Goths

[ThereseOfLisieux]

By the way this "trend" is hilarious, IMO.... I mean.... they were doing this when I was in high school 1989-1993... And before that... Ever hear of The Cure?

-Michael

I graduated in 1986. Same then too.

My father is a Permanant Deacon, and a DRE for 30 years. I think it bothered him the most when he would pick me up from school, and see that. It does look rather satanic, especially the ones at my school who covered their black clothes with skelatons.

 

[Caedmon]

Goths to me are kind of creepy if you ask me. but you see I don't no any but I do have 2 friends that are skin heads.

Goths aren't skinheads, or neonazis, for that matter. It's important not to perpetuate stereotypes and misconceptions of those with whom you have little contact.

 

[Rising_Suns]

Caedmon,

I will assume by your avatar and your posts in this thread that you are a goth?

 

[tjboie2001]

No kidding I know what goths are thank you very much. I was pointing out the fact that they are wierd in there own way. And I also said that i don't know any. But all I know are 2 skins heads that are my friends.

 

[Caedmon]

No kidding I know what goths are thank you very much. I was pointing out the fact that they are wierd in there own way. And I also said that i don't know any. But all I know are 2 skins heads that are my friends.

My apologies. I thought that you were associating goths with skinhead ideology.

 

[Caedmon]

Caedmon,

I will assume by your avatar and your posts in this thread that you are a goth?

Nope.

 

[tjboie2001]

No I wasn't comparing the 2 at all. And your apologie is excepted thank you.

 

[seebs]

And there are hundreds, if not thousands, living in America and Europe, most being in Germany, with the highest concentration in Leipzig.

Wouldn't surprise me. I was actually sorta gothy for a while. I ended up being more of a deadhead, but... I still look good in black clothes with a black trenchcoat. I'm not really pale enough, and I don't like makeup, though.

Hey, sometimes I wear black clothes and parade-black-polish-shined steel-toe workboots, and I've been called just about everything. Unfortunately, this type of dress is only occasional, since the boots hurt my excessively wide feet.

I spent years wearing heavy boots. I still love 'em; unfortunately, I hate shoes in general. But if I have to wear shoes, black steel-toed boots are my friends.

Unconditional love and acceptance. It's an amazing thing, rather elusive...

Indeed. But outcasts understand it better than most other people do, I've found.

They just came out with a self-titled CD this year. They've diverged from the gothic sound over the years, but this new CD is a little more like their old school stuff. They're not my favorite band, and I can't sit through the entire CD without starting to feel a little annoyed, but hey, they're ok. Maybe I'm just biased toward neo-/industro-goth, who knows.

There's a band called Snake River Conspiracy that did what I believe to be the best ever cover of Lovesong.

 

[Caedmon]

Wouldn't surprise me. I was actually sorta gothy for a while. I ended up being more of a deadhead, but... I still look good in black clothes with a black trenchcoat. I'm not really pale enough, and I don't like makeup, though.

I'm a bit of an opponent of staunch paleness advocates, simply for the reason that people with darker skin find it horrendously difficult to go pale-as-death-white.

I spent years wearing heavy boots. I still love 'em; unfortunately, I hate shoes in general. But if I have to wear shoes, black steel-toed boots are my friends.

There are some incredible industrial-vein boots out there that I'd love to have, but they're too expensive, for one thing, and they don't make them, or at least I can't find them in, extra wide (E width).

Indeed. But outcasts understand it better than most other people do, I've found.

Tell me about it. If most of what you know is rejection, then you try extra hard to accept others. Ostracized people value unconditional love and acceptance.

There's a band called Snake River Conspiracy that did what I believe to be the best ever cover of Lovesong.

I haven't listened to their stuff yet. Maybe I'll check them out.

 

[seebs]

I'm a bit of an opponent of staunch paleness advocates, simply for the reason that people with darker skin find it horrendously difficult to go pale-as-death-white.

Yeah. I have one friend who's legally-black, and I tan darker than her some summers! I'm doomed to failure as a "goth".

There are some incredible industrial-vein boots out there that I'd love to have, but they're too expensive, for one thing, and they don't make them, or at least I can't find them in, extra wide (E width).

I think Red Wing Shoes makes shoes that wide, and they make excellent industrial boots. Real, serious, non-skid rubber, steel toes... Great shoes.

Tell me about it. If most of what you know is rejection, then you try extra hard to accept others. Ostracized people value unconditional love and acceptance.

And, generally, if you offer them some, they offer it right back.

I haven't listened to their stuff yet. Maybe I'll check them out.

I'm fond of 'em. Drop me a PM sometime, and I'll give you the list of "music I've run into I think you might like".

 

[CeeBee]

Alright thanks all for ur responses.