bands that have been or someday probably will be retroactively described as "emo"

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Weezer is the obvious place to start

Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 02:01 (twenty years ago)

The Smiths

Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 02:01 (twenty years ago)

Dinosaur Jr.

Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 02:02 (twenty years ago)

Nine Inch Nails?

Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 02:02 (twenty years ago)

uh, Jeff Buckley

Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 02:04 (twenty years ago)

Superchunk

Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 02:04 (twenty years ago)

Husker Du

Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 02:04 (twenty years ago)

Depeche Mode

Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 02:05 (twenty years ago)

Duran Duran

Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 02:05 (twenty years ago)

INXS

Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 02:05 (twenty years ago)

They Might Be Giants

Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 02:05 (twenty years ago)

Radiohead

Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 02:06 (twenty years ago)

Green Day

Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 02:07 (twenty years ago)

Busta Rhymes

Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 02:08 (twenty years ago)

Blondie

Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 02:08 (twenty years ago)

The Band

Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 02:08 (twenty years ago)

112

Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 02:09 (twenty years ago)

98 Degrees

Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 02:09 (twenty years ago)

Fall-Out Boy.

Taco C. Pizzapants, Wednesday, 17 May 2006 02:09 (twenty years ago)

U2

Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 02:10 (twenty years ago)

The Cure?

cws (cws), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 02:11 (twenty years ago)

Alice In Chains

Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 02:11 (twenty years ago)

Mobb Deep

Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 02:12 (twenty years ago)

Blur

Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 02:12 (twenty years ago)

Big Star

Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 02:13 (twenty years ago)

The Replacements

Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 02:13 (twenty years ago)

Smashing Pumpkins

Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 02:13 (twenty years ago)

I HEARD A KID AT A SHOW SAY HE LIKED EMO LIKE FUGAZI

city of gyros (chaki), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 02:14 (twenty years ago)

Dee-Lite

Taco C. Pizzapants, Wednesday, 17 May 2006 02:14 (twenty years ago)

the Lox

Taco C. Pizzapants, Wednesday, 17 May 2006 02:15 (twenty years ago)

Jawbox

Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 02:15 (twenty years ago)

Jane's Addiction

Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 02:16 (twenty years ago)

The Doors

Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 02:16 (twenty years ago)

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band

Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 02:16 (twenty years ago)

Tim McGraw

Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 02:16 (twenty years ago)

Nirvana

Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 02:16 (twenty years ago)

Nerf Herder

tafo. P. cockyjocks, Wednesday, 17 May 2006 02:17 (twenty years ago)

yes Fugazi and even Rites of Spring frequently get called "emo" nowadays. I guess it's a bit like Sonic Youth being "grunge"

Abbadavid Berman (Hurting), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 02:17 (twenty years ago)

Primus

Taco C. Pizza, Wednesday, 17 May 2006 02:20 (twenty years ago)

Unwound

Taco C. Pizzypants, Wednesday, 17 May 2006 02:21 (twenty years ago)

Destiny's Child.

astronautagogo (astronautagogo), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 02:23 (twenty years ago)

Yo La Tengo

Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 02:23 (twenty years ago)

Whenever I hear "Over & Over Again" by Nelly & Tim McGraw I think its some shitty emo band

Taco P. Pizzapants, Wednesday, 17 May 2006 02:24 (twenty years ago)

Destiny's Child are not emo. SWV, maybe.

Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 02:24 (twenty years ago)

Foo Fighters

Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 02:24 (twenty years ago)

Bad Religion

Taco C. Pizza pants, Wednesday, 17 May 2006 02:24 (twenty years ago)

New Order

Taco C. Pizzapants, Wednesday, 17 May 2006 02:25 (twenty years ago)

Modest Mouse

jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 02:25 (twenty years ago)

Avril Lavigne

Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 02:26 (twenty years ago)

MTV once refered to Maroon 5 as "emo upstarts"

Rico P. slizzyslant, Wednesday, 17 May 2006 02:29 (twenty years ago)

Cornershop

taco t. pizzapaint, Wednesday, 17 May 2006 02:53 (twenty years ago)

the hummingbirds

electric sound of jim (and why not) (electricsound), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 02:54 (twenty years ago)

The Lapse

taco p. pizzapant, Wednesday, 17 May 2006 02:56 (twenty years ago)

seaweed

electric sound of jim (and why not) (electricsound), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 02:57 (twenty years ago)

mecca normal

electric sound of jim (and why not) (electricsound), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 02:57 (twenty years ago)

joy division

electric sound of jim (and why not) (electricsound), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 02:58 (twenty years ago)

wha ha ha

Chris Bee (Cee Bee), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 02:58 (twenty years ago)

Beulah

Taco C. Pizzapants, Wednesday, 17 May 2006 03:00 (twenty years ago)

Rites of Spring kicked this shit into 1st gear, I hear. Did it take some years after them for this term to be created?? really, help.

tekblazer, Wednesday, 17 May 2006 03:07 (twenty years ago)

primitive radio gods

taco c. pizzapants, Wednesday, 17 May 2006 03:08 (twenty years ago)

Field Mice

Chicken Wing Taco, Wednesday, 17 May 2006 03:14 (twenty years ago)

I can't imagine anyone saying 'emo' in ten years, except to describe the self-described emo scene from the nineties and the turn of the century.

lf (lfam), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 03:22 (twenty years ago)

Frank Sinatra
George & Ira Gershwin

Matt Carlson (mattsoncarlhew), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 03:38 (twenty years ago)

gregorian chants

electric sound of jim (and why not) (electricsound), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 03:44 (twenty years ago)

Merzbow.

vartman (novaheat), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 04:55 (twenty years ago)

emo philips

jonathon, Wednesday, 17 May 2006 06:16 (twenty years ago)

caP'n Jazz

nicky lo-fi (nicky lo-fi), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 06:20 (twenty years ago)

Metallica

LoneNut, Wednesday, 17 May 2006 09:38 (twenty years ago)

Leo Sayer

dave's good arm (facsimile) (dave225.3), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 10:11 (twenty years ago)

;_;

Colin Meeder (Mert), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 10:53 (twenty years ago)

schooly d

the confusing situation Enrique currently endures (Enrique), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 10:55 (twenty years ago)

http://www.last.fm/music/The+Beatles/+tags

emo (41)

Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 11:01 (twenty years ago)

Guns N' Roses

bernard snow (sixteen sergeants), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 11:34 (twenty years ago)

Warren G

bernard snow (sixteen sergeants), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 11:34 (twenty years ago)

The Clash

bernard snow (sixteen sergeants), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 11:35 (twenty years ago)

Pere Ubu

bernard snow (sixteen sergeants), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 11:35 (twenty years ago)

James Brown, James Blunt, Dee Dee Sharp, and Scissor Sisters

bernard snow (sixteen sergeants), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 11:37 (twenty years ago)

Burzum

late to the bloom to the er (latebloomer), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 12:12 (twenty years ago)

Hum

Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 12:36 (twenty years ago)

"I can't imagine anyone saying 'emo' in ten years, except to describe the self-described emo scene from the nineties and the turn of the century.
-- lf (lfamula...), May 16th, 2006"

ha ha, that's exactly what I thought in 1994

simon 803 (simon 803), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 12:52 (twenty years ago)

Flickerstick

ramon fernandez (ramon fernandez), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 13:11 (twenty years ago)

American Music Club.

mike a, Wednesday, 17 May 2006 14:21 (twenty years ago)

I have seen that term being applied on everything from Fugazi to Keane. Which means it is a completely pointless term.

Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 14:38 (twenty years ago)

Air Supply

Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 15:26 (twenty years ago)

T.I. feat. Jamie Foxx

artdamages (artdamages), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 15:36 (twenty years ago)

T.I. feat. UGK

Chris Bee (Cee Bee), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 16:22 (twenty years ago)

1910 Fruitgum Company

vincent spano (vincent spano), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 18:55 (twenty years ago)

Elliot Smith

Built to Spill

Pearl Jam

Tracey Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 19:08 (twenty years ago)

The Good Life

Tacopizza Happypants, Wednesday, 17 May 2006 21:59 (twenty years ago)

Huey Lewis & The News.

Deric W. Haircare (Deric W. Haircare), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 22:06 (twenty years ago)

Earth, Wind & Fire.

Deric W. Haircare (Deric W. Haircare), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 22:07 (twenty years ago)

Burl Ives.

Deric W. Haircare (Deric W. Haircare), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 22:08 (twenty years ago)

Frank Sinatra

brilliant young and angsty (thatguy), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 23:40 (twenty years ago)

Hongroe

Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 23:43 (twenty years ago)

The Sex Pistols

a.b. (alanbanana), Thursday, 18 May 2006 00:39 (twenty years ago)

Black Sabbath

Finished with my woman
'Cause she couldn't help me with my mind
People think I'm insane
Because I am frowning all the time

All day long I think of things
But nothing seems to satisfy
Think I'll lose my mind
If I don't find something to pacify

Can you help me occupy my brain?
Oh yeah!

I need someone to show me
The things in life that I can't find
I can't see the things that make true happiness
I must be blind

Make a joke and I will sigh
And you will laugh and I will cry
Happiness I cannot feel
And love to me is so unreal

And so as you hear these words
Telling you now of my state
I tell you to enjoy life
I wish I could but it's too late

Aaron A, Thursday, 18 May 2006 00:43 (twenty years ago)

emo phillips

lauren ruiz (sheep1300), Saturday, 20 May 2006 01:51 (twenty years ago)

John Lennon.
As far as I'm concerned, Plastic Ono Band is the first emo album.

joe burke, Saturday, 20 May 2006 18:39 (twenty years ago)

the velvet underground

batwing (batwing), Saturday, 20 May 2006 18:43 (twenty years ago)

The Righteous Brothers

Earl Nash (earlnash), Sunday, 21 May 2006 01:24 (twenty years ago)


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