Slappie 9 #1 November 30, 2005 Friend of mine sent me this link http://emosong.ytmnd.com/ was a catchy little tune. "Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildcard451 0 #2 November 30, 2005 Whining. That is what emo is. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kansasskydiver 0 #3 November 30, 2005 Stands for emotional music. I just leanred what it was over the weekend myself. Bands that I didn't know were emo and listen to: Thursday, My Chemical Romance, 30 Seconds to Mars Please anyone who actually knows more about it correct me if I'm wrong<--- See look, pink dolphins DO exist! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slappie 9 #4 November 30, 2005 No seriously what is it? Sounds like whining to me with a goth twist. The goths I knew never wanted to commit suicide. This is a very strange trend upon our younger generation. "Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hexadecimal 0 #5 November 30, 2005 emo = sucks. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #6 November 30, 2005 Sensitive, whiny, white-boy pop masquerading as hip music. Anything on Barsuk."There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kansasskydiver 0 #7 November 30, 2005 I know a dz.commer who is into emo. I'll see if I can get her to post a better explanation. I had no idea what it was until she told me over the weekend<--- See look, pink dolphins DO exist! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slappie 9 #8 November 30, 2005 QuoteSensitive, whiny, white-boy pop masquerading as hip music. Anything on Barsuk. Oh fuck! I opened the barsuk radio.. no wonder they have SUK in the name of their company.. it's all sukky. "Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rebecca 0 #9 November 30, 2005 Quoteemo = sucks. Which is why you should have believed this the first time. you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel loquacious?' -- well do you, punk? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slappie 9 #10 November 30, 2005 QuoteQuoteemo = sucks. Which is why you should have believed this the first time. Rebecca you know me... I've got to experiment and see for myself. Death Cab for Cutie? I've heard that name before.. think it was 4am on MTV. Was a catchy tune, I thought it a bit whiney.. it's on that Barsuk radio. Please don't tell me this EMO shit is going main stream? "If all your friends were named Cliff would you jump off them?" "Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #11 November 30, 2005 QuoteQuoteSensitive, whiny, white-boy pop masquerading as hip music. Anything on Barsuk. Oh fuck! I opened the barsuk radio.. no wonder they have SUK in the name of their company.. it's all sukky. Yeah, but they're printing money at this point. A friend of mine has been their "business guy" for years (evening/weekend stuff for him in addition to his regular job). Pretty soon the label will be big enough to support him full time. Of course, we can hope it'll go the way of the last big "Seattle music trend." (chorus) hey, hey, my, my rock and roll will never die hang your hair down in your eye you'll make a million dollars well i was in this band goin' nowhere fast we sent out demos but everybody passed so one day we finally took the plunge moved out to seattle to play some grunge washington state that is space needle eddie vedder mudhoney now to fit in fast we wear flannel shirts we turn our amps up until it hurts we've got bad attitudes and what's more when we play we stare straight down at the floor wowee pretty scary how pensive how totally alternative now to fit in on the seattle scene you've gotta do somethin' they ain't never seen so thinkin' up a gimmick one day we decided to be the only band that wouldn't play a note under any circumstances silence music's original alternative root's grunge well we spread the word through the underground that we were the hottest new thing in town the record guy came out to see us one day and just like always we didn't play it knocked him out he said he loved our work he said he loved our work but he wasn't sure if he could sell a record with nothing on it i said tell 'em we're from seattle he advanced us two and a half million dollars (chorus) well they made us do a video but that wasn't tough 'cuz we just filmed ourselves smashin' stuff it was kinda weird 'cuz there was no music but mtv said they'd love to use it the kids went wild, the kids went nuts rolling stone gave us a five-star review said we played with guts we're scorin' chicks, takin' drugs then we got asked to play mtv unplugged you should have seen it we went right out there and refused to do acoustical versions of the electrical songs we had refused to record in the first place then we smashed our shit well we blew 'em away at the grammy's show by refusing to play and refusing to go and then just when we thought fame would last forever along come this band that wasn't even together now that's alternative now that's alternative to alternative i feel stupid and contagious well our band got dropped and that ain't funny 'cuz we're all hooked on drugs but we're outta money so the other day i called up the band i said boys i've taken all i can shave off your goatees pack the van we're goin' back to athens Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slappie 9 #12 November 30, 2005 That's hilarious!! I have a sinking feeling EMO has caught on main stream. Maybe it'll dethrone hip-hop \ rap. Oh crap They Might be Giants!? Jeez I like emo? Can't be! "Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The111 1 #13 November 30, 2005 QuoteBands that I didn't know were emo and listen to: Thursday, My Chemical Romance, 30 Seconds to Mars Please anyone who actually knows more about it correct me if I'm wrong Like anything other "label", it is debatable, and often is debated heavily by pseudo music geeks. Many of these music geeks would say that the bands you listed are not emo, that true emo is more along the lines of Sunny Day Real Estate, Fugazi, or Cursive. If you ask me? I will defer my answer to a quote by the Mars Volta, regarding music labels. "We are really tired of those labels and questions," says guitarist, co-founder and producer Rodriguez-Lopez. "Concept album? How can any huge project that takes up most of your life for a year not have a concept? Prog? How can any innovative, forward-thinking art or music not be progressive? It reminds me of when I first heard the label "Emo," which was the most ridiculous label ever. How can anything you put your heart and soul into not be emotional?"www.WingsuitPhotos.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The111 1 #14 November 30, 2005 QuoteAnything on Barsuk. Even after I just got done saying labels are debatable, I can say with confidence that is not true.www.WingsuitPhotos.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #15 November 30, 2005 QuoteQuoteAnything on Barsuk. Even after I just got done saying labels are debatable, I can say with confidence that is not true. You're probably right - I honestly have not gone through and looked at everything that's on Barsuk. I just recall when my friend was trying to explain what the label was all about, he mentioned emo a lot. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The111 1 #16 November 30, 2005 Last reply, I promise. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emo Also, if you know the bands featured in this game (or maybe even if you don't), The Emogame is hilarious. I played it a long time ago; apparently there are a bunch of sequels on the site now. I have only played version 1, but it has Aerosmith in it and is very funny (again, this coming from someone who knows all the bands... I guess jokes like those making fun of Tim and Connor for being lushes just aren't as funny if you haven't seen these bands play).www.WingsuitPhotos.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 7 #17 November 30, 2005 I think it's the HAIRCUT! EMO Philips! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #18 November 30, 2005 Some boys at my kid's schools have been wearing black eyeliner and my daughter had to explain the whole emo thing to me. When she told me emo standed for emotional, I asked her if that meant the boys were distraught and they are secretly crying out for help. She looked at me like I was crazy and told me I'm SO out of it. She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GTAVercetti 0 #19 November 30, 2005 Emo has been around for years. Alot of what is out nowadays and is popular is considered some type of emo. Personally, i with go with the notions of those who have already said it: labels are crap. I like the music I like and don't go searching for particular genres. Some emo is good (ala is sound like your more know "rock") and some sucks....like any "genre". If I hear a band that I like, I buy their album. I don't ask, does this fit into my pigeonhole of the genres I like?Why yes, my license number is a palindrome. Thank you for noticing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slappie 9 #20 November 30, 2005 I was asking what it was and what's with all the goth like makeup. The youth now seem to be taking it a step further with the talk of suicide and really getting messed up. Not trying to pigeonhole any music. I'm just not sure about this new genre that's making it main stream being called "emo". "Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The111 1 #21 November 30, 2005 QuoteThe youth now seem to be taking it a step further... Have you ever heard of a generation (in the past several decades at least) where popular music wasn't misunderstood and vilified by adults? The comments about suicide, often made even by emo kids themselves, are an attempt to poke fun at those poking fun at them. Sort of intentionally repeated misconceptions for the sake of humor. Kids will always kill themselves no matter what they're listening to.www.WingsuitPhotos.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
davidlayne 5 #22 November 30, 2005 Several years ago at Roy Ray Airport, we had our own version of the EMO song. Our Cessna 182 pilot Lantz Pohlman was the ring leader. he used to gather the girls around and sing to them, "Give me an E" "E" the girls would respond. "Give me an M" Lantz would reply "M" the girls would chorus "Give me an O" Lantz would call "O" the girls retort. "What's that spell?" Lantz would singingly question "EMO" the ladies would collectivly repond "What's that mean?" "EAT ME OUT" these girls would eagerly repond, and then they would put their fingers in thier mouths, stretch their mouth apart and thrust out their tongues and wiggle the tongues about in a provocative manner. It was fun then but I have trouble now days getting young girls interested in the EMO song. I certainly like my version better, at least I can understand it!I don't care how many skydives you've got, until you stepped into complete darkness at 800' wearing 95 lbs of equipment and 42 lbs of parachute, son you are still a leg! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GTAVercetti 0 #23 November 30, 2005 QuoteI was asking what it was and what's with all the goth like makeup. The youth now seem to be taking it a step further with the talk of suicide and really getting messed up. Not trying to pigeonhole any music. I'm just not sure about this new genre that's making it main stream being called "emo". From what I see...Goth kids tend towards more industrial than emo...at least at the clubs I have been to. Hell there is even a sub genre call "goth". Most of the goths I knew in High School were into NIN, KMFDM, Skinny Puppy, etc. Not so much into stuff akin to The Getup Kids ( an "emo" band). And this "emo" has been in the mainstream for a few years now. Kids have been listening to music and talking about suicide for years. or anarchy, or killing or...whatever. its very circular. me thinks you are showing your age. Why yes, my license number is a palindrome. Thank you for noticing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slappie 9 #24 November 30, 2005 I am showing my age a bit. I've lost touch with out youth is that such a bad thing? "Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #25 November 30, 2005 QuoteI am showing my age a bit. I've lost touch with out youth is that such a bad thing? _______________________________________ Nope! Nothin' wrong with tryin' to learn, either. Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
