[b]EMO[/b] Genre of softcore punk music that integrates unenthusiastic melodramatic 17 year olds who dont smile, high pitched overwrought lyrics and inaudible guitar rifts with tight wool sweaters, tighter jeans, itchy scarfs (even in the summer), ripped chucks with favorite bands signature, black square rimmed glasses, and ebony greasy unwashed hair that is required to cover at least 3/5 ths of the face at an angle.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGLv3IEL0VI[/youtube] Here's a comedy video feature on how to be EMO. It's actually a mock video. [i]Hope I won't get hated for posting that though... [/i]

[quote=FoRsAkEnKiD][b]- [/b]music -> the word emo is also now a genre of music, originally as 'emotional punk'. .[/quote] Actually it's emotive hardcore or emotional hardcore.

^ yeah it is deep if you really dig into it... and about the hair? they have that bangs set aside coz [b]they see the world in half[/b]...

we all know that emo is derived or an abreviation of the word [b]emo[/b]tional... but i guess its true meaning is different from the way teenagers define it... some define it as their fashion way of life or their way of socializing... they just [i]gaya[/i] the emo style so that they wont be left out... we can see it everywhere... in malls in tv.. and even in friendster layout... 7 out of 10 proffies that i have viewed have an emo layout.. and sumtymz they just have the same background image ..... but for me i dont like being emo... heheheh .. i just wanna be me... i dont care if im left out or not..

emo is word so misused-overused nowadays (thx to the bands MCR nd FOB) just like FOB drummer(forgot his name) "i want to shoot emo in the head" well basically coz most people associates them w/ the word emo apperently they are not, hell no! emo can be distinguish thru lyrics, not how they sound today when teenagers (nd not so teens) hear a band that screams, or sing w/ a high-pitch-cat-like-voice, they automatically label them as emo,a big no no! i remember once, suagrfree is being interviewed at nu107(they are not big yet nor released an album) dylan(DJ) ask them, whats their genre, they aswered straight "emo-rock" i bet most of you wont agree, coz just like what i said above(bout how emo is being defined today) well i consider myself emo... i even thought of suicide when i was 4th yr HS(i'm 23 BTW, am'i too old for this site? haha) when i recieved my first heartache! yes i'am emo... even before this whole emo-punk thing explodes but i dont dress like others... those seagull type hair w/metal belts nd thick eyeliners, just to be called emo damn, i'am emo coz i'am emo, not thru style or music trend just like what i said the, E word is so misused nd overused just my 2cent btw sory for my bad english,grammar/spell check pls!

Last edited by kristoper21 (2007-08-23 14:06:57)

[quote=aidenlive]simple meaning of emo is gay eheheheheheehehe [/quote] wow nice description, whatver bro

Philosophy on life? Philosophy, what's that? If you can think about why you go through life depressed and unhappy, while pretending to be cool, you're not emo. To be emo, you have to think with the crowd, not think for yourself. The height of achievement for an emo boy is to live to forty while mooching off his parents and clutching their inheritance. This will allow the emo boy to go to emo concerts in the future and listen to the same old derivative music that got its start in the punk movement back in the 70's. Ah, we mean the 90's. If any emo music you listen to has its roots in anything before 1998, then you're old school and therefore not emo. Emos are like this.. if a emo guy or emo girl have their problems in love life.. Guys: Write EMO love songs for your girlfriends. Write about how you miss the scent of her hair and her clam. EMO also really dig it when you give them a promise ring to symbolize your love. Just make sure it's not a 25 cent ring unless that's how you really feel. If you do not have a girlfriend, then you should write a songs for your cat. Girls: Write your EMO boyfriend love letters about how every other guy you have dated in the past has not made you feel the way you feel when you're with him. Talk about the emo names for your unborn children: Dexter, Nathan, or Davie. The trick is to act as if you are completely impoverished. Sure your parents make a considerable amount of bling bling each year, but act as if you cannot even afford a cup of water. Always walk slowly while looking at the ground, and speak in a light and painful voice whenever someone speaks to you. Always talk about your personal problems, and if you're truly emo, interject your personal problems with the lessons you found in your Jets to Brazil or Getup Kids lyrics from the CD you ripped off Kazaa because you are too poor to buy it yourself. In personal discussions, center your life around talking about how bad your parents treated you, and how you've been through numerous fruitless relationships and are looking for an emo girl because she knows what you're going through. No personal discussions should concern anything positive, enlightening, or worst of all, happiness. Remember, if you're [happy] with your life, then you're not emo. If you've got a guitar, sit outside one day while everyone's going to class and strum a lousy ballad while you whine about how your parents are cutting your allowance and you can't go to Wal-Mart anymore to spend money. Remember, being emo is all about looking cool. And even if you don't score a babe, you'll still meet lots of girls who want to have you as their best friend, giving you the impression that you have lots of girlfriends when in reality they just tell you their problems because they think you're gay. emo is not about your hair or fashion its about your personal life. even if your bald and not in emo fashion[like thickrimmedhornedglasses,skinny jeans stolen from your sister) but lonely in life and alone.therefore your emo.. not pretending to be lonely but really lonely.. well thats the emo 'term' now.. emo posers like you doesn't belong to the emo world. i didnt wrote this.. someone only gave this message to me in friendster.. cause im an emo poser.im not lonely im a happy person pretending to be a emo i just only copy paste

[quote=FoRsAkEnKiD]heheh. another discussion about emos eh..alright then..brace yourselves for a long read... first of all, we must know that the word emo has several meanings. - fashion -> emo is also a word that describes a fashion trend. there are a lot of fashion trends that are 'in' nowadays. kikays, gangsters, punks, thrasher punks, rhastas, emo, and normal baduys. im just gonna concentrate on the emo fashion trend. wearing cheap black band-labelled tshirts, tight jeans, cuffs, and chucks one of the many requirements to look 'emo', but this doesnt necessarily mean that a person who wears those is an emo or a poser emo, or is trying to be emo. - music -> the word emo is also now a genre of music, originally as 'emotional punk'. yup, punk rock is its forefather. punk music originally depicted and delivered lyrics about social and political issues. but as it evolved, its content had also included themes about aspects of life and love. punk music,originally, has an upbeat sound. but since heartbreaks and sadness were also a part of life, an emotional side of punk was born, the emo punk or emo for short. there were and are a lot of bands that have this genre as their sound. but this does not necessary mean that the bands that 'sound' emo are emos themselves. they just produce 'music for emos'. - people -> so emo genre'd bands produce the music for emos. who are emos then? well, they are: the always depressed, the hated, the discriminated, the wronged, the suicidal wrist-cutters, the freaks, and the [insert negative adjectives here that ignorant people say about emos]. sigh...tsk tsk tsk... alright, ill just have myself for a situation example.. i most of the time wear black tshirts. since i was a kid, even before the word emo was born, i have like the color black. and even until now. it matches colors with anything that i wear (may it be my pants or shorts). i wear band-name-labelled tshirts too. cuz they'r cheaper. far cheaper than those from branded tshirts that costs about P300, while i can only pay about half the price if id buy those black tshirts which has my favorite band's name, which is also a plus, at least for me. in my shorts or pants, i dont wear skinny jeans. not me. but i wear high cutted chucks (Converse Chuck Taylor shoes). chucks were invented a very long time ago, and i prefer them than any other shoe. i like them because their lightweight. i usually do a lot of walking from our house to the main road to commute, as well as in school, specially when you have to transfer from a classroom to another. so a lightweight shoe was ideal. a pair of chucks can also match with either shorts or pants. a pair of chucks is also cheaper back then when it was first sold than any other branded shoes (but since the growing popularity and demand, its price became far high than before). im not a rich guy you see..so id prefer the 'cheaper but presentable'. the bottom line: i dont wear those things to look emo or so that others will 'see' me as emo. i wear them because i like to wear them. no one has to argue with me on that. i have always liked the rock music. rock is the brother of punk. punk is the father of emo. so the emo genre of music also got my heart. i had experiences which i could relate to its contents. when times get 'heavy', listening to agggressive bounced music and screamed voices can relieve the heaviness in me (have you heard of the quote: if you cant beat them, join them?). but of course, life is not always heavy. so i dont just listen only to emo songs all the time. it would be fake. always thinkin about your problems and being depressed will gain me nothing. life has ups and downs. so there's also got to be a lighter side of life, and a lighter side of music for it. i listen to pop punk, modern rock, rap rock, and other related genres for other moods that match the music. another bottom line: i like to listen to the emo genre not to show off that im depressed and hopeless or so that others will 'see' me as emo. i listen to them because i like to listen to them. again, no one has to argue with me on that. actually, the word emo is a negative term. in western countries for example (where that word originally was coined), you should feel insulted if you were called an 'emo'. why? cuz it means that you are too soft, overly sensitive, cant fight back, have a bad fashion sense, dork jerk freak, hopeless, and so on. and your were always discriminated. you wouldnt want to be called an 'emo', trust me. so those claiming that they are 'emos' are either using the fashion definition of emo as their label as well as their music preference, or they just dont really know the story behind what they label themselves. but honestly, i dont understand why people would love to hate the emos. do you happen to hate them? do you know why you would happen to hate them? you dont. i also dont really know if there were actually real world emos. funny. im actually talking about something im not even sure exists. maybe there were. maybe there are. maybe there will be. or maybe its the emo fashion trend that gave birth to emos. or maybe it was the emo music genre's contents that gave birth to emos. or vice versa. or maybe both. or maybe neither of them. if not them, then who? pfft. ok, lets just assume they exist, for the time being. if there are actually real emos, i wouldnt expect them reading my post right now. cuz after all, what's an emo doing in a Friendster community forum? he might as well be alone in his room thinking about how big are his problems rather than customizing his Friendster profile, dont you think? heheh. anyway, if there's someone here who happens to be what they call an 'emo' (pls dont be offended for the term), i have a personal request: "i just want you to do something, i want you to cheer up. yes, cheer up. life might seem dark and cruel. life might have scarred your heart. but there's no point in staying in the negativity anymore. that will only worsen the pain. pain cannot be cured by another pain. rise my friend. prove your worth. we all went through the same things that you were. weve been in the same place once. though i havent entirely go out from the call of shadows, i have seen a light. and so can you..." if an emo apparently was not here to read my above message but you ever happen to know one, can i ask a favor from you? please, do what you can to let all his bad feeling go away. i dont think they are hopeless. i dont think they are freaks. i think they are just misunderstood. i think they need help. i dont think they should be indiffered. i dont think they should be discriminated. i think they should be comforted. i think they should be cared. spread the word. about posers. i know a lot of people who hate them. do you happen to hate them too? hmm..why would you..? there are those who call themselves as emos because of their looks and how they dress. i say dont hate them. just leave them be. there were poser kikays, poser kikoys, poser gangsters, poser rockers, poser hiphoppers, poser punks, poser etc. do you happen to hate them too? i think you shouldnt. you see, everybody undergoes this phase in his life to find out 'where' he belongs. we try to experiment on our looks and expressions and find out if it fits us or it will help us express our ourselves more, until we know what we really want to have as our outer appearance. 'posers'. we all were. dont you agree? there are also those who call themselves emos because of the genre of music they listen to. i say dont hate them too. the explaination is the same as above. maybe just tryin to experiment and all etc. the 'worst' posers, are those who do call themselves as emo for their fashion, for their taste of music, and for everything they do as well. like having to cut wrists for example. well im not gonna say too much here on, cuz they've been mouthed so many times already. however, i dont know about you, cuz still, i dont hate them. i dont have to. what for? so dont judge me, im not emo. but even if i was, dont judge me still. before you judge someone, try lookin at yourself in the mirror. if you see perfection, then you have the right to mouth anyone else for all you want. else, keep the bad comments to yourself, and give help instead. and that goes for me as well. i hope i had made a point here...[/quote] woah! nc one bro

I like rakista lifestyle... I wouldn't bother if I'm goth and he's rakista... We still agree with some of our music... And half of the style..