Opinions on emo music?

I see a lot of threads about metal appreciation but have never seen an emo thread. I got introduced to it about 2-3 years ago by my friend and I was skeptical at first but after giving it a chance and making an effort to get into it I found it a really rewarding genre to listen too.

I mean real emo too (not to be confused with the modern post hardcore scene e.g. hawthorne heights)... orchid, pg 99, circle takes the square, the saddest landscape, envy, daitro, sed non satiata, Saetia, or earlier stuff like navio forge, sunny day real estate.

Anybody actually made an effort to get into it? Did you hate it or love it (I think its one of those genres without an inbetween)? Who did you check out / enjoy the most?

I am just basically asking because I feel emo music needs some love on this board and it can't just be me who enjoys it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bE7yK1-QbW4 Here is a song I really enjoy in case you are not familiar with Emo ( you might need the lyrics)

*waits for some idiot to mention a band that isnt emo and calls them emo*

*grabs popcorn*

*waits for some idiot to mention a band that isnt emo and calls them emo*

*grabs popcorn*

firefluff3

My favorite band of all time is headed by who some people call the "godfather of emo", The Smiths. But I don't think many people would classify The Smiths as emo, though you can't deny their influence on the genre.Engrish_Major

Very very little emo music appeals to me.

[QUOTE="TheArGaia"]Wow, someone knows who Sunny Day Real Estate are? :o Diary is one of the best debut albums ever, but I think How to Feel Something On is their best album.wigan_gamer

That song listed in the OP was actually pretty good...that is until some maniac starting screaming and ruined the whole thing. If that's the best 'emo' music has to offer, no, I don't like it lol.Renevent42

Oh sorry I should have warned about that!

if you like the calmer parts maybe post rock is for you, they have some amazing instrumental tracks. All emo isn't like that and it is by no means the best (it is just a personal favorite), some emo doesn't contain screams at all.

It can take some getting used to for you to enjoy some vocals in emo, they are quite raw in some bands I like which is off putting to new listeners.

sucks. trance, dance, techno and rock are where its at

sucks. trance, dance, techno and rock are where its at

bigM10231

I pretty much like all genres pre-2005. So yes i guess i hate emo music maybe?

I'm not sure what bands are considered emo or what emo specific bands are, but the whole emo/scene/hipster culture is the most asinine thing I've heard of this decade.

I pretty much like all genres pre-2005. So yes i guess i hate emo music maybe?

Ilovegames1992

I'm not sure what bands are considered emo or what emo specific bands are, but the whole emo/scene/hipster culture is the most asinine thing I've heard of this decade.

ThePerro

I'm not sure what bands are considered emo or what emo specific bands are, but the whole emo/scene/hipster culture is the most asinine thing I've heard of this decade.

ThePerro

I pretty much like all genres pre-2005. So yes i guess i hate emo music maybe?

Ilovegames1992

I am considering adding a link to one of SDRE's songs... they seem popular. wigan_gamer

I am considering adding a link to one of SDRE's songs... they seem popular. wigan_gamer

They were, in my area, the flagship emo band of the 90s. The one that we could play around people who weren't really exposed to emo, and they usually wouldn't hate it, or would like it. *shrug* Kind of helped branch people into the more melodic emo, and then some more into the more hardcore-side of emo.

[QUOTE="Ilovegames1992"]

I pretty much like all genres pre-2005. So yes i guess i hate emo music maybe?

Engrish_Major

I'm not very good with music genres i like what i like. Although my fave would probably classic rock.

I dont really know what emo is i didnt think it started in 2005 i was talking about music in general. I guess grunge maybe is emo.

I think emo is too widely used. I see so many bands tagged with it on sites, even if they don't sound emo, it's like people are obsessed with the label nowadays. I'm not completely sure what bands are really "emo" music, but I suppose the only emo bands popular in the 90's that I like are The Smiths.

Can't really stand it, tbh.ArmoredCore55

Love it, both old bands like Thursday and Sunny Day Real Estate and new ones like MCR and The Used. It's probably what I listen to most these days. I think a lot of the hatred emo gets is mainly because of the caricature of emo kids created by the media. I'm introverted and I guess you could say I'm depressed, but I don't wear black all the time, don't wear make-up, don't have 'emo hair' don't complain about my problems to other people, don't cut myself, etc.Xeros606

[QUOTE="ArmoredCore55"]Can't really stand it, tbh.wigan_gamer

[QUOTE="wigan_gamer"][QUOTE="ArmoredCore55"]Can't really stand it, tbh.ArmoredCore55

I can't really say. Sure, I do joke about the whole Hawthorne Heights thing, but I never really listened to any emo music. I guess I haven't came across any.MistressMinako

I'm not into that.

[QUOTE="MistressMinako"]I can't really say. Sure, I do joke about the whole Hawthorne Heights thing, but I never really listened to any emo music. I guess I haven't came across any.wigan_gamer

I like a few emo bands, but some are just lame.

One mentioned so far I like a bit is Sunny Day Real Estate.

[QUOTE="wigan_gamer"][QUOTE="MistressMinako"]I can't really say. Sure, I do joke about the whole Hawthorne Heights thing, but I never really listened to any emo music. I guess I haven't came across any.imaps3fanboy

[QUOTE="MistressMinako"]I can't really say. Sure, I do joke about the whole Hawthorne Heights thing, but I never really listened to any emo music. I guess I haven't came across any.wigan_gamer

the only true "emo" music i know of is Jimmy eat world. which i do like,

i really don't like older "emo" music and not at all "new emo screamo"

the bands run together.

and i hate being sad.

i do like the 90's "emo" genre give or take

the only true "emo" music i know of is Jimmy eat world. which i do like,

i really don't like older "emo" music and not at all "new emo screamo"

the bands run together.

and i hate being sad.

i do like the 90's "emo" genre give or take

zoraluv

[QUOTE="travisstaggs"][QUOTE="imaps3fanboy"] Every emo "artist" seems like a joke to me. Something you'll look back on in 20 years and think "WTF was I thinking." imaps3fanboy