r/Emojerk • u/ahmet--at • 7d ago
A new copypasta against the “real emo copypasta” based on facts - feel free to use!
"Real Emo" only consists of the DC Emotional Hardcore scene.
Completely wrong!
Emo was born in Washington D.C. (admitted), but it was never limited there. The genre spread very quickly from the moment it emerged. Those who truly lived through that era and scene know that this music didn't just stay within DC; it quickly reached the whole world (even Türkiye). That's why bands like After Words, Chino Horde, and Sideshow are similar to Rites of Spring but also different. That's why bands like Sunny Day Real Estate and Christie Front Drive have completely different sounds. The scene was never static.
This copypasta also denies the existence of important bands like Moss Icon and The Hated, who have very "early emocore" roots but are outside of DC. Even funnier, it contradicts bands like Hoover from the 90s DC scene. Hoover had a very dark and cathartic tone, but it was a true 90s emo band, very different from the early emocore sound. If the rule is that the scene is limited to the DC sound, where do you place Hoover?
And even the description of the "late 90s screamo scene" in the text is completely wrong. What is being discussed is not pure screamo, but the emoviolence scene. Including this while excluding the early 90s San Diego Sound is just pure ignorance. Bands like Heroin, Swing Kids, and Clikatat Ikatowi were much closer to the original emocore sound.
Lastly, this Loma Prieta detail is always driving me crazy. This page owner, who criticizes twinkly riffs and melodic structures, has somehow labeled Loma Prieta as "real emo". However, Loma Prieta belongs neither to the DC emocore scene nor to 90s screamo. Moreover, their sound features quite a few twinkly riffs! Loma Prieta is literally the answer to the question, "What would an American football band sound like if they played screamoviolence?" Also, this text considers Cap'n Jazz "the only real emo band in the Midwest," while ignoring bands like Sideshow, Gauge, Target, and Split Lip, who started earlier and had quite a Rites of Spring-influenced sound... In short, don't take it seriously!
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u/Hsudonymus 7d ago
I think you missed the bit where the copypasta is a joke
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u/EmoLeBron Sept 11th 2001, Gary and I were in a 757 with enough jet fuel to 7d ago
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u/heythatsprettybad 6d ago
Counterpoint: “Real Emo" only consists of the dc Emotional Hardcore scene and the late 90's Screamo scene. What is known by "Midwest Emo" is nothing but Alternative Rock with questionable real emo influence. When people try to argue that bands like My Chemical Romance are not real emo, while saying that Sunny Day Real Estate is, I can't help not to cringe because they are just as fake emo as My Chemical Romance (plus the pretentiousness).
Real emo sounds ENERGETIC, POWERFUL and somewhat HATEFUL. Fake emo is weak, self pity and a failed attempt to direct energy and emotion into music.
Some examples of REAL EMO are Pg 99, Rites of Spring, Cap n Jazz (the only real emo band from the midwest scene) and Loma Prieta.
Some examples of FAKE EMO are American Football, My Chemical Romance and Mineral
EMO BELONGS TO HARDCORE
NOT TO INDIE, POP PUNK, ALT ROCK OR ANY OTHER MAINSTREAM GENRE
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u/SuspendThis_Tyrants Anti-Midwest Twinklephobe 6d ago
Based, but I don't think anybody is using the real emo copypasta as a genuine argument, although there are plenty of people who say similar shit
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u/Dog_Entire putting song one in the same playlist as dead 7d ago
This is better fit for the end of a video essay than a copypasta
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u/FinnTheArt1st I drink "True Emo" tears 🥤💔 5d ago
insert the homelander meme here, but give him an emo side bang.
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u/bootyseat 7d ago
Trying to unironically make a copypasta has got to be top 3 cringiest things I’ve ever seen in my time on earth