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Cotton_Eye_Joe
07/02/21 1:27:11 PM
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With lyrics that are some variation on "the world doesn't understand me".

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TheMikh
07/02/21 1:28:32 PM
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daily reminder that emo has aged like a fine wine and nobody can convince me otherwise

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Badmotorfinger
07/02/21 1:29:28 PM
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TheMikh posted...
daily reminder that emo has aged like a fine wine and nobody can convince me otherwise


It has but that genre isn't defined by those types of lyrics
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philsov
07/02/21 1:50:01 PM
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Punk in general is a teen-saturated genre. Black Flag, Bed Religion, and Joy Division all sang about the same shit 20 years prior.
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furb
07/02/21 1:53:11 PM
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News flash.

Teengage angst and fear and belonging new and emegent trend, pop culture expects to cash in!

Like half of classic rock is about this topic. The Who for instance. All that counter culture material was about these topics. Why? Because they are near timeless and universal feelings.

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Lairen
07/02/21 1:54:38 PM
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What about cashing in on sex and break ups?

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philsov
07/02/21 1:57:26 PM
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Lairen posted...
What about cashing in on sex and break ups?


Easy there, Taylor Swift. This is a punk rawk topic.
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MaxEffingBemis
07/02/21 2:02:11 PM
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Cotton_Eye_Joe posted...
With lyrics that are some variation on "the world doesn't understand me".
Whats funny is that mall pop punk stuff like Simple Plan and Good Charlotte and shit was sorta like that but you also had like My Friends Over You New Found Glory stuff

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a-c-a-b
07/02/21 2:10:36 PM
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philsov posted...
Punk in general is a teen-saturated genre.

No it isn't.
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