Ok. Its time to start a new and important topic. Portland emo rockers are taking music and making it a form of social status. Like saying, "Hey look at me. I listen to alternative progressive rock and go to many rock shows. Whether I am at a show or talking at a bus stop, I have the same gay monotone voice and body emotions. I am so cool cause I go to rock shows and act like I'm sitting in my bedroom and staring at the wall." It is just as scary as the socialist cancer that is taking over the political world. Its an emo cancer that is taking over the rock and roll underground. A bunch or pseudo intellectuals. I went to a buckethead show to find this smack in the face.
I came to see the face melting guitarist that played along bands like Primus, Korn, Guns and Roses, and Slash(these bands aren't that great but they atleast attempt to rock), and experience a good show. What I found was a whole venue of zombies. Nobody rocks anymore. I was the only one moving in there! I'm not saying moshing either. I was just dancing. Moving my body and feeling the music. I think most people thought I was a freak. Fuckin boots! You're supposed move at shows you damn hippies! Thats whats beautiful about rock n' roll! Nobody cares about status! Just ROCK!
More recently, I went to a show with Ashley and Jake to see Black Mountain. A bad ass rock band. Same scenario. Jake and I dancin and feelin it while everyone else sipped their expensive micro brews like it was a damn latte(no disrespect on lattes or micro brews for I am a fan of both, but you get the vibe). One girl asked Jake at some point in the show, "I heard there is a good mosh place in Eugene. " Jake was under the impression that what she meant was, "Um, why don't you go hang out with all the immature frat boys and mosh to some Metallica or something? This is Portland and we don't dance to music."
Where is the next Kurt Cobain that can kick the otts in the ass and propel us into the teens?
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Finally, an important point to discuss! I think you've got to consider that possibly most people came to see Buckethead not because he's a great guitar player, but because he wears a bucket on his head. It's more important to be ironic than to rock. This is the problem with EMO in general. It's more about the look and the pose than feeling the music.
ReplyDeleteThis has been the problem with whoever is considered to be 'hipsters' forever though. Looking and being looked at is more important than feeling the music.
Until I had a few micro-brew lattes I think it would be a little difficult for me to get loose...
ReplyDeleteI've seen Melkor moshing in a pretty rough pit.
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The thing is though, there are some good emo bands that do rock. Portland Emo fans still wont rock to it. Like I said before, its not moshin that I necessarily want, just movement. Black Mountain isn't even an emo band either. They came to portland and found that every fan is emo no matter if its a buckethead fan(he is a bad ass guitar player), or Black Mountain fan. I'm starting to really hate Portland people. Way too gay. I think I'm just gonna go to every show I can and start an obnoxious mosh pit, no matter what the music, just to annoy these queers. I'll get really drunk and boligerent too. hahahahahaha!
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