My Chemical Romance Is NOT EMO!!

to sum this thread up: mcr is emo, and emo is a genre and emo people (people who like the genre) have ugly hair.

H8sMikeMoore

lol!

They suck and its insulting that Muse opened for them. Muse is so much better than MCR...lobodob

Whaaa?...

[QUOTE="lobodob"]They suck and its insulting that Muse opened for them. Muse is so much better than MCR...jachichorro

Whaaa?...

I thought you had to be over 13 to post here....

[QUOTE="H8sMikeMoore"]

to sum this thread up: mcr is emo, and emo is a genre and emo people (people who like the genre) have ugly hair.

-Austin-

You, haven't the slightest idea of what emo is. MCR is the exact opposite of emo. Check out Rites of Spring, that's emo.

i checked them out, and MCR is emo.

[QUOTE="-Austin-"][QUOTE="H8sMikeMoore"]

to sum this thread up: mcr is emo, and emo is a genre and emo people (people who like the genre) have ugly hair.

H8sMikeMoore

You, haven't the slightest idea of what emo is. MCR is the exact opposite of emo. Check out Rites of Spring, that's emo.

i checked them out, and MCR is emo.

Close-mindedness?

Emo is a style of hardcore punk which describes several variations of music with common roots. In the mid-1980s, the term emo described a subgenre of hardcore punk which originated in the Washington, D.C. music scene. In later years, the term emocore, short for "emotional hardcore", was also used to describe the emotional performances of bands in the Washington, D.C. scene and some of the offshoot regional scenes such as Rites of Spring, Embrace, One Last Wish, Beefeater, Gray Matter, Fire Party, and later, Moss Icon.

Taken from Wikipedia.

[QUOTE="H8sMikeMoore"][QUOTE="-Austin-"][QUOTE="H8sMikeMoore"]

to sum this thread up: mcr is emo, and emo is a genre and emo people (people who like the genre) have ugly hair.

Berzz

You, haven't the slightest idea of what emo is. MCR is the exact opposite of emo. Check out Rites of Spring, that's emo.

i checked them out, and MCR is emo.

Close-mindedness?

yes, you are close minded if you think MCR isnt emo. Broaden up.

[QUOTE="Berzz"][QUOTE="H8sMikeMoore"][QUOTE="-Austin-"][QUOTE="H8sMikeMoore"]

to sum this thread up: mcr is emo, and emo is a genre and emo people (people who like the genre) have ugly hair.

H8sMikeMoore

You, haven't the slightest idea of what emo is. MCR is the exact opposite of emo. Check out Rites of Spring, that's emo.

i checked them out, and MCR is emo.

Close-mindedness?

yes, you are close minded if you think MCR isnt emo. Broaden up.

You don't know what emo is. Emo is a style of hardcore punk that came out in the 80's. A person cannot be emo, emo is a type of music.

they are not emo!! ok i am like in love with that band!!! and i do not dress all black and stuff. i wear a lot of girlish clothes like pink and clothes like that , i rarely ever wear black.!! i even wear stuff like aeropostale and hollister ok!!!

so like all that stuff about that girl who killed herself and saying that it's becuz of MCR is stupid!!

I like MCR and they are cool. but i don't think it amtters their label much, cuz they are usually not true.

[QUOTE="jachichorro"]

[QUOTE="lobodob"]They suck and its insulting that Muse opened for them. Muse is so much better than MCR...-Austin-

Whaaa?...

I thought you had to be over 13 to post here....

You're missing the point, so let me repeat clearly:

Whaaa?...

[QUOTE="H8sMikeMoore"][QUOTE="Berzz"][QUOTE="H8sMikeMoore"][QUOTE="-Austin-"][QUOTE="H8sMikeMoore"]

to sum this thread up: mcr is emo, and emo is a genre and emo people (people who like the genre) have ugly hair.

-Austin-

You, haven't the slightest idea of what emo is. MCR is the exact opposite of emo. Check out Rites of Spring, that's emo.

i checked them out, and MCR is emo.

Close-mindedness?

yes, you are close minded if you think MCR isnt emo. Broaden up.

You don't know what emo is. Emo is a style of hardcore punk that came out in the 80's. A person cannot be emo, emo is a type of music.

Stop being emo, you emo.

You don't know what emo is. Emo is a style of hardcore punk that came out in the 80's. A person cannot be emo, emo is a type of music.

-Austin-

page 1, post 4.

Emo is a style of hardcore punk which describes several variations of music with common roots. In the mid-1980s, the term emo described a subgenre of hardcore punk which originated in the Washington, D.C. music scene. In later years, the term emocore, short for "emotional hardcore", was also used to describe the emotional performances of bands in the Washington, D.C. scene and some of the offshoot regional scenes such as Rites of Spring, Embrace, One Last Wish, Beefeater, Gray Matter, Fire Party, and later, Moss Icon.

Taken from Wikipedia.

-Austin-

Hey, I underlined it for you :) We are in the 2000s now ;)

[QUOTE="-Austin-"]

Emo is a style of hardcore punk which describes several variations of music with common roots. In the mid-1980s, the term emo described a subgenre of hardcore punk which originated in the Washington, D.C. music scene. In later years, the term emocore, short for "emotional hardcore", was also used to describe the emotional performances of bands in the Washington, D.C. scene and some of the offshoot regional scenes such as Rites of Spring, Embrace, One Last Wish, Beefeater, Gray Matter, Fire Party, and later, Moss Icon.

Taken from Wikipedia.

jachichorro

Hey, I underlined it for you :) We are in the 2000s now ;)

So the term emo can go from describing a band like Moss Icon to describing a pop band?

[QUOTE="H8sMikeMoore"][QUOTE="Berzz"][QUOTE="H8sMikeMoore"][QUOTE="-Austin-"][QUOTE="H8sMikeMoore"]

to sum this thread up: mcr is emo, and emo is a genre and emo people (people who like the genre) have ugly hair.

-Austin-

You, haven't the slightest idea of what emo is. MCR is the exact opposite of emo. Check out Rites of Spring, that's emo.

i checked them out, and MCR is emo.

Close-mindedness?

yes, you are close minded if you think MCR isnt emo. Broaden up.

You don't know what emo is. Emo is a style of hardcore punk that came out in the 80's. A person cannot be emo, emo is a type of music.

you can be punk, which means you can be hardcore which means you can be emo.

you are what you listen to, just like what you eat.

[QUOTE="-Austin-"][QUOTE="H8sMikeMoore"][QUOTE="Berzz"][QUOTE="H8sMikeMoore"][QUOTE="-Austin-"][QUOTE="H8sMikeMoore"]

to sum this thread up: mcr is emo, and emo is a genre and emo people (people who like the genre) have ugly hair.

H8sMikeMoore

You, haven't the slightest idea of what emo is. MCR is the exact opposite of emo. Check out Rites of Spring, that's emo.

i checked them out, and MCR is emo.

Close-mindedness?

yes, you are close minded if you think MCR isnt emo. Broaden up.

You don't know what emo is. Emo is a style of hardcore punk that came out in the 80's. A person cannot be emo, emo is a type of music.

you can be punk, which means you can be hardcore which means you can be emo.

you are what you listen to, just like what you eat.

I already told you what emo is. MCR is not emo.

[QUOTE="jachichorro"][QUOTE="-Austin-"]

Emo is a style of hardcore punk which describes several variations of music with common roots. In the mid-1980s, the term emo described a subgenre of hardcore punk which originated in the Washington, D.C. music scene. In later years, the term emocore, short for "emotional hardcore", was also used to describe the emotional performances of bands in the Washington, D.C. scene and some of the offshoot regional scenes such as Rites of Spring, Embrace, One Last Wish, Beefeater, Gray Matter, Fire Party, and later, Moss Icon.

Taken from Wikipedia.

-Austin-

Hey, I underlined it for you :) We are in the 2000s now ;)

So the term emo can go from describing a band like Moss Icon to describing a pop band?

Yes :|

[QUOTE="-Austin-"][QUOTE="H8sMikeMoore"][QUOTE="Berzz"][QUOTE="H8sMikeMoore"][QUOTE="-Austin-"][QUOTE="H8sMikeMoore"]

to sum this thread up: mcr is emo, and emo is a genre and emo people (people who like the genre) have ugly hair.

H8sMikeMoore

You, haven't the slightest idea of what emo is. MCR is the exact opposite of emo. Check out Rites of Spring, that's emo.

i checked them out, and MCR is emo.

Close-mindedness?

yes, you are close minded if you think MCR isnt emo. Broaden up.

You don't know what emo is. Emo is a style of hardcore punk that came out in the 80's. A person cannot be emo, emo is a type of music.

you can be punk, which means you can be hardcore which means you can be emo.

you are what you listen to, just like what you eat.

That's a pretty lame way of seeing things.

emo is not a genre....Premier1101

[QUOTE="H8sMikeMoore"][QUOTE="-Austin-"][QUOTE="H8sMikeMoore"][QUOTE="Berzz"][QUOTE="H8sMikeMoore"][QUOTE="-Austin-"][QUOTE="H8sMikeMoore"]

to sum this thread up: mcr is emo, and emo is a genre and emo people (people who like the genre) have ugly hair.

-Austin-

You, haven't the slightest idea of what emo is. MCR is the exact opposite of emo. Check out Rites of Spring, that's emo.

i checked them out, and MCR is emo.

Close-mindedness?

yes, you are close minded if you think MCR isnt emo. Broaden up.

You don't know what emo is. Emo is a style of hardcore punk that came out in the 80's. A person cannot be emo, emo is a type of music.

you can be punk, which means you can be hardcore which means you can be emo.

you are what you listen to, just like what you eat.

I already told you what emo is. MCR is not emo.

i checked out rites of spring. and i can hear the influence. MCR is emo.

There are a lot of people who don't know what the word 'emo' means. I've seen Rage Against the Machine, Killswitch Engage, Dragonforce and Iron Maiden be refered to as emo before. :lol:

You have to take that word with a grain of salt on the internet.

dracula_16

Are you serious?

[QUOTE="-Austin-"][QUOTE="H8sMikeMoore"][QUOTE="-Austin-"][QUOTE="H8sMikeMoore"][QUOTE="Berzz"][QUOTE="H8sMikeMoore"][QUOTE="-Austin-"][QUOTE="H8sMikeMoore"]

to sum this thread up: mcr is emo, and emo is a genre and emo people (people who like the genre) have ugly hair.

H8sMikeMoore

You, haven't the slightest idea of what emo is. MCR is the exact opposite of emo. Check out Rites of Spring, that's emo.

i checked them out, and MCR is emo.

Close-mindedness?

yes, you are close minded if you think MCR isnt emo. Broaden up.

You don't know what emo is. Emo is a style of hardcore punk that came out in the 80's. A person cannot be emo, emo is a type of music.

you can be punk, which means you can be hardcore which means you can be emo.

you are what you listen to, just like what you eat.

I already told you what emo is. MCR is not emo.

i checked out rites of spring. and i can hear the influence. MCR is emo.

MCR is pop. If you are getting airplay on MTV you aren't true emo, plain and simple. Rites of Spring has no influence whatsoever on MCR. Emo is about releasing your emotions. MCR is about making money off the Hot Topic crowd. If you want I will type that again.....dumbed down a little so you can understand, it seems like you are having problems grapsing a very simple concept.

i checked out rites of spring. and i can hear the influence. MCR is emo.

H8sMikeMoore

[QUOTE="-Austin-"][QUOTE="jachichorro"][QUOTE="-Austin-"]

Emo is a style of hardcore punk which describes several variations of music with common roots. In the mid-1980s, the term emo described a subgenre of hardcore punk which originated in the Washington, D.C. music scene. In later years, the term emocore, short for "emotional hardcore", was also used to describe the emotional performances of bands in the Washington, D.C. scene and some of the offshoot regional scenes such as Rites of Spring, Embrace, One Last Wish, Beefeater, Gray Matter, Fire Party, and later, Moss Icon.

Taken from Wikipedia.

jachichorro

Hey, I underlined it for you :) We are in the 2000s now ;)

So the term emo can go from describing a band like Moss Icon to describing a pop band?

Yes :|

No....Has the meaning of a musical genre ever changed before?

Hmm it's a hard call sometimes as to what is and isn't emo - eg I wouldnt describe Jimmy Eat World as emo yet they were the first "emo" band I ever heard called that.

It's a genre that is more than most open to definition - I tend to think anything pop/punk with complaining lyrical content gets filed in my head as Emo

No....Has the meaning of a musical genre ever changed before?

-Austin-

Folk.

[QUOTE="H8sMikeMoore"]

i checked out rites of spring. and i can hear the influence. MCR is emo.

LJS9502_basic

well i'll be. seems like for the first time we don't agree on something music related that doesn't involve our favorite bands.

[QUOTE="-Austin-"]

No....Has the meaning of a musical genre ever changed before?

Hewkii

Folk.

Alright, tell me what Folk meant before then after.

There are a lot of people who don't know what the word 'emo' means. I've seen Rage Against the Machine, Killswitch Engage, Dragonforce and Iron Maiden be refered to as emo before. :lol:

You have to take that word with a grain of salt on the internet.

dracula_16

What is your definition of emo? Mine is basically an almost whinny song about a petty topic like losing their girl friend or about a girl who does not like them, etc.... It should also involve some random screaming

[QUOTE="H8sMikeMoore"][QUOTE="-Austin-"][QUOTE="H8sMikeMoore"][QUOTE="-Austin-"][QUOTE="H8sMikeMoore"][QUOTE="Berzz"][QUOTE="H8sMikeMoore"][QUOTE="-Austin-"][QUOTE="H8sMikeMoore"]

to sum this thread up: mcr is emo, and emo is a genre and emo people (people who like the genre) have ugly hair.

-Austin-

You, haven't the slightest idea of what emo is. MCR is the exact opposite of emo. Check out Rites of Spring, that's emo.

i checked them out, and MCR is emo.

Close-mindedness?

yes, you are close minded if you think MCR isnt emo. Broaden up.

You don't know what emo is. Emo is a style of hardcore punk that came out in the 80's. A person cannot be emo, emo is a type of music.

you can be punk, which means you can be hardcore which means you can be emo.

you are what you listen to, just like what you eat.

I already told you what emo is. MCR is not emo.

i checked out rites of spring. and i can hear the influence. MCR is emo.

MCR is pop. If you are getting airplay on MTV you aren't true emo, plain and simple. Rites of Spring has no influence whatsoever on MCR. Emo is about releasing your emotions. MCR is about making money off the Hot Topic crowd. If you want I will type that again.....dumbed down a little so you can understand, it seems like you are having problems grapsing a very simple concept.

being played on MTV doesnt change the style of music you are, if you're blues one day when not popular, you're still blues if you ARE popular.

emo is a style of music that heavily emphasizes 9th chords, usually arpeggiated (but having the notes drag over one and other) and simple 4/4 time signatures, third harmonies and so on and so forth.

if you do those things, and are being played on mtv youre still doing those things. thus you are still emo.

[QUOTE="LJS9502_basic"][QUOTE="H8sMikeMoore"]

i checked out rites of spring. and i can hear the influence. MCR is emo.

dissonantblack

well i'll be. seems like for the first time we don't agree on something music related that doesn't involve our favorite bands.

Alright, tell me what Folk meant before then after.

-Austin-

before: traditional music not written by anyone in particular and nothing much in common other then being distinctive to the culture

after: music written by someone in particular, integration with other genres established (Folk Rock, later Folk Metal, etc).

Emo is a style of hardcore punk....It is quite obvious MCR is not playing any hardcore punk.

being played on MTV doesnt change the ****of music you are, if you're blues one day when not popular, you're still blues if you ARE popular.

emo is a ****of music that heavily emphasizes 9th chords, usually arpeggiated (but having the notes drag over one and other) and simple 4/4 time signatures, third harmonies and so on and so forth.

if you do those things, and are being played on mtv youre still doing those things. thus you are still emo.

H8sMikeMoore

Sometimes genres also carry an ideology, which is what MCR most lacks.

Emo is a style of hardcore punk....It is quite obvious MCR is not playing any hardcore punk.

-Austin-

Sunny Day Real Estate isn't either, pal.

This is such a dumb argument. Who cares.

To -Austin-:

"Emo music has been blamed for the suicide by hanging of Hannah Bond by both the coroner at the inquest into her death and her mother, Heather Bond, after it was claimed that emo music glamorized suicide and her apparent obsession with the emo band, My Chemical Romance was said to be linked to her suicide. "

From wikipedia, which you also quoted earlier in this thread. Or will you reject your own sources?

being played on MTV doesnt change the style of music you are, if you're blues one day when not popular, you're still blues if you ARE popular.

emo is a style of music that heavily emphasizes 9th chords, usually arpeggiated (but having the notes drag over one and other) and simple 4/4 time signatures, third harmonies and so on and so forth.

if you do those things, and are being played on mtv youre still doing those things. thus you are still emo.

H8sMikeMoore

[QUOTE="H8sMikeMoore"]

being played on MTV doesnt change the style of music you are, if you're blues one day when not popular, you're still blues if you ARE popular.

emo is a style of music that heavily emphasizes 9th chords, usually arpeggiated (but having the notes drag over one and other) and simple 4/4 time signatures, third harmonies and so on and so forth.

if you do those things, and are being played on mtv youre still doing those things. thus you are still emo.

LJS9502_basic

yeah it grew from it, which means it had something that stood out. one thing being, the way the music its self sounded. I dont believe lyrics determine a genre, so I look to music its self.

To -Austin-:

"Emo music has been blamed for the suicide by hanging of Hannah Bond by both the coroner at the inquest into her death and her mother, Heather Bond, after it was claimed that emo music glamorized suicide and her apparent obsession with the emo band, My Chemical Romance was said to be linked to her suicide. "

From wikipedia, which you also quoted earlier in this thread. Or will you reject your own sources?

jachichorro

Emmm...what's your point? That doesn't make MCR emo. In fact, it would be nice if all MCR fans removed themselves from the genepool.

[QUOTE="dissonantblack"][QUOTE="LJS9502_basic"][QUOTE="H8sMikeMoore"]

i checked out rites of spring. and i can hear the influence. MCR is emo.

LJS9502_basic

well i'll be. seems like for the first time we don't agree on something music related that doesn't involve our favorite bands.

but encyclopediadramatica says they're emo. :shock: so they must be then.

[QUOTE="LJS9502_basic"][QUOTE="H8sMikeMoore"]

being played on MTV doesnt change the style of music you are, if you're blues one day when not popular, you're still blues if you ARE popular.

emo is a style of music that heavily emphasizes 9th chords, usually arpeggiated (but having the notes drag over one and other) and simple 4/4 time signatures, third harmonies and so on and so forth.

if you do those things, and are being played on mtv youre still doing those things. thus you are still emo.

H8sMikeMoore

yeah it grew from it, which means it had something that stood out. one thing being, the way the music its self sounded. I dont believe lyrics determine a genre, so I look to music its self.

The way the music sounds?....if you think that MCR sounds like Bad Brains or any other hardcore punk band then.....wow, just wow.

Emo used to be a music genre from the late 80s and early 90s which evolved from Hardcore Punk, which has been repeated many times in this thread. Lately, bands like MCR are being wrongly labeled as emo by the media who also take this term as a stereotype to people who tend to call attention by pretending to be over-sensitive and over-dramatic, probably this is what everybody knows as emo these days, but in the end, it's only just a genre.Berzz

Thanks for the definiton, but I think you just wasted your time because there are still some people who are too dense too understand.