Is "emo" the new musical trend that scares the establishment?
From Henry Jenkins, this is an interesting follow-up to my original post.
A news report on the danger of kids being "emo" which not only fails to interview any actual kids who identify with that culture, but uses as reference points websites and videos which are clearly mean-spirited parodies of that culture.
Like I mentioned in my original post, I don't have any firsthand knowledge of this trend myself, but just going from cultural history, the fact that every generation there seems to be at least one big new musical trend which terrifies adults and becomes a scapegoat for their fears about how they youth will inevitably destroy them and must be stopped.
In the 1950's it was Rock And Roll, juvenile delinquency and comic books. In the 1960's it was psychedelic rock, drugs and hippies. In the 1970's it was punk music. In the 1980's it was Heavy Metal, and hearings were held on heavy metal music supposedly making kids commit suicide. In the 1990's gangsta rap was the scariest music around. It just seemed inevitable that something would take that place in this generation.
Jeff
A news report on the danger of kids being "emo" which not only fails to interview any actual kids who identify with that culture, but uses as reference points websites and videos which are clearly mean-spirited parodies of that culture.
Like I mentioned in my original post, I don't have any firsthand knowledge of this trend myself, but just going from cultural history, the fact that every generation there seems to be at least one big new musical trend which terrifies adults and becomes a scapegoat for their fears about how they youth will inevitably destroy them and must be stopped.
In the 1950's it was Rock And Roll, juvenile delinquency and comic books. In the 1960's it was psychedelic rock, drugs and hippies. In the 1970's it was punk music. In the 1980's it was Heavy Metal, and hearings were held on heavy metal music supposedly making kids commit suicide. In the 1990's gangsta rap was the scariest music around. It just seemed inevitable that something would take that place in this generation.
Jeff
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1 Comments:
Pffft! I knew girls that would cut themselves all the time!
...And they had better taste in music!
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