Emo/pop-punk fans

[Viva]

Apr 29, 2013 17:26:30 GMT -5 Manute Bol said:

Apr 29, 2013 0:37:09 GMT -5 Viva said:

I can't stress enough how important it is to read that guys article. And honestly, The Story So Far's newest record was pretty much all written about broken relationships and girl problems. Subject matter counts, imo. Emo is the lyrical content first and foremost.

I read it and don't agree with a lot of the bands he classifies as emo. I know it's debatable as everyone has their own definition, but I personally don't see many of those bands as emo bands, most notably The Story So Far and Cheap Girls.

If any band that sings about relationships and girl problems are emo than does that make Descendents, MxPx, Blink 182, and The Ataris emo? I'd say those are all pop punk bands and I'm fairly sure they would categorize themselves as pop punk bands as well. Lyrical content matters of course, but I think more in the style it's written...the diction, the tone, the mood, the prose. I think of emo as much more poetic than pop punk.

For the record I'm not a fan of 99% of what I consider emo so I have no bias or anything. I know people get touchy when it comes to music discussions so I'm trying not to condescending to any emo fans out there.

Check out The Story So Far "Quicksand" or "Empty Space" and Cheap Girls' "Ft. Lauderdale" or "Parking Lot" and tell me if you would classify them as emo.

I personally consider them Pop Punk. However, I can see why people would label them emo. Same goes for The Wonder Years, Transit, bands in that vein.

The next wave of pop punk that is hitting us is definitely influenced by that post-hardcore and emo sound. However, they're two different things for me personally. I grew up with Sunny Day Real Estate and Pavement and Taking Back Sunday, Brand New. etc, though I love NFG and Blink and Sum 41 and stuff as well.

So those genres are a little more defined in my own brain, I just understand how they can bleed together. They are not so different.