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Post by roofless on Apr 20, 2006 21:35:00 GMT
Emotional Rock!!!!! Ha! I learnt that off today's repeat of Rock School, but whatever!
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Post by emochris on Apr 20, 2006 21:45:37 GMT
But now i look at the Emo article it says it was the first type of emo but the one i gave ya's its says rock...Mmm
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Post by emochris on Apr 20, 2006 21:46:47 GMT
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Post by emochris on Apr 20, 2006 21:47:52 GMT
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Post by ifrigginrule on Apr 21, 2006 7:56:38 GMT
how many times do i have to explain what emo means to you lot. its bands that are involved in the underground punk rock scene that play stuff that sounds more like indie rock than hardcore punk. all emo bands must have a strong DIY ethic and therefore anything that is played on MTV doesnt count as being emo.
here is a better question to see if you are emo....
Q. have you heard any songs by Moss Icon a. Yes b. No
if you answer a you are emo. if you answer b you arent.
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Post by ojiveojive on Apr 21, 2006 10:42:55 GMT
Q. have you heard any songs by Moss Icon a. Yes b. No if you answer a you are emo. if you answer b you arent. The same could be said about the Grateful Dead, or Stoneground, or Kingfish. When I started listening to the above there wasn't an indie scene but none of them had any national exposure on TV or radio due to their attitudes to drugs, drink, sex, etc., none of them released singles regularly or appeared in any charts. Does this make me emo?
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Post by ifrigginrule on Apr 21, 2006 11:33:51 GMT
no, it makes (made) you part of an underground sub culture but it isnt (wasnt) emo but it is something else. you are emo if you answered a to the question above......
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Post by coops on Apr 21, 2006 12:37:46 GMT
here is a better question to see if you are emo.... Q. have you heard any songs by Moss Icon a. Yes b. No if you answer a you are emo. if you answer b you arent. I have just downloaded and listened to a song by Moss Icon, but it was utter garbage, as I can now answer (a) does this make me emo?
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Post by Col ISIHAC. on Apr 21, 2006 12:45:58 GMT
how many times do i have to explain what emo means to you lot. its bands that are involved in the underground punk rock scene that play stuff that sounds more like indie rock than hardcore punk. all emo bands must have a strong DIY ethic and therefore anything that is played on MTV doesnt count as being emo. here is a better question to see if you are emo.... Q. have you heard any songs by Moss Icon a. Yes b. No if you answer a you are emo. if you answer b you arent. OK then. So. For those of us who were around in 1976, then! Is this Punk mark II? Haven't we been here before, only with mohican haircuts?
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Post by ifrigginrule on Apr 21, 2006 13:03:32 GMT
coops - its not possible for a moss icon song to be utter garbage. its like saying stafford are the best non-league football team in staffordshire. its very, very wrong. and yes, your are part emo now.....
punk mark 2? when did mark 1 stop?
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Post by J Esaj PRA on Apr 21, 2006 14:25:24 GMT
...play stuff that sounds more like indie rock than hardcore punk. Like my previous quote said... "Makes Elvis Costello sound like Manowar." We're taking the same here, dude! ;D Punk is over and it is never coming back. Punk was anti-establishment. When punk became part of the establishment, it annihilated itself in the blink of an eye. For punk to return, it would have to be anti-punk. As punk was originally a way to be anti-prog rock, I have to conclude that 70s prog-rock is the new punk. ;D BTW, if anyone in the MK DIY scene heard you attempting to label them as 'Emo', they'd probably slit your throat with a screwdriver!! I think they prefer to think of themselves as spazzy noise merchants. They only seem to put on two-piece bands that feature nose flute.
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Post by J Esaj PRA on Apr 21, 2006 14:28:46 GMT
Haven't we been here before, only with mohican haircuts? Today's 'Emo' kids have 'fauxhawks'! ;D Thought Loy had a good fauxhawk in progress - he just needs to dip the ends in red or black dye and brush it sideways a bit...
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Post by medibot on Apr 21, 2006 14:41:02 GMT
Problem is, Emo music means pretty much what ifrigginrule says but...
It has also been adopted to mean at an extreme end all the depressive little big fringed fuckwit kids who litter the Readings and MK's of the world and has taken on a different meaning based on what they think is emo and emo music. Btw Chris i'm not having a go at you here, i'm just giving a rough definition of what emo implies to the yoof round my parts.
It is a different thing though, that's the problem with a word that is apparently just short for emotional and the ever changing meanings for words means it probably means something different to everybody whatever its original meaning.
It's a debate that'll never end...
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Post by emochris on Apr 21, 2006 15:50:58 GMT
Btw Chris i'm not having a go at you here, i'm just giving a rough definition of what emo implies to the yoof round my parts. It is a different thing though, that's the problem with a word that is apparently just short for emotional and the ever changing meanings for words means it probably means something different to everybody whatever its original meaning. It's a debate that'll never end... Oh right no problem medibot...yes thats quite true words have so many different meaning's nowadays...one person is come mean some thing different to another person...this debate always goes on at college with a few of my mates into emo... Emo hair...its quite wierd haircut to have...emo hair... ;D
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Post by coops on Apr 21, 2006 16:11:41 GMT
coops - its not possible for a moss icon song to be utter garbage. its like saying stafford are the best non-league football team in staffordshire. its very, very wrong. and yes, your are part emo now..... Yes it is, the Moss Icon track I listened to was utter garbage. There said it again! If that's emo you are welcome to it.
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