Emo - Tranlation problems???

[The real Henry]

I'm asking myself if the word emo means the same in English as in German, since it's actually an English word?


Here in Germany Emo is a word for people who always wear black, generally think life is bad and listen to music with sad, melancholy lyrics.


Is it the same in the English-speaking parts of the world?

 

[Dinerman]

sure is.

 

[The real Henry]

Thanks!


It has to do with our band name, so I just wanted to be sure!

 

[Matt Noir]

I saw a T-shirt recently that I thought summed up the Emo thing:

"I wish my lawn was Emo so it would cut itself"

 

[The real Henry]

Yeah, I know that kind of jokes!



Anyway, our band is called:

The Happy Emo Project !!!

 

[BegintheBeguine]

Ha ha, Henrik! Part of the fun of having a band is making up a name, isn't it?

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Emo, the natural successor of grunge. I quite like the movement/scene, with its tacit acceptance of how pointless and depressing life is. I think the bands - finally embracing the darker elements of existentialism - are a cut above the standard "rock", "punk" or "pop" crud with which we are normally assailed.

(honestly, i'm not kidding)

bk

 

[patrick1987]

I hate it. Once again, well-fed suburban kids looking for a way to tell us all how unhappy they are.
That's why I like the name of Henry's band so much. What instrument do you play, Henry?

 

[Edward]

Emo, the natural successor of grunge. I quite like the movement/scene, with its tacit acceptance of how pointless and depressing life is. I think the bands - finally embracing the darker elements of existentialism - are a cut above the standard "rock", "punk" or "pop" crud with which we are normally assailed.

(honestly, i'm not kidding)

bk

I think a lot of it gets a bad press. It seems to me that it's not all about expressing the negative range of emotions only; and even if these are vented, it's not always in the "look at me, I'm going to KILL myself and I hate you all!" petulant way that is typically suggested. Certainly, though, there's the stuff too that does live up to the stereotypes (well, stereotypes tend to have to come from somewhere!). But hey, there only are two types of music in the end - good and bad.

 

[Edward]

I hate it. Once again, well-fed suburban kids looking for a way to tell us all how unhappy they are.

Better a guitar than a shot gun..... and hey, it's got to be healthier than gangsta rap and the tedious glorification of the dumb, "real man" criminality that that genre tends to eulogise.

 

[$ally]

Emo from "emotional" and then there is also Screamo and so on. Sorry, but it's like any other angst you can buy at the mall Hot Topic.

 

[lolli]

Emo from "emotional" and then there is also Screamo and so on. Sorry, but it's like any other angst you can buy at the mall Hot Topic.

Emo has become a hugely popular cliche. It is a bad representation of what it used to be. Emo is a subgenre of punk rock. If you listened to the emo of 10 years ago, it would be unrecognizable. It sounded much more like punk rock than the emo of today. It was basically emotional punk rock.

 

[JMADSENK]

More like 15-20 years ago.

 

[lolli]

More like 15-20 years ago.

lol yeah, you're probably right. I sometimes forget it's already 2007. Time flies.

 

[LocktownDog]

lol yeah, you're probably right. I sometimes forget it's already 2007. Time flies.

Its what? How long have I been asleep?

Richard

 

[Viola]

Better a guitar than a shot gun..... and hey, it's got to be healthier than gangsta rap and the tedious glorification of the dumb, "real man" criminality that that genre tends to eulogise.

I think that's unkind to gangster rap.

 

[Feathers]

Perhaps if gangsta rap were more kind to people (specifically women) and didn't use such vile language, it wouldn't get such a bad rap. (oooh, bad pun - sorry guys! :eusa_doh