Metamatic Forums John Foxx John Foxx JOHN FOXX the GOTH?

Couldn't resist it. Had some free time today (minutes) in which to mess around. This was the result. Not impossible, huh?
JF the Goth?

His Metamatic album was a dark-electronic, like OMD's first three albums. But he (and OMD) aren't goth/post-punk.

Notice how the banner on the myspace site regularly promotes Goth forums etc

I noticed that too...

Even though he himself isn't goth, John is probably a bit of an influence on the Goths musically because of some of his albums (i.e. Metamatic) having a dark (or dark-ish) sound.

I agree. I don't see the Foxx = Goth connection at all. And even less for OMD.

I don't think this should be taken seriously. "No One Driving" is not a Goth "Classic." Tesco has lots of compilations listed on their website: Blues, Childrens, Classical, Country, Dance, etc. The person assigned to creating this compilation may only have a vague notion of what Goth music is. They also probably have to work within a strict budget for licensing songs for a £4.86 CD. There are also time constraints for putting it together.

The Sisters of Mercy may refuse to license their material for a Goth compilation or their management may not reply to requests in a timely fashion. John's name is out there more lately, Steve Malins is probably quick to reply to requests and is asking a reasonable fee for licensing John's songs. So this compilation is the best someone could come up with given time and budget constraints.