The Death of Emo (1247 hits)
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Submitted by Kraven (View user info) at 2005-09-26 16:09:59 EDT
Yes, thats right i said. A new movment is in the works, by yours truely. I plan by the summer of 2007 to clean up society from its punk wanna-be, whining, EMO-fanatics. I am against EMO. "But Dustin why kill EMO?" Well, my friends of myspace.com, i'll tell you.
When Columbine went down, the media immediatly jumped down the throats of rappers, and hard-rock fundamentalists such as Maralyn Manson. The claims, musics effects on teenagers. I never beleived these claims, I as a young child always thought "How could music change who you are. it doesnt affect me!"
As i got alittle older, i started listening to Rob Zombie, mainly while driving. As i was speeding down the express way the subtle melody of "Living dead girl" would start pumping through my speakers. As the beat got more intense, i noticed the needle on my speedometer rise. Tell me this DOESN'T happen to you. Thought so.
Although that might have been a minor example, lets all think about the first release of Dashboard's second C.D. mainly because, who knew about his frist until his second? It was a good a CD, for the winter, i guess. Lets face it, the winter to alot of us, is a deperessing time. All the cold weather, and hell even snow can get us bent out of shape. Now, lets take a minute and reflect on what that CD has done for us, "emo"tionally. Nothing but give is more reasons to be depressed.
Teenagers, and people of all ages are affected by the music they listen to. Think about it guys what does nice, slow romantic music do for us? Although, its not individual songs they hear on the radio, but the CD's their parents buy and pay no attention to. Than one day they're walking around wearing black claiming to be "Dead" on the inside for the next 5 years. Music alters our moods, its true.
I used to like listening to the Radio, alt-rock stations were the best, i could hear anything from pearl-jam to incubus to red hott chilie peppers. I know, i still can, but its whats in between these songs that are killing me inside. Fallout boys, and oh the "Hawthorn heights" and their song "Ohio is for lovers." Thanks alot assholes for making Ohio-ins look like fucking pussies.
Reason two i would like to see this "Emo" phase ended, teenagers. Especially on Myspace, i have the opportunity to see all kinds of new faces, and profiles of some of the most emotionally unbalanced teenagers. And what makes me mad, is people who bitch about the life they never had, because they would rather sit with their pillow, snuggling their bottles of tylonol gel-caps, and drift away listening to "My chemical romance."
We are creating a newage generation of whining, crying, pansy ass mother fuckers! Now, im not a fighter, im a lover. Call me a hippy, what ever, lets smoke pot and recreate. For fucks sakes, at least i dont fucking cry openly, and atleast i know how to bottle my feelings up and be strong like a man should be. Gerard Way, c'mon man, my mother wears less make up. Perhaps, maybe im being illogical, i dont know holla back, or ... go cry about it..
Now lets take a social observation here. Metal-heads, you can tell these people when you see them, wearing their metalica shirt from when they saw them live in the mid 90's. Their hair down to their back and their knarly hole'n the knees jeans. These people are the heroin atics of msuci-society, bouncing off walls and shit.
The Rappers, these guys are straight out of compton and the LBC, these guys, and their followers are straight hip "hoppers." Your bound to find one of these in the club sippin on some "Jin and Juice" laid back, thats right.
Alt-rockers fit into a more subtle environment, mostly inclined to the children and or responsibilites they have at home, they aren't allowed to dabble in the Death metal, or rap scene. Booze, and hard drugs arent' for these people. These people are the potheads. They hide behind their $20 dollar an hour jobs, breaking their back to pay the bills, educating their kids, and for that one joint they sneak at night, to mellow them back down.
But what about the Emos? Where do they fit in? Emos' are your downers, the drug admisterd to stop heroine over-doses. While we are out trying to party and enjoy life, or just chill smoke pot and be happy. You guys are socially out-casting your selves and then blaming us. You people hear your songs about break-ups, and suicides and whine around with klenex(R) all day.
You are looking into the shadows of the world and telling us how dark it is. Well to you I say turn around. Enjoy this world of color, step out from your black and white shell, and learn to move on. Learn to say fuck it! Try not to cry so fucking much, and smile. I promise, its not that hard.
And that is why EMO needs to die.
P.S. Please do not be an Emo bitch and try to explain to me how anything good can come of this trend. Thank you. Dustin.
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Submitted by jagmcmanus (user info) at 2006-01-25 00:07:46 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
anyone who uses the the term 'grunge' knows fuck all about music in the first place.
Everyone should leave all the poor little emos alone, they have feelings too
Submitted by r0fl (user info) at 2006-01-24 23:53:39 EST (#)
Ranking: -1
You could slit your wrists and then write about it. Remember, the euphemism is
"Crossing the street."
That'd be ironic. Get it??
Submitted by HawthorneHeights (user info) at 2006-01-24 23:51:00 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
I heard you have AIDS.
Good luck with that.
Submitted by mockidol (user info) at 2005-09-27 00:11:22 EDT (#)
Ranking: -1
ohh, boo hoo.
stop crying.
Why don't you go write a song about it?
Submitted by trent_nz (user info) at 2005-09-26 22:51:52 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Yeah this emo shit needs to stop, note there is a difference between goth and emo
Submitted by WellFedEthiopian (user info) at 2005-09-26 22:48:49 EDT (#)
Ranking: -1
Nothing a little Slayer can't fix.
Submitted by kaos-king (user info) at 2005-09-26 22:45:26 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
I see it's time for Kaos-King to bring about the School of Rock...
Emo was a sub genre of punk born in the early nineties by such bands as Sunny Day Real Estate and The Catherine Wheel. It was meant to imply music that had a punk influence, yet was still melodic and had serious lyrics. Some other bands in the early emo movement were Hum and Face To Face. Eventually, with the rise of Nu-Metal, these type of bands went further underground or broke up.
As Nu-Metal declined, a new generation of kids were growing up and had been listening to punk and pre-emo. Such bands as Taking Back Sunday, My Chemical Romance and The Used were born. Chris Carraba of Dashboard Confessional was once in a band called Further Seems Forever. Dashboard is/was just his side project. These bands were underground and influencial to a number of other, younger bands which caused a trend explosion. Now, places like Hot Topics sells tight tee shirts and studded belts, where as 10 years ago, every store in America carried Flannel to cash in on the Grunge movement.
Right now, the so-called EMO movement is being flooded by various less talented artists and bands, and many of the original groups are either selling out or changing their sound drastically. This happens every decade. It happened to grunge, it happened to hair metal. It will happen to Emo.
By the way, half of Sunny Day Real Estate is now in Foo Fighters...
Submitted by vettesrule88 (user info) at 2005-09-26 22:31:43 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
NO! emo cant die. me and a friend sit outside their local emo concerts with acoustic guitars making fun of them. we call it "Tenacious E.M.O" we basically play things tha tmake no musical sound whatsoever sa hard and loud as we can then scream and cry, yel "SOLO TIME" and play ode to joy, then do a harmonic break.
its hilarious because the emo fags come OUT of the "real" concert to see us as we TRY to suck, to make fun of them, and they PAY US!
our catch phrase "Don't look at me, I'm crying!"
Submitted by downerSTAIN (user info) at 2005-09-26 22:01:58 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
Mmmmm, cliches.
Submitted by Beer_bong (user info) at 2005-09-26 21:11:35 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
"hard-rock fundamentalists such as Maralyn Manson."
thats as far as I'm going to go.
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2005-09-26 19:07:19 EDT (#)
Ranking: -1
Isn't Dashboard Confessional the poster child for this genre you hate?
Emo evolved from somewhere, as all genres do. Music is important, being able to judge people on sight by their t-shirts or by what they listen to is not- once your out of high school, anyway. I hate most of what is considered 'emo' (which IS a ridiculous label) so you know what I do instead of wasting my time trying to exterminate it? I turn off the TV, listen to good music and read a book.
Submitted by userpete86 (user info) at 2005-09-26 18:37:41 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
I liked it, screw all those emo kids. Learn to write though.
Submitted by DeathJester (user info) at 2005-09-26 18:13:30 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
OMG EMO TAERS!!!1
Submitted by johnhutch (user info) at 2005-09-26 17:41:17 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
thanks for the history lesson, jackass. I think there was maybe a thing or two in there that wasn't common knowledge to anyone with a tv set and a pair of eyes. no.. no, wait. nevermind. nothing of value.
regardless, grow up. No one spells hardcore hXc. No one in their right mind would associate my chemical romance with dashboard. No one actually cares if you got your clothes at hot topic or at a thrift shop. No one cares what you think or what the original post was about. That was my whole point. That this conversation is retarded. That we are all that much stupider for even thinking about it.
Genres are stupid. This is stupid. I'm stupid. Everything stupids. glaihdgfoaiehtalksfna'life
Submitted by CoreaPeekay (user info) at 2005-09-26 17:15:20 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
Second of all, what the fuck is Emo? Really. How did this become a genre? You just described My Chemical Romance and Dashboard Confessional under the same genre. What the fuck do these bands have in common? They sing about their pain and depression? Jesus, I guess Bob Dylan's emo, too, huh? And fuck, Nirvana was as emo as they come. Hell, by your standards, I think it's safe to say every band that's ever released an album has been emo at one point or another.
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Well, emo is 'emotionally charged' music.Now, lets see past the hypocrisy there, because all music is 'emotional' generally speaking, thast why it is so sucessful... It can be hardcore, punk, or even alt rock. yes, MCR and Dashboard are the same genre. Bob dylan wasnt emo because he didnt hop a trend bandwagon. You're an idiot. Kurt Cobain is the epitome of emo fag anyway. He complains about his life, whines, cries, bitches, then kills himself. That is teh definition of the perfect emo kid (Because they kill themselves, ha ha ha) Basically, Emo is just a trend, like being Goth/ Goth rock, and skating. Emo was going strong, but now its being hXc (hardcore, for you musically inept) and in any respect, its a fucking drain on the music scene around the world. They're all posers, leeches, hanger-ons. Whatever. Its all about the next cool thing to do. All emo kids want to do is shop at hot topic with their parent's credit cards and complain about how horrible their would-be-perfect life is. In fact, most of the well-off people I know are the emo ones. Isnt that pathetic?
Emo fails at music...
You Fail at insulting.
Submitted by TheSunGod (user info) at 2005-09-26 16:59:53 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
an excellent idea.
here's how you do it: gather up all your emo CDs, and buy a few more. put them around you in a circle, and kill yourself. maybe try being a "cutter" for a few weeks beforehand to build up a history of this sort of thing. leave a note pinned to your chest reading, "EMO did this to me."
it should have a reaction like the one columbine (almost) had on marilyn manson, and bring down the entire emo scene. the musical vacuum will just be filled with even more hippy bastards trying to be dave matthews. you will be our martyr.
then this post will be worth reading.
Submitted by hostileapostle (user info) at 2005-09-26 16:54:31 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
ARGH. I keep telling myself I'm going to be nice in my reviews...but then shit like this gets submitted and I just can't do it.
I don't even know where to start. It's "Addict" not "Atic", "Tylenol" not "Tylonol" and "Gin" not "Jin". I know you were going for that whole mature, intellectual vibe with this, but it doesn't really work when you're too lazy to hit the "SPELLCHECK" button in Word. Seriously. If you're going to be a mongoloid with no grasp of the English language, at least use the tools that Microsoft created for idiots like you.
Secondly, I've never seen anyone argue a point the way you do. You start out by saying you want to kill EMO. Then you go on to say that Dashboard Confessional's CD was good. Not only that, but you knew that he didn't get popular until his second album. If you hate EMO so much, then why do you seem to know so much about EMO bands? And LIKE EMO bands? Really, it was a compelling argument. You should join the debate club.
What's sad is that I agree that EMO sucks. However, it's JUST MUSIC. GET THE FUCK OVER IT. There will always be a genre of music that you don't like. By getting so worked up over it, you're just reinforcing the idea that it's EMO kids against the world. You're keeping their bullshit counter-culture alive.
EMO, like Disco, will go away eventually. Just listen to your music, enjoy it, and learn to spell. It'll make the world a happier place.
Submitted by Jeanneee (user info) at 2005-09-26 16:37:11 EDT (#)
Ranking: -1
If you fuckers don't start learning how to proofread I am going to kill you all. Seriously.
Submitted by nisswa (user info) at 2005-09-26 16:37:05 EDT (#)
Ranking: -1
EMO is fucked, but you cant write and make broad, sweeping generalizations. You ghonorhea transmitting man-whore.
Submitted by johnhutch (user info) at 2005-09-26 16:36:00 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
"Heroin Atic"
ARE YOU KIDDING ME??!
Oh... shit, wait. I'm sorry. You have downs, right? Fuck, man. I didn't mean to be so insensitive. Keep trying, little guy.
Submitted by WildcatMcGee (user info) at 2005-09-26 16:29:17 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
You lost me with this empty, arbitrary phrase,"hard-rock fundamentalists". Fucking wow.
Anyway, I've already ranted about the connection between myspace and emo bitches.
Title: I Hope my Brother Can Fuck the Emo Out of Her
http://www.ubersite.com/m/73745
Submitted by johnhutch (user info) at 2005-09-26 16:26:57 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
First of all, you're a shitty writer. Lets get that out of the way right here and now. You can't form sentences, punctuate or spell. I can understand a coupla type-o's here and there, but you're just all over the place.
Second of all, what the fuck is Emo? Really. How did this become a genre? You just described My Chemical Romance and Dashboard Confessional under the same genre. What the fuck do these bands have in common? They sing about their pain and depression? Jesus, I guess Bob Dylan's emo, too, huh? And fuck, Nirvana was as emo as they come. Hell, by your standards, I think it's safe to say every band that's ever released an album has been emo at one point or another.
My point? Put simply, you're an idiot. The "problem" you perceive and write about ending isn't some new genre sweeping the oiley-faced masses. It's teenagers. If it's not emo, it's goth. If it's not goth, it's new wave. It's always something. You want to rail against something, rail against puberty and indentity crisis. And good luck with that one. I'll be looking forward to your next Rooney-esq piece, "I'm tired of other people urinating" or maybe "What's with getting pubes?!"
Moron!
Submitted by Cadrach (user info) at 2005-09-26 16:20:31 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
I made it as far as "Perhaps, maybe im being illogical, i dont know holla back, or ... go cry about it.. " before I was absolutely certain that you needed to die.
Submitted by NRA (user info) at 2005-09-26 16:19:28 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Let's fucking shoot 'em.
Submitted by manicvelocity (user info) at 2005-09-26 16:19:22 EDT (#)
Ranking: -1
While I don't particularly care for the emo culture, I know you aren't important enough to take it down.
Tired topic and poor writing skills. -2. +1 for effort.
Submitted by leilani (user info) at 2005-09-26 16:14:26 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
isn't myspace like an emo breeding ground?
this was kind of confusing. but i liked something about it.
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2005-09-26 16:13:46 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
RICO>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
SUAVE>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Submitted by Kraven (user info) at 2005-09-26 16:11:38 EDT (#)
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I wrote this for my blog on myspace, so...
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