What is the difference between Goth and EMO ???

Answer 1

Three versions of Goth:

Elder Goths - they're the original Bauhaus' 1980 goths' that were mostly into disestablishment through intelligence. A spawn of the punk scene, Elder Goths believed in most of the same ideals: screw the man, lets have fun, etc - however they maintained a general open mindedness of humanity, others, specially people who were ironically different from society: gays, crazies, etc. A general belief was that they would eventually "grow out" of their dark demeanour, but it's been shown that a Goth will A) never admitt to being a "damn little gothic punk" and B) continue loving the dark arts, and place intelligence and understanding above other things.

B) Goths - these are the little brothers and sisters, spawned from the Elder Goths - grew up in the 90s; a lot more violent, and quiet a bit more anti-disestablishment. They saw the inaction of elder goths as weak mindedness and general lack of "true feelings." They were very passionate, however stood tight to the feelings of intelligence and understanding. Many are currently in their 20s' and various still maintain a strong appearance, while others have lowered their flags to try and make some money in the world.

C) Fake Goths: these are the kids that listen to Slipknot. I never studied them, mostly because it gave Goths bad names. These are the kids that put on the Crow make up and go run around with hockey sticks pretending to be bad and tough. They are the kids that only do the "Goth thing" because it's a fad or a fashion - they're the mainfront of the Goth industry, the one you see on TV and the news. These are the kids that get ridiculed because honestly, they're easy to ridicule and they get so upset over them. They started spawning towards the end of the 90s early 00s'.

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now emo:


Emo: besides the original use of it in the 1980s, which was the exact opposite as it is today - Emo kids think it stands short for "emotional"; however it's something MUCH different.

Look it up, I won't go much into it.

Anyway - Emo kids wear jeans and a black shirt - not the common all black wear of a Goth; and they don't do the entire industrial scene, which a Goth wouldn't mind. Emo kids wear jeans and a band shirt, have black hair, and unlike their cousins the Goths - they don't believe in disestablishment, instead, they don't give two flying screws about the Establishment of the poltiical or religious scene.

Instead, all they worry about is themselves. How the world affects them. How their parents are against them. How everyone is against them. Their dog is against them. Their girlfriend was obviously planning on breaking his heart the whole time.

The entire emo scene promotes self centerdness, and pitty, in attempts to gain attention and praise, support from others. Instead of the Goth/Punk scene that strode towards self accomplishments and self realization through the blood and sweat of the self.

Oh, and you'd never see an Emo kid doing a suspension or a crucification off of fish hooks for fun like some of the "extreme" industrial goths would. Instead, Emo hasn't had enough time to grow as a culture to allow for difference inside of itself, and an "extreme" Emo kid is basically one that puts a suicide note on myspace and goes through with killing himself. Maybe in 10 years time we will see the spawn of the Emo children, and have some variation to the blood, but as of right now it's a heavily influenced MTV scene that has not had any time to grab hold as a subculture in itself.

Anyway, they are cousins or nieces to the Goths - though not related to Elder Goths. While Goths lived through the 1990s' "Nirvana" and Teenage Angst time period, Emos are the direct spawns of the preppy children of those dates - feeling that they are constantly in the shadow of their older kin, and that the world is full of threat, death, etc.

So, meh, there's a relation, but it's distant.


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You can see that on every sub culture in America, by the way, the first generation holds to some standards very tight; the second has some anti-first gen + holding the same values, and the third gen is doing it just because they think it's fun, and usually give the first few gens a bad name.

For example, in the 60s you had true hippies, the 70s you had the hippies that were activists, and in the 80s' you had metal heads - although musically different: they had long hair, similar clothing, did drugs, etc. They were the "doing it for fun" of the spiritual 60.

The Goths of today are the "doing it for fun" of the spiritual 80s.

Emos... I dunno man... those kids are gonna kill themselves before they have any ltitle spawns.

Answer 2

Mmm ok properly to me somebody who outfits goth positioned on extra darker issues like the makeup lipstick nails the hair and the cloths would be issues like trench coats purely wearing all black lots of the goth little ones in my extreme college gown that way so thats how i assume goth gown the emo sort to me is like loopy colorations and a undeniable form of hair cut back skinny denims communicate or autos any sort of shirts women positioned on the dark loopy makeup the adult males purely have the hair and cloths its rather common to tell the adaptation properly for me it is :p i'm hoping I kinda responded that lol

Answer 3

Emo guys are very feminine, and the girls very depressed, and goth people in general are usually fat or ugly. Goths wear a lot more metal on their clothing, and emo people tend to wear more band shirts. Really, not that difficult to tell apart.

Answer 4

Emo may refer to:

Emo (music), a subgenre of hardcore punk
Emo (slang), a slang term used to describe a wide range of fashion styles and attitudes somewhat affiliated with emo music

goth (gth) KEY

NOUN:

A style of rock music that often evokes bleak, lugubrious imagery.
A performer or follower of this style of music.

Answer 5

Goth is more omish if its a true goth, modern goth is just wearing black and kinda satanic, and emo is a very depressed person who would most likely want to stay by themselves an outsider sitting in their own little corner letting life fly past them till they die or kill themself.

Answer 6

don't know, both seem depressing to me... maybe goths just wanna be vampires etc and emos well are just depressing.

Answer 7

goths wear those ugly chains and black clothes and emos are more of the skater type....i think im not that sure im not n those cliques im a gangsta

Answer 8

emo are scarily thin and goth are normal

Answer 9

Goths are fat and, Emos are bulimic. :)

Answer 10

i think its just the way they act..