Emo is good, why does nobody like it?

What does everyone have against emos and their music? I love emo music, and I'm sort of emo, yeah i cut myself, but my grandad died so... :(

emo are just clothes

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the street are the veins!!!!!!!

wow, thats horrible. and yes, everyones grandfather's will die at some point. and we will all choose to handle it differently. dont judge him or anyone the fuq else about how they do.

Oh, btw. Ive been told this is an 'emo' band. but eh, they are good so who gives a fuq wot it is.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFDCHdKbKBY

Escape the Fate is good too. :D

okay, i'm pretty sure everyone who just posted here doesn't know what emo really is about.

1)  cutting yourself doesn't make you 'emo'.  it just means you're a self harmer, and you should find better ways of releasing inner troubles.

2) 'emo' came from the original roots of punk in the 1980s, when punk had a lot of weird sounding screams, and thrashy drums & guitar.  emo lost a lot of the thrashiness; the music became a tad more technical, and the main thing you could hear from the singer's voice and screams was.. emotion.  not to mention the typically poetic lyrics.  bands like Saetia are what 'emo' is all about.  a modern band who takes heavy influence from them is Circle Takes The Square.. if anyone here's interested in emo, you should really check them out.

3) emo is NOT the clothing fashion people like to associate it with.  that's just 'scene'.  in my opinion, and my opinion only, scene is just a cross between punk, and visual kei.  i could go into detail about how the whole 'emo' trend has been brought back to life this century, and how/why it's being confused with scene kids, but i really cbf.

i've explained what the real emo is about.  escape the fate isn't emo for the record.  they're closer to post-hardcore, i guess.  people confuse that a lot, as well.. which is so unfortunate.   :\

ikr. thats why i said ive been told it is. i dont believe it is. anyways, on another note.... im appearantly emo, so i got nuffin to say about the stereotypes, but if you think about it, everyone at some point cuts themselves. :D just sayin.

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Aw shit, didn't see the new posts.

Not a huge fan of legit emo music, a la Fugazi, Saetia, Sunny Day Realistate. More of a hardcore guy myself. Post hardcore (which is often mislabeled as emo) is actually one of my favorite genres too though.

i think emo is a pretty cool guy. eh whines all day and doesnt afraid of anything.