look, my star is wearing emo glasses!! :P
Ok, so i was looking at purevolume.com, checking out some of the bands that are gonna be at warped tour and stuff. There is an advertisement on the side of the page for "Emo-style t-shirts." this piques my interest so i click on it. on this site, there is this link: "what does emo mean?" again, im interested so i click. and it is a list of lots of emails from people giving their definition of "emo." I found the following two emails highly entertaining, so i thought i'd share it with you lovely people of livejournal. enjoy!!
"In the early to mid 90's a buch of hard core (mostly east coast and mid-atlantic...NY, DC, Philly) decided to stop screaming so much and start singing melodies over hard core music and added some more melodic guitar parts. Since hard core now had a melody and a little bit of "math rock" or "art rock" added to it, it was "emotional" or "emo". Nowdays it's usually referred to as emo-core or scream-o. But it is the origin of the genre.
What it isn't...
Emo isn't some whinny cry-baby wussy boy with an accoustic guitar and too many feelings (Chris Carraba, Pedro the Lion). People need to stop labling these neo-folkies as emo bands and call them what they really are...dirty hippies. Most of those skinny boys in tight t-shirts aren't tough enough to be in a REAL emo band. Does anyone remember the term "college rock"? Pavement? Sebedoh? That's right...sweater wearin', floor starin', self loathing indie rockers ("Look at me. I'm so smart because I hang out in coffee shops and talk about independent movies and bands you've never heard of.") Good Charlotte isn't a punk band and Dashboard Confessional isn't emo. Sounds like someone needs an a** kicking. "
(The last part is my favorite!) so then someone else answered this person in the following email:
"Emo isn't some whinny cry-baby wussy boy with an accoustic guitar and too many feelings
... no, but it is whinny wussy boys with hard core bass lines and attempts at melodic guitar riffs, accompanied by either a completely out of synch and inadequet drummer or a guy that really knows his set and would be better off solo.
and emo started when a hard core kid punched a punk rocker and then made out with his girlfriend. and she liked it. and he cried, many emo tears. these tears formed a sweater. and the now emo kid must wear protective eyewear (ie thick rimmed dark glasses)..."
LMAO!! I dont have an opinion either way, because its not really my thing, but this just made me chuckle. There is much more of this arguement on the website, but i thought i'd just share the highlights. let me know if you want the link to read the rest of it though!!
Have a gread day! :)
And remember, a little hip-hop never hurt anyone. Except tupac.... he got shot! :)