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Posted: Jun 11 2010 12:49 pm

How could this topic go on for 2 pages without one of the real reasons guys love goths:

Posted: Jun 11 2010 01:06 pm

I miss the days where Goths wore piecemeal armor and caved people's heads in with crude axes.

Posted: Jun 11 2010 01:10 pm

the real reason? that girl looks like crap. Goth-girls gotta look evil to be sexy.

Posted: Jun 11 2010 01:41 pm

i'll_bite_your_ear wrote:

the real reason? that girl looks like crap. Goth-girls gotta look evil to be sexy.

I'm guessing you don't watch NCIS.

Posted: Jun 11 2010 01:51 pm

Knyte wrote:

How could this topic go on for 2 pages without one of the real reasons guys love goths:

Except 99.99% of all goth chicks look far more horrible than her, and even she's no knockout. Maybe like a 6. Her eyes are way too far apart.

Posted: Jun 11 2010 01:53 pm

maybe once. but i don't see your point?

Posted: Jun 11 2010 02:01 pm

i'll_bite_your_ear wrote:

maybe once. but i don't see your point?

I guess the point is we shall agree to disagree. Good day to you, sir.

Posted: Jun 11 2010 02:05 pm

you asking for something thats impossible , are you aware of that?

Posted: Jun 11 2010 03:37 pm

I said GOOD DAY!

Posted: Jun 11 2010 06:08 pm

bassguy252 wrote:

I think thats a huge misconception

goths dont really wear corpse paint... but people into Black Metal do, I think its kind of silly

most goths up here wear like Tripp NYC or Cargo Pants, army pants, Lip Service, Bio Hazard Symbols, things with Skulls, Fishnet Shirts

stuff like that, But we do have what we refer to as mall goths or terror cookies... the "stereotypical angry goth that all of you guys dislike so much and give the rest of us a bad name"

I think I really just made that post because I'm pissed off at the mall goth scene for making the majority of the public think that Goth music consists of crap like My Chemical Romance and all the other terrible bands that are advertised so heavily at Hot Topic, when in reality goth music is stuff like Sisters of Mercy and Christian Death.

Posted: Jun 11 2010 06:19 pm

Burt Reynolds wrote:

Knyte wrote:

How could this topic go on for 2 pages without one of the real reasons guys love goths:

Except 99.99% of all goth chicks look far more horrible than her, and even she's no knockout. Maybe like a 6. Her eyes are way too far apart.

ur right in a way but I am more concerned about your new avatar, it just doesn't fit you since your one of the more respected members around

No one will ever have as good of an avatar as Ice2SeeU but u currently have the worst avatar on here at the moment.

Posted: Jun 11 2010 06:21 pm

I'd argue that and say I'll_bite_your_ear has the worst one so far. It's just an x in a white box, for crap's sake.

Posted: Jun 11 2010 06:37 pm

Dude, mine's the bum from Mulholland Drive. The single most terrifying bum in fiction or reality.

Posted: Jun 11 2010 07:00 pm

Burt Reynolds wrote:

Dude, mine's the bum from Mulholland Drive. The single most terrifying bum in fiction or reality.

do as u wish

but there is an offer on the table to send $5 to ur paypal to change ur avatar to the actual Burt Reynolds

Posted: Jun 12 2010 05:35 am

Cameron wrote:

bassguy252 wrote:

I think thats a huge misconception

goths dont really wear corpse paint... but people into Black Metal do, I think its kind of silly

most goths up here wear like Tripp NYC or Cargo Pants, army pants, Lip Service, Bio Hazard Symbols, things with Skulls, Fishnet Shirts

stuff like that, But we do have what we refer to as mall goths or terror cookies... the "stereotypical angry goth that all of you guys dislike so much and give the rest of us a bad name"

I think I really just made that post because I'm pissed off at the mall goth scene for making the majority of the public think that Goth music consists of crap like My Chemical Romance and all the other terrible bands that are advertised so heavily at Hot Topic, when in reality goth music is stuff like Sisters of Mercy and Christian Death.

Amen to that! Sisters of Mercy are brilliant... I think if they played My Chemical Romance at New City Suburbs or the Temple (our two local goth bars) there would be a riot. I've heard a lot of crazy shit at new city, even industrial remixes of Lady Gaga but not My Chemical Romance! ugh!

My favorite bands right now are VNV Nation, Icon of Coil, She Wants Revenge, Apoptygma Berzerk, Aesthetic Perfection, Grendel, Ivardensphere, Cyclon 9, Xeromancer, Suicide Commando, Mesmers Eyes and FGFC820 I can even tolerate Mindless Self Indulgence, Mando Diao, and Lady Tron but fucking My Chemical Romance!! ugh!!!!!!!

Posted: Jun 12 2010 06:24 am

Why does everyone hate on MCR? They're a great band with good, catchy songs and most of their "emo lyrics" are actually tongue in cheek. I don't really get how that one band is blamed for the creation of the entire emo scene and why people have to pretend to dislike them. You can admit that it's good music without hurting your precious fake individualism or looking like some kind of pussy, ok?

Man, I hate teenagers.

Posted: Jun 12 2010 09:09 am

My main beef with MCR is that people constantly, on the radio, compared their Black Parade song to Queen. Now, I guess that the disc jockeys are just as culpable in that, if not moreso, but nothing that band has done has been as good as anything Freddie Mercury sang, and that includes, "Flash, ah ah ah ah, savior of the universe!". Just like MCR will never make a rockin' song that's used in a Highlander TV show. That and the guy's voice just really annoys the bejeezus out of me, and I'm a guy who can easily listen to Red Roses for the Devil's Whore by Cradle of Filth without complaint. Sorry p-juice, it's not trendism. It's just personal preference.

Posted: Jun 12 2010 12:25 pm

Yeah, that's fine, but a good 75% of people who say they dislike MCR are doing so just to pretend they're hip because it's the cool thing to do. Somehow MCR became the flag, or official music of the emo scene through no fault of their own, so to most people that means if you hate emos, you have to hate MCR as well, which is gay.

By the way, when I first heard Black Parade, it reminded me of Queen's sound as well which is what I presume the DJs are referring to. I don't think they are saying MCR is as legendary as Queen is and comparing the bands; it's just a comparison of sound in that particular song, which I agree with.

Posted: Jun 12 2010 12:34 pm

See, and I find it funny that MCR is the 'poster boys' for the whole Emo scene when it's genesis was actually much longer in coming than that. I think that the whole genre name itself is kind of silly, to be honest. The first time I ever came across it was in, I think, 97 or 98 in an advertisement that I'd gotten with Acrobatic Tenement by At the Drive In, and after doing a little research, found out that it was something about 'emotional music'. Frankly, I don't really think I've ever heard any music by a recording artist that DIDN'T evoke some emotion in me, even if that was just a very mild distaste. That's like calling fiction books 'word based non-historical or biographical writing'. Also, when I actually went to Emo's in Austin, TX, about a year or two later, I didn't see any fucking scene kids running around. How did the term end up getting shifted from bands like ATDI or Drive Like Jehu to the current melange of outfits now getting labeled that? Anyone know?

Posted: Jun 12 2010 12:38 pm

I don't think I've ever even heard MCR... Confused

Posted: Jun 12 2010 12:42 pm

The Black Parade is a damn good album. Most of their earlier stuff is just annoying lo-fi noise though.

Posted: Jun 12 2010 12:47 pm

I was a cookie cutter Marilyn Manson fanboy when I was a teenager, I think the whole goth thing is really a phase that young people go through. Look at it this way, do I still like Manson's music? Yeah sure. Do I still dress all funny and try to get a rise out of the more "normal" people? No. I really think that whole I'm being unique and different but don't persecute me because of it or you're obviously some sort of intolerant nazi lifestyle is probably just a symptom of alienated teenagers trying to assert their control over life, kind of like how two year olds always say NO to everything as soon as they learn what no means. Keep in mind this post is not in any way ragging on those who choose to limit themselves with silly labels, just a personal observation.

Posted: Jun 12 2010 01:47 pm

Average people are scared and/or don't understand goths. They will pay attention to them, mock and ridicule. Its the Nature of the beast. If you dress that way, expect the reaction. If I get a flaming chupacabra tattooed on my forehead, it would make me an asshole to ask "Why does everyone keep looking at me and making comments? They Just don't understand me!!!" Same theory applies for Goths. Just not quite as extreme as a flaming Chupacabra Tattoo. Although... That might actually be a pretty sweet tattoo....

Posted: Jun 12 2010 01:52 pm

Yes, you must get it now. If you do I will seriously consider getting a tarantula tattooed across my face.

Like this.

Posted: Jun 13 2010 07:11 am

Syd Lexia wrote:

The Black Parade is a damn good album. Most of their earlier stuff is just annoying lo-fi noise though.

I dug their earlier album before The Black Parade as well (Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge), but you're right Syd; Black Parade is a great album and a massive step forward for the band. It's hard to imagine anyone not liking it to be honest.