Emo
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Related Issues:
Self Injury, Self
Mutilation
YouTube
The Difference between Emo And
Goth
Dress
Grammar
History - Opinions Differ
The Music
Self-Injury
Source: EMO Images at www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=emo
History - Opinions Differ
1. Short for "emotive". Coined by Ian MacKaye, commonly known from
Fugazi and Minor Threat.
2. Type of music characterized by heartfelt, although sometimes
whiny lyrics.
3. Person who listens to afformentioned type of music.
Stereotypically wears too-small sweaters and tight jeans, black
horn-rimmed glasses, and straight black hair, although this is not
always true. Sometimes a vegan, sometimes straight edge.
The Music
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.
Often, more recently, this gets intertwined with post-hardcore,
and understandably so - that's nothing to make an issue of 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, no one knows what emo
is anyway, 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 not true, 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.
Source: www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=emo
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The Difference between Emo And Goth
Emos Hate themselves. Goths hate Everyone
Emos Want to Kill themselves. Goths Want to kill Everyone
Emo is a somewhat ambiguous, controversial slang term most
frequently used to describe a fashion or subculture which is usually
defined to have roots in punk fashion and subculture, as well as some
attributes of gothic fashion and subculture. It is loosely defined,
and its meaning varies by region, but most definitions share a number
of similarities.
Some definitions of emo hold that typical "emo persons" are likely
to inflict self-injury, most often by means of cutting, burning, or
otherwise mutilating themselves. The theme of self-injury is also
common in emo poetry.
Grammar
As a slang word, "emo" is not defined by standard English
dictionaries, and thus, its grammatical usage is not either. In
popular usage, it can be used as either a noun or adjective.[
Examples of usage
- Adjective (1): All my friends are emo.
- Adjective (2): I feel emo today.
- Noun: Sally is such an emo.
Self-Injury
Self-injury (SI) or Self-harm (SH) is
deliberate injury inflicted by a person upon his or her own body.
Some scholars use more technical definitions related to specific
aspects of this behavior. These acts may be aimed at relieving
otherwise unbearable emotions, sensations of unreality and numbness.
Self-injury is generally considered a social taboo. It is listed in
the DSM-IV-TR as a symptom of borderline personality disorder and is
sometimes associated with mental illness, a history of trauma and
abuse, eating disorders, or mental traits such as low self-esteem or
perfectionism. There is a positive statistical correlation between
self-injury and emotional abuse.[
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-injury
Dress
Some pointers about emo fashions:
- The Emo Romulan look - short, thick, greasy, dyed-black hair
with bangs cut straight across the forehead, and cut high over the
ears or hair covering half of the face.
- actually, any greasy dyed black hair. Bangs in front and
spikes in back is very emo too.
- horn-rim glasses, or at least thick black frames.
- bald head, furry face (boys only). Goes especially well with
horn-rims.
- heavy slacks, often too tight and short.
- thin, too-small polyester button-ups in dark colors, or
threadbare children's size t-shirts with random slogans. Button
the collar if you've got one.
- clunky black shoes
- scarves
- gas station jackets. This has diffused a lot over the years
though, it's no longer exclusive to emo kids. Nowadays, you may
want to select a nice corduroy denim jacket.
- also classic outerwear but quickly diffusing to normality: the
famous Blue Peacoat
- barrettes on boys
- make-up (male or female)
- too-small cardigans and v-neck sweaters
- argyle
- anorexic thinness. Veganism helps here.
Source: www.fourfa.com/
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