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CibbuanoHow can people be a style of Music?
September 14th 2007 02:21
Since the Punk movement in England in the late 70’s there has been a sudden outburst of people trying to be a style of music, with each generation and realisation of what’s wrong with the world, there has been a style that budding teens can whine along to. There were Goths, skinheads, grunge (rs), Indies, hardliners and let’s not forget the new wave crowd. The latest craze is to be ‘emo’.
According to Urban dictionary.com, emo’s are:
A group of white mostly middle-class well off kids who find imperfections in their life and create a ridiculous, depressing melodrama around each one. They often take anti-depressants, even though the majority don't need them. They need to wake up and deal with life like everyone else instead of wallowing in their imaginary quagmire of torment.
There were a few definitions to choose from, but this was my fave. Not really a positive view, eh?
I have an ‘emo’ friend. All she does is listen to Panic! At the disco and fall out boy and immediately she gets this label stuck on her. I listen to the Sex Pistols and understand Anarchy…does that make me a punk? No freaking way! (Mum won’t let me dye my hair
). I want to know how all of a sudden people have started classifying themselves as a music genre instead of just being people. People with different tastes and ideas. A music class may describe the kind of music scene you are into, but how can it define every intricate movement of your life and inner workings? How can a music style classify how you should behave and what you should believe? Has society become so obsessive compulsive that all people must be grouped?
I know there are quintessential (stereotypical) expectations of certain styles -eg: metal fans are all head bangers with long hair, BO and cut off Metalica or Pantera t-shirts- but heaps of these generalisations are not only untrue but kinda unfair (even if they are funny). My Legal studies teacher is a BIG Metalica fan and he looks weird out of a suit. Even if sometimes the generalisation is true. I just don’t think it should be expected as it usually is.
Personally I’m a kinda fly by the seat of my pants gal, and damn happy to be, nobody can predict what I may do yet…least of all me. This is my individual style, go find yours.
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Definition of Emo from: Really Long Link
According to Urban dictionary.com, emo’s are:
A group of white mostly middle-class well off kids who find imperfections in their life and create a ridiculous, depressing melodrama around each one. They often take anti-depressants, even though the majority don't need them. They need to wake up and deal with life like everyone else instead of wallowing in their imaginary quagmire of torment.
I have an ‘emo’ friend. All she does is listen to Panic! At the disco and fall out boy and immediately she gets this label stuck on her. I listen to the Sex Pistols and understand Anarchy…does that make me a punk? No freaking way! (Mum won’t let me dye my hair
). I want to know how all of a sudden people have started classifying themselves as a music genre instead of just being people. People with different tastes and ideas. A music class may describe the kind of music scene you are into, but how can it define every intricate movement of your life and inner workings? How can a music style classify how you should behave and what you should believe? Has society become so obsessive compulsive that all people must be grouped?I know there are quintessential (stereotypical) expectations of certain styles -eg: metal fans are all head bangers with long hair, BO and cut off Metalica or Pantera t-shirts- but heaps of these generalisations are not only untrue but kinda unfair (even if they are funny). My Legal studies teacher is a BIG Metalica fan and he looks weird out of a suit. Even if sometimes the generalisation is true. I just don’t think it should be expected as it usually is.
Personally I’m a kinda fly by the seat of my pants gal, and damn happy to be, nobody can predict what I may do yet…least of all me. This is my individual style, go find yours.
XX
R
Definition of Emo from: Really Long Link
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Comment by Tash Jayasinghe
We compile a list of labels of how we see ourselves in society by what others tell us.
"I thought you were a Goth when I first met you", for example, tells you how people percieve you in their world. Next time you look at the eyeliner, are you gonna pick it up or leave it be?
With labels we agree with, we reinforce it by how we think we should act. With labels we think are untrue, we make a point of acting differently.
A song is only a favourite if it has special meaning to you. Thus, you automatically relate to the genre on some level.
As for the heavy metal reference, it's more about a stance that the music takes, and thus, you take. It's belonging to a tribe, basically. Gone are the days of political differences, welcome the stereotypes.
I love heavy metal, I don't have body odour (I use roll-on ty). I don't headbang anymore, mainly because my hair is now short and I'd look like an idiot. Although I did play Master of Puppets recently and had the neck ache to prove it.
Thanks for the brain tingling post.