do 'emo kids' know what emo is? (2 Viewers)

[needtokill]

aye, it now means "KACHIIIIIIIIING!!!"

 

[demonica]

i've got a theory:
words change meaning over time.
emo means something else now.
or, it means different things to different people, like "punk".

That's like saying "I've got this theory, it's called the theory of relativity and it goes a little something like this; in your schooldays most of you who read this book made acquaintance with the noble building of Euclid’s geometry, and you remember—perhaps with more respect than love—the magnificent structure, on the lofty staircase of which you were chased about for uncounted hours by conscientious teachers. By reason of your past experience, you would certainly regard every one with disdain ........"

 

[jillface]

contrariwise, nail on head.
it's the point i was trying to get across to janer in the "any real punx left?" thread.

 

[the pyrate dead]

going back to page one, i think y'all forgot jawbreaker. also, new emo's dont have the 'intellectual' black glasses and a book sticking out theyre pockets look, or organise zine symposiums. so i figure emo now is similar to what emo started at except for the good music, the smartness and the creativity/productivness. which pretty much leaves tight t-shirts.
oh and they replaced misery with contrived teen angst.

 

[needtokill]

fuck it.

who cares.

they'll have moved onto something else in a bit.

 

[Corm]

Emo is just gay. The bad kind. The kind that's fluffy & scared of hard fucking & fisting. Oh, and I mean "modern emo". Thel ieks of Rites of Spring, Jawbreaker, Embrace never put a foot wrong with me.

 

[Space]

So at what point did emo change from nerdy, emotional punk rock to cliched, silly haired mtv music.

 

[needtokill]

Emo indeed.
Sure they've probably never even seen "My So Called Life".

 

[nofunchee]

can't belive jillface hasn't make a comment about this.

 

[SeanR]

I want his trousers.

 

[oh shit]

So at what point did emo change from nerdy, emotional punk rock to cliched, silly haired mtv music.

when alkaline trio and jimmy eats world gotpopular
oh and fucking afi. shitehawks

anyways it was always a bit rare wasnt it
i used to get really annoyed too
not cos i felt like someone had discovered our secret
more that you used to know if someone was going to be into the same sort of stuff as you, to an extent
then all of a sudden a few years ago every prick in the land was wearing a refused tshirt and dickies

who cares tho
i'm more into electro myself these days

 

[Space]

when alkaline trio and jimmy eats world gotpopular
oh and fucking afi. shitehawks

anyways it was always a bit rare wasnt it
i used to get really annoyed too
not cos i felt like someone had discovered our secret
more that you used to know if someone was going to be into the same sort of stuff as you, to an extent
then all of a sudden a few years ago every prick in the land was wearing a refused tshirt and dickies

who cares tho
i'm more into electro myself these days

I need a date so I can draw a line in the sand.

 

[Lili Marlene]

I need a date so I can draw a line in the sand.

There was an NME front cover around 2002 which seems to be a good point.

But then again that was after Jimmy Eat World got popular.

 

[demonica]

can't belive jillface hasn't make a comment about this.

Good isn't he? I found him outside the spar in ringsend playing his Keytar to mars bars.

 

[nofunchee]

Good isn't he? I found him outside the spar in ringsend playing his Keytar to mars bars.

were you allowed to keep him?

 

[rape the drummer]

rape the drummer, what are you talking about?

i was making a response to janers intolerance of people promoting other genres of music on eirecore.

 

[W.]

i'm more into electro myself these days

Don't think that's safe, they're headed there next.

 

[killy kill]

Don't think that's safe, they're headed there next.

Doubt it, think it's about time for the new wave of nu-metal horror, Emos get "hardcore"

 

[demonica]

were you allowed to keep him?

Nah, apparently slavery was abolished in 1865 and keytars were abolished in 1989.

 

[rape the drummer]

Doubt it, think it's about time for the new wave of nu-metal horror, Emos get "hardcore"

grind-core was emo's gettin hardcore, they're definitly heading for electronica next.