Why do emo kids make a fad out of depression? It's good to appreciate art, but ya'll are posers most of the time.  Why do you have to dress up?  Is it for attention?  What's with the moanin' and groanin'?  And your music sucks, listen to Bob Dylan or Zeppelin or Simon and Garfunkel or Elliott Smith.  If you think you got it bad in surburbia then read some war novels or The Jungle.
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i 100% agree with Cheese Ranger...depression isn't a fad. emo doesnt mean that you're a poser or faking depression, or are depressed. all emo is is just a word. just like punk,goth,prep...so on and so forth. depression has nothing to do with being emo, or being a wrist slitter...and it's not just "emo" kids and teenagers that are depressed...many many adults are too
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I hate emo but i think it got popular when the popular kids thought punk was cool, but they still wanted to stay in their surreal world that no one appreciates (exept them). They are just one more group of people to hate. I think Weezer started the emo movement, but My Chemical Romance passed a line that should not have been crossed.
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god. some people are so critical of the idea of "emo".\n\nwhat's so horrible of the idea of being in touch with your feelings?\n\nas for your question: try listening to the band Funeral For A Friend. if you like all those genres, their latest cd, Hours, should be a great match for you.
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WHOA. You've recieved some really rude answers.\n\nBTW, nobodys a poser.\n\nI'm just going to say it like this. Jr. High is where you start finding out who you are. People are always going to try and be something they're not. It's life.\n\nI bet you are truely unique. Take me for instance. I am unique, I don't try and act like everybody else, because technically "everybody else" sucks. Everybody is different, but it's up to them whether they choose to live that unique life, or live like everybody else.\n\nIf your different from those kids who "claim" they Emo screamo bisexual creatures, or those "wanna be" gangsters...BE PROUD. Cause I'd seriously shoot myself if I EVER acted like that.\n\nYou can only be you. Like I said, people are going to try and act all Emo or Gangster, truth is...they're not. They using words/phrases to describe a life they WANT to live. But then again, its Junior High, kids aren't quite mature enough to see how they act is ridiculous.\n\nOh and cussing is in now a days, they seem to thinks its "cool" when it's really not.
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Easy: Misinformation. It's kinda long, but I was wanting to cover as much as I could.\n\nIt would seem even you are misinformed on the matter ;)\nEmo is only as deep as the music goes. Emo stands for "Emotive Hardcore", and is not related to many of the bands that are labeled "emo" by the mainstream today. If you want real emo, check up Rites of Spring, Fugazi, Get Up Kids, and early Jimmy Eat World (Pre-Bleed American). Jimmy Eat World changing style is the main reason there is a flawed view of what's emo in todays culture. AFI, FOB, Taking Back Sunday, etc. ARE NOT emo, but rather often alternative and such.\nEmo originally had nothing to do with the today's "scene-kid", but from the misinformation being spread wide by the media.\nThank you for letting me take a chance to spread this fact ;)\n\nNow the stereotyping on Scene-kids(for I refuse to call them emo). The name emo itself is degrading, many thinking it to mean "emotional"(but really meant Emotive Hardcore as explained earlier). This is associated with the cutting, whining, etc. as the extremely emotional kids did this. The bands too put out this image, with images such as blood(from an inferred slit wrist) dripping onto a love letter. I have no idea where the stereotypical view of bisexuals came into the emo world, but it does raise the question why a large number of bisexuals associate themselves with the scene-kid culture, and took a sudden rise with the gaining popularity of scene-kids.\n\nMyspace is another place where the stereotypes arrived. With the new cool thing to do being the scene-kid, people tried to impress any one who would view their profile by putting up blogs of their latest cutting experience(true or not), the hair-dos, bands, and imagery. Many people see their first scene-kids on myspace, and the myspace population seems to be filled with their influence. As we all know, myspace has millions of users, and almost all of them are being flooded with these stereotypical images, enforcing the image laid on scene-kids in many.\n\nWith this being said, it would best be yourself. Associate with what cultures you wish, and do as YOU think is cool, not considered cool. If people didn't try to fit in with the scene-kid image, I can guarantee the stereotypes wouldn't be so strongly enforced.\n\nThank you for reading, and hopefully this taught you on the history, and reasons of the stereotype on the culture. If you have any questions, on this culture, or other ones such as goth, feel free to ask me. I spend much of my free time thinking about, and researching cultures and stereotypes as they interest me greatly.\nG'day.
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Yes, I do think there are songs that encourage bad behavior.  You are what you expose yourself to...I don't think parents should allow their kids to own any kind of offensive material...ESPECIALLY music...!?!  Music is memorable...what kind of memories does these kinds of word-pictures instill in impressionable minds?
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well, what kind of emo? what bands are you listening to?\n\ni suggest Cartel, the Rocket summer, something corprate. there's lots of stuff out there. if you label yourself, you won't be able to reach your full creative potential.
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Its stupid---thats all it is. Emo is bunch of losers, trying to act like they have "issues" when really they are just so bored and they make up a bunch of bull. \nBut HECK YEA! LONG LIVE HEAVY METAL! YOU RAWK!\nkRiStA
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I've never really thought about that...untill i read this, but it is true. Your right. Those are some of my fav. bands...and they are getting to skinny. Everyone these days think that they have to be skinny, and thats totally wrong. It probley goes along with the whole emo thing. Who knows...but it's true.
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I totallly agree with you.  I asked a question like that a while back and for the most parts it seems like people can't get past their own narrowmindness to look into something a little bit.  I guess it's just easier to say "I like pop, and everything else sucks."  There are certain genres of music that I don't particularly care for but I'm not going to judge somebody or throw out racial comments because they like something that I don't.  I thought music was supposed to be the universal language that brought people together?
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Hmm...for the real goth information go to goth.net.  I don't think I could give you  a comprehensive explanation here. Wikipedia surely has some entries for 'emo'. Well, good luck.  P.S. thank you for not accepting stereotypes! :)
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Emo is a type of music that sucks badly. They are whinny bitch*s!\n\nHere is a short list of Emo Bands:\nalkaline trio\nandrew wk\nbrand new\nBoy Sets Fire\nBrand New\nCoheed & Cambria\nDashboard Confessional\nDenali\nElliott\nFairweather\nfurtherseemsforever\nfrom autumn to ashes\nGlassjaw\nhorse the band\nHot Rod Circuit\nJimmy Eat World\nMates of State\nMidtown\nMy Chemical Romance\nNew End Original\nNew Found Glory\non the might of princes\nPiebald\nPrevent Falls\nrecover\nRocking Horse Winner\nsaetia\nSaves The Day\nsmall brown bike\ntaking back sunday \nthursday\nYellowcard
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Once again, Jim is right.  Emo was once hard core punk.  I remember in the mid 80s, Emo was emerging out of California, I was on tour at the time with Jelly Jam Jar Johnson.  It was new and exciting, I was playing blues, but I really like the punk scene, I was very young at the time, hell, I still like classic punk.  But that's not all I listen to, a good musician is like a sponge, soaking up all kinds of styles and borrowing what you like from each.   I've been asked on many occasions, by teeny boppers, if I am Emo because I have an image I maintain, I always wear a black pin striped suit, black shirt and red tie, sun glasses and black fedora, but I've had this look since I started playing professionally (ten years old), and it comes from the classic blues man image, but I've always liked red, and Chuck Taylors have always been the official shoe of rock and roll, so that's where that came from.  I think the problem is the media, MTV, and all that crap, makes kids associate anything remotely punk to Emo, it's the in thing right now.  The best way to stop it is to educate.  Don't get angry, they don't know any better, just point them in the right direction.\nAs far as your leftist veiws, look at the people Jesus was hanging out with.  Look at what he did, I'm pretty sure Jesus wouldn't be a republican.
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Emo guys cry so much, because they are psychologically disturbed. A quote from an emo kid This is why  they cry...\n"You made me cry. Now I will go and weep and write mean things about you in my journal. Then I will listen to the song called "Welcome to my life" by a beautiful band called Simple Plan. You are mean people, watch out, emo will rule this world. And Gunta, what if someone lights the candle? will your ass burn or will you fly like the eagle. Are the toxic gases in your ass flammable? I will pray that you people have a heart. *Runs to his corner* n emo kid "" \nThey are hella stupid, and they should have gotten their ass whooped by their parents when they were kids. They have a pussy and its irrversable.
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I'm a teen, and I don't think music affects a teen's mind. I listen to "depressing" music, and I am perfectly happy. It really depends on the person though. If the person listening to the music is already depressed, it could have some influence on them. I don't think it would be so influencing that one would kill themselves because of a song...
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it is pretty funny...but i dont really like emo\ni like u tho :)
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You are not alone. Back in my day Emo was a comedian :/