Wiki - Emo (Music) wrote:In its original incarnation, the term emo was used to describe the music of the mid-1980s Washington, DC scene and its associated bands. In later years, the term emocore, short for "emotional hardcore", was also used to describe the DC scene and some of the regional scenes that spawned from it. The term emo was derived from the fact that, on occasion, members of a band would become spontaneously and literally emotional during performances.
and then I realized some people like calling themselves Emo as they listen to Emo music... Which I just think is grunge meets depression meets punk with a pinch of goth.
I had a debate that music needs to have classifications as there are different styles of music and you wouldn't call Rap, R&B and you wouldn't call Death metal, Rock. Repeatedly I was told that music has upper categories and that lesser categories (Garage rock, Metal, Alternative, Grunge etc.) were useless.
To which I debated that Nirvana and Stone Temple Pilots were both "Rock" but rock of different sub-categories.
Keeping in mind that I was debating this with one girl that breaths Rap and a guy that breaths oldies rock. What are your thoughts on sub-categories in music?
And all in all where did this Emo generation come from? (Not to mention my little sis just went Emo on my ass and I'm flaberghasted with her new found retarded attitude
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Frankly, I think I'm getting old.
) It's like the 80's punk scene just evolved and I'm not sure if it's for the better. 