What is emo?

Question

I think it may be to do with a style of music/dress/attitude of today's youth culture but I'm not sure.

Answer 1

* People who fill up 90% of Myspace profiles

* People who all think they're the first to go through Teenage Angst

* People who think they're alternative even though the bands they like are all on major labels and chart in the top 10.

* People who think the way they clothe themselves is really underground, even though companies like Emily Strange are huge worldwide companies.

The funniest thing about a lot of emo's is that loads like to advertise how isolated and disengaged they are......then you find out they are from middle class surburban families, and they go to good schools......boohoo you're lives are so bad.

Answer 2

The short and simple answer is that Emo is Hardcore Punk music with sensitive and emotional lyrics. The music is epitomized by post-Grunge, edgy rock with explosive energy mixed with sensitivity. Emotional lyrics about sadness, love and even anger are common lyrical themes. There is also a subculture of young people that are considered Emo. The casual Emo garb is faded blue jeans or slightly oversized work pants accompanied by a secondhand T-shirt with an out of place logo, bad Heavy Metal tees work well too. Good shoes would be Converse Chuck Taylor low-tops or old skool low-top Vans. The more extreme clothes of choice would include horn-rimmed glasses, cardigan sweaters, dorky polo shirts, pants that are a bit too short and hair that is spiky or messy in the back with straight cut bangs.




Where It Started
Emo was born out of the ashes of the Hardcore punk band Minor Threat. They were a Straight Edge Punk band, meaning that they promoted clean living (no drugs, alcohol or sex combined with antiestablishment politics). When Minor Threat broke up in 1984, members formed other bands like Embrace, Rites Of Spring and later Fugazi, which were the first Emo bands. They still played hardcore punk music, but the lyrics were more expressive and emotional instead of being focused on politics and disenchanted youth (like most punk). Other early influences came from Husker Du and The Descendants and All.

Answer 3

Richard B is right, but just to add, GOTHS ARE NOT EMO'S! They are very similar, but not the same. Goths tend to like the darker side of metal, eg Cradle of Filth, Arch Enemy etc. Emo's prefer stuff like Funeral for a friend, Sum 41 etc. a goth would actually be offended by your comment, so would an Emo, in fact. Picture Emo's as skater kids, they dress like skaters and like skater music. goths are a different thing alltogether.

Answer 4

yeh its true goths do all look the same, but thier personalities are different and most of them are really nice and very intelligent people. oh and emo means emotional, most emos are assumed suicidal.

Answer 5

I just heard it on the show "Bones." They referred to it as "overly emotive" which from the context referred to teens who wear their angst on their sleeves. The person they were referring to did seem to be rather goth-like.

Answer 6

emo is a punk movement, emo stands for emotional, generally has emo music has a more accoustic feeling to it...

Answer 7

people with hair that covers their eyes and may even slit their wrists due to unhappiness

Answer 8

Something to do with goths, who all want to be different but all look the same.

Answer 9

This song will answer your question:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHTAT_UPm18

and give you something to hum on the way to work!

Answer 10

this is an emo kid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEJDGLF-e18

im nbot an emo kid there rubbish and girly hahahahahahahahaha