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Post by CoKeS on May 5, 2003 10:47:01 GMT -5
I dont know about the rest of you guys, but Im getting sick of people giving the tag "emo" to bands that I like and are talented that dont deserve that wretched name. Any band that is just coming up, isn't trying to be emo at all, theyre just trying to make music! And you cant characterize a certain genre of music as emo becuase every single type of music is emotional, so shouldnt everything be called EMO? And it seems once a group is called emo, some of their fans begin to not like them becuase theyve been burdened with this name. Anyone agree or disagree?
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Post by MercurySolo on May 5, 2003 19:31:44 GMT -5
I think that emo is just another catch-all label for record stores to easier categorize their music racks... I've read on a site that Smashing Pumpkins are considered emo (I think it was Audiogalaxy's [R.I.P.] definition, among Space-Rock and Metal), which surprised the hell out of me...
Nobody knows what emo is anymore (I don't think I ever did in the first place)... it's like Alternative in that respect... I mean, bands like Nirvana and Smashing Pumpkins would've run circles in their prime around Third Eye Blind and Three Doors Down, yet they can be categorized in the same department... Music isn't about labels to me.
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Post by soniktruth on May 5, 2003 20:06:47 GMT -5
i once asked this emo-elmo what EMO was all about. he said emo is very emotional music and/or very emotional lyrics. so, is that song "HOW WILL I LAUGH TOMORROW, WHEN I CAN'T EVEN SMILE TODAY?FROM SUICIDAL TENDENCIES....CONSIDERED EMO?
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Post by soniktruth on May 5, 2003 20:08:38 GMT -5
I ALSO THINK AT THE DRIVE-IN FALLS INTO THE CATEGORY OF PUNK ROCK, NOT EMO.
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Post by MercurySolo on May 5, 2003 21:40:21 GMT -5
I ALSO THINK AT THE DRIVE-IN FALLS INTO THE CATEGORY OF PUNK ROCK, NOT EMO. +1 |
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Post by motherprussia on May 5, 2003 22:17:53 GMT -5
...i really am not a fan of labels...but i came up with progressive artistic punk to describe atdi...at least, that's what i tell people who ask about them...in the end, though, it's just really really good rock music...
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