I LOVE this song! I can't believe I'm the only one to comment on it! I specifically love how it pokes fun of Emo and how it's become a fucking trend. Look at every little Emo 'boi'; 90-110 lbs, black shaggy hair, and tight girl pants.
I'm sick of Emo music being labeled like this! Fall Out Boy, Taking Back Sunday, and From First to Last are NOT Emo! Listen to some Sunny Day Real Estate or Rites of Spring. Emo music does not mean boys kissing each other, wearing make up and tight pants, and pissing and moaning and crying over every little thing that goes wrong in your life. Emo music is music that speaks to your soul, it's peaceful and tranquil.
FUCK THE TREND OF EMO! Educate yourself.
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.
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oldskoolpunker23 how the fuck could you know that hes emo? seriosly have you ever met him? i doubt it. get your head out of your ass and quit judging people before you even try to get to know them.
I love this song. Makes me laugh every time and simultaniously makes me want to scream "HELL YEAH!" along with the chorus.
actually alot of punk people wear jeans that are tight..they're just really skinny
im kind of confused.. which came first fuck emo by cheap sex or emo kid by adam and andrew? if they did copy adam and andrew, id say thats pretty lame on their part, but i still love cheap sex.
Cheap Sex came first from what I know.
RIGHTEOUS
first of all I totally agree with you oldschool. second cheap sex does not look emo, ahaha. emo is for faggot boys and girls, who dont wanna "be like the rest" but cant face being totally different. Thats how it is where I live.
oh strikesomewhere yeah it is hideous when someone listens to your band, because eventually it gets to the masses and they take it and rip it fucking apart. So, I dont want people listening to my fucking music fuck that.
Emo makes me fucking sick. Get over your god damned girlfriends and stop singing about them. If you like emo you sure as shit shouldn't be listening to Cheap Sex. Cheap Sex was invented out of frustration over how emo is taking over the music scene. They wanted to combat them and try to bring an interest in hardcore punk back to California. I completely agree with oldskoolpunker23, you faggot emos are posers and likewise shouldn't be infecting punk with your vomit. Go cut your wrists or something. Down the street.
Well, as it's pretty obvious, this song was written out of pure seething hatred for the emos.
Jesus, I'm angry as hell now. I'm gonna go beat the shit out of that emo kid down the street.