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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-
@razzleberry yup. Groups like Dashboard Confessional, Sunny Day Real Estate, Jimmy Eat World, American Football, Modern Baseball, Sexy Badminton.
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@rarity so then what exactly sets emo apart from punk?
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@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"
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@razzleberry if you listen to the songs I linked you'll see they are only tangentally similar
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@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.
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@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.
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@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 -
@zennx MCR isn't emo, Linkin Park isn't emo, HIM is BARELY goth and FOB is not punk omfg
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@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 -
@rarity Yeah I thought we had just established that MCR wasn't emo. They're just angsty punk.
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@rarity wait now goth is a genre too? I always thought things like goth and emo were fashion styles or lifestyle choices or something
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