Mom, to answer your question, well the above poster did that. It's music about feelings and how much one hates the world and stuff like that. Betsy is a girl that sits next to me in class (just a friend) and we love to make fun of emo people together. So I wrote an emo song with her being the cause of all my misery and it was just a big joke. Also, WHOEVER WROTE THE ABOVE COMMENT HAS WAY TO MUCH TIME ON THEIR HANDS AND IS REALLY WEIRD! I don't need your help and my mom doesn't either weirdo. Please don't post on my lj again wack job.
To understand emo, one must understand the state of punk music in the early '80s. Punk had moved underground and most of the CBGB-era punks had moved on (a lot of what made punk "punk" was the fact that the music was hasty, spur of the moment, and, honestly, not too accomplished as far as musical technique is concerned. The "downfall" of punk may have had a lot to do with the fact that, the more you play your instruments, the better you get. This is why John Lydon (Johnny Rotten) moved on to Public Image Ltd. [a band that, for my money is {at least musically} infinitely more interesting than the Sex Pistols].) However, much of the punk fanbase would not allow punk to move beyond the three-chord song formula that defined its early sound (The Ramones, The Sex Pistols, The Buzzcocks
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And as for the Betsy question, I was very surprised to found that she was an actual girl. Betsy seemed like a total Mark Fream name as a punchline--a name that seems very out of place to show the reader that the tongue is firmly planted in your cheek. As for a real emo song it would be a severe misstep--everyone knows the quintessentially emo everlonging is after Emily.
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And as for the Betsy question, I was very surprised to found that she was an actual girl. Betsy seemed like a total Mark Fream name as a punchline--a name that seems very out of place to show the reader that the tongue is firmly planted in your cheek. As for a real emo song it would be a severe misstep--everyone knows the quintessentially emo everlonging is after Emily.
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