Do you no what emo is?

Answer 1

Yes, all of what Jeanjean said. I'd also like to add to Hollister freak's comment a resounding NO!

There is a huge difference between Emo and Goth. Although the two look similar because they wear black and other dark colors, they are not. The confusion is with Kindergoth in which this is a little more like Emo. They're a bit more mopey, they were a lot of bondage type clothes and yes, some of them do cut themselves. Cutting is a bit of a broad subject, it's been around since ancient times. It was done as a cleansing if someone died and for other reasons as well.

A true Goth is actually not sad. Do some research first HF... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goth As you can see, Goth's go back all the way to the Germanic Tribes... And what year was that? Well it all started around 80 BC...you do the math, because Emo wasn't around until the 1980's...26 years ago!

Today when people cut, they don't do it because they're "Emo", they do it to cover up things in their past, pain, fear, etc. It is not done just to look cool, and as for the ones who do so for that reason...they are the gay ones. Being Emo and being Goth are two different genres of music as well. Goth's do not listen to Dashboard like most Emo's do, and Emo's don't listen to Cradle of Filth and Dimmu Borgir like Goth's do. Their music is different, their scene if different, the way they dress is different except for a certain color. Neither of them are gay. Hollister Freak is only saying that because she's just a missinformed fickle twit. So, please get your facts straight, HF, before you go shooting crap like that again...And you only make yourself look like an idiot because you know nothing.

Answer 2

It's just a stereotype that some people that listen to a certain type of music get branded with. The phrase Emo actually means emotional.

Answer 3

its a clik like prep goth punk emo hick and so on
emo is typically classified by black hair over the face, tight girl pants (for guys) and the emotional music if i had a pic of someone whod be classified as emo youde know

Answer 4

Emo is a slang term used to describe a range of fashion styles and attitudes somewhat affiliated with emo music and its related scenes. As an adjective, emo can describe a style of fashion or music; or a general state of unhappiness or melancholy (as in "to feel emo"). Emo is also used as a noun, often pejoratively, to identify a member of the "emo scene" or someone viewed as fitting the "emo" stereotype.


For more than a decade, the term emo was used almost exclusively to describe the genre of music that spawned from the 1980s DC scene and the bands inspired by it. However, during the late 1990s, as emo music began to emerge into popular consciousness, the term began to be used as a broader reference than its prior music denotation.

The origin of the word emo itself is unclear. In a 1985 interview by Rites of Spring in Flipside Magazine, members of the band noted that some of their fans in DC were starting to call them "emo", arguably because of the state of emotion that the band displayed during their shows. In later years, the word emo was viewed as a contraction of "emotional hardcore" or "emocore", which was the popular designation of the music genre.

A younger contingent insists that emo is a contraction for "emotive hardcore". However, no primary source has been found to confirm use of that term prior to the mid-1990s. At the same time, numerous sources cite the use of "emotional hardcore" dating back to the mid-to-late 1980s.

In recent years, as its use has come to define more than just the music, the word emo has more often been viewed as simply being short for "emotional".


2000s
Bands like Dashboard Confessional began to popularize a more dramatic and personal style of "emo", which used lyrics that had a far greater appeal amongst teenagers experiencing life and love for the first time. As the lyrical content shifted, and as the genre began to enter the mainstream, the term "emo" started to be used more often to describe what was perceived by those outside the scene as the overwrought melodrama of the music. The perception was that melodrama was feigned, an effort to display depression or dysfunction where it didn't actually exist. Popular comments such as "don't be so emo" and "cheer up, emo kid" expressed the belief among detractors that fans of emo music took themselves too seriously.

As major labels began categorising more diverse bands under the "emo" label, varying styles of music and dress began to be conflated as well. The style of bands like My Chemical Romance and Panic! At the Disco, including their use of makeup (particularly black eyeliner) and longish hair (often covering one eye or the face) began to be associated with emo.

Answer 5

do u know what goth is???????well emo is goth. you wear all black cut a slit in your wrist and basicly look gay.

Answer 6

No idea.

Answer 7

new trend...