Topic: somebody explain emo to me... (Read 31868 times)

Vanilla Gorilla · « **on:** 07 Feb 2007, 08:51 »

i honestly have no idea what "emo" is, i know its a type of music or something, which is definitely not held in a high regard on this site, but what the hell is it? sorry if this has been asked before but i didnt see any topics on it. thanks

Will · « **Reply #1 on:** 07 Feb 2007, 08:55 »

http://www.quiki.net/index.php/Emo

Posting before Tommy can do it...

Vanilla Gorilla · « **Reply #2 on:** 07 Feb 2007, 08:58 »

thanks brother, ill check that link out

Vanilla Gorilla · « **Reply #3 on:** 07 Feb 2007, 09:03 »

hmmm...i must be thinking of something else...for some reason i thought it was all those little pre pubescent brats with their fucked up hair wearing makeup and shiz...

Gridgm · « **Reply #4 on:** 07 Feb 2007, 09:06 »

tommy calls that de-pop it can also be called consumer driven music designed to exploit the teenage angst or theres the final possibilty that the definition of the word emo may have changed since the 1990's and now is actually defined as something different like metal no longer applies to ac/dc and thin lizzy which are now classified as hard rock...but i don;t think tommy likes that last answer (i think we even had an argument about it)

SeanBateman · « **Reply #5 on:** 07 Feb 2007, 09:12 »

Emo is pretty awesome.

Panic at the Disco were on the cover of Rolling Stone, did you see?

Vanilla Gorilla · « **Reply #6 on:** 07 Feb 2007, 09:13 »

thanks for the replies guys

and whats panic at the disco? i havent read a rollingstone in probably about 10 years

valley_parade · « **Reply #7 on:** 07 Feb 2007, 09:15 »

Quote from: Vanilla Gorilla on 07 Feb 2007, 09:13

and whats panic at the disco? i havent read a rollingstone in probably about 10 years

Sir, make it a plan to never find out. Ever.

Gridgm · « **Reply #8 on:** 07 Feb 2007, 09:17 »

i concur with the above statement if cornered by a friend trying to play you some gouge your eardrums out

Vanilla Gorilla · « **Reply #9 on:** 07 Feb 2007, 09:22 »

haha, all right, well thanks for the warning fellas

Will · « **Reply #10 on:** 07 Feb 2007, 09:22 »

Quote from: valley_parade on 07 Feb 2007, 09:15

Sir, make it a plan to never find out. Ever.

Bold&quote'd for emphasis. Seriously, if you don't know who this god-awful band, I envy you muchly.

Vanilla Gorilla · « **Reply #11 on:** 07 Feb 2007, 09:35 »

Quote from: Will on 07 Feb 2007, 09:22

Quote from: valley_parade on 07 Feb 2007, 09:15
Sir, make it a plan to never find out. Ever.

Bold&quote'd for emphasis. Seriously, if you don't know who this god-awful band, I envy you muchly.

i must be the happiest man on the planet.

and thanks for the info tommy, that was definitely an interesting article.

ImRonBurgundy? · « **Reply #12 on:** 07 Feb 2007, 09:49 »

This is probably the best thread we've had on the topic ever.

Vanilla Gorilla · « **Reply #13 on:** 07 Feb 2007, 10:29 »

yeah, it seems to be a relatively insightful and respectful thread.

i think i just saw the 4 horsemen run by

BillAdama · « **Reply #14 on:** 07 Feb 2007, 11:11 »

'Emo' is something people get labeled when they sound too sensitive and emotional in a male context.

There are some incarnations of 'emo' that are just a bunch of self-pitying whining, and they deserve all the scorn they get. But there's also the more plaintive, reflective form of emo that gets unjustly lumped together with the 'whiny' emo.

Vanilla Gorilla · « **Reply #15 on:** 07 Feb 2007, 11:40 »

noted. thanks bill, makes sense.

Johnny C · « **Reply #16 on:** 07 Feb 2007, 11:45 »

Quote from: Gridgm on 07 Feb 2007, 09:06

tommy calls that de-pop

I am a staunch advocate of that term and actually use it in place of the updated "emo."

Misereatur · « **Reply #17 on:** 07 Feb 2007, 12:07 »

I think it was Spinless, actually.

It's still a great term.

A Shitty Person · « **Reply #18 on:** 07 Feb 2007, 13:00 »

I'm not gonna launch into a dissertation on this because it's not worth doing, but the emo that is currently being shoved down America's throat has nothing to do with emo several years back. This is not to validate any of the pre-Hot Topic emo stuff, because for the most part it's garbage as well. Rites of Spring and Braid are two bands who were a fairly huge influence to earlier bands in the genre and are definitely worth checking out, as is the easy one, which is Fugazi.

Spinless · « **Reply #19 on:** 07 Feb 2007, 13:04 »

Clara invented the word (edit: Or was it one of the Kats?) I think it was me and Johnny that decided it was brilliant and adopted it into everyday usage.

"Depressing(ly bad) pop music-De-pop"

Kai · « **Reply #20 on:** 07 Feb 2007, 13:52 »

oh god the Joan Rivers guitar is back

I have too been using depop instead.

Johnny C · « **Reply #21 on:** 07 Feb 2007, 13:56 »

Why the hell isn't the thread in which "de-pop" originated coming up in the search? The term isn't even a year old.

Vanilla Gorilla · « **Reply #22 on:** 07 Feb 2007, 14:00 »

because i fucked it into submission

Inlander · « **Reply #23 on:** 07 Feb 2007, 17:44 »

Classy!

ScrambledGregs · « **Reply #24 on:** 07 Feb 2007, 18:33 »

Emo is that feeling you get when the girl in your art class, who you've been secretly pining after for a long time but haven't said more than three words to, finally comes up to you and you get all excited. "Things are looking up for me!!" you think to yourself as your throat goes dry and you begin to cold sweat from nervousness. But it turns out she wants to know if your best friend has a girlfriend and if you'll give her his phone number. So you go home and lay on your hand and stare at the wall while hugging a pillow to your chest as a Smiths chorus repeats in your head.

Gridgm · « **Reply #25 on:** 07 Feb 2007, 19:25 »

no generally i get the whitlams rather than the smiths

there's a girl i know
i want to take her around the world
but she's so unreliable, so unreliable
and it would be my luck
she only likes me when she gets drunk
lately she's been thinking
of giving up drinking

and for all the wrist slitting blood filled sorrow lyrics of modern "emo" music it still has nothing on that

KharBevNor · « **Reply #26 on:** 07 Feb 2007, 19:44 »

Quote from: ScrambledGregs on 07 Feb 2007, 18:33

Emo is that feeling you get when the girl in your art class, who you've been secretly pining after for a long time but haven't said more than three words to, finally comes up to you and you get all excited. "Things are looking up for me!!" you think to yourself as your throat goes dry and you begin to cold sweat from nervousness. But it turns out she wants to know if your best friend has a girlfriend and if you'll give her his phone number. So you go home and lay on your hand and stare at the wall while hugging a pillow to your chest as a Smiths chorus repeats in your head.

W_-

MusicScribbles · « **Reply #27 on:** 07 Feb 2007, 20:09 »

Wow, these emo threads are really evolving. I came here expecting a full out bashing, from definitions to caustic, biting remarks on how 'ur mom is emo'. I'm surprised. QC is truly all grown up, for the most part. I can now predict the tone of the responses to this remark. Tee-hee, I said remark.

ImRonBurgundy? · « **Reply #28 on:** 07 Feb 2007, 21:42 »

Emo is that feeling you get when it rains and nobody shows up to your grassroots depleted uranium protest vegan bake sale.

Storm Rider · « **Reply #29 on:** 07 Feb 2007, 21:45 »

Emo is when nobody comments on your Livejournal for over two weeks, even after a fifty Hitler post.

Johnny C · « **Reply #30 on:** 07 Feb 2007, 22:06 »

Emo is "ome," backwards.

Rizzo · « **Reply #31 on:** 08 Feb 2007, 00:23 »

Quote from: Storm Rider on 07 Feb 2007, 21:45

Emo is when nobody comments on your Livejournal for over two weeks, even after a fifty Hitler post.

Sig'd!

Valdemar · « **Reply #32 on:** 08 Feb 2007, 03:13 »

Emo is actually a pretty good reggae singer.

Vanilla Gorilla · « **Reply #33 on:** 08 Feb 2007, 06:17 »

Quote from: Inlander on 07 Feb 2007, 17:44

Classy!

yeah, i get that a lot

ImRonBurgundy? · « **Reply #34 on:** 08 Feb 2007, 08:44 »

Emo is actually probably Screeching Weasel's worst album.

Vanilla Gorilla · « **Reply #35 on:** 08 Feb 2007, 09:02 »

dare i say...i know nothing of screaching weasel other than a name?

ImRonBurgundy? · « **Reply #36 on:** 08 Feb 2007, 09:46 »

They were a pretty excellent pop-punk band from back in the day. Pick up their album My Brain Hurts.

Vanilla Gorilla · « **Reply #37 on:** 08 Feb 2007, 09:50 »

i will definitely do that, im always lookin for new tunage, thanks brudda

ImRonBurgundy? · « **Reply #38 on:** 08 Feb 2007, 09:58 »

No prob.

Vanilla Gorilla · « **Reply #39 on:** 08 Feb 2007, 10:06 »

where have i seen that little green gloop thin thats in your avatar?

ImRonBurgundy? · « **Reply #40 on:** 08 Feb 2007, 10:12 »

Yeah, it was a meme from a couple months ago, and I've been too lazy to change my avatar.

Vanilla Gorilla · « **Reply #41 on:** 08 Feb 2007, 10:16 »

oh ok, now i remember that ish

im_a _hellion · « **Reply #42 on:** 10 Feb 2007, 18:47 »

emo is not what somone is but instead meerly tries to be. i have yet to meet an emo who was acctually emotionally disturbed, much less emotionally disturbing so... they just dont exist its a benginly failing philosophy!

amok · « **Reply #43 on:** 10 Feb 2007, 18:57 »

My mission for the next week is to use the descriptor "benginly failing" in my philosophy classes.

Also, what?

Rubby · « **Reply #44 on:** 10 Feb 2007, 18:59 »

Emo is how I feel when I go to take a shit and one of my roommates is in the shower.

Mr u Suk · « **Reply #45 on:** 10 Feb 2007, 19:07 »

emo is when you think nobody understands you, but in fact they understand you all too well

supersheep · « **Reply #46 on:** 10 Feb 2007, 19:11 »

Emo is where you buy your petrol. In Laois.

im_a _hellion · « **Reply #47 on:** 10 Feb 2007, 19:14 »

what i meant by benginly failing is that it is a cancerlike failing in our simplistic society of weirdos and lunitics(i choose not to mention loners because i am a loner)that is misinterpreted by many and unattainable by all so it is just unnecessary!!!

Hunter · « **Reply #48 on:** 10 Feb 2007, 19:32 »

Quote from: Rubby on 10 Feb 2007, 18:59

Emo is how I feel when I go to take a shit and one of my roommates is in the shower.

heheheheh

est · « **Reply #49 on:** 10 Feb 2007, 22:33 »

I have a friend who is into the original emo stuff. We were talking about this latest crop of "emo" yesterday, and realised we should start calling it "nu-emo"

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