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Old 06-22-2005, 08:40 AM   #111 (permalink)
Electric Ocean
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Originally Posted by daytonasurf
There is no classification of EMO people. EMO stands for what? Lets all say it together, EMOTIONAL. poison the well is emotional, fall out boy is emotional, etc etc etc. However, Fall Out Boy can Be classified as POP while PTW can be classified as Hardcore. Hawthorne Heights=screamo. I only stay with screamo because it is not quite hardcore, bit not poppy like FOB. PTW is EMOTIONALHardcore or emocore.

That's my standards.
The purpose of (nearly all) music is to convey emotion, so by your definition, nearly all the songs ever recorded have been emo. And by the way, emo is short for emotional hardcore.
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