"emo"

[myfailingheart]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emo_%28music%29[url]

i've noticed a lot of people throwing around the word "emo".
i thought some of you might need a little history lesson.
hope to have the lies burned off my soul 7-10-07,
myfailingheart

p.s.
i'm new to this whole message board thing but, what is it they say....flame away?

[redbull]

i dont understand how a genre goes from Fugazi to Fall Out Boy and PAnic at the disco

[candycane]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raisins...ark_episode%29

I read these at work sometimes.

[TylerDurden67]

thank you MyFailingHeart!!
i was hoping someone else was thinking the same thing i was.
this has been driving me nuts. alot of the people around here wouldn't know Rites of Spring from emo from an asshole on their elbow, yet continue to use the term in wildly inaccurate context. no musical perspective at all.
thanks again!

[fluxequalsrad]

emo threads = no

[Deric]

Originally Posted by fluxequalsrad

emo threads = no

hahahahahahaha, great shot man.

[Assmunch]

[myosis]

we all know that. but jargon evolves.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emo_%28slang%29

delete thread.

[silverfrick]

Hey, fuck you kid.......and I really mean that.

[dudehitscar]

Originally Posted by redbull

i dont understand how a genre goes from Fugazi to Fall Out Boy and PAnic at the disco

same way metal goes from Metallica to 'Quiet Riot'.

[dudehitscar]

Every rock genre there is has good and bad shit. Emo gets a really bad rep these days but there are lots of really awesome bands that have been labeled as emo at some point. Most kids who whine about emo are really just mad about seeing kids with eyeliner get more women then them.

[candycane]

Summary: Two emo kids are pissed off because they feel Netphorians are Mischaracterizing an Indefinable genre of music.

use your heads children.

[Jinkas]

http://tinypic.com/fvl6wy.jpg

[Boycott Graceland]

this thread needs to be deleted or locked.

[SP4Me]

Originally Posted by dudehitscar

Every rock genre there is has good and bad shit. Emo gets a really bad rep these days but there are lots of really awesome bands that have been labeled as emo at some point. Most kids who whine about emo are really just mad about seeing kids with eyeliner get more women then them.

Ya gotta admit, Gerard is pretty damn hot in makeup...

[silvermachina]

Isn't all music by definition emotionally driven? Emo seems to be more of an image statement than a musical style.

[candycane]

Originally Posted by Boycott Graceland

this thread needs to be deleted or locked.

Oh who really cares.... I mean we're all Dying anyway man.

[Deric]

The emos mens looks like fucking dirties whores on the pavement. It's horrible.

[thurston]

Originally Posted by silvermachina

Isn't all music by definition emotionally driven? Emo seems to be more of an image statement than a musical style.

agreed 100%

[Deric]

Me too. Anyway, les emos c'est toute des fifs.

[thurston]

by the way, can i ask exactly why your heart is failing?

[Deric]

Originally Posted by thurston

by the way, can i ask exactly why your heart is failing?

i'm interested too.

[dudehitscar]

Originally Posted by silvermachina

Isn't all music by definition emotionally driven? Emo seems to be more of an image statement than a musical style.

just like Grunge was all about flannel shirts?????????


You got it all wrong. Take a look at the 'image statements' of say At the drive in vs Cursive vs Rites of Spring vs Fugazi vs MCR. There is no link. Even the uber sad emo Dashboard Confessional has very little in common with the 'emo style' bands that so many people hate.

Bottomline: If you go around declaring that emo sucks just because you don't like MCR, Fallout boy, and the kids with eyeliner and black clothing then you are not only ignorant but you are an asshole.

[kanph]

myfailingheart is such an emo kid screen name. get over the break up man

[161733]

Just share the damn word. It defines way too many things, and none of the people who use it a certain way want it to be associated with the others. The word is pretty much undefinable at the moment as it encompasses too many things, and ranges from genres to lifestyles. Hell, there are people who call those who listen to indie music "emo." The word is pretty much a useless generalization at the moment. It will only be definable when we look back at this era, define it and subdivide it.

[myfailingheart]

my failing heart is actually the name of my band. i just registered here to make a point about "emo". i had been looking around for info on the new pumpkins album and came across netphoria and was shocked at the amount of ignorant comments about "emo". i guess the whole debate is pointless since i'm sure we can all agree that labels are dumb anyways. sorry if i offended anyone.
feel free to delete this thread.

[myosis]

might as well register on every damn music board to correct their use of emo

[myfailingheart]

Originally Posted by myosis

might as well register on every damn music board to correct their use of emo

yeah you've got a point....haha! thats why i said to go ahead and delete this thread....i would myself but i don't know how....or if i even can.....i suck at "teh internets"

[starlaluna]

I remember seeing this a few years ago.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=1da7InQ69w4

[TylerDurden67]

Originally Posted by silvermachina

Isn't all music by definition emotionally driven? Emo seems to be more of an image statement than a musical style.

unfortunately now it is. i can only wish for the days when "emo" referred to all the post-hardcore bands from the Midwest and DC in the mid 90's. like Braid for gods sake? they were amazing. the first Sunny Day Real Estate record. emo was heart on your sleeve lyrics and raging guitars in most cases. first it was co-oped by the singer/songwriter crowd, like Chris Carraba (Dashboard), he goes mainstream, the mainstream music press starts writing about this new "emo" music years after its run its course, then all of a sudden slouches like My Chemical Romance show up and they are "emo" too?? why, because they are sad and wear eyeliner? bullshit.