emo pet peeve

[HoyaSaxa03]

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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[Chip Chanko]

jawbreaker?

[HoyaSaxa03]

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?

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Superchunk blows.

[HoyaSaxa03]

superchunk is the shit.
 
 today's emo blows.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

wise words
 
 

Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
  superchunk is shit.
 
 today's emo blows.

[grotty]

is the Fire Theft emo?

[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....

[keithstg]

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.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

The Lost Trailers suck. And they aren't emo.

[grotty]

Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
  i would say the fire theft is emo,

I only ask because I really like:
 
   

[HoyaSaxa03]

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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[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

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.

[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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