trianglebiscuit
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this is just, effing embrassing.
Opinions on emo
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DoubleBlade
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Panzer : I'm just citing examples on how "accessable" it is to cut yourself up as compared to doing other things upon listening to rock/metal music. Of course majority of us metalheads would not engage in consuming drugs or casual sex but at the end of the day , you can't deny that of the minority.
Emo is just another version of goth, merged with grunge, metal and some jap influence. No doubt cheez, when your kids are older, it's going to be a slightly different version. Basically though emo is just annoying. I wouldn't mind it if they cut themselves a lot deeper though. Basically the whole load of emo posing just makes it difficult to identify people with real depression.
DoubleBlade
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Even Melancholics have more diginity than them! :evil:
Melancholics produce works of art and their works are still being studied in present time even though they died like 200+ years ago. Michael Angelo , Beethoven , Vincent van Gogh and the likes to name a few....
Would emokids get to enjoy the same success as their Melancholic counterparts?
You do the math....
Melancholics produce works of art and their works are still being studied in present time even though they died like 200+ years ago. Michael Angelo , Beethoven , Vincent van Gogh and the likes to name a few....
Would emokids get to enjoy the same success as their Melancholic counterparts?
You do the math....
i don't see how listening to whatever genre of music would make you into whatever that genre SHOULD make you into.
Emo = Cut wrist?
Metal = Take drugs?
Christian bands = Only play songs that praise God? (No offence to any christians)
Hardcore/Antichrist = MUST be antichrist?
I have friends who are christians who also listen to Marilyn Manson, for the music, not for the belief.
And the fact about EMO bands getting all the hot chicks is making more and more people yearn to be in a band. Mentality that they want to be "cool", not for any music.
Not stereotyping though, there are great emo bands out there too.
My 0.25 cents worth.
Emo = Cut wrist?
Metal = Take drugs?
Christian bands = Only play songs that praise God? (No offence to any christians)
Hardcore/Antichrist = MUST be antichrist?
I have friends who are christians who also listen to Marilyn Manson, for the music, not for the belief.
And the fact about EMO bands getting all the hot chicks is making more and more people yearn to be in a band. Mentality that they want to be "cool", not for any music.
Not stereotyping though, there are great emo bands out there too.
My 0.25 cents worth.
i personally dont like emo kids. The fashion and their hair looks pretty stupid and the main thing is that they want attention i reckon. when you say that emo guys get all the chicks ive seen guys trying to look sad and want attention to get girls to feel sorry for them. Slitting wrists is just attention seeking. Sometimes people arent really that sad and have no reason to look emo but they just want the attention. Im into metal and i hate emo music. They sound really whiny like that simple plan song called "untitled" and good charlotte sound very whiny and sometimes emo guys just sound gay.
:twisted: METAL FOREVER!! :twisted:
:twisted: METAL FOREVER!! :twisted:
SlIpKnOt_DuDe
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3dslTu_DyI
this guy expresses his feelings...against emo's!!!
this guy expresses his feelings...against emo's!!!
SlIpKnOt_DuDe
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pl0-cTYfz7Q
also...the internatioanal i hate emo anthem
also...the internatioanal i hate emo anthem
rx7
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Listening to music doesnt change you.. Emo music is music that comes with a trend you see. I doubt these emo kids really like the music. Its a trend thats popular and everyone seems to be into it. Emo gives you the attention from people. Btw do you know that bengs dont listen to techno anymore? Guess what they listen to??? 
SlIpKnOt_DuDe
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emo?
Crawldaddy
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Hmm.
Well I suppose the good news is that the term itself "emo kid" suggest that it is pretty much just a phase in someone's life, and hopefully they will grow out of it. Perhaps we could be abit more optimistic about it. After all, unless someone chooses to be a drag queen, a life of perpetual mascara in the eyes is going to take its toll after a while.
Also, you wanna talk about the emo guys getting the chicks? It is actually love or is it really just pity that the girls feel? Are those girls really making the right emotional choices at that age (15-19)? Something tells me in 5 years time they'd either be dead from suicide, pregnant with an illegitimate child or perfectly normal and kicking themselves for being so immature in their earlier years. Abit harsh, but that's just an observation.
Come on, guys! Stand up proud and play yer guitars loud! Rock and roll!
Well I suppose the good news is that the term itself "emo kid" suggest that it is pretty much just a phase in someone's life, and hopefully they will grow out of it. Perhaps we could be abit more optimistic about it. After all, unless someone chooses to be a drag queen, a life of perpetual mascara in the eyes is going to take its toll after a while.
Also, you wanna talk about the emo guys getting the chicks? It is actually love or is it really just pity that the girls feel? Are those girls really making the right emotional choices at that age (15-19)? Something tells me in 5 years time they'd either be dead from suicide, pregnant with an illegitimate child or perfectly normal and kicking themselves for being so immature in their earlier years. Abit harsh, but that's just an observation.
Come on, guys! Stand up proud and play yer guitars loud! Rock and roll!
DoubleBlade
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Oh and I agree with emo being a passing phrase in a teenager's life but whether the teenager passes through that phrase in life SAFELY or not is every parent's concern.
EMO music and lifestyle (clothes etc.) is an off-shoot of punk music/lifestyle. It's here to stay.
The concern then asit is now is whether kids will take it to the extreme. As it was then, and ass it is now, there will be smll minority that takes things to the extreme.
In my opinion, the beginning of punk music spelt the end of true/good music. Good music as in people having the ability to express themselves with their musical instruments.
EMO music my be nice to lsiten to at times but it's just as bad in terms of rap/hip-hop in that true musicians just lay by the wayside while these morons took the limelight. Perhapsl, record companies were just too lazy to sell real music and took to selling sex, cheap drugs and damnation. Kudos to the record companies.
Without them we wouldn't have EMO in the charts nd in our lives!
The concern then asit is now is whether kids will take it to the extreme. As it was then, and ass it is now, there will be smll minority that takes things to the extreme.
In my opinion, the beginning of punk music spelt the end of true/good music. Good music as in people having the ability to express themselves with their musical instruments.
EMO music my be nice to lsiten to at times but it's just as bad in terms of rap/hip-hop in that true musicians just lay by the wayside while these morons took the limelight. Perhapsl, record companies were just too lazy to sell real music and took to selling sex, cheap drugs and damnation. Kudos to the record companies.
Without them we wouldn't have EMO in the charts nd in our lives!
i read the article at work just now. and honestly, it really makes me think about the quality of the Straits Times journalists.
number one. "people into the emo fad listens to bands like My Chemical Romance, Aiden, Hawthorne Heights and Fall Out Boy etc." for goodness sakes! these are just bands! and if the journalists had been following up on things like they SHOULD have, they would quickly tell the difference between the couple of bands mentioned above. My Chemical Romance is anything but emo. they don't sing about anything that has got to do with breaking up with a girl, or even wanting to commit suicide, for that matter. their lyrics have a deeper meaning than the words itself. and from theier newest album "The Black Parade", one can so obviously tell that My Chem is anything but emo. and Fall Out Boy. GOD, please. emo? hell no! those journalists really need to do their homework.
number two. "people into the emo fad have hair covering their eyes, wear dark colored clothes and their choice of footwear is usually Converse canvas shoes." hello? since when did fashion come into contact with slitting wrists? plenty of people do not get a haircut even if their hair is covering their eyes. plenty of people like to wear black out. and more than plenty of people wear Converse canvas shoes. so does this mean that people who just happen to wear dark colored clothes and Converse shoes are emo? then i think the government ought to ban Coverses in Singapore.
number three. this has got to do with the quality of research, actually. has anyone noticed that they only published whatever people who slit their wrists has said? why didn't they publish what those who don't said. yeah, only one. Paul Twohill. how about normal people? those who hasn't gotten any stardom before? we might constantly don dark colored clothes, hair with long fringes and Converse shoes but do we cut ourselves? no. we just happen to like the fashion sense of one of music's sub genre, but we definitely do no cut ourselves because "my boyfriend broke up with me" or "because my dog died".
come on, you people. take a closer look and get to know such people before generalizing what "emo" is all about.
and oh, please do not take my nick as a point to retaliate me on. i'm in fact, a very happy girl. thank you very much.
number one. "people into the emo fad listens to bands like My Chemical Romance, Aiden, Hawthorne Heights and Fall Out Boy etc." for goodness sakes! these are just bands! and if the journalists had been following up on things like they SHOULD have, they would quickly tell the difference between the couple of bands mentioned above. My Chemical Romance is anything but emo. they don't sing about anything that has got to do with breaking up with a girl, or even wanting to commit suicide, for that matter. their lyrics have a deeper meaning than the words itself. and from theier newest album "The Black Parade", one can so obviously tell that My Chem is anything but emo. and Fall Out Boy. GOD, please. emo? hell no! those journalists really need to do their homework.
number two. "people into the emo fad have hair covering their eyes, wear dark colored clothes and their choice of footwear is usually Converse canvas shoes." hello? since when did fashion come into contact with slitting wrists? plenty of people do not get a haircut even if their hair is covering their eyes. plenty of people like to wear black out. and more than plenty of people wear Converse canvas shoes. so does this mean that people who just happen to wear dark colored clothes and Converse shoes are emo? then i think the government ought to ban Coverses in Singapore.
number three. this has got to do with the quality of research, actually. has anyone noticed that they only published whatever people who slit their wrists has said? why didn't they publish what those who don't said. yeah, only one. Paul Twohill. how about normal people? those who hasn't gotten any stardom before? we might constantly don dark colored clothes, hair with long fringes and Converse shoes but do we cut ourselves? no. we just happen to like the fashion sense of one of music's sub genre, but we definitely do no cut ourselves because "my boyfriend broke up with me" or "because my dog died".
come on, you people. take a closer look and get to know such people before generalizing what "emo" is all about.
and oh, please do not take my nick as a point to retaliate me on. i'm in fact, a very happy girl. thank you very much.
kerplunk182
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emo is bad for health...
i think the whole emo scene is screwed.seriously.
the emo i knew was never about cutting your wrist,making out with the same gender and having ugly fashion[i find it ugly,but the 'emo' kids find it cool anyway]
the emo music i liked,great bands such as fugazi,rites of spring,Indian sumer,saetia.far,sunny day real estate,drive like jehu.
just how many of those 'emo' kids know this founding emo bands huh?
stupid bands they probably know because they are constantly glued to mtv and myspace.
my chemical romance?saosin?bullet for my valentine?atreyu?the used?fall out boy?
don't get me started on the metalcore and screamo scene.they make both the genres sound so cheesy.
everything is so manufactured.
emo to me:expressive lyrics[not to the point of wanting to kill yourself] and being your self.
if you like cutting yourself up and looking like freaks. i rather you go set up your own cult.
fashioncore kids are no exception too.
the emo i knew was never about cutting your wrist,making out with the same gender and having ugly fashion[i find it ugly,but the 'emo' kids find it cool anyway]
the emo music i liked,great bands such as fugazi,rites of spring,Indian sumer,saetia.far,sunny day real estate,drive like jehu.
just how many of those 'emo' kids know this founding emo bands huh?
stupid bands they probably know because they are constantly glued to mtv and myspace.
my chemical romance?saosin?bullet for my valentine?atreyu?the used?fall out boy?
don't get me started on the metalcore and screamo scene.they make both the genres sound so cheesy.
everything is so manufactured.
emo to me:expressive lyrics[not to the point of wanting to kill yourself] and being your self.
if you like cutting yourself up and looking like freaks. i rather you go set up your own cult.
fashioncore kids are no exception too.
super_punk
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From a music historical point of view, this is just a normal occurrence that a image-centred fad like emo evolves.just like in the 1970s where it was punk vs disco. 1980s thrash vs glam. 1990s grunge vs bubblegum pop. 2000s(?) emo vs everyone else haha. just chill out cos every fad fades away.its just who's gonna be remembered by later generations as the defining genre of the decade. We're probably gonna remember Anarchy in The Uk better than some garbage song by the Bee Gees when we think of the 70s. just like how smells like teen spirit will always be song of the 90s instead of some boys 2 men song.
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