So you think you know what Goth is!!! Believe it or not it's not all about wearing Black!!!
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As so many people have wrongly been calling so many things Goth these days.I thought I'd set the record straight on just what Goth is & how it even started in the first place!
Firstly I have to start off with the most common misconceptions! : Goth has NEVER been a mainstream genre! Goth artist NEVER make mainstream pop hits! Goth musicans have wrote popular songs,but the songs are usually only popular with certain groups of people! Thus Evenessence & Lancuna Coil are not any where close to Goth!!!
Goths actually don't wear black all the time! In fact many like to wear bright pink!
Goths don't like hanging in grave yards! Most goths actually are freaked out by grave yards,but do enjoy old buildings & often like the looks of old stone.
Goths are actually not vampires! (No Duh!)
Goths are actually very nice friendly caring people!
Okay now! Now that we debunked the common misconceptions, it's time to get a bit more serious & talk about what Goth is exactly!
Goth came out of a unique combination of punk,new wave,& glam! The term "Goth" was first used in London to describe the kind of sound that post punks started up! Many people thought the music was actually much like Old world gloom in a lot of ways! The singers in Goth bands do often tend to use a slow clam tone when singing,often with a backing of synthesizers played in a slow ,but harsh manner.Oddly enough most Goth songs actually love to pick on what people think Goths are! (Something that the Punks before them loved doing! ) But other songs are kind of slow dark love songs, & then there are even songs that are recreations of much older songs in languages that no longer are spoken! Such languages as classical Latin & even the old Germanic language known as Goth! Bands styles in both dress & music are very vastly different, but share a lot of basic concepts
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Firstly I have to start off with the most common misconceptions! : Goth has NEVER been a mainstream genre! Goth artist NEVER make mainstream pop hits! Goth musicans have wrote popular songs,but the songs are usually only popular with certain groups of people! Thus Evenessence & Lancuna Coil are not any where close to Goth!!!
Goths actually don't wear black all the time! In fact many like to wear bright pink!
Goths don't like hanging in grave yards! Most goths actually are freaked out by grave yards,but do enjoy old buildings & often like the looks of old stone.
Goths are actually not vampires! (No Duh!)
Goths are actually very nice friendly caring people!
Okay now! Now that we debunked the common misconceptions, it's time to get a bit more serious & talk about what Goth is exactly!
Goth came out of a unique combination of punk,new wave,& glam! The term "Goth" was first used in London to describe the kind of sound that post punks started up! Many people thought the music was actually much like Old world gloom in a lot of ways! The singers in Goth bands do often tend to use a slow clam tone when singing,often with a backing of synthesizers played in a slow ,but harsh manner.Oddly enough most Goth songs actually love to pick on what people think Goths are! (Something that the Punks before them loved doing! ) But other songs are kind of slow dark love songs, & then there are even songs that are recreations of much older songs in languages that no longer are spoken! Such languages as classical Latin & even the old Germanic language known as Goth! Bands styles in both dress & music are very vastly different, but share a lot of basic concepts
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