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posted on 2004-4-8 at 00:36
Emo
Well there's a Ska thread so I figured I'd point something out.
These days "Emo" is becoming more and more and more popular. But exactly what is Emo? It's stands for Emotion or Emotional yes but
can a type of music really be called Emo? Bands these days present their style of music as Emo and nothing else. Can this really be? I mean just cuz
your music has emotional lyrics does that make it emo? So many different bands with so many different sounds have lots of music containing emotional
lyrics so does that make them emo aswell? I sure don't think so. I just think emo is being thrown around to much these days.
And when I get called "emo" for some of the clothes I wear, what does that mean? Is emo some kinda new style? Where is this all going?
I'll admit I do listen to alot of rock, punk rock, alternative, pop-rock, whatever, and I guess you could say a lot of it does have emotional
lyrics. So I do listen to Emo then, and I guess a lot.
Then you got your sreamo too but I'm not gonna get started on that...
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posted on 2004-4-8 at 01:41
there was a topic like this before, let melook for it
How do you communicate those emotions that are so intense that no physical expression or series of words can even scratch the surface?
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posted on 2004-4-8 at 01:53
What does IMO mean when people say something like: IMO, they lost their first match years ago.
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posted on 2004-4-8 at 01:56
In My Opinion is what IMO is.
and sorry, I couldn't find tha topic
How do you communicate those emotions that are so intense that no physical expression or series of words can even scratch the surface?
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posted on 2004-4-8 at 05:59
emo involves soppy lyrics sung over loud guitars by girly boys.
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posted on 2004-4-8 at 06:03
imo = in my opinion
Emo = Overy EMOtional lyrics and music(basically). eg. Dashboard confessional. It tends to produce some of the most annoying fans this side of new
kids on the block.
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posted on 2004-4-8 at 17:16
quotation:Originally posted by Jeff K
Emo is NOT a genre. I reapeat. Emo is NOT a genre. It never has been and it never will be.
The proper term is ROCK MUSIC you over complicating genre fiends.
Not to doubt you Jeff, but how are you soo certain ?
but rock music sounds good to me
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posted on 2004-4-8 at 17:16
i listen to the cure sometimes. are they emo? i think they fit the definition given. careful with your words.
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posted on 2004-4-8 at 19:51
for god's sake don't get jeff started on his gay genre definitions.
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posted on 2004-4-8 at 20:19
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posted on 2004-4-8 at 20:37
I am certain I am correct because you cannot define a genre based upon the emotional content of its lyrics.
All music is emotional both in the playing and the lyrics. You think Hank Williams III wasn't emotional when he was singing about being drunk
because his girl left him and he had nothing in his life? Sounds pretty damn emotional to me.
The sheer fact that music can arouse so many emotions in people is a testament to the fact that there is no such thing as emo. Those who label
themselves emo are trying to describe a certain sounding type of rock and roll. Their labelling may serve as a way to describe their sound but that
is still worlds away from being able to say that your band is difinitively in a certain genre.
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posted on 2004-4-8 at 21:54
I have been told i have "emo" glasses..haha
mine are just think and black with a white rim...and i love them muchly
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posted on 2004-4-9 at 15:30
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posted on 2004-4-9 at 19:50
lol they are pretty new, but in the pic i have to get developed with rob and adam i am wearing them...lol
I broke them a while back at SoCo, and i have pics of the opening band wearing them (they had tape on them so it made them really emo) so i could scan
and post those..
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