ok,what`s up with this emo thing?
115926
It's the current look for middle class teenagers.  Most don't even know why they dress/act the way they do.
83936
I keep hearing about Emo's. What the hell is an Emo? Since when is a kid who is all 'wah-wah-I-hate-my-life-' a new trend?
286918
Emo is a term for emotion based music.  Lots of angsty hurtness, you know?  I like it.  There's also screamo, which I'm definitely not a fan of.  It's emotion based "you broke my heart, I wish I was dead inside" mixed with metal-ish screaming.  Not my thing.
757799
Emo, I am not emo. It is like when you get all depressed. You cut yourself on your wrists. You cover your eyes with you hair and you listen to depressing music.
213120
Yeah, they are emo despite people who listen to it that deny it.  In each of their songs it mentions death at least once, pure emo right there
931213
why would a kid want to be emo? I remember the days that cutting yourself resulted in being put in a psych ward. And guys dressing like girls and girls dressing like guys labeled you "gay"....and now days most of them just do it because all of their friends do it....vegetarianism isnt the thing to do because your friend is doing it...and alot of these little kids didnt even know what "PETA" was until this summer...so why not pick on them?
762302
I believe it's an acronym for SCarEy EMO... kind a cross between a goth and an emo...
38880
What is classified as Emo music is completely different from the real genre. Emo means Emotionally Charged Hardcore Punk. It has now turned into Indie/Screamo/Punk. But ya the lyrics are pretty weird sometimes.....
358962
it is pretty funny...but i dont really like emo\ni like u tho :)
393877
Okay, here's the thing. Emo is a term short for "Emotional". These kids sit at home crying to themselves, feeling sorry for themselves. They get their little hissy fits out by listening to My Chemical Romance and other such crap. Now, there's alot more music out there which can express how you feel, whether it's positive or not, but it's sure as hell better than listening to "How can this happen to me..." Jesus, how can it happen to me that some idiot actually gave Simple Plan a recording contract?\n\nAnd I've had a hard life. Heavy metal all the way. But I channel my anger, I don't mope. Do you hear kids in Rwanda listening to that sh*t??!!\n\n\nI wish my lawn was emo, then it would cut itself...
698587
emo is a type of music and thats all. but people decided it should be added to the long list of stereotypes that already exist. and no matter how much you wish it would end, its not going to.....because everyone stereotypes and everyone is stereotyped....thats just the way it works. the problem is that too many people let it get to them. and until they can get over it and care less about what other people think then its not going to get better.
755568
I have no problems with emos.  Music and style are inter-related especially for those in their teens early 20's and emos are just a part of ongoing trends.  In the sixties you had the Mods and hippies who most probably did not get along either.  I say be who ya wanna be and do what ya wanna do and as long as you are not doing any harm to yourself or other people then have fun!
629185
She's just dumb.\nHer songs aren't speaking to people, whereas emos, have something to talk about and a reason for their msic.
518615
Originally a type of music, "emo" is short for emotive. In popular culture it is used to refer to a sub-culture of the Goths, i.e. those who adopt the Goth look because they are so depressed and emotional rather than angry and rebellious. Emo kids are into self-injury to express their feeling of rejection.\n\nSee also, teenage angst.
1142602
Most people in this question has absolutely no idea what they are talking about. I'm not going to go into too much more detail, but emo does not mean emotional. Emo is not Fall Out Boy, Good Charlotte, Simple Plan, Hawthorne Heights, Dashboard Confessional, etc. They are pop bands nothing more. You don't listen to emo, and I'm willing to bet that you never have. Emo is style of hardcore music that is short for emotive hardcore. It originated in Washington D.C. It is widely regarded that the bands Rites of Spring, Embrace, One Last Wish, and few others started it in the mid 80's. Rites of Spring being one of the best and most well known. They took their music in a more personal direction with a far greater sense of experimentation. Emo bands aren't on major record labels either. Emo is anti-corporate. It's what defined the bands, and it's what still defines those bands today. You will never find an emo band on Vagrant, Geffen, Drive-Thru, etc. Those bands aren't emo, and never will be.\n\nIf you want real emo check out:\n\nYaphet Kotto\nPolicy Of Three\nPortraits Of Past\nHeroin\nAntioch Arrow\nGlass And Ashes\nPlanes Mistaken For Stars\nOrdination Of Aaron\nCurrent\nSaetia\nHot Cross\nCircle Takes The Square\nA Day In Black And White\nFour Hundred Years\nSinaloa\nThey And The Children\nHow To Beat A Dead Horse\nAmpere\nAppleseed Cast\nRites of Spring\netc.\n\nIf you actually take the time to listen to these bands, you will see that it is the vocals and music that makes a band emo, not lyrics. And band such as Fall Out Boy, Dashboard Confessional, and Hawthorne Heights, do not have those musical and vocal characteristics.\n\nNow that we have what emo actually is out of the way, I would like to give my opinion on this matter. Yes, people who wear mega tight shirts plastered with horrible bands, wear mega tight jeans, thick rimmed glasses, and have hideous or unnatural hair colors or styles look like idiots and they "sucks!?"\n\nAs for the idiots saying "zOMG don't stereo type me, it's wrong!!!111," well if you don't want to be stereotyped as a fucking moron, the don't dress like a fucking moron. I'm talking to you daveyluverx3AFI.
789029
first of all, they don't seem very "emo" to me, by the stereotypical sense, second of all, who cares? if the music is good or bad it has nothing to do with being emo and people should like what they like regardless of labels. people just say emo so stupidly now, and throw it around without even realizing what they are saying
185711
EMO means emotional and is used in music a lot. Like My Chemical Romance, AFI or The Used those kind of bands.