Some "Old School" Emo Music...
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tasyfa's (among others) recent post, here are a few of my favorite emo songs. Just to be a little different, the newest of these dates to 10 years ago, the oldest, River, is 35 years old--1971. (Which amazes me to realize that!) Just goes to show that emo wasn't invented with Jimmy Eat World. :-)
Edit: OK, I added a Green Day Song from 1998.
River - Joni Mitchell The saddest Christmas carol ever written, but so beautiful. If you only download one, this is it.
Backstreets - Bruce Springteen A deep, layered song about a relationship ended by infidelity, made more poignant by Bruce's tortured growling voice.
A Long December - Counting Crows I listened to this song over and over one December when I was in a bit of a sub-clinical depression a few years back. But my favorite line was always ...maybe this year will be better than the last...--a glimmer of hope.
Lightning Crashes - Live How can a song about a woman dying in childbirth not be sad? But even more than the lyrics, the melody is just so evocative by itself.
Driving With The Brakes On - Del Amitri Del Amitri was a Scottish pop/folk/rock group from the 90s that only achieved cult status in the US. Have you ever known that you should break up with someone, but you just can't? I always loved Justin Currie's beautiful throaty voice, but even more so on this song.
Heart of the Matter - Don Henley Most you are familiar with this actually uplifting song about finally coming to terms with a relationship that ended badly.
Alison - Elvis Costello Perhaps my favorite song about unrequited love. Billie Joe Armstrong will be performing at a tribute show for EC in May and I am praying he does this song (and we get a recording of it of course).
Redundant - Green Day I didn't see any Green Day on anyone's list. This is, to me, the song that fits in this category the best.
tasyfa's (among others) recent post, here are a few of my favorite emo songs. Just to be a little different, the newest of these dates to 10 years ago, the oldest, River, is 35 years old--1971. (Which amazes me to realize that!) Just goes to show that emo wasn't invented with Jimmy Eat World. :-)Edit: OK, I added a Green Day Song from 1998.
River - Joni Mitchell The saddest Christmas carol ever written, but so beautiful. If you only download one, this is it.
Backstreets - Bruce Springteen A deep, layered song about a relationship ended by infidelity, made more poignant by Bruce's tortured growling voice.
A Long December - Counting Crows I listened to this song over and over one December when I was in a bit of a sub-clinical depression a few years back. But my favorite line was always ...maybe this year will be better than the last...--a glimmer of hope.
Lightning Crashes - Live How can a song about a woman dying in childbirth not be sad? But even more than the lyrics, the melody is just so evocative by itself.
Driving With The Brakes On - Del Amitri Del Amitri was a Scottish pop/folk/rock group from the 90s that only achieved cult status in the US. Have you ever known that you should break up with someone, but you just can't? I always loved Justin Currie's beautiful throaty voice, but even more so on this song.
Heart of the Matter - Don Henley Most you are familiar with this actually uplifting song about finally coming to terms with a relationship that ended badly.
Alison - Elvis Costello Perhaps my favorite song about unrequited love. Billie Joe Armstrong will be performing at a tribute show for EC in May and I am praying he does this song (and we get a recording of it of course).
Redundant - Green Day I didn't see any Green Day on anyone's list. This is, to me, the song that fits in this category the best.
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- Tomorrow Wendy-Concrete Blonde (thanks koneko41)
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Date: 2006-04-12 12:55 am (UTC)No problem with the Warfield files chica. Do you need the high quality files for burning to CD, or just for computer/ipod listening?
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Date: 2006-04-12 01:18 am (UTC)And DAYUM, two whole external drives devoted to our boys? You must have a LOT more shit than I do. *stares* how big are your drives? Mine's 160 gigs... woah.
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Date: 2006-04-12 02:01 am (UTC)When every DVD is 4 GB or so, disk space gets gobbled really quickly. (And then add pics and music...) I know I should just burn and delete, but I don't know, I'm a geek.
And I'll get those files up for you tonight.
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Date: 2006-04-12 04:49 am (UTC)It's a Mac website, but the drives will work fine on a PC, and they're cheap!
I have 4 of these.
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Date: 2006-04-12 05:33 am (UTC)http://shop4.outpost.com/product/4616138?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG
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Date: 2006-04-12 01:22 am (UTC)Lovely emo list, my dear. Definitely worthy of a bucketful of tears!
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Date: 2006-04-12 01:35 am (UTC)I was going to reference the scene in "Love, Actually," though, because I bawl my eyes out every time. That song + Emma Thompson = an amazing use of one minute of screen time! Just heartbreaking.
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Date: 2006-04-12 01:47 am (UTC)So I can completely understand where you're coming from there. My parental situation is a little different from the Rickman/Thompson characters, though, so I can only imagine how much more powerful and sad it can be when you identify that much more with the story! Plus, the Joni never helps with the not crying.
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Date: 2006-04-12 05:05 am (UTC)ARGH the man is amazing.
Yes, yes, he is.
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Date: 2006-04-12 06:22 am (UTC)I'm slightly amused to find it on an emo list, b/c it's always been more of a sensual song for me. In fact, I wrote a rather explicit slash scene set to it in a Rosfic that *might* cure that reaction, lol. :D
Thanks, Mary! Will be by later to snag much. *smooches*
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Date: 2006-04-12 06:38 am (UTC)Link, please. :-D
(Feeling better? *hopes*)
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Date: 2006-04-12 02:09 pm (UTC)The scene is in chapter 15 in the sequel story (FC); Firsts is the original @ 13 chapters, followed by Full Circle @ 17, and a one-shot tag on the same thread, Silkening. It's Max/Liz/Michael and pretty much all relationshippy sex, LOL, no alien funny business atall. *grins*
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Date: 2006-04-12 06:43 pm (UTC)I've been a bad friend :-(, but I will be catching up soon!
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Date: 2006-04-12 08:27 pm (UTC)And, you're not a bad friend! You're one of the best! ♥
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Date: 2006-04-12 06:24 pm (UTC)And old Elvis Costello never ceases to amaze me too. Yeah, Billie Joe performing Alison solo would pretty much kill me.