i've waited long enough and i have to give my two cents on this whole
thing. here's what i think:
people have tried to get emo to be popular and it hasn't worked. it's
not because it's not good music, it's because people don't understand
it. it's too intelligent for the average american to understand. has
anyone else noticed that everything that involoves thinking has been
cancelled or unnoticed. people like to watch and listen to stuff that
they can relate to and dream about, if it's not something we all can
relate to or fantasize about we don't like it. it seems like if
something actually requires you to think, people blow it off. emo is
like that, to understand it and to really like it you have to listen
close to notice how great it is. even if we tried harder i don't think
it will ever reach many people.
--- Josh Lagersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> think about it this way:
> when "how it feels.." first came out, it debuted at
> something like #156
> on billboard.. it even scored #8 on the heatseekers
> chart.. i think
> they even sold around 10,000 copies in that first
> week.. but that was
> basically it.. all of the fans that had waited so
> long to get that
> little gem finally had it.. but that had to be the
> peak of sales..
> there was even a considerable marketing push, with
> lots of press.. i
> digress..
> the point is that sunny day or any other emo band
> will never be
> mainstream.. fugazi has labels after them all of the
> time because they
> sell a TON of records.. they've been together for
> over 10 years and
> have a huge fanbase.. but, even if they were to sign
> with a major
> label, they still wouldn't be "mainstream".. the
> kids just wouldn't dig
> it without some 13 year-old girl in tight pants
> singing about her
> "baby"..
> enough ranting.
> have a good day everybody.
> Josh
>
> --- Charlie Wagner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Here's an interesting point: Fugazi
> >
> > The record industry has been after Fugazi for a
> > loooooooooong time, mainly
> > because I guess they read 'Firestarter': "There
> are
> > tough breaks and there
> > are easy breaks, but there are no impossible
> > breaks."
> > Every Fugazi record, the band does something new,
> > mutating their sound to
> > avoid the mainstream. The point is this: if emo
> > becomes mainstream, I think
> > true emo such as SDRE, The Promise Ring, Burning
> > Airlines, etc., will cease
> > to exist. I doubt that many emo bands want
> > mainstream play.
> >
> > Imagine going through a high school (such as I do
> > every day, *sigh*):
> > Tiffany: "Hey Bridget, I got some new Tommy
> > Hilfiger� jeans and a pair of
> > Nike� shoes, plus this cute little skirt from
> > Macy's�!"
> > Bridget: "Really, that is like, soooooo cool!"
> > Tiffany: "Guess what, I also got the new Britney
> > Spears, Backstreet Boys,
> > and I got Jets to Brazil and the new Get-Up Kids
> > seveninch!"
> > Bridget: "Ohmigod, that is like, soooooo cool!"
> >
> > Nice image? I think not.
> >
> > C h a r l i e W a g n e r
> > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | AIM Screename:
> > TheMadLord
> > np: Radiohead
> > "Airbag/How Am I Driving?" EP
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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