Quote:
I had no idea people even threw around the word 'emo' anymore.
lol, you will find it funny that the word 'emo' is used alot all the time at my school and surounding area's, its now just to me a 'repetitive' word. bah.
Need I explain this again? Since the insult "gay" is overused and laughed at anymore the kids needed a new one. Hence "Emo".
~Rico (Emo Gerbil)
I had no idea people even threw around the word 'emo' anymore. Fall Out Boy, My Chemical Romance? That's not emo, that's mainstream.
Emo and mainstream are not mutually exclusive.
Bashing things that are popular or mainstream makes me feel elite and better than other people!
(That's why I complain about the popular or mainstream activity of bashing things that are popular or mainstream.
Note my meta-meta-bash, since complaining about complaining is gaining momentum, and in fact this post is mocking it. Pointing this out is a meta-meta-meta-bash, ad infinitum. I'm so avant-garde.)
Quote:
Emo and mainstream are not mutually exclusive
EzCode Parsing Error: size=1]You can have one without the
It's funny how a lot of people don't even know the true meaning of Emo.
Emo doesn't mean Emotional, kids.
Who said it did?
Emo stands for Emocore, which was an offshoot of hardcore that focused on being a patetic self-pitying sadsack instead of a pathetic half-baked anarchist.
All the cool kids know that, right?
It doesnt stand for Emocore. It stands for Emotive Hardcore. A subgenre of Hardcore Punk Rock that emerged in the 80s with bands like City of Catapiller, and Rites of Spring.
It doesnt stand for Emocore. It stands for Emotive Hardcore.
None of you are cool.
First off, knowledge was brought into light about the word emo. That's pretty cool for me to learn that. But where do you think they got the 'emo' in 'emotive hardcore' or 'emocore'? From the word emotional. Deesn't mean that it was depressing emotions, it just means emotions, period. And I use emo all the time. Either when I'm hatin' on the emo fad or saying it as an abbrev. for emotional. Don't hate the emo kids, I hate the fad itself.
Another thing. Stumbelina said something about good ole Punk being something about a fashion statement or some such nonsense. I hafta say, whether it was or wasn't, at least it had good music to go with it. Not saying it completely justifies my point of view, but at least they still had some sense of musicianship. Music now just doesn't have the spirit that the older music does.
Which brings me to my next point. I really don't listen to the radio, but I don't bash mainstream, because some of it's good. For example, The Red Hot Chili Peppers are back (their song is overplayed and I now just wanna drill it outta my brain, but hey, that's the radio). Wolfmother I like. But It's not mainstream that I bash. It's bands, that I don't like, that just happen to be mainstream. You hear them more, so you kinda find them easier than underground bands. And know what else? Some mainstream bands I start to like, and then I end up hating because the radio makes them suck.
Quoth Wikipedia:
n its original incarnation, the term emo was used to describe the music of the mid-1980s Washington, DC scene and its associated bands. In later years, the term emocore, short for "emotional hardcore", was also used to describe the DC scene and some of the regional scenes that spawned from it. The term emo was derived from the fact that, on occasion, members of a band would become spontaneously and strongly emotional during performances. The most recognizable names of the period included Rites of Spring, Embrace, One Last Wish, Beefeater, Gray Matter, Fire Party, and, slightly later, Moss Icon. The first wave of emo began to fade after the breakups of most of the involved bands in the early 1990s.
All arguments vis--vis emo aside, I think we can all agree upon one thing: there is nothing more awesome than David Hasselhoff singing a cover of "Jump in my Car" whilst driving Knight Rider.
I dunno, David's cover of 'Hooked On A Feeling' is far more awesome than that. Terrible Video Toaster effects for the win.
-
link fixed. btw, i don't think anything tops the knight rider. ~ HSW
Wonderbat: Quoting WIkipedia on info on music genres is completely unreliable in accurate knowledge. Thoguh some can be accurate. I suppose. Can we get back to the topic and not arguing about genres?
