What the heck is "emo"?
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Tommas_foolery is the f*ckin man!
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guy \n\nthat emo thing - \nhttp://www.dobi.nu/emo/\nhttp://www.fourfa.com/\n\nemo - short for "emotional
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"Emo" is NOT an English word, sorry!
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Err, please don't call that stuff emo.  Emo is a whole other form of music, more closely related to punk, which basically died out in 95.  Think Rites of Spring.\n\nAbout the music you described, I guess everyone has their own tastes.
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Hey,I've heard that song,it's from Adam & Andrew. "I must be Emo". Yup,I saw them on myspace. Anyway....\nEmo started out as music. Now,it has it's own type of clothing. Tight pants,and the emo hair. Goths wear black. People who listen to rap wear baggy clothes. They all have their different styles. Everyone thinks their cool,everyone wants to be cool.They don't necessarily have to be form a certain group such as emo.
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ugh, yet another question like this. One thing you must realize is that emo started off with music. The emo scene came out of Washington DC and was popular in the 80's over the years the meaning of 'emo' has been distorted by people who took it too far. If you have to ask 'how to be an emo' then don't bother. If you don't know what it means at all and just see it as a way of fitting in with the kids who are supposedly 'emo'. Also for those who believe that being emo means that you slit your wrists and are depressed then you are way off base. That stereotype was created by people who took the meaning of emo to extremes. Emo came from bands who would get 'emotional' during shows and so it developed. How you take emo is your business but you shouldn't pretend to be something your not to impress anyone or to fit in. Besides fitting in is overrated and pointless. I suggest you do some much needed research and then look into a mirror and ask yourself if the person staring back is who you really are. \n\n\nIgnorance is bliss
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EMOtional ... it's where they think it's cool to be depressed.   Over-wrought with emotions.  They are experiencing life and love for the first time and being overly melodramatic about it.  I'll update in a second with some funny links about this for you ... check back in a minute, OK ?\n\n/&#92;/&#92;/&#92;/&#92;/&#92;/&#92;/&#92;/&#92;/&#92; UPDATED /&#92;/&#92;/&#92;/&#92;/&#92;/&#92;/&#92;/&#92;/&#92;/&#92;/&#92;\n\nCheck the link below ... sorry, more links there, but the videos will do very good to inform you of what EMO culture really is ... a joke.
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CLICK HERE:http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/emo#Etymology\n\nalso Emo may refer to:\n\nEmo (music), a subgenre of hardcore punk \nEmo (slang), a slang term used to describe a wide range of fashion styles and attitudes somewhat affiliated with emo music \nEmo (album), an album by Screeching Weasel \nEmo (oil), an Irish oil company and filling station chain \nEmo's, a nightclub in Austin, Texas \nEmo Philips, an American stand-up comedian \nEmo, County Laois, a town in the Republic of Ireland \nEmo, Ontario, a town in Canada \nEric Moulds, wide receiver for the Houston Texans (formerly Buffalo Bills) (fan slang) \nHow to be: Emo, an internet movie explaining the subculture of emo and emo music \nKeith Emerson, famed British keyboardist/pianist \nVilla Emo, a 16th century villa by Andrea Palladio \nEmo Boy, a comic book by Steve Emond, published by Slave Labor Graphics \n"Emo", a song by blink-182 \n"Emo", a song by Hot Water Music \nEmo, a character in the movie Elephants Dream \nEmo, an abbreviation of given names like Emil and Emanuil
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Too many.  Most of their songs are painful, though the less shouty ones are really nice.\n\nYou might as well ask, 'How many emos in the world?'
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D@mn those emos and scene kids. I heard now there's a new kind of emo called epps. Emo preps. Sucks huh.
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yeah, it stems from a type of music thats supposed to be very "stream of consciousness" and emotional. which is where the name comes from. \n\nits typically accompanied by a certain fashion too. the haircuts that are kinda hanging in your eyes, that you make sure your hair looks like you dont care how your hair looks. and when guys wear jeans that are skin tight, right down to the ankle. i work at a music store, and i know a kid who actually borrows his sisters pants. \n\nbut modern emo isnt really the same as what emo started as. its mostly rich white kids that are complaining about not being popular or not getting enough hugs as a kid.
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oh emo means that u like rock, metal and cut urself , see i am a non hardcore emo cause i dont cut myself but i wear gothic clothes and stuff sometimes but its not really a diss
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Emo kids are 'emotional' - generally sad or nostalgic. They often dwell on things they can't, or no longer, have. Many lament about lost loves or unrequited loves and they also have a fondness for acoustic music. \n\nGothic kids are 'unique' - sometimes angry and more often just acting out in order to prove that they are different then everyone else and that they don't fit into a generalization or stereotype. \n\nIn all reality both 'groups' are just cliche, stereotypical, gross generalizations and no person can totally be defined by a single, simple label.
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isent it a kid that likes a type of music called emo. emo isent it sort of like punk rock??
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system of a down is NOT EMO.\ngood emo bands = old get up kids, texas is the reason, sunny day real estate, by a thread, old saves the day, elliott, pedro the lion\n\nif you want more heavy emo old stuff, listen to rites of spring, quicksand, and possibly old hot water music.
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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\nSo, no Green Day is not emo, they are extremely far from it. They are pop-punk.\n\nP.S. Emo has nothing to do with hairstyle or dress.
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They are a really popular emo band, emo is like a subdivision of indie rock, if you didn't know.\nThey're awesome, btw