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  1. Someone Probably Someone Probably

    Wait is emo actually its own genre? I always thought it was like a blanket term for any mega angst music

    Saturday, 27-Aug-16 01:13:39 UTC from web
    1. Rarity Rarity

      @razzleberry yup. Groups like Dashboard Confessional, Sunny Day Real Estate, Jimmy Eat World, American Football, Modern Baseball, Sexy Badminton.

      Saturday, 27-Aug-16 01:15:41 UTC from web
      1. Someone Probably Someone Probably

        @rarity so then what exactly sets emo apart from punk?

        Saturday, 27-Aug-16 01:16:38 UTC from web
        1. Rarity Rarity

          @razzleberry Well... basically everything? I mean, technically Emo is descended from punk, but post-hardcore is descended from punk too, and I don't think anyone is calling August Burns Red "punk"

          Saturday, 27-Aug-16 01:18:40 UTC from web
          1. Someone Probably Someone Probably

            @rarity well that's true. I must be off base here. I just always thought of Jimmy Eats World as vaguely punk but maybe I just have a poor understanding of punk.

            Saturday, 27-Aug-16 01:50:43 UTC from web
            1. Rarity Rarity

              @razzleberry well Jimmy Eat World is much more upbeat in their more popular songs. But the meloncholy nature of emo makes it sound much different than the usual punk music. Emo literally was first called "emotional hardcore" because it was made by hardcore punk musicians trying to break free of genre stereotypes.

              Saturday, 27-Aug-16 01:57:10 UTC from web
        2. Rarity Rarity

          @razzleberry if you listen to the songs I linked you'll see they are only tangentally similar

          Saturday, 27-Aug-16 01:19:07 UTC from web
    2. Zenneth Zenneth

      @razzleberry My scale of music (filtered by emo)
      My Chemical Romance is as emo as it gets imo
      then we go to the "Mainstream" Emo with Linkin' Park
      then we get to Goth with His Infernal Majesty
      then Punk with FOB
      then Grunge with Nirvana

      Saturday, 27-Aug-16 02:21:43 UTC from web
      1. Rarity Rarity

        @zennx please please you're causing me physical pain

        Saturday, 27-Aug-16 02:23:53 UTC from web
      2. Rarity Rarity

        @zennx MCR isn't emo, Linkin Park isn't emo, HIM is BARELY goth and FOB is not punk omfg

        Saturday, 27-Aug-16 02:24:55 UTC from web
        1. Zenneth Zenneth

          @rarity ok, oh emperor of soundwaves, what would your scale be

          Saturday, 27-Aug-16 02:27:06 UTC from web
          1. Rarity Rarity

            @zennx actual emo bands: Dashboard Confessional, Sunny Day Real Estate
            emo influenced and were called emo by pop culture but aren't actually emo: Fall Out Boy, My Chemical Romance

            Saturday, 27-Aug-16 02:29:12 UTC from web
            1. Someone Probably Someone Probably

              @rarity Yeah I thought we had just established that MCR wasn't emo. They're just angsty punk.

              Saturday, 27-Aug-16 04:13:17 UTC from web
        2. Someone Probably Someone Probably

          @rarity wait now goth is a genre too? I always thought things like goth and emo were fashion styles or lifestyle choices or something

          Saturday, 27-Aug-16 15:19:15 UTC from web