origin of EMO

Androol · 03.03.2007, 04:19 AM

then

king_buzzo · 03.03.2007, 05:52 AM

teh kurtz

demonrail666 · 03.03.2007, 10:03 AM

I'd say that's about right.

Trasher02 · 03.03.2007, 10:10 AM

Here's your origin of emo:

fishmonkey · 03.03.2007, 10:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Trasher02

Here's your origin of emo:

yeah!!
these are the fuckers we have to blame.

Trasher02 · 03.03.2007, 10:11 AM

Bloody emo kids...

Danny Himself · 03.03.2007, 10:22 AM

The Pumpkins were pretty tasteful about their emoness, though. Well, initially..

I mean, the songs were more like soppy love songs than 'omg i slit my wrists open so my heart can pour out x core' kind of emo.

Trasher02 · 03.03.2007, 10:24 AM

They had some real emo songs too you know.
Zero was so unbelievably emoXcore.

Danny Himself · 03.03.2007, 10:30 AM

How so?

Be reminded that I was a hxc pumpkins fan way back when..

king_buzzo · 03.03.2007, 11:22 AM

come on guys, gish pwned

Iain · 03.03.2007, 11:25 AM

Aren't these dudes generally considered the daddies of all this nonsense?

CHOUT · 03.03.2007, 11:54 AM

I can see Husker Du, in a sense, because they did focus on personal politics more than actual political issues, but I'll never ever call them emo.

The whole term is bullshit. If talking about personal issues is emo, then most bands are.

LittlePuppetBoy · 03.03.2007, 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Iain

Aren't these dudes generally considered the daddies of all this nonsense?

Yes and that album is great!

HaydenAsche · 03.03.2007, 06:28 PM

I like to consider bands like Swing Kids, Antioch Arrow, and Heroin the founders of the modern 'emo' scene. They did it fantastically but, let's be honest, JP looked like a total scenester back in his Swing Kids days.

GrungeMonkey · 03.03.2007, 06:36 PM

Bleh.. Who cares??? I mean, emo doesn't mean anything ... Its just an excuse for "cool" kids to dress up. Its an image. A corporate brand. Most bands, in all genres, write "emotional" songs, music needs emotion and passion to have any sort of lasting resonance.

Norma J · 03.03.2007, 07:18 PM

Well said GrungeMonkey. ALL music is emo if you are basing the shitty term on emotions. Happiness is an emotion. Mindless shit comes from emotion too. It's just a label, a scene for kids to attach to, not unlike the punk scene, or the grunge scene of the 90s, or any other scene, or that ghastly nu-metal thing of the late 90s/early '00s. You look at the kids, or even people older who have huge mohawks and wear their suspenders and shit, they look just as silly as the kid with the huge fringe covering his eyes. It's all fashion. The music then gets dictated by the fashion.

auto-aim · 03.03.2007, 07:48 PM

I often wonder how a label is defined.... Like i think it's just all media driven. - Like what was a punk before it was typecast? Was it really anything before it was "punk", something you couldn't buy into?

I have no point really, but you can see what i'm getting at - someone smarter can try and articulate it if they want.

lungfish · 03.03.2007, 08:16 PM

all i know that today's "emo", something that is on the tounges of millions of pubescent teenagers and thousands of pathetic adults
and is almost always used in a negative connotation, is really really pathetic. and sad. mom and dad know "emo" now.

anyone that even has the slightest idea what "emo" originally meant but still use it today are just making themselves look/sound bad.

terminal pharmacy · 03.03.2007, 08:44 PM

meh who cares

max · 03.03.2007, 09:41 PM

hardcore will make me explode sooner than later. fucking local kids and bands...

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Danny Himself invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 9,623	The Pumpkins were pretty tasteful about their emoness, though. Well, initially.. I mean, the songs were more like soppy love songs than 'omg i slit my wrists open so my heart can pour out x core' kind of emo.
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Trasher02 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 6,356	They had some real emo songs too you know. Zero was so unbelievably emoXcore. __________________ 666
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Danny Himself invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 9,623	How so? Be reminded that I was a hxc pumpkins fan way back when..
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Iain invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,544	Aren't these dudes generally considered the daddies of all this nonsense?
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CHOUT invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Minneapolis MN Posts: 3,128	I can see Husker Du, in a sense, because they did focus on personal politics more than actual political issues, but I'll never ever call them emo. The whole term is bullshit. If talking about personal issues is emo, then most bands are. __________________ Chout's rare Sonic Youth vids: http://youtube.com/SONICchout
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HaydenAsche invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 10,755	I like to consider bands like Swing Kids, Antioch Arrow, and Heroin the founders of the modern 'emo' scene. They did it fantastically but, let's be honest, JP looked like a total scenester back in his Swing Kids days. __________________ rip
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GrungeMonkey 100% Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Huddersfield, England Posts: 670	Bleh.. Who cares??? I mean, emo doesn't mean anything ... Its just an excuse for "cool" kids to dress up. Its an image. A corporate brand. Most bands, in all genres, write "emotional" songs, music needs emotion and passion to have any sort of lasting resonance.
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03.03.2007, 07:18 PM	#16
Norma J invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Orstralia Posts: 4,917	Well said GrungeMonkey. ALL music is emo if you are basing the shitty term on emotions. Happiness is an emotion. Mindless shit comes from emotion too. It's just a label, a scene for kids to attach to, not unlike the punk scene, or the grunge scene of the 90s, or any other scene, or that ghastly nu-metal thing of the late 90s/early '00s. You look at the kids, or even people older who have huge mohawks and wear their suspenders and shit, they look just as silly as the kid with the huge fringe covering his eyes. It's all fashion. The music then gets dictated by the fashion. __________________ I want girls with new-wave hair-doos
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auto-aim the destroyed room Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Wales Posts: 650	I often wonder how a label is defined.... Like i think it's just all media driven. - Like what was a punk before it was typecast? Was it really anything before it was "punk", something you couldn't buy into? I have no point really, but you can see what i'm getting at - someone smarter can try and articulate it if they want. __________________ His Naked Torso
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lungfish bad moon rising Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: nyc Posts: 236	all i know that today's "emo", something that is on the tounges of millions of pubescent teenagers and thousands of pathetic adults and is almost always used in a negative connotation, is really really pathetic. and sad. mom and dad know "emo" now. anyone that even has the slightest idea what "emo" originally meant but still use it today are just making themselves look/sound bad.
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terminal pharmacy invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 3,358	meh who cares
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max expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: sardinia, italy Posts: 1,262	hardcore will make me explode sooner than later. fucking local kids and bands... __________________ A Dance Of Shadows - Kingdom Of Night
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