Undoubtably,
in the last few years many people in high and low places have been
saying that this and that is dead, from music genres to lifestyles. One
thing that I was racking my brains on was from a quote I'd seen on the
back of the prgram I got when I went to the Circus of Horrors.
The quote was on an advertisement for Whitby Goth Festival - They had
gathered a bunch of replies from music companies and random ignorant
passerbies who had commented against the festival. I thought it was a
great idea, pure irony like. There was a whole bunch of 'em - One said
''I Couldn't Tell Whether It Was A Man Or A Woman'', but the best one
was from Nazi Music Express (that's nme to you). They went and said
''Goth's Dead, Sez Us''... Can't you see somthing abit suspicious about
that?
Goth and other ''underground'' cultures are great. They yield some
fantastic people and they don't run on any inertia - they just ''Are''.
Everyone says that this and that is dead, but is any ''Scene'' truly
dead? NO - Ofcourse not. People choose their culture and live by it,
shit - There's STILL hippies in the world, there's new generations of
spaced out hendrix lovers appearing all the time.
The best thing about this issue is that if you look at the accusers
closely enough you become to realise a pattern. People like the Nazi
Music Express run on pure FAD, they need something to be making money
and to be at it's prime or they think that it's old and dead - Their
comments are purely based on anxiety, the need to feel valid through
the eyes of others. They have no culture, no spine and no sense of
taste... they're weak. Common culture and media hate subculture,
they're terrified of it. If you've ever seen a film where the bad guy
wasn't britich, a longhair or a black man, let me know - I'll be bloody
surprised!
Again, the comment strikes me as something that's truly invalid... If
Goth and other cultures are dead, can you possibly tell me when they
were alive? It was never popular or very noteable for moneymaking in
the first place!
Many say the same about Punk... I say, Go on the internet and look up
Punk bands, you'll find that there's more today than there's ever been.
It aint dead... the only people who say it is are the ones who are
likely to lose money from it! The only people who say Punk is dead are
the pussies who gave it up and came to regret it.
Though it aint my thing by far, there's still people who dress up in
victorian clothing - This is about the most extreme example of un-dead
culture, but it's proof that not even the victorians are dead (bugger!
falwed meself there abit...).
So, the next time that someone tells you that your culture doesn't
exist, kick 'em in the head and tell 'em it was me who told you to do
it.
Peoples worlds are so small that if it ain't being spoon feed to them through
the media than it doesn't exist. Hate is a very strong emotion, people are adicted
to it just like any chemical. If they get no response from their words or actions they move onto the next. Music bullies, a life all it's own feeding on thinking they are right.
I think goths would love to hear their music is dead, isn't that the whole point. Who wants to be main stream? There the media bears get you and eat your eyes out.
You are so true, once sold out you can't go back to the underground any longer, it is part of the price for selling your soul.
You ever notice that the strangest people you meet who like the most obscure
music are the least scary. Metal heads and goths are the nicest people. Even true punks are very caring people. It is the body snatchers who leach onto a new or old scene and suck it dry, spreading their zombie like believes through the veins of a once pure thing.
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