Show Trendy Stuff or Nick Parker Opinion Editor Originality is important to most people today It sets us apart and shows our inner unique selves However lately lately lately late late- ly it seems it has been tossed aside and forgotten Everything today is becoming becoming becoming becom becom- ing a trend from hair and appearance to music in gener gener- al Im I'm so sick of hearing words like scene and emo Stop trying to classify everyone and everything and just live More often than not I tend to see trends at shows concerts concerts concerts con con- I attend Its It's cool to have the same interests and same style as other people but when I see four different guys that look exactly the same same from from their tight girl jeans to their dyed black hair hau- with one out-of- out place blonde spot spot spot-at at the same show with less than fifty people there I think that's pretty odd Everyone is starting to look looka a little like everyone else and not necessarily because they want to but because its it's cool Its It's the scene thing to do Aside from the tight girl jeans and all the guys that are starting to wear pink t-shirts t another thing that scene kids have in common is the crazy emo hair Emo hair for those of you who dont don't know is when your hair is strewn sideways across your face face face- for a more dramatic sad and apathetic look Now Im I'm really not trying to put down or make fun of emo kids guys with pink t- t shirts or any other stereotypical ical person I mention in this article Many of these people I talk about are some of my closest friends Im I'm just trying to get a point across The only thing that could possibly irritate me more than the hair clothing trends would be the new music trends I hate it when someone even mentions the phrase selling out I dont don't believe it exists There is such a thing as evolving though That's why when a bands band's sound changes it usually means that they recently went through some changes a crisis a breakdown breakdown breakdown break break- down or any other significant emotional point in their lives Being in a band I know this first hand You dont don't intentionally try to change your sound you just play what you feel People shouldn't should should- nt stop being someone's fan because they sound different or because a bunch bUllCh of nine and ten year olds suddenly became interested in them after their second album came out People also need to realize realize realize real real- ize that its it's okay to sing about love the sun flowers what what- whatever ever and its it's also okay to sing about morbid creepy hardcore hardcore hardcore hard hard- core stuff I feel that you need to embrace music as one whole thing regardless of the pointless pointless pointless point point- less trends In reality you either like a band or you dont Whether or not something something something some some- thing is hardcore or emo shouldn't influence you you its its it's the music that matters If you truly love the MUSIC you wont won't care how emo hardcore hardcore hardcore hard hard- core etc something is Be a little more open minded minded minded mind mind- ed and dont don't judge bands or people for that matter too quickly Embrace all types of people and genres Whether you admit it or not theres there's always room to expand your mind and learn something Dont Don't become just another trend |