I totally agree that there will be a "next big thing" in music arriving in
the next couple years. Be it what it may, emo does have a strong chance of
being that something. The question then arises: Do we (the strong emo
following of today) want emo to become mainstream? I want bands like Sunny
Day and Appleseed Cast and The Get Up Kids to be recognized for and
successful in what they do, but I also DONT want another outbreak of
everyone and their little brother claiming they are "emo" and running out
and buying a SDRE tee shirt. The fanbase for emo has grown immensely in the
past few years and Im sure it will continue to grow in the years to come. I
am just weary of the word "mainstream" when used in the same sentence as
emo. Mebbie im just too paranoid hehe. Just my 2 pennies. Sorry for all the
"quotations."
Tony.
"Encumbered forever by desire and ambition
There's a hunger still unsatisfied
Our weary eyes still stray to the horizon
Though down this road we've been so many times"
~Pink Floyd~ (that one's for you, Jill ;)
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>Subject: [sdre-l]: this music is gonna be big... I think
>Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1999 20:50:26 EDT
>
>Ok, so this is just my opinion. I hope that nobody on the list has a
>problem
>with this, but I thought I would bring it to everyone's attention as it
>might
>be a good topic for discussion.
> I recently bought the new Get Up Kids and Error Type 11 EPs as well as
>the new Six Going On Seven album. Listening to all three I noticed that
>all
>were very 'user friendly' if you will. They all had at least one song (and
>really in all cases more than one song) that I could see becoming a big
>'hit.' The songs are very catchy and the producing is all very good (for
>all
>Get Up Kids fans you know that all previous TGUK recordings have never been
>very 'produced' in the sense that they sound like something that could be
>played on MTV or something). I think that all of this is great. The music
>on all three discs is incredible. Each band has made great strides in
>their
>music. Comparing the new music of all three of these bands to their old
>stuff, it is just so great. They have really all gone to a higher level
>(this is NOT to say that any of the three's music was not great before).
>In
>any case, and sorry if I'm rambling, what I'm trying to say is that I think
>these bands have the potential to bring 'emo' music into the mainstream. I
>think that is is obvious the boy bands can't last forever. Hip Hop will
>take
>a backseat again, and emo (and variations of it) just might become the next
>big thing. Now I know that I haven't mentioned Sunny Day in this until
>now,
>but they do pertain. What I was thinking about is that SDRE, if this music
>becomes mainstream, will probably be like the Sonic Youth of the Grunge
>era.
>Sonic Youth were so influential in the careers of bands like Nirvana.
>Sunny
>Day, obviously, have influenced tons of bands (including my own) to become
>a
>part of the scene. I don't just mean that tons of bands have copied them,
>though. They have made it okay to express true feelings through music in
>such an incredible way. They have paved the way for years to come.
>
>Well, I'm sorry to be so long, but it's just stuff I was thinking about
>
>later!
>-sam
>
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