[kj] OT: somewhat rapturous Bauhaus CD review...

[Alexander Smith]

Well, the "emo" that came out of D.C. hardcore and the like is  
****STRIKINGLY***** different to the crapola that passes for EMO now.  
I'm not defending either, by the way.

Alex in NYC


On Dec 16, 2007, at 4:03 PM, Brendan wrote:


> What's most disturbing about that is the fact that emo has  

> apparently been

> around for 20 years?!

>

> This is our cultural equivalent to turning a blind eye to Nazis  

> parading

> down the Rhine...look what we have let happen through our negligence.

>

> Apologies to anyone on the list old enough to have fought in WWII...

>

>> I'll be forever amazed at how "emo," which I always understood to  

>> be a

>> mid-80s post-punk musical movement, came to be conflated with  

>> "goth." A

>> few years ago on a discussion forum someone said, "Just you wait,

>> they'll come up with a way to combine emo with goth, and it'll be  

>> called

>> goth-mo or some shit." Looks like that really did happen.

>>

>> This is Ian MacKaye of Minor Threat expaining, derisively, "emo,"  

>> in ...

>> 1986:

>>

>>

>> http://youtube.com/watch?v=mbdh0Qm_5A0

>>

>>

>> Now, how what he is describing would come to mean eyeliner, a black  

>> 80s

>> skater flop, bangs-over-one-eye hairdo, etc., is beyond me.  

>> Basically,

>> America's cultural stewards need to be sent to the gas ovens, because

>> whoever is in charge of steering this shit has no idea what they're  

>> doing.

>>

>> -Oliver

>>

>>

>>

>> LONESTYLE at aol.com wrote:

>>> Nice Oilver. ;)

>>>

>>> ~LB

>>>

>>>

>>> In a message dated 12/15/2007 1:18:25 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,

>>> bq at soundgardener.co.nz writes:

>>>

>>

>> _______________________________________________

>> Gathering mailing list

>> Gathering at misera.net

>> http://four.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/gathering

>>

>

>

> _______________________________________________

> Gathering mailing list

> Gathering at misera.net

> http://four.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/gathering