[RodeoRanch]

Soundgarden - Superunknown

[Leoman]

Down, Set, Go -- UnderOath

[Tiste Simeon]

The Scorpions - We'll Burn the Sky.

Classic German Metal!

[Tiste Simeon]

Lost Prophets - Shinobi vs Dragon Ninja

[Tenaka Khan]

Still Running - Chevelle

[Oceao]

Alice In Chains - Sludge Factory

[Leoman]

Unholy Confessions -- Avenged Sevenfold

kick ass hardcore emo

[RodeoRanch]

What defines a song as emo? Just curious.


Green Day - Sassafras Roots

[Leoman]

Punk music on estrogen. Often acoustic guitar with soft, high male vocals that dwell exessively on the singer's feelings, especially melancholy remembrances of past relationships/mistakes in life. A form of music that diverged from punk in the '80s, the name "emo" is derived from the emotive style of the lyrics and music. This genre has lately been marketed heavily by the music industry to teenagers with bands such as Dashboard Confessional and Taking Back Sunday, and has seen much commercial and mainstream success. The music has also spawned a subculture which conforms to certain conventions in dress such as tight sweatshirts, tight band T-shirts and horn-rim glasses. Adherents profess to exessively melancholy temperments. Males that adhere to the emo subculture are sometimes confused with metrosexuals; indeed the line between the two is somwhat blurred, though both groups claim to be intouch with their emotional side. The ephemeral and hackneyed nature of emo songwriting suggests that its audience will be restricted largely to teenagers. the genre suffers from a lack of credibility outside the aforementioned demographic group, much like current Nu Metal bands.


An entire subculture of people (usually angsty teens) with a fake personality. The concept of Emo is actually a vicious cycle that never ends, to the utter failing of humanity, and it goes something like this:

1. Girls say they like "sensitive guys" (lie)
2. Guy finds out, so he listens to faggy emo music and dresses like a dork so chicks will see that he is sensitive and not afraid to express himself (lie). He dyes his hair black, wraps himself in a stupid looking scarf, develops an eating disorder, and rants about how "nobody understands".
3. Now an emo guy, he meets Emo chick and they start dating, talking about how their well-off suburban lifestyles are terrible and depressing (lie)
4. Emo guy is just too much of a pussy. His penis is too small, he's too depressed to bathe, and has more mood swings than emo chick, and he doesn't even have a menstrual cycle. Emo chick dumps him, saying "It's not you, it's me." (lie) as she drives off with Wayne, the school jock and captain of the football team.
5. Emo guy goes home and cries, proceeds to write a weak song and strum a single string on his acoustic guitar. Another emo chick sees how he is so in touch with his feelings, and the cycle continues.

This is the sad truth of the emo lifestyle/music, and now that I look at how pathetic it really is, maybe the emos DO have something to cry about!

[Oceao]

emo is not a real type of music nor is screamo. for that matter neither is grunge, but i decided not to mention it in the 'suppose' thread as I was already pissing people off. If you asked Jeremy Enigk of Sunny Day Real Estate (arguably one of the founding bands of 'emo' as its known today) if his band was 'Emo' he'd probably punch you in the face, and that is saying a lot for somebody that is careful not to step on any ants or walk on grass too hard

[Leoman]

meh, everyone is different.

[Leoman]

http://www.sykospark...appearance.html

I got a laugh outa this

[Tiste Simeon]

Avenged Sevenfold Emo?? If you say so...

Foo Fighters - Monkey Wrench

[Oceao]

Foo Fighters - Down in the Park

Tiste - do you have / have you heard Down in the Park, Baker Street, and the actual song 'the colour and the shape' ? The first two are covers and the last is a b-side from the album of the same name; if not i recommend all three.

[Tiste Simeon]

ooh... no... The Colour and the Shape has been one of my favourite albums for a long time though! Are they all on the same album, or would I have to download them?

[Oceao]

Foo Fighters - Drive me Wild

baker street is off the 'my hero' UK single release
down in the park can be found on 'songs in the key of X' which is a tribute/compilation for the tv show The X-Files, but I think it also might be on another single release
and the song 'colour and the shape', is on the UK Monkey Wrench single

i can hook you up though if you can't find them anywhere

[Tiste Simeon]

I guess I could get them off ebay or something... though if you could send me them or something that would be better!