[b]LeChic wrote:[/b] [quote]i just posted a thread about this. that my friend is indeed an incredibly ignorant accusation. There\'s guitar, drum, bass and keys (or synth.) so they don\'t sing like "normal" people, HOW IS IT NOT MUSIC! I\'m okay if you don\'t like or find it distasteful but hxc music is absolutely not not music![/quote] its true theres more than screaming, and that technically it is music, but i would argue that screamo/emo is more an auditory fashion statement than it is music. i cant find much beauty in it. the arrangements in this kind of music seem very minimal to me. its only what people expect to be there. here\'s a clean guitar intro. heres some strummed power chords. heres a riff in straight 8th notes with no bending. heres a one chord breakdown with a half time beat. emo\'s music is just like their pants. constricting. no butt, no soul, no originality.