Emo Fo Sho

So Ches and his friend Sam have created their emo music lists. Now it's my turn!

Perhaps the word EMO has won the award for 'Most Over-used Word of This Decade'. I personally think this word has been misused and abused the way the word GAY has been used. I remember calling some things 'GAY' just because it didn't appeal to me...

You know, like calling a question on a Math assignment GAY because it was hard to solve.

I remember Jonan telling me the word GAY was being misused.
While Jason, still says GAY in every other 5-6 sentences in conversations.

Anyway, according to Ches (The Meaning Monkey), emo music allows you to emotionally wallow.

So here's my list and some reasons why I picked them, and why I find it emotionally wallowable ( if that has any meaning =P ).

My Emo Salad Bar Music List

Bent - Swollen
I don't really understand the lyrics to this song. But I admire the hypnotic set of beats and arrangement of wailing strings. This is actually a head-nodder for me, but can make me feel real down and anti-social real quickly. It doesn't take much to get me out of a bad mood though!

Emilianna Torrini - If You Go Away
Perhaps the most depressing minimal ballad I have ever heard. This song was played in an old Christina Ricci movie titled 'Pumpkin'. Long story short, I feel that this song could probably drive someone so love-lorn to suicide.

Evanescence - Hello
"Don't try to fix me / I'm not broken". This line really speaks to me.

Roger Sanchez - Another Chance (Afterlife Remix)
I remember crying a little to this track because my close friend went away.

Linkin Park - Krwlng [From Reanimation]
I really enjoyed this extended, cinematic version of the original. Back in my early teens, I always imagined myself as a human experiment trying to escape from some shoddy scientists in a dark, light-flickering-on-and-off laboratory. If that wasn't bizarre enough, by the last chorus of the song, I imagined myself literally crawling for help because the shoddy scientists shot me with leg-paralyzing needles.

Relient K - Which To Bury, Us Or The Hatchet
"I tried to move you, but you just wouldn't budge
I tried to hold your hand but you'd rather hold your grudge"
Amazing lyric in my opinion. This song is quite typical of a quote-unquote 'emo song', but whatever. I was drawn to this one by it's melody and somewhat "I don't hate you, but right now I just don't like you" lyrics. After listening to the Relient K album I ended up making up "Kiss me now, I'll kill us later".

Well that's all I could think of at the moment.

This has been sort of fun. This post has sort of called me to re-evaluate my tastes in music. I'll talk about that tomorrow.

And lastly, I don't think hip-hop and rap music will ever have anything emo to talk about. Ne-Yo's "So Sick" is a slight exception though.

I believe Eamon's "I Don't Want You Back" is probably the weakest song in terms of lyrics. Just saying the "F-word" 33 times will not get the point across. It will only make you sound like a baby, and get you shot, if you're talking to the wrong person.

Okay I'm done rambling with that song.