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'Spirit In The Sky' goth :rolleyes:

Yes JF is regularly associated with the Goth scene over here too...
After the Venice gig there's a 'Gothic Industrial' party .. I'm wondering what will get played... :rolleyes:

Wonder if John will stay for that?

Nightporter, surely?

Marilyn Manson ? :rolleyes:

In the early 80s I was accused of being a Goth. Because I liked to think I had very expansive musical tastes, this got me into a bit of a snit. When I tried to defend myself I was told that of course I was a Goth because I listened to British and German music, smoked imported cigarettes, read pretentious literature, went to nightclubs where strobes were used, wore lots of black, dyed my hair, and was pale. Hey, if that's all it took, there must have been thousands of us out there who were Goths and had no idea!

Black is my favourite colour, I got loads of black stuff (iPod, CD player, turntable, drumkit). I wear black clothing, I prefer to dye my hair black, I collect dragon statues and from time to time I listen to music that has a dark feel like Soft Cell, Ultravox (SOR, RIE), John Foxx (first two solo albums) and to a certain extent A Flock Of Seagulls (some of their songs can be dark) but that doesn't mean I'm goth, or emo for that matter . I'm more interested in the Steampunk subculture.

I wouldn't have put "Drowning in Berlin" dpwn as goth material either, although the lead singer (was her name Anne Marie?) did have black spikey hair for the video (which was actually quite good for those days, and what must have been a very low budget).

Consider though, slowing down "Walk Away" and putting Wayne Hussey on vocals, and bring those guitars to the fore. It could pass as something "like" the Mission. Nah, I like it too much to do that to it.

Nevertheless, JF does possess the all important cheekbone structure! Just dyed black hair and a bit of eyeliner...

I just wear a lot of black because it hides my fat!

I'd have to wear a LOT of black to accomplish that!

Theres so many types of 'goth' these days, even 'white goths', it stands to reason were all some kind of goth by now. Even us middle grey ones.