Article DetailsWhat makes the emo subculture? |
| Date Added: January 12, 2010 05:07:35 PM |
| Author: adrm16 |
| Category: Society: Lifestyle Choices |
| The emo subculture is a combination of punk rock and hard-core music styles. The term "emocore" originates from emotional hardcore and is said to have appeared the middle of the 80s. The first emos of the subculture began to add melodic elements to their tunes. Sorrow, affection, sense of loneliness are common topics of their tunes. Hence, the emo style could be defined as rock with emotional lyric features. Yet, the definition of the emo style is still hotly debated. Though the emo subculture was originally considered a music genre, at present it is referred not only to music, but also to behaviour, fashion, style and the way of life.The emo style is believed to be unfashionable. This way emo adherents demonstrate that they are not interested in social processes. Tight-fitting jeans and T-shirts, with printed names of popular emocore bands, skate sneakers, richly coloured stockings, a full selection of body accessories, badges, bracelets create the image of an EMOtional young person.Hairstyles also contribute to the emo fashion. Popular looks are long side-swept bangs, sometimes covering one or both eyes. Straightened and coloured black hair is also a part of the emo trend. Blue, red, pink or blond highlights are highly stylish. Short choppy layers of hair are also common. From time to time this style has been characterised as a fad. At the beginning of the third millennium, the emo style was associated with an immaculate look, but when the style spread to teenagers, it became darker, with long bangs and emphasis on the colour black supplanting sweater vests. Emos are highly vulnerable characters. Specialists define them as introverts who are reluctant to interact with the world around. Instead, they demonstrate their viewpoints by means of poetry. Poems they write are full of sorrow, nostalgia and desperation. Ordinarily these emotions are typical of teenagers aged 12 - 18, when they are emotionally and psychologically unstable. For most emo representatives emoism becomes a way of life. |
