Did You Celebrate World Goth Day?
@teamfreak16 (43418)
Denver, Colorado
May 23, 2017 2:27am CST
Yesterday was World Goth Day. Did you celebrate? I did. I listened to a bunch of goth. The Mission, The Sisters of Mercy, Bauhaus, Fields of the Nephilim, Christian Death, you name it, I listened to it.
Goth is a lifestyle, same as biker, cowboy, punk, or any other subculture. I'm not talking about the weekend warriors, of which you've seen plenty of in all of those aforementioned folk. I'm talking about the real deal. The cowboy that gets up at 5am to shoe horses. The biker that rides his Harley come rain or shine. The real deal.
Goths are no different. They live the life. They are harmless, regardless of what you think of their mode of dress.
Goths got a bad rap after Columbine. Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris were supposedly "goth." Please. They were about as goth as my cat, Fin. I have known a lot of goths over the years. I stopped dressing that way when I realized that I wanted to earn more than minimum wage. I still love the music. Not one single goth that I've ever known would ever shoot up a school.
A bit of a rant, but that is not what goth is about.
As I said, it's a lifestyle. A peaceful lifestyle. Nothing more. And the music rocks. Happy World Goth Day.
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@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
23 May 17
It's just a cool look that fits the music.
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
27 May 17
@teamfreak16 Everyone likes the dress of the era they are in I guess.
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@FourWalls (68128)
• United States
23 May 17
On a more serious note (RE: the two rectal orifices that murdered at Columbine), it wasn't the music's fault anymore than it was Jim Carroll's fault for writing The Basketball Diaries, the book which inspired the movie which allegedly inspired them. The thing that bothers me is that we always look for "the motive" so we can blame "the motive" and not the criminal.
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@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
23 May 17
All I know is that if I were stockpiling weapons in my bedroom, my mother would have known about it very quickly.
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@allen0187 (58582)
• Philippines
23 May 17
Never knew there was a Goth Day until this post.
I listened to some goth music but it was never my cup of tea.
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@allen0187 (58582)
• Philippines
24 May 17
@teamfreak16 I have a set of friends who are into Goth music. They always dress in black. Not sure if that is a generalization but I never saw them in any other color. They will wear black until a darker color is invented.
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@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
23 May 17
It is definitely one genre of music that is not for everyone.
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@LeaPea2417 (37355)
• Toccoa, Georgia
23 May 17
No, I didn't know the day existed.
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@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
23 May 17
I only saw it on Facebook, otherwise, I wouldn't have known either.
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@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
24 May 17
@spiderdust - I have no idea. I didn't know about that one.
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@spiderdust (14760)
• San Jose, California
24 May 17
@teamfreak16 It's not related to Bat Day at Disneyland, is it?
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@chrissbergstrom (10767)
• Banks, Oregon
23 May 17
Never knew goth had its own day
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@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
23 May 17
I didn't either, until I saw it on Facebook. Everything else has a day, so why not?
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@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
24 May 17
@spiderdust - Former Mission guitarist Mark Gemini Thwaite posted it on Facebook. Otherwise, I wouldn't have known about it either.
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@spiderdust (14760)
• San Jose, California
24 May 17
@teamfreak16 I didn't know about it either, although I play goth music just about every day.
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
26 May 17
@teamfreak16 Good, I am glad I am not alone.
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@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
25 May 17
I hadn't either until I saw it on Facebook.
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@msiduri (5687)
• United States
27 May 17
I must confess, I missed World Goth Day. I listened to the You Tube cut you posted, not thinking I'd care for it, but I enjoyed it. The affected vocal (I know it's signature goth) are not real high on my list of things I'd pick, but the music itself was decent. Thanks!
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@msiduri (5687)
• United States
27 May 17
@teamfreak16 I can see that. the guitar work I though was quite nice. I say that from my vast knowledge. The vocalist may have left to take a cough drop
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@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
27 May 17
@msiduri - A lot of goth singers go out of their way to sound like him , believe it or not.
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@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
27 May 17
One of the guitarists and the bassist left to form my favorite band, The Mission.
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@andriaperry (116936)
• Anniston, Alabama
23 May 17
Like most people think about those who want to get off the grid, like me, that I will be walking around in nasty clothes and using the bathroom in the woods. No I am modern, I just do not want to pay every cent to the freakin water and power company.
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@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
23 May 17
I totally understand that. They keep jacking up the rates.
@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
23 May 17
I only happened to see it on Facebook. One of my friends posted it.
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
23 May 17
I missed it! I would love to see a picture of you, Goth style please. Well I'm afraid that I fall into the weekend warrior category for Goth I like the look, or some of it - and some of the music... though like you say in public I prefer a more laid back look.
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@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
23 May 17
I have no idea where to find any photos, honestly.
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@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
25 May 17
@FayeHazel - No, but I did have the Robert Smith thing going for awhile.
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
25 May 17
@teamfreak16 Pictures or it didn't happen. Oh I can't help it, I think that is too cool! What was your look like? Like more the black clothing kind, or did you go full make up?
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