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Top 10 Emo Songs of the 2000s

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No. Song Artist Album
1 Pain Jimmy Eat World Futures
2 The Middle Jimmy Eat World Jimmy Eat World
3 I Write Sins Not Tragedies Panic! At The Disco A Fever You Cant Sweat Out
4 Vindicated Dashboard Confessional Soundtrack: Spiderman 2
5 Holiday From Real Jack's Mannequin Everything in Transit
6 All Over You The Spill Canvas No Really, I'm Fine
7 A Decade Under The Influence Taking Back Sunday Where You Want To Be
8 Thnks Fr Th Mmrs Fall Out Boy Infinity on High
9 This Aint A Scene, Its An Arms Race Fall Out Boy Infinity on High
10 Everything is Alright Motion City Soundtrack Commit this to Memory
       
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Ben - Funny IP:70.92.152.128 | 2008-02-10 16:57:39
I laughed alot
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Brian - Gay IP:76.97.139.152 | 2008-03-15 09:42:13
Fall out boy is gay, Panic at the disco is gay, Jimmy eat world suck(s), I like taking back sunday, I dont even know the other bands
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The Rock Czar - Agreed IP:68.48.35.138 | 2008-03-15 13:21:59
I mean I can agree with most of that... except for Jimmy Eat World, they are actually pretty good. I never said I liked this genre.

TRC
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andy - mr? IP:71.97.205.121 | 2008-04-06 17:40:44
dude brian you are the biggest douch ever...those are some of my fav bands eva....so im guessing your a prep then?
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Brian - Nope IP:76.97.139.152 | 2008-04-25 15:04:34
No im not a prep.... im a male. I like Stone temple pilots and pearl jam. Chicks like fall out boy and Panic at the disco
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amanda - labels are gay. IP:71.226.182.202 | 2008-06-09 15:39:39
andy: you shouldn't call someone a douche just for dissing the bands you like. everyone is entitled to their opinions, and brian's no different.

and by the way, you can't label someone a prep just because they hate certain bands or like certain types of music. music is music, you can't judge someone by what they listen to. labels are gay. get over yourself.
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russel IP:70.168.108.26 | 2008-06-13 12:28:42
honestly - who calls someone a prep?
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Skeptical - Half-assed at best IP:24.77.215.173 | 2008-02-11 12:19:03
Half of those shouldn't even be considered emo. Fall Out Boy is more pop-rock and I'd say Jimmy Eat World would be more alternative. Any emo list without Hawthorne Heights and H.I.M. couldn't be complete/
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The Rock Czar - No Way IP:68.48.35.138 | 2008-02-16 13:10:38
Fall Out Boy is hands down emo... Jimmy Eat World may be a tad debatable, but they are certainly not alternative, maybe pop-punk. Also, how is H.I.M. an emo band, they are either alternative or metal. Hawthorne Heights makes me nauseous...

TRC
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Anonymous IP:24.218.147.154 | 2008-02-11 13:06:10
Emo should be considered songs with "emo" lyrics. The Middle? Please... Upbeat guitar and lyrics that say NOT to kill yourself... that's not EMO. Emo is "Oh, life is so hard, it sucks"

IMO
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The Rock Czar - Bands IP:68.48.35.138 | 2008-02-16 13:05:29
I am listing songs by emo bands... not all songs in the emo genre have sad lyrics. It's like saying all grunge songs have to be angsty... not true.

TRC
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Anonymous IP:141.213.220.198 | 2008-02-11 14:09:07
agreed. fail
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Tecfan - Emo? IP:81.167.170.12 | 2008-02-11 14:24:05
I only see pop.
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The Rock Czar - Emo IP:68.48.35.138 | 2008-02-16 13:03:44
I mean what is emo these days other than pop... I have to admit I don't like emo very much... but of all the crap I have heard, these are the best ones...

TRC
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heyoo - really? IP:72.65.158.35 | 2008-02-20 17:27:20
i think that if you're going for an objective list of emo songs then you probably shouldn't put bands on there twice.
also, most of these bands i wouldn't consider "emo" ...maybe something like elliot smith, pedro the lion, or saves the day.
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The Rock Czar - ??? IP:71.166.34.62 | 2008-02-21 10:53:28
Elliott Smith? emo? No way! If Elliott Smith would be considered emo he would have the #1-10 slots all to himself. He's way to good to be considered emo.

TRC
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michelle - emo? IP:67.184.251.61 | 2008-02-21 15:55:32
fall out boy= emo? mm no don't think so. alright cool.
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Mike - More Emo bands? IP:24.185.203.128 | 2008-02-25 00:33:22
How about this for more emo bands:
AFI
All American rejects (pop-ish)
Angels and Airwaves
Brand New
Bullet for my Valentine
Cartel
Hawthorne Heights
Houston Calls
My Chemical Romance
New Found Glory
Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
Saves the Day
Senses Fail
Sherwood
The Starting Line
Straylight Run
Thursday
Unwritten Law
The Used
Yellow Card
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sarah IP:24.235.223.120 | 2008-03-04 10:54:48
couldn't agree more.
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Anonymous - The hell? IP:204.218.240.26 | 2008-04-29 08:19:04
Since when has AFI been considered emo?
I can see how decemberunderground could be SLIGHTLY considered emo, but their old stuff can def. be classified under the punk genre.
I mean their albums... Answer That and Stay Fashionable and Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Eyes!
that's def. not emo...
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jessica - dude.. IP:75.89.252.165 | 2008-05-24 22:05:11
half those bands are not emo.

new found glory? more punk.
sherwood...all american rejects...yellowcard...even the starting line. they are not emo.
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Ross - what the hell? IP:78.149.60.255 | 2008-02-27 22:29:23
exactly ZERO of those bands are emo; they're all scene pop-punk, apart from Jimmy Eat World, who, witht the exception of Bleed American, are emo.

Emo sprung from the hardcore movement, it actually stands for emotive/emotional hardcore. Stop. Do not rush to article telling me that this list is Third wave emo because wiki said so. Emo is stuff like Rites of Spring, or Yaphet Kotto, or Husker Du, or Sunny Day Real Estate.Not Fall out Boy, who, for as much as I like them, are about as close to emo as cheese on toast is to Hauté Cuisine. Chris Carrabra's older stuff could maybe be seen as emo, but I'm not too sure on that one, Jimmy Eat World, I've already mentioned. Panic and MCS are a totally different style to the rest of the bands mentioned and as for Taking Back Sunday? don't even go there.

hope you enjoyed a brief history of emo
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roger. - pshh. IP:68.99.18.113 | 2008-03-01 20:58:30
fall out boy is not emo.
if you've ever heard the lyrics to any of there songs you would knoww.
F0B is a good bandd but are definatly no emo/emotional. i agree with ross heree. HIM or atreyu or The used or Bullet For my Valentine- who is an amazing band i'd like to mention are in fact emotional and heartbreaking bandds.
:] thanks.
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Brittany - Emo?? IP:70.145.54.181 | 2008-03-04 16:24:59
Emo is a shortened term of the word emotional...Fall Out Boy..Emotional: no those words definitely do not belong together. Hawthorne Hights may be considered emo and Afi. I am not saing all of there songs are but most of them are.. hope tht helped
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Matt - Fall Out Boy IP:203.184.53.114 | 2008-03-07 05:35:01
I don't think Fall Out Boy is emo, but they are NOT pop rock thats for sure! In saying that, they are awesome anyway, so I don't really care what genre they are, but they are nowhere near pop.
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Jkell - Emo-Not a genre IP:74.46.100.108 | 2008-03-08 21:50:13
Emo isn't a genre of music. Do any of these bands have anything in common besides style of lyrics? They all have very different sounds and attitudes. Even going by the stereotypical emo meaning this is still a really bad list. This is basically a list of a bunch of mainstream songs by mainstream bands that the general public labels "emo."
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Brooklyn - EMO?? IP:71.29.218.82 | 2008-03-11 07:46:01
How do any of you even know what emo is? unless you are emo, you can't pick out emo music.until you can feel the lyrical meanings and under stand how "Emo" they are, don't put a judge on music or Fall Out Boy.
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Leah - WHAT!! IP:202.180.83.6 | 2008-03-14 18:07:09
come on fall out boy they r NOT an emo band !!!! bands like H.I.M are ...
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Anonymous IP:124.217.15.26 | 2008-03-19 04:32:05
hi
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..h! people...(//_-) IP:124.217.15.26 | 2008-03-19 04:34:14
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Anonymous - haha IP:66.128.248.245 | 2008-03-20 21:09:40
first of all this list sucks, you obviously know nothing about the emo genre because fallout boy are now poprock
and jimmy eat world have moved over to the near alternative side, and i was surprised there wasnt any hawethorne heights SHOCKER...
oh and H.I.M. are not emo, but they are extremely gay.
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olivia - dsrtert IP:71.81.244.98 | 2008-03-22 13:06:41
okay what the heck

1 Pain Jimmy Eat World is okay but definitely not emo. I can't even believe FOB is listed under emo..they are definitely pop/punk and so is patd. dashboard confessional is more alternative and wth?! why is Jack's Mannequin on here?! thats absurd. The spill canvas is definitely pop/rock no doubt but i love them. Taking back sunday is more alternative/rock fersure. I love motion city soundtrack but they're also pop/rock. none of these bands are emo what-so-ever. and H.I.M. was cool like 4 years ago and Hawthorne Heights is a ghag session. I think I covered everything...
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russel IP:70.168.108.26 | 2008-03-25 13:16:03
i hate it when people say stuff like this post

all of the above bands are emo enough to be on the list...im not too sure how you would like to categorize this style of music, but it's all the same kind of post-90's alternative rock.

and seriously, im not too sure of ur definition of emo if u dont think tbs, dashboard confessional, and jacks mannequin belong...dashboard is the definition of emo...
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jessica IP:75.89.252.165 | 2008-05-24 22:14:03
i completely agree.

look up emo in the dictionary, and you'll see a picture of chris carrabba. which, of course is okay, because i like dashboard.

however i do not agree with this list. i don't like panic at all, and i'm not sure jimmy eat world is that emo.

it should be more like:
1. konstantine--something corporate
2. makedamnsure--taking back sunday
3. vindicated/stolen--dashboard
4. everything's magic--angels and airwaves
5. lover i don't have to love--bright eyes
6. bodybag--hit the lights
etc.
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russel IP:70.168.108.26 | 2008-03-25 13:26:53
that being said...here's a brief list without repeating bands:

1. jimmy eat world - 23
2. something corporate - cavanaugh park
3. brand new - okay i believe you but my tommy gun don't
4. motion city soundtrack - perfect teeth
5. northstar - taker not a giver
6. taking back sunday - cute without the 'e'
7. the juliana theory - do you believe me
8. the alkaline trio - radio
9. the spill canvas - the tide
10. the used - blue and yellow
11. jacks mannequin - rescued
12. (old, when they were good) fall out boy - nobody puts a baby in the corner (acoustic)
13. thrice - artist in the ambulance
14. finch - what it is to burn
15. matchbook romance - the promise
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Anonymous - this sucks IP:207.161.161.184 | 2008-03-24 14:30:11
all these bands suk out loud except taking back sunday
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hmmmm - couldnt be worse IP:80.42.5.212 | 2008-03-25 14:25:45
omg this is like the most horrid emo list evr i completly agree with whoever said couldnt be complete without hawthorne but wats going on with F.O.B sugar were going down nt on it and not the greatest emo records off the 2000s from under the corktree on it i think these people need a good word with there music and musical knowledge.
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Seeger - Get Up Kids anyone? IP:75.146.39.41 | 2008-03-25 15:11:25
Emo is NOT short for Emotion, it's for emotive. Jawbreaker, Sunny Day Real Estate, Smoking Popes, Samiam, and later the Get Up Kids. Those are the grand pappies of emo. Nothing against what's out there now, a lot of good stuff. Built to Spill, Pedro the Lion, even Dashboard or Phantom Planet, love it, but emo is a dying genre. Women's clothes, died hair, drug abuse, depression, and slit wrists do not make a band emo. The Promise Ring? Amazingly catchy upbeat emo group.
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Anonymous - finally IP:24.11.134.123 | 2008-06-19 12:49:08
i don't know if any one is still looking at this stupid fucking argument but this guy got it right and a guy down the way a while i don't even like the genre but its a style of music not a style of clothing get the fuck out of here with the fall out boy and panic at the disco, Sparta, and the get up kids, at the drive in brand new come on people, next thing you know some one will come out and tell me back street boys are emo i mean if you go by some of your dumb ass definitions it sure as hell should be
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Rhiannon - Totally Missing the top One IP:70.248.187.72 | 2008-03-27 17:46:00
Simple Plan - Untitled. Come on should totally be the top. Talk about an emo song it fits the profile perfect. Blame your dad, hate yourself, and a big cry me a river fest . . and they did not even make it on there. Some of these are ok but you could have done a way better job.
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lainaxdinos - simple plan IS NOT EMO IP:24.59.77.146 | 2008-04-16 12:33:38
it should most definatley not be on there.
simple plan is again. a poser band.
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Alex - Ummm..... IP:131.151.66.115 | 2008-04-02 11:15:15
obviously Ohio is for lovers from hawthorne heights needs to be up there. great song
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Amy - OMFG. IP:68.192.8.23 | 2008-04-05 13:17:38
I love all over you . THAT SHOULD BE FIRST . Its liek my myspace song . My myspace is www.myspace.com/luckywehaveboys
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Amy - IT SHOULD IP:68.192.8.23 | 2008-04-05 13:18:25
and yea ohio is lovers has to be there . Its considered emo . CUT MY WRIST AND BLACK MY EYES xD
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Anonymous IP:80.42.123.153 | 2008-04-08 11:05:09
cough cough wer the hell is underoath,silverstein surely they should be up ther instead of Jack's Mannequin and panic at he dicko surely u guys agree?
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Michael Jack IP:75.187.34.66 | 2008-04-09 16:49:48
With the exception of Ross for actually knowing what emo means, you guys are all idiots. Emo is not short for emotional. Its short for emotive hardcore and it died in the mid 90's when Rites of Spring and Moodring stopped putting out albums. Read something. And to the post above me. Panic at the dicko? Really the best you could come up with? Wow.
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DG - Jimmy Eat World IP:67.82.112.78 | 2008-04-15 18:40:01
It could be up for debate if they are 'emo'. In my definition they aren't at all. They seem Alternative or pop to me.
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lainaxdinos - this list shits. IP:24.59.77.146 | 2008-04-16 12:31:48
for the record.
nothing on this is even slightly emo.
aside from jimmy eat world, who is the only good band on here.
seriously.
you don't know anything about good music if fall out boy and p!atd are your idea of emo music, because they're poser shit bands.
listen to some better bands.
and then make a list you jerkoff.
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Anonymous - In agreement with TRC IP:125.236.44.50 | 2008-04-17 15:22:10
I would just like to say i agree with "I write sins not tradegies" being included in this chart. Perosnally, i think i should beat out your top 2 though.
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ash IP:71.179.127.45 | 2008-04-24 20:17:34
no mcr?
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asdfasd - great list IP:67.86.212.187 | 2008-05-04 16:44:10
i totally agree. the best emo songs are the shittiest songs ever. since emo is bad. fall out boy, PATN, jimmy eat cock definately belong on it. but where's that other shitty cut wrist song by hawthorne heights.
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Damian - bullshiiiiit IP:76.188.65.62 | 2008-05-11 21:48:53
put riddlin kids on here. this crap is over produced garbage if you want whiney lyrics abt your emotions you might as well put Justin Timberlake cry me a river on here too. Taking Back Sunday was a decent band too. Up until their first cd Tell All Your Friends. Seriously tho texas is the reason,sunny day real estate,brand new, mars volta, sparta, ex- mars volta and sparta at the drive-in. If your going to have an emo category atleast make it listenable...

How about a so-cal punk category?
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Brandon IP:69.179.164.46 | 2008-05-24 18:00:01
This list is a joke. Since when is jimmy eat world emo. Im pretty sure they're not. Pretty much all of the lists are bullshit. Modest mouse has the number one song on the rock list. ha give me a break!
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The Rock Czar - Kinda IP:68.48.35.138 | 2008-05-24 23:57:08
I agree, this list really is kind of a joke.

TRC
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The Rock Czar - Emo IP:68.48.35.138 | 2008-05-25 00:14:27
Does anyone really know what Emo is anymore? I mean all that I really know about it is that it's pretty bad. Between the various posts we have discredited (my word choice is questionable because not being emo is actually a positive thing) a lot of bands. But nobody seems to agree which bands merit this "coveted" title.

TRC
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J IP:72.64.76.12 | 2008-05-25 11:29:29
this is a super fag emo list fall out boy and jacks mannequin are really good but there not emo silverstein,senses fail, and hawthorne heights are emo bands!
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Delio IP:72.141.17.156 | 2008-05-25 20:19:14
brutal list.

bright eyes?
hurt by johnny cash (nin cover)
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