Anti emo/punk thread

Sufjan Stevens · Post by **Sufjan Stevens** » 3/10/2003, 7:28 pm

Annie wrote:Emo is good. I like the term but I know it's not shall we say "true emo". There should be a category for bands like Taking Back Sunday, Saves The Day, Alkaline Trio, Dashboard Confessional, Bright Eyes, Coheed & Cambria and Thursday.. etc or else people who really do like real emo might get angry.

OK, I am going to try and classify the bands you listed up above.

MTV Emo- Saves The Day and Dashboard Confessional. The reason they got so much attention was that Rich Egan paid a lot of money to get their videos played on MTV. Their music was just catchy enough to get a solid fan base, and inevitably, get played on TRL.

Screamo - Thursday. Other bands like Finch and at times, Alkaline Trio can be classified here. They have what people call "emo" lyrics, but they use screaming in a majority of their songs to get their point across. The screaming soon becomes what the band is best known for.

Pure emo - Bright Eyes. If you're into emo music, it doesn't get much better than this. It's right down to the roots of emo. It's hard to get into, seems to be overly whiney, and people usually shy away from it without hearing a large amount of their music. It's hard to find other bands like Bright Eyes, but a band like Elliott could pass off as pure emo.

Emo rock - Taking Back Sunday, Brand New, Alkaline Trio. I couldn't think of a better name, so this is what it gets called from now on. They sound like a punk band, but have classic "emo" lyrics. They tend to have multiple people that can be lead singers. Their songs aren't the most inventive, but hey, it's good music.

Rockabilly - Hot Water Music. I can't really descirbe this band. They're great, that is all I can say. They tend to use fall offs with the vocals, they have many people singing in the chorus, and the music seems kind of heavy/harsh, but good music nonetheless.

I tried my bestest at classifying music. I haven't really heard Coheed & Cambria before, so I can't classify them. Hopefully you can after my attempt at different categories of emo.

megxyz128 · Post by **megxyz128** » 3/10/2003, 7:34 pm

Mister Chainsaw wrote:Rockabilly - Hot Water Music. I can't really descirbe this band. They're great, that is all I can say. They tend to use fall offs with the vocals, they have many people singing in the chorus, and the music seems kind of heavy/harsh, but good music nonetheless.

Another good rockabilly band = Tiger Army. Power of Moonlite and Annabel Lee = :drool:

Sufjan Stevens · Post by **Sufjan Stevens** » 3/10/2003, 7:38 pm

Yes, I knew I forgot to add a band I listen to extensively. I have a slew of their songs on my computer and I love them.

Solidarity 9-6347 · Post by **Solidarity 9-6347** » 3/10/2003, 7:39 pm

rockabilly is a wierd word. to me it sounds like some kind of combination between mainstream rock and country :freak:

Sufjan Stevens · Post by **Sufjan Stevens** » 3/10/2003, 7:41 pm

Check out Hot Water Music then lemme know whatcha think of them, ok Steph? :lol:

Solidarity 9-6347 · Post by **Solidarity 9-6347** » 3/10/2003, 8:51 pm

ok i just downloaded hot water music's free radio. the intro was interesting and then the guy started singing and i was like uh.......... :lol:

liam · Post by **liam** » 3/10/2003, 8:54 pm

Mister Chainsaw wrote:Oh no, you just didn't compare the musical stylings of Alkaline Trio to Eminem. Ahhhh, I would love to just knock you out right about now....

< internet pummeling >

I hope you learned your lesson Liam, and if you do it again, expect worse.

No i didn't, I'm saying my brothers an idiot, who likes the Alkaline Trio and Eminem, i'm saying i hate the Alkaline trio and my brother likes even worse music than that.... and i don't think i learned any lesson

superboots · Post by **superboots** » 3/10/2003, 8:55 pm

Mister Chainsaw wrote:
Annie wrote:Emo is good. I like the term but I know it's not shall we say "true emo". There should be a category for bands like Taking Back Sunday, Saves The Day, Alkaline Trio, Dashboard Confessional, Bright Eyes, Coheed & Cambria and Thursday.. etc or else people who really do like real emo might get angry.

OK, I am going to try and classify the bands you listed up above.

Pure emo - Bright Eyes. If you're into emo music, it doesn't get much better than this. It's right down to the roots of emo. It's hard to get into, seems to be overly whiney, and people usually shy away from it without hearing a large amount of their music. It's hard to find other bands like Bright Eyes, but a band like Elliott could pass off as pure emo.

.

pure emo.

damn straight.

:thumbs:

liam · Post by **liam** » 3/10/2003, 8:56 pm

Emo likes to touch other same sex emos

Sufjan Stevens · Post by **Sufjan Stevens** » 3/10/2003, 9:04 pm

Idealist wrote:ok i just downloaded hot water music's free radio. the intro was interesting and then the guy started singing and i was like uh..........

OK Steph, you downloaded a mislabeled song. It is a cover song of Alkaline Trio's "Radio." Remember in the summer I tried to make you like that song? Well, it strikes again...muahahah

Solidarity 9-6347 · Post by **Solidarity 9-6347** » 3/10/2003, 9:14 pm

im telling you its the guys voice, i had downloaded another song as well. i swear if their lead singer is not half gorilla or something

Sufjan Stevens · Post by **Sufjan Stevens** » 3/10/2003, 9:18 pm

Yeah, doesn't he have the deepest, scratchiest, harshest voice ever? Get Rooftops, and be prepared to be scared....I can't believe you downloaded a cover of an Alkaline Trio song. :lol:

Maybe my influence hit you 5 months too late?

Solidarity 9-6347 · Post by **Solidarity 9-6347** » 3/10/2003, 9:25 pm

i just realize that me going through punky-emoish songs is like strong bad going through his email

"crap, crap, crap, DELETED, crap, crap, oh this looks like a nice piece of CRAP"

Sufjan Stevens · Post by **Sufjan Stevens** » 3/10/2003, 9:27 pm

< sigh >

Ya know, I was getting my hopes up that you'd start to break down and like the music I listen to. Well, thanks for crushing it in the beginning! :mrgreen:

areusad831 · Post by **areusad831** » 3/10/2003, 9:41 pm

screamo and emo rock bands are by far the worst bands i have ever seen live. Listening to both Finch and Taking Back Sunday were painful b/c you can see that the music was digitally enhanced on the CD.

never seen AK3 but they seem geniune and I have seen Bright Eyes and that is the real deal.

Sufjan Stevens · Post by **Sufjan Stevens** » 3/10/2003, 9:50 pm

Then Conor passes out on stage and wakes up in his van covered in vomit. :lol:

ALK3 is coming to your area this June I think. Check them out, it would be worth it.

areusad831 · Post by **areusad831** » 3/10/2003, 9:52 pm

me = poor

you still going to the NJ show or since they are coming you abandoned that?

conor can hold his liqour from what i can tell. the man is my god.

Sufjan Stevens · Post by **Sufjan Stevens** » 3/10/2003, 10:01 pm

I am still going to NJ. I have no reason not to go. So many good bands I have to see, how can I miss it?

areusad831 · Post by **areusad831** » 3/10/2003, 10:02 pm

that is cool hopefully we can meet up with you on saturday night...we would go to the show but we are poor as all hell.

but brand new is playing and i think the early novemeber :neutral:

committed · Post by **committed** » 3/11/2003, 12:24 am

bright eyes is the farthest thing from pure emo

hot water music is probably the closest thing to pure emo