I think it's about time.
So, punk, emo, goth. They're all the same thing, right? Evidently, to most people they are.
Are they? Ah no.
I could go on one of my never-ending, strongly-worded rants about it, but I think to start I shall just give you the meanings I could find using Dictionary.com
Punk
a style or movement characterized by the adoption of aggressively unconventional and often bizarre or shocking clothing, hairstyles, makeup, etc., and the defiance of social norms of behavior, usually associated with punk rock musicians and fans.
Emo
Emotion[s]
Emotional [music genre]
Goth
A style of rock music, noted especially for somber or ethereal tones and lugubrious lyrics. A performer or follower of this style of music.
Got it now?
Please, please stop calling the punks emo and the emos punk.
PureVolume annoys me the most.
Motion City Soundtrack
Paramore
McFly
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
Something Corporate
The Used
Reliant K
Cartel
Plain White T's
All Time Low
The Starting Line
Those are all bands that are categorized as 'punk' or 'pop punk' on PureVolume. Please, whoever's posting these, STOP.
They are not punk. None of them are any type of punk, nor will they ever be any type of punk.
I cracked up when I saw a few of them, er, most of them were listed 'punk'.
I mean, come on.
Rancid, The Sex Pistols, and Green Day, [at a stretch], are punk.
Not the ones listed above.
Don't get me wrong, I like these bands. But in no way shape or form are any of them punk.
Then there's emo.
Ooooooh for God's sake stop listing every freaking band as 'emo'.
Three Days Grace is not emo because of Animal I Have Become.
Real emo music is like Motion City Soundtrack, if anyone could get that through their thick skulls.
Goth? Goth can pretty much be summed up as Evanescence, if you go for gothic pop.
It's seriously like the great debate.
Don't even try it or I swear I will have your head. >_<
...Virtually.
And then there's the issue of screamo/metal/hard rock music.
Fall Out Boy, Toby Mac, Family Force 5, My Chemical Romance, etc...?
Not only are they not real rock, but none of them are screamo/metal/or hard rock, either.
MCR are posers, as are Fall Out Boy. I'm not saying they're terrible, I like a few songs here and there, but all in all? Yeah.
You want real screamo/metal music? Go listen to Bullet For My Valentine. Marilyn Manson. Demon Hunter. Avenged Sevenfold.
Real rock? Go listen to Metallica, Alice In Chains, Atreyu.
Seriously people.
Go to the bookstore and check out the music section for a few hours. It'll do you good.
9 comments:
What a rant XD.
Let me provide my own defs now ....
Emo - An individual who is very emotional and sensitive. Characteristics include dark or punk clothing, strip of hair shielding an eye.
Punk - A rebel with blue hair, basically. Tends to do things out of the ordinary or just plain oddly just because. Likes to contrast from society. Hardcore, sometimes. Annoyingly, they often have the attitude that they are above non-punks
-_-.
Goth - An overall depressing, pessimistic person often dressing and acting darkly. Most low-key of the three.
Me, I don't fit in any of the three. I have the pessimistic attitude of a goth, the rebellious, authority-defying attitude of a punk, and the in-key-with-emotions tendencies of an emo. Yeppers, I'm an individual and glad to be it :]. When people look at me, I don't want them to think, There goes a punk/emo/goth whatever. I want them to think, Yeah, there goes Manda. Can't smush her in a box :D.
XDD And that was my commentary.
-Applauds-
Brilliant.
Then again, the ones on my post are from dictionary.com XD
-Bows-
Thank you ^_^.
Hey, dictionary.com rocks ... you know, when they give you an actual definition XD.
With you on that XD
Still, those definitions are better than most people's. xD
I know XD ... most would classify them as freaks and go Tah-dah. XD
Oooh I just finished actually READING your post and TobyMac (one word, by the way) is SO NOT screamo. My gosh.
With you on that. [One word? Huh. Didn't know that.] I hate when people say they like 'hard rock' and then explain how much they love fall out boy. -.-
Didn't know it either till I saw it on his website XD.
I know - I can't stand those stupid trend bands that are popular for a year or two, suck, and then die out >.<.
So with you on that @_@
Take Paramore and Boys Like Girls.
Don't get me wrong, I like them, I don't think either of them are that bad, besides the fact that all of their songs sound the same, if you're being unbiased. But they're freaking HUGE right now. They weren't last year, probably won't be next year. Hell, the only reason I'm half popular on YouTube is because I have Boys Like Girls on there. It's ridiculous. My video for Heels Over Head has over a million views. A million.
*cough* Obsessive much? o.O
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