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Originally posted by Mike Oxlong@Apr 19 2005, 07:37 PM
What is EMO?
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Emo is like a post-punk, emotionally driven form of pop music. Some of it it is influenced by folk as well as metal. It can range from being accoustical or electric. Lyrics are usually meant to tell stories of defeat, sadness, despair, humility, and recovering from it. Not unlike a lot of country music, but for some reason, emo get a lot more bashers I think.
Back in my day (well, I'm not THAT old...), "emo" referred more to the angst driven indie groups like Fugazi, Husker Du, and Nation of Ulyses, as well as screaming metal groups. Today the term has somewhat changed meaning though, and now there is "screamo" and "emo".
At least that is what I gathered from reading about it. It's all a bunch of bs if you ask me. Music groups should be judged independent of genre IMO.