Stereotyping “EMO” Music
Many people stereotype me as an emo because I have long hair, because i’m emotional or listen to “Emo music”
How can music not be “Emo” all music is emotional, all music has a reason behind it, even if you can’t see it, its relevant to writer of the song, it may be a current issue in their life or something that they’ve just dealt with. It’s a creative way to release emotions that may be hard to open up about.
According to Urban Dictionary, This is the meaning of “EMO”
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Punk music on estrogen. Often acoustic guitar with soft, high male vocals that dwell exessively on the singer’s feelings, especially melancholy remembrances of past relationships/mistakes in life. A form of music that diverged from punk in the ’80s, the name “emo” is derived from the emotive style of the lyrics and music. “
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What about singers like Amy Winehouse, Brittney spears - They’ve both got songs that are emotional, Does that make them emo? Maybe you should look at some of your own playlists and search some of your artists lyrics and next time you might think twice about calling a kid emo because he listens to an emotional band or artists, how do you think lyrics are written! Everyone has emotions and if somebody didn’t. They’d never be-able to love, have friends, have relationships, How could they show how they felt towards someone, They couldn’t even feel empty because they can’t feel happiness, angry, depressed, sad..
Wake up and figure out that emo is one of the stupidest things to stereotype someone as.
June 1st, 2008 at 7:12 am 1
Needs more cowbell.
June 2nd, 2008 at 7:36 am 2
Nice write up.
June 29th, 2008 at 9:09 am 3
You can easily pin point if a song is emo or not [ Please don't forget Rites of Spring ].
Yes, Britney or the other singer you said has EMOtive lyrics but that doesn’t mean they need to be labeled ‘emo ‘.
The true meaning of ‘EMO’ is a style of hardcore punk which describes several variations of music with common roots. In the mid-1980s, the term emo described a subgenre of hardcore punk which originated in the Washington, D.C. music scene. [ from wikipedia ].
The ‘EMO’ you’re saying is referred to EMOTIONAL. emotional and emo is not the same. =]
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JanineXD