Name: Anonymous 2007-12-03 17:00
Okay, first, let's explain what emo is.
Okay I'm done. See there, now, that is to show you that emo is actually really nothing. It's basically an idea. It's not an emotion. You don't grow up being emo. You don't lose your dog in a fatal train accident and go home and be emo. You go home and you cry, because that dog was a racing dog, and you had placed a hefty bet on his win the next day, and you would now have both your legs broken and your shoes thrown over electric lines because of his forfeit.
Though I joke, really, emo is nothing. Yes, there are people out there that go "Oh... the pain! The pain, I... ah." and cut themself with a razor or very sharp butter knife. Unfortunately these items are not rusty and usually these people make it out okay. It has been a proven fact that upon cutting yourself, your body releases some sort of drug (I think it was an enzyme or something) that makes you feel better. Honestly, I don't see the real issue people have with emo here. I'd do it too if I was sad enough, I mean it's cheaper than most drugs out there, and it has no side effects.
I've now, for the most part, explained what emo is. Now, music.
You cannot write music in the "emo harmonic" scale. You cannot play your guitar like an emo hero. You can, however, write many songs about your lost dog, which would be deemed "emo" by people who don't know that the words "touching" or "deep" could actually exist in reference to a song. But my main issue is not that peoples' lyrics are being called emo, it's the music! Panic at the disco. Okay. They wear makeup. They... kinda talk about sex a lot. That's pretty much all people are calling them emo for. They never talk about cutting themself, or their poor dog, or anything. Their music so far, has been divided as much as their CD was. The first part is techno, the second part (which followed a lovely intermission, might I add) is what you call "baroque" music. Baroque, for the most part, refers to music with accordians and old little piano's and many other lovely elements like that. The beats are usually slower, and to dress in a baroque way would be very extravagant and mostly very showman-like. Tophats, canes, very nice vests. In essence, it's a very refined genre to play and I wouldn't delve into much myself, in fear of messing up such a lovely genre and making myself look silly.
And the techno stuff is just absolutely not emo. He has a song or two written about his drunk dad. All who call that emo should promptly burn in Hell.
Thank you for your time.
I'd also like to add that many people are mistaking goth for emo. Those people will burn in Hell too, I'm sure, but perhaps they will burn harder. One can only hope.
Okay I'm done. See there, now, that is to show you that emo is actually really nothing. It's basically an idea. It's not an emotion. You don't grow up being emo. You don't lose your dog in a fatal train accident and go home and be emo. You go home and you cry, because that dog was a racing dog, and you had placed a hefty bet on his win the next day, and you would now have both your legs broken and your shoes thrown over electric lines because of his forfeit.
Though I joke, really, emo is nothing. Yes, there are people out there that go "Oh... the pain! The pain, I... ah." and cut themself with a razor or very sharp butter knife. Unfortunately these items are not rusty and usually these people make it out okay. It has been a proven fact that upon cutting yourself, your body releases some sort of drug (I think it was an enzyme or something) that makes you feel better. Honestly, I don't see the real issue people have with emo here. I'd do it too if I was sad enough, I mean it's cheaper than most drugs out there, and it has no side effects.
I've now, for the most part, explained what emo is. Now, music.
You cannot write music in the "emo harmonic" scale. You cannot play your guitar like an emo hero. You can, however, write many songs about your lost dog, which would be deemed "emo" by people who don't know that the words "touching" or "deep" could actually exist in reference to a song. But my main issue is not that peoples' lyrics are being called emo, it's the music! Panic at the disco. Okay. They wear makeup. They... kinda talk about sex a lot. That's pretty much all people are calling them emo for. They never talk about cutting themself, or their poor dog, or anything. Their music so far, has been divided as much as their CD was. The first part is techno, the second part (which followed a lovely intermission, might I add) is what you call "baroque" music. Baroque, for the most part, refers to music with accordians and old little piano's and many other lovely elements like that. The beats are usually slower, and to dress in a baroque way would be very extravagant and mostly very showman-like. Tophats, canes, very nice vests. In essence, it's a very refined genre to play and I wouldn't delve into much myself, in fear of messing up such a lovely genre and making myself look silly.
And the techno stuff is just absolutely not emo. He has a song or two written about his drunk dad. All who call that emo should promptly burn in Hell.
Thank you for your time.
I'd also like to add that many people are mistaking goth for emo. Those people will burn in Hell too, I'm sure, but perhaps they will burn harder. One can only hope.