Polling Without Context

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

[Poll #1018696]

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Re: Other questions

[ms-bracken.livejournal.com]

I'm always amazed by this - I think they got quite a lot of traction in the US compared with other bands of that era, and are still going. These charts also favour artists with sustantial back catalogues, which Placebo have (5 albums?) compared to a lot of other bands. That doesn't explain all of these charts, but it does explain a lot.

And, I think, they represent the acme of proto-emo, even more than the Manics or Everclear do.

Re: Other questions

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Placebo also were Big In Europe.

Re: Other questions

[ninebelow.livejournal.com]

I thought Weezer were proto-emo. Its so confusing. Didn't emo used to mean beefed up guitar pop rather than watered down nu metal?

Battle of the back catalogues: Led Zep but no Stones? And were Queen really big in America?

Re: Other questions

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Last FM is also big in Europe remember!

I am actually quite surprised by the Beatles.

Stones at #43

Re: Other questions

[ms-bracken.livejournal.com]

Sorry, yes - proto-emo in the sense of sounding like watered down nu-metal before that was cool...

Now you mention it, the lack of Stones in that list is quite a surprise.

Re: Other questions

[infov0re.livejournal.com]

Weezer == emo == "Loud Songs About Girls".

That's the way I always explained it. It hasn't changed so much, you know.

See also: Jimmy Eat World.

Re: Other questions

[ninebelow.livejournal.com]

See also: Jimmy Eat World.

Exactly! But the road from Jimmy Eat World to My Chemical Romance is beyond me. Where did the goths sneakily insert their genes?

In fact Pete Wenz: what's that all about?

Re: Other questions

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Revenge of the Sandman readers :(

Re: Other questions

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

AH! but, no. the acme of proto-emo is TEH WEDDING PRESENT, and place bo are the goth weddoes ;)