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stickemup

Writer's Block: Out of fashion

Mar 17, 2010 14:48

Comments 7

starofpersia March 17 2010, 20:19:24 UTC

You're right, modern "emo" is nothing like the emo I listened to in highschool. Back then it meant emotional punk, and was basically intense, melodic punk (NOT POP!!!) The bands that played a lot here were Dead & Gone (So good, I wonder if I could find any of their music kicking around here now), Multi Facet, and AFI...yes muthafucking AFI before they got big and were more hardcore...I once got a ride home from Davey Havok and wanted to fuck him cuz he looked like Dave Vanian and wore guyliner.

I sound like a fucking fogey.

katherinevenus March 17 2010, 21:04:54 UTC

agreed. i wasn't big on the music scene but these kids don't know emo. black eyeliner/clothes does not equate what it once was.

erinmack March 17 2010, 22:31:34 UTC

hear, hear. Incidentally, I've been substituting and a girl in my 8th grade class (a big dyke who is just waiting to come out, incidentally!) showed me a picture of herself on her cellphone and said "Look, I'm the first black emo!" I was like "Not even, honey..."

porelsocialismo March 23 2010, 11:40:39 UTC

Awwwwwww that's more cute than sad!

janevampyr March 18 2010, 17:59:43 UTC

haha, i laughed at this. so narrow mindes people are

jojomcdodd March 21 2010, 00:37:37 UTC

Heyheyhey, I thought "emo' was a type of personality, not a fashion.

stickemup March 23 2010, 11:40:06 UTC

You're right - IT IS, but that shows you how perceptive today's young people are. Most of these kids are just emulating the fashion trends of a (not actual) subculture (since it's just a subset of popular culture, like this whole hip hop nerd thing) and are completely unconcerned with any actual culture pertaining to it. Which is little to none, because as an "old head" I'd say that all truly significant happenings of emo all occurred in the nineties.

Co-opted and commercialized, just like punk and hip hop.