50 Emo Songs That Don't Suck

Sucks.

Sweetness is much better

Agreed, though I'm still fuzzy on when power pop became emo.

YES! TOYPAJ was a decent, catchy throwaway piece of teenage rock, but that song is the only one on the album with the remotest bit of staying-power. It's also probably the only Blink 182 song I'd like nowadays. :(

i was thinking the same thing about the gloria record's first e.p. while i do like and occasionally listen to it, it still nonetheless sucks.

sometimes i think this song is singularly responsible for most of the emo we have today, and not just the long songtitle that doesn't have anything to do with the actual lyrical content. hoo boy.

Would've been my next choice. And Emily B. OTM about its prescience.

Don Cab is emo, don't you know

"You're so last summer" Taking Back Sunday (TBS)
"Nobody puts baby in a corner" Fallout boy
"Hands Down" Dashboard confessional
"SCreaming infidelities" Dashboard confessional
ummmm
"still" by rufio
"one eighty by summer" TBS

50. Rainer Maria - "Ears Ring"
49. Embrace - "Dance of Days"
48. Sunny Day Real Estate - "Seven"
47. Hot Water Music - "Just Don't Say You Lost It"
46. Mineral - "Parking Lot"
45. Sunny Day Real Estate - "In Circles"
44. Jawbreaker - "Do You Still Hate Me?"
43. Jets to Brazil - "You're Having the Time of My Life"
42. Rites of Spring - "Drink Deep"
41. Fugazi - "Margin Walker"
40. Moss Icon - "What They Lack"
39. Jets To Brazil - "Morning New Disease"
38. Walt Mink - "Brave Beyond The Cause"
37. Pop Unknown - "This Guy's Ready For Bed"
36. The Promise Ring - "Happiness Is All The Rage"
35. Embrace - "Money"
34. Team Dresch - "Fagetarian & Dyke"
33. Sunny Day Real Estate - "Guitar and Videogames"
32. Dinosaur Jr. - "Lose" - Not a bad song, kind of nondescript, though. Lotsa other Dinosaur tracks are better and/or more emo - "Repulsion", "Severed Lips", "Sludgefest", "The Lung", "Raisans", "In a Jar", etc.
31. Alkaline Trio - "Private Eye"
30. Alkaline Trio - "Radio"
29. Jimmy Eat World - "Bleed America" *Sucks per Steve Schnee, Jimmy Mod recommends "Sweetness" instead
28. Fall Out Boy- "Dance, Dance"
27. My Chemical Romance- "Welcome to the Black Parade"
26. Sed Non Satiata - "Spirit Fuel"
25. Get Up Kids, "Don't Hate Me"
24. Mock Orange - "She Runs the Ride"
23. Quicksand - "Dine Alone"
22. Christiansen - "Kentucky Goddamn"
21. At The Drive-In - "Chanbara"
20. The Anniversary - "All Right For Now"
19. Rites of Spring - "For Want Of"
18. Q and Not U - "Hooray for Humans"
17. Dismemberment Plan - "You Are Invited"
16. Far - "The System"
15. The Promise Ring - "Make Me a Mix Tape"
14. Brand New - "Jude Law a Semester Abroad"
13. Blink 182 - "Stay Together For the Kids"
12. Yellowcard - "Ocean Avenue"
11. All-American Rejects - "Swing, Swing"
10. My Chemical Romance - "To the End"
09. Lifetime - "25 Cent Giraffes"
08. Get Up Kids - "I'm A Loner, Dottie, A Rebel"
07. No Knife - "Mission Control"
06. J Church - "Panama"
05. The Modern Lovers- "Girl Friend" - I would've gone with "Astral Plane" or "She Cracked" but I'm glad they're here anyway
04. American Football - "Honestly"
03. The Appleseed Cast - "Steps and Numbers"
02. Jeremy Enigk - "Shade and the Black Hat"
01. The Paper Chase - "We Know Where You Sleep"

Sunny Day Real Estate had 3 mentions. 2 each for Alkaline Trio, Embrace, Get Up Kids, Jets To Brazil, My Chemical Romance, Rites Of Spring, and The Promise Ring.

Tardy students:
Cursive - "Some Red Handed Slight of Hand"
Foo Fighters - "Everlong"
Cursive - "Radiator Hums"
Rainer Maria - "Artificial Light"
American Football - "Honestly"
Mates of State - "Proofs"
Pretty Girls Make Graves - "Speakers Push the Air"
Very Secretary - "Nagarkot"
Joan of Arc - "Anne Aviary"
Jimmy Eat World - "What Would I Say To You Now"
Seaweed - "Thru The Window"
Taking Back Sunday - "You're So Last Summer"
Fall Out boy - "Nobody Puts Baby In A Corner"
Dashboard Confessional - "Hands Down"
Dashboard Confessional - "Screaming Infidelities"
Rufio - "Still"
Taking Back Sunday - "One Eighty By Summer"
Seaweed - "Bill"
Seaweed "Clean Slate"
Cursive - "The Gentleman Caller"

Another couple late additions:
Husker Du - "Broken Home Broken Heart"
MC Lars feat. Hearts That Hate - "Signing Emo"

If you factor in the post-50s, Cursive makes a impressive late showing with 3, and these all have 2: Dashboard Confessional, Fall Out Boy, Jimmy Eat World, Rainer Maria, Seaweed, Taking Back Sunday.

10. rainer maria "breakfast of champions"
9. the gloria record "ode to new grass"
8. the gloria record "grain towers, telephone poles"
7. xiu xiu "ian curtis wishlist"
6. lifetime "theme song for a new brunswick basement show"
5. sunny day real estate "sometimes"
4. jets to brazil "i typed for miles"
3. the gloria record "torch yourself"
2. the gloria record "grace, the snow is here"
1. sunny day real estate "song about an angel"

yes, because MCR+yellowcard are TOTALLY like bleeding edge shit, right?
c'mon, am i right?!?!

no?
then listen to some real music, you snot nosed shits, and see where yr precious """"emo"""" comes from.
sorry, old man angst there...

-- Emily B (emily.burnha...) (webmail), Monday 4:46 AM. (Emily B) (later) (link)

Yes! This is also the song that started my own weakness for some emo, notably many of the songs mentioned here; surprising because usually I disagree with these kind of threads.

Is this song really early enough to have had such an impact, though? Was it really that different?

I'd also like to add Alkaline Trio's "Queen of Pain" and second "What Would I Say To You Now."

sucks.

no, i was drunk...
if i'm right, then by accident only.

featuring (at least) one of our own:

https://www.vulture.com/amp/article/best-emo-songs.html

Not one Swearin' song. Hmph