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Re: How to be Goth
by callei on Mar 13, 2003 - 03:58 PM
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take all the space you need to get the shmeng of school out. and i think you got my point. just try to hold it in your mind as you go thru the weirdness that is school, as most schools are there to teach you to be herd and live in fear rather than who to stand tall on your own.
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Re: How to be Goth
by Anonymous-Coward on Sep 30, 2003 - 04:06 PM
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Hello! I am new to this site and first off let me say that it is fantastic. Even though I only scored 7 out of 13 on the Goth quiz (sniff, sniff)...........
I can´t speak on behalf of most people, as everyone has their own take on goth and/or the gothic subculture. In my experience so far, it has always been an inherent feeling. I remember being 8-10, at the most-listening to "People are People" by DM and understanding fully everything behind the orchestration. Same goes for the wall of sound that surrounds the haunting melody of "Charlotte Sometimes" by the Cure (I am sure, this track needs no introduction). I don´t neccessarily believe that if one is predisposed to melancholic feelings-or at least recgonizes them-at an early age that it makes them goth by any means, but i do believe that this may be something you´re just born with. For me, I was elated to have such feelings transcribed into music that I still listen to almost 20 years later.
When Siouxsie first came around, true, it wasn´t called gothic was it? But eventually they had to call it something. And how does one become Goth? If you want to make a fashion statement, have cool hair, and listen to good music, then so be it. Most people who actually need to know how to become ANYTHING probably don´t have a very strong personal identity. More later.
Maybe she´s born that way........
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