Emo

[SkinnerBox]

Are The Used and Finch considered emo? Call me naive, but I am just kind of uncertain on what exactly fits under "emo" these days. If they aren't emo, what exactly is thier kind of music called?

[Greg]

don't label music like that.... label it good or bad... that's all you need.

[SkinnerBox]

I know, I know. I think the same way usually, but i want to find more bands that sound like them, so I am wondering what genre they fit under, also so when people ask what kind of music is my favorite, I have somehting short and easy to say. I'm not trying make sure I listen to the right genre, I'm just curious,

[punkbassist]

well if u put it that way MY opinion of emo is whining about girls in a whiney voice

[asubtledaggerx]

I wouldn't say they are emo

[FishAlotNBePunk]

Originally posted by Greg
don't label music like that.... label it good or bad... that's all you need.

I label them bad. :D

[Patrick]

i love soft rock ex- death cab for cutie, mae, pedro the lion, mark them emo soft rock i dont think it matters.

[goldfinger55]

umm.......wellllll........lets see. if u consider emo, bands such as bright eyes, cursive, death cab, q and not u........bands like that , then no. but they do have emo lyrics

[torch]

Well, they have emo lyrics..... and emo is all about the lyrics, not how they play it. IMO. so yes they are emo IMHO.

[ifeelused]

Originally posted by punkbassist
well if u put it that way MY opinion of emo is whining about girls in a whiney voice

what do u call senses fail then?

[Patrick]

ya :p

[DonnieDarko]

emo is emotion right? so emo is everything, everything is emotional, because we're not robots, we're human, we live on emotions, so everything is emo.

even "punk" is emo.

[theused_FSF]

Originally posted by DonnieDarko
even "punk" is emo.



:eek: you have angered the gods

[FishAlotNBePunk]

im emo :D

[MapleLeaf]

id say finch is pop punk and the used are just suckxcore.

[theused_FSF]

Originally posted by FishAlotNBePunk
im emo :D



you clicked the wrong face, >>>:(

[papathomas]

Originally posted by ifeelused
what do u call senses fail then? shit

[ifeelused]

Originally posted by papathomas
shit

thank you :)

[xblackangelx]

Originally posted by Banned
id say finch is pop punk and the used are just suckxcore.


well hmm that is wrong. I believe Finch is not pop punk. no no no.

[MusicMends]

Originally posted by Greg
don't label music like that.... label it good or bad... that's all you need.

[devin]

We ought to just make a sticky about answering this sort of question. "Emo" is an abbreviation for emotional hardcore, not just emotional. That's why it actually makes sense as a genre. If emo only referred to the lyrics, then it would just a mood to the music. Seriously, go listen to some Rites of Spring and tell me that you hear any soft rock in there. Matter of fact, emo bands were famous for vocal chord-shattering intensity, not weeping and moping. Emo is not all about the lyrics. It's just that the lyrics put it aside from other hardcore. In addition to a lot of musical characteristics.

[richter915]

i call em screamo cause i classify music into different genres...cause i have no life.

[kevin]

Devin manages to save yet another thread.