C'mon oldskoolpunker23, he doesn't "deserve" to listen to the song? That's got to be the most elitist thing I've heard in a while. Heaven forbid someone else listens to your band, or else it wouldn't be cool anymore. What Heinous Bitch was trying to say is that emo as a trend is ridiculous, which it is, but that its origins has good stuff, which it did. I don't think that I would agree that emo music is calm and tranquil, as most of the stuff that isn't the trendy things push the limits of speed and are some of the hardest core stuff out there, take Antioch Arrow for example. And all music can speak to your soul, not just emo; I always think it's rather pretentious for emo kids to claim that their music is the only type that's emotional. Those bands you were talking about though are emo, just post-emo; it's the equivalent to us punk's pop punk; nobody wants it to exist, but it still is an offshoot of our beloved music, as is the original emo.
Back to the song though, I thought it was, while quite stereotypical scene criticization, pretty funny. "You're acting like you're gay just to get laid" I think is my favorite line of the song. Obviously it's Cheap Sex's disgustion of how it has become very fashionable thing in the mainstream community to dress in such a manner and pretend to be part of the underground, and as such Cheap Sex does the fashionable thing for the underground and criticizes those trying to get into our subculture. Luckily they do it in such a satirical manner and manage to hit the right target, not criticizing the music (which actually has some really good stuff such as Heroin and Hoover) but instead going after the kids who don't get into it for the music but just for the fashion.
I don't think it's good for the punk community as a whole to feel so superior to emo; because you're cutting yourself off from some good music simply because it's not cool to listen to it since so many kids are getting into it. It's perfectly alright to listen to Smoke or Fire and enjoy Hot Cross, throwdown to F-Minus and still like Dag Nasty, or thrash to McRad and appreciate Moss Icon. And watch the queerbashing, know that most (almost all) of punk's founders were bi, experimented, gay, or outright drag queens. The problem is that many make the mistake of thinking if you're gay you're cool, when really it was if you're cool you're cool, no matter your sexual preference.
C'mon oldskoolpunker23, he doesn't "deserve" to listen to the song? That's got to be the most elitist thing I've heard in a while. Heaven forbid someone else listens to your band, or else it wouldn't be cool anymore. What Heinous Bitch was trying to say is that emo as a trend is ridiculous, which it is, but that its origins has good stuff, which it did. I don't think that I would agree that emo music is calm and tranquil, as most of the stuff that isn't the trendy things push the limits of speed and are some of the hardest core stuff out there, take Antioch Arrow for example. And all music can speak to your soul, not just emo; I always think it's rather pretentious for emo kids to claim that their music is the only type that's emotional. Those bands you were talking about though are emo, just post-emo; it's the equivalent to us punk's pop punk; nobody wants it to exist, but it still is an offshoot of our beloved music, as is the original emo.
Back to the song though, I thought it was, while quite stereotypical scene criticization, pretty funny. "You're acting like you're gay just to get laid" I think is my favorite line of the song. Obviously it's Cheap Sex's disgustion of how it has become very fashionable thing in the mainstream community to dress in such a manner and pretend to be part of the underground, and as such Cheap Sex does the fashionable thing for the underground and criticizes those trying to get into our subculture. Luckily they do it in such a satirical manner and manage to hit the right target, not criticizing the music (which actually has some really good stuff such as Heroin and Hoover) but instead going after the kids who don't get into it for the music but just for the fashion.
I don't think it's good for the punk community as a whole to feel so superior to emo; because you're cutting yourself off from some good music simply because it's not cool to listen to it since so many kids are getting into it. It's perfectly alright to listen to Smoke or Fire and enjoy Hot Cross, throwdown to F-Minus and still like Dag Nasty, or thrash to McRad and appreciate Moss Icon. And watch the queerbashing, know that most (almost all) of punk's founders were bi, experimented, gay, or outright drag queens. The problem is that many make the mistake of thinking if you're gay you're cool, when really it was if you're cool you're cool, no matter your sexual preference.
/rant