Janet Collins
Billy MHOW COULD THIS HAPPEN TO ME?!?!
March 12th 2007 03:11
When you're talking about fashion, image and projecting a sense of individuality – it’s important to note the influences of that particular trend. After all, where would EMO be without Simple Plan?
But what happened to the world when EMO became a style of music – synonymous with hardcore and punk. If you aim to project individuality, a sense of unique style and diversity, are you a walking contradiction when EVERYBODY does it? After all, you can’t be different if different turns mainstream...
That is exactly what we are faced with every day in Melbourne's CBD. Rich children parade around with black mascara, piercings innumerable and worn out jackets and they call it being individual. Look around you, EVERYONE DRESSES LIKE THAT !! Have you noticed that your hatred of Sony, Nike and other labels is only to the detriment of your own pocket? Because Dangerfield is reaping the rewards !
If you truly hate consumerism, don’t consume. Wear paper bags and dress yourself from raw materials… Spotlight will supply you. But isn’t that still consuming? If only John Howard would let illegal immigrants come to Australia and take the troops out of Iraq, you would never be in this sick, sad predicament. LEAVE ME ALONE!! YOU DON’T KNOW ME!! FREE THE TERRORISTS !!
Get a grip – you have to consume if you want to live and hating John Howard, Sony and your parents for not buying you My Chemical Romance isn’t going to make the world a better place. I’d hate to rain on your Black Parade but that's life. You get kicked when you’re down and no-one understands you. But I’ll leave you now to wallow in your misery, listening to the latest offering from The Used in surround sound - drowning yourself in tears next to the Plasma TV and Italian leather sofa. HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN TO ME?! you might say.
Your everyday, garden-variety emo
That is exactly what we are faced with every day in Melbourne's CBD. Rich children parade around with black mascara, piercings innumerable and worn out jackets and they call it being individual. Look around you, EVERYONE DRESSES LIKE THAT !! Have you noticed that your hatred of Sony, Nike and other labels is only to the detriment of your own pocket? Because Dangerfield is reaping the rewards !
If you truly hate consumerism, don’t consume. Wear paper bags and dress yourself from raw materials… Spotlight will supply you. But isn’t that still consuming? If only John Howard would let illegal immigrants come to Australia and take the troops out of Iraq, you would never be in this sick, sad predicament. LEAVE ME ALONE!! YOU DON’T KNOW ME!! FREE THE TERRORISTS !!
Get a grip – you have to consume if you want to live and hating John Howard, Sony and your parents for not buying you My Chemical Romance isn’t going to make the world a better place. I’d hate to rain on your Black Parade but that's life. You get kicked when you’re down and no-one understands you. But I’ll leave you now to wallow in your misery, listening to the latest offering from The Used in surround sound - drowning yourself in tears next to the Plasma TV and Italian leather sofa. HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN TO ME?! you might say.
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Comment by Wendi
Priceless!
Comment by AnthonyB
- Anthony
Comment by Ash
Australian Traveller
Flashes of memories
Comment by AnthonyB
You're a funny girl ! Thanks for your support. I don't think this post will be very popular
Thanks Ashy, Wendi !!
- Anthony
Comment by Wendi
Comment by Ash
Australian Traveller
Flashes of memories
Anthony...it`s because everyone is at the airport waiting to say goodbye to you for that trip to India...
Comment by Wendi
I trust that the moment I believe I've figured the language out, it will change again. *LOL*
Comment by KylieW
Celebrity Obsession
Great post!!
I could overlook all the faults of the emo clones that have taken over the world, except that they're so generic and bland! And unfortunately I can't forgive their lack of creativity.
As for them blaming their parents for destroying the world that they've been left with, denouncing consumerism at every opportunity while they happily live in their parents houses in Camberwell and Toorak, well, Bill Gates summed it up nicely in a speech he supposedly gave to a high school:
Of course, Bill Gates would probably be the number one enemy of the emo!!!
Crikey, I've had quite a rant haven't I?
Kylie
Comment by JoshZ
A Simple Christian
Everyone hates emos. Including themselves.
JZ
Comment by yoda76
The Tube Blog
I don't like Emos - you're not alone. But I must say I get it (sorta) - every kid goes through that stage, don't they? Everyone rebels in their own ways and has their generational issues.
When I was at Uni it was Goths and Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (who can forget the line:
"Emptiness is loneliness, and loneliness is cleanliness
And cleanliness is godliness, and god is empty just like me"?).
Then Kurt Cobain shoots himself in the head because he didn't want the fame he got after he strived to achieve it, and Eddie Vedder bitching and moaning (sometimes literally!) about how big his bank account had swollen.
And Bill Gates was Satan, even back then. The more things change the more they stay the same?
Comment by yoda76
The Tube Blog
http://emogame.com/
;o)
Comment by AnthonyB
You guys will always be hood in my books. Ash, I know ! I need to get to the bloody airport. It's rude to keep well-wishers waiting...
Thanks for the comments guys !!
Comment by AnthonyB
And what a rant it was ! You should consider rebuffing it and placing it as an article on your own blog. Although somehow you'd have to find an emo celebrity. Now where can we get one of those...
By the by, I loved that little Bill Gates story. I had no idea he was such a smartarse, but now it all makes sense; what with the Xbox 360 and Windows Vista - saturating the market with mediocre programs so it's harder to find the good stuff.
Thanks for the visit ! Enjoyable as always !!
Josh Z
You know, I have never come across a self-content emo. Food for thought. Great comment, bro !
Yoda ( The 76th Yoda ? )
You're right. I think recently ( as in the last 5 or 6 years ) the rebellious nature of children was given legs with this ridiculous trend. All of a sudden, it's not just fun to bitch and complain about your parents, it's also very fashionable. So I suppose there are varying degrees of emotional instability - the polar extreme of which is EMOism.
Thank you also for the wonderful tales. I enjoyed them immensely. And yes, I'll check out that website !
Thanks for the comments guys
- Anthony
Comment by yoda76
The Tube Blog
Spot-on. And I think it's the "digital age" that's doing it. Generation Y is obsessed with instant gratification.
"What do you mean I need to wait an hour for my photos?"
"Why should I wait until tomorrow to tell my friend that I just had dinner when I can text them... no wait, that takes too long - I'll see if they're on MSN...:
"Why should I wait until I can afford a BMW - Mum and Dad can buy it for me. God knows they never do anything else for me."
Not only is it now fashionable to bitch about Mum and Dad for no reason, but it's of the utmost urgency that whatever problem doesn't exist gets resolved. Now.
It's a scary cocktail - and that's when you start getting extreme cases creeping in at the sides.
Phew - I'm really bringing the mood down, huh!?
Comment by Ash
Australian Traveller
Flashes of memories
Ah yeah Anthony any time bruv,you know us homies down with the flo and gettin' jiggy wit' it!
Comment by Optomistic Opportunism
Bohemian Hiphop
Japanese Jazz Funk
Optomystic Opportunism
THEN they're individual.
Oohwee there's a thought... I'ma go strighten my hair,
Opto
Comment by JoshZ
A Simple Christian
Only dissatisfied people can change the world.
JZ
Comment by yoda76
The Tube Blog
Nice!
Now we just need to find dissatisfied people who are willing to act. Far fewer of those.
Comment by AnthonyB
YES !! That's absolutely right ! I can't believe it - you get it. You really get it. They're ALL like that !!! Reading that post - for me, at least - was quite uplifting. I've tried recruiting people for this anti-emo cause, but most are too emo to join.
Thanks for the enlightening post. It's scary isn't it - all these bloody kids, Puff the Magic Dragon and MySpace. It's a world I know all too well... and HATE !!
hehe. Thanks Yoda! I love a good comment! Especially one in total acquiescence of my opinion !
Opto
Yep, if you're emo first, then you're wicked cool. But eventually everyone will forget you started the trend. They'll forget you, your parents will forget you and you're better off wallowing in a shallow grave of self pity because your Revlon mascara is tested on animals. And that's just the guys.
Thanks for the visit, bro !
Joshy Z
Yeah, you're right. If everyone were happy with Steve Bracks, we'd never have a change of Victorian government (which is in the mail, by the by).
I don't think emos want to change the world though. I think they want to bitch about it and find as many problems as possible because it's a good conversation starter. Plus, as we know from watching TV, bad news is good news. Everyone loves a good horror story. Big deal if we invent a car that runs on oxygen - no, a mass murder will be much more popular with audiences.
Similarly, If an emo kid's parents won't let them get plastered on saturday night, then they officially "suck" and it's almost as bad as the whales being hunted in Japanese seas. It's all part of the same conversation.
Still, you make a good point. I'm just not sure emos will make the world a better place.
Cheers mate,
Anthony
Comment by Wendi
Oh... hmmm.... Never heard it. Wait 'til the teens wake up and I'll ask 'em! *LOL*
Gosh, I am getting old! *pouts*
Comment by AnthonyB
I did leave that question for you to field Wends, but your kids haven't taught you that one yet. If anyone would know, it's an American teenager.
The expression 'hood' refers to the slums or the ghetto neighbourhoods ( thus, hoods ). Normally it's where ethnic, or african-american 'gangtas' reside. (see Wikipedia for details on 50 cent and G-Unit ).
There's an association that if you're hood, you're really cool, laid back but not afraid to bust a cap on one's arse.
50 cent once wrote a song entitled " I'm so hood ".
Thanks my homies ! ( Homies are the residents of Hoods )
- Anthony
Comment by Wendi
Thanks for the definition!
Comment by Ash
Australian Traveller
Flashes of memories
LOL bustin' out in some gangsta rhymes now
brother...
ditto homie
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Comment by DILLON HENRY
But it all ends eventually!