cheer up emo kid….
April 30, 2008
turns out everyone really does hate you.
Having angry Mexican rioters lob tomatoes at you is really the epitome of suffering for your scene, and suffering is like, cool, right?
I must be ancient, because I just don’t get teen subculture anymore. It’s not that I find what’s hip to be weird and scary a la Grandpa Simpson, it’s more that I find the new rebelion as lame and wussy and suspiciously prepackaged. OK, so there is something about emo’s abundance of fey, makeup wearing boys that would have send my teenage heart aflutter, but once we got past the eyeliner to the gooshy, whiny caramel center within, I would have run screaming back to Robert Plant and his hairy chest on the covers of my favorite Zeppelin albums.
To me emo is like punk or goth lite, without a decent musical ourvre to redeem it. In the face of even the most arrogant punks or pretentious goth kids, I could never deny that the Clash and Depeche Mode rule. My Chemical Romance just doesn’t resonate with me the same way. Again, it’s probably because I’m old.
I should probably refrain from ragging on hipsters though, lets I prove myself a total poser. After all, on some days I tend to look suspiciously like this stereotype from Your Scene Sucks, right down to the fantastic plastic. At least I have a sense of humor about myself, right?
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Sarah J | April 30, 2008 at 12:12 pm
You are indeed right. It reminds me of the Explosion song “No Revolution” and I’d post lyrics if I wasn’t on my way out the door.
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joanne | May 1, 2008 at 8:14 am
I agree with you something about the whole emo thing feels just too prepackaged. I know that in most cases the mainstream fashion industry will jump on a trend once they catch wind of it and feel that it will be profitable but this time it feels like the opposite has happened.
Don’t worry too much about looking like one of the emo stereotypes on certain days. At some point we all have looked like one stereotype or another. And sometimes its not really the look that is funny but the motivation behind the look. You dress like that because you like the style, it looks good on you and when the next trend comes along you aren’t going to suddenly throw out your entire wardrobe and pretend that it never happened. The hipsters we are making fun of are the ones who only dress like that because they want to be part of a group, all their friends are doing it, and when the next big thing comes along they will quickly jump ship. They want to stand out and be one of the cool kids.
We are not old, we just don’t get it, or as you pointed out emo does not speak to us. There were plenty of things that were trendy when I was in high school that I just didn’t get, so i don’t think it is an age thing. It just so happens that none of us are filled with “gooshy, whiny caramel”.
I also find something sexy about a dude in eyeliner or being a little fay but the whole “suffering” thing just turns me off so fast it isn’t even funny. Even men should be in touch with their feelings and willing to show them but these dudes are just being too mopey. And maybe really that’s why emo doesn’t speak to me. I don’t want to go to a pity party. I want to have fun. If I am sad then I would rather be angry about the cause of my sadness than dwell on it.
“I would have run screaming back to Robert Plant and his hairy chest on the covers of my favorite Zeppelin albums.” Right on, although I would be running back to early 90’s Slash.
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geekusa | May 1, 2008 at 9:05 pm
Actually, you look sort of like a cross between “Williamsburg” girl and “Emo” girl. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. I still think you’re schmexxxy. ^_^
Like I’ve told you, I would have loooved emo were I 10 years younger. At 28, though, it seems sort of over-wraught and pointless – like every kid with a guitar has morphed into Hamlet, except skinnier and less articulate. Then again, we both loved the Smashing Pumpkins, and you gotta admit that modern day emo owes a lot to that group.
I still like MCR and Saves The Day, though – The Black Parade is over-wraught like Queen was over-wraught, so it’s okay.
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fever2tell | May 2, 2008 at 12:06 am
i didn’t think i had enough kewl tattoos or piercings to be the emo girl. then again, i don’t have enough pointy shoes or legwarmers to be the williamsbugr hipster. guess i fail. put emo girl’s hair and her outfit from the waist down on the hipster and that’s moi.
yahar, i guess i can see the appeal of MCR if you’re looking at it from an ironic, POV, but i don’t think many emo kids do.
there is however, something to be said of the rejection of mainstream teen culture that says the most important things are being hot and getting laid. i also see emo as a backlash against that which is kinda cool.
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Charlene | October 12, 2008 at 12:29 pm
haaaa!
those pictures are funny
yet so true.
LOLLLL
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Betty&Co | October 17, 2008 at 1:08 am
I agree with you!
I’m going to write a post about the same subject!
nice pics!!:)
bye
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Evie | December 20, 2008 at 12:08 pm
There are worse fashions and trends out there than Emo,
chav culture- now thats something to talk about lol.
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fever2tell | December 23, 2008 at 6:04 pm
OMG… chav culture!?
I have no idea what that is.
This seals it, I’m officially OLD!
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dave | May 12, 2009 at 8:20 pm
chav culture is like burbery hats, huge baggy ugly expensive tracksuits, ugly nike trainers, smoking, drinking, hanging round outside co-op and all that. chav stands for council house and violence. does that ring any bells for you?
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fever2tell | May 12, 2009 at 9:51 pm
Re: Chav culture…
I finally googled it and oh wow, it certainly deserves an entry but I don’t think I’m the one who’s qualified to write it. Chav seems specific to the UK, the closest thing we have to it here would be “Trailer Trash”. Same idea, tackiness associated with the lower classes.
However I do feel that bad fashion knows no social class, which explains why people like Paris Hilton still manage to look like fuck-tards on a daily basis despite their millions. Rich or poor, bad taste is bad taste!
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Chloe | August 11, 2009 at 8:43 am
may i just say THAT IS NOT EMO!!!!!!!!! yes emo’s wear alot of black and yes they are sometimes whiney but there are sub cultures; ragers (me), cutters, whiners, dikes (also me), loners, leaners, screamers, dreamers & a fuckload more, so if your gunna mock us don’t do one style do them all, GOD!!!!!!!!!!