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Sunny Day Real Estate - Pillars - This was good, it actually prompted me to listen to a second song by the band which I liked until they did that thing where they have the chorus and the guy (the guitar player who isn't lead singer) just kind of yells the chorus which I do not like. I could kind of make a comparison between them and the Smashing Pumpkins if the Pumpkins got took a bunch of downers maybe.
Further Seems Forever - Just Until Sundown This song wasn't on youtube, so I listened to "Light Up Ahead" instead. Great drumming, that's one thing that I seem to notice about this genre is that the drummers aren't afraid to earn their keep. I actually liked this song because the video was cool and the guy wasn't excessively whiny.
The Early November - I want To Hear You Sad - Catchy little riffs, but the guy's voice kind of had that whiny miscellaneous sound that sounds too much like every emo guy's voice. I think that is my main hurdle is when their voice get like that.
Brand New - Me vs Maradona vs Elvis - Good song, has a bit of Elliot Smith quality to it. Is this why people say emo is so sad? Because this sounded pretty sad, or does it get sadder?
All in all, I didn't hate it. Does anybody ever do a solo? Also, I would like an answer to the original question of "What is emo?".
Anybody feel free to recommend more non-testicle sucking emo.
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