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Summary: i love the book
Review: This book is amazing. I'm re-reading it for the second time. It doesn't matter whether you're into that kind of thing or not. If you are, it has great interviews and all kinds of perspectives on what is "emo." If not, it would definately be an eye-opener. If you haven't even read this book yet, buy it now! And if you haven't read the book, there's no way you can pass judgement on it.
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Summary: How Lame Can You Get?
Review: This book so effing lame, and anyone who reads it is just as lame. Just my thoughts though. If you disagree, go you! I'm ashamed to have the same first name as the author. That is how much I despise this book, and any other book like it i.e. "So you wanna be punk" or whatever it's called.BLEH!
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Summary: Good emo book
Review: This is a really good, well-written book that talks about the history and evolution of emo and the Greenwald's interpretation of what emo stands for. It includes perspectives from the bands (Dashboard Confessional, Jimmy Eat World, Starting Line, Saves the Day, Thursday...), record labels (Vagrant, Drive Thru, Jade Tree...), and fans. I recommend this to all fans of emo. It is informative and may reaffirm your love of the genre. My only problem with it is the chapter on emo as a sexist genre. His case is that most emo bands are male and sing about heartbreak, hardly any evidence that these bands think women are inferior to men. (I can only assume from him and the way-radical feminist he quotes in the chapter that you are sexist if you have any negative thoughts about anyone who just happens to be female.)
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Summary: Is this book a joke?
Review: This utterly useless and uninformed book is the funniest thing I've read in ages. It's inadvertantly the funniest piece of satire out there today. The interviews show how hilariously self-obsessed these people are. The analysis is shamefully simplistic and based on some sort of imagined history on the part of the writer. The biggest and most obvious piece of analysis is completely missed. These stupid emo bands have nothing to do with punk. They ARE the same as stupid "boy bands" that the author seems to think they are an alternative to. I wouldn't pay for this book. But if you come across it, it is a hilarious read.
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Summary: Nothing Feels Good.
Review: This was a really great book. It gives a very interesting history of emo as a genre. It is a great book for anyone who is unsure about what 'emo' is. Even if you are not a fan of emo/punk etc this 'Nothing Feels Good. . .' is a great read. The one thing that I think would have made it better is having had more about Brand New. But even without too much about them I loved it!!! Read this book!!
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Summary: Not what I thought it would be
Review: When I first saw the cover Nothing Feels Good, Punk Rock, Teenagers, and Emo, by Andy Greenwald, I thought it was going to be about effects on people with music. But it was more than that, it talked about what it was like to be behind the scenes of a band and their motivations of what they do. I liked being able to read about real feelings of being on tour, bands getting started, and bands' success stories. My Favorite part was being able to read about peoples' experiences with how music helps them through their lives. It saves them; there was one story that made me cry. This girl was on the brink of killing herself, but the lyrics of a song saved her. It gave her a total different outlook on life. It's crazy how the internet has such a big effect on the world and how information circulates; it's really shown in this book. I really liked that there was suspense to this book. I don't think there will be another book like this.
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Summary: when you expect to read a book about music...
Review: you typically expect it to actually be about music. this book has everything to do with pop/rock and stupid jock kids wearing tight new foung glory shirts to show off their muscles and nothing to do with punk rock or what would actually be known as emo. whatever.
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