I think the word "emo" should stop being used the way it is.

[QUOTE="DarkPrinceXC"][QUOTE="Hewkii"] it has every right to be, just as "Communist" and "Barbarian" do.DooDooPeePee

Except thats not the definition of emo. Thats like saying "Dude, that loser kid over there is acting so DarkPrinceXC."

I don't do that.

If I did, I'd consider Johnny Cash's "Hurt" cover emo, and we can't have that now can we?

Dont you hate how any music with a tiny resemblance of personal emotion is labeled emo? I mean, there are bands that take it too far when it comes to fads, but it pisses me off when a band that has a slightly depressing song, its labeled emo.

EDIT: I mean, i guess its okay to describe the type of music your listening to, but the word has such a negative connotation that people take it the wrong way.

Dont you agree?

DooDooPeePee

I think people should stop using the word "emo" until they learn what "emo" actually is. It doesn't mean emotional, it's not a fashion or dress-sense and it's not a word used to describe a depressed kid who cuts himself. It's a genre of music. It stands for emotional hardcore. It grew out of the D.C. Punk scene of the 80s with bands like Rites of Spring, Embrace and Moss Icon. It evolved to a more melodic form of pop-punk music in the 90s with bands like Cap'n Jazz and Weezer and basically died out in the 00s. That is all emo means.

Isnt emo a type a music that is very personal and shows a lot of emotion?

Would something very happy and personal be considered emo then?

I just thought about this...

DooDooPeePee

I think people should stop using the word "emo" until they learn what "emo" actually is. It doesn't mean emotional, it's not a fashion or dress-sense and it's not a word used to describe a depressed kid who cuts himself. It's a genre of music. It stands for emotional hardcore. It grew out of the D.C. Punk scene of the 80s with bands like Rites of Spring, Embrace and Moss Icon. It evolved to a more melodic form of pop-punk music in the 90s with bands like Cap'n Jazz and Weezer and basically died out in the 00s. That is all emo means.

Forever_Changes

[QUOTE="LJS9502_basic"]Hmmm....I use to describe a genre of music. You wish me to stop?nickyb628

just...:lol: no more :lol:

get out :|

[QUOTE="nickyb628"][QUOTE="LJS9502_basic"]Hmmm....I use to describe a genre of music. You wish me to stop?supa_badman

just...:lol: no more :lol:

get out :|

i do agree actually. like My Chemical Romance is emo but it doesnt mean that they're bad. people auto assume that emo=bad. pygmahia5

MCR aren't emo...

[QUOTE="pygmahia5"]i do agree actually. like My Chemical Romance is emo but it doesnt mean that they're bad. people auto assume that emo=bad. Forever_Changes

MCR aren't emo...

I just call the people you're probably referring to as Scene kids.

Oh and here's a video that makes me laugh alot, think I'll share it in this thread:"Don't hate Emos" :lol: It's so melodramatic.

[QUOTE="Forever_Changes"]

[QUOTE="pygmahia5"]i do agree actually. like My Chemical Romance is emo but it doesnt mean that they're bad. people auto assume that emo=bad. pygmahia5

MCR aren't emo...

[QUOTE="pygmahia5"][QUOTE="Forever_Changes"]

MCR aren't emo...

Lockedge

[QUOTE="LJS9502_basic"][QUOTE="Meeeko"]

[QUOTE="LJS9502_basic"]Hmmm....I use to describe a genre of music. You wish me to stop?Meeeko

Keep the name for the genre of music. Get rid of the word to describe anything emotional. It's a sick way of belittling human emotions. I agree with TC.

As long as it's used correctly. Not this "Hey, that kid is crying because his parents died, lets laugh at him and call him emo."

this kid has long hair he is a emo

It is what it is. No sense stressing.

[QUOTE="Lockedge"][QUOTE="pygmahia5"] really? im pretty sure they're emo. -Wicked_Sick-

As for Emo not being very hardcore, it started off I'd say about as hardcore as the rest of the hardcore scene. In the early 90's, bands like Sunny Day Real Estate and Rainer Maria evolved a more melodic sound from the genre. The hardcore aspect of the emo-core genre still stuck around but it wasn't as obvious as it was.

[QUOTE="Meeeko"][QUOTE="LJS9502_basic"]

Keep the name for the genre of music. Get rid of the word to describe anything emotional. It's a sick way of belittling human emotions. I agree with TC.

killerkool07

As long as it's used correctly. Not this "Hey, that kid is crying because his parents died, lets laugh at him and call him emo."

this kid has long hair he is a emo

It is what it is. No sense stressing.

Quick-Time

[QUOTE="-Wicked_Sick-"][QUOTE="Lockedge"] MCR aren't emo. People call them emo because they dress "scene" and some of their songs are a bit sorrowful/emotional, but those same people fail to recognize there is already a music genre called Emo that was birthed in the 80's as an offshoot of the Hardcore scene. "Emo" is short for Emo-core. MCR sound nothing like Emo-core, so they're most definitely not emo. Now, they kight be Emo in terms of their fashion style, but it would be stupid to label a band after their fashion sense and not their music.Lockedge

As for Emo not being very hardcore, it started off I'd say about as hardcore as the rest of the hardcore scene. In the early 90's, bands like Sunny Day Real Estate and Rainer Maria evolved a more melodic sound from the genre. The hardcore aspect of the emo-core genre still stuck around but it wasn't as obvious as it was.

[QUOTE="Lockedge"]

[QUOTE="-Wicked_Sick-"]Actually I have seen MCR listed as emo by music sites. Emo was never a very hardcore sound by the way.Empty_World

As for Emo not being very hardcore, it started off I'd say about as hardcore as the rest of the hardcore scene. In the early 90's, bands like Sunny Day Real Estate and Rainer Maria evolved a more melodic sound from the genre. The hardcore aspect of the emo-core genre still stuck around but it wasn't as obvious as it was.

i dont think

edit *so*

[QUOTE="Empty_World"][QUOTE="Lockedge"] Music sites can be wrong :O Especially ones with user-driven content. The fact that people are trying to overwrite a storied music genre is incredibly depressing. It'd be like a new genre based on the sounds of smashing toilets with steel guitars being called Grunge. How can you accept erasing that sound from the record books? Answer: You can't, or at least no sane person could. The fact that Emo isn't the most well known of music genres doesn't mean it should be overwritten by some fashion-statement people are calling a musical sound. Fact: MCR are punk-rock. Fact: Fallout Boy are pop-punk. Sad fact: People call both bands emo, because they supposedly dress emo. using fashion sense as a label for a band's music is inherently wrong, and disgusting. The New York Dolls did not craft a music genre called transvestism, they dealt in punk. it's because people are too stupid these days to notice similarities in the MUSIC because everything is so image-based.

As for Emo not being very hardcore, it started off I'd say about as hardcore as the rest of the hardcore scene. In the early 90's, bands like Sunny Day Real Estate and Rainer Maria evolved a more melodic sound from the genre. The hardcore aspect of the emo-core genre still stuck around but it wasn't as obvious as it was.

Lockedge

There actually isn't one bit of a difference hahaha... Punk is short for Punk Rock ;)

Also Pop just means popular, or could be used to describe a cleaner, more friendly type of music. Therefore typically pop-rock is pop.

I didn't say MCR was punk, I said they were punk-rock. There's quite a difference. They're more along the rock side of things than punk, but there's enough of it in their sound for it to be addressed. They could also be seen as pop-rock, but there's more punk behind their sound than pop. So yeah. Don't do that whole knee-jerk reaction. Lockedge

[QUOTE="Lockedge"] I didn't say MCR was punk, I said they were punk-rock. There's quite a difference. They're more along the rock side of things than punk, but there's enough of it in their sound for it to be addressed. They could also be seen as pop-rock, but there's more punk behind their sound than pop. So yeah. Don't do that whole knee-jerk reaction. LJS9502_basic

Punk is an ethic, Punk-Rock is the genre of music. Same as Indie and Indie-Rock, really.

[QUOTE="Lockedge"] I didn't say MCR was punk, I said they were punk-rock. There's quite a difference. They're more along the rock side of things than punk, but there's enough of it in their sound for it to be addressed. They could also be seen as pop-rock, but there's more punk behind their sound than pop. So yeah. Don't do that whole knee-jerk reaction. LJS9502_basic

[QUOTE="pygmahia5"][QUOTE="Forever_Changes"]

MCR aren't emo...

Lockedge

Dont you hate how any music with a tiny resemblance of personal emotion is labeled emo? I mean, there are bands that take it too far when it comes to fads, but it pisses me off when a band that has a slightly depressing song, its labeled emo.

EDIT: I mean, i guess its okay to describe the type of music your listening to, but the word has such a negative connotation that people take it the wrong way.

Dont you agree?

DooDooPeePee

It's "alternative rock" not emo. Duh! :Pkruesader

[QUOTE="LJS9502_basic"][QUOTE="Lockedge"] I didn't say MCR was punk, I said they were punk-rock. There's quite a difference. They're more along the rock side of things than punk, but there's enough of it in their sound for it to be addressed. They could also be seen as pop-rock, but there's more punk behind their sound than pop. So yeah. Don't do that whole knee-jerk reaction. Forever_Changes

Punk is an ethic, Punk-Rock is the genre of music. Same as Indie and Indie-Rock, really.

[QUOTE="Forever_Changes"]

[QUOTE="LJS9502_basic"]Uh dude. Punk is a rock genre. Not two different genres. It's punk rock.....generally referred to as punk.jaydough

Punk is an ethic, Punk-Rock is the genre of music. Same as Indie and Indie-Rock, really.

...you obviosuly missed what I was saying :P

INDIE is an ethic. INDIE-ROCK is a genre of music.

...you obviosuly missed what I was saying :P
INDIE is an ethic. INDIE-ROCK is a genre of music. Forever_Changes

It primarily refers to rock musicians that are or were unsigned, or have signed to independent record labels, rather than major record labels. Wikipedia-IndieRock

[QUOTE="Forever_Changes"]...you obviosuly missed what I was saying :P
INDIE is an ethic. INDIE-ROCK is a genre of music. jaydough

It primarily refers to rock musicians that are or were unsigned, or have signed to independent record labels, rather than major record labels. Wikipedia-IndieRock

That's totally wrong. Yes, being signed to an independant label is part of it, but there's so much more to Indie than that. It's an ethic that is reflected in a band's sound and approach to songwriting.

meh, its very broadBoostposts

I just call the people you're probably referring to as Scene kids.

Oh and here's a video that makes me laugh alot, think I'll share it in this thread:"Don't hate Emos" :lol: It's so melodramatic.

USSJAndrew

[QUOTE="jaydough"][QUOTE="Forever_Changes"]

Punk is an ethic, Punk-Rock is the genre of music. Same as Indie and Indie-Rock, really.

Forever_Changes

...you obviosuly missed what I was saying :P

INDIE is an ethic. INDIE-ROCK is a genre of music.