By Erwin Oliva
INQUIRER.net

I THOUGHT it was about a little fish that got lost… er, oh, that was Nemo!

Okay, this has been “bugging” me since I heard a teenage kid say to hairstylist, “I want an emo haircut.” What is an emo haircut? And why are kids today going gaga over anything that’s emo? For starters, emo, as shown by the need for disambiguation in Wikipedia, is a topic that leads to other topics. So that means, emo can mean different things to people, as this blog attests.

I understand emo as I understood the headbanging rockers in the 80s, the grunge movement in the 90s, and well, the hippies in the 60s and 70s. But again, these are terms that are often used loosely (read: abused).

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EVER heard that phrase? I guess so. If not, you wouldn’t be reading this blog anymore, heh.

How many times has music saved your “life.” In my case, I guess countless times. We have different tastes for music. They could be the neck-breaking heavy metal sounds you play loud. They could be the cool Indie Emo you have around when you’re feeling sentimental. They could be the old and new Brit rock or similarly influenced music you listen to while typing an entry in your blog.

You listen to music usually based on your moods; thus you would sometimes see people arranging their playlists based on certain emotions. Feeling-a-lot-of-love. Chill out. Morning dose. Cool down. Angry music. Or whatnot.

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