my dad called me emo.

Artist Song
the violent femmes  add it up 
bob dylan  a hard rain's a-gonna fall  
clap your hands say yeah!  is this love? 
cake  mexico  
jack johnson  cocoon  
the beatles  i'll be on my way 
the hot hot heat  talk to me, dance with me 
led zeppelin  dyer maker 
the pixies  debaser 
the fruit bats  when u love somebody 
wolf parade  this heart's on fire  
the lawrence arms  nebraska  
johnny cash  folsom prison blues  
the weakerthans  my favorite chords 
the hold steady  how a resurrection really feels  

Comment:

my friends and i have an ongoing joke about how my music taste tends towards the really crappy emo/pop-punk, but i didn't realize how bad it had gotten until my own father started making fun of what i was listening to. since he's the number one music guru in my life and got me into everything from miles davis to the ramones, this was pretty embarassing. i immediately sat down to prove to him that there is more to my music collection than taking back sunday, and that i can still rock . . . or at least roll.

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war is the H word
Date: 3/21/2006
if you can think of a lovelier song written in three/fourth time than cake's mexico///please let me know
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Drover
Date: 3/22/2006
Funny...hopefully he liked this one! My dad thinks emo is a character from sesame street.
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fritz1
Date: 3/22/2006
it's funny that you started the mix with violent femmes. that song (and that band, for that matter) is one of the most emo[tional] i've ever heard.