Larry’s View

Music has always played an important role in life. Singers express themselves through their music, or sometimes express the feelings of a person close to them. Whichever way you listen to it, you always hear how they found love or how they overcame a very tragic past. Music and teen suicide - does music affect the way teens think? Do they turn to music when things go wrong? Yes, they do. Teens find anything to release frustration and anger, and if it is not drugs they turn to, it will be their favorite artist and the song that closest resembles the situation they are in.

90% of teens thinking of suicide today listen to the music of their favorite artist expressing themselves in the same or similar way, but around 35% of teens commit suicide to the music they listen to. The reason for this is because they feel the pain the singer is going through and this way they do not feel alone. Music and teen suicide is a problem.

Stories have been around about a teen that committed suicide to one of his favorite bands. The song that he was listening to at the time was from a well-known band, and the teen’s parents found the boy hanging by his neck and the song that was playing was from his favorite band. Parents have to pay attention to their children, because when a teen is depressed or angry, 70% percent of the time they will not express themselves and tell you how they are feeling. Isolation and music will be the way out. Things will get too much and that is where music and teen suicide will come in.

No one else will listen to them, so they will sing along to their favorite band until they fall asleep with the song still playing in their head. They wake up to their music and think about nothing else but their music. Teen and suicide is the only way to solve a problem and find a solution. If no one pays attention to them, what would it matter if they were gone? This is how they think.

Teens thinking of suicide can close up completely and not allow anyone in. They can assure you that everything is hunky dory until you turn your back. Give your undivided attention to your children when you sit down and talk with them. Let them see that you have all the time in the world for them, even if the food is burning on the stove. You only have one chance to show them that you want to help in a situation like this, because they are not just looking for attention.

Lawrence

Emo is short for emotional. Others say it means Emotional Punk Movement. It is a culture which has its own ideals, values, as well as fashion. The Emos as they are commonly called are famous for not conforming to conventional trends or fashion. Emo fashion is anti-fashion.

Emo fashion vary from region to region and has changed considerably through the years.

Here are some emo fashion tips to help those who want to try something new.

Emos usually wear a child’s t-shirt. The print usually contains a nostalgic cartoon program reminiscent of the 70s and 80s. This is the most recognizable fashion item you can find. You would have to be underweight to be able to fit into a child’s t-shirt. Emos are mostly are vegans. Emocity and obesity never mix. You’re too sad to eat, remember?

Another emo fashion item is the striped polo shirt. This is the universal emo clothing which you can wear to a concert, to church with mom, or even on the rarest of all occasions, a date.

A sweater vest is also a common emo-wear probably taken from dad’s wardrobe.

Wal-Mart has a long line of tiny striped shirts you can purchase. The young boy’s section is where you would usually find them. If you are well-off, you can head off to one of those ritzy malls and grap a Banana Republic or GAP. There’s a saying which goes like, “If it did not come from a thrift store, it is not emo.”

For the geek-chic look, black rimmed glasses are the right choice for an eyewear.

Converse shoes usually have the name of the significant other written on them.

Tattoos of nautical stars are usually the type of tattoos an emo would like to have. Some tattoos are sparrows, cherries, and a guitar.

Showing your outer pain by having at least one or two lip rings expresses your inner pain.

Having any greasy hair dyed black with bangs in front and spikes at the back is very emo. Other’s have the emo Romulan look. The style is done by having short, thick, greasy dyed-black hair that has bangs cut straight across the forehead and cut high over the ears.

For transportation, emos like to drive a Vespa.

Old school Toyota Corolla, Hyundai’s, Kia’s are alternatives to a Vespa.

Wristbands with happy colors are something emo boys and emo girls should be wearing.

Lawrence

An emo poem is very similar to Emo music. It is not as tuneful as emo music but anybody can write an emo poem. An emo poem uses a combination of any theme such as a highly emotional tone, a simple or non-existent rhyming scheme, references to the flesh such as the heart, exaggerated use of depressing adjectives, disregard for punctuation, spelling, or grammar, concern over love, and most importantly, a life of pain.

To start off your project, you choose a topic such as emo, death, loneliness, or dark love. The title of the emo poem can have words such as hell, darkness, corner, lips, float, vast, scream, dance, murder, unholiness, poison kisses, loss, swallow, cutting, or any line from an emo song which you can change a little bit.

You can mix up the words you have taken from an emo song or add some of your own words so that the lines will not sound like the band’s song. Rhyming does not have to be used in an emo poem. The poem should flow like in emo music.

As soon as you have a topic and a title, your next step would be to write the chorus. The chorus will be shorter than the main parts of the poem. The verses will be at least two lines longer than the chorus. Now that you have the verses and the chorus, your next step is to piece them together. Normally, there are two verses before a chorus. If you have a double verse at the start of the poem, make sure you end with a double chorus. There can also be a chorus between each verse.

When writing a poem, thinking of a loss can help provide a burst of imagination. It could be a loss of a girlfriend, family member, or something very dear to you. Then you write the poem as if you would do anything to have it back. Use words that show your emotions in the poem. This is a perfect way of releasing your anger and frustration. It helps to put your heart into the poem.

Some people say that an emo poem is written in pain. When people experience something that they do not want to talk about or it just hurts so much that the only way of expressing it is through writing about it. Emo poetry can be joyful and then suddenly turn into pure sadness.

Lawrence

Head-to-toe tips to dressing like one with the emo boys. Dressing up for emo style and becoming one with the emo boys could be at times complicated, but the matter of true to the heart of being emo can be solution to as an easy task. Firstly, the hairstyle of either long bangs or loose styles with color highlights is attainable through your own fixing. With the hair done, this should provide you the notion of being one with the true emo boys.

Head accessory? Some are required and certainly some are for the emo boys. Piercing on the lips or nose are just some of the most distinctive feature for emo boys. Also, studs on both ears and black rimmed glasses that complements the whole head image. No matter what the look, it’s actually your decision for you to visualize if it’s the right image you want.

Some people tend to overdo certain issues like the matter of make-up. Emo boys do have their own kind of make-up but certainly not those mascara or any facial materials. Eyeliners and eye shadow substances are simple ways to keep your A-game in the emo culture. If you choose give your eyes an eye shadow appearance, pick the cranberry red color.

Black shirts are certainly the bestfriends of emo boys. Self deprecating and ghoulish tees constitute that of the emo culture and gives a more distinctive look. Common designs for emo tees are broken and bleeding heart and the ever popular skull.

The slim fit pants fits amazingly to that black shirt that most emo boys go for. Choose a combination that caters to your preferences.

Get some studded belt and not just some studded belt but those ones that stand out. You got your black shirt and black pants? Why don’t you get the red ones that fit to your eye shadow of cranberry red. Or you can simply opt for a white one. For added slickness, choose your belt with some studs on its sides.

And finally, the shoes. Emo boys don’t wear any type of shoes and certainly not those the Kobe Bryant wears. The simple attractiveness of Converse shoes complements to your whole image perfectly since these types of shoes goes pretty much with any type of clothing you wear. The black ones are legit for your whole appearance.

Now, you’re set and a certified member of the emo boys. Take yourself out and enjoy spending the day with your fellow emo friends.

Lawrence

The quiz of all emo quizzes is started with the question “Are you emo?” Emo is short for emotional. Initially, it refers to a particular kind of emotionally charged hardcore music that has come to signify for an age group usually young people, who hang out their sorrowful hearts on their tatty sleeves. The emo quiz delves into the multilayered emo marvel, including its music, the fashion, and the lifestyle for everyone to know at long last. It will cogitate on your knowledge on the beginnings of emo music, its style and fashions of this out of the ordinary sub-culture. Emo quizzes chew on the crying we do or don’t, the life we have, do we cut or not, the emo bands we jammed with and the emo clothes we fashion out. Their use is without limit. The emo quizzes tell the world about you and they tell you about the world.

The emo quiz wants to know how emo can we get. If ever, is there an emo or even a little emo in all of us. Or are you an emofreezone? The emo quiz is based on the emo song. It ask about your horn-rimmed glasses, about your one or more pairs of black, shiny, faux leather shoes, about swearing black most of the time, the sweaters and the t-shirts with logo or text on them, do you know the meaning? How about the thick headband you are wearing, the band t-shirts? Emo quiz will ask about the latest emo fashion to hit pay dirt. Quizzes about your hair, long or short with diagonal bangs across one eye, jamming with an emo band, liked it and listen to emo to put you to sleep. Emo music is really evolving. The emo quiz will tell you much about this. Cry your heart out if your answers prove that you are a true-black emo.

Are you goth or emo? Take extra care with your answers because it could prove fatal. Emo kids don’t like goth. And they sure think Goth is different from them emo kids. Because there are many Goths who think they are emo. So you think you are emo, do you cut yourself? Real emos are difficult to appreciate. Only a true emo can recognize the feeling of another emo. The emo quiz will prove if you are true emo or pretending to be one like a dumb poser.

Lawrence

In today’s culture, the emo genre has created a lasting presence in the modern youth. This trend is known as emo. These youngsters who follow the emo culture are known as emo kids.

Who are the emo kids?

Emo kids are the fans of emotional music better known as emo music. Their idolization of this music genre can be classified as completely care-free of the world, but hold a passion of hatred in high regard. Their anger becomes a passion and they express this passion in personal and emotional gestures. The lyrics commonly show vulnerability and low self-esteem. Emo kids are very emotional, sometimes to the point of being over dramatized

The thinking of emo kids

The perception of the emo kids to their brand of culture is self-expression and the idea of just becoming themselves rather than becoming one with the mainstream fashion and other subjects. Sympathy and pity are some of the most ridiculous factors that constitute to the culture of emo kids and critics may often describe any type of word that seems to ridicule their image. Their way of thinking is vast and they don’t simply dwell unto something that they are really not into. The matter of people to be judgmental to some certain issues about the look of emo kids does not amuse them. The clothing, the fashion, the whole image may be represented by those garments they found on thrift shops, or it could even be from garbage-type dumps that they think is usable for another day. Additionally, the rebellious term is not a question to them but they don’t deliberately annoy people just for the whole concept of being rebellious. If they indeed get rebellious, it is a matter of being someone who believes in what they believe is true and that they are capable of doing it because, for them, it is the right idea or action. And speaking of action, emo kids don’t ever regret their methods on how to deal with that certain subject, they just go for it and looks for other ways to complement their lifestyle with their true nature that comes from their deep emotions and not the ‘ridiculous’ or ’stupid’ act that most critics throw at them.

Overall

Emo kids are those who reject the idea of “pop culture” and jump in the bandwagon of counter-culture and have the concept contrary to that of popular opinion and seek to attain proper understanding. They may look depressed, highlighted hair and dress in contrary to the popular trend, but the matter of self-expression is the matter of how emo kids relate to their lives.

Lawrence

Emo means indie. Emo is short for emotional. It is a variety of music that dates back to the 1990s hard rock music. But the sound is fundamentally lower and more emotional later adaptation of hardcore. It sort of merged hardcore with more tuneful and new music. The singing part is done in a somewhat moaning way. Its emotional susceptibility is in contrasts to the trouncing and ear-piercing sound of hard rock. Emo bands yesterday and today are proud of the wide-opened highlighting of the difference in the genre. This resulted in the prolonged bad blood between hardcore and emo kids.

Emo bands are exemplified by Fugazi in the early realization of emo music. More came into being like Embrace (Ian MacKaye’s band perhaps before Fugazi) and Rites of Spring (Guy Picciotto’s Band) to name a few. Presently, Emo has produced self anointed mixtures that all ventured to claim the label. Emo bands have sprouted like mushrooms in the band scene. With catchy and clever names, original and with a message screaming like faggots on the run. They can be seen in punky and funky clothing with accessories like those big black rimmed glasses that are such a rage. They could even be naked on the floor with body tattoos to boot.

Emo bands play make music like nobody understood but made you feel different from anyone. To those who patronize them, this is what music is all about. Take the emo band Chemical Romance; kiddies contend it is goth punk. It is cool and the emo bands make the kids think. They feel their songs but the good old emocore bands focused more on emotional release rather than political and social themes. The 1980s was dubbed the “Revolution Summer” out to outshine the “Woodstock” of the 70s. The Rites of Spring emo band then focused on the emotion factor.

But as emo evolved changes can be felt in emo music. The emo bands started using higher chords and a more strong vocal style. But the much touted combination of contrasting loud and soft music force has been retained. Emo bands used the musical force coupled with elaborate guitar work lyrical words emoting fantastic, cool emotive hardcore. This genre of music continues to haunt the band scene today in spite of the claims of some that emo has died. There are still emo bands out there, playing like nobody cares. Perhaps it has died down some, but emo still exists.

Lawrence

Anime is a style of animation which originated from Japan. It is still a great deal centered in Japan. The word anime came from the American word animation. The anime is typically characters with large, sad eyes with hairstyles that are colorful. The drawings are exactly depicting the sadness in an emo face. Mostly Japanese anime illustrators are fans of emo punk. Emo anime then can be said to portray emo punk attributes. The emo anime episodes said of spurned love, learning life’s lessons the hard way or experiencing through music. But Naruto anime talks about being born an emo, born to say creepy things, born to kill, born with no eyebrows and born with a sexy love tattoo. This emo anime has that attribute born to kill which is likened to being cut. Remember some emo people are wrists cutters

When an emo is scruffy or unkempt appearance often over dramatic while making very loud expressions, and obsessed with anime t-shirts, you are looking at an anime emo. Sometimes they have crazy outfits with crazy hair and do crazy actions. An anime t-shirt displays the heroine on a tee with baby blue capped short sleeves. She is considered more emo than anime by some people. But an anime emo is completely obsessed with anime. The anime emo have even formed a group which accepted members who are true loners and nobody pays attention to them. They have forums which especially created for these people to express their own feelings of sadness and love deprivation.

The animes can have a lasting influence on would be emo. The animes made them emo. As well as some ero-games turned emo anime. This depicts sorrow through a car accident and the lady looses her boyfriend and her best friend all in one. Cannot help but feel sorry for this tragedy. Another emo anime portray family break ups and then you can never be close to anyone. Indeed, very emo. And there is the anime which tells of a girl who has a year to live. It has some string pulling moments. Crying has always been the effecting results with these emo anime. But probably the most heart tugging emo anime is when Momije admitted that his mother did not even acknowledge him as her child. The emo said they get their money’s worth in this emo anime. These are the stuff an emo dreams are made off.

Lawrence