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25 Reasons We Love Old School Goth

Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2003 1:33 pm
by Bone
Stolen from White_Darkness over on NashvilleGothic
This should make a few of you old schoolers giggle.
Side note some of these IMHO arn't very Old School But then again I am :old:


1. Better music hands-down, and Fields of the Nephilim is STILL together. *grin*
2. Being able to be _yourself_ first and goth second.
3. You don't have to worry about melting/fading/cracking/dying if you get rained on or are exposed to sunlight.
4. When someone talks about Ye Olde Days, the room doesn't instantly vaporize in a cloud of angst.
5. DIY fashion!!
6. Being able to show the world that yes, white foundation can be worn very well.
7. Medieval architecture.
8. An unseverable connection with the 80's.
9. People able to verbally trounce their detractors in ten seconds. Without cursing.
10. Seeing and knowing that Marilyn Manson was just an entertainer, not the Antichrist or some flashy new demigod.
11. Being able to wear a pentacle without yelling "HAIL SATAN!!" every five minutes.
12. Three words: intelligent Livejournal conversations.
13. Two words: Fat Bob.
14. One word: black. (Not pastel pink ... black.)
15. Boots that you can actually stand up and dance in.
16. Having the satisfaction of knowing that you really _did_ grow all that hair by yourself.
17. Poetry can still be used as an avenue of expression without looking tacky.
18. Peter Murphy!
19. People who say they speak three or more languages can form a coherent sentence in each one.
20. Suddenly hearing your lover screaming out in three or more languages during sex.
21. Winkle pickers.
22. Aqua Net.
23. The New Romanticism connection.
24. 18th century fashion ... because it has always been extremely beautiful.
25. Sarcasm, practical jokes, and humour in general.

Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2003 1:42 pm
by Vampilot
;-) HEAR-HEAR!!
Yes, some of us 'Grumpy-Goths' should tell these kids how it *should* be... hehe!
-V

Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2003 4:57 pm
by The Fallen
*smacks his gums*
Why I remember back in the day...
*wheeze*

Re: 25 Reasons We Love Old School Goth

Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2003 8:38 pm
by junkie christ
Bone wrote:14. One word: black. (Not pastel pink ... black.)

agreed. where the fuck did that come from?
tori is exempt, thats it. lol.

that list is fucking great.i should make one for old school punk........

Re: 25 Reasons We Love Old School Goth

Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2003 12:40 am
by ms.tangledwebs
junkie christ wrote:
Bone wrote:14. One word: black. (Not pastel pink ... black.)

agreed. where the fuck did that come from?
tori is exempt, thats it. lol.

that list is fucking great.i should make one for old school punk........


HEY!!! *pouts* oh wait, if that bothered me, that would mean I consider myself goth... Never mind

Re: 25 Reasons We Love Old School Goth

Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2003 11:03 am
by QueenOfTheFlock
ms.tangledwebs wrote:
junkie christ wrote:
Bone wrote:14. One word: black. (Not pastel pink ... black.)

agreed. where the fuck did that come from?
tori is exempt, thats it. lol.

that list is fucking great.i should make one for old school punk........


HEY!!! *pouts* oh wait, if that bothered me, that would mean I consider myself goth... Never mind


That's what I am saying. I'm not goth. I love pink and yellow way too damn much. Both of which are my favorite colors.

Re: 25 Reasons We Love Old School Goth

Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2003 11:22 am
by iblis
QueenOfTheFlock wrote:
ms.tangledwebs wrote:
junkie christ wrote:
Bone wrote:14. One word: black. (Not pastel pink ... black.)

agreed. where the fuck did that come from?
tori is exempt, thats it. lol.

that list is fucking great.i should make one for old school punk........

HEY!!! *pouts* oh wait, if that bothered me, that would mean I consider myself goth... Never mind

That's what I am saying. I'm not goth. I love pink and yellow way too damn much. Both of which are my favorite colors.

Yes, but you also like Zelda, so you're still cool.

Re: 25 Reasons We Love Old School Goth

Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2003 12:19 pm
by QueenOfTheFlock
iblis wrote:
QueenOfTheFlock wrote:
ms.tangledwebs wrote:
junkie christ wrote:
Bone wrote:14. One word: black. (Not pastel pink ... black.)

agreed. where the fuck did that come from?
tori is exempt, thats it. lol.

that list is fucking great.i should make one for old school punk........

HEY!!! *pouts* oh wait, if that bothered me, that would mean I consider myself goth... Never mind

That's what I am saying. I'm not goth. I love pink and yellow way too damn much. Both of which are my favorite colors.

Yes, but you also like Zelda, so you're still cool.


I like it but I suck at it now. I wish I could play as well as I could when I was young playing on an old skook Nintendo. I am so clueless now.

Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2003 4:01 pm
by Synthpopalooza
Nintendo?!! That is SOOOO late 80's!

Atari 2600 is where it's all at, man! I remember getting one as a christmas present in 1981 after my parents paid $200 for it! Those were the days ...

Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2003 4:57 pm
by QueenOfTheFlock
Synthpopalooza wrote:Nintendo?!! That is SOOOO late 80's!

Atari 2600 is where it's all at, man! I remember getting one as a christmas present in 1981 after my parents paid $200 for it! Those were the days ...


I got my first Atari when Nintendo was getting big. It was, I think , 89. I loved the hell out of that Atari too. The Nintendo I got was used. Then I moved on to Sega Genesis. Now I have my lovely little Gamecube. It's so cute.

Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2003 5:53 pm
by Bone
Synthpopalooza wrote:Nintendo?!! That is SOOOO late 80's!

Atari 2600 is where it's all at, man! I remember getting one as a christmas present in 1981 after my parents paid $200 for it! Those were the days ...


Heh me too, however I think we got ours in 82.
One World:

"Adventure"

Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2003 9:24 pm
by Hardcoregirl
It always amazes me the lack of goths on a board called knoxGOTHIC.

"No, I'm not goth."

"No, not me either."

"I don't like to define myself by a word."

"I'm just me. I'm too unique and to much of an individual like everyone else to label myself."

:P Silly gothlings.

My favorite is #18.

Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2003 9:46 pm
by satanskitten
Synthpopalooza wrote:Nintendo?!! That is SOOOO late 80's!

Atari 2600 is where it's all at, man! I remember getting one as a christmas present in 1981 after my parents paid $200 for it! Those were the days ...


I tore my mom's house apart a couple of years ago trying to find our old Atari cause I wanted to play pong. unfortunately she sold it in a yardsale a few years earlier.

Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2003 10:04 am
by Hand of Fate
Buttercup wrote:It always amazes me the lack of goths on a board called knoxGOTHIC.

"No, I'm not goth."

"No, not me either."

"I don't like to define myself by a word."

"I'm just me. I'm too unique and to much of an individual like everyone else to label myself."

:P Silly gothlings.

My favorite is #18.


So should we change the board from knoxgothic to knotgothic?

Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2003 10:34 am
by Celestial Dung
Post was deleted that was insuating an argument.

Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2003 12:27 pm
by Bone
Buttercup wrote:It always amazes me the lack of goths on a board called knoxGOTHIC.

"No, I'm not goth."

"No, not me either."

"I don't like to define myself by a word."

"I'm just me. I'm too unique and to much of an individual like everyone else to label myself."

:P Silly gothlings.

My favorite is #18.


A sign of a true "goth", they are the first to LOUDLY proclaim I am not "Goth" :-x

Re: 25 Reasons We Love Old School Goth

Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2003 12:33 pm
by The_Lady_Aphrodite
Bone wrote:Stolen from White_Darkness over on NashvilleGothic

2. Being able to be _yourself_ first and goth second.

11. Being able to wear a pentacle without yelling "HAIL SATAN!!" every five minutes.


these are my favorites especially the pentacle..." I am not a satanist dammit i am pagan!"

Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2003 12:53 pm
by lovechild
love the list i agree to liking #18 best as well.

Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2003 1:53 pm
by Synthpopalooza
satanskitten wrote:
I tore my mom's house apart a couple of years ago trying to find our old Atari cause I wanted to play pong. unfortunately she sold it in a yardsale a few years earlier.


I am fortunate, I was able to get ahold of an Atari 2600 emulator and a few ROM's ... Now I am back in Atari-land again. Ohh absolute heaven! :)

I still have the old games and the Atari, I just need to find a power supply and an RF modulator and I am back in biz.

Re: 25 Reasons We Love Old School Goth

Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2003 3:01 pm
by Lost Traveler
Bone wrote:1. Better music hands-down, and Fields of the Nephilim is STILL together. *grin*
2. Being able to be _yourself_ first and goth second.
3. You don't have to worry about melting/fading/cracking/dying if you get rained on or are exposed to sunlight.
4. When someone talks about Ye Olde Days, the room doesn't instantly vaporize in a cloud of angst.
5. DIY fashion!!
7. Medieval architecture.
8. An unseverable connection with the 80's.
9. People able to verbally trounce their detractors in ten seconds. Without cursing.
10. Seeing and knowing that Marilyn Manson was just an entertainer, not the Antichrist or some flashy new demigod.
11. Being able to wear a pentacle without yelling "HAIL SATAN!!" every five minutes.
14. One word: black. (Not pastel pink ... black.)
15. Boots that you can actually stand up and dance in.
17. Poetry can still be used as an avenue of expression without looking tacky.
18. Peter Murphy!
23. The New Romanticism connection.
24. 18th century fashion ... because it has always been extremely beautiful.
25. Sarcasm, practical jokes, and humour in general.


12. Three words: intelligent Livejournal conversations. Old School????