What does emo mean? http://isitnormal.com/story/what-does-emo-mean-23682/ I really want to be an emo. But all the things I said about them, I'm self-concious about my reputation. http://isitnormal.com/story/what-does-emo-mean-23682/#comment-323729 2009-11-16 09:54:26 hahaha http://isitnormal.com/story/what-does-emo-mean-23682/#comment-319581 2009-10-27 23:06:57 Look, I hate sterio Types, There Like sheep. Most people i Know call me EMO/Goth But in the En...Does it Really Matter http://isitnormal.com/story/what-does-emo-mean-23682/#comment-313471 2009-09-27 09:41:53 its a subculture. one thing that bugs me is when people think that just because people in a band dress emo, that it means emos listen to the band. MCR is not real emo music, real emo is like circle takes the square. http://isitnormal.com/story/what-does-emo-mean-23682/#comment-308600 2009-09-02 20:19:43 has anyone killed MCR yet' that'll be a day to celebrate....when MCR mever curse this planet with their annoying little prickish ways http://isitnormal.com/story/what-does-emo-mean-23682/#comment-308033 2009-08-30 19:44:07 Nothing wrong with being emo, the subculture (which still exists today, yes it does) has earned a bad reputation from 12 year olds who pretend to be depressed and bulimic and self harming and listen to the Jonas Brothers and My Chemical Romance and say how emo they are. They are just fucking annoying. Actually being emo just requires a love of music. http://isitnormal.com/story/what-does-emo-mean-23682/#comment-306404 2009-08-21 18:01:04 It means in the closet homo-sexuality http://isitnormal.com/story/what-does-emo-mean-23682/#comment-305350 2009-08-15 01:33:16 Bullet For My Valentine isnt emo... http://isitnormal.com/story/what-does-emo-mean-23682/#comment-304532 2009-08-09 17:52:02 I always thought of Emo to mean Emotionly Unstable. http://isitnormal.com/story/what-does-emo-mean-23682/#comment-297712 2009-06-30 17:34:06 EMO is simply "soft dudes that like rock but can only play soft stuff". Anytime guy! http://isitnormal.com/story/what-does-emo-mean-23682/#comment-295930 2009-06-19 15:12:42 EMO = miserable kids with long fringes lol! Just kidding, I think it comes from the word emotional, as the stereotype like to wear black and wallow in depression and feelings of doom and gloom, broken relationships etc...or so it seems. Maybe thats wrong, anyone ever seen a happy emo'' I'm really not sure if theres a difference between emo and scene but I prefer the "scene" look, it seems more colourful than the emo thing and they have fantastic hair :) http://isitnormal.com/story/what-does-emo-mean-23682/#comment-288375 2009-04-22 11:18:12 Emo, as most 'emos' will tell you, means to be emotional and a bit on the downside, due to trauma or depressing thoughts. Those who aren't actually sad in any way are posers. EMO IS NOT A STYLE! EMO IS NOT A STYLE! The 'emo style' is called Scene. Some emos dress scene, but you could be emo and wear abercrombie and finch. It really depends on your personality. @sharapove: it's natural for one to be more liked by people with similarities, so an emo guy is usually an emo girl's first choice. But unless they're shallow, they'll probably take a chance with a normal person. And i've never really met an emo lesbian. it's usually the guys who are gay. http://isitnormal.com/story/what-does-emo-mean-23682/#comment-288282 2009-04-21 15:25:49 Thanks for clearing that up. http://isitnormal.com/story/what-does-emo-mean-23682/#comment-284999 2009-03-22 22:15:10 Emo is a justification for taking elaborate pains with your appearance, and for conforming to a social scene. It is very "emo" to claim that you are a nonconformist individual, while paying inordinate amounts of attention to making sure your music, your hair, your outfit, and your attitude are all appropriately in line with the emo schema. "Scene" kids are exactly the same thing, without even bothering to pretend like they're individuals. http://isitnormal.com/story/what-does-emo-mean-23682/#comment-284402 2009-03-17 12:23:55 and why do most of emo girls hear trance music ' my 2nd question .. do emo girls search for emo boys for love ' can they love a boy who isnot an emO ' are some emo girls lesbians ' any one here to reply ' http://isitnormal.com/story/what-does-emo-mean-23682/#comment-281839 2009-02-17 16:39:05 EMO are fags who think they have had a tough life they need to grow a set of balls build a time machine and go the halocaust. basically they hat life but r too much of pussies to off themselves. and they think their music is hardcore (fall out boy) When its just a bunch of fags. Metal for Life http://isitnormal.com/story/what-does-emo-mean-23682/#comment-281543 2009-02-14 23:27:52 *sigh. people, please. The STEREOTYPICAL emo is the dark punk who cuts they're wrists e.t.c. But the author asks "what does it mean" not "what is it". Emo basically means an emotional depressive. EMO= emotional (as Astinos pointed out). That what it means. It's not a "subculture" its a type of person. Origionally. Now a lot of people have made it into punk music, half-goth stuff. But the wrist-slitting stuff is origional, since the depressed usually find amusment out of self-harm. Yes it is normal. But also nothing's normal. You've got a way of thinking, then go with it. Emos are depresssed so they do what they think is what they should do. Hope ive been helpful. http://isitnormal.com/story/what-does-emo-mean-23682/#comment-281153 2009-02-08 21:21:06 and nirvana are grunge! its from the grunge scene! deftones are not emoo there metal!!! so eg grungers or goths emos listen to screamo and the cure good music but once again whats with the wining voice!! god! its so Gay! http://isitnormal.com/story/what-does-emo-mean-23682/#comment-280383 2009-01-28 19:04:12 you can tell what emo music is coz its got that highpitched wining, thats really annoying. and every so often they switch from this to screaming then back to a perfectic whine. http://isitnormal.com/story/what-does-emo-mean-23682/#comment-280382 2009-01-28 19:02:02 it means, your rejected by soceity, you like taking pictures of yourself in wierd angles and playing them on myspace and your hoping a guy will see them and see how sensitive you are and you run off into the distance together you like listerning to guys on songs moaning in a girly sorta cry in an annoying accent. you analyse every lyric and tell yourself this is wrote for me, even tho this guy wrote it in a few days why he was stoned probably you think if you cutt yourself some guy or a friend might go, dont cut yourself, and you say i have no one and they say you have me and you go ahhh i do now im glad my arms is gushing. hey lets cut together. you wear black because its in the stereo type, and it covers up your natural uglyness. that my friend is an emo! http://isitnormal.com/story/what-does-emo-mean-23682/#comment-280380 2009-01-28 18:58:53 its kind of like goth but not as dark http://isitnormal.com/story/what-does-emo-mean-23682/#comment-277742 2008-12-30 22:30:00 OH DEA GOD PEOPPLLEEEEE THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS EMO SCENE GOTH CHAV WE'RE ALL INDIVIDUALS DEEERRRR. http://isitnormal.com/story/what-does-emo-mean-23682/#comment-268244 2008-10-06 09:52:00 total bullocks, your 100% emo and you aint fooling no one http://isitnormal.com/story/what-does-emo-mean-23682/#comment-260654 2008-08-13 16:09:07 Looks like there's another Astinos at http://forum.isitnormal.com/astinos/blog/. Do you know each other' http://isitnormal.com/story/what-does-emo-mean-23682/#comment-259326 2008-08-06 10:53:50 Thanks, I see the difference now. http://isitnormal.com/story/what-does-emo-mean-23682/#comment-259073 2008-08-05 01:44:46 scene http://isitnormal.com/story/what-does-emo-mean-23682/#comment-259020 2008-08-04 22:27:45 Yeah, she's hot. http://isitnormal.com/story/what-does-emo-mean-23682/#comment-259013 2008-08-04 22:00:31 Another hot emo girl: http://isitnormal.com/people/7281/ http://isitnormal.com/story/what-does-emo-mean-23682/#comment-259011 2008-08-04 21:51:38 She looks more like a scene girl to me. Very pretty though. http://isitnormal.com/story/what-does-emo-mean-23682/#comment-259003 2008-08-04 21:42:17 I think it's normal. http://isitnormal.com/story/what-does-emo-mean-23682/#comment-258998 2008-08-04 21:31:27 Is Crookshanks an emo girl' http://isitnormal.com/story/what-does-emo-mean-23682/#comment-258996 2008-08-04 21:30:28 Thanks for all of your feedback. I was just wondering what it meant. From reading your posts, people have different meanings of the word "emo". Some people seem to hate emos. Why is that' What's wrong with being an emo or listening to emo music' It's a free world. Thanks! http://isitnormal.com/story/what-does-emo-mean-23682/#comment-258941 2008-08-04 19:42:33 Im not sure if Deftones and The Cure fit in that list. Also beware of bands that are not emo but may be inaccurately labeled as such Like... Nirvana Orgy Nine Inch Nails Bush Julian-k etc. http://isitnormal.com/story/what-does-emo-mean-23682/#comment-258801 2008-08-04 09:29:40 * they sing like pussies http://isitnormal.com/story/what-does-emo-mean-23682/#comment-258511 2008-08-03 02:56:26 *my chemical romance says the are NOT emo http://isitnormal.com/story/what-does-emo-mean-23682/#comment-258510 2008-08-03 02:56:11 as they say "sunny day real estate and texas is the reason" which nobody has ever even heard of including me were a 90s band the term emo is used 1000X today then it was in the 90's so how can those bands be emo' these are some emo/screamo bands: avenged sevenfold 30 seconds to mars 3 days grace afi rise against deftones chiodos sky eats airplane the chariot scary kids scaring kids alesana bullet for my valentine eyes se tot kill the cure underaoth emarosa the almost the used my chemical romance alkaline trio the devil wears prada and many others do emos write wikipedia articles' no so they have no idea what they are talking about and yes i know my chemical romance says they are emo, but they wear makeup they since like pussies they are emo http://isitnormal.com/story/what-does-emo-mean-23682/#comment-258509 2008-08-03 02:55:46 that's bullshit, that is what emo was like 20 years ago, were in 2008 now, emo has a different meaning that's like saying "gay" means to be happy emo is the style and music genre of a subculture of highschool people today and if he wanted a quote from wikipedia he would just go there if you don't know what it is then don't reply http://isitnormal.com/story/what-does-emo-mean-23682/#comment-258507 2008-08-03 02:46:20 * from www.wikipedia.org* Emo (pronounced /%u02C8i%u02D0mo%u028A/) is a style of hardcore punk which describes several variations of music with common roots and associated fashion and stereotype. In the mid-1980s, the term emo described a subgenre of hardcore punk which originated in the Washington, D.C. music scene. In later years, the term emocore, short for "emotional hardcore", was also used to describe the emotional performances of bands in the Washington, D.C. scene and some of the offshoot regional scenes such as Rites of Spring, Embrace, One Last Wish, Beefeater, Gray Matter, Fire Party, and later, Moss Icon. (In more recent years, the term "emotive hardcore" entered the lexicon to describe the period.) Starting in the mid-1990s, the term emo began to refer to the indie scene that followed the influences of Fugazi, which itself was an offshoot of the first wave of emo. Bands including Sunny Day Real Estate and Texas Is the Reason had a more indie rock style of emo, more melodic and less chaotic. The so-called "indie emo" scene survived until the late 1990s, as many of the bands either disbanded or shifted to mainstream styles. As the remaining indie emo bands entered the mainstream, newer bands began to emulate the mainstream style. As a result, the term "emo" became a vaguely defined identifier rather than a specific genre of music. http://isitnormal.com/story/what-does-emo-mean-23682/#comment-258506 2008-08-03 02:32:32 lol, i wrote earlier that goth was inspired by Visual-Kei. But scene looks like a total ripoff of Harajuku. http://isitnormal.com/story/what-does-emo-mean-23682/#comment-258444 2008-08-02 19:29:39 lol, thought you'd like it :) http://isitnormal.com/story/what-does-emo-mean-23682/#comment-258428 2008-08-02 19:09:57 scene girls are just as hot as emo girls, scene is like wearing less black, and having pink highlights in your hair and other things are different i love scene/emo girls http://isitnormal.com/story/what-does-emo-mean-23682/#comment-258423 2008-08-02 19:05:31 I don't know - I think scene is just a little less depressing lol. By the way, scene chicks are also hot. Case in point: http://isitnormal.com/people/Amy1991/ http://isitnormal.com/story/what-does-emo-mean-23682/#comment-258410 2008-08-02 18:48:40 whats difference between emo and scene' looks the same to me. http://isitnormal.com/story/what-does-emo-mean-23682/#comment-258398 2008-08-02 18:35:56 another excuse for a guy to act like a girl http://isitnormal.com/story/what-does-emo-mean-23682/#comment-258044 2008-08-01 22:25:57 Hehe, that's right. http://isitnormal.com/story/what-does-emo-mean-23682/#comment-258026 2008-08-01 19:53:31 wiki it http://isitnormal.com/story/what-does-emo-mean-23682/#comment-257989 2008-08-01 14:18:05 it doesn't stand for anything, it's just the name of a subculture http://isitnormal.com/story/what-does-emo-mean-23682/#comment-257987 2008-08-01 14:03:12 I was wondering what it stood for too, is it emotional or emotive'. http://isitnormal.com/story/what-does-emo-mean-23682/#comment-257984 2008-08-01 13:50:31 Emo is a subculture, a genre of music, and a clothing style. It's people who dress a certain way and listen to emo music. The most known emo bands are my chemical romance, 30 seconds to mars, 3 days grace, the used, underoath and many more. The emo style is to dye your hair black and grow it so that part of your hair covers one of your eyes, and to wear eyeliner, and to wear certain kind of clothes like what is found at hot topic. Also most emos have a myspace and write dramatic things like how their life sucks and sometimes they cut themselves. I personally like emo music and the style, and think emo girls are really hot. Somebody who calls themself emo and says the bands above are not emo and cites old bands like "city of caterpillar" which is not a emo band is a emo poseur and does not know what emo is. A real emo does what i said above and is not just trying to "follow the crowd". http://isitnormal.com/story/what-does-emo-mean-23682/#comment-257978 2008-08-01 12:07:31 EMO-tional emotional http://isitnormal.com/story/what-does-emo-mean-23682/#comment-257941 2008-07-31 23:54:00