Originally posted by tabby999
i think he is refering to that most of them whinge about crap in their music
May I ask why?
"I hate my mum
so I whinge all day in a high pitched voice
because I hate myself and
I hate this guitar that my mum
gave me for my birthday
it doesn't have custom pickups
and my mum sent me to a doctor
when I wet the bed
I hate my mum
I hate my mum
She didn't buy me a Jag"
Why do they sing about this stuff.
I have never listened to this "emo." After reading the posts here I would have to say that I don't really want to. What exactly is it? Is it just people whining like you all say. Does the world EMO supposted to be short for the word emotional? At any rate emo sounds gay and I don't ever want to here it. Trash......it must be trash
Emo is a cop out that most ignorant people put on shit music like Dashboard Confessional and other bands that aren't truly emo.
Those of you who are saying that it stands for 'emotional' are totally off base.
It stands for a type of music that is known as 'emotive hardcore' and like someone said, Joy Division, Sunny Day Real Estate, Jawbreaker, Rites of Spring, Embrace, etc. So learn to know what you are talking about before spouting off nonsense, people.
ive said the roots of emo multiple times... just some ppl cant be taught
Emo take soo much stick, when infact...remove the vocals and i garuantee most ppl on here would love the music, its just 'cool' to hate emo atm... fair enough, i can deal with that... not a huge emo fan, but its still pretty pathetic
Well, the same can be said for pretty much any "different" genre. There are tons of "death" metal bands out there that have some incredible guitar and drum work, but when you enlist Cookie Monster for your lead vocalist, it kind of ruins it for everything else. Then, of course, when everyones vox sound the same, you're going to get labeled as "one of those bands", because so many people don't want to bother distinguishing them from one another. It is hard to get around whiny vocals, however.
You know, not all emo bands fit the description everyone seems to love planting on them.
Also, lyrics are a massive part of my enjoyment of music, and if I can relate to something (which I rarely can) it makes it all the more special to me. There's a song by Senses Fail called 'Stephen', which is about a close friend who died unexpectedly, at a very young age. Maybe to most people, it sounds whiney and dumb, but I can completely empathise with the song's frustration and remorse, because I've experienced similar things. Not because I love the idea of feeling the 'pain', but because I have felt it.
I may be into emo, but I'm not the kind of mixed up trendy teenager who you're describing. I like it because I like it, not because anyone told me to like it, not because it's 'cool', not because I'm a depressed person, I just like it.
Originally posted by Cinemaddiction
Not everyone is misguided. I hate the monotony, the image, the irony, the contradictions, and the sheepish people who by into someone elses "pain", under the impression that they can "relate".
So you'd prefer if people only listened to music they couldn't 'relate' to? And what image?
Emo bands are a bunch of whiny little brats with the same high pitched obnoxious voice who sing about their daddy's grounding them or a girlfriend who kissed another guy during high school. They're annoying trying to play off of their fake depression and angst when they're usually like 35 years old.