I know it loosely follows the look and ethos of the Punk movement but what does it stand for and where did it come from - London, UK? Please help, much love
2006-08-21 18:51:24 · 12 answers · asked by Jehan J 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
Punk music on estrogen. Often acoustic guitar with soft, high male vocals that dwell exessively on the singer's feelings, especially melancholy remembrances of past relationships/mistakes in life. A form of music that diverged from punk in the '80s, the name "emo" is derived from the emotive style of the lyrics and music. This genre has lately been marketed heavily by the music industry to teenagers with bands such as Dashboard Confessional and Taking Back Sunday, and has seen much commercial and mainstream success. The music has also spawned a subculture which conforms to certain conventions in dress such as tight sweatshirts, tight band T-shirts and horn-rim glasses. Adherents profess to exessively melancholy temperments. Males that adhere to the emo subculture are sometimes confused with metrosexuals; indeed the line between the two is somwhat blurred, though both groups claim to be intouch with their emotional side. The ephemeral and hackneyed nature of emo songwriting suggests that its audience will be restricted largely to teenagers. the genre suffers from a lack of credibility outside the aforementioned demographic group, much like current Nu Metal bands.
2006-08-21 18:58:04 · answer #1 · answered by Hel 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
So we can look forward to seeing hordes of them in shopping malls looking morose and spotty with tight-fitting clothes and foppish haircuts.
Good.
It will give the rest of us a laugh as we trawl such places for cheap jeans and cut-price toiletries..
2006-08-22 02:24:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
EMOtional
2006-08-22 05:52:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they kinda look and act goth, defined as emotional! ex. panic! at the disco, my chemical romance, Fall Out Boy!!!
2006-08-22 01:57:18 · answer #4 · answered by foblova353 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Okay first thanks for asking that. I wanted to know myself but didn't out of fear of showing my age :o) Now that I know the answer I am so glad to be of a "true rock" generation instead!
2006-08-22 02:12:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means emotional or sumfin otherwise it means best music eva!!
2006-08-22 01:56:19 · answer #6 · answered by xXx.clandestine.xXx 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
EMOtional rock. a pretty shitty genre of modern rock.
2006-08-22 01:58:01 · answer #7 · answered by platukism 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah definately best music eva
2006-08-22 01:57:31 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
emotional goth
2006-08-22 04:21:08 · answer #9 · answered by SlimSonny 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
emotional
2006-08-22 01:56:53 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋