just call it emo/skramz or whatever. all these videos are filled with comments arguing about emo. back in the 90's emo was generally disliked by 90% of the hardcore scene, it's not like it was a huge awesome thing everyone loved..
@dankmathus Emo is still generally disliked by most people, it's just that nowadays a lot of hipsters want to give 90's emo some indie cred and call it the "true emo" and disregard everything else. It's a lot like saying "Hey I love pizza! I only like the crusts though, the cheese and tomato sauce are too mainstream!" Fair enough if you only like the crusts, but please don't go around calling it "the true pizza".
I'm pretty sure none of you would even know these bands if it weren't for Third Wave "mainstream" emo. Just because you all want to be "original" hipsters now, please don't act like everything you say is anything more than your own opinion. I love all three waves and to me none of them are the "true" emo, just different stages in the genre's evolution. There's a reason why some bands were mainstream, oh yeah, maybe because they were good? I'm off to listen to MCR and TITR now, fuck off hipsters.
People are still namedropping obscure screamo and calling it "the real emo" go back to fourfa (if it even exists anymore) anyone who was listening to this at the time remembers it as emo, and the only reason anyone distances themselves from the term is that so called "third wave" commercial garbage became the go to rock music of the 00's
To me emo is a fusion of hardcore/post-hardcore and indie rock (and occasionally pop-punk) with confessional lyrics and a focus on dynamics with a lot of apreggiation, octave chords and contrasts between clean and distorted amp sounds. In other words Braid, Sunny Day Real Estate, Mineral, The Get Up Kids, Saves the Day, The Promise Ring and early My Chemical Romance.
@tohellwithnick Have you ever heard "Early Sunsets Over Monroeville" (which sounds a lot like early At the Drive-In), "Demoltion Lovers" or "The Art of Drowning (which sounds a lot like early SDRE or Texas is The Reason).
@Bakersfieldsucks777 Thank you, I'm glad you actually listened to those songs instead just saying "MCR is no emos they shitty commercial shit" and dismissing it right away without actually investigating.
reading the comments on here drive me nuts. indie with emo influences??!!! were any of you actually around when any of this was going on? i doubt it. all of these bands were heavily influenced by punk rock bands. to me, braid, promise ring, cap n jazz, indian summer, mineral, ect... are all just punk rock bands putting their own twists on it. emo is a dumb dumb word.
@Vertze Um, emo is a misconception? So what do you reckon bands like Mineral, Sunday Real Estate and so on should be called then? If anything then "indie", but they deal with relatively different topics and even sound different. I think it's a perfectly fine term to use, too bad it has been spoiled by the 00s and mainstream, though. For me, bands like Mineral will always remain the "true" emo,
@kamikazi5489 Ian Mackaye 1986-"emocore must be the stupidest f$%ing thing I've ever heard in my entire life." Guy Piccioto (Rites of Spring) agrees with Ian. And no doubt I agree with them. Calling music emo is...beyond the need for an inflammatory remark. So please, learn your stuff.
Please though, enlighten the Internet, explain "emo"
I never said those bands were emo. I suggested bands similar to the ones the other user listed and you assumed since he said emo I implied it
@ourlucidream But Rites of Spring and Embrace are perfectly Hardcore Punk, Ian Mackaye doesn't liked a band be in a different genre coz it's "emotional" lyrics. But Sunny Day Real Estate, Braid, Mineral, Boy's Life, etc. are Hardcore Punk and Indie Rock. Is a separated genre.
just call it emo/skramz or whatever. all these videos are filled with comments arguing about emo. back in the 90's emo was generally disliked by 90% of the hardcore scene, it's not like it was a huge awesome thing everyone loved..
dankmathus 4 days ago
@dankmathus Emo is still generally disliked by most people, it's just that nowadays a lot of hipsters want to give 90's emo some indie cred and call it the "true emo" and disregard everything else. It's a lot like saying "Hey I love pizza! I only like the crusts though, the cheese and tomato sauce are too mainstream!" Fair enough if you only like the crusts, but please don't go around calling it "the true pizza".
xTheYankx 10 hours ago
I use to listen to this song on my way to school my senior year of high school now every time I listen to it = automatic nostalgia
muiscnight 1 week ago
I'm pretty sure none of you would even know these bands if it weren't for Third Wave "mainstream" emo. Just because you all want to be "original" hipsters now, please don't act like everything you say is anything more than your own opinion. I love all three waves and to me none of them are the "true" emo, just different stages in the genre's evolution. There's a reason why some bands were mainstream, oh yeah, maybe because they were good? I'm off to listen to MCR and TITR now, fuck off hipsters.
xTheYankx 2 weeks ago
@xTheYankx Everyone trying to show each other up on the internet, good job you win.
jpATempestWest 1 week ago
People are still namedropping obscure screamo and calling it "the real emo" go back to fourfa (if it even exists anymore) anyone who was listening to this at the time remembers it as emo, and the only reason anyone distances themselves from the term is that so called "third wave" commercial garbage became the go to rock music of the 00's
MegaJimtastic 1 month ago
"and I'll know when I hear your name even if I have to sing it to myself" soooo goood
4buds2papers0problem 2 months ago 6
Sounds like early Foo Fighters a little bit...
starpoet1992 6 months ago
God, his voice is incredible.
imawesomeize 6 months ago
@imawesomeize I know. It's like he's slightly off key but it's always okay
Deadjoe669 5 months ago
sounds like mock orange! holy shit thats crazy
weezerfootie 6 months ago
@weezerfootie I think Mock Orange sounds like Braid. ;-) All good though. The Record Play is an awesome album.
suddenlyxsuicide 6 months ago 2
To me emo is a fusion of hardcore/post-hardcore and indie rock (and occasionally pop-punk) with confessional lyrics and a focus on dynamics with a lot of apreggiation, octave chords and contrasts between clean and distorted amp sounds. In other words Braid, Sunny Day Real Estate, Mineral, The Get Up Kids, Saves the Day, The Promise Ring and early My Chemical Romance.
drogaz1 8 months ago
@drogaz1 you had me until you through My Chemical Romance in there. I'll just pretend you said Texas is the Reason.
tohellwithnick 8 months ago 12
@tohellwithnick Have you ever heard "Early Sunsets Over Monroeville" (which sounds a lot like early At the Drive-In), "Demoltion Lovers" or "The Art of Drowning (which sounds a lot like early SDRE or Texas is The Reason).
drogaz1 8 months ago 3
@drogaz1 no but I shall investigate.
tohellwithnick 8 months ago
@drogaz1 - I have to agree about MCR, I didn't believe it when I first heard it, but then I listened to them and you're right.
Bakersfieldsucks777 7 months ago
@Bakersfieldsucks777 Thank you, I'm glad you actually listened to those songs instead just saying "MCR is no emos they shitty commercial shit" and dismissing it right away without actually investigating.
drogaz1 7 months ago
@drogaz1 I agree wholeheartedly early MCR is amazing.
youarewrong321 2 months ago
@tohellwithnick I'll pretend you're not a pretentious hipster.
xTheYankx 2 weeks ago
@tohellwithnick I don't mean to brag to texas is the reason fans, but my uncle is the gutiarist in that band
smokyboom 6 days ago
reading the comments on here drive me nuts. indie with emo influences??!!! were any of you actually around when any of this was going on? i doubt it. all of these bands were heavily influenced by punk rock bands. to me, braid, promise ring, cap n jazz, indian summer, mineral, ect... are all just punk rock bands putting their own twists on it. emo is a dumb dumb word.
johnnycolumbine 9 months ago
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canmalfunction 10 months ago
one of the best songs I've heard. It has the kind/type of emotion and purity that I love and appreciate in music.
dfjnjfn 1 year ago
Great band, song. Takes me back.
mresplendent 1 year ago
C'mon guys, there's no such thing as emo.
It's just a horrible misconception and it's best to just forget all about it.
Vertze 1 year ago
@Vertze I think we would all be embracing the name if Third Wave didn't come around.
MasterAdam100 3 months ago
@Vertze Um, emo is a misconception? So what do you reckon bands like Mineral, Sunday Real Estate and so on should be called then? If anything then "indie", but they deal with relatively different topics and even sound different. I think it's a perfectly fine term to use, too bad it has been spoiled by the 00s and mainstream, though. For me, bands like Mineral will always remain the "true" emo,
kahvatu 2 months ago 2
Choice song.
LemonCircuits 1 year ago
One of the best songs with some of the most beautiful lyrics!
NinaC4116 1 year ago
Yeah, this along with some CapNJazz, American Football, and Owls! I like old emo, but beyond those bands I dont know of much... help me out anyone?
L3theo 2 years ago
Christie Front Drive, Samiam, Texas is the Reason, Mineral, Get Up Kids, blah...
ourlucidream 2 years ago
@ourlucidream None of these bands are emo. There all indie with emo influences learn your stuff.
kamikazi5489 1 year ago
i like texas is the reason, promise ring, etc.
beneathmiskin 1 year ago
@beneathmiskin Again Promis Ring is indie with emo influences.
kamikazi5489 1 year ago
@L3theo yeah man 90's emo is tha best : pavement, jawbox, fugazi , at the drive-in (:
djangobaby 1 year ago
@djangobaby none of those bands are emo idiot. Try some Rites Of Spring, Mohinder, Moss Icon. Fugazi was post hardcore.
kamikazi5489 1 year ago
@kamikazi5489 Ian Mackaye 1986-"emocore must be the stupidest f$%ing thing I've ever heard in my entire life." Guy Piccioto (Rites of Spring) agrees with Ian. And no doubt I agree with them. Calling music emo is...beyond the need for an inflammatory remark. So please, learn your stuff.
Please though, enlighten the Internet, explain "emo"
I never said those bands were emo. I suggested bands similar to the ones the other user listed and you assumed since he said emo I implied it
ourlucidream 1 year ago
@ourlucidream But Rites of Spring and Embrace are perfectly Hardcore Punk, Ian Mackaye doesn't liked a band be in a different genre coz it's "emotional" lyrics. But Sunny Day Real Estate, Braid, Mineral, Boy's Life, etc. are Hardcore Punk and Indie Rock. Is a separated genre.
LuisGuilhermePontes 1 year ago
Exactly ^
TeeheeOrchid 2 years ago
Thanks a ton for uploading this, one of my favorite songs by them. Such an underrated group. This is what REAL emo is kids.
xfearbeforexx 2 years ago
YeS! I'm 31 and this was REAL emo back in the day haha. Sounds so awesome to hear myself say that, but hey. BRAID!
wongfeihong99 2 years ago
@xfearbeforexx huh, this real emo stuff is damn good
chiaramullally 2 years ago