Best Emo Songs I've heard till this date!

(For me Emo is simply emotional. Songs that fill you up with nostalgia, painful longings and yes of course a bucket full of tears! For me, it doesn't mean a music genre or a fashion statement, so there can be an "Emo" band with shitty songs and then there can be world-recognized super popular/respected bands making cheesy-yet wonderful pure emo songs.)

1. Jesus Christ/Handcuffs by Brand New:  This is as emo as it can get. These songs along with the whole album are very hard to listen to. They speak the truth. They scream their heart out. They make you cry  like a baby crying for it's lollipop.


2. Disenchanted/ I Don't Love You by MCR: These songs and specially the whole album is like you're listening to a freaking crybaby. The vocals, you'll either love it or hate it, and luckily I worship it. I was in perfect mood and shape when I began to listen this album for the first time. From then on, I've become more emo and there is no stopping now!

3. Easy/Lucky/Free by Bright Eyes:  Shit, this album is the very definition of Emo! It starts from a nightmare and then an alarm followed by painful background scream and a journey to a magical, lonely and a sad barren landscape.

4. Nobody Puts Baby in the Corner/ I've Got a Dark Alley and a Bad Idea That Says You Should Shut Your Mouth (Summer Song)  by FOB : If this is Emo, then I love Emo. These two songs are like the two lungs of an Emo body. Simply stunning. Pure lyrical genius. Also , the album has some pretty amazing glimpses of sad/emo moments which will fry your brains out. Brilliant.

5. Fake Plastic Trees/ Codex / Creep / How To Disappear / Motion Picture Soundtrack by Radiohead : In short, the whole discography of this freaking ridiculously talented band can be considered as Emo. Right from Pablo Honey to their Lotus Flower, all they've done is make you sad, crazy and sad again. Love them for this!

6. The Boy Who Blocked His Own Shot / Noro / You Stole/ No Seatbelt Song by Brand New : Once again, they've made the list. The reason they are called American Radiohead needs no expalnations. It's like that they love to bumm out the heart of their fans.

7. Demolition Lovers /  Early Sunset Over Monroeville / Jetset Life Is Gonna Kill You / I Never Told You What I Do for a Living by MCR :  Dark, bloody, epic, zombies. If these things don't make you weep then maybe you should try peeling onions.

8. Ohio Is For Lovers / Nikki FM / Decembers by Hawthorne Height : Now this is real emo. Cheesy lyrics, cheesy backing screams and shitload of tears. But still, the thing that makes them different from the rest of garbage is they did hit the right chords, rubbing salt on perfectly right places.

9. Trailer Trash  by Modest Mouse :  If possible try it's cover by Jesse Lacey. Just perfect. Haven't had the chance of going through all of Modest Mouse. But the three-four songs I've heard are so emo, that it's getting hard for me to try out their other stuff. But still, who knows maybe some day.

10. Everything to Nothing by Manchester Orchestra : Andy Hull, I think this guy has some issues. I think he takes joy in hurting others. The whole album is a loud-out-cryout! Sad and nothing else. Just magnificent.



Honorable Mention:

1. blink-182 (yes they are emo, they even have a song by this name  ;) ,just go and listen to 21 Days, Carousel, I Miss You, I'm Sorry and many many more!)

2. I'm Like a Lawyer with the Way I'm Always Trying to Get You Off (Me & You) / Headfirst Slide Into Cooperstown On A Bad Bet by FOB

3. Accident Prone by Jawbreaker

4. Untitled album by Brand New (this should had been in top ten :/)

5. Goodbye Sky Harbor  by Jimmy Eat World (exceptional)

 

P.S.  this whole article was written in a matter of 45 minutes ( a result of sudden fluctuation in mood of an "emo" guy while listening to Trailer Trash)

The song that changed everything for me

I remember the first time I listened to this song. I was on this train from my home to the college and it was already night. The lights were off and I wanted to sleep. So I put on my mobile to listen some songs so that I could sleep. I remember that I had some new stuff to listen to and luckily I decided to listen to this weird sounding band with a haunting album name. The song was Jesus Christ by Brand New. Today, according to last.fm, I'm listening it for 874th time while I'm writing this blog. I still remember how the guitar intro instantly caught my mind and I felt like I was at some place else. As the song progressed, the first lyrics that hit me hard was, "Do you believe that you're missing out and everything good is happening somewhere else". This thing, this little thing, struck me hard. All alone, on a train after spending one of the best days of my life, I was heading back to my college, to an unknown future. I have always felt that I am missing something and unfortunately, I still do. And then, Jesse ends the first verse with an amazing breath of fresh air like he is trying fly in the air, feeling weightless and thus making me feel weightless. The part where he sings, " And I~~~~, will die~~~~", this really creep-ed me out. Instantaneously, I thought, "WTF! did he just say!".  At the very same moment I felt like I have found the one who shares the same feelings as I do and that guy can express himself in a way I wanted myself to do. As the song continued, the train shaking sideways, lights off, all alone, I  was lost in an eternal universe. Every sentence, every chord and every verse was so real yet the world I just went in was so surreal, it was getting hard for me to sleep. Ironical, yeah! And then comes the bridge followed by the last verse where Jesse screams his heart out, " We all got wood and nails...". At first I didn't get what he was saying but still I felt like those were the most meaningful lines I had ever heard. And this is the power of music. This is what makes me love listening to music. And then came the outro. And this was when the shit just got real. It was like something completely new for me. At the very same moment I realized that what did that outro symbolize.  It makes the song endless. It meant that this song has no end and this thing goes on and on forever and that's when I realized that I've found my ultimate lullaby. I have a lot of perfect songs in my collection. Some lullabies too. But over the 3 years of my listening of Jesus Christ, this song has never failed me. It always, somehow, makes me sleep even when all the other songs fail to do so. Except for that one night(and that is something totally different story). And yeah, if you are wondering that what happened then on that night on train. I'm happy to tell you that I finally managed to sleep after listening to this song for almost 1 or 2 hours.

Well, this blog was just to describe some of my feelings for this song, and not the meaning of the song and especially not to assert that this is the best song ever made in modern music industry. I'm still listening to this song as I am ending this piece of crap.

 "We all got wood and nails, don't turn out hate in factories!" - Jesus Christ by Brand New