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Real emo
My Aim Is True:
are you thinking of the band from the UK today? I was referring to the band from DC, in the 80's, with Ian MacKaye. Them and Rites Of Spring pretty much were the first emo bands ever.
Se7en:
Oh right, i was talking about the UK one, i didnt know there was another band by the same name.
Still, i think if you want to reclaim the term "emo" from the snivelling children that think self pity is cool, you need to find a new, insulting term for the crap they listen to. I think wuss rock is pretty apropriate. Start using the term, see if you can make them cry! :)
lastclearchance:
You're leaving out the entire second half of emo's progression, MyAimIsTrue. I mean, I understand you want to keep it separate from today's "emo" and also injecting your own personal opinion into the matter, but like it or not, if you're trying toi make a semi-objective emo FAQ you can't cut your list off just before Jawbreaker's "Dear You" and pretend that Sunny Day Real Estate isn't emo. I really think people should talk about first wave emo (which is what you're talking about), second-wave emo (which starts with Jawbreaker's "Dear You" and continues through Sunny Day Real Estate (and "Diary" even came out before "Dear You"), Braid, the Promise Ring, Saves the Day, and maybe even early Get Up Kids. And what we have today should probably be called post-emo. Or emo-metal (or is that what people use emocore to mean?)
Or if you have better terminology than the wave thing I just proposed, go to it. But like it or not, emo means these later bands just as much as the old hardcore ones.
sp2:
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This is album-specific. Dear You was pretty obviously emo. Earlier Jawbreaker, not so much.
Dear You was also their worst album by far.
On another note, I am pretty sure emocore is stuff along the lines of Trail of Dead. I've heard people extend that to At the Drive In, but really, no, no, no, they're not.
lastclearchance:
--- Quote from: sp2 ---
--- Quote from: My Aim Is True ---Jawbreaker
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This is album-specific. Dear You was pretty obviously emo. Earlier Jawbreaker, not so much.
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I think that's his point though. 24 Hour Revenge Therapy could arguably be considered under his "GOOD EMO" heading. "Dear You" is more Sunny Day Real Estate (and more what we think of when we say emo today).
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