A Friend of mines thoughts on Myspace

SFOSOK · Nov 17, 2005, 02:59 PM

I recieved an E-mail from a friend and this is what it said. I'm not sure if he wrote it or just forwarded it but He and I share the same "Strong Dislike" for Emo/Screamo/Hardcore which has taken over the youth in my Area. Its pretty funny and worth the read if you know those kind of people. I'll post the Emo song on here when I can find it online.

I wonder when people will realize that the "scene" has become homogeneous. It's full of 14-year-old girls with uneven bangs, black and white striped shirts, and tattered low-top black Chuck Taylors, who swoon over homosexual kissing and pathetic whiny lyrics and overuse the symbols. Their favorite quote is, invariably, "The truth is you could slit my throat and with my one last gasping breath I'd apologize for bleeding on your shirt" because it like, so totally describes their relationship with that one HAWT sophomore who totally ripped their hearts out when they were like, SO in love with him. Their favorite type of music is, of course, "emo, screamo, and hardcore," three terms which, in their minds, invariably include the bands Taking Back Sunday, Thrice, and Hawthorne Heights. Their AIM screennames often include "x"s, the words "electrikk," "disaster," or some play on their favorite song from their favorite band, you know, the one they saw on MTV like a couple times, but shouldn't be on MTV because they're like, way too emo for that. They take hundreds of black and white pictures with way too much contrast of themselves looking plaintively down at the ground, pointing a gun made of their fingers at their heads, or kissing the camera while displaying their expert application of lip gloss around their labret piercing and the thick dark eyeliner that circles their eyes. They embrace the "dork" that is inside their polished, fashionable exteriors by writing in their LiveJournals or Xangas about how they and their friends had an 'N Sync sing-a-long at one of their sleepovers because, remember, 'N Sync is soooo not popular anymore and they like, sooo wouldn't follow any of the fads of today, so they embrace the fads of yesterday. They adore "retro fashion," meaning anything from the 80's, because they totally used to wear neon colors and big beaded bracelets, even though they were born in, at the earliest, 1988 and remember jack shit about the fashion and culture of the 80's. It's full of "emo boys" who often are difficult to differentiate from "emo girls," who have meaningless tattoos even though they're 15, smoke a lot of cigarettes, drink a lot of hard liquor, and are in some shitty band that plays a couple of gigs in someone's basement because they're "too cool to go mainstream" when really, they just suck. They weigh roughly 90 pounds, wear girls' jeans that hug their asses in just the right places, belts buckled somewhere around the side of their right leg, tight striped 80's style polo shirts or band t-shirts, and skater shoes, even though they don't skate because that's soooo lame. They write awful poetry about the dark abyss of their souls and how the gun is pointed at their heads, the trigger poised to blast away the bloody memories of a failed romance. They cried when Blink-182 broke up, and they have a secret obsession with Avril Lavigne because, like, she really IS kinda hot even though her music totally sucks. They spend more time at the mirror than their female counterparts do, making sure that the long black shock of hair at the front of their heads lies covering one eye just so, that their lip piercing is perfectly placed so that it looks hot when they kiss other boys, that their pants are the right degree of tightness so as not to exude gayness. Emo boys and girls often use the suffix "Xcore" to describe themselves, using a number of adjectives or nouns to accomplish this task. This is a play off hardcore music, or "hXc." Some of these descriptive words include "fashionXcore," "retroXcore," or even "yournamehereXcore." This way of speaking is retarded or nonsensical to everyone else except those "in the scene", but it totally doesn't matter because they're too nonconformistXcore for anyone to truly understand their "scene." They couldn't name a Sunny Day Real Estate or Rites of Spring song if it came up and bit them on their Gap Jeans-clad asses, and they claim to like the Smiths because Jesse Lacey of Brand New said they were cool. Sure, they listen to some new "hardcore" bands, but they're all pretty much the same five bands: 1. Taking Back Sunday 2. Senses Fail 3. Thrice 4. Hawthorne Heights 5. Story of the Year To these promising young firecrackers, music takes a backseat to fashion in their scene of choice. Emo girls just want to kiss emo boys, emo boys just want to kiss other emo boys, and they all want to wear tight pants and take lots of pictures of themselves. End of story. Because honestly? It's electrikk!

Geminiwave · Nov 17, 2005, 03:54 PM

Mmm very true.

though really I dont see what this has to do with myspace. Myspace really has nothing to do with this other than you can use it to prove your point. There are a ton of those types of people on myspace simply because thats the fad.

And...its really not such a bad thing for people to not remember the 80s. I do...and I wish I didnt (though DAMNITALL it was the BEST time for arcade games).

daedal · Nov 17, 2005, 04:02 PM

*Sniff* Best.. post.. ever..
Ask your friend if I can post that on my MSN Space thingy account. I'll link to him because that's freaking beautiful.

riles9262 · Nov 17, 2005, 04:25 PM

haha completely true. I have the same strong dislikes for these people (and their music). There are so many kids who need to read this article.

YAYitsAndrew · Nov 17, 2005, 04:50 PM

SLC Emo?

Drakon · Nov 17, 2005, 05:35 PM

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They cried when Blink-182 broke up, and they have a secret obsession with Avril Lavigne because, like, she really IS kinda hot even though her music totally sucks.

Didn't know Blink 182 broke up and the part about Avril reminds me of a few people here... Won't say who

But I say "To each his own."

Geminiwave · Nov 17, 2005, 05:39 PM

you know...I really have no issues with Blink 182. They never really said they were punk...people just said they were because people are despirate for punk to come back to life.

The really sad thing though is that last generation we had punk rockers...this generation we have emo kids. Same kind of kids...same deal with the kids...they just express it in a different (and imo SHITTY) way.

I'm glad I dont associate with the younger generation.

Drakon · Nov 17, 2005, 05:41 PM

Maybe what they need is a heavy dose of pure Metal

SFOSOK · Nov 17, 2005, 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by daedal

*Sniff* Best.. post.. ever..
Ask your friend if I can post that on my MSN Space thingy account. I'll link to him because that's freaking beautiful.

I'll ask him for you. And gemini I was talking bout the people in my area. about 65% are like that and 30% like Rap only 5% of us like good music lol, those are most of my friends, though a lot are goin over to punk and hardcore now. I also have no problem with the 80's, but the main point is that all these people were like born in 88 or later, so they would not remember the 80's though they are like 80's! man YEAH!! Now we have a reason to dress drag! Its rather sad, my friend was born in the 80's also and he is in a Power Metal band (kinda like a modern 80's) but after I hassled him a while he stopped dressin like a girl, lol.

Edit: I'm a 90's person because I remember it very well, in fact the whole decade. I like classic Rock though because it is good music and my father raised me with it (lucky me).

BOSTON!

Sandok · Nov 17, 2005, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Drakon

the part about Avril reminds me of a few people here... Won't say who

But I say "To each his own."

Who are we talkin abt?

And I don't only listen to here you know...

God I hate having dared put that avril siggy

..I LOVE AVRIL!

Sorry Drakon, I had to do it. -daedal

Necrosis · Nov 17, 2005, 06:07 PM

Wow I must be getting old, I only could comprehend about 1/3 of that.

niceguyrichy · Nov 17, 2005, 06:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Geminiwave

you know...I really have no issues with Blink 182. They never really said they were punk...people just said they were because people are despirate for punk to come back to life.

anyone with half a brain who'd watched one of their vids could surely see that they're totally taking the piss out of everybody including themselves.
I hate them, but i never thought they were setting themselves up to be anything other than piss takers out to make a bit of cash.
Don't recall them ever claiming to be punk either.

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Originally Posted by Necrosis

Wow I must be getting old, I only could comprehend about 1/3 of that.

you got to 1/3!!??

I only know what was said by deciphering it from the replies to the original post.

riles9262 · Nov 17, 2005, 07:21 PM

Well emo = emotional from what I understand (as for screamo/hardcore, i don't really know)...I've heard of bandmembers breaking down or getting hysterical on stage while performing, and for some reason, this is cool.

and as for blink, well, I think they're pretty bad. I hate the one singer's voice - the dude that has a hoop through his lip. They do have a good drummer however.

cheese_thief · Nov 17, 2005, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Drakon

Maybe what they need is a heavy dose of pure Metal

Perferably mercury.

Emo song (on ytmnd)

Geminiwave · Nov 17, 2005, 07:44 PM

well with emo you have your soft music here with "ah wah this girl dumped me in the 2nd Grayayayayayayadddeeeeeeeeee!!!" whereas with screamo its like taking almost metal music and going "OMG THIS GIRL DUMPED ME AND IM SO SAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYYAYAYAYADDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD D!!!!! EMO TEAR REPRESENT!!!"

okay actually thats not totally accurate...but its close enough for government work.

Anyway back on the Blink 182 thing...I don't like them really but the thing is that I really respected them. They knew what they were and they stuck to it. They never "sold out" because they pretty much were sellouts from day one.

And as for Avril...Sandok this is just getting creepy!

riles9262 · Nov 17, 2005, 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Geminiwave

well with emo you have your soft music here with "ah wah this girl dumped me in the 2nd Grayayayayayayadddeeeeeeeeee!!!" whereas with screamo its like taking almost metal music and going "OMG THIS GIRL DUMPED ME AND IM SO SAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYYAYAYAYADDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD D!!!!! EMO TEAR REPRESENT!!!"

you're like, so emo and stuff gemini...

Geminiwave · Nov 17, 2005, 08:04 PM

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Originally Posted by riles9262

you're like, so emo and stuff gemini...

you're "like" so 15 and "like" a girl. "like" totally!

joking.

God I hate emo

and 15 yearold girls that say "like" more than every other word in their limited vocabulary.

SilentSociety · Nov 17, 2005, 08:09 PM

I've read somewhere emo boys are dudes with monthly cycles

I've also heared the old emos where better? but.. I wouldn't know

and as for Blink182... I had no clue they broke up

oh well, the only CD I liked was Enema of the State; then after that I disliked them.

riles9262 · Nov 17, 2005, 08:10 PM

For sure, using 'like' constantly is an annoying way to express oneself. But so are the people who use 'f*cking' to accentuate every other word...

everything in moderation rings true once again

daedal · Nov 17, 2005, 08:13 PM

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okay actually thats not totally accurate...but its close enough for government work.

Total Grim Fandango flashback here.. sorry, I'm off-topic.
As for Emos, I don't really have any in my immediate surroundings as I work in a government/business building but I do see them regularly and I never cease to be amazed how those guys looks so feminine. Painted nails, long hair, makeup, tight pants.. ugh.

Necrosis · Nov 17, 2005, 09:45 PM

I guess the old saying is true. Ignorance is bliss because I don't understand any thing you guys are talking about.

Falstaff · Nov 17, 2005, 10:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Necrosis

I guess the old saying is true. Ignorance is bliss because I don't understand any thing you guys are talking about.

It's a tribal thing....must be...