What is Emo?

[AlexN]

don't you mean e-mooooo

Brazilian Girl, love the avatar.

 

[Plastic'sWife]

Okay okay. The whole 'what emo looks like' b.s was bound to get on my nerves. haha

I adore the emo genre music. and No i do not put my hair in my face and wear sh*t loads of eyeliner or whine around asking everyone to feel sorry for me.


blah blah blah. even those kind of kids get on MY nerves. The emo look and the emo music shouldn't always go hand in hand. those kids are..obnoxious.

Sorry, Almost, I didnt mean any harm I assure you...

The thing is my fiance has cousins (female and male) that are Emo... and I never understood it. They sit there with thier vintage clothing and just stare, and act as if the wieght of the world is on thier shoulders. Tho they are very wealthy, they dont want to buy (for example) the Seven jeans, or the other trendy stuff (after all they are still seniors in highschool). The guys wear what looks like women's jeans (?), super skinny...

I hope you dont take this thread too personal- for I am certain that most of the stuff posted is just a generalization...

 

[Lena]

obnoxiously nasal singing voice whining about pointless crap over cliched "punk" music. It is the most annoying sound ever.

hate nasal noise

 

[AlmostFamous]

Sorry, Almost, I didnt mean any harm I assure you...

The thing is my fiance has cousins (female and male) that are Emo... and I never understood it. They sit there with thier vintage clothing and just stare, and act as if the wieght of the world is on thier shoulders. Tho they are very wealthy, they dont want to buy (for example) the Seven jeans, or the other trendy stuff (after all they are still seniors in highschool). The guys wear what looks like women's jeans (?), super skinny...

I hope you dont take this thread too personal- for I am certain that most of the stuff posted is just a generalization...

No harm. Its easy to generalize. But I had to defend myself.

 

[utopia]

I have 'emo' friends and while yes people like to say "emos are just rich bored kids" etc etc etc, that's kind of a generalisation, because the ones I know aren't... I have to admit that the style of dressing seems to be a bit of a 'uniform' based on certain fashion characteristics, but it doesn't bother me either way. there are worse ways to for kids to dress.

 

[MulletProof]

Please take a look of "The Emo Cow"

 

[style_savy]

emo- a type of music that is pretty much centered around teen angst associated with middle class suburban living - ie. my life sucks because i live on a golf course, my parents don't understand me, my hot girlfriend smoothers me, i'm locked into going to such n' such private/ivy league university and i drive a VW jetta to school everyday. woe is me. i need to rebel against my seemingly perfect life because if I do not, I can never break the shackles of wanna-be perfectionistic suburbanites.

bands associated with- Embrace, Fugazi, Sunny Day Real Estate. Mainstream Emo - Dashboard Confessional, Coheed and Cambria, Saves the Day, Jimmy Eat World (none of which are true emo, but merely emo-esque....)

the look- long bangs in the front of your eyes, referdable dyed black or black with streaks of red. thick horn rimmed glasses. a perpetually pouty look on their face. thift store finds in terms of clothing, as drab as you can get without wearing rags. preferadably a stolen/ bummed cigarette hanging from one lip. and forget to shave.

Very well written ocean harlot you must be a writer

 

[Kimkhuu]

Lolllll, I love all the comments so far. Emo music seriously is pretty %#$$#$, and the dressing itself is pretty creepy too.

And why do they all have to pretend they're punk? Because they're ashamed of being emo?

I was listening to a radio interview this weekend from Simple Plan (don't even ask why, I REALLY had nothing to do) and he called themselves PUNK not pop punk, but PUNK!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *cough*

Emo kids are funny, with they're black bangs on one side..... Especially guys, they look funny....

 

[AlmostFamous]

I.must.stop.reading.this.thread.

for heaven's sake. simple plan is not emo! hahah I must stop reading this.


I'm going to go insane. <3 <3 Carry on.

 

[AlexN]

Simple Plan is faux emo. It's like calling Marilyn Manson goth.

There's emo, then there's pop emo. Just like there's punk and pop punk. Goth and pop goth. None of the pop versions are the least bit authentic. They are hilarious, though.

 

[Kimkhuu]

maybe not all members of SP are, but there's this guy from the band, David IS an emo poster boy.....

 

[Kimkhuu]

I think emo are certain version of metrosexuals. Emo guys spend a lot of time planning their look, they take a lot of care of their appearance. Believe me.

 

[AlexN]

^I was just thinking about a couple of "emo" people I know who are like that!

 

[Kimkhuu]

There's emo, then there's pop emo. Just like there's punk and pop punk. Goth and pop goth. None of the pop versions are the least bit authentic. They are hilarious, though.

Do you have pics of your REAL emo... I am probably getting confused with different styles of emo.... So there's real and fake emo? I though emos were fake and pop from the start....

 

[AlexN]

^I'm just talking about music.

 

[Kimkhuu]

What's "real" emo is supposed to sound like? I don't see how emos can even be copied. If you copy an emo, then you're emo cause emos are fake punks from the very start, no? I don't get it Alex....

 

[glam_thin_love]

oh gosh.

"EMO" - a lot of "emo kids" want to kill themselves & talk about suicide. they all have the "same" hair. either black or dark brown long hair covering their eyes or most of their face. most emo guys like guys and some emo girls like girls. yeah.

Go to xanga.com, they have emo boys and girls on their.

<3333

 

[AlmostFamous]

commit suicide!

hahahahahahahahaha.

oh dear.

 

[AlexN]

What's "real" emo is supposed to sound like? I don't see how emos can even be copied. If you copy an emo, then you're emo cause emos are fake punks from the very start, no? I don't get it Alex....

If you listen to a band like Sunny Day Real Estate or Fugazi, they are clearly talented and passionate about what they do. Sunny Day Real Estate writes some beautiful songs (check out "The Rising Tide" album), and the lyrics and vocals are not the slightest bit whiney or phony.

Compare "emo" bands like that to the stuff on the radio that people consider emo (correctly or otherwise). The stuff on the radio is completely manufactured, uninspired trash. There is no real emotion in the music whatsoever, which is funny since emo is supposed to be emotional. They just put out a fake image that complete morons latch onto and think is honest. Most of the songs about all of this teenage angst are written by a bunch of 40 or 50-year-old guys. No lie.

 

[travolta]

^ i saw sunny day real estate -- not bad, that is for an emo band. ...
i thought emo was out, late 90's/ early 00 phenonemon? btw love the 'emo' cow ..

edit: replaced by the rockers: the strokes etc, and downtempo... postal service. sorry, i don't really know too much about music, but i would say it's definately hipster breed