Excellent. I knew I could count on you. Which of the following would you instinctively place in the top ten?
Wednesday Addams, Louise Brooks, and the 18th Century (as in, random noblewoman of the 18th Century) would all be in the top 10. Mary Poppins would be in my personal top ten, but I can't see her being in an overall gothy top ten list. Bettie Page would be higher on a gothy icon list than any random model from Skin or Gauntlet.
Victorian goth icon of choice? Er ... probably Lucy from Dracula. I have no idea who would be up in the Pagan/Industrial/Pierced categories.
Victorian goth icon of choice? Er ... probably Lucy from Dracula.
As played by Jude Law's ex-wife?
I have no idea who would be up in the Pagan/Industrial/Pierced categories.
Yeah, I couldn't think of an example even though I've seen this look. Hmmm. The woman in Genitorturers?
As played by Jude Law's ex-wife?
Kinda-sorta. Hmm. No, then probably Lucy, as played by Winona.
I think the actual Victorian icon for gothy women is a melding of every Victorian fashion plate we've ever seen, plus all the pretty dresses in costume dramas.
Oh! Lily from
Legend,
after she turns to the dark side. Fabulous dress, black lipstick, and swoopy dancing.
Yeah, I couldn't think of an example even though I've seen this look. Hmmm. The woman in Genitorturers?
I suppose. Or any female extra from
Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome.
La la la, I'm seeing Voltaire tonight! And I'll have a good view no matter what, because I get to stay up in the DJ booth at the club.
Lily (scroll down)
Actually, if you go back and click on the Sadie Frost link above, I changed it to one with all of her looks in that movie.
Art Girl Troika! PJ Harvey & Bjork & Tori Amos
That's from one of the UK music magazines, right? Pete has a copy of it back at his parents' house.
So watching VH-1 Classic's The Alternative is exposing me to a bunch of 90s British bands that I more or less ignored in the 90s. These are mostly groups associated with the shoegazer scene.
Who's got an opinion on the following records?
Spooky -
Lush
Isn't Anything
- MBV
Blurred Crusade
- The Church
Nowhere
- Ride
Ferment
- Catherine Wheel
Wake Up
- Boo Radleys
Ferment - Catherine Wheel
I own it and I love it. The songs are incredibly textured. Chrome is another album of theirs that's great--there's a song called "The Nude" which is all about the singer going to a museum and falling in love with a woman in a painting.
If you're going to get a Church album, go with Starfish.
If you're going to get a Church album, go with Starfish.
Tempted, because the video for "Reptile" had all kinds of cool dual guitar interplay. The Catherine Wheel video for "Black Metallic" really caught my eye and ear. I think I'd (unfairly) dismissed them as MBV wannnabees, but there was obviously something going on that was smart and interesting in that song.
Isn't Anything - MBV
Is that the one with "Cupid Come"?
t checks collection
Yep, it is. Seminal.
Nowhere - Ride
From Allmusic:
Nowhere seems to hold consensus as the second-best record of the shoegaze era, and with very good reason. All of the common words, phrases, and adjectives commonly used with the short-lived subgenre fit properly here, and they're all positive, every one of them. Whir, whoosh, haze, swirl, ad nauseum -- this record holds all of these elements at their most exciting and mastered.
I wouldn't be quite so effusive, but it is very good. Equally worthwhile by Ride is the "Smile" album which collects their first two EPs. "Chelsea Girl" (not
that
one) is a great song and worthy of the title.
