Emo, The true definition

[No.78]

I dislike the emo style just as much as I dislike any style, because I think it's silly to conform to any style. It's like the indie thing, how ironic is that?

[Sweet Beloved]

I don't go much for steriotypes.
But I love the emo style, lyrics, and sound.
It does have personal meanings to them, and I love it.
For someone like myself, the songs really mean something to me, and I relate to it.
Everything changes. Emo isn't what it was, but none the less, I like it as it is now and I liked what it was before.
But that's just me.

Oh and to top it off, My Chemical Romance is neither Emo, nor Gothic. They're like in-between. And as for Underoath, Christian Screamo.
Thanx.

[Dark_Valentine]

here's the definition of "emo" :
Genre of softcore punk music that integrates unenthusiastic melodramatic 17 yr. olds who don't smile, high pitched overwrought lyrics and inaudible guitar rifts with tight wool sweaters, tighter jeans, itchy scarfs (even in the summer), ripped chucks with favourite bands signature, black square rimmed glasses, and ebony greasy unwashed hair that is required to cover at least 3/5ths of the face at an angle.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=emo

that basically says everything u said wasn't "emo"...and I do agree w/ u up to a point...but wen u said that it was more about the music than the lyrics, thats wen u lost me. ok...the lyrics can be sad, yes, I do agree w/ u there, but they sing about stuff that may have happened to them...things that other ordinary ppl can relate to...the music is part of it, yes...but not the whole, main part of it. That's my opinion on that subject and get ur bands straight too...Underoath is christian!!!! *sighs*

[Spammerman]

I hope you dudes know thats Crash.

[Hambone]

Im sick of people bashing this term as if its a crime to be one. No one knows wtf emo is anymore. Everyone assumes its dudes wit one long bang, crazy hair, and on myspace 24/7. And a lot seem to think you have to cut to be emo. No. Emo has nothing to do with being sad. Thats just a mood that comes wit it.

Emo stands for emotional, which is what most early fans will say. I guess this is true. But its not screaming at the top of your lungs about your pet dog dying. Its how you play it is what makes a song or band have its genre. You can play metal and have emotional lyrics and still call it metal. If this is so, then how come if an emo band wrote about having sex or something theyre suddenly not emo anymore. Lyrics are half of it but the vocals and the instrumentation counts too.

Emo is not, like I said before, whining at the top of your lungs like a little girl then crying in a wet pillow. Emo started out as a sort of hardcore punk with just more personal lyrics. Thats not too bad now is it? Well in the mid 90's, it became more of an indie thing while still having its punk origins. But if you listen to old emo classics now you wouldnt hear none of that in there. What you would hear is not what you call "punk" nowadays or even indie. Its just plain emo.


Now some bands..

Fall out Boy, My chemical Romance, Panic! At the disco, Hawthorne Heights, Coheed And Cambria, From First To Last, The Used, & Underoath.


NOT EMO


Know whats real emo?


Christie Front Drive, The Get Up Kids, The Juliana Theory, Jimmy Eat World, Mineral, The Promise Ring, Saves The Day, Sunny Day Real Estate, & Texas Is The Reason.


Btw, Rites Of Spring started emo, which like I said before, was just a punk band that had more personal lyrics then the rest of the bands at the time. Compare them wit the rest of the bands I listed and theyre nothing like em. The other bands are more of the indie-fused emo, which is just pure, 120% emo.

And stop getting mixed up wit those stupid scene kids on myspace. They got no lives and are a bunch of fags. Honestly. Go get a music genre to bond wit assholes before you steal emo out of its territory.

And back to the "cutting" thing. Remember, you dont got to cut to be emo. If you cut and listen to metal..Guess what? YOURE STILL A METAL HEAD. So quit being stupid. If you listen to emo music and dont cut, youre still emo. Obviously, right?

Satisfied?

[Sunny Day Suicide]

...I dont get it..

[Gopher Gamble]

Emo....the new N word. I'm sorry but I can't help but feel this whole topic is silly.

[Eiko Guy]

It is. Whats emoto you might not be emo to someone else. If I want to label something emo you can accept it or not but either way I won't have to care

[PyroManiak]

I hate when people want to be emo...sometimes they may even get desperate

[Fatal Impurity]

Seriously Emo is just what the majority of people who call themselves Emo is...depressed, makeup wearing, punk/screaming rock fans with a penchant for self harm.