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zekterellium:
planes mistaken are definitely post-hardcore, even back when. what i meant was, we were talking about genre classifications and how much it annoys you when people got it wrong, and you sorta maybe got it wrong. not being whiney or anything, i just wanted you to know. but yeah, we cleared it up, now i can go back to the sandbox where it's safe.
Patatat:
--- Quote from: KharBevNor ---Albeit a poorly spelt recieving end.
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One effin' letter off.
Merkava:
--- Quote from: My Aim Is True ---I would NEVER call the Dismemberment Plan an emo band, and I don't think I have ever heard anyone else do so.
And to Zekterellium- yes, emo was an early form of post-hardcore. Now the straight up post-hardcore bands like Fugazi and Quicksand, I would not call emo.
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Rhapsody lists them as emo, and it says "emo quartet" in the Allmusic biography (though the later albums are called Indie Rock in the reviews). The bio only goes up until they released their first or second album, so it's more understandable, I guess.
captainawesome:
--- Quote from: My Aim Is True ---GOOD EMO
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Oh man, that's a good one!
But seriously. The reason I have a strong dislike for the general emo scene - yes, even the "true good emo" bands - is that at least 95% of them came from rich white families from the suburbs, and got guitar lessons paid for by their parents, and yet at the same time they're complaining about life.
Yes, everyone has some aspect of life that's shit, but I feel like maybe they should step back, and look at other people's lives. Like say, Kuwait, with that whole genocide thing? Or maybe even those famous starving children in Africa (Stereotypical as it is, it still is a problem, and very few people seem intereseted in doing anything about it). And they're complaining about their life?
Aside from that, genres do very little except limit. I think truly great musicians can't fit under the mold of a single classification, and the term emo has such a grossly negative connotation that I don't even bother defending it anymore, misunderstood or not.
But hey, if you like emo music, then awesome. It's not my thing, but I thought I'd give a perspective that isn't "But emo is just misunderstood!" or "ZOMG EMO IS TEH SUX"
daysweregolden:
--- Quote from: sp2 ---What's the trouble, that no one really knows what the fuck they're talking about when they use it? I guess it's like pornography, everyone thinks they knw it when they see it, but no one can really agree on the same things actually BEING emo.
By some definitions, hell, even Soundgarden and Nirvana have at least a foot in the emo scene.
I think this is one of those times where we all need to stop arguing and beat the shit out of the guy with the retro jacket and the Buddy Holly glasses.
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its not just the definitions, its the aesthetic of the band also. if youre not a real fan of this type of music you wont get it. its the same as when fucking techno fans try to seperate genres, anyone who doesnt listen to that shit all the time wont get it. so if you dont listen to emo or are a fan of the real bands involved dont bother cos its pointless.
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