EMO MUSIC I think?

"Delilah" is definitely not emo. Emo implies talentless screaming and/or whining. Hey There Delilah may not be upbeat and happy, but it's not emo.

I like senses fail. they usually sing really fast up tempo songs, not "slow and sad" songs. but i think they're still considered "emo" by the masses.

I guess if your target audience is high school aged, you're an emo band

emo usually involves "come back to me or i will slit my wrists" type lyrics and lead singers with the gay hair parted to the side

maybe i'm wrong, but I certainly would never have considered Death Cab for Cutie to be 'emo'.

k well why dont you just sue me you jerk off

confessions of a teenage troll wrote:

k well why dont you just sue me you jerk off

referring to the guy who said they werent emo....sorry.

it still sucks.

Professional Music Critic wrote:

"Delilah" is definitely not emo. Emo implies talentless screaming and/or whining. Hey There Delilah may not be upbeat and happy, but it's not emo.

why dont you shut ur face? no one asked you if you thought it sucked

OK...Letsrun IS as un-educated as everyone says.

I think the issue comes from the fact that there are different genres of emo, and that, as you are lacking the experience in making fun of emo kids, has lead you to not know ALL the types of emo you can crack on.

As reference, here are the major types of emo:

1. Screamo-what most of you referenced. These are emo bands/guys who got tired of being made fun of for being pansy-like, so they adopted traits of 'hardcore'. The only problem is, that they made the 'breakdowns' into 'cry-downs', mixed in some high-pitched singing, and turned down the volume a bit. Be wary of this emo, for it can draw in the weak minded before they realize they are at an emo show.

2. Acoustic Emo (True Emo)- This describes your more obvious offences to the aural senses. Their songs are played on acoustic guitars for the most part. Sometimes will use an electric guitar, but limit the distortion and speed with which they play. Usually heard on the radio by the masses since they are well liked by kids coming out of their teeny-bop phase who want to look cool for all the big cool HS kids. Pretty easy to pick out--just listen for lyrics that are 90% of the time about a girl and 10% of the time about how life sucks because of a girl. This is what Plain White T's falls under, Dashboard Confessional, and your precious Death Cab for Cutie.

3. Misc.- Random bands that do not fit the above two. They DO write alot of songs about getting left by a girl, but they are also filled with verses about getting smashed, or possibly killing that girl in an inventive way. Music style revolves around riffs taked from 'punk' (Remember, Blink 182 and Good Charlotte are NOT 'punk'....), but not played as crazy fast, and slightly more treble. Bands that exemplify this would be Alkaline Trio, as well as AFI prior to them selling out (kinda..), Cursive, and Hot Water Music--but Alkaline Trio is the flagship band for this. If you are going to be emo, be this kind of emo. Probably the least gay.

So to answer the MAIN question: Yes, Delilah is emo. If you like it, you probably have emo-like ways, even if you do not recognize them yet, or are denying them--comonly refered to as being "In The Closet".

And yes, in case someone is 'wondering...', I AM an expert on Emo. I actually have my Degreemo in it.

Emo began as emotional music and has evolved to mean crappy pussy music. You cannot file Death Cab under what is now considered emo. what is generally accepted as emo now: Plain White T's, Cute is What We Aim For, Dashboard, something like that.

what sucks is that most emo bands seem so fake, to the point of it being hard to listen to. If you want to listen to someone that is truly amazing and "emotional", listen to jeff buckley. He's an amazing songwriter, lyricist, and is one of the best vocal talents of the nineties. It's a shame the good ones aren't the most popular ones.

Brothers and sisters, I have the cure for emo. Put on some of these bands, and you'll find salvation:

Iggy and the Stooges

Minor Threat

Circle Jerks

Black Flag

Fear

The Damned

Lazy Cowgirls

7 Seconds

Bad Brains

Husker Du

TSOL

The Germs

Ahhhhhh. Back to your thread now.

Johnny Rotten wrote:

Brothers and sisters, I have the cure for emo. Put on some of these bands, and you'll find salvation:

Iggy and the Stooges

Minor Threat

Circle Jerks

Black Flag

Fear

The Damned

Lazy Cowgirls

7 Seconds

Bad Brains

Husker Du

TSOL

The Germs

Ahhhhhh. Back to your thread now.

.... you do know half those bands gave birth to emo? Husker Du is a definite emo band. Ian Mackaye started Embrace and Fugazi, two of the most influential emo bands of all time. i really doubt anybody here knows what emo really is since what they know about music, they learn from watching fat, goth kids at the mall

if the lead singer wears eye liner, they are emo.

need more than just slow, kinda emo and deep...that describes too many songs, I assume you're talking about an equally new song, but any more clues?

first of all most of those bands that guy listed suck total ass. And Fugazi isnt emo. The generally accepted first emo band is Rites of Spring, then came people like Sunny Day Real Estate, etc.

Damn...After seeing the first 3 words of your response, I thought I was gonna see the MC5 included - specifically "Ramblin' Rose".....

Seven by Sunny Day Real Estate

There's No Way I Can Talk Myself Out Of This(The Drinking Song) by Texas is the Reason.

Parking Lot by Mineral

The last of all the real emo bands have died out. Now its a bunch of pop punk bands that are more poppy then even Blink 182. But Sunny Day Real Estate, Rites of Spring, and Mineral were some of the best bands ever.

The only thing left is The Appleseed Cast. Go see them if you can, I promise you won't be disappointed.

you dont know what the f*** youre talking about. REAL emo is stuff like indiam summer sunny day real estate husker du etc