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Fox Chicago discovers the "Emo Backlash"

Posted by aubin on Monday, January 28, 2008 at 6:00 PM (EST)

In what is probably an attempt to prove that they are "with it" and "totally not squares," the enterprising journalists at Fox Chicago have assembled an unintentionally humorous look at the "emo backlash."

The piece mainly focuses on how the "emo kids" are being picked on for their beliefs. You can check out the video here.

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Banal242 (January 28, 2008)

The car commercial was the least embarrassing thing about that.

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mynameisbud (January 28, 2008)

birds are dying dude...

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psychosis_cheer (January 28, 2008)

Have you ever given an emo kid beef stew? They just tend to cry about it........

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YasserBossin (January 28, 2008)

haha this never gets old

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brangelina (January 28, 2008)

Parents just don't understand.

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douglas_is_rad (January 28, 2008)

Billie Joe and Sir Thomas Matthew DeLonge are not stoked.

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skaboom (January 28, 2008)

Blink 182 and Green Day are emo?

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acris (January 28, 2008)

Yeah. They definitely have their shit mixed up.

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KingKRool (January 28, 2008)

That was the funniest part of the whole video. Made me chuckle.

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UNTJosh (January 28, 2008)

apparently im into emo since pop-punk from the late 90's is now emo.

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fallingupwards84 (January 28, 2008)

i remember when Duderanch came out they had that song called Emo, i had no idea what the fuck that word even meant

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the_cobra (January 28, 2008)

angels and airwaves & billie joe's eyeliner are though

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contrarian (January 29, 2008)

Stupid segment, but compared to Black Flag and SSD, yeah they are.

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douglas_is_rad (January 29, 2008)

Dude bro, those bands are total pussy bands in comparison to the almighty DRAGONFORCE.

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patrickingeneral (January 29, 2008)

Fall Out Boy and Dashboard Confessional are emo?

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joeydevil (January 29, 2008)

I would say Dashboard is kinda.

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The_Wayfarer (February 4, 2008)

I would say Dashboard is definitely. In the new sense of the word.

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ArtieFufkin (January 29, 2008)

not FOB -- they're more on the side of sissy rock

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Seth_Uber_Alles (January 28, 2008)

"They sing and write about how they feel."

Like every other kind of music?

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douglas_is_rad (January 28, 2008)

I was actually wondering about that. It was a very 'lol, wut?' moment.

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brocksampson (January 29, 2008)

except for randy newman, he sings about what he sees.

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willett (February 4, 2008)

lol! not everything in family guy is necessarily true.. I think its gunna rain today is a great song especially the ub40 version

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allison_le_gnome (January 28, 2008)

I love how they go straight from vilifying "emo" to defending it.

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misterpink (January 28, 2008)

bud light dude

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eran_zombis (January 28, 2008)

my favorite part

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CBSrocksteady (January 28, 2008)

I would hardly say there is any ongoing emo backlash at this moment.

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CBSrocksteady (January 28, 2008)

lol and why is this even up here? this is definately milking some discussion.

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brangelina (January 28, 2008)

I love this.

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TheMike (January 28, 2008)

All of these articles about emo, and none of them even got the genre right.

Fall Out Boy is commercial Pop-Punk.

Sunny Day Real Estate is Emo.

And yes, the latter are pretty good.

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lintsay (January 29, 2008)

for real.

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xmadcowx (January 28, 2008)

That will make them very EEEEEEEEEEEEMOTIONAL! Zing!

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ffwoodycock (January 28, 2008)

my favorite part was the guy's "play on words" at the end. he took the word emo and "cleverly" inserted it into the word that it's short for. the way he says it is hilarious too.

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horcruxes (January 28, 2008)

wow that band sucks!

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spoon_of_grimbo (January 28, 2008)

watching this video is like having a relative buy you a yo-yo for your birthday and try to convince you it's this "really cool new stunt toy, it's all the rage nowadays!"

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BarleyPat (January 28, 2008)

indie sucks, hardline sucks, emo sucks, YOU SUCK!

Also, what "beliefs" do "emo kids" have????? I wasn't aware that there was a defined belief system that went along w/ emo.

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fallingupwards84 (January 28, 2008)

a lot of them are christian actually

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jakethelifeguard (January 29, 2008)

really?

how did that come about?

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willett (February 4, 2008)

nothing like christianity (espicially catholicism) to fuck people up! all that telling people youre not good enough to get into heaven just to make them come more often.

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feeeding5000 (January 28, 2008)

This is the stupidest thing I have ever seen.

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thebigtakeover (January 28, 2008)

Everything about that man's voice is hilarious

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Banal242 (January 28, 2008)

He sounds like a reporter from The Daily Show.

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Swook (January 29, 2008)

I thought this was the Daily Show...

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Dusticles (January 28, 2008)

im from chicago so i have seen this news team before. the dudes name is Mark Saxenmeyer. The sports talk radio station in chicago make fun of this guy because when snow is coming he is usually reporting in front of a giant pile of salt and acting like it has never snowed in chicago

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Preston (January 28, 2008)

That made no sense.

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wrongstring (January 28, 2008)

this is just completely fucking awesome. http://www.somethingawful.com/d/weekend-web/emo-corner.php

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Dante3000 (rich) (January 28, 2008)

The best is the last topic on the board "No Cornflakes", totally out of left field.
-Dante

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drewcifer (January 28, 2008)

bring back Cliff Yablonksi!

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drewcifer (January 28, 2008)

or yablonski, whatever I'll take either.

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Hey_Asshole (January 28, 2008)

oh Mark Saxenmeyer...

i really wish Walter Jacobson was still around on the Chicago Fox affiliate...he could have made a pretty bitchin' Walter's Prespective segment with this.

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ASVLN12 (January 28, 2008)

what ever happen to that asshole.

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TheYoungInfluential (January 28, 2008)

worst one yet

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ASVLN12 (January 28, 2008)

this is why i dont want fox chicagao anymore.

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audiofile27 (January 28, 2008)

Its irritating that these kids are representing "any" style of music. He sounds like he's singing through his nose while taking a shit.
-Stephen

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brocksampson (January 29, 2008)

did you notice where they were...uh.. practicing? rock and roll....in moms mansion. they need to get a fucking job and support themselves, then maybe they they could write about "problems"

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ToddRundgren (January 28, 2008)

It still dosent beat the segment from the Grand Forks, ND news station on the "dangers of emo" though its pretty damn close.

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Grantino (January 28, 2008)

so i was watching that video and my roommate turned on dear you by jawbreaker...it was funny just listening to what was called emo was back in the 90s was good and how bad those no talent ass clowns were.

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AnarchyPants (January 28, 2008)

Nice Office Space reference.

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notfeelingcreative (January 28, 2008)

Yeah, I've been listening to alot of Samiam, Jawbox, and Smoking Popes lately, about twelve years ago all of those bands would've fit into the emo classifaction, nowdays, their just punk rock or indie bands.

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ToddRundgren (January 28, 2008)

What I find funny is say what you will about Ian Mckaye, Fugazi, Rites of Spring, Embrace etc the term emo was thrown around back then, but the caption to the video says "if you are over 25 chances are you've never heard of emo."

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ToddRundgren (January 28, 2008)

Also, come on I, Todd Rundgren had great emo classics.

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ThoughtRiotAF578 (January 28, 2008)

Thats kinda cool, i didn't know the lead singer from New Found Glory is a news reporter.

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ArtieFufkin (January 28, 2008)

Pretty funny. Oh hey Mark Saxenmeyer, Green Day is neither 'emo' nor are they from Chicago. Good guess though

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hellcomeshome (January 28, 2008)

bbbwwwwaaaaahhahhahahahhahahahahaha. Fuck this crap that passes for emo these days. Listen to Elliott or Sunny Day Real Estate or something.

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TheMike (January 28, 2008)

Exactly. I made a similar comment above. They're talking about cheap pop punk, not emo. Emo (as it was, and should be) isn't a bad genre at all.

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hellcomeshome (January 28, 2008)

Definitely dude, it's unfortunate that it's been given a bad name thanks to shitty bands and stupid kids.

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VStoriesFallen (January 28, 2008)

I like the grungy feel of Sunny Day's "Dairy." I think it's the pinnacle of the emo genre...that or Texas is the Reason's "Do You Know Who You Are?"

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PaC (January 28, 2008)

Or Elliot.

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Torgo (January 28, 2008)

It's Elliott Smith.

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TheMike (January 28, 2008)

Both are excellent. My former roommate just introduced me to Elliott... I've been an Elliott Smith fan for a while, however.

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PaC (January 29, 2008)

I was talking about Elliot the band that John Sutton was in before the Weakerthans. They were insanely good.

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TheMike (January 29, 2008)

Yeah, I know. I was talking about them. They were very good.

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red_eye_inc (January 28, 2008)

I live in Chicago and I feel like I have my finger pretty close to the pulse of he music community and I have never, ever heard of this band. Who the fuck likes that kind of thing? I think you'd be hard pressed to find anything less edgy, distinct or interesting.

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himandhisdevotee (January 28, 2008)

exactly, i was thinking the same thing.

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VStoriesFallen (January 28, 2008)

Nice Clerks reference.

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DeadMilkMan (January 28, 2008)

I actually watched this live last night. I laughed for a good twenty minutes.

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PaC (January 28, 2008)

"If you're over 25 years old, chances are you've never heard of it."
WHAT???

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galen (January 28, 2008)

where can i find that video of that kid getting jumped?

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Warzin (January 28, 2008)

Last Night I Dreamt Than An Emo Kid Loved Me

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LookBackAndLaugh (January 28, 2008)

Good Clean Fun, indeed!

I love that song.

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Salvador (January 28, 2008)

so many emo scenesters picked on
so little people caring.

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brandonr182 (January 28, 2008)

What has this world come to? This is ridiculous.

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therehabaddicts (January 28, 2008)

i'm loving the ending..."emoootinal"

fox news never ceases to amaze me. In both their absurd content and their ridiculous delivery of said ridiculous content..

keep it up fox! I need a good laugh from time to time

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mechpope13 (January 28, 2008)

it always nice to see the media covering important issues.

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4x4Grimreaper (January 28, 2008)

Everyone's favorite Faux News.

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StuckInBielers (January 29, 2008)

HAHA! I like that! Faux News. Pretty much sums it up!

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GlassPipeMurder (January 28, 2008)

that was unbearable.

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letthebeatdrop (January 28, 2008)

gross.

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HonestAbe (January 28, 2008)

The singer of that band's name is Dave. He lives down the street from me. I smashed a pumpkin in his driveway when we were in 6th grade and his mom called my parents. I got grounded for like a week.

And yes, his band is not very good and he's kinda a tool

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UNTJosh (January 28, 2008)

were you, or were you not with billy corgan at the time?

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deadelectromix (January 28, 2008)

I doubt he was, Corgan Smashes mulitple pumpkins.

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ArtieFufkin (January 29, 2008)

(ba da pssst)

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stillanonymous (January 28, 2008)

Local news is the best.

Who else seen the Leprechaun say Yeah!!

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YasserBossin (January 29, 2008)

leprechauns put alabama on the map

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Diver (January 28, 2008)

That page took SO long to load.
Further proof that the Fox Corporation is evil.

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totonotdead (January 29, 2008)

yeah and i had to restart my computer.
what's going on?
i bet Fox left a virus or a trojan in my computer to keep track of my evil deeds

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brad138 (January 29, 2008)

dude, guys, its TOTALLY obvious blink 182 is emo. they sing about what they feel. boners. fucking your mom. adult diapers. grandpa's shitty their pants. totally dudes, totally.

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lintsay (January 29, 2008)

im ashamed of how hard i laughed at this comment.

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Fallen_leaves (January 29, 2008)

fox is the worst news station ever created

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eba-monosashi (January 29, 2008)

its somewhere in between alt rock and i need to shoot my self with a .50 cal

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Adlai_E_Stevenson (January 29, 2008)

"Sergei Esenin [1895-1925] Russian Poet - Cut wrists, wrote a final poem in own blood (called "Do svidania drug moi" or "Goodbye my friend") and hanged self in a hotel room in Leningrad."

Russians out-emo everybody.

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The_Wayfarer (February 4, 2008)

Now THAT'S how you fuckin' do it.

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returnofdebs (January 29, 2008)

i learned a lot.

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StuckInBielers (January 29, 2008)

Do you guys get a really old UK show called The Day Today in the states? This could have been a piece from that.

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TheMike (January 29, 2008)

Now, ladies and gentlemen, this is emo: http://www.twspemo.on.ca/

Tourism has gone up since the popularization of the genre.

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patman (January 29, 2008)

that's not depressing at all!

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ZombieCrush (January 29, 2008)

They could make bank by holding an Emo fest there.

Plus it would get lots of whiny kids out of the US.

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Swook (January 29, 2008)

Pffftttt....nobody wants to travel to America Jr.

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ArianeIsEatingADanish (January 30, 2008)

"emo" is also a Latin verb. It means "I buy", I think.

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patman (January 29, 2008)

that's outdate and inaccurate. not to mention stupid.

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Lance76 (January 29, 2008)

Old news reports about punk rock and more recent stories about hardcore and shit like FSU always go straight to the violent actions of the kids involved. I've never seen a youth culture story that claimed the kids were getting beaten up by cooler kids. Emo can't catch a break, the little wusses.

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mashole (January 29, 2008)

that was just one giant cringe

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joeydevil (January 29, 2008)

Modern Pop-punk = Emo now I guess.

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ihateallofyou (January 29, 2008)

God damn that sucked. When I see news stories about topics on which I am informed it teaches me not to trust the news when they report on subjects I know nothing about.

I read these comments, and see people talking about what emo really is/was and kinda feel like its history lesson time. Anyone interested should read http://www.fourfa.com/ - this dude posted a short history, a longer history with descriptions of subgenres (he calls Sunny Day a phase four emo band, Texas is the Reason is phase five) and an overview of the equipment used during the different phases. He even has links to sound clips and photos. This is the most accurate writing I have ever read on this subject, and feel most everyone here would benefit from giving it a look, especially if you are gonna call Sunny Day, Elliot, or Texas is

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Chimpo (January 29, 2008)

"If you're over 25 years old, chances are you've never heard of it." more like if you're over 25 years old and like emo you probably are into Still Life, Rites of Spring and other authentic stuff.

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CBSrocksteady (January 29, 2008)

It seems like a lot of the .orgers are from CHI town. Glad to know the windy city is representin.

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Bradasaurus (January 29, 2008)

hahahahaha!

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HOISTDATRAG (January 29, 2008)

Just the last line was the best thing I've ever heard.

I love Dashboard

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j0hnnyscene (January 30, 2008)

a.) I bet the band was so stoked on that segment that they are burning a DVD of it for their press kits.

b.) I bet this is the first time the band has gotten ANY publicity outside of MySpace or their mom's hair salon.

c.) I doubt anyone UNDER 25 is familiar with emo in the fourfa.com sense.

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j0hnnyscene (January 30, 2008)

Oh yeah, I almost forgot:

d.) I am willing to bet that this reporter went home and tried to give his 13-year old daughter a high-five for finally "getting" what she listens to, only to find that she locked herself in her room blogging about how "t0tally lam3" her dad is.

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ihateallofyou (January 30, 2008)

you got me, i am old.

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ArianeIsEatingADanish (January 30, 2008)

"Emo bands write about their FEELINGS, and their relationships with their lovers, friends and family. They're very DEEP and EMOTIONAL. Now here's a clip of Green Day singing a song about masturbation"

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ArianeIsEatingADanish (January 30, 2008)

Also, how come that band consists of "college students" but their house is so ridiculously nice? I'm a college student, and I have to take showers in the dark because the light bulb went. I want a musical conservatory!

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Someone (January 31, 2008)

probably their rich parents' house.

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HgCdTe (February 1, 2008)

While I was searching for Fox Chicago's story on emo I cam across this

http://www.abc4.com/content/features/story.aspx?content_i d=0391E6F3-4081-4C8F-86C5-D72A03A31220&gsa=true

It may be even more absurd. If I recall they say something to the effect of "emo; a lifestyle popularized by the internet has now found its way into music."

Remember when we were 16 and emo just meant you wore glasses and cardigan sweaters?