Emo Idioms

Help!I'maRock!

Help!I'maRock!

Mediocringly Derivative
Bring it, Weiners. I believe in you.


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I think a lot of tumblr folks misremember their childhoods where they were probably just listening to nu-metal and very basic alt/rock radio. Calling it emo makes those memories less cringe inducing.

It's like if "90's kids" started calling Hootie and the Blowfish and Shania Twain 'grunge'. Or eighties kids started calling Starship and Whitesnake 'new wave'.
 
Help!I'maRock! said:
Bones has it right. What emo started as and what emo became, are two completely different things. Blame Jimmy Eat World. That said, it's still funny.
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Yes, but that is what it became. I remember when it applied to bands like Sunny Day Real Estate and Bright Eyes.
 
The first bands I remember being called Emo were Rites of Spring, Embrace and Fugazi. Which have nothing in common with what younger folks call Emo.
 
Help!I'maRock! said:
They weren't emo either.
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Sunny Day Real Estate? They were mentioned in every article about Emo in the early 2000s.

Bright Eyes were also cited constantly as being an Emo band. were the folk side of the somewhat ambiguous genre. In that the word is short for emotion or emotional, Bright Eyes brought tears to many a young emo's eyes back then.

from the wikipedia entry on Emo:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emo

Emo originated in hardcore punk[1][2] and is considered a form of post-hardcore.[3] Nonetheless, emo has also been considered a form of indie rock[4] and pop punk.[5][6]Emo uses the guitar dynamics that use both the softness and loudness of punk rock music.[7] Some emo leans uses characteristics of progressive music with the genre's use of complex guitar work, unorthodox song structures, and extreme dynamic shifts.[1]

Lyrics, a focus in emo music, are typically emotional and often personal or confessional,[7] dealing with topics such as failed romance,[8] self-loathing, pain, insecurity, suicidal thoughts, love, and relationships.[7] AllMusic described emo lyrics as "usually either free-associative poetry or intimate confessionals".[1] Early emo bands were hardcore punk bands that used melody and emotional or introspective lyrics and that were less structured than regular hardcore punk, making early emo bands different from the aggression, anger, and verse-chorus-verse structures of regular hardcore punk.[9]

According to AllMusic, most 1990s emo bands "borrowed from some combination of Fugazi, Sunny Day Real Estate, and Weezer".[1] The New York Times described emo as "emotional punk or post-hardcore or pop-punk. That is, punk that wears its heart on its sleeve and tries a little tenderness to leaven its sonic attack. If it helps, imagine Ricky Nelson singing in the Sex Pistols."[10] Author Matt Diehl called emo a "more sensitive interpolation of punk's mission".[8] According to Merriam-Webster, emo is "a style of rock music influenced by punk rock and featuring introspective and emotionally fraught lyrics".[11]

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Sunny Day Real Estate formed in Seattle at the height of the early-1990s grunge boom.[35] The music video for "Seven", lead track of the band's debut album Diary(1994), was played on MTV, giving the band more attention.[36] Another emo band which emerged at the same time was California's Weezer, which also released its self-titled debut album in 1994.[37] Also known as the Blue Album, Weezer's self-titled album was certified 2x platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on August 8, 1995 and was certified 3x platinum by the RIAA on November 13, 1998. As of August 2009, Weezer's self-titled album sold at least 3,300,000 copies in the United States.[38] According to NME, Weezer's debut album "pretty much invented emo's melodic wing".[39] Jimmy Eat World, an Arizona emo band, also emerged at this time. Influenced by pop punk bands such as the Mr. T Experience and Horace Pinker,[40] Jimmy Eat World released its self-titled debut album in 1994.[41]

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bright eyes

Bright Eyes
1. noun Emotional indie band from Omaha, Nebraska headed by Conor Oberstand one of several bands signed by Saddle Creek records co-founded by Conor Oberst. Conor Oberst is the only constant member of the band, but over 30 other musicians helped create the most recent album: Lifted or The Story Is In The Soil, Keep Your Ear To The Ground.

2. verb To create an emotional song with the aid of many people to give it a full-sounding, orchestrated sound.

3. adj. Someone who listens to and supports the band Bright Eyes and/or Saddle Creek records.
Noun: I cried because Bright Eyes is touring in Europe, and not here.

Verb: The three of them are usually the only ones playing, but they Bright Eyesed this one with that other band.

Adj.: She is a total Bright Eyes indie girl.
by Emily June 08, 2004
 
jbj said:
Embrace weren't emo in any way shape or form.
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You are probably thinking of a different Embrace. The one I am talking about was a Ian MacKaye's band between Minor Threat and Fugazi. I know there was another one, I think from your side of the pond.
 
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