the problem with kids today (indie, pop, rock, genre)

David Frost · 12-18-2004, 05:22 PM

ill sum it all up for you.

Goth is Joy Division
Emo is Indian Summer

these are music genres. not lifestyles or traits to define yourself by. sorry if that crushes everyones personalities on this board, but at least now you can rebuild.

jibber · 12-18-2004, 05:28 PM

^ yeah that basically sums it up. unfortunately for every person who realizes that music genres aren't synonymous with a certain type of lifestyle, there's be twenty kids talking about how "punk", "emo", "goth" they are.

Sweet Jane · 12-18-2004, 09:15 PM

True. I can't say I've noticed these 'emo' kids running around... perhaps its an american trend?

jibber · 12-18-2004, 09:36 PM

^ I wouldn't know, I live in canada

vvmsgirl · 12-18-2004, 10:01 PM

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no i'm only twenty...

about 3 years ago, (where i live anyway) it was ever so trendy to be a goth/gothic, then it was ever so trendy to become garage rock, then it moved onto indie. doesnt everyone see what's happening here?

the people in each social group critisise the other's for their taste in music/dress sense/way of thinking and then go on to dress/listen/think in their own certain way which is anti-confirmist! but they are actually conforming to anti-conformity.

emo is the perfect example. recently loads of people i know are so quick to say "I'm emo", "i listen to emo music", "i'm an emo-kid" what the &*^%?

They dont like other social trends yet they follow their own? They try to be different, yet everyone in that group is similar... if a band is not emo enough (even if they might like it) they cant say so in their social group because it's not emo enough (or whatever the genre is).

Point is, young people are always trying to be part of something for acceptance and trying to classify themselves as something rather than just being an individual! Who cares if you like something you shouldn't?

I have one of the most diverse taste's in music, clothing and pastimes of anyone i know, simply because i really dont care if i fit into someone else's idea of what is "emo" or "indie" or "gothic" or "pop" or whatever the hell else?

Question is, why cant other's be like this?

(i put this in the emo forum because emo is the current trendy thing to be apparently and i'm expecting more flames that way )

*falls over laughing hestericly*

David Frost · 12-18-2004, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Taking back thursday

I live in canada too but im really close to the states and visit alot and theres to many Emo Kids runnin around they all go like GC ALL THE WAY though so i dont take em seriously

i was thinking more along the lines of... OMG I luvv TBS!!! i hope these girls pants are tight enough and my hair is black enough.

Thrice · 12-19-2004, 09:40 AM

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Originally Posted by David Frost

i was thinking more along the lines of... OMG I luvv TBS!!! i hope these girls pants are tight enough and my hair is black enough.

Ha ha, I listen to some of that stuff, and when I go to shows its so funny. Every person there is the same. All these kids dress exactly alike, and they look at me funny cuz my hairs not black, lips not peirced, my t-shirt doesnt say 'Senses Fail" and stuff like that. I dunno, Im trying to say that the kids at these 'emo' shows are all the same and it makes me laugh because they are all true individuals.

covle · 12-19-2004, 09:10 PM

as manufactured as the bands in my opinion. the kids down here that are like that i think care more about the trend than the music.

Invisible Spider · 12-20-2004, 11:56 PM

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Originally Posted by covle

as manufactured as the bands in my opinion. the kids down here that are like that i think care more about the trend than the music.

Thats basicly the same thing where I come from, everyday at school or around town I see kids with black hair, black clothes and black finger nails walking around, they all say they dress that way to be different, but how can you be different if every other kid is dressed the same.

covle · 12-21-2004, 02:14 AM

conforming to be a non-conformist kinda defeats the purpose

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12-18-2004, 05:28 PM
jibber Freeskier Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Canuckistan Posts: 1,323	^ yeah that basically sums it up. unfortunately for every person who realizes that music genres aren't synonymous with a certain type of lifestyle, there's be twenty kids talking about how "punk", "emo", "goth" they are. __________________ What you've done becomes the judge of what you're going to do -- especially in other people's minds. When you're traveling, you are what you are right there and then. People don't have your past to hold against you. No yesterdays on the road. William Least Heat Moon, Blue Highways Your toughest competitor lives in your head. Some days his name is fear, or pain, or gravity. Stomp his ass. HOOKED ON THE WHITE POWDER

12-18-2004, 09:15 PM
Sweet Jane Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 517	True. I can't say I've noticed these 'emo' kids running around... perhaps its an american trend?

12-18-2004, 09:36 PM
jibber Freeskier Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Canuckistan Posts: 1,323	^ I wouldn't know, I live in canada __________________ What you've done becomes the judge of what you're going to do -- especially in other people's minds. When you're traveling, you are what you are right there and then. People don't have your past to hold against you. No yesterdays on the road. William Least Heat Moon, Blue Highways Your toughest competitor lives in your head. Some days his name is fear, or pain, or gravity. Stomp his ass. HOOKED ON THE WHITE POWDER

12-19-2004, 09:10 PM
covle Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: melbourne australia Posts: 346	as manufactured as the bands in my opinion. the kids down here that are like that i think care more about the trend than the music. __________________ LIVE.LOVE.BURN.DIE. whoa...i quoted atreyu, that means im hardcore. look how hardcore i am!! thats hardcore...XXX

12-21-2004, 02:14 AM
covle Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: melbourne australia Posts: 346	conforming to be a non-conformist kinda defeats the purpose __________________ LIVE.LOVE.BURN.DIE. whoa...i quoted atreyu, that means im hardcore. look how hardcore i am!! thats hardcore...XXX