Youth suicides up.

[pod]

Probably coincides with the rise of shoe-gazing emo rock.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16996417...15773?GT1=9033

[saintjohn]

"What came first, the music or the misery? People worry about kids playing with guns, or watching violent videos, that some sort of culture of violence will take them over. Nobody worries about kids listening to thousands, literally thousands of songs about heartbreak, rejection, pain, misery and loss. Did I listen to pop music because I was miserable? Or was I miserable because I listened to pop music?" - High Fidelity

[barstar diana]

dude my sis is so into that emo rock and i was like fucking ay, why is it cool to them...i got dragged to be babysitter with a group of 15-17 year old girls to a concert and that bad was horrible singing about these unpleasant things. i just dont see what appeal the youth has into it. needless to say im totally pushing the prissy gril look on my sis, although she hates it. i hope she will get out of that phase soon now that shes turning 18, i really do think that music brainwashes those poor kids....she even has a friend who commited suicide so i totally think there is some connection...your defintely on to something pod.

that would make a great study, maybe i should undertake it as a phd student, where to find the money though.

[jamu]

Nova's psych department always has people looking for studies like this. Hit them up.

[mr.miami]

Can someone give me an example of emo rock? I mean you would have thought suicides would have gone up when Marilyn Manson hit the scene, but they didn't. Has to be some other cause.

[jona7]

Originally Posted by Sr.Miami

Can someone give me an example of emo rock? I mean you would have thought suicides would have gone up when Marilyn Manson hit the scene, but they didn't. Has to be some other cause.

hmm...Taking Back Sunday, Hawthorne Heights...ghey bands like that...iif u see a male teen, tight black pants, tight black shirt, richie hawtin hair do, but black..."one-eyes" as they call them..yeah..hes emo.. :P *cut*

[pod]

I wish my lawn was emo so it would cut itself.

[yume]

LOL!

[maru37]

Originally Posted by Sr.Miami

Can someone give me an example of emo rock? I mean you would have thought suicides would have gone up when Marilyn Manson hit the scene, but they didn't. Has to be some other cause.

Emo has been around for a long time and it's not really the same 15 years ago as it is today. Today's "emo" bands are just teenage kids singing about their feelings but the music is nothing more than straight forward rock songs. The Promise Ring and Texas is the Reason never made me want to kill myself. These bands today straddle so many lines that it's tough to figure out what they're trying to do - other than make some money.

Divorces are up. Do you think that kids feel alienated and unloved due to this at all? More so than emo?

dont think i have to worry about that.