So what's the difference between "emo" and "goth"

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  • DaytimeDilemma
    DaytimeDilemma Posts: 2,008
    [size=+2]I WISH MY GRASS WAS EMO SO IT WOULD CUT ITSELF.[/size]

















































































    Word.
  • pjoasisrule
    pjoasisrule Posts: 3,412
    genie wrote:
    if you don't hear difference between goth and emo music, just say so. i with pleasure show you difference between two genres and i'm not even a goth!

    A band like The Cure, what would you consider them? Yes, I know they are about as popular of an example as there could be.
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  • genie
    genie Posts: 2,222
    pjoasisrule wrote:
    A band like The Cure, what would you consider them? Yes, I know they are about as popular of an example as there could be.

    yep it's goth
  • chinobaeza
    chinobaeza Santiago Posts: 2,489
    genie wrote:
    yep it's goth
    and Placebo?...

    (great band btw)
  • Danimal
    Danimal Posts: 2,000
    Cradle Of Filth is goth.
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  • genie
    genie Posts: 2,222
    chinobaeza wrote:
    and Placebo?...

    (great band btw)

    erm...i think so, they fit well into category, but i can't say for sure, i'm not a proper goth :p
  • Drop The Leash 10
    Drop The Leash 10 Posts: 7,011
    answers are fatal wrote:
    emo kids are depressed, they dress in tight clothing, sit in dark corners, and cut themselves while listening to crappy music.
    while goths just try to portray an image of being into hardcore music and they try too hard to look gothic.

    trust me on this- im still in high school i talk/see these people everyday.
    its funny how they try to make there school uniforms look "gothic"
    this is most correct. try my highschool where there are no uniforms and they dress how they want.:eek: kinda creepy
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  • genie
    genie Posts: 2,222
    this is a great goth song imo

    Echo & The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon

    http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=aX1PwkgwsG0
  • genie
    genie Posts: 2,222
    Drop The Leash 10 wrote:
    this is most correct. try my highschool where there are no uniforms and they dress how they want.:eek: kinda creepy

    hey at least they are not the sort of people who go around terrorising neigbourhood, and not the sort of people idolising rap and what it stands for ( i.e life of drug dealing, pimping and police hating )

    they are just they sort of kids who like to fantasize about death, have interest in art, and depressed every now and again.
  • Drop The Leash 10
    Drop The Leash 10 Posts: 7,011
    genie wrote:
    hey at least they are not the sort of people who go around terrorising neigbourhood, and not the sort of people idolising rap and what it stands for ( i.e life of drug dealing, pimping and police hating )

    they are just they sort of kids who like to fantasize about death, have interest in art, and depressed every now and again.
    very true.

    i have nothing against them, i used to be friends with an emo until i found he was cutting himself and on LSD every day.
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  • failedpersephone
    failedpersephone Posts: 3,424
    Goth is older - it generally has older people who are within the lifestyle.

    Emo is more a music/fashion genre for preteen and teens. It's like Goth for kids whose parents still check their wardrobe, and give them an allowance.

    I was considered Goth-like and sometimes am still classified in that genre, most Goths have a more literary/artistic bend and tend to dislike overly popular clothing choices...for example Hot Topic is more for Emo and goth wannabe's than for Goths themselves.

    if there is a question on a personal basis you should check with a very simple quiz:

    Do they know who Robert Smith is?
    Can they name a popular Hedonist?
    Are they able to recite at least ONE Lord Byron poem?
    What do they think of Absinthe?

    :D

    if they fail at any of the above questions - they are prolly emo or a very young Goth...someone who still has a brightly painted bedroom, and does not suffer their existence on this mortal coil...

    :D

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  • MattCameronKicksButt
    MattCameronKicksButt Posts: 4,317
    genie wrote:
    ugh, i think emos are whiny mummy's boys/girls with no actual problems, and with a very shitty taste in music. emo music is awful.

    goths are people who like darkness, who are creative and truly troubled. who haven't fitted in with "normal" kids at the time of growing up

    That's not really a huge problem.

    The same could have and probably was said about grunge too.
  • genie
    genie Posts: 2,222
    Drop The Leash 10 wrote:
    very true.

    i have nothing against them, i used to be friends with an emo until i found he was cutting himself and on LSD every day.

    i was talking about goths :) but it's ok, i can tolerate emos, they are not bad kids
  • Drop The Leash 10
    Drop The Leash 10 Posts: 7,011
    genie wrote:
    i was talking about goths :) but it's ok, i can tolerate emos, they are not bad kids
    this thread confuses me! :D
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  • genie
    genie Posts: 2,222
    MattCameronKicksButt wrote:
    That's not really a huge problem.

    The same could have and probably was said about grunge too.

    Erm...i wasn't saying there is a problem :confused:

    i would disagree about grunge, grunge was listened by scruffy looking kids who used to wear cheked shirts and jeans. grunge is cool.
  • genie
    genie Posts: 2,222
    Drop The Leash 10 wrote:
    this thread confuses me! :D

    hehe, sorry didn't mean to :o:D
  • Drop The Leash 10
    Drop The Leash 10 Posts: 7,011
    genie wrote:
    hehe, sorry didn't mean to :o:D
    dont be sorry cause of my stupidity :D
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  • edvedder913
    edvedder913 Posts: 1,810
    genie wrote:
    this is a great goth song imo

    Echo & The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon

    http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=aX1PwkgwsG0


    ahhhhhhhhhh love that song! poor Ian....I knocked him over on stage one night. someone dared me - stupid kid!
  • genie
    genie Posts: 2,222
    Drop The Leash 10 wrote:
    dont be sorry cause of my stupidity :D

    i don't think it's you, i don't think it's me, i think it's the damn thread itself!! :D
  • Drop The Leash 10
    Drop The Leash 10 Posts: 7,011
    genie wrote:
    i don't think it's you, i don't think it's me, i think it's the damn thread itself!! :D
    probably is.
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