i need the emoest emo there is

[allisterkid]

i dont want to talk about it, all you need to know is im the most depressed i can ever remember being in my life, so people i need a suggestion on some really really really emo songs and bands. more emo than dashboard. i need something really really fucking emo!

[Greg]

kill yourself...



that what people tell me to do when im depressed....

[devin]

I'm going to completely ignore the whole emo debate here and pretend you merely asked for really depressing songs. I don't think any band's lyrics are more cynical about love than Arab Strap and Pedro the Lion.

[theused999182]

when im depressed listening to emo just depresses me even more and makes me want to kill myself.

[kidinthecorner]

Listen to some Dropkick Murphys. Always cheers me up, cuz they dont talk about emotional problems ever, so I forget about it. Plus they're irish. I mean... come on, who doesn't love Irish people?

[neb nawoc]

Originally posted by kidinthecorner
Listen to some Dropkick Murphys. Always cheers me up, cuz they dont talk about emotional problems ever, so I forget about it. Plus they're irish. I mean... come on, who doesn't love Irish people?

Irish represent!

[FishAlotNBePunk]

Originally posted by neb nawoc
Irish represent!

indeed.

i mean...Aye.

[allisterkid]

this might sound stupid, but i dont want to be cheered up... and im not in for the kill yourself jokes and shit right now, this is the worst i have felt that i can ever remember. is there anything else depressing, id rather listen to something depressing than something that will cheer me up.

[allisterkid]

come on, anything else, anyone?

[BrandNewDream]

I don't think Something Corporate has a happy song.

[neb nawoc]

Originally posted by allisterkid
this might sound stupid, but i dont want to be cheered up... and im not in for the kill yourself jokes and shit right now, this is the worst i have felt that i can ever remember. is there anything else depressing, id rather listen to something depressing than something that will cheer me up.

Ben Harper - "Walk Away," "Amen Omen," "Another Lonely Day," "Have you Ever," Forever," "Pleasure and Pain"

all those.

also "Konstantine" by Something Corporate

[allisterkid]

thanks, anything else anyone?

[BrandNewDream]

not all emo, but also:

the early november - sunday drive
the lyndsay diaries - mixtapes and memories
the ataris - last song i will ever write for a girl, between you and me, giving up on love, san dimas HS football rules
the movielife - hey
acceptance - seeing is believing
coldplay - the scientist
counting crows - round here
damien rice - volcano
dave matthews band - crush
death cab for cutie - a movie script ending
fiona apple - never is a promise
further seems forever - on legendary, the deep
gatsby's american dream - the horse you rode in on, why we fight
greenwheel - breathe
incubus - i miss you, stellar, the warmth
jeff buckley - last goodbye, grace, so real, mojo pin
jimmy eat world - a praise chorus, a sunday, your house, crush, for me this is heaven
lifehouse - everything
brand new - am i wrong, the no seatbelt song
mae - embers and envelopes, skyline drive, giving it away, all deliberate speed
matchbook romance - the greatest fall, save yourself, promise
our lady peace - 4 am, somewhere out there, theif
saves the day - three miles down
silverchair - miss you love, paint pastel princess, untitled
the starting line - leaving, make yourself at home, playing favorites, the drama summer, best of me, cheek to cheek, left coast envy
the used - on my own
third eye blind - motorcycle driveby, deep inside of you
u2 - kite, the sweetest thing, walk on
unsung zeros - louder than words, sleep, intermission
yellowcard - avondale, october nights, drifting, rough draft, underdog

[allisterkid]

thanks man.

[emosucks79]

download "perfect day" by lou reed...then all will seem right in the world


otherwise, you can never fail with mogwai

[AFittingLie]

BrandNewDream - none of that's emo

Get these songs:

I Hate Myself - Polar Bear Summer
I Hate Myself - Caught In A Flood With The Captain Of The Cheerleading Squad
I Hate Myself - Conversation With Dr. Seussicide
Saetia - Some Natures Catch No Plagues
A Days Refrain - Longest Five Miles
Kite Flying Society - Art Of Conversation
Jiyuna - The Bogman Tango

[BrandNewDream]

Originally posted by AFittingLie
BrandNewDream - none of that's emo


thank you, elitist fuck.

[Bass Player]

is it about a girl?

[theused_FSF]

cursive- the game of who needs who the most
cursive- the night i lost the will to fight

[punked78]

rainer maria!

thats some depressing shit!

[siMpleEmOgiRl]

most early Bright Eyes is really damn emo. Another really depressing band would be pink floyd listen to it. It always makes me feel even more depressed.;)

[omegaX]

Originally posted by neb nawoc
Irish represent!

In the hisouse!

[kevin]

Originally posted by siMpleEmOgiRl
most early Bright Eyes is really damn emo. Another really depressing band would be pink floyd listen to it. It always makes me feel even more depressed.;)

Bright Eyes is not emo, but still listen to him.

[Throwback]

Originally posted by FishAlotNBePunk
indeed.

i mean...Aye.

Conans Irish! Anyway, its impossible to listen to Less Than Jake and Catch 22 and not feel better.

[allisterkid]

Originally posted by Bass Player
is it about a girl?
yes but shes not my girlfriend, but yea it is.

[AFittingLie]

Originally posted by BrandNewDream
thank you, elitist fuck.

I'm an elitist for being right? That doesn't make any sense.

[Ronin]

Originally posted by AFittingLie
I'm an elitist for being right? That doesn't make any sense.

Do you like punching brick walls? Because that's how little of an effect your argument is going to have.

[SnowintheSummer]

try glassjaw and maybe thrice, i like them when im depressed ;) . also, now is the best time to eat chocolate, you have the perfect excuse.

[wewin]

i was gonna say I Hate Myself...!

That guy sounds like such a loser when he sings. It's pretty funny, especially on "To a husband at war".

[lifelesslove]

listen to cross my heart, taking back sunday, and acceptance, acceptance is beautiful

[Billy]

i think they made a greg forum for this type of nonsense

[AFittingLie]

Originally posted by Ronin
Do you like punching brick walls? Because that's how little of an effect your argument is going to have.

Just defending myself to that person. There's no need to call someone an "elitist fuck" because they know more about music than you.

[DaneTheTrain]

AFittingLie, what the hell. Seriously, the guys trying to help this poor kid out and makes this big list full of awesome music, and you go and tell him its sucks. Your a dick.

[MapleLeaf]

but we all klnow that you know about classifying music and other shit nobody cares about. but you dont need to bring it up all the time. we get the point. now stop repeating yourself and being such a nit picky bitch.
nobody likes to be preached at. so what if people use words wrong? its not goign to kill anyone, and if it bothers you that badly dont come here.

[BrandNewRock05]

slit your wrists with a broken 7"

[MapleLeaf]

Originally posted by BrandNewRock05
slit your wrists with a broken 7"

i will not tolerate ripoffs in this thread.

[BrandNewRock05]

Originally posted by MapleLeaf
i will not tolerate ripoffs in this thread.
While listening to Morrisey.....?

[BleedingMe]

Madison East. I don't know if its the emoest, but its close.

[VinnyVegas]

Copeland - Beneath Medicine Tree
One of the best emo albums I've heard in a long time.

[MapleLeaf]

the other day i was wondering what happened to you. stange dissapearing boy.

[VinnyVegas]

Originally posted by MapleLeaf
the other day i was wondering what happened to you. stange dissapearing boy.

I had a pretty hectic summer and I'm finally getting to relax. I start school in less than two weeks, so I'm trying to get back into the rhythm of things.

[BrandNewDream]

Originally posted by AFittingLie
I'm an elitist for being right? That doesn't make any sense.

No, I give you all the credit in the world for being right. This has been drawn out so many times..I just took bands comparable to what he considered emo: Dashboard. I don't care what music I listen to is labeled.

[FAMOUSsas]

AFI-file 13
alkaline trio- this could be love

get those its the lyrics not the music

[AFittingLie]

I never said the music he posted sucks. I just said it's not emo, because it is not. I'm just responding to the subject line of this thread. And I did reply with songs myself for him. What's the problem? If you're going to use genre titles, then use them correctly or don't use them at all.

[omegaX]

Originally posted by AFittingLie
I never said the music he posted sucks. I just said it's not emo, because it is not. I'm just responding to the subject line of this thread. And I did reply with songs myself for him. What's the problem? If you're going to use genre titles, then use them correctly or don't use them at all.

Yeah, but what the hell IS emo? Nobody has a clear description. The subject line meant he wanted the saddest music he could get his hands on, thats what he ment by EMOtional. This whole emo debate is retarded, the word shouldn't exist.

[lovehatetragedy]

true dat

[BrandNewDream]

Originally posted by AFittingLie
I never said the music he posted sucks.

I never said you did.

I just said it's not emo, because it is not. I'm just responding to the subject line of this thread.

Emo has been so misconstrued that it can mean lots of things.


And I did reply with songs myself for him. What's the problem? If you're going to use genre titles, then use them correctly or don't use them at all.

To a lot of people, I did use it correctly.

[omegaX]

Originally posted by BrandNewDream


You just proved yourself wrong though. You said they weren't emo, but then said that nobody knows what emo really means, which is what i said. So which is is?

I still say the word shouldn't exist.

[Absolute Mest]

Originally posted by MapleLeaf
but we all klnow that you know about classifying music and other shit nobody cares about. but you dont need to bring it up all the time. we get the point. now stop repeating yourself and being such a nit picky bitch.
nobody likes to be preached at. so what if people use words wrong? its not goign to kill anyone, and if it bothers you that badly dont come here.

shut the fuck up. he can say pretty much what he wants to say whether it's accepted or not. you're not going to stop him from coming to the boards are you? no. so if you have a problem why don't you leave, which you're probably not going to do so how about we just keep to ourselves...

[Absolute Mest]

Originally posted by omegaX
You just proved yourself wrong though. You said they weren't emo, but then said that nobody knows what emo really means, which is what i said. So which is is?

I still say the word shouldn't exist.

I think I missed something here but I don't recall him saying anything about not knowing what emo is. From what I remember, he said that the meaning of emo has changed a lot from it's original meaning.

[Absolute Mest]

I think it should exist, maybe under a new name or if majority gets a better understanding of it. but that's how far I'm going to go into 'emo'.

[omegaX]

Originally posted by Absolute Mest
I think I missed something here but I don't recall him saying anything about not knowing what emo is. From what I remember, he said that the meaning of emo has changed a lot from it's original meaning.

I said i didnt know what emo was. He said "Emo has been so misconstrued that it can mean lots of things." but first said that some bands WERE NOT emo. So nobody knows what it really means, which is why i said there shouldn't be an argument. The word was friggin made by the press to classify the new breed of punk with a more melodic edge. Like it or not, the face of punk has changed, and its what they call "emo" i guess. But its not really a branching path of punk, but what the media has branded our community as. Why would anyone want to spread that?

Worldwide ban on the word.......starting.....now.

Come on everybody, join in.

[Absolute Mest]

Originally posted by omegaX
I said i didnt know what emo was. He said "Emo has been so misconstrued that it can mean lots of things." but first said that some bands WERE NOT emo. So nobody knows what it really means, which is why i said there shouldn't be an argument. The word was friggin made by the press to classify the new breed of punk with a more melodic edge. Like it or not, the face of punk has changed, and its what they call "emo" i guess. But its not really a branching path of punk, but what the media has branded our community as. Why would anyone want to spread that?

Worldwide ban on the word.......starting.....now.

Come on everybody, join in.

I think most of us know emo from emo-core which came from emotional hardcore which came from hardcore itself. but if you ask AFittingLine for some emo bands, I'm pretty sure he'll name some. And he did make a thread about emo and had a sort of understandable explaination of emo.

[AFittingLie]

Well some idiot said that I said those bands suck.

And no, emo is clearly defined. And it wasn't created by the press either. It was created by a fan of the music back in the 80's. Emo = emotional hardcore. It's not a type of punk. It's a type of hardcore music. This is all fact.

[omegaX]

Originally posted by AFittingLie
Well some idiot said that I said those bands suck.

And no, emo is clearly defined. And it wasn't created by the press either. It was created by a fan of the music back in the 80's. Emo = emotional hardcore. It's not a type of punk. It's a type of hardcore music. This is all fact.

1. If its related to hardcore, how come nearly everybody relates it to soft stuff like dashboard?

2. if it was made in the 80's why is it popping up now?

3. no offense, but if its all fact, can you give me a link?

[Absolute Mest]

Originally posted by omegaX
1. If its related to hardcore, how come nearly everybody relates it to soft stuff like dashboard?

2. if it was made in the 80's why is it popping up now?

3. no offense, but if its all fact, can you give me a link?

Emo is like 16 -17 years old. Everyone relates it to soft music because it's called 'emo' and a lot of people just associate emo with emotional. If everyone called it emo-core then it's more likely to be associated with hardcore.

[omegaX]

Originally posted by Absolute Mest
Emo is like 16 -17 years old. Everyone relates it to soft music because it's called 'emo' and a lot of people just associate emo with emotional. If everyone called it emo-core then it's more likely to be associated with hardcore.

Well, i guess im on the losing side of this one, but i still say that emo label is totally retarted.

And: why isn't "emo-core" a type of punk then? Punk is getting to be a broad range of music, and many people complan about that on this site. I mean, straylight run at the same site as good charlotte (bleh) and also as thrice? Thrice can be considered hardcore by some people, and thats covered on this site. Dont you think that punk is a lot broader than it used to be. There seems to be sublabels and all.

[AFittingLie]

This might get lengthy, so bare with me.

1. People are stupid and feed from the media. That's really the best answer there is. Ask the average MTV viewer what Metal is and I bet they say "Linkin Park, System of a Down, Korn" etc., and I hope you know that that has nothing to do with metal. The mainstream likes to twist genres around and alienate what the real genre's like. Kinda like what they're doing now, passing off Good Charlotte and Simple Plan as the definiton of punk rock. For emo, it all started when Sunny Day Real Estate was starting to get big and the media started calling them emo. The band strongly denies it, because they know they don't play it. That's why a lot of bands don't feel comfortable with the word, because from actually being a part of the scene they know what it is, and they know they don't play it. And then The Get Up Kids would get the same title. And for whatever reason, Dashboard received it as well. Carrabba doesn't like the term at all. Seventeen Magazine is also to blame for that article on Emo fashion, which was a complete joke. Emo is a bad term for music as it gives off so many bad vibes. You get the "all music is emotional" argument a lot from it, even though it doesn't stand for emotional. And even though it stands for emotional hardcore, that's still bad as bands like Converge are definitely emotional. But, for the time (1984), this new form of hardcore music was definitely softer and more emotional than all the sXe stuff going on.
2. The stuff that's "popping" up now isn't even emo. Thursday emo? No, I don't think so. Just a melodic hardcore band, and yet another band that strongly denies being called emo. Lots of people will tell you emo died in 1996, but that's not true. The sound is still out there and bands are still playing it. It's always been an underground form of music and I see it staying there for a while. I can't imagine City Of Caterpillar being on a major label anytime soon. And that's another thing, screamo is just another name for emo. It was created after the whole "SDRE is emo" crap as a way for new fans of the genre to separate it from all that pop-punk/indie rock stuff. And as for emocore, well that term doesn't make sense when you write it out. Emotional Hardcore Hardcore? Kill that term.
3. I don't agree with everything posted on these sites, but they are still pretty accurate

http://www.self-restraint.net/punkisdead/emo.html
www.fourfa.com
www.epitonic.com (just look around at bands)
www.cmhwak.net (FAQ section)
http://horsecore.cjb.net/
http://www.furious.com/perfect/emo.html

[AFittingLie]

If something has "core" in it, then it's related to hardcore.

[omegaX]

Originally posted by AFittingLie
This might get lengthy, so bare with me.

1. People are stupid and feed from the media. That's really the best answer there is. Ask the average MTV viewer what Metal is and I bet they say "Linkin Park, System of a Down, Korn" etc., and I hope you know that that has nothing to do with metal. The mainstream likes to twist genres around and alienate what the real genre's like. Kinda like what they're doing now, passing off Good Charlotte and Simple Plan as the definiton of punk rock. For emo, it all started when Sunny Day Real Estate was starting to get big and the media started calling them emo. The band strongly denies it, because they know they don't play it. That's why a lot of bands don't feel comfortable with the word, because from actually being a part of the scene they know what it is, and they know they don't play it. And then The Get Up Kids would get the same title. And for whatever reason, Dashboard received it as well. Carrabba doesn't like the term at all. Seventeen Magazine is also to blame for that article on Emo fashion, which was a complete joke. Emo is a bad term for music as it gives off so many bad vibes. You get the "all music is emotional" argument a lot from it, even though it doesn't stand for emotional. And even though it stands for emotional hardcore, that's still bad as bands like Converge are definitely emotional. But, for the time (1984), this new form of hardcore music was definitely softer and more emotional than all the sXe stuff going on.
2. The stuff that's "popping" up now isn't even emo. Thursday emo? No, I don't think so. Just a melodic hardcore band, and yet another band that strongly denies being called emo. Lots of people will tell you emo died in 1996, but that's not true. The sound is still out there and bands are still playing it. It's always been an underground form of music and I see it staying there for a while. I can't imagine City Of Caterpillar being on a major label anytime soon. And that's another thing, screamo is just another name for emo. It was created after the whole "SDRE is emo" crap as a way for new fans of the genre to separate it from all that pop-punk/indie rock stuff. And as for emocore, well that term doesn't make sense when you write it out. Emotional Hardcore Hardcore? Kill that term.
3. I don't agree with everything posted on these sites, but they are still pretty accurate

http://www.self-restraint.net/punkisdead/emo.html
www.fourfa.com
www.epitonic.com (just look around at bands)
www.cmhwak.net (FAQ section)
http://horsecore.cjb.net/
http://www.furious.com/perfect/emo.html

So we basicially learned today........that allisterkid was not really asking for emo, or at least what he thought was emo. However, I DO actually like the SCREAMO term, just because it brings another use of music into play. If bands scream, they sound unique. We just shouldn't let it run rampant like it did with emo.

I still say the term sucks though....AFI was hardcore once, and theyre emotional. I cant picture calling them emo.

[AFittingLie]

Ehh, I use emo a lot more than screamo.

And you're too late dude. The media's already grabbed screamo by the balls and has done a repeat of what they did with tagging emo onto SDRE and The Get Up Kids. Guitar World, The New York Time, Rolling Stone, etc. all have had articles on screamo and they're putting bands like Glassjaw, Thursday, Poison The Well, Finch, Thrice, Vendetta Red, etc. into it.

We're trying to get emo to turn into the term "kittencore". That way, people won't be interested in it.

[Absolute Mest]

Just a question for AFittingLine... what is screamo's original definition...?

[AFittingLie]

Screamo = Emo

Stupid fucking Rolling Stone calls it "emo with screaming", but that's a load of shit, as ell emo has screaming.

[Absolute Mest]

So Screamo is the original emo...?

[AFittingLie]

What? Screamo is just another name that's kinda new for emo.