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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: HoyaSaxa03 on September 23, 2004, 12:45:00 pm
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why do you never hear superchunk referred to as emo godfathers?
seems like rock journos have fallen into the habit (like the interpol/JD link) of harping on sunny day as the "evolutionary link" from dc hardcore to today's crop of emoters ...
btw, the acoustic version of "detroit has a skyline" is unreal.
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jawbreaker?
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yeah, jawbreaker is definitely a big influence...
but why don't you ever see superchunk tied to emo? are journos trying to save superchunk's reputation? am i just reading the wrong articles?
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Superchunk blows.
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superchunk is the shit.
today's emo blows.
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wise words
Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
superchunk is shit.
today's emo blows.
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is the Fire Theft emo?
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i would say the fire theft is emo, mainly because they're just sunny day real estate redux ... they got a lotta prog in em too ...
but they're not like emo-crap like taking back sunday or my chemical romance ...
did anyone go to that show a while back at 930 where fire theft and grandaddy opened for (i think) taking back sunday? the place was packed for the two openers, then completely emptied out for TBS, only people left were maybe 50 high school kids in hoodies gathered around the stage ... i actually felt bad for the headliners....
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Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
i would say the fire theft is emo, mainly because they're just sunny day real estate redux ... they got a lotta prog in em too ...
but they're not like emo-crap like taking back sunday or my chemical romance ...
did anyone go to that show a while back at 930 where fire theft and grandaddy opened for (i think) taking back sunday? the place was packed for the two openers, then completely emptied out for TBS, only people left were maybe 50 high school kids in hoodies gathered around the stage ... i actually felt bad for the headliners....
The same thing happened when Dave Pirner played the club in 2002. Decent crowd for the opener (The Lost Trailers), maybe 20 people for Dave Pirner, which makes sense.
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The Lost Trailers suck. And they aren't emo.
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Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
i would say the fire theft is emo,
I only ask because I really like:
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emo is such a weird category, who the fuck knows whats what, but jeremy enigk is pretty damn emotional ...
that album took me a few spins to get into, but man, it's powerful ... "it's over" is the best, i think ...
do you have the last two SDRE albums? they're both awesome and the most similar to fire theft...
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The guy from Superchunk has one of those nasally voices best suited for country music. Singing rock music, he comes off sounding like an annoying wussy.
Sort of like one of my favorite country singers, the nasally voiced Robbie Fulks, when he tries to rock out.
Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
superchunk is the shit.
today's emo blows.
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I like him much more on his Portastatic releases, especially the last 2 (summer of the shark and autumn was a lark). He actually comes much closer to country on those (closer than superchunk, at least...except for their "foolish" album).
Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
The guy from Superchunk has one of those nasally voices best suited for country music. Singing rock music, he comes off sounding like an annoying wussy.
Sort of like one of my favorite country singers, the nasally voiced Robbie Fulks, when he tries to rock out.
Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
superchunk is the shit.
today's emo blows.
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agreed. Not a fan of Portastatic, but his voice seems to fit better there than with Chunk.
Sort of the Death Cab vs. Postal Service argument.
Originally posted by Chip Chanko:
I like him much more on his Portastatic releases, especially the last 2 (summer of the shark and autumn was a lark). He actually comes much closer to country on those (closer than superchunk, at least...except for their "foolish" album).
Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
The guy from Superchunk has one of those nasally voices best suited for country music. Singing rock music, he comes off sounding like an annoying wussy.
Sort of like one of my favorite country singers, the nasally voiced Robbie Fulks, when he tries to rock out.
Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
superchunk is the shit.
today's emo blows.
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Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
The guy from Superchunk has one of those nasally voices
He is why I do NOT like Superchunk. And, unlike for Wilco, I have friends who are super 'Chunk fans and have given me albums and brought me to shows - no dice, not for me.
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i'm sorry you all can't grasp Superchunk's brilliance, but they were definitely one of the pioneers of emo.. well before SDRE was around. Too bad you missed the boat.
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so Superchunk is the blame for the crap known as emo. There you have it.
Originally posted by Defcon9:
i'm sorry you all can't grasp Superchunk's brilliance, but they were definitely one of the pioneers of emo.. well before SDRE was around. Too bad you missed the boat.
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You all don't know what the hell you're talking about. The English started emo. Only something so depressing could come from that barren island of doom.
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No I'd say we have Rites of Spring to thank for emo. I don't really understand the whole emo tag these days...but for what it's worth Rites put out one killer record back in the day.
Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
so Superchunk is the blame for the crap known as emo. There you have it.
Originally posted by Defcon9:
i'm sorry you all can't grasp Superchunk's brilliance, but they were definitely one of the pioneers of emo.. well before SDRE was around. Too bad you missed the boat.
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I stumbled on that album accidentally. I bought a Sonic Youth tape over at Phantas where someone erased the second side to put on the Rites of Spring album.
Originally posted by chaz:
No I'd say we have Rites of Spring to thank for emo. I don't really understand the whole emo tag these days...but for what it's worth Rites put out one killer record back in the day.
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Originally posted by chaz:
No I'd say we have Rites of Spring to thank for emo. I don't really understand the whole emo tag these days...but for what it's worth Rites put out one killer record back in the day.
I've read elsewhere that Rites Of Spring were the first emo band. I don't really know what's emo and what isn't. I do know that the Rites Of Spring record is amazing. Nothing else I've heard sounds anything like it. I find it hard to fathom that so many different sounding bands are all considered "emo".
Genre names are becoming so broad they're almost useless these days.
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Emo was born during Revolution Summer when the Dischord bands traded anger for pathos.
Or so the legend goes...
Originally posted by Bombay Chutney:
I've read elsewhere that Rites Of Spring were the first emo band. I don't really know what's emo and what isn't. I do know that the Rites Of Spring record is amazing. Nothing else I've heard sounds anything like it. I find it hard to fathom that so many different sounding bands are all considered "emo".
Genre names are becoming so broad they're almost useless these days.