Would it be fair to say that the Smiths are more Mope Rock? Or was that never a term in common usage?

Real Gothic Music Compilation "Gothic Stylings" 2 CDs	
     
Should Contain: 


CD 1: "The Shadow is Cast...." 


1 She’s In Parties - Bauhaus 
2 Twenty Four Hours - Joy Division 
3 The Hanging Garden - The Cure 
4 Overground - Siouxsie and The Banshees 
5 Strange Fruit - Siouxsie and The Banshees 
6 Cuts You Up - Peter Murphy 
7 Melancholy Man - The Wake 
8 A Strange Kind of Love - Peter Murphy 
9 Here on Earth - Love and Rockets 
10 Cut Dead - The Jesus and Mary Chain 
11 Gorgeous - Gene Loves Jezebel 
12 Killing Moon - Echo and The Bunnymen 
13 Shades of Green Pt. 2. - The Mission 
14 Lullaby - The Cure 
15 Borrow lands - The Bolshoi 
16 Real Life - Tones on Tail 
17 Mask - Bauhaus 


CD 2: "The Shadow of Death" 


1 Kingdom’s Coming - Bauhaus 
2 Paint It, Black - Covered by Echo and The Bunnymen 
3 New Rose - The Damned 
4 The Crypt - The Southern Death Cult 
5 American Gothic - The Cult 
6 Black Cross - .45 Grave 
7 Do You Understand - Red Lorry Yellow Lorry 
8 Lucretia My Reflection - Sisters of Mercy 
9 Ecstasy & Vendetta - Sex Gang Children 
10 Kiss Kiss Bang Bang - Specimen 
11 Baby Turns Blue - Virgin Prunes 
12 Bittersweet - New Model Army 
13 Shadow - Rosetta Stone 
14 Figurative Theatre - Christian Death 
15 Failure to Thrive - Faith and The Muse 
16 Out of The Rain - Clan of Xymox 
17 Lovely Creature - Nick Cave and The Badseeds 
18 Bloodletting (The Vampire Song) - Concrete Blonde 
19 Bela Lugosi’s Dead - Bauhaus 


and Read Me..Doc 


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eta: I saw that a little while ago and thought of the Goth topic in here. Coincidence is a grand thing.

Seems like a silly compilation though. Joy Division is Goth? Who knew?

The Smiths were pretty much the definitive indie band. I never heard the term mope rock, although overcoat rock is a similar idea - it means bands like Joy Division, Echo and the Bunnymen, the Cure, etc.

Joy Division weren't Goth. Joy Division were, and I say this with the deepest love for Bauhaus, Siouxsie, Eldritch etc, grown up. Goth always had a panto element - Joy Division were the real thing.

overcoat rock

Never heard of it. Sorry to say it makes me think of Aqualung. Sitting on a park bench... -- Signed, Scarred by My AOR-youth

overcoat rock

Never heard it either. I may have heard anorak rock for that genre, though, or I may just be getting all the British slang I know jumbled up again.

Jilli, I have categories like "Twee" and "Grrrl Punk."

I played The Gun Club, "The Stranger in our Town", this morning, and, probably because of this thread, was struck by how goth the song sounds.

I am, officially, all out of commas.

I am, officially, all out of commas.

,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, You can have these on semi-permanent loan. Don't worry, I don't anticipate asking for them back anytime soon.

lyra - anorak pop is different, it's the same as indiepop or tweepop - Sarah records, El records, Wiiija records, early Creation

one reason I love music shopping online now, you don't need to know categories and what independent stores carry what. Much easier for me who doesn't know much about non-mainstream stuff.

So in England, there are two separate musical genres named after outerwear?

This is something I did not know.