Emo (slang)
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Emo (pronounced /ˈiːmoʊ/) is a somewhat ambiguous slang[1] term most frequently used to describe or refer to a fashion, style[citation needed], or attitude linked to post-hardcore. Emo may also describe emo music or a general emotional state (as in to "feel emo"). It is also (sometimes pejoratively) used to identify someone who fits a particular emo stereotype or category or someone who is overly-emotional.[2][3][4] The term's definition is still the subject of debate, with some question as to whether it can even be defined[citation needed].
Origin in music
In its original incarnation, the term emo was used to describe a subgenre of hardcore punk which originated in the Washington, DC music scene of the mid-1980s. 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 most recognizable names of the period included Rites of Spring, Embrace, One Last Wish, Beefeater, Gray Matter, Fire Party, and, slightly later, Moss Icon. The first wave of emo began to fade after the breakups of most of the involved bands in the early 1990s.[3][4]
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.[citation needed]
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.
Personality
When referring to a person's personality and attitude, most definitions of emo hold that an emo person is emotionally candid, sensitive, shy, introverted, glum, and quiet.[citation needed] Depression is sometimes used to describe the emo personality. Emo music and poetry often contain multiple references to unrequited love, emotional and relationship problems.[citation needed]
Fashion
By almost all current definitions, Emo clothing is characterized by tight jeans on males and females alike, long fringe (bangs) brushed to one side of the face or over one or both eyes, dyed black, straightened hair, tight t-shirts which often bear the names of rock bands (or other designed shirts), studded belts, belt buckles, canvas sneakers or skate shoes or other black shoes (often old and beaten up) and thick, black horn-rimmed glasses.[2][3][5] Emo fashion has changed with time; early trends included haircuts similar to those worn by the Romulans and Vulcans in Star Trek, tightly fitting sweaters, button-down shirts, and work jackets (often called gas station jackets).[citation needed]
Criticism
In the years since emo music's rise in popularity, it has attracted severe criticism. Emo has been characterized as a fad that will be discarded and forgotten in the near future.[6] Critics cast the fashion as embarrassing and the people as imagining or pretending that they lead harsh, painful lives when they actually live in comfortable homes.
Some have accused emo of celebrating self-injury or suicide, which those who do usually refer to "helping ease the pain"[7]. Some assert that claiming to have suicidal tendencies is seen as a way to gain acceptance within some emo circles, regardless of whether the individual's claims are actually true or not.[6]
Social Reaction Theory
Socially on blogging websites, defenders of the emo movement have made the claim that the depression associated with the emo movement is actually a form of social realism, and comes from the current political/environmental/psychological state of the world. [8] Often further making the claim that the cutting and suicidal aspects of emo are for the most part either inaccurate or relegated to the most immature members of the populus.
Philosophy
Following a philosophy of, the oldest can learn from the youngest. We should be rid of them all in bout 6 to 10 years.
References
- ^ Richards, Kel (2007). "Emo". Retrieved 2007-08-05.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ a b Knot Magazine - "In Defense of Emo"
- ^ a b c Incendiary Magazine - "EMO: What Is It?"
- ^ a b Rubin, Joey. "What Is Emo Music? A Genre Profile". About.com. Retrieved 2007-03-11.
- ^ "Label it. .. emo". gURL. iVillage Inc. Retrieved 2007-03-11.
{{cite web}}:|first=missing|last=(help) - ^ a b Poretta, JP (March 03, 2007). "Cheer up Emo Kid, It's a Brand New Day". The Fairfield Mirror. Retrieved 2007-03-08.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Sands, Sarah (August 16, 2006). "EMO cult warning for parents". The Daily Mail. Retrieved 2007-03-11.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Jason, Thomash (October 14, 2007). "Emo Reaction". Livejournal. Retrieved 2007-10-14.
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