EMO
Emo (an abbreviation of “emotionally-driven Hardcore punk”) is a term now broadly used to describe almost any form of guitar-driven alternative rock that expresses emotions beyond traditional punk’s limited emotional palette of alienation and rage. It is also used to describe fans of this genre, most commonly teenagers. (e.g., emo kid). The actual term “emo” originated in the mid-1980s D.C. scene, with the band Rites of Spring, as well as bands such as Fugazi, Moss Icon, and Antioch Arrow. …
Ok, so now that you know that, I am recommending you check out “Taking Back Sunday“. I used to think EMO was just a fancy new term for soft rock, but alas, it’s a fancy new term for alternative rock mixed with punk, and don’t follow the definition too close, it’s not all that hardcore…. I mean all music adapts and steals from other formats to make their music better. I suppose now that it has been labeled they will go back and relabel a bunch of other bands like Stroke 9, Sum41, Good Charlotte and Eve 6 to be EMO as well.
I guess it doesn’t matter what it’s called, so long as it’s good. I mean you all heard me say that I liked a Christian Rock station (alas may it rest in peace)… Good fucking music comes in all genre’s (and even occasionally in Country), and we should just stop pigeon-holling (there’s another dumb phrase we just get used to saying) everything into little categories to try to define who/what they are.
Here are the top 50 artists that random people have labeled EMO on last.fm… which will also prove that the definition is either VERY loose or, not well understood…. (the column with the numbers is just how many plays it got today)
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P.S. BTW…. I should mention in case my spelling seems to have gotten worse since the new blog appeared, it’s probably because it has… I no longer have a spellchecker. I tried to install one, but it requires my server to have a newer version of php installed and my request for that has pretty much been shot down.