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I HATE whinny p***y little emo kids who think they have it bad because they didnt get the new car or phone they wanted or becuase Mommy and Daddy yell at them.
Emo is STUPID. it's a scam. it's a markting tool fabricated by the recording industry to target jaded teens and twenty-somethings that used to listen to grunge-rock when it was "in." i've heard the bullshit over and over again- "Emo is a LIFESTYLE!" BULLSHIT. since when is a lifestyle classified by wearing a dirty cardigan sweater and staring at the ground as if to say "i'm sad and THAT'S COOL"??? buncha ******** sheep... these are the same goth/punk transplants you'll see sitting in your neighborhood Starbucks, (as every neighborhood now has one) debating for hours on end whether the new Alkaline Trio album has more substance than early Hey Mercedes material, while they cry into their soy-chai-double-mocha-latte-chinos (with extra sprinkles)... PLEASE.
now, don't get me wrong. some of the bands i listen to (unfortunately) get firmly poked with the red-hot "Emo" branding iron that the record industry and the general listening public are constantly keeping warm on the coals. however, i whole-heartedly disagree with this tag. i love Atreyu, but they were around long before this "Emo" s**t started, and the poor guys are tagged with this label. i'm just glad bands like Fleetwood Mac or Dave Matthews haven't been branded yet. or James Taylor. no one emotes like that ********. his music is laden with romanticism. (i can't wait to go to his concert this month, with my Venezuelan love slave's head on my shoulder all night.)
Emo is NOT a genre of music. the rationale behind sticking bands in the Emo genre is that "sadness, love and even anger are common lyrical themes" really? WOW. how concise. there are shitloads upon shitloads of songs about being sad (the blues), angry (metal), and in love (Enrique Iglasias... except not). calling all songs about those subjects "Emo" is like calling all things that are green, "grass". what a load of s**t.
unfortunately, Emo proliferates in today's music market. it's a sad state of affairs, but Emo, like the candle that was grunge rock, will eventualy die. and i'll be there to piss on the ashes. (i'm still waiting for rap music to do the same, but MTV just won't let it go...)
so cheer up, Emo kid. your loosery life isn't as bad as you think. stop crying, you're getting tears on your Converse All-Stars.
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