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Title: Emo Albums That Don't Suck
Post by: ggw on May 21, 2007, 03:11:00 pm
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Title: Re: Emo Albums That Don't Suck
Post by: Sir HC on May 21, 2007, 03:12:00 pm
What of "old school" emo?  Holy Rollers did 2 that rock.  Jawbox, emo?
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Post by: Brian_Wallace on May 21, 2007, 03:16:00 pm
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Originally posted by Sir HC:
  Jawbox, emo?
I have the biggest crush on Kim Coletta.
 
 Brian
Title: Re: Emo Albums That Don't Suck
Post by: Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer on May 21, 2007, 03:25:00 pm
I still have no idea what emo is.
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Post by: vansmack on May 21, 2007, 03:32:00 pm
I think this is my favorite elmo album:
 
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Title: Re: Emo Albums That Don't Suck
Post by: Bombay Chutney on May 21, 2007, 03:40:00 pm
I'm not sure what emo is either, but I've read that this was one of the first emo records.  I know it doesn't suck.  Therefore, I pick this as an emo album that does not suck.
 
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Post by: El Jefe Design on May 21, 2007, 03:40:00 pm
seconded
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Post by: ratioci nation on May 21, 2007, 03:47:00 pm
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 not as emo as Jets to Brazil, but I think it has been called emo
 
 
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 i prefer this promise ring
Title: Re: Emo Albums That Don't Suck
Post by: godsshoeshine on May 21, 2007, 03:49:00 pm
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first thing i thought of when i saw this thread
 
 seeing them open for bad religion back in pittsburgh was pretty funny
Title: Re: Emo Albums That Don't Suck
Post by: sweetcell on May 21, 2007, 04:10:00 pm
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Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
  I still have no idea what emo is.
emo is the old mainstream.
Title: Re: Emo Albums That Don't Suck
Post by: ggw on May 21, 2007, 04:48:00 pm
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Title: Re: Emo Albums That Don't Suck
Post by: sweetcell on May 21, 2007, 04:55:00 pm
i've heard death cab for cutie described as "emo".
 
 discuss.
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Post by: nkotb on May 21, 2007, 04:57:00 pm
They're sissy enough to be emo...or at least what goes for it these days.
 
 
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Originally posted by sweetcell:
  i've heard death cab for cutie described as "emo".
 
 discuss.
Title: Re: Emo Albums That Don't Suck
Post by: bearman🐻 on May 21, 2007, 05:01:00 pm
Dear You is the only emo record that you need to own. I got addicted to it before I even knew what emo was, and I'm glad that I was oblivious. The whole label thing is just so lame. It's a great record from start to finish, 'nuff said. I remember buying it new at HMV in Georgetown for like $5.99 and then being totally floored after about the third listen. I got to see Jawbreaker at the Black Cat and it wasn't a really happy kind of show (as is often the case when a band is on the verge or breaking up). Just glad that I got to see them play at least once.
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Post by: ratioci nation on May 21, 2007, 05:07:00 pm
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Originally posted by bearman:
  it wasn't a really happy kind of show
I dont think Blake Schwarzenbach has ever been mistaken for happy
Title: Re: Emo Albums That Don't Suck
Post by: bearman🐻 on May 21, 2007, 05:16:00 pm
Actually, I've met him a few times and he is always really kind of upbeat and outgoing. So was Adam...Chris (the bass player) was the miserable one. Not sure anyone ever caught the interview they did in Punk Planet a few years ago, that pretty much clued you in to what was what. They were a really good band, and they also knew how to rock too.
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Post by: ratioci nation on May 21, 2007, 05:39:00 pm
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Originally posted by bearman:
  Actually, I've met him a few times and he is always really kind of upbeat and outgoing. So was Adam...Chris (the bass player) was the miserable one. Not sure anyone ever caught the interview they did in Punk Planet a few years ago, that pretty much clued you in to what was what. They were a really good band, and they also knew how to rock too.
i guess i was thinking of when they canceled a tour due to his depression (during the Jets to Brazil days)
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Post by: PigIron on May 21, 2007, 05:46:00 pm
I seriously am unsure about what emo is really.  Can someone just list 100 or so emo bands from the emo period and I'll just pick which ones I think are OK?
Title: Re: Emo Albums That Don't Suck
Post by: HoyaSaxa03 on May 21, 2007, 08:26:00 pm
i'm sure it's because i listened to these ALOT in high school, but they still hold up today:
 
 
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 [sunny day real estate]
 
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 ("come tomorrow, i'll be on-my-way back home")
 
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Title: Re: Emo Albums That Don't Suck
Post by: HoyaSaxa03 on May 21, 2007, 08:31:00 pm
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Originally posted by sweetcell:
  i've heard death cab for cutie described as "emo".
they were tagged as emo in the mid-to-late 90s, which seems kind of right ... a lot of indie rock from that period, especially from the pacific northwest (modest mouse is a good example), was getting the emo label
 
 after mainstream pop-punk (and even metal) co-opted "emo", it doesn't make much sense at all
Title: Re: Emo Albums That Don't Suck
Post by: HoyaSaxa03 on May 21, 2007, 08:35:00 pm
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Originally posted by pdx pollard:
  i guess i was thinking of when they canceled a tour due to his depression (during the Jets to Brazil days)
the first show i saw at the old black cat was a sold-out jets to brazil gig ... listening to them now, the lyrics are really embarrassing
Title: Re: Emo Albums That Don't Suck
Post by: ratioci nation on May 21, 2007, 09:09:00 pm
wow, i listened to a lot of these albums in the first few years after college, I think i have to dig them out and re-rip them since they didnt survive my hard drive crash, I have already listened to the promise ring all afternoon and the two albums sounded great
Title: Re: Emo Albums That Don't Suck
Post by: Bags on May 22, 2007, 10:12:00 am
Get Up Kids and Jimmy Eat World.  I heard they're emo, not sure what it means (wouldn't Morrissey be emo?), but I love both bands, power pop girl that I am.
Title: Re: Emo Albums That Don't Suck
Post by: tigersscareme on May 22, 2007, 10:19:00 am
i'm still ridiculously fond of the alkaline trio's
 "maybe i'll catch fire" but i can't listen to anything of theirs after that.
Title: Re: Emo Albums That Don't Suck
Post by: TheREALHunter on May 22, 2007, 10:27:00 am
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Originally posted by Bombay Chutney:
  I'm not sure what emo is either, but I've read that this was one of the first emo records.  I know it doesn't suck.  Therefore, I pick this as an emo album that does not suck.
 
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I third that, one of the greatest punk records of all time.  Save some of Sunny Day Real Estate's material I have no use for the fruity sweater-wearing 90's bands that fell under the tag of "emo".
Title: Re: Emo Albums That Don't Suck
Post by: Bags on May 22, 2007, 10:39:00 am
Emusic has the following Promise Ring albums available -- which should I get (I've never listened to then, but will give it a shot...).
 
 Wood / Water
 Release Date: 2002
   
 Very Emergency
 Release Date: 1999
 
 Nothing Feels Good  
 Release Date: 1997
 
 30 Degrees Ever...
 Release Date: 1996
Title: Re: Emo Albums That Don't Suck
Post by: Bags on May 22, 2007, 10:40:00 am
Whoo, and eMusic has six Get Up Kids albums!  (I've already got 4, which is enough for me...)
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Post by: dfmcpete on May 22, 2007, 10:59:00 am
Bags, you can skip Wood/Water, and probably anything the Get Up Kids did after Something To Write Home About.
 
 Not an album, per se...
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Post by: edbert on May 22, 2007, 11:10:00 am
The funniest comedy album ever
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Title: Re: Emo Albums That Don't Suck
Post by: bearman🐻 on May 22, 2007, 11:14:00 am
I went back and listened to "Orange Rhyming Dictionary" by Jets to Brazil a while back. I used to think there were some decent songs on it, but upon reflection, it pretty much sucks.
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Post by: you be betty on May 22, 2007, 02:43:00 pm
i will always and forever love
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 i've heard Pedro the Lion described as emo, do they count?  'cause, if so...their entire catalogue.
Title: Re: Emo Albums That Don't Suck
Post by: ratioci nation on May 22, 2007, 02:56:00 pm
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Originally posted by Bags:
 
 Very Emergency
 Release Date: 1999
 
 Nothing Feels Good  
 Release Date: 1997
 
start here
Title: Re: Emo Albums That Don't Suck
Post by: manimtired on May 22, 2007, 03:56:00 pm
i really like the promise ring - wood/water..the only album of theirs i like
Title: Re: Emo Albums That Don't Suck
Post by: HoyaSaxa03 on May 22, 2007, 06:56:00 pm
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Originally posted by bearman:
  I went back and listened to "Orange Rhyming Dictionary" by Jets to Brazil a while back. I used to think there were some decent songs on it, but upon reflection, it pretty much sucks.
it's almost painful to listen to
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Post by: ggw on May 22, 2007, 10:53:00 pm
South Dakota parents warned on the "Dangers of Emo." (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xSD3YZWGo4)
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Post by: TheREALHunter on May 23, 2007, 07:39:00 am
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Originally posted by Hoya Paranoia:
   
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Originally posted by bearman:
  I went back and listened to "Orange Rhyming Dictionary" by Jets to Brazil a while back. I used to think there were some decent songs on it, but upon reflection, it pretty much sucks.
it's almost painful to listen to [/b]
I saw them with Burning Airlines years back and it was painfully obvious that the music was as bad as Third Eye Blind or Fuel or any other disposable pop/rock act around that time but it was being played by guys in secondhand clothes and included the guitarist from Jawbreaker so somehow that made it acceptable to the crowd I guess.
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Post by: Loveless on May 25, 2007, 08:25:00 am
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Originally posted by TheREALHunter:
   
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Originally posted by Hoya Paranoia:
     
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Originally posted by bearman:
  I went back and listened to "Orange Rhyming Dictionary" by Jets to Brazil a while back. I used to think there were some decent songs on it, but upon reflection, it pretty much sucks.
it's almost painful to listen to [/b]
I saw them with Burning Airlines years back and it was painfully obvious that the music was as bad as Third Eye Blind or Fuel or any other disposable pop/rock act around that time but it was being played by guys in secondhand clothes and included the guitarist from Jawbreaker so somehow that made it acceptable to the crowd I guess. [/b]
Wow, I never post, but I had to say something to this. While I can see why someone wouldn't like the last two Jets To Brazil albums (I think the 2nd is mediocre, but the final one is solid), Orange Rhyming Dictionary is a fantastic record throughout. It is the only thing they did that comes close to the excellence of Jawbreaker. Saying it is as bad as Third Eye Blind and Fuel is insane. I saw Jets on their last tour at the Black Cat and they still put on a very strong show, even with a replacement drummer. Blake will always be one of my favorite songwriters and it is a shame he hasn't done anything in a while.
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Post by: TheREALHunter on May 25, 2007, 09:58:00 am
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Originally posted by Loveless:
   
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Originally posted by TheREALHunter:
     
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Originally posted by Hoya Paranoia:
       
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Originally posted by bearman:
  I went back and listened to "Orange Rhyming Dictionary" by Jets to Brazil a while back. I used to think there were some decent songs on it, but upon reflection, it pretty much sucks.
it's almost painful to listen to [/b]
I saw them with Burning Airlines years back and it was painfully obvious that the music was as bad as Third Eye Blind or Fuel or any other disposable pop/rock act around that time but it was being played by guys in secondhand clothes and included the guitarist from Jawbreaker so somehow that made it acceptable to the crowd I guess. [/b]
Wow, I never post, but I had to say something to this. While I can see why someone wouldn't like the last two Jets To Brazil albums (I think the 2nd is mediocre, but the final one is solid), Orange Rhyming Dictionary is a fantastic record throughout. It is the only thing they did that comes close to the excellence of Jawbreaker. Saying it is as bad as Third Eye Blind and Fuel is insane. I saw Jets on their last tour at the Black Cat and they still put on a very strong show, even with a replacement drummer. Blake will always be one of my favorite songwriters and it is a shame he hasn't done anything in a while. [/b]
I'm not saying that they weren't a solid band live, it's just that it came off as very "rock by numbers" generic.
 And I know Jawbreaker fans will never admit it but "Dear You" SUCKED.
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Post by: Bags on May 25, 2007, 10:03:00 am
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Originally posted by pdx pollard:
 start here
Having gotten so much good advice form you in the past, done!  Thanks
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Post by: ratioci nation on May 25, 2007, 11:51:00 am
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Originally posted by TheREALHunter:
 
 And I know Jawbreaker fans will never admit it but "Dear You" SUCKED.
I can admit a lot of the songs arent very original, but I still enjoy the album, I do think though that Bad Scene, Everyone's Fault is a great song