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Emo pop 1999
The emo formula with a radio chorus and polished production. The version that reached MTV and the shopping mall.
- Heaviness
- 3
- Speed
- 5
- Melody
- 10
- Where from
- USA
- Tempo
- 130-170 bpm
- Song length
- 3-4 min
- Written about
- Heartbreak, Adolescence, Theatricality and persona, Confession, performed
- Vocals
- Sung
Why this one
| You said | Emo pop | Match | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singing When someone is singing, what should come out? | clean | 100% | ×3 |
| Slow. Let it take its time. What pace? | 5 out of 10 | 60% | ×2 |
| This century Does it matter when it was made? | 1999 | 96% | ×1 |
| Yes. A proper melody. Do you want a tune you could hum afterwards? | 10 out of 10 | 100% | ×1 |
| Weighted mean | 88% | ||
Ranked over all 150 genres in the encyclopedia, on the 4 answers you gave, weighted vocals 3, pace 2, era 1, melody 1 out of 7. Emo pop ties with the next, and won on being the broader of the two. Where two genres score the same the broader one wins, because a genre with subgenres under it is somewhere to carry on from and a leaf is a full stop.
Five records, in this order
- 1Start one step outside
Sunny Day Real Estate, Diary 1994
Sunny Day Real Estate - Diary. The bridge between DC hardcore and everything that followed.
- 2The one to put on first
Jimmy Eat World, Clarity 1999
Jimmy Eat World - Clarity. The album before the success is the good one.
- 3Then
- 4Then
- 5Then
The first is the entry point for Emo, one step outside, so the second record has something to be heard against. After it come Emo pop's essential records in the order the encyclopedia lists them. Every one of these has a page here with links out to somewhere it can be played.
If that is not it
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Stoner doom 86%
Stoner riffs played at half speed, with thick fuzz and subject matter drawn from witchcraft and cannabis.
On the other branch of the tree entirely, and 9 steps from Emo pop.
The way into Stoner doom -
Indie pop / twee 86%
Sweet melodies, shy vocals, clean guitars. The gentle reaction to rock machismo.
8 steps from Emo pop, meeting it only at Rock.
The way into Indie pop / twee
Not simply the second and third of the ranking: those are almost always near neighbours of the first, which is three names for one suggestion. An alternate has to sit at least 4 steps through the tree from the headline and from the other alternate, which is the same floor the "sounds like this, but isn't" panel uses.
What your answers ruled out
- Singing put 54 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Black metal, Death metal, Post-hardcore. Worth 3 of 7.
- Slow. Let it take its time. put 22 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Hardcore punk, Black metal, Death metal. Worth 2 of 7.
- This century put 43 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Punk rock, Hardcore punk, Blues rock. Worth 1 of 7.
- Yes. A proper melody. put 12 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Grindcore, Brutal death metal, Cybergrind. Worth 1 of 7.
Counted as genres scoring 20% or less on that answer alone. A recommendation that only shows what it chose is hiding half of what it did.