WTF@Emo Options

[think!IMAGINARIL...]

I've been called emo before. I don't even look it! She called me emo just because I was wearing Vans that day while listening to Bayside. Elaine = emo? Mmhm, sureee.

I've been called 'nerd' a lot by my friends. But that's true.

[Stefan The Sex G...]

lol
I'm so gangster already though.

ANd my clothing style does vary alot.
I wear prety much clothing from anywhere

[*Uronacid*]

lol
I'm so gangster already though.

ANd my clothing style does vary alot.
I wear prety much clothing from anywhere

I hear ya ;]

[*mishyerr*]

All my friends say I dress emo (black jeans, black converse, black beater almost every day), but I have a happy personality. shrugs*

I have no idea what a gemoth is.

[oXMuhNirvanaXo]

Hmm, get over it. No big deal. If your not fine.. move on with your day. Don't let something so stupid bring you down.

[Stefan The Sex G...]

it didn't bring me down.

I thought it was f**king hilare.
xD


And I BAWK so loud how can't you hear me, DAWG.


I guess somedays i do dress like the typical stereotype: random black/band shirt. Tight pants. occasionally girls pants. Black converse too.
But i change ALOT.
=]

[*.fire*]

My friends and I accuse each other of being "emo" (but we're obviously not), its like

Person1: Oh my gosh youre so emo! eeemmooo!!!! EEEEEMMMOOOOO!!!
Person2: NO ONE UNDERSTANDS ME!!!!! CUT CUT CUT!!!!11!

[*annonymous.*]

Labels are dumb.

Idk what people label me as. I don't really care about their opinions.

[tokyo-rose]

Emo isn't even a kind of person; it's a style of music. People have just taken it to mean people who wear lots of black/Vans/Converse, have thick-rimmed black glasses, listen to emo[tional] bands (ex: Dashboard Confessional), and cry a lot (to name some things).

I really, really don't like that label. Emo didn't used to mean depressed but now it's become synonymous with being sad. If someone is not acting as happy as they usually are for one day, people go off on them and say, "Stop being so emo." It's annoying.

Anyway, no one should be judged or labeled. I'm glad you ignored them, Stefan.

[Stefan The Sex G...]

I think I love you.
xDDDD

That is what I tell people a lot.

=]

[tokyo-rose]

xD I'm glad you think you love me. You're cool too. [=
But seriously, emo's not a kind of person. If only people would learn that.

[clarity]

^x2 agreed.

especialy when they have the definition wrong...

"Emo" is not short for "Emotional." "Emo" does not mean Taking Back Sunday and Dashboard Confessional, despite what MTV has lead you to believe in the last few years. "Emo" is not sidebangs, tight pants, and male vocalists who sing like little girls about their failed relationships. "Emo" is not the use of diluted, meaningless metaphors and similes such as "My arms are like pinecones," and most definitely is not the rampant use of words such as "autumn," "heart," "knife," "bleeding," "leaves," and "razorblade."

I just thought I'd clear that up after all of these "definitions" in which I have encountered an unbelievable amount of people who try to pass off their blatantly false pretenses as fact, and are slowly infecting others with their high-horse, holier-than-thou bullshit. Because honestly, with your ridiculous definitions, Beethoven, George Gershwin, and Britney Spears are/was "emo bands."

Now, onto the real definition.

In the early 90s there was a movement in the hardcore genre that came to be known as "Emotive Hardcore," spearheaded by Rites Of Spring. Harder-core-than-thou kids, who swore by Dischord Records a la Minor Threat, actually coined the term "Emo" as something of a put-down for the kids who really liked Rites Of Spring, Indian Summer and this new wave of "Emotive" Hardcore bands. That's right, "Emo" was once not something kids called themselves. The field exploded outwards from there - Level-Plane Records has always been the most famous Emo label. Acts like Yaphet Kotto, I Hate Myself, Saetia, Hot Cross, A Day In Black And White, Funeral Diner, I Would Set Myself On Fire For You, You And I, and hosts of others came in the next decade. Most emo bands have since broken up, but there's still the occasional hold-out (again, the majority of Level-Plane Records' roster has been a procession of emo acts). Like most DIY hardcore/punk of the time, a majority found its way onto vinyl and not much else. Some people consider bands like Fugazi, and later Sunny Day Real Estate, a progression of emo, but personally, I don't quite follow that philosophy.

Often, more recently, this gets intertwined with post-hardcore, and understandably so - that's nothing to make an issue of, since well shit, at least it's close.

Since the late 90s, though, bands have been emerging in the vein of Taking Back Sunday, Dashboard Confessional, and the thousands of their clones. As far as I can tell, some lazy journalist somewhere, writing an article about them, decided "Well, f**k, no one knows what emo is anyways, so I'll call these bands "emo" - sounds more appealing than bubblegum pop rock..." and the spiral continued downwards into the current amalgomation of bands MTV has told everyone is "emo."

Somehow, people decided that "emo" meant "emotional," which is obviously bullshit, as 99% of bands make music to illicit emotion, which would make "emotional" a completely all-encompassing genre from classical to opera to pop to rap.


Hope that helps.

Taking Back Sunday, Senses Fail, and My Chemical Romance falls under the "horrible pop rock" genre, not the emo genre.

Rites of Spring is emo.

source: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=emo

[*slammin shelby*]

when you think of john gotti
think of me.

[judylicious]

Umm thats messed
I dont think just because a guy has bangs that he is emo but there are certain
emo haircuts, people will think you are based on how you look

My labels have been mostly correct but w/e everyone is different so its not fair to label

[slipper]

(urbandictionary)

1. gemoth (5 up, 4 down)

A mix between an emo person and a gothic person. These people tend to want your pity and possibly cut themselves with razor blades when they are alone.

That gemoth needs to stop being so dramatic and dark.

the first sentence literally made me lol. "gemoth".. aha.. what are they going to come up with next?

[jaeman]

It's a common stereotype; emo people have bangs to cover their eyes from the outside world.

[lalalaLANUH]

I get the emo thing all the time. It's my hair mainly. Ha it used to piss me off and make me really self concious about the way I dressed and stuff, but what ever.

[*mona lisa*]

Hahaha. That's just silly. XD

I think the only thing I've been labelled with is 'shy-but-vicious'. You know how the quietest people can also be the most conniving? :P Yes, so my economics teacher once addressed me as the "silent assassin".

[*Duchess of Dork*]

stereotypes are starting to become retarded.

I've never had much use for them (stereotypes). It's just something that will never go away.

I don't get a lot of stereotype accusations but my kid has. Whenever I talk about his autism to (some) people, they immediately ask if he's like Rainman.

[HakunaMatata]

^x2 agreed.

especialy when they have the definition wrong...
source: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=emo

I LOVE that definition; I remember I read that like a year ago and felt all enlightened and such . One of the only honest, real, and not so vulgar definitions on urbandictionary.

[xhidethedetails]

I've been called emo and goth.
I'm not even close to being one.

[Birt]

This is going to sound absolutely ridiculous, but I've been called a prep, slut, punk, goth, emo, and scenester, among many other stupid things throughout my life. As for right now, I guess I could see how I'm scene, emo, and possibly punk, but the people who have called me those really have no idea what they're talking about!

[trulyandnever]

I've been labeled emo... Which is pretty odd.

The stereotypical emo is pale/white, wears loads of eyeliner, has wild black hair and is depressed, no?

I'm heavily tanned, wear thin eyeliner, have long black straight hair... and am only depressed when sitting for my 50minute bus ride home.

[synthase]

hahah "gemoths" thats a weird judgment call
people at my school call me a fob but maybe because I'm one of the few that actually knows who jay chou is

[RoyalSwagger]

This is highschool... *sigh*

Want to avoid being stereo typed... do what I did in highschool:

• Have a set of clothing to represent each stereo type in your school.
• Wear a different stereo type's style each day.
• Don't be a wangster

I don't know.. I was just bored..

thats the lamest thing ive ever heard anyone do. Your not being your self. PEOPLE: take my advice and do not do that. lol be yourself, choose your clothing and your friends depending on what you like, dont try to fit in with everyone else. and do not try to do what people want you to do. thats the worst thing you can do in life, is to try to please other people. DO YOU!!!