Emo is a music genre title that should never be used again.
you are awfully cranky today
Dan, he's right. Emo is unidentifiable! isn't all music somewhat emotional? i think the teenies needed a silly new name for their recatagorization of rock music! i hear them now: "we're new and angry and we like hard rock and post punk that isn't really anything-punk now! wait! the name rock makes me think of bon jovi and i hate his hair and punk makes me think of sex pistols and that is so naughty...lets make our own lil subpar subgenre! wheeeee! pass the glitter and watch out because i'm a moody pixie today!" ok, this makes no sense..
The Sex Pistols have some awe-some songs.
I kinda agree with some of what you say, but "emo" wasn't a termed coined by the "listeners" and/or "trend-starting teenie-boppers." It's actually said to have been coined at an Embrace show (Ian MacKaye's band after Minor Threat and before Fugazi). Which goes to show also... that meanings can over periods of time, since what many call "emo" today, has a different sound than what "emo" was used to describe yesterday.
i really appreciate when people who actually KNOW what their talking about post. very informative. :)