[Golden Legacy]

Suicide of a 13-year-old is being blamed on "emo" music. The genre, and specifically the band My Chemical Romance, were singled out as contributing to the young teen taking her life.

http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/newmusica...arching-for-emo


That they would place the blame on something of this nature is unfortunate, especially when offering their compassion to her family and to all young children who might simply need someone there for them, should be the appropriate course of action. Mm.

[Gio]

I think this is pretty ridiculous to blame a genre of music. I have listened to every single song of their newest album and nowhere in it does it talk about committing suicide. These people just need to accept that the girl committed suicide and it was her choice therefore it is her fault and stop trying to blame it on something else to make themselves feel as if the girl did nothing wrong.

[Someone Else]

People need to stop blaming the media for everything is all I have to say. Video games, music, why can't we blame other aspects of life for once?

[Caael]

Wind Dude, on Jun 2 2008, 06:33 AM, said:

People need to stop blaming the media for everything is all I have to say. Video games, music, why can't we blame other aspects of life for once?

I agree totally. The media is always looking for something to blame for the problems in the world, whether it's video games, music, George Bush, Osama.

[Shikonaurum]

Agreed with everyone else.

People are too quick to do "cause-and-effect" scenarios these days, that's how society is getting. We want reasons, we want external factors, and if a person isn't right in the head we have to attribute it to something external, whether it's music or video games or genetics.

We need to stop outsourcing blame, among other things.

[My Best Wishes]

Nevertheless, they whipped up another editorial about this apparent "suicide cult" designed to panic parents, even going as far as to make inaccurate claims that MCR's "Black Parade" is "a place where all emos believe they go when they die.
The Black Parade isn't a place, it's an conception album telling a man's story leading up to his death.
I hate people who jump on the Emo/Scremo/Hardcore/Metal wagon and say that this contributes to death. No one is getting on 50 Cent's case when some Homie get shot. FFS.

I remember in Year 10 when I went to South Australia and picked up the paper there, and some 14 year old girl was willingly murdered or some rubbish, and the bands they blamed where MCR, Panic!, AFI and Simple Plan. MCR at that stage was still kind of raw and not as quite as soft as they are now, Panic! is nothing like emo (although they suck) AFI change every single album so that's a rubbish pick, and Simple Plan are just little pop princesses's. Come on.

[Laharl]

what's wrong with blaming people for their own actions?

[Saturos S.]

I wouldn't want to blame the band or anything, but the whole atmosphere that surrounds bands as these. Well, I find it disturbing. I know they don't cause any of it, directly. But when people start walking around with shirts as "slash addicts" and boast about cutting themselves, just makes me sick.

[Ravenblade]

Wind Dude, on Jun 2 2008, 06:33 AM, said:

People need to stop blaming the media for everything is all I have to say. Video games, music, why can't we blame other aspects of life for once?

You of course realise that it is in fact the media who blames the media for everything.

You wouldn't hear about this stuff at all unless the media was crying foul about it.

[Zeypher]

I hate idiots (The media, not the person who killed themself >.>)

[Shikonaurum]

What a charming clarification. :P

I don't think the media is being idiotic, I think it's being hypersensitive. Idiotic is what we call airing Paris Hilton news all the time. Although, granted, if that's what America wants to hear, guess it's being smart as well.

[Someone Else]

Ravenblade, on Jun 2 2008, 03:53 PM, said:

You of course realise that it is in fact the media who blames the media for everything.

You wouldn't hear about this stuff at all unless the media was crying foul about it.

Don't play with my words, you know what I mean.

[Yuki]

Yikes.

Anyway, I don't see why it should be blamed. I mean, wtf, everyone seems to blame media, but I actually blame the people themselves. :/ Only because, yes, Media is bombarding us with messages and things everyday, and it's your problem how seriously you take these messages or not. o_o

I listen to My Chemical Romance, but I'm never going to off myself because of it. That's just ridiculous.

Also, stop throwing the word emo around. It's so annoying. Just because somebody is in tune with their emotions, it suddenly makes them an "emo". Emo isn't even a word! Stop using it! God!

:P

[Ironsight]

I've listened too a few of their songs before. They didn't sound like they were encouraging suicide or anything like that.

[Eugine]

Honestly, MCR isn't really a happy band. Well, atleast their last two albums weren't. The lyrics surely aren't happy either =)

But then, I don't think MCR can make you suicidal, but their songs can put you in a sentimental atmosphere, or atleast if your life isn't that great, the lyrics can put some perspective as to why it sucks, and you may want to end it... Music is powerful.

[Gio]

From what I understand from listening to the new album is that yes while it is sad it talks about how you push through the hard times, not commit suicide.

Shikonaurum, on Jun 2 2008, 07:09 PM, said:

What a charming clarification. :P

I don't think the media is being idiotic, I think it's being hypersensitive. Idiotic is what we call airing Paris Hilton news all the time. Although, granted, if that's what America wants to hear, guess it's being smart as well.

No that was just pure idiocy.
That junk got annoying fast.

[Caael]

Laharl, on Jun 2 2008, 11:07 AM, said:

what's wrong with blaming people for their own actions?

Thats the problem, it's not blaming them for their own actions, it's blaming a hobby, a pasttime just so they have something to blame.

[Aquamarine]

no media needto b, distroyd coz media iz evil/

'im seriosu rly

[Caael]

Aqua hasnt been reading anything thats been said at all.

I know he's joking, but come on.

[Aquamarine]

i r reed evrtin in fdis to-pic foll1

[Viridian Tiger]

That's very terrible. And I do agree with everyone here. I never really listened to MCR, but I do know that it isn't suicidal music. I listened to the "Black Parade" once and thought that it was something new and interesting, but by no means did it tell you to just go die. Seriously, people need to just shut up, swallow that huge block of suffocating pride, and move forward. People in general need to take responsibility for their own actions, but no. They always need something to blame.

If little Suzy isn't becoming preppy like all the other girls at school and is just going all "emo", which seriously needs to be redefined or at least get a new word, the parents blame all of the stuff the may do or listen to or whatever.

I swear, it makes me sick when people just go tossing the word "emo" around as if it was the freakin' plague. It's just like the word "gay", if it isn't appealing or great, they just flat out cry "gay". If they want to throw some words around, make up new words or great a bigger vocabulary!

If this girl committed suicide, then she, by her own free will did it. She must have had a thought run into her mind about death, and she took that path. I don't want to blame anyone, but what she did was of her own volition. If they could just see that it was her own doing and nothing else (though she may have been increasingly influenced with problems or something) then they should have immediately recognized that suicide would happen and should have called a therapist or psychiatrist. I'm getting angry with the world because they do these horrible things and do nothing but whine and blame everything around them.

Why can't people just see that it's meaningless to blame someone or something? If they find it unfair, welcome to life. It's cruel and terrible and full of hatred, yet at the same time warm and wondrous and full of love. *sigh* Well, I think that I should go no further, or I may bore you all. <_<