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stumbleine link=topic=638.msg9879#msg9879 date=1161758518]
bah, im sick of the emo debate.

yteah link=topic=638.msg9854#msg9854 date=1161736335]
why does everyone have a problem with the little kiddies having their own "genre"

pugman link=topic=638.msg10368#msg10368 date=1162441387]
Hmmmm, probably because it's taken over the American music scene, it's all that's on the radio, on the TV, in the stores, etc etc

It might be nice to hear something that's not "emo" for once.

yteah link=topic=638.msg10369#msg10369 date=1162445185]well maybe if the consumer base wasnt mostly 14 year old girls, we'd get some good music...

epitome link=topic=638.msg10445#msg10445 date=1162578267]
Bah, the UK music scene is in a bad state too if you ask me.

Glopaiswe link=topic=638.msg10447#msg10447 date=1162581695]
At least Muse and Placebo are better than Panic at the Disco

stumbleine link=topic=638.msg9899#msg9899 date=1161777098]exactly.
my friend said that Nirvana was emo. i tried to tell her they are grunge but she wouldnt listen... so its debatable.

kingofthehorseflies link=topic=638.msg10490#msg10490 date=1162686245]
I don't think Nirvana sounds very emo at all but some of the words are. "Look on the bright side suicide" for example. Oh and kurt (not sure if i spelled it right) screams sometimes but not like the screams that you hear in emo songs. All in all I'd say Nevermind was pretty much pop with a little grunge and most of their other stuff is grunge with a little pop.

So anyway I think that the emo-haters have become just as big as the actual emos. True, alot of emo music sucks in my opinion but I won't deny that I like MCR and will never care that they are emo because I think they are a good band. Extremely overrated but nonetheless good. However I don't like The Used and I can't stand Fallout Boy (mainly because the guy's voice annoys me).

So I don't think Smashing Pumpkins sounds anything like what I've heard of emo music. But if emo meant emotional then I'd have to say that most songs are emo because most music comes from some kind of emotion whether it be happiness, sadness, love, hate, or another. If emo meant sad though I'd have to say most bands have lots of good emo songs including Smashing Pumpkins. To Forgive, Blue Skies Bring Tears, Tear, and Blank Page are all pretty sad songs. But if emo means that whiny "pop-punk" (no offense to pop- punk that isn't whiny) made by the people with a strip of hair covering one eye then the Smashing Pumpkins have never been emo and I'm confident they never will be.

Believe link=topic=638.msg9892#msg9892 date=1161769563]
Trying to say that a band is emo or isn't emo all comes down to your own opinion.