Cheer Up, Tofu Kid!

You know it's getting ridiculous when a music snob in this pinoy message board posts this kind of topic.

When I first heard them, I knew I would hate this band.

Why?

Becuase it's the type of music I would have come up with!

Yeah yeah call me sourgraping. And tell me EMO is a bandwagon.

Sheesh I don't even really dress that way; the nerdy glasses are natural anyways.

Yes, that band, even though playing like posing for brownie points, english lyrics that pinoy fans usually don't dig, seemed out of tune and don't know how to play when they performed in myx live, is on top of the pinoy rock biz today (the reason for the nudging going on in that thread).

and the female fans just go ga-ga over the vocalist schtick, playing and sounding like the dashboard confessional dude, and did i mention the pa-"pogi" style of playing?

i knew that the peak of so-called emo in the US music scene came when vindicated by dashboard confessional was part of the spider-man 2 soundtrack. it was just a matter of time before it dawns upon our westernized-OPM songs.

it was an idea waiting to happen. but was too busy/lazy to nurture that idea.

anyways, it isn't so new that the so-called OPM artists will adapt what's new in the international scene to make it fresh in the local scene (the westernization of local music is another topic altogether).

the thing is, i know i would like this band i'm just too envious to admit it.

P.S.

OPM = Original Pilipino Music

the topic of westernization of local music is being put to the spotlight and yes, most music styles of opm songs are derivatives from western genres; ever wonder why musicians are asked what their influences are? (will allot a topic for that. it's an ongoing non-credit thesis i'm working on.)

the reason also why i'm beginning to appreciate the most original opm music i snubbed in the past.

a question that also arises is does a song done in tagalog automatically merits it to be a very original opm song? (i'm just being tricky here since all songs done by Filipino composers are classified as OPM).

yes, the tofu kid username is a play of words from the "cheer up, emo kid!" insults the kids who listen to these post-emo bands of today receive.

jimmy eat world is my favorite post-emo indie rock band.

i heard from my friend that the underground emo scene here in rp is alive and kicking, maybe i just need to get exposed to myspace music to realize that they were living the "idea" years ahead of me.

care for any tagalog emo songs? :')