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Emo people are guys who wear girl pants and makeup and like rain.

bored kids!!!

People who failed to be adopted.

wikipedia has a nice rundown: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emo

more than you ever wanted to know, really... but it does talk a bit about the emo backlash -- woo!

Read some Fall Out Boy lyrics and you will understand emo in all the length and breadth of its insanity.

You're all wrong, Emo was the crazy bird puppet of late comedian Rod Hull

thre is a fine definition...



bunch of kids trying to be diferents acting all the same!

i wouldnt say that guys who wear makeup are a certain musical genre.



anyone remember orgy?

marilyn manson?



and what about drag queens?



guys wearing makeup is simply guys wearing makeup. besides, i dont think people can be genre of music.

douche bags that don't know who they are...

So they try to "be" something...and the end result is a bunch retards that all look and act the same!

nic, that can be applied to any and every group. believe me.

emo was originally short for 'emotional hardcore'... the 'hardcore' part seems to have been largely left behind

emo is emotional... your 'emo' if you cry often. You don't have to listen to emo music or wear girl pants or wear makeup. The kids that all dress the same (and are emo) are called 'scene'.

fucking hell, everyone is emotional... unless you're a vulcan

hahaha

If you want to know where "emo" came from, this site has some useful stuff. http://www.fourfa.com/ specifically this page http://www.fourfa.com/styles/index.htm

lollypops+doll+black clothes+sad look on your face+black hair+back nails+backpack whit pins on it= emo

am i missing something?

rich mommy and daddy?

oh god not this stupid question again.. just google it!

ass kicked in school is a good reason to become emo!!!

emo is slang for "faggot". not in the gaybashing sense of the word. more in the "skinny as a cigarette" sense of the word, and also the "wuss" sense.

haha

1. fall out boy does not define emo. how can you be mainstream and emo, that contradicts...and theyre not even emo lol

2. it isnt short for emotional hardcore, just emotional. the people with black, girl pants, makeup, and say they're dressed emo, arnt.

3. "manly" guys hate them because they have feelings, and take their anger out in poetry instead of physical relief. i hate the "manly" guys because of this. and inturn, i hate bluecollar tv

4. this should clear everything up for all of you -

http://www.somethingdirectory.com/

click on the "play movie thing under how to be: emo, not lucid. then click, "click here to play" its 21 min, and may take a while to dl, but its hilarious and tells the truth about "emo" in every aspect.

So bands lose the emo label once they become popular?

...

watch the video, it explains everything



www.somethingdirectory.com

watch the emo video

Emocore (abbreviated from "emotional hardcore") was a term that was used most popularly in the 1980s and 1990s to describe a genre of music that was an offshoot of the hardcore music scene. As an expansion of hardcore, emocore was known for its deeply emotional lyrics, and often contained more melodic music than its hardcore brethren. Emocore performances were intense, often bordering on catharsis, with performers and audience members often driven to the point of tears during shows.



For many, the genesis of emocore began in the '80s with bands such as Embrace, Moss Icon, Soulside, Ignition, and Gray Matter. Perhaps the best known early emocore band was Rites of Spring, which featured singer/guitarist Guy Picciotto. Picciotto later joined Embrace frontman Ian MacKaye to found Fugazi.



Emocore remained a largely underground movement until the mid-90s. In 1994, renowned indie label Sub Pop released an album called Diary by Seattle's Sunny Day Real Estate. While continuing with the emotional lyrics of its forebearers, Sunny Day Real Estate toned down some of the more hardcore aspects of the music and bought in even more melodic elements, at times sounding more like alternative music than what came before. The album was a surprise critical favorite, drawing newfound attention to the emocore scene.



In the years that followed, newer bands began to emulate Sunny Day's style of emocore. Bands such as Christie Front Drive, Jimmy Eat World, and Texas Is the Reason continued to shift emocore toward a more mainstream sound.



As the newer bands increased in popularity, so did attention from the mainstream. Major labels attempted to court emocore bands, but largely failed to sign them. By the end of the decade, the term "emocore" was almost exclusively shortened to "emo". Magazines including Teen People were eager to run stories on the "new" genre, and cited The Promise Ring as an "emo" band. In fairness, the abbreviation was a more accurate description, given that former emocore bands such as Jimmy Eat World were releasing albums like 1999's Clarity, which featured very few of the elements of emocore music of the past.



As Jimmy Eat World continued to move away from emocore and more toward the mainstream, the majors took to signing bands that sounded like them, and then labelled the new bands "emo". By the mid-00s, the sound of "emo" was significantly lighter and less mature lyrically. New "Emo", particularly bands such as Dashboard Confessional, focused heavily on teenage heartbreak, a topic not covered by emocore. At the same time, the term "emo" became confusing, as it not only described the newer bands, but was still used to describe the bands of the emocore era.



With the ascension of '00s emo, the term "emocore" was essentially wiped out of popular usage. However, fans of the emocore bands of the '80s and '90s have begun to use the term to separate "their" style of "emo" from the more mainstream "emo" of the modern day.

where did you copy that from? the video says it sprouted from punk rock.

and i take back the fall out boy comment, they can still be emo people, but just because you listen to it, doesnt make you emo. but most of their songs i wouldnt consider emo, im not a fall out boy fan tho

anyone heard of bradley hathaway?

you can be mainstream and emo. whether it'll be frowned upon is another matter. ;)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emocore



its all a natural progression of styles by generation, i remember when i was in high school we were called wavers, slang for new wave. i used to work at a musicland back in the day and i remember the day we created a northwest section in our alternative section. it was goofy but that was just as grunge was hitting nationally.

yes, your career definately wont reflect your music. kinda like when, i think its good charlotte who sings life styles of the rich and famous, WHEN THEY ARE RICH AND FAMOUS



i just looked up the lyrics cus im bored and never really have before...



Y'a only see it on TV

Or read it in the magazines

Celebrities that want sympathy

All they do is piss and moan

Inside the rolling stone

Talkin' about how hard life can be



I'd like to see them spend a week

Livin' life out on the street

I don't think they would survive

If they could spend a day or two

Walking in someone else's shoes

I think they'd stumble and they fall

(they would fall, fall)



Chorus:



Lifestyles of the rich and the famous

They're always complainin'

Always complainin'

If money is such a problem

Well they got mansions

Think we should rob them



Well did you know when you were famous you could kill your wife

And there's no such thing as 25 to life

As long as you've got the cash, to pay for Cochran

And did you know if you were caught and you were smokin' crack

McDonalds wouldn't even wanna take you back

You could always just run for mayor of D.C.



I'd like to see them spend a week

Livin' life out on the street

I don't think they would survive

If they could spend a day or two

Walking in someone else's shoes

I think they'd stumble and they fall

They would fall



Lifestyles of the rich and the famous

They're always complainin'

Always complainin'

If money is such a problem

Well they got mansions

Think we should rob them (rob them)

(They would fall, they would fall)



Chorus 1/2:

Lifestyles of the rich and the famous

They're always complainin'

Always complainin'

If money is such a problem

You got so many problems

Think I could solve them



Lifestyles of the rich and famous

We'll take your clothes, cash, cars, and homes just stop complainin'

Lifestyles of the rich and famous

Lifestyles of the rich and famous

Lifestyles of the rich and famous

its soo ironic its not ironic

LMAO@the "how to be emo" video



I can't believe I watched that whole thing...and I like Bright Eyes. >=/

Emotional Hardcore. The genre gets stereotyped as pop punk set to faux Livejournal lyrics but its not.

"faux Livejournal lyrics" --- that's funny

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