Am I the only one who's not goth but LOVES the genre anyway?

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27 Jul 2011, 10:12 pm

i am soooo into a lot of bands such as I:scintilla, the birthday massacre, Delain.

and i mean REAL goth. not just evanescence.
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27 Jul 2011, 10:41 pm

I like goth music, although I get confused as to what defines "goth." Is it a particular sound, a certain way of writing lyrics, a special kind of black fishnet stockings you have to wear? All these different niche categories make me scratch my head: Darkwave, Dark Ambient, Dream Pop, etc. An ex-girlfriend of mine tried to educate me about these things, but she gave up on me. :lol: I am old.

Anyway, I enjoy goth but I've never "dressed goth" or embraced it as a lifestyle. My favorite group right now is a Brazilian band called Scarlet Leaves. They have some free downloads here. Nice dark and relaxing stuff. Beautiful vocals.

Welcome, by the way!

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28 Jul 2011, 3:27 am

I like a lot of goth music, had goth friends, and used to go to goth clubs in the 90s, but was never really a goth. Mainly because I'm crap at all the make up and hair side of things, and just liked dancing to goth music.

So, no you're not the only one.

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28 Jul 2011, 6:23 am

Henbane wrote:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGzJ5hTneL0[/youtube]

THAT is teh real Goth. And yes. The Cure, Sisters of Mercy etcetera...and Christian Death of course.

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28 Jul 2011, 7:21 am

YourMother wrote:

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THAT is teh real Goth. And yes. The Cure, Sisters of Mercy etcetera...and Christian Death of course.

You forgot Seuxie Sue.

Birthday Massacre though, I admit, is amazing.

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28 Jul 2011, 9:30 am

Bauhaus.

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28 Jul 2011, 10:35 am

I’m not Goth at all, but I think Goths rock and I can appreciate Gothic Architecture. Is the Cure Goth? Because they’re pretty great.

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28 Jul 2011, 11:25 am

Didacticity wrote:

Is the Cure Goth? Because they’re pretty great.

They deny it, basically because saying that you are not part of a genre is cool, but let's face it; albums like Pornography and Faith are nothing if not Gothic. +the hair.

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28 Jul 2011, 11:33 am

YourMother wrote:

Didacticity wrote:

Is the Cure Goth? Because they’re pretty great.

They deny it.

As did (I hesitate to say do) The Sisters of Mercy. Vehemently.

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28 Jul 2011, 11:53 am

One of my favourite darkwave (subculture of goth) groups; Sopor Aeternus. (Their songs can take time to build up).
The singer, Anna-Varney Cantodea is a worshipper/devotee of Saturn.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpdRtUsG7Zk[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYjdnKsalDA[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRNYHQ5cy_w&feature=related[/youtube]

Jusa - the symbol she uses to represent her beliefs. Jupiter and Saturn's symbols combined.

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28 Jul 2011, 12:11 pm

Henbane wrote:

I love you. Though strictly speaking, Sopor is not a group. But whatever.

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28 Jul 2011, 11:44 pm

A lot of the bands i like are goth metal, and i ain't a goth.

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28 Jul 2011, 11:57 pm

The closest I've ever come to liking goth is early Ministry.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXtX9u7_6F8[/youtube]

Just four years later, the band turned into this:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9A0Om_EXbA[/youtube]

The mind boggles.

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29 Jul 2011, 6:00 am

Yes, I love many kinds of gothic music and am not a goth. I also like the typically wannabe-goth-but-not-really-just-called-that-by-ignorant-folks music...Awful I know. I mean as in Evanescence, who even are my favorite band and I am very, very ashamed of it. And of course I also like other genres that are never even associated with goth.
Now, back to the topic of goth, I do like the clothes and all though, and own a few pieces of clothing that could be considered gothic. I'd like to wear them more often but I'm lazy as hell and often don't feel clean enough to wear nicer things so as not to ruin them. And even when I wear those clothes I very rarely wear make-up. Furthermore, I do not consider myself a goth. I just like the much of the aesthetics.

Ookla wrote:

My favorite group right now is a Brazilian band called Scarlet Leaves. They have some free downloads here. Nice dark and relaxing stuff. Beautiful vocals.

You made me go and listen to them right now

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