what does gothic and emo mean? and what is the difference?

Answer 1

Gothic is a type of way of life. Usually, you'll see people dressed in black, feeling down all the time and depressed.

Emo is short for emotional music. Somewhat like punk music but the messages are emotional and depressing.

Answer 2

"Emo is not a subgenre of hardcore punk music. Since its inception, emo has come to describe several independent variations, linked loosely but with common ancestry. As such, use of the term has been the subject of much debate.

In its original incarnation, the term emo was used to describe the music of the mid-1980s Washington, DC scene and its associated bands. In later years, the term emocore, short for "emotional hardcore", was also used to describe the DC scene and some of the regional scenes that spawned from it. The term emo was derived from the fact that, on occasion, members of a band would become spontaneously and strongly emotional during performances. The most recognizable names of the period included Rites of Spring, Embrace, One Last Wish, Beefeater, Gray Matter, Duran Duran, and, slightly later, Culture Club. The first wave of emo began to fade after the breakups of most of the involved bands in the early 1990s.

Starting in the mid-1990s, the term emo began to reflect the indie scene that followed the influences of Fugazi, which itself was an offshoot of the first wave of emo. Bands including Sunny Day Real Estate and Texas Is the Reason put forth a more indie rock style of emo, more melodic and less chaotic in nature than its predecessor. The so-called "indie emo" scene survived until the late 1990s, as many of the bands either disbanded or shifted to mainstream styles.

As the remaining indie emo bands entered the mainstream, newer bands began to emulate the more mainstream style, creating a style of music that has now earned the moniker emo within popular culture. Whereas, even in the past, the term emo was used to identify a wide variety of bands, the breadth of bands listed under today's emo is even more vast, leaving the term "emo" as more of a loose identifier than as a specific genre of music."

Goth:
The goth subculture is a contemporary subculture prevalent in many countries. It began in the United Kingdom during the late 1970s to early 1980s in the gothic rock scene, an offshoot of the post-punk genre. The goth subculture has survived much longer than others of the same era. Its imagery and cultural proclivities indicate influences from nineteenth century Gothic literature, mainly through horror movies. The goth subculture has associated gothic tastes in music and fashion. Gothic music encompasses a number of different styles. Common to all is a tendency towards a "dark" sound and outlook. Styles of dress within the subculture range from death rock, punk, androgynous, some Renaissance and Victorian style clothes, or combinations of the above, most often with black attire, makeup and hair.

Answer 3

I believe you mean Goth and Emo. Gothic is a time period and architectural style. Goth is a subculture that generally dresses in black. Emo is short for Emotional and can be used in relation to that kind of music or the people who listen to it. Goth is viewed as the scarier of the two.

Answer 4

an emo is a ver emotional person. usually the emotion that they feel however is sadness, or depression. that is y the steriotype of an emo is cutting themselves, and that is because they r very unhappy.
a gothic person is a person that really likes stuff about death, the color black, and thinks that it is cool to die.

Answer 5

A gothic person is someone who dresses' in black, and is also emo. I think they are also SOMETIMES satanic not always. Emo means like always sad and depressed. :(