I went to elementary school and high school with the lead singer/songwriter of Say Anything. He used to be really creative, writing short stories and drawing hilarious mini comics and he had a really sharp wit. I don't know where things went wrong, but somewhere in high school, he dropped all of that in favor of playing bad music with 100% "emo" lyrics. And now I see his CD in Best Buy, so at least he's making money off of it. But it's just a shame.

I personally think the term "emo" is as overused as the term "grunge" was in the 90's (I remember a point in time when people were calling Collective Soul and Hootie "grunge"). Many of the groups being called "emo" today would've just been called "pop punk" a decade ago. I don't get why Blink 182 were considered "pop punk" but Fall Out Boy are "emo". Musically and imagewise it's the same thing, just a different generation. Most of these "emo" acts are Weezer clones anyways, they weren't considered emo in the 90's. When I think emo, I think Dashboard Confessional.

I'm in 100% agreement with this.

i don't really think there are any emo bands left, it's kinda all pop punk now

even when the emo term got huge..with i guess dashboard confessional (acoustic style) it wasn't really that prevalent in the scene as it used to be..

i guess i am thinking more..sunny day real estate, mineral, and fugazi type stuff..fallout boy is just pop to me.

I guess maybe cursive is still kinda emo I think. But they've been around for awhile.

Well, we'll have to agree to disagree. He wrote better stuff in 5th grade than he did with Say Anything.

:thumbsup: Say Anything are one of the few bands labelled "emo" that I actually dig. As for "where things went wrong", maybe it had something to do with his bipolar disorder or his "insanity".

My cousin - about a decade younger than me - has some some "screamo" song as his ringtone. I heard it once and that 30 second clip was enough for me to deem that whole subgenre Freakin' Unlistenable.