<p>Anyone else sick of this emotional garbage? I look and listen to My Chemical Romance and want to throw up. And then there's the whiney emo kid in girls jeans with hair covering his eyes complaining about the world hating him. It makes me more mad than I was when I heard Hillary Duff's song "Wake Up" was #1 on TRL.</p>
<p>And then there's the breed of the wannabe emo, a la Simple Plan/Good Charlotte fans. I wanted to slap someone when he came out with that song "somethin'' isn't riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeeeeghttttttttttt." </p>
<p>Most of the songs on TRL are those overplayed, mainstream songs (emo, R&B, etc.). I listen to My Chemical Romance and other mainstream emo bands, but I also stick with a lot of the indie rock-- that way, if someone asks me what I listen to, I can just tell them some emo, indie rock and they won't be able to make fun of me for it!</p>
<p>Emo ugh. I don't like emo music because it's just another stupid fad. I'd probably like it more if there was some reason behind all these depressing songs, but it's just because it's the "hot" thing right now :p</p>
<p>I agree with everything here. I can't stand emo. "I'm depressed because my boyfriend/girlfriend left me, everyone hates me, I have no friends, my parents got mad at me and took away my car, blah blah blah." Shut up already, nobody cares.<br>
You live in a place where you HAVE a computer and a house and several cars. You eat three meals a day (minimum), have money to go to concerts and buy crappy music, and you go to school. You don't live in fear of death and being bombed everyday. What's to be sad and depressed about? Man, I don't get emo people.</p>
<p>I think the Dead Kennedys and the Ramones (who, after coming back from the dead) should unite and go on a massive face-stomping ramage over all these disgusting emo bands trying to be depressively punk. You cannot call yourself a rebelious band until you've written songs such as "Kill the Poor," "California Uber Ales," "Beat on the Brat," or "The KKK took my baby away." </p>
<p>Also, if I see one more "dark" 90s movie all of a sudden elevated to cult status by the people at Hot Topic, I will scream, Yes, pre-packaged rebellion, there's a joke in there somewhere, but I'm not that funny...</p>
<p>Ah.. I listen to emo, but I don't preach it (and I am not depressed at all), but I know what you're talking about when you refer to the stereotypical emo kid.</p>
<p>I hate them too. Like GoldShadow already said, 'depressed'/emo teens give all truly depressed people a bad image. "Depressed" teens want nothing more than attention from others (kind of like a crying baby), so they'll go around telling people to feel bad for them and be nice.</p>
<p>This isn't just limited to "emo" teens, but a lot of "clinically depressed" people (children, teens, and adults) claim to be a victim of a chemical imbalance, etc. Sure, this may be true for some, but for others, there is virtually nothing to be depressed about. It's a sad reflection on the world we live in today-- we abide by this idea of "instant gratification", so when we DON'T get something we want, we just claim to be depressed. Ex: A boy breaks up with his girlfriend, and the girl is "depressed". She'll go to a psychiatrist and feel that the prescribed Zoloft will solve all her problems. LOOK, the problem is not that you're depressed, it's that you're a spoiled brat. A pill won't solve your problems but maybe some character building will.</p>
<p>I'm sure I'm gonna get a lot of heat for making so many generalizations, but there is no doubt that our society has spoiled the kids tremendously, so any small hardship for a teen will cause a "Great Depression" in him/her. </p>
<p>Has there ever been good, mainstream music in the last 5 years???? I don't think so. Rock/alternative, which in it's present incarnation is I guess emo, is HORRIBLE, I agree, but so is most rap today. Lil' Jon? We need to ressurrect everything from 1988-1998 (NWA, 2Pac, Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Chilli Peppers, etc) to completely overhaul mainstream music today.</p>
<p>I think you guys are exaggerating how much these emo bands "complain" about stuff. Maybe I'm just not listening closely, or frequently enough, but I don't hear a lot of incessant whining about trivial stuff - or at least not any more whining than most teens do. </p>
<p>This topic just goes to show the cyclical nature of popularity. At first it was the "cool" thing to like emo/punk rockers. Now it's "cool" to make fun of them. No need to get worked up about jumping on the bandwagon again.</p>
<p>i've always liked the emo look. can't stand that it's a fad now too. i've always been a whiner, can't explain it. just thought it was funny that a few years ago they actually had a name for those type of teens. what I really can't stand is straight-edge people mostly because they don't eat meat and I love meat, even though they still look good.</p>
<p>I know I sort of like the "emo" look too. I mean not the whiney type of person, but someone who is deep and not perky and maybe is a little more sensitive/artsy.</p>
<p>I'm not saying I don't like emo music (i like some i guess) but I don't like how people only restrict themselves to only one genre of music.. I often hear my sister and her frineds talk about how stupid pop music is, and how rock and roll they are, for listening to system of a down, 3 doors down, papa roach, etc..</p>
<p>But the big controversy is, my sister SECRETLY listens to Mariah Carey.. and I've once caught my sis's friend humming the tune of Usher.. They are embarrased to admit to each other that they like pop hahahaha</p>
<p>The 'emo' kids consider their music 'cool' and they think that emo is the true music - therfore, only listening to emo, and bashing all the other genres.</p>
<p>And there's one thing that makes me want to scream - Tight black tshirts (esp for heavy people) with the word PUNK or PUNK ROCK on them.</p>
<p>Hey Unearth!!!
Don't use the Word Fag that is a slur!!
I don't care if someone is wearing girls pants that is so cool you can't get it.
Now if you are asian it's kinda like me calling you a chink or a gook
and if your black it's another non prefered nomclature that starts with n and ends with a r</p>
<p>and like a spic kike or wop anything like that </p>