You don't hate the music you've heard though do you? You hate anything even associated with the word "emo" despite the fact that it might not be the kind of music you hate, purely because you have a very wrong misconception.
Just like people who don't listen to hip hop because they think it's all superficial.
How can you sanely claim to hate fans of a music genre? You don't even know all of them. Metal has some pretty ****ing idiotic followers. Have you seen the amount of people who say they like to go to concerts to fight, metal concerts? Not all emo fans act the same way, just like I don't go to concerts to fight, I listen to metal.
I'm gonna go out on a limb here and based on the evidence you've provided, you just hate something you simply do not understand for no justifiable reason and with such a closed-mind that it begs the question: If you know you're wrong, why continue to do it?
-AC
Originally posted by SlipknoT
I dont Hate the emo kids because they're trend followers, I just dont like them because of the way they act, just like Preps ect...
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I personally hate Emo with a passion. It's essentially a bunch of 20-something guys whining about how their girlfriends dumped them and how their lives are soooo bad. Bah, crap. All of it.
I wish people could learn to be more individualistic, listen to what they want, and not conform to some dress code.
Case in point, I drove into Pawn America this afternoon BLASTING Arch Enemy's "Wages of Sin", wearin' a Star Wars shirt, camo cargos and some Nikes. As I was checking out, I was talking to the clerk, whom I know, about the new Chimaira album. What was it that I purchased? "Taken" on DVD, a "Meatballs" DVD..Fiona ****ing Apple and..wait for it..Ben Folds Five CD's. I also saw "March of the Penguins" ysterday.
Add it up. A goddamn penguin movie, which I liked, Arch Enemy, Fiona Apple, Ben Folds Five, Star Wars? What's my label?
See where I'm going with this..? People aren't defined by their music or dress, and while it may be disconcerning to some, knowing that kids are trendwhores, it's just kids being kids. Trends come and go, and yeah, they segregate themselves, but instead of putting them down, just remember that we were all pretty much in the same boat at one point in time, because you can't tell me that you never dressed DOWN for a social event to be different..or your mother let you wear rags when you visited Grandma as a kid on Christmas. You wanted to look nice, like everyone else. Why? Because you probably felt more comfortable.
Kids just want to fit in, and don't realize the value and importance of individualism. If they're comfortable where they are..great..if not..they'll eventually find themselves.
Just live your own life, man.
Originally posted by Alpha CentauriOh no, I loath the Emo that I have heard. But I'm just going By what I've heard and seen. I used to Feel The same way about Rap and Hip Hop, I thought it was all Gangstas Talking about Cars and Hoes...But then I started listening to other stuff that wasnt on MTV...But i dunno, I' closed minded when it comes to Emo. Once I've established that I hate something its hard for me to Go back.
You don't hate the music you've heard though do you? You hate anything even associated with the word "emo" despite the fact that it might not be the kind of music you hate, purely because you have a very wrong misconception.Just like people who don't listen to hip hop because they think it's all superficial.
How can you sanely claim to hate fans of a music genre? You don't even know all of them. Metal has some pretty ****ing idiotic followers. Have you seen the amount of people who say they like to go to concerts to fight, metal concerts? Not all emo fans act the same way, just like I don't go to concerts to fight, I listen to metal.
I'm gonna go out on a limb here and based on the evidence you've provided, you just hate something you simply do not understand for no justifiable reason and with such a closed-mind that it begs the question: If you know you're wrong, why continue to do it?
-AC
Originally posted by CinemaddictionI know what you mean, I get the weirdest looks when I tell people I listen to NWA or the Grateful Dead and I'm wearing a Slayer shirt and a Trench Coat with Long black Hair.
I wish people could learn to be more individualistic, listen to what they want, and not conform to some dress code.Case in point, I drove into Pawn America this afternoon BLASTING Arch Enemy's "Wages of Sin", wearin' a Star Wars shirt, camo cargos and some Nikes. As I was checking out, I was talking to the clerk, whom I know, about the new Chimaira album. What was it that I purchased? "Taken" on DVD, a "Meatballs" DVD..Fiona ****ing Apple and..wait for it..Ben Folds Five CD's. I also saw "March of the Penguins" ysterday.
Add it up. A goddamn penguin movie, which I liked, Arch Enemy, Fiona Apple, Ben Folds Five, Star Wars? What's my label?
See where I'm going with this..? People aren't defined by their music or dress, and while it may be disconcerning to some, knowing that kids are trendwhores, it's just kids being kids. Trends come and go, and yeah, they segregate themselves, but instead of putting them down, just remember that we were all pretty much in the same boat at one point in time, because you can't tell me that you never dressed DOWN for a social event to be different..or your mother let you wear rags when you visited Grandma as a kid on Christmas. You wanted to look nice, like everyone else. Why? Because you probably felt more comfortable.
Kids just want to fit in, and don't realize the value and importance of individualism. If they're comfortable where they are..great..if not..they'll eventually find themselves.
Just live your own life, man.
Originally posted by SlipknoT
I know what you mean, I get the weirdest looks when I tell people I listen to NWA or the Grateful Dead and I'm wearing a Slayer shirt and a Trench Coat with Long black Hair.
✅ Most people cannot beleive that I used to listen to what I did. My ex-girlfriend almost died when she found a Shadows Fall CD under my TV. 😆
Originally posted by SlipknoT
I know what you mean, I get the weirdest looks when I tell people I listen to NWA or the Grateful Dead and I'm wearing a Slayer shirt and a Trench Coat with Long black Hair.
wow you're such an individual... you show them emo kids!
i love all the people saying 'it's all whining about your girlfriend' - it just proves you actually know nothing about emo and just hate the pop-punk crap that passes for emo on mtv now
Originally posted by barbarossa
I personally hate Emo with a passion. It's essentially a bunch of 20-something guys whining about how their girlfriends dumped them and how their lives are soooo bad. Bah, crap. All of it.
It's not though is it, let's be realistic.
Originally posted by Advent Child
emo is pretty pathetic and this is coming from a girl here...
It's also coming from someone extremely closed-minded. Like most people.
The reason I don't like emo is because I've heard none that I like, unless you count Jimmy Eat World. If I heard emo I liked, I wouldn't deny liking it because it's called emo.
I like Fugazi and I've never even considered them emo.
-AC
Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
It's not though is it, let's be realistic.
It's not, is it? I go to school with roughly 30 Emo kids all of which cling on to me and my friends like a lifeline. Everything I have EVER heard of theirs follows the principle of some whiney guy crying about something or another. Usually a relationship. 😬
Originally posted by barbarossa
It's not, is it? I go to school with roughly 30 Emo kids all of which cling on to me and my friends like a lifeline. Everything I have EVER heard of theirs follows the principle of some whiney guy crying about something or another. Usually a relationship. 😬
So this means that emo is "essentially" a bunch of 20 something guys whining about relationships and girls?
No.
-AC
Originally posted by barbarossa
It's not, is it? I go to school with roughly 30 Emo kids all of which cling on to me and my friends like a lifeline. Everything I have EVER heard of theirs follows the principle of some whiney guy crying about something or another. Usually a relationship. 😬
that doesn't mean emo sucks, it means your friends suck
Fugazi are one of the founding emo-core bands, along with Rites of Spring, Embrace and Jawbreaker.
hardcore-emo like Botch, Downcast etc isn't whiney either.
Screamo isn't whiney - stuff like Saetia, Neil Perry, Orchid and Joshua fit for battle.