wrong. emo has been around since the 80's. since then its been transformed from Rites of Spring and In/Humanity and reversal of man to this "new age emo" like dashboard and thrice and taking back sunday which doesnt even compare

In the end it's all music, why does it matter if it gets labelled with one word instead of another?

:usehead: i agree to some point.. like i'm into emo.. but there's different types.. like softer.. then screamo.. and i like it all. but yeah.. why are we fighting over it? that's what i don't get it.. oh well.. i'm over it

we fight about it because people don't like it when other people call themselves emo when they are not. Like if I was in a room with someone that said that they listen to hardcore emo and then said they listened to Dashboard confessional and Taking back sunday I would simply smack them in the face.

What's the point in that though? So what if they decide that a totally redundant word means something slighlty different to what you think it means? Is it really that important that it should cause arguments?

I'll bet there aren't two people on this entire site who could give me the same definition of emo, or punk, or hardcore, or death metal, or garage, or any of these trendy words used to describe every new band that pops up.

okay i'm just gonna say this i hope noone yells at me... my fav. bands are all emo.. all that i listen to is emo/screamo/hardcore stuff but if i name a band a gurantee you that someone will disagree.. so i'm just saying to get over it... noone's gonna agree w/ who is and who isn't emo so just forget about it.. it's a lot cause

i would have to say that real emo that bleeds crucial emotion would be the band HEART from the 80's , yeah B:tch got you on a Technicality!~ yeah im saying like songs titled "these dreams, alone, crazy on you, and what about love?" yeah punk it up i dont think so what we define as emo is the same damn thing as what out fathers defined a generation of woodstock based love and songs that have meaning are mostly about love so and heartbreak so i dont know i guess im just so emo, i cant slander the meaningless term.( sarcasm inplied, but maybe not appriciated)

Michael Bolton now thats emo.

People will actually agree with what is emo and what isn't. The music you like is simply not emo there is no other way to put it, and that is why people will disagree with your "emo" choices.

An emo group that I listen to is Mineral. They are emo and many people will agree with me.

You listen to corporate crap that MTV spews out.

didn't i say it was a lost cause? get over it!! it doesn't matter!!