So I posted on this elsewhere, but I'm curious. Maybe in my thirty-something state I'm past the point of commenting, but this just seems odd-in that rising up against emo is like rising up against McDonalds or Colgate. For the most part, didn't emo start out being co-opted? Is there really a difference between (insert current hot emo band here) and the Pussycat Dolls? It's not like punk, for example, where its origination occurred wherein individuals actually represented an aesthetic the rest of society shunned/didn't understand/found disturbing.
I'm pretty sure anyone's grandmother, upon hearing virtually any emo song, would instantly think of any number of bad TV promos, multiple commercials, etc. And upon looking at one of these individuals, might, at best, consider them a bit fey.
Am I wrong?
Oh, and Morrissey is most assuredly not emo, please don't include him amongst the whiners.