Emo Genre

Emo is a style of rock music, mostly consisting of melodic musicianship and expressive, often confessional lyrics. It originated in the mid-19080’s and was known as emotional hardcore or emo core including the bands ‘Rites of Spring’ and Embrace.

Rites Of Spring are considered at the first emo band from Washington DC, introducing post-hardcore genre of music. Post-hardcore is a music genre that evolved from hardcore punk itself an offshoot of the broader punk rock movement. –Wikepedia. Former Members were of Guy Piccioto, Eddie Janney, Mike Fellows and
Brendan Canty.

The main music banded groups now involving emo like songs are My Chemical Romance and Fall Out Boy; these groups have gained influence from the main Emo band ‘The Cure’, however they merge their own creations to modern emo within their songs and how they portray their image.The following video: The Cure – End Of This World shows these elements that I have just discussed of the characteristics of an emo personality. The lyrics underneath this paragraph show evidence that emo songs have meaningful libretto to do with love and lifestyle. Maybe expressing how they feel towards society. If you read through the lyrics you will notice a sense of escape from love as it states ‘Go if you want to’ and ‘I couldn’t love’, this suggesting that the emo personality doesn’t take much interest in love and kindness, but darkness and hatred.

The Cure - End Of This World


Lyrics
Go if you want to
I never tried to stop you
Know there's a reason
For all of this you're feeling
Love it's not my call
You couldn't ever love me more
You couldn't love me more
You couldn't love

Me I don’t show much
It's far too hard to hide you
See in a moment
I can’t remember how to
Be all you wanted
I couldn't ever love you more
I couldn't love you more
I couldn't love

You want me to cry and play my part
I want you to sigh and fall apart
We want this like everyone else

Stay if you want to
I always wait to hear you
Say there's a last kiss
For all the times you run this
Way, it's not my call
You couldn't ever love me more
You couldn't love me more
You couldn't love

Love me more
Couldnt ever love me more
I couldnt love you more
I couldnt love

You want me to lie not break your heart
I want you to sigh and fall apart
We want this like everyone else

Maybe we didn't understand
It's just the end of the
end of the world
Maybe we didn't understand
Not just a boy and a girl
It's just the end of the world

Me I dont say much
It's far too hard to make you
See in a moment
I can't remember how to
Be all you wanted
I couldnt ever love you more
(x4) I couldn't love you more.