Can somebody please explain EMO to Me

[Annie]

I am trying to understand what EMO means. please explain. thankyou.

[SLCPUNK]

It's kind of like a guy who asks for an officer to give him a police escort just so he can propose to his girlfriend.

Sappy shit like that.

[mrlee]

its shit. if you want it bluntly.

Emo is supposed to mean "emotional rock". But thats stupid because all music has a form of emotion in it. Emo really defines a certain genre and movement.

Much like its easy to tell a glam influenced band by the clothes they wear.

Its piss easy to tell if a band is emo by their image, and most of them have a distinct vocal style, they all sound the same. Whiney pussyified voice.

Emo first really rose to popularity when this band and single came out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Zwaj8BZrKE


A few years later the scene, much like the crappy indie scene may i add, is cluttered with alot of bands emulating the genre but in a more pop orientated way. Pretty boys making dumb ass music.

Like these: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcNiKCmWdYE&feature=related

I hate the whole genre with a passion. I have yet to have heard one emo band remotely good in anyway. I absolutely loathe it.

[w.axl.rose]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEJDGLF-e18

[BlowUpYourVideo]

He was the cute furry red one from Sesame Street...... oh wait....


Nah, emo is some kind of..... culture? I guess that's what you'd call it. It usually involves those god-awful fringes that cover up the eyes, or at least one of them. The word 'emo', much like the n-word, has sort of gone from being a derogatory word to some sort of identity used by the individual(s) in question. If you read the Daily Mail, all emos are depressed suicidal weirdos. This of course is completely wrong. Only some of them are.




(The rest just stand around in tight black jeans looking 'moody'. Kind of sub-goths.)

[mrlee]

i wouldnt mind the shite image, if the music was actually good n the vocals wernt so epic fail.

[crow316]

MCR isnt emo.  Dashboard Confessional is.

[JMack]

Men trying to find their fem side and vice versa.  Depressed but not?  Who the hell knows?  Many Goth kids are into emo around here.

[JMack]

Or I guess Not!

[AxlsMainMan]

MCR isnt emo. 

Umm, they're the epitome of emo.

[JMack]

No.  Just walk away  and don't look back.

[Layne Staley's Sunglasses]

People who like Twilight.

[Bodhi]

MCR isnt emo. 

Umm, they're the epitome of emo.

not at all...they are what people who dont know anything about emo characterize as the "epitome" of emo...much like people called Soundgarden, Alice in Chains and Stone Temple Pilots "grunge" bands... a broad generalization...Dashboard Confessional and Mayday Parade are emo, MCR, A.F.I and bands like that arent...

[Annie]

People who like Twilight.

So does that make me EMO because I ADORE TWILIGHT!. But I am over 30.

[mrlee]

MCR isnt emo. 

Umm, they're the epitome of emo.

not at all...they are what people who dont know anything about emo characterize as the "epitome" of emo...much like people called Soundgarden, Alice in Chains and Stone Temple Pilots "grunge" bands... a broad generalization...Dashboard Confessional and Mayday Parade are emo, MCR, A.F.I and bands like that arent...

ugh yes they are. Just listen to the music, the lyrics, the voice. Then look at the various images they have had. Just because Gerard Way suddenly says they are not emo to try get more fans doesnt mean the band are not emo.

[Bodhi]

MCR isnt emo. 

Umm, they're the epitome of emo.

not at all...they are what people who dont know anything about emo characterize as the "epitome" of emo...much like people called Soundgarden, Alice in Chains and Stone Temple Pilots "grunge" bands... a broad generalization...Dashboard Confessional and Mayday Parade are emo, MCR, A.F.I and bands like that arent...

ugh yes they are. Just listen to the music, the lyrics, the voice. Then look at the various images they have had. Just because Gerard Way suddenly says they are not emo to try get more fans doesnt mean the band are not emo.

MCR and Dashboard Confessional sound NOTHING alike...DC is emo

[mrlee]

I know they dont sound the same. But the emo sound typically derives from MCR. Whos more well known. MCR or Dashboard? Who is more successful, MCR or Dashboard?
MCR, so all the little copy cat money machine emo bands are gonna take influence from MCR.

[w.axl.rose]

People who like Twilight.

.....

[Layne Staley's Sunglasses]

People who like Twilight.

So does that make me EMO because I ADORE TWILIGHT!. But I am over 30.

I believe you started this thread because someone you know may have called you emo because you are a big fan of Twilight.

Am I mistaken?

I think you're confused.

I don't think you are emo, but you might fall under some of the sub-categories, what with your love of Hello Kitty and having a dragon on your lawn.

You might be a closeted vamp.

[Alan]

I know they dont sound the same. But the emo sound typically derives from MCR. Whos more well known. MCR or Dashboard? Who is more successful, MCR or Dashboard?
MCR, so all the little copy cat money machine emo bands are gonna take influence from MCR.

emo was around before MCR, it got sodomised and turned into a dirty word by the likes of MCR.

and now it's becoming unpopular the likes of MCR are denying ever being emo.