2006-12-11 16:11:34 · 11 answers · asked by Grommitt18 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
Emo. Short for emotional. Emo. A genre of punk rock. Emo. A dress code of tiny t-shirts and horn-rimmed glasses. Type the word "emo" into your average search engine and you'll get over three million results that will encompass nearly that many different opinions of what emo actually is. The general approach to the term is a lot like the approach to pornography, "I can't tell you exactly what it is, but I'll know it when I see (or hear) it."
The history of emo is somewhat less ambiguous than its current meaning. "Emo" music developed out of the D.C. punk scene in the '80s. In its original incarnation, emo was short for emocore, or emotional-hardcore. The name was applied to hardcore punk rock bands who distinguished themselves from their peers by adding an emotional component to their music, dealing with sadness and love and angst in their lyrics. The music was also characterized by particularly dramatic vocals which, at best, left the audience in an emotionally charged state, crying or screaming. These days, emo has been popularized and sent into the mainstream through bands like Dashboard Confessional, Taking Back Sunday and Saves the Day.
Emo music has even inspired its own subcultural style. Take your average Rites of Spring fan and you get someone who looks a lot like Weezer's Rivers Cuomo--nerdy glasses, vintage tees, cuffed jeans, Converse sneakers and slightly shrunken tops. Black hair and straight bangs, tight hoodies and thrift shop attire are also associated with emo. And while emo devotees are notoriously upfront about their feelings, instead of wearing their hearts on their sleeves, they tend to favor ironic slogans and band logos.
Lately, labeling someone as "emo" is something of a put-down, a stand-in for "overly emotional" or "melodramatic." The implication is that they are excessively moody and angsty, prone to crying jags and plagued by a love of bad poetry. Hot Topic even issued a patch that read, "cheer up, emo kid!" But for those who call themselves emo, the term means something more pure. At its core, emo is all about being upfront with your emotions. Or, as one "expert" defined it, "emo is like being Goth, but much less dark, much more Harry Potter." -- marni
2006-12-11 16:23:16 · answer #1 · answered by Mommy with a Question???? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
EMO is probably the dumbest term ever because whether you are talking about people or music. All people are emotional to some degree i dont think there is a person that just walks around with a blank stare and speak in monotone all the time. And all music is emotional, a person writes a song to display some type of emotion. or to show how they felt at some time.
2006-12-12 00:35:24 · answer #2 · answered by bassplayer22 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
EMO- means emotional, like cutting yourself or being depressed all the time.
or there's EMO the music which is pop-punk..
It is easy to get confused because they can be easily mixed up..
somebody could come up to you and say some band is emo.
does that mean they are pop-punk?? or emotional..
a lot of people think punks are emo..that is not ALWAYS true..
whatever your case usually emo means emotional..
ignore pop-punk
2006-12-12 00:20:53 · answer #3 · answered by HIMpunk 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, there's emo music and emo people
Emo stands for emotional
http://www.fourfa.com/
heres a good website on it
by the way I'm not emo :)
2006-12-12 00:20:12 · answer #4 · answered by behindthesun011 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Emo is emotional. usually kids with dyed black hair that covers one eye and tight girl pants. Alot of people assume that all emo kids are suicidal and cut themselves.
2006-12-12 00:26:37 · answer #5 · answered by biasknight 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO EMO DOESNT STAND FOR EMO...ITS STANDS FOR EMOTIVE! AND NOT ALL EMOS CUT THERE WRISTS! an emo is a music loving person, who is really close to thrie friends, wears black alot, doesnt care what the damn preppies think of them, are not afraid to be themselves but they do tend to be emotional! but thats just because they are not afraid to be who they truly are.
2006-12-12 00:24:19 · answer #6 · answered by hockiee.girl 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
emo is almost like being goth...emo kids often listen to hardcore/screamo music and tend to where black and act really stupid lol....i have experience with them because some of my friends are emo, and im almost to the point myself except im more of a soft-core goth
2006-12-12 00:21:23 · answer #7 · answered by Terryn M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Emotional
2006-12-12 00:16:23 · answer #8 · answered by terrance 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
emo is where you are like close to going goth like you wear tight pants those are part of emo
2006-12-12 00:15:53 · answer #9 · answered by ♥ me or hate me 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
EMO stands for emotional, although, honestly, it's a stupid term.
It means more: moody, angsty, teen, slitting wrists, type-ish thingy.
Then again, what ISN'T emotional?
Its a really stupid term, but thats what it means when people say it.
2006-12-12 00:14:23 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋