At the risk of getting all scholastic, Emo started off closely tied to the post-hardcore world of Ian MacKaye. How did we go from Fugazi, to this? When I was in highschool, it meant Jimmy Eat World or Sunny Day Real Estate. To give you an idea, Sunny Day toured with the likes of Soul Coughing. Emotional infused music, sure... But this looks more like goth for kids who can't afford doc martins.

Anyway.. I'm not sure if I should laugh or cry (hah) at this video. On one hand, it shows all the weirdos in the "emo" world and what the scene has become. On the other, it shows adults completely missing the joke. The whole "emo points" thing is making fun of emo kids. Its been all over the net in some sort of form or another for awhile. Media, especially local media, just loves to dramatize teenager angst, don't they? I'm surprised they didn't try to link it all to some sort of video game....

I guess it's just all part of the same cycle. Kids have to fit in somewhere and the ones who are different (be it creatively, socially or some sort of family structure) tend to lump together. For my age group, the controversial clique was goth.. these days.. it's emo. Anyway.. give them all 10 years and I'd wager that they out perform their jock counterparts 10-1. ;)

(hat tip Gavin)