fwiw the list is turning out pretty well from my pov and def fits in line w/ what i was hoping would come out of this poll
― Mordy, Tuesday, 7 March 2017 18:47 (seven years ago) link
how is there not an emo band named 'Save Anything'
― Lebro v. Wade (Spottie), Tuesday, 7 March 2017 18:49 (seven years ago) link
In the meantime I guess now is as good as anytime to try listening to Save Anything
Ha, I guess I got Say Anything and Saves the Day mixed up. Which is which? And are they good?
― Evan R, Tuesday, March 7, 2017 11:47 AM (twenty-three seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
saves the day i think with through being cool and stay what you are determined what emo would sound like for the following ten years or so
say anything came around later and at least on is a real boy their songs tend to shift from idea to idea with a theatricality that's like...idk, emo queen
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Tuesday, 7 March 2017 18:50 (seven years ago) link
emo queen is fair
― Lebro v. Wade (Spottie), Tuesday, 7 March 2017 18:54 (seven years ago) link
One interesting takeaway from this poll already is it refutes the popular narrative that fans of second gen/'90s emo despise the third wave, mall-punky stuff. Obviously it's a modest sample size here but we haven't seen any of that in this thread, the enthusiasm carries across the sub-genres with tons of overlap
― Evan R, Tuesday, 7 March 2017 18:55 (seven years ago) link
I could never get into Saves the Day for whatever reason
xp lol sorry to conform to the popular narrative! :D
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Tuesday, 7 March 2017 18:55 (seven years ago) link
it's been way too long for me to care much about this stuff anymore but yeah, back when it was all happening, mall-punk was not my favorite
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Tuesday, 7 March 2017 18:56 (seven years ago) link
i like all of the emo forms obv and think they're all deeply interrelated and have often felt v alone in this assertion
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Tuesday, 7 March 2017 18:57 (seven years ago) link
I don't know whether the division was ever as deep as it was portrayed. But it often didn't make sense. Like, Taking Back Sunday isn't that radical of a leap from Rites of Spring. In fact they're probably less of one than Sunny Day Real Estate or Death Cab For Cutie or whatever
― Evan R, Tuesday, 7 March 2017 19:00 (seven years ago) link
im with brad
― Lebro v. Wade (Spottie), Tuesday, 7 March 2017 19:01 (seven years ago) link
brad I demand you write the definitive history of emo, preferably in book form
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Tuesday, 7 March 2017 19:01 (seven years ago) link
i once characterized the opening of jimmy eat world's "goodbye sky harbor" as post-hardcore and someone got mad at me bc post-hardcore according to him always involved screaming and being intro, but come on, that shit sounds like a gentler drive like jehu
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Tuesday, 7 March 2017 19:02 (seven years ago) link
feeling v alone in one's heartfelt assertions = emo in a nutshell!
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Tuesday, 7 March 2017 19:02 (seven years ago) link
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Tuesday, March 7, 2017 12:01 PM (twenty-eight seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
all of the attempts to do this so far are incredible failures, not i think bc of the talent involved but bc of the genre's slipperiness. idk if i could do any better
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Tuesday, 7 March 2017 19:03 (seven years ago) link
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51Ho9vhnEDL.jpg72. Saves the Day - Stay What You Are138 points, 6 votes
― Mordy, Tuesday, 7 March 2017 19:03 (seven years ago) link
Well, that's interesting, because my ballot was mostly split between screamy post-hardcore and 00s commercial stadium rock, but I never got into most of the wimpy indie rock in between. xp to Evan
― My Body's Made of Crushed Little Evening Stars (Sund4r), Tuesday, 7 March 2017 19:03 (seven years ago) link
WOW TOO LOOOOW
― Lebro v. Wade (Spottie), Tuesday, 7 March 2017 19:03 (seven years ago) link
thought this would be top 20 maybe higher, front to back perfect emo
― Lebro v. Wade (Spottie), Tuesday, 7 March 2017 19:07 (seven years ago) link
damn, way too low
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Tuesday, 7 March 2017 19:08 (seven years ago) link
vote split, i guess :\
ive listened to "through being cool" about 8,000 times, "cant slow down" about 18 times and all other STD albums zero times
― gr8080, Tuesday, 7 March 2017 19:09 (seven years ago) link
i also didn't vote for either of those std record which means my personal fav in reverie is... prob not gonna place
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Tuesday, 7 March 2017 19:10 (seven years ago) link
I'm sure I would love StD but as aforementioned they have been poisoned for me by personal associations, which is probably the most emo possible relationship to have with a band
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Tuesday, 7 March 2017 19:10 (seven years ago) link
in reverie still the greatest album of all time tho
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Tuesday, 7 March 2017 19:11 (seven years ago) link
i hope that you're ok
even though i'm dying
― gr8080, Tuesday, 7 March 2017 19:12 (seven years ago) link
xxp otm
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Tuesday, 7 March 2017 19:12 (seven years ago) link
obv you dont get the 98 & 99 StD albums without the 95 & 97 lifetime albums
― gr8080, Tuesday, 7 March 2017 19:14 (seven years ago) link
stay what you are rules so much still and i think i have different associations with every song. it also sorta reaches into their future and past simultaneously, "firefly" is like a long lost through being cool track in structure and tempo, "cars & calories" is as power pop as anything on in reverie
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Tuesday, 7 March 2017 19:14 (seven years ago) link
― gr8080, Tuesday, March 7, 2017 12:14 PM (five seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yupppppp
Just saaaaaaaaaaail belllly up to the clooouuuuuuds, the rocks scraping our baaaaaaacks, to breath in the air we'll beeeeeee, the only thing that we haaaaaave
And if the hook sets iiiiiiiin the bottom of our lunnnnngs, we'll rip it out and lick the blood off with our tonnnnnngues.
― Lebro v. Wade (Spottie), Tuesday, 7 March 2017 19:14 (seven years ago) link
those american std kids wearing shoes inside is disconcerting
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Tuesday, 7 March 2017 19:18 (seven years ago) link
the radio's playin' queen
― gr8080, Tuesday, 7 March 2017 19:18 (seven years ago) link
we're rockin' out!!!
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Tuesday, 7 March 2017 19:18 (seven years ago) link
through being cool, stay what you are, in reverie is a helluva run
― Lebro v. Wade (Spottie), Tuesday, 7 March 2017 19:18 (seven years ago) link
https://img.discogs.com/a2ZKkN8fd5f0IfP0UwN5zb2v6L4=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-1353977-1332156226.jpeg.jpg71. The Promise Ring - Very Emergency140 points, 4 votes
― Mordy, Tuesday, 7 March 2017 19:21 (seven years ago) link
SOS: too low
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Tuesday, 7 March 2017 19:21 (seven years ago) link
he said about a record he didn't vote for
shoulda voted for this
― gr8080, Tuesday, 7 March 2017 19:22 (seven years ago) link
I caved and I'm listening to In Reverie at work and having all kinds of feelings for all kinds of reasons, so THANKS EVERYONE
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Tuesday, 7 March 2017 19:23 (seven years ago) link
i saw them live the week (day?) this was released - such a big beautiful dumb golden retriever of an album
― gr8080, Tuesday, 7 March 2017 19:23 (seven years ago) link
I liked the first STD record because it sounded like Lifetime filtered through a more poppy filter. Didn't much care for the stuff after that, though I should revisit I think.
― husked, tonal wails (irrational), Tuesday, 7 March 2017 19:24 (seven years ago) link
Love the Promise Ring.
fyi i'm going to drop these every 20 min so that we hit #61 by 5:00PM EST.
― Mordy, Tuesday, 7 March 2017 19:24 (seven years ago) link
I voted for the promise ring (and the moss icon that placed earlier)
― Odysseus, Tuesday, 7 March 2017 19:25 (seven years ago) link
I'm going to be in a meeting for the next hour and if I miss a Juno record or something I'm gonna be (more) sad (than normal)
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Tuesday, 7 March 2017 19:27 (seven years ago) link
Wow, I completely missed STD during the voting period. Listening to 'See You' on headphones now, and wow! at those ghostly wooo-hoo-hoos before the second chorus.
― ArchCarrier, Tuesday, 7 March 2017 19:27 (seven years ago) link
(more) sad (than normal)
AS strongly as Brad feels about In Reverie I feel about Stay What You Are. I had it top 3.
― Lebro v. Wade (Spottie), Tuesday, 7 March 2017 19:32 (seven years ago) link
voted for another Promise Ring alb but this is obv classic
― Lebro v. Wade (Spottie), Tuesday, 7 March 2017 19:37 (seven years ago) link
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51g9Ng4TE-L.jpg70. Dashboard Confessional - The Swiss Army Romance142 points, 4 votes
― Mordy, Tuesday, 7 March 2017 19:40 (seven years ago) link