The "Emo" Thing

ntlbell

Man this emo shi* is really just getting too much.

Why is Ireland turning into f*cking brighton, what the hell is going on in your lil emo home's?

I'd rather see the country fill up with striking shiney nike tracksuits,air max and dodgey peakced caps, at least their men than this girly ****. it has got to stop.

Think of the children please.

Give people an inch they take a mile, we decide to live and let live and be a bit more tollerant of utter nonsnse and what happens? all the men in ireland slip their co*k between their legs and start running around like twats from placebo, as a country we have gotten too tollerant of this bullsh|t

You're a guy, everytime you get out of the bed and think of putting on that f*cking make up remember that your IRISH and what that means, find your fecking wellies, and get on with it you c*nt.

Dragan

I would simlply point out that the muso's who are seeking to defend "emocore" ( think back to Fugazi and see where i'm coming with that one ) versus the modern day "emo" are fight a losing battle.

I will simply say the below is "emocore" , before someone decided that being sad and dressing in black is in

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yud6TmNJWhY


and the below is modern "emo" incarnate. As you can see, a difference in style, image, sound.....etc.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xY9TPTaN0Us

Robbo

I'm so emo I eat eyeliner and **** out razorblades.

Dragan

I wish my grass was emo, at least that way it would cut itself.

Canis Lupus

Laslo wrote:

To all the Emos on here defending themselves - you WILL be embarrassed by your current behaviour when you get older. Of that you can be sure. So try not to get in the way of any cameras. Freaks.

Roffle... Best post so far.

nice1franko

i thought emo was the new cool american word for goths... or is emo just what we used to call "cure heads"??

we were "ravers" xwork jeans yeah deadly buzz man ... wish i was around when you could be a mod or a punk.

so emo's are a new bunch of american wannabies then (no different to all the 8-18 year old wiggers I spose...)?

Duggy747

nice1franko wrote:

so emo's are a new bunch then? what music do they listen to?

Have you ever heard a cat being crushed by the weight of a fat shíte? Well, it's nothing like that but it is similiar in being absolute horrible.

The Bollox

I love South Park's take on Emo "you hafta dress all in black, listen to this music and hate everything in order to be a non-conformist"

Duggy747

The Bollox wrote:

I love South Park's take on Emo "you hafta dress all in black, listen to this music and hate everything in order to be a non-conformist"

Or that Emo-bashing music video on youtube (I'm sure someone posted a link of it already!)

"I'm an emo kid, non-conforming as can be.
You'd be non-conforming too if you looked just like me.
Paint on my nails and make-up on my face,
I'm almost emo enough to start shaving my legs."

Creamy Goodness

The Bollox wrote:

I love South Park's take on Emo "you hafta dress all in black, listen to this music and hate everything in order to be a non-conformist"

they were goths, were they not?

The Bollox

dunno, it was the same idea

JC 2K3

Cremo wrote:

like most appearances people take it way to far, emo is no exception either is skangerism

That pretty much sums it up.

Emos are no different to skangers, skangers are no different to D4s and D4s are no different to metalheads in the sense that they're all just conforming to some commercially promoted fad.

Personally, I feel free to lol at all of them.

Cremo wrote:

well of course it boils down to what you think is and isn't emo music, to me emo music is the likes of:

at the drive-in
sparta
sunny day real estate
weezer
saves the day

all good bands who are what i'd consider emo music.

I wouldn't consider At the Drive In, Sparta or Weezer to be emo. Emo is such a vague and undefined term that I don't even consider it a genre

tensecyclist

Duggy747 wrote:

Have you ever heard a cat being crushed by the weight of a fat shíte? Well, it's nothing like that but it is similiar in being absolute horrible.

What a sound!:eek:

thebaz

JC 2K3 wrote:

I wouldn't consider At the Drive In, Sparta or Weezer to be emo. Emo is such a vague and undefined term that I don't even consider it a genre

I agree , at the drive in ,are alternative harcore punk , and weezer geeky ...the killers would be more emo than either of them

Creamy Goodness

JC 2K3 wrote:

That pretty much sums it up.

Emos are no different to skangers, skangers are no different to D4s and D4s are no different to metalheads in the sense that they're all just conforming to some commercially promoted fad.

Personally, I feel free to lol at all of them.

that being said though i'd prefer the world to be full of emo's and d4's cause at least they don't go out just to cause havoc to people like the minority of skangers.

JC 2K3 wrote:

I wouldn't consider At the Drive In, Sparta or Weezer to be emo. Emo is such a vague and undefined term that I don't even consider it a genre

see this is the problem with the term emo as we both have different views on something that should be concrete, it really is just too vague and was twisted and distorted too much by people who don't have a clue really.

Plissken1

biko wrote:

Emo chicks are hot

Those ones are the guys !! :rolleyes:

phasers

most of my friends are emo

but they only turn at the weekend when we're in the vicinity of central bank/ temple bar
they're fantastic during the week, then come Saturday it's on with the eyeliner and crappy bands blasting from ipods
they squeal, they giggle and they wear stupid clothes
they talk about being "randum" and about how everyone hates them
they talk about being individual whilst buying the same Jack skellington hoodie as their friends

Creamy Goodness

phasers wrote:

they talk about being "randum" and about how everyone hates them

well tbh judging by some of the replies here, they ain't far wrong.

Plissken1

Yeah they all look the same, and they are all so miserable, and its all sooo been done before. They have just mutated into Gay Goths. If they didnt act so up themselves, they probably wouldnt get so much stick.

phasers

Cremo wrote:

well tbh judging by some of the replies here, they ain't far wrong.

I think they relish in it though
if people didn't give them attention they'd just be a load of saps in eyeliner
but because of media attention and stuff they have become a "subculture"

Yakult

Laslo wrote:

To all the Emos on here defending themselves - you WILL be embarrassed by your current behaviour when you get older. Of that you can be sure. So try not to get in the way of any cameras. Freaks.

It would be the other way around dumb****! their are 20 year olds on here bascily picking on a genre that doesnt do anything to them.
So go back to the gym you homo!

Also to the guy who said fall out boy and MCR, you really havent thought out your arguement seeing as you only referred to the 2 biggest, most commercialised bands out of "emo"

and maybe if you open your ears they arent emo. they basicly would be pop rock, with a "look". its like putting metallica into hair metal.

its fairly sad that you get annoyed if a guy wears pink. personally I have never seen any guy wear pink shoes and the only pink they wear would be a little bit on a t-shirt.

your coming off as jealous sorta, like they have more style? I dont know. Just get that vibe off you!

Duggy747

Plissken1 wrote:

Those ones are the guys !! :rolleyes:

Right, time for some daft pics!

Boy or girl?
http://buzznet-52.vo.llnwd.net/assets/users12/ellone/default/Emo_boy--large-msg-115503014184.jpg

Pfft!!:
http://www.freewebs.com/youdontknowemo/Ryan.jpg

Mmm-hmmm!:
http://lifeinservice.files.wordpress.com/2006/10/brian-emo-02.JPG

Good God what a pretentious picture:
http://kymieamuse.files.wordpress.com/2007/05/emo.jpg


http://www.thenemesis.de/img/emo.jpg

A true Emo:
http://taltos.pha.jhu.edu/~tamas/files/images/emu.jpg

Dragan

JC 2K3 wrote:

I wouldn't consider At the Drive In, Sparta or Weezer to be emo. Emo is such a vague and undefined term that I don't even consider it a genre

I don't know, all those bands would be second wave emocore to me, by way of Embrace and Beefeater etc.

Remember, it all started off as a hardcore spin off.

Plissken1

ntlbell wrote:

Man this emo shi* is really just getting too much.

Why is Ireland turning into f*cking brighton, what the hell is going on in your lil emo home's?

I'd rather see the country fill up with striking shiney nike tracksuits,air max and dodgey peakced caps, at least their men than this girly ****. it has got to stop.

Think of the children please.

Give people an inch they take a mile, we decide to live and let live and be a bit more tollerant of utter nonsnse and what happens? all the men in ireland slip their co*k between their legs and start running around like twats from placebo, as a country we have gotten too tollerant of this bullsh|t

You're a guy, everytime you get out of the bed and think of putting on that f*cking make up remember that your IRISH and what that means, find your fecking wellies, and get on with it you c*nt.[/QUOT


Brighton ?? ... try ****ing Croydon, the tracksuit and sovereign ring are still king in chavvy Ireland.

Dragan

R_H_C_P wrote:

So go back to the gym you homo!

Why would going to the gym make someone a homo?

And why would you consider being gay to be an insult to begin with?

Your contradictions are starting to show mate. :rolleyes:

Duggy747

R_H_C_P wrote:

Also to the guy who said fall out boy and MCR, you really havent thought out your arguement seeing as you only referred to the 2 biggest, most commercialised bands out of "emo

I knew that would invoke a reaction

R_H_C_P wrote:

and maybe if you open your ears they arent emo. they basicly would be pop rock, with a "look". its like putting metallica into hair metal.

Really, I'd rather not open my ears to let that in.

R_H_C_P wrote:

its fairly sad that you get annoyed if a guy wears pink. personally I have never seen any guy wear pink shoes and the only pink they wear would be a little bit on a t-shirt.

But I did, so ni-ner ni-ner ni-ner!

R_H_C_P wrote:

your coming off as jealous sorta, like they have more style? I dont know. Just get that vibe off you!

*puts back of hand on forehead* Oh God, the humanity of it all!! My secret is out, how I long to wear tight jeans, black tops with benign sayings on them, dye my hair black (no point really since my hair is already black) and gel my hair to one side. You're right, I'll just just throw my idea of originality and individualism out the window.

*Runs off to embrace Emo*

thebaz

Dragan wrote:

I don't know, all those bands would be second wave emocore to me, by way of Embrace and Beefeater etc.

Remember, it all started off as a hardcore spin off.

is that the oasis sounding embrace ??
i'm getting totally confused !!

next someone will say keane and u2 are emo !!

Dragan

thebaz wrote:

is that the oasis sounding embrace ??
i'm getting totally confused !!

Nope, the original Embrace, fronted by Ian Mckaye who would then go on to form Fugazi......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcaNBK2gw2Y

cichlid child

Mairt wrote:

Ok, probably because I've hit me ol' 40's, but I haven't a bleed'n clue what ''EMO'' mean's... Or AFRIAK (Or however its spelt)

hitting the 40,s soon myself but only 2 weeks ago gave my nephew a lift into town he had the emo thing going on (hair,cloths etc)when i asked him what it was all about he explained it,s the music and style that he,s into.He,s a well balanced nice yong gentleman and i don,t think he thinks he,s owed anything from life

Dragan

cichlid child wrote:

He,s a well balanced nice yong gentleman and i don,t think he thinks he,s owed anything from life

Everyone is different, and you can't really assume what someone's attitude will be based on appearance.

Threads like this can often lead you believe that many people here are highly judgemental etc but often times they are created in the heat of annoyance over some issue.

It's more humourous than anything else.