Comments on: Emotional

By: Katherine Carr

Katherine Carr — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 15:16:59 +0000

This. I doubt Ian MacKaye would call himself a part of the emo ‘movement’.

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By: Rose Noir

Rose Noir — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:45:03 +0000

I appreciate the fact that you don’t call people “emo”.

By: PT

PT — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:01:53 +0000

I honestly usually don’t use the term “Emo” for people or for the Today’s music that is generally described as that. I don’t like the so-called “Emo” music today, I see it as a music genre that is put on by pop bands with limited musical talents beyond the basics. I do enjoy 90s emo (Fugazi, Sunny Day Real Estate) and thats when I use the term.

By: Rose Noir

Rose Noir — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:53:22 +0000

Thank you. I will be sure to correct that. I also didn’t realize that bands were scattered, their just what I think are good bands in the genre.

By: Julia

Julia — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:43:04 +0000

I’m a big fan of hardcore punk (especially Dischord!) and ’90s emo. The bands you listed seem a bit scattered (time period, related genre, influences) and some of the information is incorrect (Ian MacKaye formed Embrace only after being a member of The Teen Idles, Minor Threat, and Rites of Spring), but besides that, I think you did a decent job tracing the origin of the word.

Then again, approaching this issue from an alternate standpoint, one might argue the extent to which the accuracy of the modern use of the word ‘emo’ can be disputed- it does seem like ‘emo’ has evolved into a cultural label rather than a musical genre. Either way, it’s definitely an interesting topic to think about it.

Also, just be cautious about using generalizations to support an argument, such as in your conclusion.

By: Rose Noir

Rose Noir — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:12:45 +0000

I mostly try to ignore what everyone calls emo and isn’t emo. I just think it’s stupid that some people just say emo and think they’re referring to someone.

By: Eli Prysant

Eli Prysant — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:55:46 +0000

I like to think that today, there are two types of emo: the type you hear in the radio that everyone calls emo but really isn’t, and actual “adult emo”, which is true to the original genre.