More Emo - All About That Thing You Keep Hearing About, Emo
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"Emo" gets harder and harder to define as time goes on. Emo, by definition, means emotionally charged hardcore punk. Emo died in the late 80's early 90's but gave way to post emo music and hardcore/emo bands.
The Emo of today is a whole different animal than the emo of yesterday. Its essentially a word that has horned its way into popular usage while shedding most of the qualities that originally defined it.
Like it's Punk predecessor, Emo has evolved to encompass a diversified set of lifestyle suggestions above and beyond the kind of music one enjoys, including certain pre-ordained behaviors, fashion imperatives and identity traits which are indicative of an emerging new culture.
The Emo of today is a whole different animal than the emo of yesterday. Its essentially a word that has horned its way into popular usage while shedding most of the qualities that originally defined it.
Like it's Punk predecessor, Emo has evolved to encompass a diversified set of lifestyle suggestions above and beyond the kind of music one enjoys, including certain pre-ordained behaviors, fashion imperatives and identity traits which are indicative of an emerging new culture.
So What Is Emo?
Some Basic Truths About the Emerging Emo Sub-Culture
First and foremost, Emo is a state of mind and distinct lifestyle choice which involves one or more of the following dimensions in varying degrees and proportions.
- Emo is a genre of music that's suffering character dilution and becoming harder to define
- Emo is fashion statement
- Emo is a form of identity that influences one's geopolitical views and belief system
- Emo "kids" are characteristically "hetero-flexible", "bi-sexual" and open to experimentation in their sexual dealings
Anti-Emo Sentiments
Fueling the Ongoing Dabate Over What Emo Is & Isn't
Much of the hostility directed at Emo comes from a strong contingent of hardcore punk purists who jealously maintain that Emo is nothing more than a sub-genre of punk music. They'd never admit to it, but that's because Emo represents a threat to their cherished lifestyle. They're afraid that emo is going to replace punk and it is this fear which fuels hostility against the emergine Emo sub-culture.
Some anti-emo sentiments that the Emo sub-culture has grown accustomed to hearing include:
Some anti-emo sentiments that the Emo sub-culture has grown accustomed to hearing include:
- Emo is NOT a mindset
- Emo is NOT a philosophy
- Emo is NOT a fashion
- There is NO SUCH THING as Emo culture
It's Time to Face the Music
They forget that punk started out the same way, and slowly evolved over time to encompass a diverse range of lifestyle suggestions in the areas of fashion, ideas and principals.
When Will Emo Go Away?
The themes underpinning the Emo revolution will never go away. They will always be prominant feature of mainstream youth culture. Emo, as a catch-all phrase, will eventually phase out and be replaced by a new word-of-the-day befitting the emotional character of the times.
Latest Activity In the House of Emo
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- House of Emo
- Everything you love and hate about emo on one site.
- What the Heck Is Emo Anyways?
- Considered the original work on emo, online.
- paHardcore
- Online Indie music community.
- Emo Girl Talk
- Weekly podcast featuring emergine emo bands.
- Emo Boy Comic
- Home page for the up-and-coming comic artist Stephen E Mond.
- Anatomy of An Emo Kid Chart
- A full color "Anatomy of An Emo Kid" style chart that Seventeen Magazine published.
- Emo History
- A well-written historical account of Emo.
- More Emo History
- In this slightly outdated article entitled "Emo (The Genre That Dare Not Speak It's Name)",
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