Boys and girls with dark hair and long bangs listen to sad music and use eye shadow: who did not meet such? This is emo. What do they differ from representatives of other subcultures in?
As there were emos
The subculture of emo was born as it often happened in the second half of the 20th century, from music style. In the eighties from hard rock in America the subgenre under the name emocore (emocore) separated. The first emos were vegetarians, they did not take alcohol and drugs, refused smoking. Music differed in the increased emotionality, the vocalist quite often broke in shout, narrating about very sad things. The most widespread problem subjects which texts in emocore concerned were about love, about pain and death. Quite probably on usual fate, isn't that so? But emo have essential differences.
Music of emo is much more emotional, as follows from its name. Emo is that other as reduction from emotional. In any genre the vocalists do not shout and do not cry in the microphone as desperately, as in music of emo. For this reason adherents of emo subculture it is, most often, teenagers to whom especially heavy differences of emotions are peculiar.
Teenagers of emo do not hesitate to show the feelings and to cry. It even is one of signs on which it is easy to distinguish the true adherent of subculture, in other words, I rub - emo (true). For this reason primary colors of emo are black (depressive emotions) and acid pink (open expression of feelings and shout). Quite often emos do piercing on a face which is perfectly combined with a make-up, traditional for them, with black arrows. The main feature of subculture of emo is the lack of barriers in manifestation of the feelings. Emos are not afraid to be themselves, to show the both positive, and negative feelings. It is possible to cry, and it is possible to laugh, and here what is impossible, so it to hide the experiences in itself. True emos consider that to feel the belonging to this subculture, it is not obligatory to dye hair or to do a special make-up. An essence of emo in attitude.
For those who want to adjoin emo
If you want to become a part of subculture of emo, then try for a start to cease to hide the emotions and mood. It does not mean that it is necessary to be the ordinary person who spreads surrounding everything, as on spirit. But you have to respect the acute and deep feelings, showing them, but not hiding. Clothes style of emo quite bright. It, in the majority, black things among which there are several pink details. The black-and-white cage is a characteristic pattern too. Sometimes emos wear leather belts and revetings as all this one of the rock directions. Get acquainted closer with music of emo. It is impossible to tell that the style has icons which defined it and would remain on a pedestal long enough as it happens in other musical directions. Just listen to different music of emo and check whether you will find something for yourself.