A lot has changed for Joel and Benji Madden since they started playing music back in 1996, but with their fifth album due this summer, the twins have been trying to get back to the good old days. "We started our band in a garage when we were 15," Benji said. "Good Charlotte's the first band we've ever been in, and back then, critics didn't matter. There were no rules. There was no one we had to impress. Now we're just kind of like — we want to get back to that place where it's just like, 'I like that because I like it. I just love music because it's fun.'
The new album, which will feature love ballads and deep lyrics, is appropriately titled Cardiology, which, Joel explained, "Is the branch of medicine that deals with diseases of the heart. So when you think about it — is there any real medicine when it comes to dealing with any feelings of the heart, whether it's love or hate or anger? Is there really any medicine for that? There really is nothing you can do for the conditions of the heart."
And while they might be "digging deep on the lyrics," don't expect Good Charlotte to get too soft. While Cardiology reflects their present lives, the brothers say it sounds a lot like breakthrough album The Young and the Hopeless, with straightforward music, big hooks and a lot of harmonies.
They have written about 40 songs for the album, all of which could appear on the final version, but they already have their favorites picked out: "Sex on the Radio," a rock song that tries to capture the essence of a woman's voice on the radio, and "Love Ain't Easy," which Benji says reminds him of the title track from the movie "That Thing You Do!"
Cardiology is expected to drop this summer, but in the meantime, Benji has been posting a series of acoustic covers of his favorite songs on the Good Charlotte site.
He calls her up
He's trippin' on the phone
Now he doesn't want her out there and alone
Now he knows she's movin in
Knows she's using it
Now he's losing it
She don't care
It's too late to be trippin' on the phone here
Get off the wire
Know everything is good here
Stop what you're doin'
You don't wanna ruin
The chance that you got to
Find a new one
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Shes going out to forget they were together
All that time he was taking her for granted
She wants to see if theres more
Then he gave shes looking for
He calls her up
Hes trippin on the phone
Now he doesnt want her out there and alone
Now he knows shes smiling and
Knows shes using it
Now hes loosing it
She dont care
Everybody
Put up your hands up say:
I dont wanna be in love, I dont wanna be in love
Feel the beat now
If youve got nothing left say:
I dont wanna be in love, I dont wanna be in love
Back it up now
Youve got a reason to live say:
I dont wanna be in love, I dont wanna be in love
Feelin good now
Dont be afraid to get down say:
I dont wanna be in love, I dont wanna be in love
He was always givin her attention
Working hard to find the things she mentioned
He was dedicated
By most suckas hated
That girl was fine
But she didnt appreciate him
She calls him up shes trippin on the phone
Now had to get up and he aint comin home
Now shes tryin to forget him and
The salary came with him
When he first met her
When they first got together
Everybody
Put up your hands Say:
I dont wanna be in love, I dont wanna be in love
Feel the beat now
If youve got nothing left say:
I dont wanna be in love, I dont wanna be in love
Back it up now
Youve got a reason to live say:
I dont wanna be in love, I dont wanna be in love
Feelin good now
Dont be afraid to get down say:
I dont wanna be in love, I dont wanna be in love
Feel the beat
Feel the beat
Feel the beat
You got nothing to loose,
Dont be afraid to get down
We break up its something that we do now
Everyone has got to do it sometime
Its okay
Let it go
Get out there and find someone
Its too much to be trippin on the phone here
Get off the wire
Now everything is good here
Stop what youre doin
You dont wanna ruin
The chance that you got to
Find a new one
Everybody
Put up your hands Say:
I dont wanna be in love, I dont wanna be in love
Feel the beat now
If youve got nothing left say:
I dont wanna be in love, I dont wanna be in love
Back it up now
Youve got a reason to live say:
I dont wanna be in love, I dont wanna be in love
Feelin good now
Dont be afraid to get down say:
I dont wanna be in love, I dont wanna be in love