SeasoningSalt wrote:... what do you "Tubenetters" think of the Emo lifestyle? Being a college guy, I see a lot of people getting into it. The music is a big hit with younger people and, honestly, it isn't that bad (they could use a tuba) . Give me some feedback!
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Sorry -- couldn't resist! Anyway, is this the guy you're talking about?
You see a different group of people, and you are asking people if you should go emo as well? That just strikes me to be a little odd. Why not just do whatever you like doing, and if that means haning with another group, then do it. It seems like you are seeking approval to do this. If someone told you not to go emo, would you anyway? Or would you stay the way you are? Or, would you find another crowd to go with?
Don't know what EMO is,... but I'm sure some of the military guys on the board can tell you what an EMHO is
Dan Schultz
"The Village Tinker" http://www.thevillagetinker.com" target="_blank
Current 'stable'... Rudolf Meinl 5/4, Marzan (by Willson) euph, King 2341, Alphorn, and other strange stuff.
As part of our kinder, gentler, and enlightened world, the use of force is now obsolete. Consequently, voltage will now be referred to as: Electromotive Orce, or EMO.
cc_tuba_guy wrote:So, are these kids the "modern day" goth kids? I'm kinda lost.
(and what the hell does EMO stand for?)
Seems like it..almost a throwback to the 'punk' trends of the 80s but with better music. I've been noticing them more and more around the local music scene(as more and more of them become of age to participate in the local music scene) and they've struck me as some of the most appreciative audience members to play to.. and, contrary to bloke's silly generalization, seem to be in the minority of those who don't depend on alcohol or other substances to 'enhance' their musical enjoyment. It's easy to tell at a show who is there for the music and who is there for the social interaction, and in the last year it's been people wearing ugly plaid and and strange haircuts who've been spending more time in front of the stage than in front of the bar(or out in their vehicle). This is, of course, based only on my limited(but <b>actual</b>) experience with that crowd.
Please, I beg of you! Don't believe that EMO is just an innocent little thing to dabble in. Some things that look innocent at the beginning often lead to a terribly sinister end.
Before you let EMO fool you into thinking it is benign, consider that you are only one letter away from becoming this:
Emo isn't an abbreviation, it stands for "emotional." As in "emotional rock." As far as the "emo" lifestyle, I think I can sum it up pretty well.
You may be an emo kid if you:
-Shop at thrift stores, but act like you have just owned old clothes forever.
-Wear sweaters, collared shirts and girls' jeans.
-Go to tons of rock shows with local bands, and claim music is your life, whether you play an instrument or not.
-Whine about the government.
-Whine about everything, as long as we're on the subject.
-Decide that, no matter what band it is, their first album was better.
-Get a Myspace and under "music" list a hundred bands with names like "A Burning November XxXMemoryXxX Is." (A note on this: the more obscure the bands, the cooler you really are)
As far as drugs are concerned, it really doesn't seem like the emo crowd even does as much as the average for their age group. Yes, some of them do, but not necessarily more than average.
The Emo lifestyle is one that's really fun to poke fun at. It's not that it's just terribly retarded or anything, but it makes me laugh to watch all these kids walking around with girl jeans, scarves, and thrift store sport jackets and giving off the impression of "I'm mad at the world...SO I'M GONNA CRY ABOUT IT THROUGH THE MUSIC I PLAY AND LISTEN TO." I'm not saying that their is anything wrong with that at all (I actually like the music myself), just that it seems a bit comical.
Matt Simpson
Phi Mu Alpha - Kappa Eta Chapter
Bluecoats Contra- '07 '08 '09
Arkansas Tech Tuba/Euph Ensemble
"There are two kinds of tuba songs: love songs, and pirate songs." - Roger Bobo
. Give me some feedback!
