listen to. This album got two stars because the production is decent and they can actually play their instruments with some proficiency (basically it doesn't sound like a trash compactor). Finally someone rips apart some of this pretentious bullshit, thank you! fuck the kids, go listen to bad brains. Giving this release 2 stars is generous. i think you still gave them too many points |
