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Litmus Test: Superchic[k]
AanAllein:
People bitching about the correct definition of emo are pretty misguided. Sure, Rites of Spring etc may be "real" emocore, but when your everyday person says emo that's almost certainly not what they're referring to. In the same way that "indie" rarely means independent nowadays. Language changes with how it's used; you don't pull up people for not using thou, or whom, so lay off the emo/not emo bullshit.
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Alex C:
Everyday people are also often idiots, so I'll be damned before I adopt their standards lightly.
Ballard:
A misnomer is a misnomer. I don't believe terms used in ignorance of their real meaning should evolve to agree with the ignorant party's definition.
The current "emo" music that is popular is essentially pop punk. Or whatever else they would like to call themselves. I don't see, however, why it's necessary to lump entirely different types of music together under an umbrella term which, in 9 cases out of 10, is incorrect anyway.
Same with indie. It used to mean something, and now it doesn't because it has been lumped together with "alternative" which covers all popular music today that isn't hip hop, R&B, classical, jazz, country, or bubble gum pop.
Cernunnos:
Maybe i am wrong, but i was under the impression that bands like Rites of spring and such didn't like being called emo or emocore, even if they were the movement originally described in such terms. my understanding is that they saw themselves as a logical progression of punk rock and wished to be regarded as such, not a new thing altogether. I say give the bands who want to be called "emo" the term "Emo". They can have it, for all I care. It's not like it's a good genre name or anything.
Ballard:
Jeremy Enigk cries every time a reporter asks him how he feels about being "the founder of emo"
Hilariously, today's "emo" bands resent the term as well. It's a classification used mostly by fans. The bands themselves prefer to be called "indie/alternative" if my little mall punk friend is any authority. Also sometimes _____core.
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