成人快手

I really do love stereotypes. Not! The whole idea about someone wanting to become individual, then just ending up falling into a 鈥榮cene鈥� makes me chuckle. But I'll admit, I was the biggest culprit for this.

Yes, my friends will all say that I was Emo, and they will not let me live it down. I don鈥檛 agree. Well, if I was it was only because of the fashion (and not the attitude,) which I admit now was god awful (how my mum let me out the house like that, I鈥檒l never know.)

Assortment

This got me thinking about the groups today. The 鈥榗ollections鈥� of diverse people you see floating around. You鈥檙e probably thinking, 鈥淲hat is she yapping on about!鈥� so, I鈥檒l give you some examples of the kind of groups I鈥檓 talking about (just remember I am being stereotypical here!)

Everyone remembers the invasion of the Chav, with their tracksuits n Burberry and the Trendies draped in designer names, but now there鈥檚 more.

Does your tee reveal your music taste?

Emos and Scene Kids with their unisex skin tight trousers, Punks and their mohicans, Goths and..well鈥� black. Metal-heads with their moshing, hardcore fans with band t-shirts, Rockabillies with anything 1950鈥檚, and Indie lovers who try to be effortlessly cool and 鈥榬ock n roll鈥�.

Then there are the fashionistas who could be into well..any genre of music as long as they are on trend and look 鈥榞ood鈥�, and usually shop in Topshop.

Musical Influences

Do they all follow 鈥榯heir鈥� style because of the music or bands they鈥檙e into? Or just because it鈥檚 鈥榗ool鈥� at that time and they鈥檙e reluctant to admit their real favourite genre of music, in fear of being laughed at? This especially applies to the younger generations who just want to be noticed!

Take the 2007 remake of the film, St Trinians for instance. I think the scene where the Head Girl introduces the different groups within the school sums up this whole idea of how society separates people, especially youngsters, each 鈥榮cene鈥� thinking they鈥檙e better than the others and not wanting to be misrepresented, 鈥淚鈥檓 not a Goth, I鈥檓 an Emo!鈥�

If you walk around the Town Centre there are a couple of specific 鈥榗lans鈥� you are bound to stumble across. And in most cases with one guess you can pick what music they鈥檙e into (it鈥檚 like a little game to amuse yourself whilst you鈥檙e shopping.) However there are some that take you by surprise and really make you wonder.

No Labels, Please

Surprise was my reaction to some of the answers I 鈥榗oaxed鈥� out of the people I found in Hanley. I say 鈥榗oaxed鈥� because some were extremely hard to get answers out of. No-one and I mean no-one wanted to label themselves. To me that seems daft! Just because they don鈥檛 say it verbally, doesn鈥檛 mean that they鈥榬e not showing it through how they look!

Ashley and Michael described their favourite genre of music as Hardcore and Old School Punk. Their favourite bands were The Ghost Inside and after some deliberation, Black Lips. The lads also produced the best quote of the day, which they were unsure about everyone knowing, but I鈥檓 using it anyways鈥� 鈥淲e鈥檙e Rock 'n' Roll. It鈥檚 not the way you look. It鈥檚 the way you live."

It鈥檚 not how you look, it's how you live

I also caught Amy and Julia busking with their guitar outside Boots. Julia revealed that her favourite genre of music was Symphonic Metal, with her favourite band being Within Temptation, which she instantly chose. She described her style as 鈥榙ramatic, Gothic Victorian with glitter involved!' Amy鈥檚 style reflected her love of folk music and Damien Rice.

These four examples did show their love for a particular genre of music through their clothes. But others weren鈥檛 so clear. There was one lad called Daniel that was dressed as what I thought a pop punk/ hardcore kid would parade in, yet he revealed to my surprise that classical music was his forte.

What鈥檚 Next?

New categories are still emerging, with the release of Deathcore, a mixture of death metal and hardcore; Crunkcore, elements of screamo, hardcore and crunk hip hop; and then Emotronic, combining emo music with electro beats.

So keep your eyes peeled for the warriors of these tribes and make sure your tick them of your 鈥榮potted鈥� list, but as I鈥檝e learnt you can鈥檛 judge a book by its cover (well, the majority you can!)