This podcast I was excited for when I saw the title of the
episode. I listen to quite a bit of metal and alternative rock and this can
kind of be perceived as emo. And apparently, I was right because after just listening
to a few minutes of this podcast I knew they were going to be talking about my
music. Greenday, Fallout Boy, and Panic! at the Disco already have been
mentioned and these are all the bands I grew up on. The podcast transitions to
figuring out what kind of music qualifies as Emo. And according to the podcast
so far, Emo is not quite punk rock or alternative, but its more than a genre.
Emo is a kind of emotion for people, so Emo is different for everybody. Mine is
Fallout Boy and Panic! at the Disco, while someone else’s may be Korn and Mineral.
They continue to explain how Emo has evolved and they go over this artist named
Sunny Day Real Estate which I am not really a fan of. But then they go over
Jimmy Eat World which is a lot more my style. A little bit harder hitting than
Sunny Day Real Estate. I think past Emo was a lot more emotional earlier in
time and switched off from hard and soft music. Present Emo is still emotional,
but not as emotional as the past. Like “Thnks fr th Mmrs” by Fallout Boy is a
lot faster paced than these past songs and is still conveying an emotional message,
but I feel because it is not slow it is not as emotional. It wasn’t until 2004
when the bands I like start popping up and the people in the podcast agreed
with me that it wasn’t the same Emo as those earlier years. I was impressed
with this podcast’s breakdown of Emo as I do have to agree with a lot of their
analyses of Emo. And the bands I do listen to right now, they have evolved to
more pop and aren’t really Emo anymore.
Sloan, Nate and Harding Charlie, hosts. “The Past, Present,
and Future of Emo (with Allegra Frank).” Switched on Pop, Vox Media
Podcast Network 19 Nov. 2019 https://switchedonpop.com/episodes/the-past-present-and-future-of-emo-allegra-frank
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