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k-krack 03.03.2007 09:46 PM
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Originally Posted by CHOUT
I can see Husker Du, in a sense, because they did focus on personal politics more than actual political issues, but I'll never ever call them emo.

The whole term is bullshit. If talking about personal issues is emo, then most bands are.
Thanks/word, dude.
How's about we completely eliminate this fucking stupid term from our entire existence.

lungfish 03.03.2007 11:13 PM
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Originally Posted by k-krack
How's about we completely eliminate this fucking stupid term from our entire existence.

i'm up for that. haha.

Androol 03.04.2007 05:57 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by CHOUT
I can see Husker Du, in a sense, because they did focus on personal politics more than actual political issues, but I'll never ever call them emo.

The whole term is bullshit. If talking about personal issues is emo, then most bands are.

youre right they werent emo and zen arcade isnt an emo album but these six songs are

something i learned today
broken home broken heart
chartered trips
pride
the biggest lie
whatever


no more no less

then bob mould produced that articles of faith album.

Androol 03.04.2007 05:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Iain
Aren't these dudes generally considered the daddies of all this nonsense?


 

first emo band definitely

Androol 03.04.2007 06:00 AM
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Originally Posted by GrungeMonkey
Bleh.. Who cares??? I mean, emo doesn't mean anything ... A corporate brand. Most bands, in all genres, write "emotional" songs, music needs emotion and passion to have any sort of lasting resonance.

this is always such aq misconception. take standing by the sea on zen arcade. probably the most emotional song on the album but it isnt emo. its more of a ballad type song if not definitvely a ballad.

Androol 03.04.2007 06:01 AM
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Originally Posted by auto-aim
I often wonder how a label is defined.... Like i think it's just all media driven. - Like what was a punk before it was typecast? Was it really anything before it was "punk", something you couldn't buy into?

I have no point really, but you can see what i'm getting at - someone smarter can try and articulate it if they want.

comparing Pride on Zen Arcade to Heroin and Mohinder for example:

octave chords

Androol 03.04.2007 06:02 AM
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Originally Posted by terminal pharmacy
meh who cares

they wont let me edit wikipedia!! :(

CHOUT 03.04.2007 06:23 AM
Is Michael Bolton emo? Cuz by these guidelines, he technically is.

'How Am I Supposed To Live Without You?' is soooo gutwrenchingly emo...

Androol 03.04.2007 06:33 AM
he uses octave chords?!

rad

king_buzzo 03.04.2007 06:46 AM
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Originally Posted by CHOUT
Is Michael Bolton emo? Cuz by these guidelines, he technically is.

'How Am I Supposed To Live Without You?' is soooo gutwrenchingly emo...

hahahha

atsonicpark 03.04.2007 09:54 AM
real emo or what misinformed idiots call emo?

cap'n jazz and sunny day real estate bitches!

GrungeMonkey 03.04.2007 10:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Norma J
ALL music is emo if you are basing the shitty term on emotions. Happiness is an emotion. Mindless shit comes from emotion too. It's just a label, a scene for kids to attach to, not unlike the punk scene, or the grunge scene of the 90s, or any other scene, or that ghastly nu-metal thing of the late 90s/early '00s. You look at the kids, or even people older who have huge mohawks and wear their suspenders and shit, they look just as silly as the kid with the huge fringe covering his eyes. It's all fashion. The music then gets dictated by the fashion.

Absolutely.

finding nobody 03.04.2007 11:04 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbdh0Qm_5A0
Love this video

Androol 03.05.2007 05:20 AM
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Originally Posted by atsonicpark
real emo or what misinformed idiots call emo?

cap'n jazz and sunny day real estate bitches!

wait so what are you saying about those two

atsonicpark 03.06.2007 12:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Androol
wait so what are you saying about those two

they rule.

tesla69 03.06.2007 01:09 PM
Emo appeared in 86 during revolution summer in WDC with Rites of Spring and Embrace. It lasted just about the summer. Then somewhere down the line in the early 90's seriously super lame shit appropriated the expression.

demonrail666 03.07.2007 07:49 PM
In that case, aren't Swans like Emo with a Masters degree?

Androol 03.09.2007 10:59 PM
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Originally Posted by atsonicpark
they rule.

i never got into the second disc of cap'n jazz but i'll always love the first one.

i never got into sdr at all but the had a couple ok songs on diary.

im listening to the cherubs right now :)

Androol 03.09.2007 11:08 PM
yay theyre allowing edits on wikipedia emo entry again

StevOK 03.10.2007 01:53 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by CHOUT
Is Michael Bolton emo? Cuz by these guidelines, he technically is.

'How Am I Supposed To Live Without You?' is soooo gutwrenchingly emo...

No dude, what about Harry Nielsson? (sp?) SO emo. omgzlolzerswtf!


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