Trauma

Haha I wasn't saying Simple Plan was emo, I was joking about them being punk.

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CAPTAIN CAVEMAN

what, you think simple plan aren't punx?

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Trauma

omg liek u dun ev3n no wat punx i5!!

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visualsynergy

I don't mean to be rude, but are you retarded? I just said that it would be naive to call Fugazi or Cursive Emo because music has always dealt with emotions, and you agreed with me except that you thought I was being foolish which didn't make any sense. Because......

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sleepy jack

Emo doesn't mean emotional music, all music is emotional.

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visualsynergy

I'm agreeing with that. Again, when I say "Emo" I'm referring to new-age Emo and the genre/fad currently popular at the moment and not music in general.

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Trauma

This emotional?

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visualsynergy

Just saw this post. I agree that Fugazi and Cursive aren't "Emo" but they have been referred to as Emo in the past when Emo was just a word used to label post-punk or indie that no one really had a specific name for yet. So I absolutely agree that introspection and emotions don't equal Emo. But there is such a thing as new-age Emo, with bands like My Chemical Romance and Fall Out Boy and Panic! At The Disco and AFI and whoever else. Which is just poppy bands pretending to be punk or post-punk or "Emo" or whatever and marketing mild depression and thoughts of suicide to young teenagers. Genre standards may not change, but the messages found in the music and image does and this new-age Emo is just a way to sell records while telling kids it's ok to drown in your own misery and never have to take care of any of your problems because that's the cool thing to do.

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A_Perfect_Sonnet

AFI is a washed up hardcore punk band...

sleepy jack

How is it new-age emo? because you believe anything MTV tells you?

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