Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Emo: most of it sucks, but we should still take credit

Undoubtedly Generation Whine's musical preferences will range from Britney-like Pop (sadly, the New Kids were the Beatles in comparison), Pop Punk (these dudes are finally developing pubic hair) and Emo.

Emo was popularized after the Grunge* era of rock and it was basically billed as 'Punk with sentiment'. Although this music form flourished for over a decade it's pinnacle was in 1994 when the great record label, Sub Pop, pushed Sunny Day Real Estate onto college radio. Most of the time I prefer music to be raw and brutal. Here, I'm glad to replace brutal with beautiful.



*Never understood why the word "Grunge" was used to describe the bands of the early 90's era? It sounded just like kick ass Metal to me.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hey there, another Florida GenXer, here via JenX67. So odd that you would post this video. I was thinking about SDRE just this morning. Anyway, it's nice to come across a fellow Florida blogger that doesn't suck :)

Wek said...

izzy- welcome! Thanks for thinking I'm unsucky.