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.

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.