Why is emo considered "cool"?

So many spam posts (stares at guy above).

And yeah TC, seems rather stupid to me.

But then again, I don't really listen to music, so who cares. :P

What? Emo wasn't really popular til around 2000... there was nu-metal in between that, plus (I'm not a fan of emo) the emo you hear on that radio isn;t real emo, and the style of all the kids who have adopted it aren't really emo, they have adopted a fashionable style.

I have no problem with emo. And I wouldn;t say all good music ended with the death of Kurt Cobain and the break-up of G N R.

calling everything emo is a fad. this thread is a fad. it's "cool" to make fun of emos these days so I don't see where you are gettting that it's cool to be emo, when it's clearly made fun of in every single thread.

and I for one like Green Day, so I'm in the minority here because this board hates popular music.

It's not cool...they just somehow think it is, they get convinced it is by the emo's.

When really everyone hates them. Everybody makes fun of them where I live also.

The style of music?

It's still not really popular.

I'm in the minority here because this board hates popular music.

letswastemoney

No your not, Nirvana and Guns N Roses are as popular as they come.

[QUOTE="letswastemoney"]

I'm in the minority here because this board hates popular music.

Samwel_X

No your not, Nirvana and Guns N Roses are as popular as they come.

Well fine but everyone hates Green Day just because they used to be on MTV.

emo is cool?? WTF I thought they were like Furries. Nobody thinks they're cool but somehow they just keep popping up everywhere.

Can somebody tell me what happened to rock music 1996-2004 I'm drawing a total blank.

[QUOTE="Samwel_X"][QUOTE="letswastemoney"]

I'm in the minority here because this board hates popular music.

letswastemoney

No your not, Nirvana and Guns N Roses are as popular as they come.

Well fine but everyone hates Green Day just because they used to be on MTV.

Green Day has become as bad as the other emo groups.They make pop/rock so they can be mainstream instead of making good music.Their early stuff wasn't bad, but now they suck.

[QUOTE="Samwel_X"][QUOTE="letswastemoney"]

I'm in the minority here because this board hates popular music.

letswastemoney

No your not, Nirvana and Guns N Roses are as popular as they come.

Well fine but everyone hates Green Day just because they used to be on MTV.

You are entitled to you opinion, don't let other peoples comments change it. I don't like Green Day simply because they are on MTV, I dislike them because I don't like the type of music they make. But again, its all opinions.

[QUOTE="letswastemoney"][QUOTE="Samwel_X"][QUOTE="letswastemoney"]

I'm in the minority here because this board hates popular music.

jimmygrace

No your not, Nirvana and Guns N Roses are as popular as they come.

Well fine but everyone hates Green Day just because they used to be on MTV.

Green Day has become as bad as the other emo groups.They make pop/rock so they can be mainstream instead of making good music.Their early stuff wasn't bad, but now they suck.

Green Day aren't emo. Oh and Green Day have been popular way before American Idiot, just on a lesser scale...

[QUOTE="letswastemoney"][QUOTE="Samwel_X"][QUOTE="letswastemoney"]

I'm in the minority here because this board hates popular music.

jimmygrace

No your not, Nirvana and Guns N Roses are as popular as they come.

Well fine but everyone hates Green Day just because they used to be on MTV.

Green Day has become as bad as the other emo groups.They make pop/rock so they can be mainstream instead of making good music.Their early stuff wasn't bad, but now they suck.

Good music is subjective. There is no right or wrong. You're opinion is against millions of people who like them and is of a no greater opinion than them.

Since when has it been "cool?" :?

[QUOTE="jimmygrace"][QUOTE="letswastemoney"][QUOTE="Samwel_X"][QUOTE="letswastemoney"]

I'm in the minority here because this board hates popular music.

letswastemoney

No your not, Nirvana and Guns N Roses are as popular as they come.

Well fine but everyone hates Green Day just because they used to be on MTV.

Green Day has become as bad as the other emo groups.They make pop/rock so they can be mainstream instead of making good music.Their early stuff wasn't bad, but now they suck.

Good music is subjective. There is no right or wrong. You're opinion is against millions of people who like them and is of a no greater opinion than them.

Well, there is some objectiveness involved when critiquing music. For instance comparing Joe Pass or Wes Montgomery to the playing in bands like the TC mentioned he likes(Guns N' Roses, Nirvana) it's easy to tell there's a leap in musicianship and technique. The subjectiveness comes to if you actually like to listen to the music. For instance, saying you don't like a piece of music because it doesn't sound right is a subjective point of view but analyzing the piece for what it is musically can be somewhat objective.

Since when has it been "cool?" :?

soulless4now

So many spam posts (stares at guy above).

But then again, I don't really listen to music, so who cares. :P

MunkeyMan041

Ah the irony.

Since when has it been "cool?" :?

soulless4now

Since when has anything been "cool"? :|

most emos are hypocrites. People who commit suicide are either
A: Mentally unstable.
or
B: look at A
BEAN_LARD_MULCH

I want to know why rock music is considered cool. It seems to be all people listen to. Personally, I like just about any music (bar classical). It also annoys me whan I'm called gay for liking old music. God knows why.

As for emos, the majoroty of them are spoilt upper-middle C_lass kids that seem to think the world owes them something. It is a fad that will die out, just like hippies.

[QUOTE="letswastemoney"][QUOTE="Samwel_X"][QUOTE="letswastemoney"]

I'm in the minority here because this board hates popular music.

Samwel_X

No your not, Nirvana and Guns N Roses are as popular as they come.

Well fine but everyone hates Green Day just because they used to be on MTV.

You are entitled to you opinion, don't let other peoples comments change it. I don't like Green Day simply because they are on MTV, I dislike them because I don't like the type of music they make. But again, its all opinions.

Emo's have given otheres a bad name. People like myself love to dress in black. Everybody can agree, that sometimes or always dressing in black can be cool. Though with emos in the world, most people that see you in black automatically think you're an emo. I've always got people thinking I'm dracula or a sad emo. I'm neither *though, being dracula isn't so bad*.

What makes me really mad to the point of blowing up, is emo music. Typical rock for today, is basically music that sounds like fall out boy. At the end of transformers, I hear emo music?! What is up with that? End of the transformers movie back in the 80s, had a really cool sounding song. Heres my problem with emo music- every male singer tries sounding like a girl, satan, or both. I'm fine with popular music, as long as its good. Effel 65 was a great and popular 'band', and I loved them. Also, the guitars in emo music always sound the same. Sound like, they have there hands on the same frets and keep strumming to it. Boring an simplistic.

Used to be wearing trenchcoats and being in black was cool. Though now people stereotype you because of it. So until this culture changes *which this man trying to sound like girl culture is looking unlikely to change*, I'll have to go back to wearing my uber-sexy barney *pbs version* costume. Nobody can stereotype me then, eh?

[QUOTE="Samwel_X"][QUOTE="letswastemoney"][QUOTE="Samwel_X"][QUOTE="letswastemoney"]

I'm in the minority here because this board hates popular music.

Roland1987

No your not, Nirvana and Guns N Roses are as popular as they come.

Well fine but everyone hates Green Day just because they used to be on MTV.

You are entitled to you opinion, don't let other peoples comments change it. I don't like Green Day simply because they are on MTV, I dislike them because I don't like the type of music they make. But again, its all opinions.

Yeah, I agree. However I'm not sure as to the OPs age, because if I remember correctly Green Day received substantial air play on the radio and MTV back in the mid 90s, back then I'd say they had significant success.

Whoa,whoa whoa, your completly wrong about everything. Each couple of years theres a rock trend, in the early 90's it was grunge, then it went to nu-metal, then to pop-punk, to finaly emo. It just some trend thats going to die out soon, and it recently started back in 2002-2003.mexicangordo

Thats right. I certainly, absolutely hope this stuff changes. I can't handle almost every movie these days having some sorta emo song.

[QUOTE="hazuki"]

Emo's have given otheres a bad name. People like myself love to dress in black. Everybody can agree, that sometimes or always dressing in black can be cool. Though with emos in the world, most people that see you in black automatically think you're an emo. I've always got people thinking I'm dracula or a sad emo. I'm neither *though, being dracula isn't so bad*.

What makes me really mad to the point of blowing up, is emo music. Typical rock for today, is basically music that sounds like fall out boy. At the end of transformers, I hear emo music?! What is up with that? End of the transformers movie back in the 80s, had a really cool sounding song.

Used to be wearing trenchcoats and being in black was cool. Though now people stereotype you because of it. So until this culture changes *which this man trying to sound like girl culture is looking unlikely to change*, I'll have to go back to wearing my uber-sexy barney *pbs version* costume. Nobody can stereotype me then, eh?

Taalon

Linkin Park is what started all of this mess.

[QUOTE="Taalon"][QUOTE="hazuki"]

Emo's have given otheres a bad name. People like myself love to dress in black. Everybody can agree, that sometimes or always dressing in black can be cool. Though with emos in the world, most people that see you in black automatically think you're an emo. I've always got people thinking I'm dracula or a sad emo. I'm neither *though, being dracula isn't so bad*.

What makes me really mad to the point of blowing up, is emo music. Typical rock for today, is basically music that sounds like fall out boy. At the end of transformers, I hear emo music?! What is up with that? End of the transformers movie back in the 80s, had a really cool sounding song.

Used to be wearing trenchcoats and being in black was cool. Though now people stereotype you because of it. So until this culture changes *which this man trying to sound like girl culture is looking unlikely to change*, I'll have to go back to wearing my uber-sexy barney *pbs version* costume. Nobody can stereotype me then, eh?

jimmygrace

Linkin Park is what started all of this mess.

How old are you? If you are over 16 I fear for the world.

[QUOTE="mexicangordo"]Whoa,whoa whoa, your completly wrong about everything. Each couple of years theres a rock trend, in the early 90's it was grunge, then it went to nu-metal, then to pop-punk, to finaly emo. It just some trend thats going to die out soon, and it recently started back in 2002-2003.hazuki

Thats right. I certainly, absolutely hope this stuff changes. I can't handle almost every movie these days having some sorta emo song.

[QUOTE="Taalon"][QUOTE="hazuki"]

Emo's have given otheres a bad name. People like myself love to dress in black. Everybody can agree, that sometimes or always dressing in black can be cool. Though with emos in the world, most people that see you in black automatically think you're an emo. I've always got people thinking I'm dracula or a sad emo. I'm neither *though, being dracula isn't so bad*.

What makes me really mad to the point of blowing up, is emo music. Typical rock for today, is basically music that sounds like fall out boy. At the end of transformers, I hear emo music?! What is up with that? End of the transformers movie back in the 80s, had a really cool sounding song.

Used to be wearing trenchcoats and being in black was cool. Though now people stereotype you because of it. So until this culture changes *which this man trying to sound like girl culture is looking unlikely to change*, I'll have to go back to wearing my uber-sexy barney *pbs version* costume. Nobody can stereotype me then, eh?

jimmygrace

Linkin Park is what started all of this mess.

[QUOTE="jimmygrace"][QUOTE="Taalon"][QUOTE="hazuki"]

Emo's have given otheres a bad name. People like myself love to dress in black. Everybody can agree, that sometimes or always dressing in black can be cool. Though with emos in the world, most people that see you in black automatically think you're an emo. I've always got people thinking I'm dracula or a sad emo. I'm neither *though, being dracula isn't so bad*.

What makes me really mad to the point of blowing up, is emo music. Typical rock for today, is basically music that sounds like fall out boy. At the end of transformers, I hear emo music?! What is up with that? End of the transformers movie back in the 80s, had a really cool sounding song.

Used to be wearing trenchcoats and being in black was cool. Though now people stereotype you because of it. So until this culture changes *which this man trying to sound like girl culture is looking unlikely to change*, I'll have to go back to wearing my uber-sexy barney *pbs version* costume. Nobody can stereotype me then, eh?

Samwel_X

Linkin Park is what started all of this mess.

How old are you? If you are over 16 I fear for the world.

Yes I'm over 16.

[QUOTE="jimmygrace"][QUOTE="Taalon"][QUOTE="hazuki"]

Emo's have given otheres a bad name. People like myself love to dress in black. Everybody can agree, that sometimes or always dressing in black can be cool. Though with emos in the world, most people that see you in black automatically think you're an emo. I've always got people thinking I'm dracula or a sad emo. I'm neither *though, being dracula isn't so bad*.

What makes me really mad to the point of blowing up, is emo music. Typical rock for today, is basically music that sounds like fall out boy. At the end of transformers, I hear emo music?! What is up with that? End of the transformers movie back in the 80s, had a really cool sounding song.

Used to be wearing trenchcoats and being in black was cool. Though now people stereotype you because of it. So until this culture changes *which this man trying to sound like girl culture is looking unlikely to change*, I'll have to go back to wearing my uber-sexy barney *pbs version* costume. Nobody can stereotype me then, eh?

Taalon

Linkin Park is what started all of this mess.

Everything they sing has a depressing meaning.

[QUOTE="Samwel_X"][QUOTE="jimmygrace"][QUOTE="Taalon"][QUOTE="hazuki"]

Emo's have given otheres a bad name. People like myself love to dress in black. Everybody can agree, that sometimes or always dressing in black can be cool. Though with emos in the world, most people that see you in black automatically think you're an emo. I've always got people thinking I'm dracula or a sad emo. I'm neither *though, being dracula isn't so bad*.

What makes me really mad to the point of blowing up, is emo music. Typical rock for today, is basically music that sounds like fall out boy. At the end of transformers, I hear emo music?! What is up with that? End of the transformers movie back in the 80s, had a really cool sounding song.

Used to be wearing trenchcoats and being in black was cool. Though now people stereotype you because of it. So until this culture changes *which this man trying to sound like girl culture is looking unlikely to change*, I'll have to go back to wearing my uber-sexy barney *pbs version* costume. Nobody can stereotype me then, eh?

jimmygrace

Linkin Park is what started all of this mess.

How old are you? If you are over 16 I fear for the world.

Yes I'm over 16.

Then I fear for the world...

[QUOTE="Taalon"][QUOTE="hazuki"]

Emo's have given otheres a bad name. People like myself love to dress in black. Everybody can agree, that sometimes or always dressing in black can be cool. Though with emos in the world, most people that see you in black automatically think you're an emo. I've always got people thinking I'm dracula or a sad emo. I'm neither *though, being dracula isn't so bad*.

What makes me really mad to the point of blowing up, is emo music. Typical rock for today, is basically music that sounds like fall out boy. At the end of transformers, I hear emo music?! What is up with that? End of the transformers movie back in the 80s, had a really cool sounding song.

Used to be wearing trenchcoats and being in black was cool. Though now people stereotype you because of it. So until this culture changes *which this man trying to sound like girl culture is looking unlikely to change*, I'll have to go back to wearing my uber-sexy barney *pbs version* costume. Nobody can stereotype me then, eh?

jimmygrace

Linkin Park is what started all of this mess.

I wouldn't exactly say they started it, but they sure as heck fricken helped it. I don't care if linkin park is considered emo or not, it sounds like it. You know what else sucks? Even anime theme songs are getting filled with emo music. Just look at narutos 2nd theme on-wards. Its first opening theme was great, but turns to emo there on out.

I've kindof noticed another trend to. Its almost always either emo *or close to it* males or any regular females that like music where the lead singer tries his best to sound like a girl. Guess its because sounds closer to what their voices sound like? Wouldn't know.

[QUOTE="Taalon"][QUOTE="jimmygrace"][QUOTE="Taalon"][QUOTE="hazuki"]

Emo's have given otheres a bad name. People like myself love to dress in black. Everybody can agree, that sometimes or always dressing in black can be cool. Though with emos in the world, most people that see you in black automatically think you're an emo. I've always got people thinking I'm dracula or a sad emo. I'm neither *though, being dracula isn't so bad*.

What makes me really mad to the point of blowing up, is emo music. Typical rock for today, is basically music that sounds like fall out boy. At the end of transformers, I hear emo music?! What is up with that? End of the transformers movie back in the 80s, had a really cool sounding song.

Used to be wearing trenchcoats and being in black was cool. Though now people stereotype you because of it. So until this culture changes *which this man trying to sound like girl culture is looking unlikely to change*, I'll have to go back to wearing my uber-sexy barney *pbs version* costume. Nobody can stereotype me then, eh?

jimmygrace

Linkin Park is what started all of this mess.

Everything they sing has a depressing meaning.

And Nirvana doesn't? Working from that mentality all the music I listen to is Emo... which it isn't.

[QUOTE="Taalon"][QUOTE="jimmygrace"][QUOTE="Taalon"][QUOTE="hazuki"]

Emo's have given otheres a bad name. People like myself love to dress in black. Everybody can agree, that sometimes or always dressing in black can be cool. Though with emos in the world, most people that see you in black automatically think you're an emo. I've always got people thinking I'm dracula or a sad emo. I'm neither *though, being dracula isn't so bad*.

What makes me really mad to the point of blowing up, is emo music. Typical rock for today, is basically music that sounds like fall out boy. At the end of transformers, I hear emo music?! What is up with that? End of the transformers movie back in the 80s, had a really cool sounding song.

Used to be wearing trenchcoats and being in black was cool. Though now people stereotype you because of it. So until this culture changes *which this man trying to sound like girl culture is looking unlikely to change*, I'll have to go back to wearing my uber-sexy barney *pbs version* costume. Nobody can stereotype me then, eh?

jimmygrace

Linkin Park is what started all of this mess.

Everything they sing has a depressing meaning.

[QUOTE="jimmygrace"][QUOTE="Taalon"][QUOTE="jimmygrace"][QUOTE="Taalon"][QUOTE="hazuki"]

Emo's have given otheres a bad name. People like myself love to dress in black. Everybody can agree, that sometimes or always dressing in black can be cool. Though with emos in the world, most people that see you in black automatically think you're an emo. I've always got people thinking I'm dracula or a sad emo. I'm neither *though, being dracula isn't so bad*.

What makes me really mad to the point of blowing up, is emo music. Typical rock for today, is basically music that sounds like fall out boy. At the end of transformers, I hear emo music?! What is up with that? End of the transformers movie back in the 80s, had a really cool sounding song.

Used to be wearing trenchcoats and being in black was cool. Though now people stereotype you because of it. So until this culture changes *which this man trying to sound like girl culture is looking unlikely to change*, I'll have to go back to wearing my uber-sexy barney *pbs version* costume. Nobody can stereotype me then, eh?

Taalon

Linkin Park is what started all of this mess.

Everything they sing has a depressing meaning.

Everything I've heard from them is depressing.