That means I want to write and I have nothing to rant about. Pity me.
I'm just wondering how the word emo can apply to absolutely incredible bands like Indian Summer or Funeral Diner, and yet also apply to such terrible, bland bands as Fall Out Boy and Panic! At The Disco, or Dashboard Confessional, or Saves the Day (does anyone listen to them anymore?), or countless other bands that have absolutely no musical similarities with the aforementioned bands. I'm not just saying that because the former are excellent and the latter are terrible (which is true), I'm not saying this as a way of saying "I can't believe there can be such crap in a genre with such good bands," I'm saying this because they actually are very different styles of music, and I can't believe these terrible bands could hijack the name of a perfectly good genre of music and take it as their own.
I like emo, I love it in fact, but I don't want anyone to misrepresent that and think that I like "emo," which I loathe.
Never before in the history of mankind has a single word described such polar opposites.
I guess I did have something to rant about.
About Me
- Randy Miller
- I'm a comp sci major who dabbles in writing and listens to a lot of music.
2 comments:
hey boy how come you don't ever write on this anymore??
Yeah, man, what she said. And I think Kyle might listen to Saves the Day... either he does or he hates it, but I remember him talking about it sometime - I just don't remember if he was talking about them in a positive way or a negative way.
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