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Recommend me some emo music...

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lemme guess, your the new kid in school or current dweeb and wanna try to hang with some emo kids, so you need to know what they listen to so you can cool with them.
lmao
 
Weezer is NOT emo. lol They are pop rock.

I'd say bands like The Smiths, Morrissey and The Cure are more the definition of true "emo" than any of the bands listed.
 
lxskllr said:
See, me knowing nothing about emo would describe those 2 bands as emo. I don't think that's what other people use though.
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I think they are the originators of the "emo" music label. Some would call The Cure "Shoegaze" but it's pretty much the same type of music.
 
LikeLinus said:
Weezer is NOT emo. lol They are pop rock.

I'd say bands like The Smiths, Morrissey and The Cure are more the definition of true "emo" than any of the bands listed.
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I can see how Cure (Disintegration) can be classified as emo, but I don't see Cure (Boy's Don't Cry/Sunday I'm In Love/any one of their other dozen hits).


It can't just be the black lipstick and makeup, right? lol
 
Homerboy said:
Defining music to a genre is retarded and impossible.
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/agree

personally, I tend to define it based more on what the music is about rather than the specific style of the music itself (hence why I'd lump pretty much the entire Smiths' catalog into the "emo" genre)
 
LikeLinus said:
Weezer is NOT emo. lol They are pop rock.

I'd say bands like The Smiths, Morrissey and The Cure are more the definition of true "emo" than any of the bands listed.
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Pinkerton is pretty generally accepted as the first real emo album. "lol"
 
Ns1 said:
I can see how Cure (Disintegration) can be classified as emo, but I don't see Cure (Boy's Don't Cry/Sunday I'm In Love/any one of their other dozen hits).


It can't just be the black lipstick and makeup, right? lol
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No it's not about their clothes or what they wear. It's the attitude and some of their lyrics. That's why I said some people would call them Shoegaze, but I think they influenced a LOT of emo bands and their music was the start of a trend.

If you get right down to it, Depeche Mode could fit into emo (though more of an electronic band) based upon their lyrics, style and moods. It's hard to say because some people think AFI and other crap is emo. So what is the true definition... That is why it's hard to say what bands are really "emo".

I certainly think The Smiths and Morrissey (he's way emo) can fall under the emo classifications. Those types of bands started emo I think.

All IMHO 🙂
 
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The Stig said:
Pinkerton is pretty generally accepted as the first real emo album. "lol"
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what?
By whom?
Being that it came out in 96 and SDRE Diary came out on 94. SDRE is certainly universally "accepted" as emo... not to mention the many bands and albums before them.
 
LikeLinus said:
No it's not about their clothes or what they wear. It's the attitude and some of their lyrics. That's why I said some people would call them Shoegaze, but I think they influenced a LOT of emo bands and their music was the start of a trend.

If you get right down to it, Joy Division and Depeche Mode could fit into emo (though more of an electronic band) based upon their lyrics, style and moods. It's hard to say because some people think AFI and other crap is emo. So what is the true definition... That is why it's hard to say what bands are really "emo".

I certainly think The Smiths and Morrissey (he's way emo) can fall under the emo classifications. Those types of bands started emo I think.

All IMHO 🙂
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The problem is that the term "emo" was first coined and used for the bands and the sound coming out of the Washington DC, post punk era. Bands like Rite of Spring, Fugazi and similar. THAT is when the term "emo" got it's start, and that is where bands like SDRE pulled their influences from also (agreed in conjunction with more "pop-emo" like the Cure and the Smiths.)
 
Homerboy said:
what?
By whom?
Being that it came out in 96 and SDRE Diary came out on 94. SDRE is certainly universally "accepted" as emo... not to mention the many bands and albums before them.
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I should have phrased it better, I meant it more as Pinkerton is considered the turning point of emo - as in it was the first album most people heard that introduced them to the genre. I think in more popular/mainstream culture Pinkerton was how most people were exposed. But you're right not where emo itself started, but just where it started for a lot of people.

I don't see any valid argument for Pinkerton NOT being an emo album
 
lxskllr said:
I don't really know what emo is. I looked it up on wikipedia, and I'm still not sure. What sounds like emo to me is Mazzy Star, and I love them.
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LikeLinus said:
Weezer is NOT emo. lol They are pop rock.

I'd say bands like The Smiths, Morrissey and The Cure are more the definition of true "emo" than any of the bands listed.
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I guess i like emo music then... who knew???


Homerboy said:
Pinkerton is pretty "emo" The Cure and The Smiths are most certainly not.
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Or maybe not...


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