You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
THIS IS A THREAD ABOUT EMO-NESS, NOT GOTH-NESS.
HEAPERS' HANGOUT HAS A STRICT ON-TOPIC RULE FOR ALL THREADS.
More people have said that and been killed than there are thorium decay products.
As a goth girl, I considered myself superior to emo plebeians. While I scared people away with my embrace of the macabre, emo kids capitalized on the popularity of a depressed, angsty image. In truth I was very depressed and suffering from many psychological issues and years of abuse, but I sure did my best not to show it. Instead I was sharp and feisty. I knew I would never be a popularity queen and so I accepted the friends that came and went, sometimes having none at all. The goth kids weren't friends with each other; instead they competed to assert their hipsterish identity more than their competition, enjoying a friendly rivalry at best. And I always had to be ready to demonstrate a superior knowledge of everyone's music, and why my choices were better than theirs. And I sure as heck was. :3
And by emoyoungadult!Tools, I mean depressedandstressed!Tools. Yay!
On a serious note, I was an emo teen who grew out of it, ironically, as depression kicked in. I do wear a lot of black, but it's because it's very slimming, not because of the emo phase.
And I do make sure that I wear something colourful as well, like a bright, happy coloured tshirt or coloured underwear.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
I was on the train on Sunday, sat on my wheely suitcase with my brown canvas rucksack next to it wearing a plaid shirt, a black and white patterned scarf, black skinny jeans, black Converse All Stars and a grey beret beanie hat listening to Green Day and I thought "What do I look like to other people on this train?"
Not helped by the fact I had a Starbucks frappachino at the station...
More people have said that and been killed than there are thorium decay products.
SF_Sorrow is a super cute hippy stoner, probably the type of girl who would have been repulsed by my lack of social skills and my hipsterish disdain for popular classic rock such as the Beatles, but little would she know that when the next rare occasion of Miko listening to the Beatles happened, Miko would accidentally find herself fantasizing about that cute hippy. :3
SF_Sorrow is a super cute hippy stoner, probably the type of girl who would have been repulsed by my lack of social skills and my hipsterish disdain for popular classic rock such as the Beatles, but little would she know that when the next rare occasion of Miko listening to the Beatles happened, Miko would accidentally find herself fantasizing about that cute hippy. :3
I'm fortunate that I had (and still have, I think) a talent of attracting people with intriguingly weird tastes of music to me, dear very much included.
Otherwise, I probably would've just graduated straight through from pop-punk to whatever Pitchfork likes. I still listen to a fair bit of Pitchfork stuff, but I know not to listen to them a priori.
I was just a depressed kid who listened to too much Schubert and Mahler and liked wearing black and reading romanticist poetry and prose.
Yeah, my becoming a goth wasn't a big surprise. But I never did go through an emo phase, mostly because I didn't listen to anything besides classical for the longest time, and had few if any friends, none of whom belonged to any "emo clique"
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
After today I'm not entirely convinced I'm not an emo teen in an adult's body
I actually made a friend of mine—one of my few at the time, and still a very close friend—listen to songs from Swans' Public Castration is a Good Idea when we were on a long bus ride when I was in seventh or eighth grade. He was disturbed.
I don't think I had an emo phase, but a bunch of my friends identified as emo with varying degrees of seriousness attached to the term
I did, however, have a Neutral Milk Hotel phase, and my favorite band is still Death Cab for Cutie (though they're not really emo, they're just seen that way because of Ben Gibbard's appearance).
It's a live album mostly consisting of a notorious 1986 engagement at the ICA. It begins with a nearly thirteen-minute take on "Money Is Flesh" where the drums are like being beaten over the head with cinderblocks. Very slowly.
I did, however, have a Neutral Milk Hotel phase, and my favorite band is still Death Cab for Cutie (though they're not really emo, they're just seen that way because of Ben Gibbard's appearance).
Death Cab definitely have some musical affinity with both the poppier and more ambitious sides of emo—listen to "We Looked Like Giants" again, or really any of the guitar work on their early material.
Full disclosure: even though the first album I liked by DCFC chronologically was Transatlanticism, the vast majority of my fondness for the band exists as a result of Plans and especially Narrow Stairs, and to a lesser extent Codes and Keys.
I really need to revisit their work. What I heard off of Kintsugi sounded great, and I've always thought they got a bit of a bad rap for reasons I could never quite pin down.
I think people hear Ben Gibbard's voice and just think of all the dubious quality faux-twee that popped up in DCFC's wake.
I think it's the same reason why people get a bit hostile at Pearl Jam these days, because they hear Eddie Vedder's voice and think of the dubious quality faux-grunge that popped up in their wake.
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wasn't fashion-conscious or sociable enough that i'd have been described as emo
(*shrug*)
On a serious note, I was an emo teen who grew out of it, ironically, as depression kicked in. I do wear a lot of black, but it's because it's very slimming, not because of the emo phase.
And I do make sure that I wear something colourful as well, like a bright, happy coloured tshirt or coloured underwear.
before that i just knew the music my parents listened to, mainly
i remember i brought my giger artbook to school once. very dumb do not do this it had a drawing of a farmer ma... well it was nsfw
...which is basically what I still do, with bovine trappings
Not helped by the fact I had a Starbucks frappachino at the station...
Oh God, I'm becoming a stereotype.
a turning point for me, musically
later I discovered metal, yadda yadda, yntkt
Otherwise, I probably would've just graduated straight through from pop-punk to whatever Pitchfork likes. I still listen to a fair bit of Pitchfork stuff, but I know not to listen to them a priori.
(The other Jane)
Yeah, my becoming a goth wasn't a big surprise. But I never did go through an emo phase, mostly because I didn't listen to anything besides classical for the longest time, and had few if any friends, none of whom belonged to any "emo clique"
that is one heck of an album title, i have to say
I think it's the same reason why people get a bit hostile at Pearl Jam these days, because they hear Eddie Vedder's voice and think of the dubious quality faux-grunge that popped up in their wake.