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[resonant]

Confession of an old fogey:

Whenever I hear or read emo (the music), I immediately think of Elmo (the muppet).

Comments

[jelazakazone.livejournal.com]

Really... (question mark key is broken). First thing I think of is Emo hillis (I am missing some keys at the moment. can you tell)

[nadai.livejournal.com]

I must be an even older fogey - I have no idea what emo is. :)

[meredyth-13.livejournal.com]

And I thought I was just me... thank goodness there's someone else out there who doesn't know (but at least I know who Elmo is..hehehe)

[wyomingnot.livejournal.com]

I asked about emo once. And yeah, when I see that, I think Elmo. or worse... Emo Phillips.

*hides*

[chasehunts.livejournal.com]

The very first time I read 'going emo here' I thought they had meant to spell emu and was completely confused.

Chase

[bluerose16.livejournal.com]

Emo = style of music which is all about OH TEH AGONY of my life. Very teenage angst. All about girlfriends leaving, and parent's not UNDERSTANDING, etc. Think OotP!Harry

See: Dashboard Confessional, Sum-41, Good Charlotte.

At least, to my understanding that's what it is.

[reginagiraffe]

That's who I think of too!

(Assuming Emo Phillips is that odd man with the funny squeaky voice.)

[nadai.livejournal.com]

Ah. Well, that explains why I didn't know what it was; that's the sort of music that has me scrambling for the radio tuning knob. Usually while muttering, "Oh for god's sake, grow up."

Thanks. :)

[wyomingnot.livejournal.com]

Yes! That Emo!

Golly, who'd have thought his 15 minutes of fame would be just that short...

*snerk*

[bluerose16.livejournal.com]

No problemo. ^^

[theodosia.livejournal.com]

Someone say emu?

I think of Phillips, myself.

[imkalena.livejournal.com]

I alwasy have to take a step back from the long-necked, ostrichey thing, and then realize that's not it, at all. :P

[shoorihoshi.livejournal.com]

I think of the color blue.

[laurelwood.livejournal.com]

I had it tentatively defined as "music to avoid if you're looking for zippy workout-worthy tunes". It's nice to see its official definition, which further convinces me that it's not a genre of music I'd enjoy. "Oh, for god's sake, grow up" inDEED. :)

[endaemion.livejournal.com]

wow...you just made my day XD
...emo makes me think of an emu... *kills self*

[vulgarweed.livejournal.com]

I know what emo is and it's annoying. But my real old fogey rocker cred is that I recognized your subject title immediately and got an awful earworm from it. :)

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

You, my friend, need a new keyboard!

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

Nice emu!