Being a goth involves...?

LadyJ

Hey hey!
Ok,here's the thing,black is my favourite colour and hence I wear it a lot.
However,over the past year or so I've been getting a lot of people telling me I look like a goth.
Now,I have dark hair and pale skin but that's about it really!

Anyway,some guy at a party came up to me last week and said
" My brother would love you". When I asked why he said
"He's into all that ****"
"What ****? Black?",I asked,to which he responded "Led Zepplin and all that rock ****"
Now,I'm not saying I'm not a fan but,tbh, my taste in music is pretty eclectic and I don't wear black because of any musical influence,I just ****in like it! :rolleyes:

So what I'm really asking here is what does it mean to be a goth?
When I wear my black,what is it that people think I believe in or support?
Is anyone here one of them?
Is it anything to do with sacrificing pigs?

sinjin_smythe

well firstly what kinda goth listens to led zepplin ?
And well being a goth involves long hair, matrix syle jackets, and being in a bad mood all day

LadyJ

weedhead wrote:

well firstly what kinda goth listens to led zepplin

I dunno tbh,I don't know what they listen to but the dude seemed to associate goths with zepplin.

netwhizkid

being a goth involves, not from personal experience or anything

1. Wearing dark clothes obviously,
2. Loving nearly all forms of Rock Music,
3. Being a loner in school, although goths nowadays tend to stick together.
4. General acting rather "hippyish"
5. Occasionaly doing drugs, although they kinda have rep that do em big time, but i'd say theyre not as bad as theyre percived.
6. Pretending to worship the devil, satan the occult etc.
7. Being very moody
8. Not liking the sun too much, they much rather, caves etc ie. the dark
9. Basically its a phase, some of them for some reason seems to be very good at maths, me for instance was a "middle of the road" kinda guy in school, friends with the popular kids and the nerd and geeks, goths etc. then i discovered boards and became a computer geek :rolleyes:

Regards netwhizkid

The Bollox

no no, goths listen to more Drowning Pool and SOAD and ****e like that, rockers and heavy metalers listen to Zeppelin and Sabbath. well Goth is really more of a generalisation, like a chav I mean what exactly defines a chav?

LadyJ

Maybe it's cause I have a kind of a pouty look but that's not because I'm moody,I'm just not an overly smiley person!

superconor

I thought goths listened to Sisters Of Mercy, Fields Of Neiphelim (sp?) and the Cure and stuff. Really bad music imo.

And then there is modern goths who listen to Lacuna Coil, NIghtwish, Tristiana and the like, generally female fronted bands. Then there is "Goths" who listen to HIM (pants), Marilyn Manson (old stuff rocks) and Slipknot (boring). That is my definition, but i could be wrong. ALso, i dont give a toss what anyone wears. Or listens too.

netwhizkid

They also particulary like listening to Richie Kavanagh

Regards netwhizkid

LadyJ

I just find it so aggrivating the way people are judged by their clothes!
****in hell,if I always wore green would I be considered a crazed patriot?!

The Bollox

netwhizkid wrote:

They also particulary like listening to Richie Kavanagh

Regards netwhizkid

who doesn't?
ooooh my girlfriend has a mobile phone, and we never get a moment alone,every time I ask for a kiss, she says hold on, until I answer this

MrJoeSoap

Goths and the Gothic in general has completely lost its way in modern times, it originated in the Middle Ages in Germany.

People who call you a goth are scared of what is different, quite simply.

LadyJ

MrJoeSoap wrote:

Goths and the Gothic in general has completely lost its way in modern times, it originated in the Middle Ages in Germany.

People who call you a goth are scared of what is different, quite simply.

True. And I don't particularly care what people think,I just want to know exactly what the connotations are.

MrJoeSoap

Good stuff so. You shouldn't wear so much black during the summer months though, its a great conductor of heat.

LadyJ

MrJoeSoap wrote:

Good stuff so. You shouldn't wear so much black during the summer months though, its a great conductor of heat.

I don't intend to. Reds and pinks for summer methinks!
Only black at night!

The Bollox

ok, being a goth involves looking like THIS!

Hobbes

Learn how to mime, and be depressed a lot... oh and go on about how different you want to be, just like all the other goths.

Cianan2

You should watch Coronation St. Theres a goth on that, might give you a better insight!

LadyJ

Marts wrote:

ok, being a goth involves looking like THIS!

Good God,is it female?

LadyJ

Cianan2 wrote:

You should watch Coronation St. Theres a goth on that, might give you a better insight!

Ha,yeah saw that. My uncle made a few wise cracks at me about her! :rolleyes:

The Bollox

dunno, I think its a Vogon, or maybe it just had to listen to Yeltz's poetry

BobTheBeat

Most definitely true, that anyone who calls you a goth, is a clown. Its a generalisation these days, for all the young guys and gals who hang out in town wearing their brothers slipknot and manson tops.
However, there is a flipside. Being a girl goth can be good. I dunno theres just something about them that suggests sexiness.

Giblet

LadyJ wrote:

Hey hey!
Ok,here's the thing,black is my favourite colour and hence I wear it a lot.
However,over the past year or so I've been getting a lot of people telling me I look like a goth.
Now,I have dark hair and pale skin but that's about it really!

Anyway,some guy at a party came up to me last week and said
" My brother would love you". When I asked why he said
"He's into all that ****"
"What ****? Black?",I asked,to which he responded "Led Zepplin and all that rock ****"
Now,I'm not saying I'm not a fan but,tbh, my taste in music is pretty eclectic and I don't wear black because of any musical influence,I just ****in like it! :rolleyes:

So what I'm really asking here is what does it mean to be a goth?
When I wear my black,what is it that people think I believe in or support?
Is anyone here one of them?
Is it anything to do with sacrificing pigs?

It sounds like he was calling you a rock chick, not a goth. In fact, if that conversation isn't paraphrased, the word goth isn't anywhere in it.

LadyJ

Well,it's not like I'm 15 or anything! Christ,I'm nearly 20 and I don't hang around central bank! I just like black! Black coats,skirts,tops,the occasional corset maybe but that's about all these "assumers" have to go on!

LadyJ

Giblet wrote:

It sounds like he was calling you a rock chick, not a goth. In fact, if that conversation isn't paraphrased, the word goth isn't anywhere in it.

Yeah but it's only one example,sorry!
I was just trying to explain the kind of assumptions people make about me.
I have been asked if I'm a goth numerous times though

Pfff, I'm not conforming to this conversation.

acri

MrJoeSoap wrote:

People who call you a goth are scared of what is different, quite simply.

i dont agree with this. ive been called a goth on the oft quite simply because i dyed my hair black and i dont cut it short. but these people arent afraid of me or whats different. actually, some are acquaintences (is that spelled right?). however, if im called a "mosher", which is used in a derogatory sense, then i get p*ssed. you wont like me when im p*ssed.

CerebralCortex

Goths in Galway City are just kids who are afraid to be individual.
Being individual is noble quality in a youth it shows intelligence and maturity imho.

acri

That another thing. being a goth because you want to be "individual" is b*llocks. theres nothing "individual" about it. how the hell can you be different like everyone else!?

sinjin_smythe

I just like black! Black coats,skirts,tops,the occasional corset maybe [/QUOTE]


corset = Goth look
Black coats = Goth look

YOU ARE A GOTH !!!
(so get with the program and say hi to satin for me!)

LadyJ

weedhead wrote:

corset = Goth look
Black coats = Goth look

YOU ARE A GOTH !!!
(so get with the program and say hi to satin for me!)

I can only assume you mean satAn!
However,it's just a colour preference dammit! Not a way of life!

nlgbbbblth

A Goth's main interests

1 Sisters Of Mercy / The Mission
2 Watching videos of The Cure's 1987 (Orange) and 1989 (Prayer) tours
3 Gaelic Games: Hurling and football
4 Working in financial services