The funny thing is, by claiming to be counter culture and then joinging such a "movement", your becoming part of the culture.
Aside from that emo = teh suck IMO. That music is NOT for me.
Aside from that emo = teh suck IMO. That music is NOT for me.
How can they reject pop culture when what they have is becoming popular?
That will make it effectivelt "pop" culture (taking pop as popular), so their underground crap will become mainstream, and, like goths, they will argue against this.
Even though goths all do pretty much the same thing, they are individuals :roll:
That will make it effectivelt "pop" culture (taking pop as popular), so their underground crap will become mainstream, and, like goths, they will argue against this.
Even though goths all do pretty much the same thing, they are individuals :roll:
That is the thing... it IS in to be on the OUT. Back when emo was still "underground", you didn't see nearly as many emo kids. Now it has become more popular, and more people are doing it to draw attention to themselves and act cool. It has become trendy to dress in tight clothes, shop at thrift stores, dye your hair black, and act "emotional".
Emo kids take the depression and darkness of being a goth (without the fascination with blood, pain, or death) and mix it with the counter-culture additude of the "punk" genre, and then add their own unique style and outlook on life and the world.
Emo was very unique back when I was an undergrad in the late 90's. They were easily mistaken for goths or punk-rockers. I hung out at the coffee bars, etc, but I was just too prepy to fit in at times. Little did I know that I was simply an emerging metal-head.
R
I didn't read the whole thread, so this has probably been psoted already, but:
Emo is a type of music. It's basically whiny softer punk rock. Emo kids are the people who listen to it. They can be recognized by constant depression and listening to Saves the Day and The Ataris.
Emo is a type of music. It's basically whiny softer punk rock. Emo kids are the people who listen to it. They can be recognized by constant depression and listening to Saves the Day and The Ataris.
agreed. Emo was cool for a few months (2 years ago), then Dashboard Confessionals came and ruined it. Conor Oberst still kicks major ass, though
"Emo kid" is a put-down for a) people who got into emo after it stopped being trendy, or b) people who like it a bit too much. Typically, they're the ones who dress and act like their favorite singers while still proclaiming their individuality, the same way that girls used to dress and act like Avril Lavigne (or for the oldies, the way girls used to dress like Madonna in the 80's).
There's lots of cool emo music, just like there's lots of cool goth music, but the Goths and the Emo Kids are the ones who take it to a whole new level and turn cool and indy into lame and trendy.
Dude..are you fvckind dumb? They ARENT all doing it. At the high school I just graduated from, Id say maybe 5-10% was Emo.
emo kids dress like weezer and go to warped tour. that sums it up pretty well for the uninitiated.
Popular culture? From whose point of view? The majority of people that I know personally have never heard "emo". I apologize if me or the people I associate with do not tap into and subscribe to the adolescence suburban American subculture.
Maybe it?s because I was too busy paying attention to real tribulations to take note of the evolution and introduction of a term describing the dejected yet over-privileged teenaged boys and girls of America.
Maybe it?s because I was too busy paying attention to real tribulations to take note of the evolution and introduction of a term describing the dejected yet over-privileged teenaged boys and girls of America.
Homerboy
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DING DING DING.... we have a dead on winner. I am/was one of those "kids". Ah the good ole days
THIS is where "emo" started and should have remained. Its been brutalized and MTV-ized way too much. Embrace, Rites of Spring etc etc all classics.
I enjoy the "new emo" too, but its hardly the same
emo = thick black rim glasses... ;-)
loser music.. complains about life/girls etc.
some of it is ok but when every damn song is like that its annoying haha.
loser music.. complains about life/girls etc.
some of it is ok but when every damn song is like that its annoying haha.
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At least somebody knows wth I'm talking about.
It should be stated that at that point, none of those guys were really trying to "start" something - it just sort of happened.
I wouldn't even know what "new emo" is. One more thing to make me feel old.
Homerboy
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I forgot to mention Swiz too. Hell 90% of the sh!t coing from the DC/Maryland area at that time (think Fugazi if you want a more "pop group"
sward666 the new stuff is good... just certainly not along the same vein as those late 80's bands. Its been reduced to commecialized crap and tagged "emo". MTV killed it pulling sXe pop-punk bands, DashBoard confidential (first EPs and full length were fantastic until every 15-18yr old girl got their hands and hormones on it). SDRE, Promise Ring (friends of mine in fact) kinda encompassed this "new emo" stuff.
Ill take em both actually... music evolves Ill come with it. The funny thing is people in "the know" know that emo is already dead and done except for in pop culture. Whats in now you may ask? Well, give MTV 3yrs to catch up and you'll know too
I think that sums it up pretty nicely. My roommate last year used to listen to that god-awful sh!t all the time; annoyed the hell out of me. I suppose I just don't understand the appeal of what sounds like 16 year old boys whining about their "horrible experiences" with relationships and other people - the same experiences everyone goes through anyway...
Fingolfin269
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So, an emo kid listens to music performed by a person who buys clothes that are too tight from a thrift store and writes poetry that rivals goth kids?
I assume that to make emo music you have to be an emo. And if your poetry rivals that of a goth kid then wouldn't that mean that emo=goth since they'd be singing this gothlike poetry?
I'm so lost and am tired of new words. Please stop making them.
I assume that to make emo music you have to be an emo. And if your poetry rivals that of a goth kid then wouldn't that mean that emo=goth since they'd be singing this gothlike poetry?
I'm so lost and am tired of new words. Please stop making them.
Anubis
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Naw, according to gnote you must be in highschool to know the term.
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