So yeah emo.. a swear word in some circles, but what does it really mean? I see emo kids all over the place and want to beat the shit out of them, but what exactly is this emo shit other than cutting and crying and writing in a blog?
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Anonymous2005-07-25 8:43
sadness and pain...everyone wants to see me fail. The world is spinning on its axis of darkness. Everyone is evil. No truth exists. We should all just die and end the suffering before the bleeding eye of heaven rains darksness and hellfire upon us
People who listen to EMO = Fags who need a reality check.
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Anonymous2005-11-14 0:25
Emo is the new goth haha.
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Anonymous2005-11-14 0:43
emo kid says he has problems and doesnt want to talk. no one would understand he says
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Anonymous2005-11-14 6:00
attention whores undercover.
Says they do not want, but acts differently.
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Anonymous2005-11-14 22:16
Emo => depends on your definition. You can see it as some kid who's depressed and cuts or you can see it as someone who simply enjoys feeling the spectrum of emotions, both good and bad. I don't consider myself emo, more of a romantic, but emo kids have a bad rap without real justification. Try to get to know one maybe?
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Anonymous2005-11-15 6:47
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One of my friends decided to jump on the emo bandwagon. Try as I might, I haven't been able to carry on a conversation with him without wanting to smash his face into a wall for several months as a result.
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Anonymous2005-11-15 8:47
It's kind of funny. Recently I realized the word "pathetic" basically just means "full of emotion" - it's the opposite of "apathetic" (pathos = emotion). It's strange that every word that means emotional tends to just kind of move towards meaning "total loser" eventually.
so basically "emo" is a musical genre that draws from punk/rock, emphasizing on the vocalist, to give out the message : "life sucks"
As time goes, the "emo" genre has become a subculture and lyfestyle. In accordance with the music, the "emo" people are trying to look sad and depressed.
sumdayz i feel nothing, not evn payne.
so i tern up sum atreyu, or My kemical romanze, and listen 2 whtevr ther sayn.
then the eternal flaymez arize n i feel paiyne no moar.
thats emo, sage
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Anonymous2005-12-21 1:22 (sage)
ah fuck i have an atreyu song..
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Anonymous2005-12-22 6:52
I once fucked an emo girl. The bitch was really sad because I didn't cry when I came. I charged her double for that.
Emo is a terrible phenomenon. I see emo kids all the time as well, and like you, I also want to smack them around. The terrible thing about emo is that a lot of times, the emo kids don't even realize that they are emo. I say this because when I look at these dumb ass teens, I hate them so much, but when I think about it, I know that >I< was emo when I was their age..... but I didn't realize how fucking stupid I was at the time. And if someone told me that I was emo, I wouldn't have understood. Sad, but it seems like nothing can cure emo except just letting those dumb ass kids grow up.
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Anonymous2006-05-09 2:09
Originally an arty outgrowth of hardcore punk, emo became an important force in underground rock by the late '90s, appealing to modern-day punks and indie-rockers alike. Some emo leans toward the progressive side, full of complex guitar work, unorthodox song structures, arty noise, and extreme dynamic shifts; some emo is much closer to punk-pop, though it's a bit more intricate. Emo lyrics are deeply personal, usually either free-associative poetry or intimate confessionals. Though it's far less macho, emo is a direct descendant of hardcore's preoccupations with authenticity and anti-commercialism; it grew out of the conviction that commercially oriented music was too artificial and calculated to express any genuine emotion. Because the emo ideal is authentic, deeply felt emotion that defies rational analysis, the style can be prone to excess in its quest for ever-bigger peaks and releases. But at its best, emo has a sweeping power that manages to be visceral, challenging, and intimate all at once. The groundwork for emo was laid by Hüsker Dü's 1984 landmark Zen Arcade, which made it possible for hardcore bands to tackle more personal subject matter and write more tuneful and technically demanding songs. Emo emerged in Washington, D.C. not long after, amidst the remnants of the hardcore scene that had produced Minor Threat and Bad Brains. The term "emo" (sometimes lengthened to "emocore") was initially used to describe hardcore bands who favored expressive vocals over the typical barking rants; the first true emo band was Rites of Spring, followed by ex-Minor Threat singer Ian MacKaye's short-lived Embrace. MacKaye's Dischord label became the center for D.C.'s growing emo scene, releasing work by Rites of Spring, Dag Nasty, Nation of Ulysses, and MacKaye's collaboration with members of Rites of Spring, Fugazi. Fugazi became the definitive early emo band, crossing over to alternative rock listeners and getting press for their uncompromisingly anti-commercial attitudes. Aside from the Dischord stable, most early emo was deeply underground, recorded by extremely short-lived bands and released on vinyl in small quantities by small labels; some vocalists literally wept onstage during song climaxes, earning derision from hardcore purists. Fugazi notwithstanding, emo didn't really break out of obscurity until the mid-'90s emergence of Sunny Day Real Estate, whose early work defined the style in the minds of many. Tempering Fugazi's gnarled guitar webs with Seattle grunge, straight-up prog-rock, and crooned vocals, SDRE launched a thousand imitators who connected with their dramatic melodies and introspective mysticism. Some of this new generation connected equally with the wry, geeky introspection and catchy punk-pop of Weezer's Pinkerton album. While several artists continued to build on Fugazi's innovations (including Quicksand and Drive Like Jehu), most '90s emo bands borrowed from some combination of Fugazi, Sunny Day Real Estate, and Weezer. Groups like the Promise Ring, the Get Up Kids, Braid, Texas Is the Reason, Jimmy Eat World, Joan of Arc, and Jets to Brazil earned substantial followings in the indie-rock world, making emo one of the more popular underground rock styles at the turn of the millennium.
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Anonymous2006-05-09 8:00
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don't even suggest that emos have fundamentals and depth to their "culture".
Lately, I've been wanting to beat up these emo kids so fucking bad. They just get so fucking annoying! Wear black! WHINE and bitch! It's not enough that they whine in blogs and conversations...shit, they enjoy others who whine through song!
You see, I wasn't a big fan of 80's hair metal. I hated it. But this "Emo" crap is by far, the worst thing that has ever been labeled Rock N'Roll! At least bands like Warrant sung about cars, girls or food. In its core, that is what rock is about! Being young! Takin' it to the "MAN" and just fuck problems in general and dance!
Now, emo-shit bands like My Chemical Romance want to tell you about their issues with mommy and daddy, why their girlfriends don't like them anymore, and if life is worth living.
I won't even dignify these freaks by calling them fags. I think they sank much lower than the levels of mere faggottry. Some emo girls are cute, but it must be a nightmare if you're in a relationship with someone who thinks WHINING IS COOL.
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Anonymous2006-05-10 23:03
fuck you guys who think emo is retarded cause you cant get laid and live with your mom. you wouldnt have to balls to get in a ifght with a cripple that just had sex sex with your blow up and didnt clean up afterwards.
I oughta kill you motherfucker... emo cunt defender on 4chan... it's a disgrace. You deserve to die. You fucking twat.
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Anonymous2006-05-11 8:08
I hate emo fags. I saw an emo kid cry because his lunch wasn't packed right. "But I wanted the red apple because it reminds me of the blood that I bleeeeeeeed!" I'm tired of this shit. And by the way greenday, MCR, and Fallout boy ALL SUCK! I say if they want to die don't give them attention just let the bastards cut themselves and die so I can get on with my bloody life.
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Anonymous2006-05-11 15:13
Well stop whining about emo and move on with your lives guys
Easy, guys! We don't want >>35 to cut himself. You know how he is when he gets upset.
We need the subject alive. Get the tranq guns!
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Anonymous2006-05-13 19:59
Whining about emofags is... well... emo.
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Anonymous2006-05-19 12:40
Is secretly being an emokid pathetic? At least I don't whine about how my life has no content cause I'm such an inverted little nerd.
Oops, I think I just made an angsty comment.
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Anonymous2006-05-19 13:43
CRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWLIIIING IN MY SKIIIIIIIIN
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Anonymous2006-05-19 14:53
by the way:
"Emo" is not short for "Emotional." "Emo" does not mean Taking Back Sunday and Dashboard Confessional, despite what MTV has lead you to believe in the last few years. "Emo" is not sidebangs, tight pants, and male vocalists who sing like little girls about their failed relationships. "Emo" is not the use of diluted, meaningless metaphors and similes such as "My arms are like pinecones," and most definitely is not the rampant use of words such as "autumn," "heart," "knife," "bleeding," "leaves," and "razorblade."
I just thought I'd clear that up after all of these "definitions" in which I have encountered an unbelievable amount of people who try to pass off their blatantly false pretenses as fact, and are slowly infecting others with their high-horse, holier-than-thou bullshit. Because honestly, with your ridiculous definitions, Beethoven, George Gershwin, and Britney Spears are/was "emo bands."
Now, onto the real definition.
In the early 90s there was a movement in the hardcore genre that came to be known as "Emotive Hardcore," spearheaded by Rites Of Spring. Harder-core-than-thou kids, who swore by Dischord Records a la Minor Threat, actually coined the term "Emo" as something of a put-down for the kids who really liked Rites Of Spring, Indian Summer and this new wave of "Emotive" Hardcore bands. That's right, "Emo" was once not something kids called themselves. The field exploded outwards from there - Level-Plane Records has always been the most famous Emo label. Acts like Yaphet Kotto, I Hate Myself, Saetia, Hot Cross, A Day In Black And White, Funeral Diner, I Would Set Myself On Fire For You, You And I, and hosts of others came in the next decade. Most emo bands have since broken up, but there's still the occasional hold-out (again, the majority of Level-Plane Records' roster has been a procession of emo acts). Like most DIY hardcore/punk of the time, a majority found its way onto vinyl and not much else. Some people consider bands like Fugazi, and later Sunny Day Real Estate, a progression of emo, but personally, I don't quite follow that philosophy.
Often, more recently, this gets intertwined with post-hardcore, and understandably so - that's nothing to make an issue of, since well shit, at least it's close.
Since the late 90s, though, bands have been emerging in the vein of Taking Back Sunday, Dashboard Confessional, and the thousands of their clones. As far as I can tell, some lazy journalist somewhere, writing an article about them, decided "Well, fuck, no one knows what emo is anyways, so I'll call these bands "emo" - sounds more appealing than bubblegum pop rock..." and the spiral continued downwards into the current amalgomation of bands MTV has told everyone is "emo."
Somehow, people decided that "emo" meant "emotional," which is obviously bullshit, as 99% of bands make music to illicit emotion, which would make "emotional" a completely all-encompassing genre from classical to opera to pop to rap.
[taken from urbandictionary]
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Anonymous2006-05-19 15:03
yo, emo-kids! maybe you guys would like to put-off being suicidal for a few minutes and help me with something.
I was wondering what would be the perfect emo name for blogs, profiles, etc. I has to drip EMO Quality so I can attract other emos, fool them thinking I'm one of you -then flame them or leave insulting comments. I have a checklist here of emo-approved words. Please add more so I can put them all together and make the perfect emo name!
Falling
Gray
Ember
Tears
Dreams
Funeral
Heart
Black
Sad
Cries