Hmm. I actually don't know. She mentioned it in passing on her LJ, and knowing her, I think it was probably just a colourful description of how well-known the song'd have to be.
I've seen honest faces before. They usually come attached to liars.
Willow ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Buffista Music III: The Search for Bach
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Vonnie K - Aug 03, 2008 7:40:09 pm PDT #9046 of 10003
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Ailleann - Aug 04, 2008 4:10:28 am PDT #9047 of 10003
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
"Emo" is such a loaded word, as others have mentioned. If she actually wants a song that's about personal sorrow (rather than something from a band labeled "emo" that isn't actually emo), I'm reminded of Dashboard Confessional's "Vindicated." Though I can't imagine a toy that someone would put that song in.
If the search is for the genre name, rather than the content, I'd suggest "Sugar We're Going Down" or "Dance, Dance", both by Fall Out Boy, and both of which were big enough singles that they would merit the level of fame to end up in a toy. But neither really have that "emo" feel, they're much more pop-punk.
The intended usage for this information would make it so much easier to guess! I have probably not been helpful.
smonster - Aug 04, 2008 5:57:03 am PDT #9048 of 10003
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
What about I'm Not Okay? by MCR? The video definitely has the outcast thing going on, and it's pretty well known. It's more defiant than morose, though.
Sleep has more of the faux-suicide vibe.
For Fall Out Boy, I'd say Hum Hallelujah, especially given that it was partially inspired by an attempted OD by Pete Wentz.
Tom Scola - Aug 04, 2008 8:26:42 am PDT #9049 of 10003
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
To usher in the end of WFMU's 50th Anniversary year (and two years of free NYC shows we've been involved with), we're happy to announce the latest upcoming WFMU Free Concert Series event, and one we're producing fully: Wire will be playing at the Fillmore at Irving Plaza in Manhattan on October 9th
lisah - Aug 04, 2008 8:48:51 am PDT #9050 of 10003
Punishingly Intricate
NYistas! There is a benefit for an old friend of mine at the Bowery Ballroom on 8/26. It's a tuesday (also my birthday) and I don't think I can make it up for it but it looks like a fun time (Victoria Williams, Richard Buckner...okay maybe not fun but good music!):
DavidS - Aug 05, 2008 5:15:28 pm PDT #9051 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Alice Cooper's first two albums, long out of print and I'm not even sure if they've ever been out on DVD, are back in print!
Pretties for You is late psychedelia, but Easy Action is the cool lost album worth pursuing. Great hard rock from 1970 with a pronounced Who influence.
tommyrot - Aug 06, 2008 4:25:58 am PDT #9052 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Free track from the new Byrne/Eno album: [link]
Their first collaboration since the awesome My Life in the Bush of Ghosts.
Jon B. - Aug 06, 2008 5:22:39 am PDT #9053 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
I enjoyed MLitBoG but I found that new track pretty dull.
flea - Aug 07, 2008 3:29:56 am PDT #9054 of 10003
information libertarian
I met REM's manager as we were walking our kindergarteners to school just now. I live in a weird little tiny town.
Trudy Booth - Aug 07, 2008 4:51:02 am PDT #9055 of 10003
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
t madly searches for Stand In The Place Where You Live joke with which to earworm the thread