Tony Soprano Explains Real Emo

I'm worried about my son. He's been listening to this emo shit. American Football. Mineral. Sad boy shit. Well Anthony I believe “Real Emo” only consists of the dc Emotional Hardcore scene and the late 90's Screamo scene. What is known by “Midwest Emo” is nothing but Alternate Rock with questionable real emo influence. When people try to argue that bands like My Chemical Romance are not real emo, while saying that Sunny Day Real Estate is, I can't help not to cringe because they are just as fake emo as My Chemical Romance (plus the pretentiousness). Real emo sounds ENERGETIC, POWERFUL and somewhat HATEFUL. Fake emo is weak, self pity and a failed attempt to direct energy and emotion into music. Some examples of REAL EMO are Pg 99, Rites of Spring, Cap n Jazz (the only real emo band from the midwest scene) and Loma Prieta. Some examples of FAKE EMO are American Football, My Chemical Romance and Mineral EMO BELONGS TO HARDCORE NOT TO INDIE, POP PUNK, ALT ROCK OR ANY OTHER MAINSTREAM GENRE

Tony Soprano sits in a dark room, worrying about his son while a woman delivers an extremely detailed explanation of what counts as “real emo.” The joke comes from contrasting Tony’s casual concern about emo music with an absurdly gatekeeping copypasta that aggressively distinguishes real emo from fake emo. It is commonly used as a reaction to exaggerated music elitism and genre arguments.

• @itvbia / 1065 2020-05-17