EMO music is cool.....

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  • boxwine_in_hell
    boxwine_in_hell Posts: 1,263
    cutback wrote:
    I'm so glad that someone mentioned the Cure as EMO. I saw the title of the thread and thought that Emo Phillips started a music career.:)

    Ha, that's funny. I had a roommate in college who was a big Cure guy. I heard enough of that shit to last me a lifetime.....the horror.
    one foot in the door
    the other foot in the gutter
    sweet smell that they adore
    I think I'd rather smother
    -The Replacements-
  • reversedarwinism
    reversedarwinism Posts: 1,151
    my best friend here in vegas was unaware of the whole emo thing and thought i was saying nemo, so as were walking through town the last few days and see that rediculous haircut we point and say "look, its Nemo" - amusement for us.
    bombs, dropping down, please forgive our hometown
  • fanch75
    fanch75 Posts: 3,734
    The Crue are fucking awesome. Vince Neil would like totally kick someone's ass if he knew that people here were talking shit. And then he'd drink a beer and write a song about it.
    Do you remember Rock & Roll Radio?
  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    Echoes wrote:
    it "rocks"

    no doubt about that. but to rip on emo for having whiny lyrics is ridiculous. like one style of angst is somehow more credible than another.

    now if you wanna rip emo cos the music is wussy as all hell, i wont stop ya. just saying grunge was every bit as much of an angsty, tortured fashion trend as emo.
  • mookie_in_eugene
    mookie_in_eugene Posts: 1,090
    By reading a few of the posts I think it's a good thing that I need to ask this question. What is emo? Do I like emo? WTF is EMO? :confused:
    "Underneath this smile lies everything - all my hopes, anger, pride and shame."
  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    mookie_in_eugene wrote:
    By reading a few of the posts I think it's a good thing that I need to ask this question. What is emo? Do I like emo? WTF is EMO? :confused:

    im not entirely sure. originally i thought it was bands like the get-up kids. poppy-punkish kinda music about how sad you are about your girlfriend. but ive lately heard a lot of bands get tossed into that heading that i wouldnt have expected. like bright eyes, sparta, or coheed and cambria. so ive no clue. i like jimmy eat world though, they're kinda the prototypical emo band.
  • mookie_in_eugene
    mookie_in_eugene Posts: 1,090
    emo = emotional ???
    "Underneath this smile lies everything - all my hopes, anger, pride and shame."
  • SweetHarmonics
    SweetHarmonics Posts: 290
    I like the uniform, always good for a laugh
    hate was just a legend
  • Echoes
    Echoes Posts: 1,279
    people use emo today to describe really poppy pop-rock groups that seem to be mainly aimed at younger audiences. In any case, it was originally used to describe a band of hardcore with emotional lyrics, which was not the norm in hardore music at the time.
    printf("shiver in eternal darkness\n");
  • South of Seattle
    South of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    I remember the days when emo was just listening to Sunny Day Real Estate.

    That's when I actually liked emo.

    SDRE & And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead are the only 2 I can listen to.
    NERDS!
  • reversedarwinism
    reversedarwinism Posts: 1,151
    this is NOT emo:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uuevcD9HTE
    bombs, dropping down, please forgive our hometown
  • reversedarwinism
    reversedarwinism Posts: 1,151
    i think this is emo, one of the most pop bands amongst the genre's fans. i remember several people telling me that i should get this band's cd. them i heard them and was like WTF are hearing in this. oh well, hear you go:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9fgzaLBKd0&mode=related&search=

    here is a live example of the same band, note the blended pop-punk guitar and the generic voice you hear everywhere for the last few years, the two elements that may define the sub-genre:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZD6oExe1Zrw
    bombs, dropping down, please forgive our hometown
  • reversedarwinism
    reversedarwinism Posts: 1,151
    ok, one more. this is what most bands of 'emo' i've heard sounded like:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjWJfpODVIY
    bombs, dropping down, please forgive our hometown
  • Echoes
    Echoes Posts: 1,279
    reversedarwinism wrote:
    i think this is emo, one of the most pop bands amongst the genre's fans. i remember several people telling me that i should get this band's cd. them i heard them and was like WTF are hearing in this. oh well, hear you go:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9fgzaLBKd0&mode=related&search=

    here is a live example of the same band, note the blended pop-punk guitar and the generic voice you hear everywhere for the last few years, the two elements that may define the sub-genre:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZD6oExe1Zrw

    that first link isn't so bad. I don't care much for their stage show, but I enjoyed the song well enough.
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  • Echoes
    Echoes Posts: 1,279
    reversedarwinism wrote:
    ok, one more. this is what most bands of 'emo' i've heard sounded like:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjWJfpODVIY


    No offense, but that is pop-punk and not really indicitive of either of the first two waves of emo at all.
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  • reversedarwinism
    reversedarwinism Posts: 1,151
    Echoes wrote:
    No offense, but that is pop-punk and not really indicitive of either of the first two waves of emo at all.

    mmmm, then i'm confused. i tried looking up just "emo" on youtube and found that one and this one, same voice more distinction in the guitar though. what are the bands in the first two waves of it? i have liked the songs i've
    heard from AFI somewhat, is that emo?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F50U9gNjQ0w
    bombs, dropping down, please forgive our hometown
  • Echoes
    Echoes Posts: 1,279
    wave one
    Rights of spring, Moss Icon, Antioch Arrow

    2nd
    Get Up Kids, Sunny Day Real Estate, Braid, Promise Ring, Elliot, Jawbox

    SInce we're riding high the third wave of emo and emo labelled pop punk acts (blame Dashboard Confessional for starting this round, I guess), looking on youtube is going to give you things on the now and not at all indicitive of the history of it.
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  • South of Seattle
    South of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    reversedarwinism wrote:
    mmmm, then i'm confused. i tried looking up just "emo" on youtube and found that one and this one, same voice more distinction in the guitar though. what are the bands in the first two waves of it? i have liked the songs i've
    heard from AFI somewhat, is that emo?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F50U9gNjQ0w

    AFI is considered Top shelf emo.

    - lame haircut : yep
    - pale skin : yep
    - all black clothes : yep
    - make up : yep

    I remember when AFI was punk and looked somewhat normal.

    Here's an example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xon5ffG07rA
    NERDS!
  • reversedarwinism
    reversedarwinism Posts: 1,151
    South of Seattle wrote:
    AFI is considered Top shelf emo.

    - lame haircut : yep
    - pale skin : yep
    - all black clothes : yep
    - make up : yep

    I remember when AFI was punk and looked somewhat normal.

    Here's an example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xon5ffG07rA

    thats not so bad, doesn't inspire me to buy a cd or anything.
    bombs, dropping down, please forgive our hometown
  • reversedarwinism
    reversedarwinism Posts: 1,151
    Echoes wrote:
    wave one
    Rights of spring, Moss Icon, Antioch Arrow

    2nd
    Get Up Kids, Sunny Day Real Estate, Braid, Promise Ring, Elliot, Jawbox

    SInce we're riding high the third wave of emo and emo labelled pop punk acts (blame Dashboard Confessional for starting this round, I guess), looking on youtube is going to give you things on the now and not at all indicitive of the history of it.

    cool, thanks, i'm going to discover emo tonight. not really digging the music so far, but i'm open. i may even cut my hair flock of seagulls style - lmao, don't think so. the silly thing is the cutting of self, but they'll figure that out someday. wonder what will being going on when my kids are teens.
    bombs, dropping down, please forgive our hometown

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