Since when was "Emo" a bad thing huh?!?!?

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Someone mentioned At the Drive-In! Now that's a great emo band. Possibly the greatest of them all. Hawthorne Heights has nothing on the greatness of ATDI. Or even Jimmy Eat World.

Because modern emo boys wear girl jeans three sizes too small then complain about their dicks hurting. Then they claim to be suicidal because suicide is trendy for emos, yet for some reason none of them ever manage to successfully kill themselves...or even try, in many cases.

Scenesterettes and eM0girlz are Hawt and you KNOW it Veresae!

That depends on the haircut. Becuase the emo-fringe is one of the dumbest haircuts in the history of everything.

"our dudes look like chicks and our chicks look like dykes because emo is one step below transvestite"

the emo song

emo is a bad thing because

1 everyone says it is

2 because of what it represents at its core which is the mass marketing of individuality and exploitation of a once home grown scene

"Emo" has transformed from a genre of music...to yet another teenage trend.

A lot of people associate "emo" with suicide and self harm. Thats one of the reasons why people who claim to be "emo" get laughed at or bullied etc.

My frat friends make fun of me for wearing $150+ jeans like Sevens - but it's not as stupid as seeing some scrawny emo kid trying to stuff into Hollister's Laguna Skinnys.

I think we have a winning comment here.

I'm just sick of people labeling themselves and others. I don't pay that much attention to what people wear, so when I hear rants about "scene" kids or people who wear (insert brand/style of clothing here), I don't even know what people are talking about half the time. I judge people by their personalities, not what they wear or what music they listen to. (Though it's great if they like a lot of the same music that I do.)

"scene" is weird. I know that term to mean "a local rock scene". Until whatever this "scene" thing that's around now came along.

These scene kids are total asses, tho. Some scene kids came to a Kate Nash concert I went to just to throw things at her. They got kicked out.

Last edited by DocStrange on 11 Mar 2008, 9:59 am, edited 1 time in total.

Good, they should have. I hate Kate Nash too but that kind of behaviour isn't on.

Although it's not characteristic of scene kids.

theres not alot good about being emo/chav or anything but usually the people who say there emo groups are just stereotyping or say that because they think the music is depressing.

Personally, I don't dislike emo bands simply because they're emo. I dislike them because they suck.

I always laugh at people I've met who are like "my life is music", yet they only know how to strum power chords, and are completely ignorant of the works of great musicians.

I think that's a close-minded direction to take, as the Ramones are responsible for influencing a lot of these so-called great musicians and they could barely play four chords between them.

A whole lot of punk bands simply can't play at all - but their life is still music, and they still make great music.

In that case their life really isn't about music, it is about something else that they are expressing through the music. There is a major distinction there that people who I've heard make that same argument fail to see. For example, J.S. Bach's life was literally about music. He studied it prolifically in order to more fluently express ideas or emotions. He composed over 1,000 works.

Now, it is entirely possible that a person could call a power chord strummer "influential", and have it be entirely true. That doesn't mean they made great music. And if one thinks that they did, they are either very simple minded or just plain ignorant. Unfortunately, a lot of people share this sentiment. MTV exists for a reason.

Let it be clear though, when I say "great music", I am specifically referring to music that required someone to painstakingly put it together using every ounce of their creative abilities. Bob Dylan's music, for example, doesn't display this kind of virtuosity, but I still find it enjoyable because of the tasteful, powerful display of emotion that he is able to communicate in a very simple way. The music itself isn't impressive, but it is a sort of poetry with a guitar playing along. Emo music does not fall into this sort of category, at least any that I've heard.

"Emo" is simply a way for other people to feel superior to you because "your music sucks".
Granted, current "emo" is a lame excuse for music.
Fugazi and Sunny Day Real Estate...
They were emo.
Not "emo".