True emo, 'emotive metal', died in the '80s where it began. Today, we have posers. If you like black and dress in a punkish style, but do not whine and think "no one understands me", then you are a punk-styled individual who favors black, not and emo.
Oh, and if you want to wear girl pants and are male, you must have no a** to begin with.
Nihilistic Seraph
What if we dress primarily in black and listen mainly to metal, although going occasionally into rock and goth?
However, none of what you provided makes you an emo. Again, whiney and the syndrome are the key factors, while the clothes only (unfortunately) amplify it. If anything, it makes you a primary rocker with a little bit of metal-head.
It's really hard for me to accept anyone as being a true goth without them having a strong interest and death. Again, the clothes are supposed to reflect the interest, not the other way around. And of course, there's nothing wrong with liking things from the gothic culture without being an actual goth; just don't call yourself a goth around me if you then don't want to discuss the lives of morticians.
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How I see it goths are artist, that focus on the dark areas of life.
Emos need to be put on medication.
Emos need to be put on medication.
...Yes, well, my reasoning is based on the first group of people that considered 'goth' as a lifestyle or trend, the Victorians. They were very interested in death because it surrounded them, and so their clothes reflected that. And, if you notice, many of the more elegant gothic outfits are similiar to those worn by the Victorians. As such, it is not what one does, so much as it is their interest or mind-frame.
Medication does not solve, things, either. xp
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If we're going to be precise, those people would be Neo-Victorians. The goth label is dependant on the music, which unfortunately has somewhat died out since the 80's.
And it's not always a big interest in death. Rather just a different outlook. The death thing comes from the poetry influence.
But yeah, go to Youtube and look up Bauhaus and Telegram Sam. Bauhaus is considered the archetypal goth band (and I saw them in concert!) and Telegram Sam is...well, see for yourself.
And it's not always a big interest in death. Rather just a different outlook. The death thing comes from the poetry influence.
But yeah, go to Youtube and look up Bauhaus and Telegram Sam. Bauhaus is considered the archetypal goth band (and I saw them in concert!) and Telegram Sam is...well, see for yourself.
"A different outlook", if we're going to be precise, is too broad. razz However, I do see your point with my earlier statement being too broad. While I still think that "darker aspects of life" can be a bit too open. Perhaps a better meeting ground would be that the gothic (life)style arises from an interest in death and/or related 'dark' subjects with a perception differing from the societal/ "normal" view.
Honestly, the music and the fashion today, at least, can be seperated. They may be siblings in the same culture, but they're not joined at the hip. razz
Goth British? Well, Bauhaus is British, but I don't know about the other originals.
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Yeah, pretty much.
