What are your top 10 Goth songs?

[bert]

yep. . inspired by the Grunge thread, although I didn't listen to a lot of grunge, but I have a TON of Goth bands.

note: not "best".. just YOUR 10 favorites.

(I'm hoping someone will mention something I've not heard before :)).

10) Cassandra Complex: Kill Your Children

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYT0US3BbVs

9) Rosetta Stone: Adreneline

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YTXX7PAnGM&feature=related

8) Skinny Puppy: Dig It!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDKkRSUrTd8

7) Peter Murphy: Cuts You Up

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpz2AWu4PZg

6)the Cult: the Witch

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnyxEz4l70Q&feature=related

5) Bahaus: Bella Lugosi's Dead

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mriBc6NjUhg

4) Cruxshadows: Marilyn My Bitterness

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYffQwFX-L0

3) Mission UK: Dance on Glass

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dikSeQmKs8

2) Bahaus: She's in Parties

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VyWNDxQQxM&feature=related

1) Sisters of Mercy: Floodland

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sn_GCGJCxo8

[KirbyKrackle]

1-10: Life sucks, I'm mopey, and dark things are dark.

[bert]

1-10: Life sucks, I'm mopey, and dark things are dark.

not helpful, and kinda trollish.

yay. . you felt the need to post! (and you're wrong about many Goth songs)

good for you!

[stevapalooza]

Vast-Pretty When You Cry

I don't know nine more.

[bert]

Vast-Pretty When You Cry

I don't know nine more.

I do like V.A.S.T. tho I admit I'm not familiar with this song.


my fave of thiers (which would have made a top 20 list by me) would be "Touched"


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8S_R13jV11Q&feature=related

[Karen El]

Ten that I like, in no particular order.

Evanescence - Hello

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPam_3D9eXU

Faith and the Muse - Battle Hymn

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oo4XYwG24cM&feature=related

Inkubus Sukkubus - Witches

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Da2ps2XiA8Y&feature=related

The Birthday Massacre - Red Stars

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRwr02-u5SU

The Dresden Dolls - Sex Changes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eO-dT913Zmg

Rasputina - Gingerbread Coffin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzfSpkCYMTM

Scary Bitches - Piss All Over Your Grave

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjw4AWoHr2k

Tristania - Year of the Rat

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-S_QhVHGKZQ&feature=related

My Chemical Romance - Welcome to the Black Parade

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDWgsQhbaqU

Amanda Palmer - Oasis

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8C17yfGyJjM

[ConnorHawke]

Siouxsie and the Banshees for all 10, but I'm too clueless about goth to know at which point they would be considered goth.

I love all Siouxsie though.

[ZimMan2]

Voltaire, Voltaire, Voltaire, Voltaire, Voltaire, Voltaire, Voltaire, Voltaire, Voltaire, and Voltaire.

[michealdark]

How are we defining goth? Do we include goth metal? Goth punk? Industrial?

[bert]

Ten that I like, in no particular order.

Faith and the Muse - Battle Hymn

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oo4XYwG24cM&feature=related



ooo. .that's my FAVORITE F&tM song.

have you heard the remix that's on the limited EP (I bought from them last year at Dragoncon).

great stuff. .

[bert]

Siouxsie and the Banshees for all 10, but I'm too clueless about goth to know at which point they would be considered goth.

I love all Siouxsie though.

HUGE Siouxise fan. . not all of her stuff would be "Goth". .but most does have gothy undertones.

my fave is "Israel"

[bert]

How are we defining goth? Do we include goth metal? Goth punk? Industrial?

whatever you consider it. . I have a bit of mix of most of what you listed.

tho I do eventually plan to do an Industrial list (Front 242, Nitzer Ebb, NIN, and A Split Second would likely take up most of the list :))

[bert]

Voltaire, Voltaire, Voltaire, Voltaire, Voltaire, Voltaire, Voltaire, Voltaire, Voltaire, and Voltaire.

he's fun live (see him every year at Dragon*con multiple times). . but his songs are simply too "jokey" for me.

I put him in the same vein as Abney Park. . who I LOVE live. . but just don't listen to the CDs that much.

[Kate Fatale]

Not sure if this counts, but I love Otep's "Ghostflowers."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qO9b5mw381I

It helps that it reminds me of Batwoman and Alice. God, I am such a geek.

[Tangent Man]

1. Eva O Halo Experience--"Children of The Light"
2. Scream For Tina--"Kristen"
3. Siouxsie & The Banshees--"Spellbound"
4. Joy Division--"Isolation"; "Love Will Tear Us Apart"; "She's Lost Control"
5. Red Lorry Yellow Lorry--"Talk About The Weather"
6. Lacuna Coil--"The Prophet Lied"; "The Ghost Woman & The Hunter"
7. Bauhaus--"Double Dare"; "Bela Lugosi's Dead"; "Stigmata Martyr"; "Mask"
8. Rasputina--"Transylvania Concubine"
9. This Mortal Coil--"Siren's Song"
10. The Wake--"Sideshow"

[ZimMan2]

he's fun live (see him every year at Dragon*con multiple times). . but his songs are simply too "jokey" for me.

I put him in the same vein as Abney Park. . who I LOVE live. . but just don't listen to the CDs that much.

That is precisely what I love about him. In an interview (http://www.egodriven.net/voltaire.htm), he says this of Goth culture:

"If I were to pretend that I am sad ALL OF THE TIME, then I would be just as phony and moronic as those pretending to be happy all of the time."

I am a firm believer in not taking life too seriously. And anyone who can talk about serious, thought-provoking topics in a compelling way while also making me laugh is someone I have admiration for. Voltaire has this in spades, as well as tremendous musical talent and integrity. He is, no joke, one of my personal heroes.

And also, not all of his songs are about eating brains and fucking zombies (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7fgttCG_nU).

[Tangent Man]

Goth isn't about an absence of joy. It's about experiencing joy in places that conventionally-minded people wouldn't think to look. It's about appreciating beauty where you wouldn't expect to find it. In several cases, the common denominators happen to be things that most folks would find "macabre"--cemeteries, death & dying, the afterlife, spirituality, non-peppy religious icons, beasts of prey, dark sexuality, etc.

[michealdark]

whatever you consider it. . I have a bit of mix of most of what you listed.

tho I do eventually plan to do an Industrial list (Front 242, Nitzer Ebb, NIN, and A Split Second would likely take up most of the list :))

Then I'll probably hold off on the industrial until you do that list, though I warn you mine will probably be longer than 10

[Karen El]

Goth isn't about an absence of joy. It's about experiencing joy in places that conventionally-minded people wouldn't think to look. It's about appreciating beauty where you wouldn't expect to find it. In several cases, the common denominators happen to be things that most folks would find "macabre"--cemeteries, death & dying, the afterlife, spirituality, non-peppy religious icons, beasts of prey, dark sexuality, etc.

I'm a Gothity Goth Goth, and I approve this message.

[t.c.johnson]

Goth isn't about an absence of joy. It's about experiencing joy in places that conventionally-minded people wouldn't think to look. It's about appreciating beauty where you wouldn't expect to find it. In several cases, the common denominators happen to be things that most folks would find "macabre"--cemeteries, death & dying, the afterlife, spirituality, non-peppy religious icons, beasts of prey, dark sexuality, etc.

I like that a lot.

[t.c.johnson]

Not sure about introducing you to anything new but....


Covenant, Afterhours

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UOdQPk2G18&playnext=1&list=PL63681A9842D9CF78

Rasputina, Rusty the Skatemaker

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47DtisBGB5A

Cruxshadows, Deception

://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGjK6hKahU8

Sisters of Mercy - This Corrosion

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obzPPeHgHRQ

Siouxie and the Banshees - Peek-A-Boo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9e7sEkLV8Q

VNV Nation - Kingdom

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zf8a3s8Nkd4

Luxt, Fiend
(Can't find video.)

The Cure, Burn

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyr5WdrEvGI

Hexedene, Digital Angel
(Can't find a Youtube of it but hear sample here: http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/1019254/a/Diva+X+Machina,+Vol.+3.htm)

Bella Morte, On the Edge (Gotta give it up for a local band)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtIORI2T2H8

And as a bonus:

Godhead, Eleanor Rigby:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=li580259YwU

[trypr]

Sometimes goth is also about just having a laugh too ^_- Without thinking about it too much: a top ten (ten!) in that vein "A-A-A-AAAH"
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xunXQPEcoHM&feature=related)

"Lagartija Nick" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e11uB1AHjYA) - Bauhaus
"Baby Turns Blue" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IimsciWwHHk) - Virgin Prunes
"Aunty Crystal's Thieves" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVdcEBMTR_0) - Children on Stun
"100 Mph" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kX5sAqaFD0A&feature=related) - Dream Disciples
"Saturnalia" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsH4rY2Rsl4) - Nekromatik
"Hurricane Fighter Plane" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gl2viALq6BA) - Alien Sex Fiend
"Hex" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqE6Ip1MJbs) - Specimen
"Oh My Goth!" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDNkjWv-Lhw) - Razed in Black
"Body Electric" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ND-f7OGrahw) - Sisters of Mercy
"Release the Bats" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBIKiBC7zSI&feature=related) - The Birthday Party

[jhota]

pretty much The Crüxshadows entire Ethernaut album.

well, and Delain's Frozen.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhN4T4uhIWE

[Weeto]

I'm not going to pick the full ten even though I love Goth rock but I am going to point out something special that hasn't been mentioned yet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seXsVCOZhps&feature=fvst

[bert]

I'm not going to pick the full ten even though I love Goth rock but I am going to point out something special that hasn't been mentioned yet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seXsVCOZhps&feature=fvst

hmm. . . nice.

*however*, as much as I like Lordi (makes sense, as I'm a huge KISS and GWAR fan), no way, no how, would I consider them "Goth".

but hey, I guess your mileage may vary.

[Tangent Man]

I'm a Gothity Goth Goth, and I approve this message.


I like that a lot.

Thanks, guys! trypr, you nailed it pretty succinctly, too!

Whether it's a clever Christian Death lyric, the fantastic fashions of the more talented Goths, or that amazing album cover by the Sisters of Mercy referencing The Inferno, Goth puts a smile on my face!

A few more Goth classics worth the mention:

1. "Detonation Boulevard", "Lucretia My Reflection", & "1959" by The Sisters of Mercy.
2. "Christine" by Siouxsie and The Banshees
3. "Orchid Dreaming" by Big Electric Cat
4. "Charlotte Sometimes", "Primary", "A Forest", "One Hundred Years", and "Pornography" by The Cure

[Weeto]

Lordi AREN'T Goths?

What have you been drinking Bert?

http://www.lordi.fi/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/LORDIGROUPWITHNEWDRUMMEROTUSNUMBER5medium-120x120.jpg

[The Xenos]

Huh... I only recognize about half of these bands. I am goth disappoint.

I was huge into Evanescence just as they were hitting it big. Though when I looked more into other bands I had heard before them in that same operatic metal fusion sound. They ended up being more of a flash in the pan. Huh.. kinda like the relationship I was in at the time. Plus when when I heard some of the older versions of the songs, some of them sounded better, less Linkin Park-y. Meanwhile, bands like Lacuna Coil and Nightwish seem to have a longer and better track record. Though Nightwish sadly split from their lead singer and I never got into their new sound.

Of course that's more metal goth and more modern goth. Most of the ones bert listed were more 80s goth and even some new wave. That stuff's kinda before my time, at least before I really got into my own with music, but I did eventually get into them.

Now they're not goth, but I love how mirthfully mopey The Smiths and Morrisey are. I definitely played then hell out of them while being all melancholy.

Of course kids today don't give a crap about goth. All this emo crap takes goth and mixes it with bits from other genres and fashions like punk, skater, nerd chic, and even preppies. It's turned into a weird hybrid of many subcultures by way of whining about your feelings. Kinda reminds me of how the goth kids resent the vampire kids since goth culture was around first and all these new kids are cribbing their style under a new name.

[bert]

Of course that's more metal goth and more modern goth. Most of the ones bert listed were more 80s goth and even some new wave. That stuff's kinda before my time, at least before I really got into my own with music, but I did eventually get into them.


heh.

that's my age -- that's what I was listening to in the 80's, and that's what I continue to like best (you'll note my "Industrial" list (and also my "Metal" lists in some part) are 80's centric as well :)).

big Smiths fan, but *really* lost intereste in Morrissey after the 1st solo album (which is interesting, as I remained a Marr fan (still love Electronic)). Not sure if I just got older and lost patience w/ Morrissey, but really, every song started to sound the same to me!

I did see the Smiths on tour back then tho (Meat is Murder tour, I believe), with opener, "Jewish, Lesbian, Folk-Singer" Phranc. Still one of the best shows I've ever seen.

[trypr]

Of course kids today don't give a crap about goth. All this emo crap takes goth and mixes it with bits from other genres and fashions like punk, skater, nerd chic, and even preppies. It's turned into a weird hybrid of many subcultures by way of whining about your feelings. Kinda reminds me of how the goth kids resent the vampire kids since goth culture was around first and all these new kids are cribbing their style under a new name

I think it all does the rounds: goth just happens to be the label that took off in modern popular culture. Post-punk Gothic-Rock is a bit of a stylistic touchstone, but the scene evolves and changes and diversifies all the same. I think when you're at the age in which you're hunting for an identity the politics of association (practically a cliche in the goth scene) probably bothers you more, but past a point I think it's a moot issue, or an excuse to grumble because clubs aren't playing the music you enjoy. Also I think people are likely to revisit all kinds of post punk music now, with fewer preconceptions.

On which note Zola Jesus (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2ELsTsqvyk) really deserves a mention here imo.

I am suprised no one's brought up Fields of the Nephilim (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYaDek7LPvE&feature=related) either: on my actual top ten list, I'd certainly include Sumerland. Flour optional ^_^

*sigh* Wish I could have seen the Smiths too: but although my taste is 80's centric, I was far too young ^_- I have the same problem with Morrissey's solo work as bert.