I was a Teenage Goth...

[Maz]

I think the music knowledge of teenagers stops at the Spice Girls - I'll tell you what I want, what I really really want etc

...and what they really really want is a...."zigazig-ah"?

Er, anyone know what one of them is?

 

[TheDoctor]

Does it involve manly custard?

 

[Milo]

And naked hamsters?

 

[Baggy]

Naked hamsters?

I suspect manly custrd may have been on the Spice Girls' menu.

When I was a teen I hated the Smiths with a gladioli inserting passion, but changed my mind about them in the early 90s...

 

[Mr Pig]

I've always liked Goths. Seriously, without exception those that I've met have been really nice people

Totally, one of my friends was a Goth. One night my girlfriend and I went to a Goth disco...yeah sounds mad I know, instead of dancing they just mope around....anyway. I didn't have anything 'Gotthy' to wear so Carol said I could borrow a T shirt or something. She opened her wardrobe and I couldn't believe it. She didn't have a lot of black clothes. She didn't have a single item that was 'not' black!

I liked the Goth scene. There were never any fights, aggro or trouble. Unlike every other pub or club you ever went to.

 

[Riding in Circles]

Very new wave, not sure about goth, most goths would not have a clue who the Visigoths were anyway.

 

[Yellow Fang]

Do you still get Goths these days, or is everyone you see who looks like a goth now called an emo? I thought goths were more like a musical movement like mods, punks, etc, but emo was more a description of a certain type of teenager.

 

[alecstilleyedye]

apparently you do get "goths" these days, but as they seem to think marilyn manson is goth i think they're a very pale imitation of the goths of the '80s.

btw, the smiths, nma, the cure etc were not in themselves goth bands, but a lot of goths liked them.

 

[tdr1nka]

Very new wave, not sure about goth, most goths would not have a clue who the Visigoths were anyway.

I did!

I think the name 'Goth' really comes from the Victorian idea of the original rather than any great homage to the Visi or Ostro Goths.

 

[Milo]

The cure invented goth!

 

[tdr1nka]

The cure invented goth!

I'd be more inclined to say 'The Sisters Of Mercy' deserve that accolade?

 

[Milo]

Lie lies I tell you mumble mumble.

 

[tdr1nka]

OK Milo, we'll go with CatrikeUK's point that Goth 'actually' started
in Germany during the Fourth century.

 

[Noodley]

The cure invented goth!

Actually, I invented goth, metal, new romantic, mod, ska, two tone and punk...and reggae, soul, funk, disco, and operetas.

Thank you very much....in fact you should be thanking me very much.

 

[Milo]

I think its time to sift through my cure and joy division albums.