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Subject: When Will There Be a Hipster/Emo Backlash?
Written By: velvetoneo on 02/27/06 at 12:10 am
I'm just wondering when people think the backlash towards the hipster emo/indie subculture is coming. I'm guessing 2008 or 2009. The effect it will probably have is moving the 2010s away from the more pretentious, deliberately smart, materialistic, upscaled '00s culture.
Subject: Re: When Will There Be a Hipster/Emo Backlash?
Written By: Donnie Darko on 02/27/06 at 1:34 am
Yeah. 2008-'09. Either it will decline or only get bigger. Emo is still pretty new.
Subject: Re: When Will There Be a Hipster/Emo Backlash?
Written By: velvetoneo on 02/27/06 at 1:36 am
Yeah. 2008-'09. Either it will decline or only get bigger. Emo is still pretty new.
I think the trend will peak later this year through early 2008, and probably decline after that. It's so damn whiny I can't see it getting that huge after about 08-09.
Subject: Re: When Will There Be a Hipster/Emo Backlash?
Written By: Donnie Darko on 02/27/06 at 1:38 am
That's true, LOL. I mean, really, they're crying in the freaking dark. ;D
Subject: Re: When Will There Be a Hipster/Emo Backlash?
Written By: velvetoneo on 02/27/06 at 2:04 am
That's true, LOL. I mean, really, they're crying in the freaking dark. ;D
I think at some point all the emo people will just wake up and go take a walk on a sunny day through a meadow of tulips or something.
Subject: Re: When Will There Be a Hipster/Emo Backlash?
Written By: bbigd04 on 02/27/06 at 2:05 am
I think at some point all the emo people will just wake up and go take a walk on a sunny day through a meadow of tulips or something.
lol
Subject: Re: When Will There Be a Hipster/Emo Backlash?
Written By: Sister Morphine on 02/27/06 at 2:08 am
I hate emo music. I like artists who can be diverse musically and maybe do a few sad songs, but a whole album of Morrisey-esque whining? Please, please, please take your Thorazine and smile for once.
Subject: Re: When Will There Be a Hipster/Emo Backlash?
Written By: Tam on 02/27/06 at 2:10 am
Backlash??!!
I must be real far behind in times cause I just found out the other day exactly what Emo is! lol
:( ;D
Subject: Re: When Will There Be a Hipster/Emo Backlash?
Written By: velvetoneo on 02/27/06 at 2:16 am
I hate emo music. I like artists who can be diverse musically and maybe do a few sad songs, but a whole album of Morrisey-esque whining? Please, please, please take your Thorazine and smile for once.
That perfectly describes a Bright Eyes CD!
Subject: Re: When Will There Be a Hipster/Emo Backlash?
Written By: Sister Morphine on 02/27/06 at 3:55 am
That perfectly describes a Bright Eyes CD!
I'm sure Conor Oberst is a fine musician, but does his life suck that much? He's rich and good-looking; what the hell is the problem?
Subject: Re: When Will There Be a Hipster/Emo Backlash?
Written By: Donnie Darko on 02/27/06 at 3:58 am
I'm sure Conor Oberst is a fine musician, but does his life suck that much? He's rich and good-looking; what the hell is the problem?
"Oooh, I'm so sad, I got $500,000 instead of a million this year!" ;D
Subject: Re: When Will There Be a Hipster/Emo Backlash?
Written By: Sister Morphine on 02/27/06 at 3:59 am
"Oooh, I'm so sad, I got $500,000 instead of a million this year!" ;D
It's almost as annoying as Neil Young's incessant whining.
Subject: Re: When Will There Be a Hipster/Emo Backlash?
Written By: Donnie Darko on 02/27/06 at 4:06 am
^Yeah, why whine? I guess it's better than super-angry music.
Subject: Re: When Will There Be a Hipster/Emo Backlash?
Written By: mach!ne_he@d on 02/27/06 at 11:46 am
I dont mind some emo songs but I woulnt consider myself a fan of the genre by any means.btw the backlash will really take off in 2009.
Subject: Re: When Will There Be a Hipster/Emo Backlash?
Written By: sonikuu on 02/27/06 at 7:57 pm
I don't mind Emo music honestly. It's certainly better than the Nu Metal explosion that dominated rock at the beginning of the decade. I do think a lot of them aren't really whiney or emotional in real life. I get the feeling the "whiney, suicidal emo kid" is just an image and that a lot of them are actually happy, well adjusted people. That's the way it is with a lot of emo kids at my school. They may look emo, but they're not sad or whiney at all. Some of them even border on being preppy.
Subject: Re: When Will There Be a Hipster/Emo Backlash?
Written By: velvetoneo on 02/27/06 at 9:40 pm
I don't mind Emo music honestly. It's certainly better than the Nu Metal explosion that dominated rock at the beginning of the decade. I do think a lot of them aren't really whiney or emotional in real life. I get the feeling the "whiney, suicidal emo kid" is just an image and that a lot of them are actually happy, well adjusted people. That's the way it is with a lot of emo kids at my school. They may look emo, but they're not sad or whiney at all. Some of them even border on being preppy.
What does an "emo kid" mean, anyway? There're these people who spend their entire lives trying to classify people as "emo", basically meaning anyone who's thoughtful and isn't mindless-that's not true, the whole emo culture is as mindless and self-absorbed as any culture. It doesn't even matter, it's so stupid what an "emo" person is, it's not a legitimate "lifestyle." Basically, all the music amounts to is masturbation with a hankie for your tears.
Subject: Re: When Will There Be a Hipster/Emo Backlash?
Written By: Donnie Darko on 02/27/06 at 10:12 pm
I don't mind Emo music honestly. It's certainly better than the Nu Metal explosion that dominated rock at the beginning of the decade. I do think a lot of them aren't really whiney or emotional in real life. I get the feeling the "whiney, suicidal emo kid" is just an image and that a lot of them are actually happy, well adjusted people. That's the way it is with a lot of emo kids at my school. They may look emo, but they're not sad or whiney at all. Some of them even border on being preppy.
I kind of like some of the music. It certainly beats numetal :)
I wasn't aware of the fact that it eclipsed numetal around 2002/'03. That's probably because our local rock station is grunge-based.
Subject: Re: When Will There Be a Hipster/Emo Backlash?
Written By: velvetoneo on 02/27/06 at 10:18 pm
I kind of like some of the music. It certainly beats numetal :)
I wasn't aware of the fact that it eclipsed numetal around 2002/'03. That's probably because our local rock station is grunge-based.
You do live in the Pacific Northwest. Emo is really more of a Northeast/Midwest/Florida/Arizona and Californialand thing, I suppose.
Subject: Re: When Will There Be a Hipster/Emo Backlash?
Written By: Donnie Darko on 02/27/06 at 10:19 pm
You do live in the Pacific Northwest. Emo is really more of a Northeast/Midwest/Florida/Arizona and Californialand thing, I suppose.
Oh, it's probably everywhere.
Actually, the PNW has a lot of indie rock.
Subject: Re: When Will There Be a Hipster/Emo Backlash?
Written By: velvetoneo on 02/27/06 at 10:22 pm
Oh, it's probably everywhere.
Actually, the PNW has a lot of indie rock.
The PNW has alot of indie rock, but it's not quite the really whiny sounding emo of the New York area.
Subject: Re: When Will There Be a Hipster/Emo Backlash?
Written By: Donnie Darko on 02/27/06 at 10:23 pm
The PNW has alot of indie rock, but it's not quite the really whiny sounding emo of the New York area.
No. Indie and emo are very different. Indie is more '60s-influenced, emo is a mix of '90s alternative, boy bands, New Wave, and indie rock.
Subject: Re: When Will There Be a Hipster/Emo Backlash?
Written By: velvetoneo on 02/27/06 at 10:24 pm
No. Indie and emo are very different. Indie is more '60s-influenced, emo is a mix of '90s alternative, boy bands, New Wave, and indie rock.
They get a similar audience among teenagers, though.
Subject: Re: When Will There Be a Hipster/Emo Backlash?
Written By: Donnie Darko on 02/27/06 at 10:25 pm
They get a similar audience among teenagers, though.
Well, yeah, they're both a hip subculture.
Subject: Re: When Will There Be a Hipster/Emo Backlash?
Written By: velvetoneo on 02/27/06 at 10:27 pm
Well, yeah, they're both a hip subculture.
I think New York is the thriving place of this, it'll probably go really far downhill, along with NYC's culture in general, after the '00s is over. You'll see all sorts of emo kids walking around in a daze c. 2010 at the end of their existence. This happened in the '90s when Seattle and Portland stole NYC's thunder...or really manufactured their own. NYC always thinks it's the home of the thunder gods, if you know what I mean, so it's pretty funny when they realize it isn't always the center of the universe.