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Emo... a new generation or a new flop?

BR3TT	Date: April 21, 2006 @ 11:43 AM I'm sure that everyone here has heard of emo, the guys in their girl pants, blah blah blah. But what do you think of it? Is it good, bad? I'd like you're opinion. Personally, I can't stop listening to it, and I think that people look at it too negatively, calling it gay and whatnot. So what do you think?
pangtera	Date: April 21, 2006 @ 4:05 PM I peruse the culture, not the music. The music is great to me, and doesn't really sound that different than regular pop rock or alternative. Sure Green Day's new album has music that sounds a little different than their older material, but it sounds fine to me because personally, Green Day's older material was unappealing to me. In terms o fht culture, I haven't seen the true essence of emo. I've just seen the Weezer glasses sported by many of America's youth, and read about how emo people cry a lot and have a style of dress that is a mix between punk and grunge. I have a relative who says she's emo but doesn't dress like it. Personally I think the characteristics of a true emo person are a bit over the top. Crying a lot? Wow, get some therapy or something. Guys wearing black eyeliner? Is this Trans America or what?
PrincessTast...	Date: April 21, 2006 @ 4:09 PM Yo La Tengo is really good, but that's more shoegazer/jam rock than emo, huh?
Alecs	Date: April 21, 2006 @ 4:50 PM To me, emo is a flop. Not even a NEW flop, juist a plain oold flop.
LiQuidMetamo...	Date: April 21, 2006 @ 6:50 PM I thought emo was punkish stuff from the late 80's - mid 90's and all the sites I browsed on it list a bunch of bands I never heard of, except Fugazi. No mention of Green Day or Weezer on any of the sites I looked at. Guys wearing black eyeliner - thought this was more of a New Wave thing from the mid 70's like New York Dolls, Mott The Hoople, early Bowie etc, then revived a bit in New Romantic synth pop stuff of the mid 1980's - or even the cure, siouxsie etc.
EchoMinor	Date: April 21, 2006 @ 7:13 PM i dont really care for emo, emo currently basically is just pop-punk with sometimes sad, overly emotional, or overly happy lyrics... and cant forget the eyeliner, black clothing. thats just my take on it, i was dragged to the warped tour last year and i saw alot of those type of bands mixed in with the dropkick murphys and the offspring
BOWILLIE	Date: April 21, 2006 @ 7:15 PM curt cobain did a video in a dress..why not?
zedsalt	Date: April 22, 2006 @ 11:33 AM These little categorizations are really arbitrary and meaningless, anyway. Similar music and a similar attitude to what's currently refered to as "Emo" predate written history; it's just the label that's new. I enjoy that sort of music, especially if I'm in the mood for it. Mystery-machine put eyeliner on me when we were on a fieldtrip back in high school. Man, that was uncomfortable! I don't know why you gals...and guys...wear that stuff.
victorsskull	Date: April 22, 2006 @ 11:34 AM please shoot me or kill emo what ever works
K3VIN	Date: April 22, 2006 @ 2:01 PM It's funny cause we will not have to kill off this Teeny Bopper Emo fad, they will slowly kill themselves.
shadowself	Date: April 22, 2006 @ 5:46 PM Well at least they are not in the habit of killing other emo artists.
sinai	Date: April 22, 2006 @ 6:11 PM over POOL!!!

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