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Re: Re: goth
In a message dated 3/28/99 8:39:42 PM, Eric.Sparks at axom_com wrote:
>i would like to correct the statement that poughkeepsie is all about
>suicide.
>poughkeepsie is all about the salvation that prevented the suicide. the
>salvation
>that made the real life begin. and if you think that otr is gothic then
>you have got
>some serious dyxlexic tendencies.
The song is about someone contemplating suicide. Whether you say it's about
salvation or not is immaterial: whatever way you slice it, technically, it's
STILL a song about suicide.
Where does dyslexia come in? I mean, dysthymia I can see, considering the
topic, but I thought I'd spelt everything correctly.
By the way, far as my statement concerning OtR being Goth: this is my tongue,
this is my cheek. They're usually found in extraordinarily close proximity.
(Don't say it, bink. Or Chris.)
I have to say, though, that we listen to a whole lot of stuff at Goth clubs.
Everything from Siouxsie to Duran Duran via Sisters of Mercy and October
Project. When I bought two CDs recently, I told a friend I'd gotten new Gothy
stuff. "No," he replied, "You got EBM." "Pthththth," I replied. "Goth is an
extraordinarily wide umbrella. And we're open-minded folk, if a bit
monochromatic. This is standard Goth-club fare, so for me, calling it Goth
works."
If I were going to choose one OtR song to play at Ceremony, I'm not sure what
it'd be. If one could put a thumping bass-beat to, say, "Rhapsodie," and
deepen it with a string section, I'd dance to it. Not to say I don't already!
Heck, if we can dance to Dead Can Dance's "The Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove"
(which I saw on a DJ's playlist the other night as "The Annoying Mr.
Lovegrove"), I'd say anything's possible.
What do you guys think? (Now that I know we have a few Goths here besides
myself!)