http://micahtillman.com/2008/02/18/popular-music/ Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Etc. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:46:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://micahtillman.com/2008/02/18/popular-music/comment-page-1/#comment-1702 Popular Music-Download Music Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:50:25 +0000 http://micahtillman.com/2008/02/18/popular-music/#comment-1702 [...] immola wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptDeciding that not having heard of a song that’s been #1 for two months does not bode well for my ability to continue using relevant pop culture references in my classes, I went to music.yahoo.com and started to listen. … [...] [...] immola wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptDeciding that not having heard of a song that’s been #1 for two months does not bode well for my ability to continue using relevant pop culture references in my classes, I went to music.yahoo.com and started to listen. … [...]

]]> http://micahtillman.com/2008/02/18/popular-music/comment-page-1/#comment-1574 jeffsdeepthoughts Tue, 19 Feb 2008 23:12:44 +0000 http://micahtillman.com/2008/02/18/popular-music/#comment-1574 It seems to me that Emo has a third parent, in addition to metal and grunge. (Kind-of fitting, considering the alternative lifestyle vibe that can flow through the subculture, that'd be the apparent result of a menage a trois. (SP?)) I think the mid 80's depressed synth pop thing has an equal role in terms of musical heritage; early Cure, early Smiths, Joy Division middle era Depeche Mode... If you follow the role these play in the more commercialized strains of Industrial Rock (I'm thinking early Nine Inch Nails, maybe Ministry here) you could almost suggest that it gets the metal from this parent, too, via folks like Trent Rezner. I think this is where the self-loathing comes from... I remember how we'd sit around doing our best Stoned-out Robert Smith impressions, "I wear black on the outside... because I feel black on the inside." It's an interesting thing, this loathing. It's like the self is hated only slightly less than the whole world around them. It seems to me that Emo has a third parent, in addition to metal and grunge. (Kind-of fitting, considering the alternative lifestyle vibe that can flow through the subculture, that’d be the apparent result of a menage a trois. (SP?))
I think the mid 80’s depressed synth pop thing has an equal role in terms of musical heritage; early Cure, early Smiths, Joy Division middle era Depeche Mode… If you follow the role these play in the more commercialized strains of Industrial Rock (I’m thinking early Nine Inch Nails, maybe Ministry here) you could almost suggest that it gets the metal from this parent, too, via folks like Trent Rezner.
I think this is where the self-loathing comes from… I remember how we’d sit around doing our best Stoned-out Robert Smith impressions, “I wear black on the outside… because I feel black on the inside.”
It’s an interesting thing, this loathing. It’s like the self is hated only slightly less than the whole world around them.

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