Anybody Who Can Name All These Songs Was Totally Emo In High School
- by Lacey Womack
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There are a ton of genres of music. Whether it's pop, hip-hop, country, or rock music, just about everyone has a favorite genre of music. Some people even change their favorite genre through the years and, when they're younger really love one genre of music but start to like another genre as they grow up. One specific sub genre of music is emo music, classified by lyrics with a high emotional content. According to Wikipedia, this genre got its start as a subgenre of the post-hardcore genre that grew out of the 1980s. By the 1990s, bands like Jimmy Eat World and Weezer had started to shift the face of emo music to a more pop punk sound and the genre continued to grow that way for quite some time.
In the early-to-mid 2000s, emo music grew to be even more popular with bands like My Chemical Romance, Panic! at the Disco, Fall Out Boy, and The Used releasing music in this genre. Along with a certain style of music, emo musicians and their fans also started to become known for their fashion sense which often included studded belts, skinny jeans, and t-shirts with amusing slogans on them. Even though many bands that were known for their emo sound in the 2000s have changed their sound since then, those songs are still catchy classics.
Anyone who can name 100% of these throwback hits was definitely emo in high school.
Finish these My Chemical Romance lyrics: "When I was a young boy, my father took me _____________."
According to Wikipedia, Gerard Way and drummer Matt Pelissier formed My Chemical Romance and gained more members in Ray Toro and Mikey Way shortly before they recorded and released their debut album in 2002. Unfortunately, the band broke up in 2013 but that doesn't mean that they didn't release multiple albums that are still totally full of classic emo jams like this one. These lyrics are from the song Welcome to the Black Parade, the first single from their third album, The Black Parade. Rolling Stone ranked the song at number 17 on their list of The 100 Best Songs of the Year in 2006!
What Evanescence song says "Always confusing the thoughts in my head, so I can't trust myself anymore"?
In 2003, Evanescence released their debut studio album, Fallen. The song these lyrics are from was released in the same year as the second single from that album. According to Wikipedia, this song, which is about a past relationship that didn't go very well and was full a lot of issues and troubles, peaked at the #5 spot on the US Billboard Alternative Songs Chart. Amy Lee, the lead singer, designed both dresses that she wore in the music video which shows the band performing this song while the audience members turn into zombies and the area they're in fills with water.
What Paramore song says "I told him I couldn't lie, he was the only one for me"?
This song by Paramore was the lead single that was released from their second album, Riot!, which was released in 2007. According to Wikipedia, the title for the song is a reference to a novel by Stephen King. The song's lyrics tell the story of someone who is witnessing a person in their life who they have romantic feelings for date someone who the narrator of the song thinks is no good for them. On Paramore's band's blog, singer Hayley Williams said that the lyrics were about a friend of hers who was in a bad relationship who she began to date later on.
What state does Hawthorne Heights say is "for lovers"?
Hawthorne Heights is a rock band that was formed in 2001 and has a song named after the state that they were formed in. This song was released in 2004 and was released as the lead single for their very first studio album, The Silence in Black and White. According to Wikipedia, the song was certified gold in the US for the high number of sales after the popularity that the song achieved due to the music video got airtime on MTV. The music video for this song was directed by Shane Drake who directed videos for Paramore, Fall Out Boy, Panic! at the Disco, and other musicians.
Which of these is a real song by Fall Out Boy?
Many bands can get really creative with the titles of their songs. Although many songs have the title come directly from a line of the lyrics in the song, there are a ton of songs by Fall Out Boy, especially on their earlier albums, that have titles that don't appear anywhere in the song. Still, they're pretty fitting for the song and they can be really clever even if they are a little long or sometimes confusing. Fall Out Boy has one song on their album Infinity on High, which Wikipedia states was released in 2007, that has no vowels in it. Which of these is real?
What Panic! at the Disco song says "Oh, well in fact, well I'll look at it this way, I mean, technically, our marriage is saved"?
According to Wikipedia, Panic! at the Disco was founded in 2004 in Las Vegas, Nevada by Brendon Urie, Ryan Ross, Spencer Smith, and Brent Wilson. In 2005, A Fever You Can't Sweat Out was released as their debut album and became popular when the song that these lyrics are from was made a single. The music video and the fact that the band performed the song at the MTV VMAs in 2006 made the song popular and helped it to peak on the US Billboard Hot 100 at the #7 spot. Who can remember which of these songs these lyrics are from?
Finish these Blink-182 lyrics: "We can live like __________ if we want to."
There are a ton of couples from movies and TV shows or even real-life celebrity couples that are just unforgettable. Some of them are so popular that they even wind up being put in songs by popular bands! Weezer did it with their song Buddy Holly and Blink-182 also did it with their song I Miss You. This song was released in 2003 off of their self-titled fifth studio album. According to Wikipedia, the song reached #42 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song has some really sad lyrics about being in a tough relationship, but references one of these iconic movie couples in it.
Finish these Linkin Park lyrics: "All I want to do is be more like me and be ________."
These lyrics are from the Linkin Park song Numb which was released as the third single from their second studio album, Meteora. Of all of Linkin Park's songs, this is one of the most well-known songs. On YouTube, the official music video for this song has over a billion views and is among the oldest videos on the website that has crossed the billion view mark. Wow! It peaked at the #11 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and has lived in the hearts of many Linkin Park fans since its release in 2003. Who can finish these lyrics?
Which of these girls' names is also the title of a song by From First to Last?
In 2004, From First to Last released their debut studio album, Dear Diary, My Teen Angst Has a Bodycount. The title of the album comes from the movie Heathers in which Winona Ryder's character, Veronica Sawyer, writes this line into her diary. Even though singer Sonny Moore may be known for his work in the electronic genre under the name Skrillex now, he's best known to fans of emo music and anyone who was emo in high school for his work in this band. This album had two singles, Ride the Wings of Pestilence and Note to Self, and one song named after a girl.
Finish these Hey Monday lyrics: "Save, save it for her. I'm not gonna hear ________________."
Before Cassadee Pope became a solo artist who won the third season of The Voice, she was the lead singer of the pop punk band Hey Monday. According to Wikipedia, Hey Monday currently claims that they're "on hiatus" but with their latest release being from 2011, fans aren't exactly convinced that the band will be coming back together any time soon. These lyrics are from the Hey Monday song How You Love Me Now and was released in 2009 as the second single from their album Hold On Tight which was the debut album from this band. Who can finish these lyrics?
Finish these Jack's Mannequin lyrics: "___________ alone in a crowded room?"
These lyrics are from the Jack's Mannequin song Dark Blue. Dark Blue was released as the second single from their first studio album, Everything in Transit. The song has been really popular in pop culture including being played in an episode of One Tree Hill and being included on a list of songs that Twilight's author, Stephanie Meyer, that inspired her while writing the fourth novel in the Twilight series, Breaking Dawn (Wikipedia). Jack's Mannequin was a band that got its start as solo project that Andrew McMahon, singer of the band Something Corporate, started in 2004 before gaining other members.
What Jimmy Eat World song says "Everything, everything will be just fine"?
In 2001, this Jimmy Eat World song was released as the second single from their fourth studio album. This song is one of the most popular Jimmy Eat World songs and has been in a ton of movies, TV shows, and even in a commercial once! According to IMDb, the song has appeared in such movies as Orange County, Life or Something Like It, and The Sorcerer's Apprentice. It was also featured in the Guitar Hero and Rock Band games as well as making an appearance in a 2016 Apple Music commercial where Taylor Swift lip synced it. What song are these lyrics from?
What Dashboard Confessional song says "Hope dangles on a string, like slow-spinning redemption"?
Before this Dashboard Confessional song was ever actually released on an album by Dashboard Confessional, it was released on the soundtrack for a movie! Pretty cool, right? The song was released in 2004 on the soundtrack for the movie Spider-Man 2. The song is used as the theme song for the movie and is the one that plays during the end credits of the movie. According to Wikipedia, another song was originally going to be used for the movie before Chris Carrabba saw an early screening of Spider-Man 2 and wrote this song for the soundtrack instead! Pretty cool, huh?
What All Time Low song says "Oh, I can see now that all of these clouds are following me in my desperate endeavor to find my whoever, wherever she may be"?
Moving on in a relationship is never easy. It can really hurt to be super into someone who just isn't quite so into you. This song by All Time Low is from their second studio album So Wrong, It's Right and was not released as one of the singles from the album. Despite that, it's still a popular song that many All Time Low fans love to sing along to when they add it to their setlist. The song features a verse by Juliet Simms and tells the story of someone who is trying to figure out what went wrong with a relationship they had with a girl.
What Fall Out Boy song says "She says she's no good with words, but I'm worse, barely stuttered out a joke of a romantic stuck to my tongue"?
This song was released as Fall Out Boy's second single from their second studio album, From Under the Cork Tree, in 2005. According to Wikipedia, this song peaked at #9 on the charts and was the band's second consecutive top ten single, after Sugar, We're Going Down which was their very first top ten single and was released earlier that year. Gamers who are fans of playing video games that let them live out their emo musician dreams can even find this song to perform on games like Dance Dance Revolution SuperNova, SingStar Pop Hits, Rock Band 3, and Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock, among other games.
Finish this Green Day song title: "Wake Me Up When ___________ Ends"
This song was released as the fourth single from Green Day's seventh studio album which was released in 2004, 18 years after the band actually formed in 1986. According to Wikipedia, Green Day first became eligible to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2015 and they were put in during that same year. That's no surprise to us considering the band has sold over 85 million albums worldwide (Wikipedia)! This song peaked at #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 and did well on the charts internationally as well. The music video features Jamie Bell and Evan Rachel Wood.
What Sleeping With Sirens song says "Met a girl at seventeen, thought she meant the world to me, so I gave her everything"?
These lyrics are from a song that is featured on the second studio album from the rock band Sleeping With Sirens, Let's Cheers To This. The album only had one single come from it and although this song wasn't that single, it's still a popular song by Sleeping With Sirens. This album was released in 2011 and the song that these lyrics are from is the second song on the album. This song follows three different relationships that the narrator of the song has been through and the lessons that came from those relationships after they ended, if they did.
Finish these lyrics by The Academy Is...: "One song about a girl, I can't breathe ___________."
These lyrics are from The Academy Is... song About a Girl. The song was released as the first single from the band's third studio album, Fast Times at Barrington High, which was released in 2008. According to Wikipedia, Rolling Stone placed this song at #39 on their list of the 100 Best Songs of 2008. The song had a music video which showed singer William Beckett and his other bandmates in high school. Beckett has the best life with a popular girlfriend and a ton of friends until he wakes up from the daydream to his real life. Who can finish these lyrics?
Finish this Good Charlotte song title: "Lifestyles of the _____________"
This song is one from Good Charlotte's second studio album, The Young and the Hopeless, which was released in 2002. This song was released as the first ever single from the album and, according to Wikipedia, the music video for this catchy pop punk hit made its debut on MTV in September of that same year. The song's lyrics have a lot of references to famous people and the music video features cameo appearances from many others. Another song by Good Charlotte, titled I Just Wanna Live, makes a reference back to this song when it mentions how big and famous Good Charlotte got after it.
Finish these Simple Plan lyrics: "I'm sorry I can't be ____________."
This song was released as a single in 2003 off of Simple Plan's debut studio album, No Pads, No Helmets...Just Balls. In 2004, this song appeared in the movie Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen which Lindsay Lohan starred in. The song's music video features the band performing this song on the roof of a house in the rain which totally adds to the super emo sound that the song has. Rock Sound made a list of The 51 Most Essential Pop Punk Albums of All Time in 2014 and placed Simple Plan's first album, where this song appears, in the #47 spot.
What Yellowcard song says "We were both 16 and it felt so right, sleeping all day, staying up all night"?
This song was released as the second single from the band Yellowcard's fourth studio album. This song shares its name with the name of this album, so any former emo kid who remembers listening on end to this album after it was released in 2003 should have no problem remembering the name of this pop punk hit! According to members of the band, this song is a reference back to an area of Jacksonville, Florida. The band is originally from Jacksonville and some of the locations named in this song aren't too far from the place that the band went to high school (Wikipedia).
What song by The Maine is this? "She takes her time with the little things, love notes reminding me."
In 2008, The Maine released their debut studio album titled Can't Stop Won't Stop. According to WIkipedia, all 12 songs on the album had songs in which the lyrics were written by John O'Callaghan, the singer of The Maine! One of the songs on this album is the one that these lyrics are from. In November of 2008, the music video for this song made its debut on MTV and got this song totally stuck in the head of music fans everywhere (Wikipedia). The Maine also toured during this time with a lot of other bands like Boys Like Girls and All Time Low.
What Cute Is What We Aim For song starts with the lyrics "I've got the gift of one liners"?
The song that these lyrics are from comes straight from the third single from Cute Is What We Aim For's debut studio album. The album was released in 2006, only a little more than a year after the band was formed, and had three singles come from the album including the song that these lyrics are taken from. According to Wikipedia, Cute Is What We Aim For's debut album peaked on the Billboard 200 at the #75 spot and was, at that time, the fastest selling album released by their label, Fueled by Ramen. The band released one more album in 2008.
What Boys Like Girls song is Taylor Swift featured on?
2009 was a big year for Taylor Swift. Even someone who was totally emo and not into her style of country pop music back then probably remembers songs like You Belong With Me, White Horse, and Love Story being popular back then. In 2009, a song that she collaborated on with Boys Like Girls was also released, making it a big year for Taylor even more huge! A video was released for this song but Taylor didn't actually appear in it, even though her voice can still be heard in the music video version of this song. What song is it?
Finish these Hellogoodbye lyrics: "I like where we are, when we drive ________."
These lyrics are from the song Here (In Your Arms) which was released as the lead single from Hellogoodbye's debut album, Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs!, in 2006. According to Wikipedia, the song peaked at #14 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it the most popular song that Hellogoodbye has released. Since this song is just so cute and catchy, we really can't blame people for loving it so much! A music video for this song was released and is set at a fictional summer camp called Camp Holadios. At Camp Holadios, singer Forrest Kline becomes interested in a girl who is also spending her summer there.
Which My Chemical Romance song says "What's the worst that I can say? Things are better if I stay"?
This song is one by My Chemical Romance that was released as the third single from their second studio album, Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge. The music video for this song was released in 2005 and is set at a funeral with Tracy Phillips being the person whose life the other people featured in the music video are coming to celebrate the life of and pay their respects to. The music video features her dancing among the people at the funeral until she falls back into her casket and is carried outside in the rain where people dance with their umbrellas.
What Mayday Parade song says "I'm throwing away pictures That I never should have taken in the first place"?
In 2007, Mayday Parade released their debut studio album, A Lesson in Romantics. Following their first album's release, Mayday Parade was part of the 2007 Warped Tour and performed many of the songs from this album. According to Wikipedia, prior to the album's release, fans were able to stream some of the songs from the album. For instance, the song Black Cat was put on Hot Topic's Myspace page for fans to listen to. The album had two singles from it and the band released their second album, Anywhere but Here, in 2009. Who knows what song these lyrics are from?
Finish this song title by We The Kings: "Check Yes ___________."
This song was released by We The Kings as the lead single from their first album which is self-titled. This song is, to date, their most popular song on the charts and peaked at the #70 spot on the Billboard Hot 100. In 2009, the video game Lego Rock Band featured this song as one of the songs that players could choose to perform (Wikipedia). A music video was released for this song in which the lead singer is shown outside the window of the girl he loves whose parents don't approve of their relationship. At the end of the video, the girl sneaks out to watch his band perform.
Finish these lyrics by The Used: "I'll be just fine, pretending I'm not. I'm __________ and it's all that I've got."
These lyrics are from the song All That I've Got by The Used. This song was the second single from the second studio album The Used released and came out in 2004. According to Wikipedia, this song was dedicated to lead singer Bert McCracken's dog who passed away while the band was writing and recording this album. In 2006, a music video for this song was released and features the band performing the song while a young boy finds himself transported into the spooky world of a book that he found in a library. Who know how to finish these lyrics?
What AFI song starts with the lyrics "I'll lay me down tonight, much further down"?
In 2003, AFI released their sixth studio album, Sing the Sorrow. The song that these lyrics are from was released as the first single from this album. This song became one of the band's most successful singles and peaked at #7 on Billboard's Alternative Songs Chart (Wikipedia). A music video was released for this song and shows the band performing in an alleyway when a girl walks down the same alley and follows a life-size pink rabbit through a portal to another dimension where the band is also seen performing. Like the rabbit, most of this alternate dimension is pink.
What Brand New song says "Back in school they never taught us what we needed to know"?
This song is from the debut studio album from Brand New, released in 2001. This album had one single come from it but the song that these lyrics came from was not that one single. Throughout the years and over the five albums that Brand New has released, the band's sound has undergone some major changes. Because of this, some of the songs from this album are no longer played live as they no longer reflect the band's sound (Wikipedia). The song these lyrics were taken from is about a feud between singer Jesse Lacey and Taking Back Sunday guitarist John Nolan (Wikipedia).
Finish these Something Corporate lyrics: "It's always ______ in my big dreams."
In 2000, Something Corporate released their debut studio album, Ready... Break, which contains 10 songs and an additional hidden track at the end of the album (Wikipedia). The album, which was re-released later and sold exclusively to members of their fan club, only had 2500 copies of the album made that were not to be sold at retail and were only sold at their shows (Wikipedia). These lyrics are from the song Konstantine. The song was released on the album in a live version as the hidden track at the very end of the album. Who can fill in the blanks on these lyrics?
Finish these Taking Back Sunday lyrics: "________ until the long drive home, slept safe and close to the window."
These lyrics are from the first single from Taking Back Sunday's second studio album, Where You Want To Be. These lyrics are from the first single released from that album which came out in June of 2004, a month before the album was released (Wikipedia). When the album was released, it hit the #3 spot on the Billboard 200 Chart and stayed there for several weeks before being certified gold after selling 500,000 copies (Wikipedia). Around the time that this album was released, Taking Back Sunday toured with other bands like Jimmy Eat World and Fall Out Boy. Who can finish these lyrics?
What Paramore song says "Now we could follow you back home, but we won't"?
In 2005, Paramore released their debut album, All We Know is Falling. In 2006, this song was released as the third and final single from the album. According to Wikipedia, this song is about Jeremy Davis, the former bass player of the band, making the decision to leave the band. Even though this is about a pretty specific situation in singer Hayley Williams' life, the lyrics are still easy enough to relate to that many fans of emo music totally loved this song. A music video for this song was filmed and features the band performing live in different venues while on tour.
What All Time Low song starts with a coughing sound?
Although there are a lot of songs that start out with music as soon as the listener hits play, there are also a lot of songs that start with something else. Whether it's a member of the band speaking, a line from a movie or famous speech, or other sound, there are a lot of creative ways to begin songs that make them really stand out. One All Time Low song starts with lead singer Alex Gaskarth coughing. This song was released as the second single from their second studio album So Wrong, It's Right. A music video featuring the band performing at a club was released.