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What the Fuck is Emo?
A Treatise on Trends

Remember when you saw your first Goth, or your first Punk? Remember when you first heard a Goth say, "I am not a Goth."? By now, Goth is well and truly passe, but don't shed a tear just yet. The next subculture of choice has been on the rise for a few years, and you've seen the word around now and again. It's Emo, and it's brooding and peppy!

The Emo Kids already have their style picked out, too - horn-rimmed glasses and a work shirt. I know what you're saying - "How can I possibly take a subculture seriously when it has the fasion sense of the lead singer of Weezer?" Well, don't worry, because you can't.

You can't take Emo seriously because Emo has already stepped down the Dark Path of Goth. First of all, let me disperse a myth that has gone on for a decade or so - there's no such thing as Goth music. Don't let anyone tell you that there is. There are bands who claim to be "Goth Industrial" or "Goth Punk," but they're easily delusional or fucking lying. There are certainly Goth favored musical styles - industrial, some metal and a mix of ecclectic club or house music, but there is no Goth genre of music. At its very best, Goth is style of person, and a poorly defined one at that.


.... more of the article to be found at the link above.
[Edited 6/25/07 17:37pm]

Soundies unite!

evenstar3 said:

Imago said:

omg!

Imago said:

it is a dangerous thing to have orgers friended on myspace

Imago said:

She's very pretty but the perm and the scrunchy are a bit much.

Oh that is just every color of wrong!

Muse2NOPharaoh said:

You're that very popular but judgmental woman who tore my thread apart last month right?

I heard you're hot.