Disco de New Found Glory: “Nothing Gold Can Stay”

You've probably heard of New Found Glory by now. Those guys with those catchy hits "Hit or Miss" and "My Friend's Over You". Those are great and all, but before that, there was this classic...Nothing Gold Can Stay.

Let's start by saying this did not have the production budget of the 2 NFG CD's after this. It was much lower. Therefore the sound is much rawer, and that sound fits this CD perfectly. You can actually hear the emotion in Jordan's voice unlike their next 2 extremely overproduced CD's.

Also, the quality of the songs are much better than anything later. Songs like "3rd and Long", "You've Got A Friend in PA", "2's and 3's", "Tell Tale Heart", "Broken Sound", "Never Sometimes", and my favorite, the emotional closer "The Goodbye Song" are all instant classics. These actually had time taken to write the songs.

This was their first CD. Sadly, it was their last on an indie, since Drive-Thru Records was bought by big-time major label MCA. Then all the big major-label guys forced NFG to write overproduced, silly love songs only with dumb lyrics so the teeny-boppers would dig it. And it worked, sadly. It's terrible when major record labels take advantage of successful indie bands and pretty much tear the potential out of them. The only punk band that I can think of that got better once on a major-label was Green Day.

Well, enough of my rambling. Just get this. You won't regret it.

While i have been listening to punk for about 2 years i hadnt really gotten into New Found Glory much. I bought their newest cd self titled "A New Found Glory" about 2 months ago. I listened to it over and over again and i realized i was on to something great. Some of the best achy-brakey heart songs were on that cd. so i went out, and i looked for this...."Nothing Gold Can Stay" a rendition of pop-punk that sits in your head for weeks. with songs like the original "Hit Or Miss", "You've Got a Friend in Pennsylvania", "Winter of 95'", "It Never Snow's In Florida", "The Blue Stare", "2's and 3's", and "3rd and Long" this is a top-notch Pop-Punk cd that has great beats, riffs, lyrics, and hooks and im sure many people can enjoy it if they just sit down and listen to it.

After anxiously putting the CD into my stereo waiting to hear the original version of Hit Or Miss, a fantastic song, Jordan started singing and I wanted to know who kicked him between the legs just before they started recording. Okay, it's not terrible, you do get used to it. There are some spots where the instruments and vocals are poorly balanced, and in one of the songs it almost sounds like Cyrus is drumming on a trash can lid. The guitarists have come such a long way... they've all come a long way. I wish they'd do more of the stuff like they did in the goodbye song and broken sound, beatiful acoustic guitar and piano parts. Not quite something I was expecting from them, I wish they'd do more of it.

That little kid that goes by Pete "Kronos" (most likely between the ages of 10 and 14) about four reviews below me is probably one of those people that just listens to the 30 second samples and writes reviews based on the samples, but you obviously didn't even do that if you honestly can't hear a big difference between Catalyst and Nothing Gold Can Stay. NFG are not trying to be hardcore and extreme, and I'm glad because hardcore punks are the most annoying people out there. NFG doesn't need to ride on a hardcore image to prove anything, and I've never once seen them claim to be hardcore or even punk. And even so, from a musical standpoint, pop/punk is a subgenre of punk whether you want to admit it or not. Give it a rest kiddo...

Oh and the Angelofdarkness666 kid that also bashed New Found Glory needs to learn how to use puntuation and spacing. Again, probably between the ages of 10 and 14, trying to make him/herself look cool by riding on a hardcore image. Chill out and dust of your first grade writing book.

It's amazing how both of your simple minds are unable to grasp the concept of personal taste and opinion. You also can't seem to tell the difference between pop/punk and punk (seeing as how you were saying "This is punk? you want real punk? blah blah punk blah etc."

I'm just pointing out the type of people that bash this genre. You can decide for yourself if you really want to take them seriously or not.

After listening to this catchy Punk-Emo CD you will find the lyrics and tunes of the songs running through your brain at 100 MPH. New Found Glory is such a talented band. Everything is perfect on this CD; Jordan's voice is uncontained & emotional, the guitars blare at perfect speed, pitch, & heaviness, the bass lines are as talented as you'll find, and the drums are insanely flawless. The lyrics are so good, poetic would be the word to use if you want to sum them up in one word. This is the epitome of Emo-Punk, and they are the best band playing this catchy genre. Stand out tracks are- "3rd and Long," "You've Got A Friend In Pennsylvania," "2's and 3's," "Winter of '95," and "Broken Sound." Although...all the tunes on this CD are great.

even though they are'nt from Cali, NFG is still one of my all time favorites, if it was'nt for their sorrry 4th release "Stikcs & Stones" they would probably be number one on my list. i dig ska and other types of hardcore punk, my friends make fun of me for likeing NFG. This, their first cd, is by far the best, jordan's vocals are real and emotional, while the guitars are innovative, rather than the fast power chords of later releases. bass player ian has always been one of my favorite, granted, the poor equipment used ont his record doesnt let him shine. cyrus, the drummer, is simply awesome, belting out all his beats fast, hard, and catchy, if you like emo and punk, you need this cd.