Standing on the headland taking in the scene.

[reddragdiva]

"If people spent 1/10th as much on music as they did on corsets for instance, you wouldn`t see LJ full of bands whinging that the scene is dead." (markeris, on the goth scene, from here.)

I can hardly believe how much money I used to spend on records and how little I do now. Not that I spend it on clothes either. Nor am I making it up in MP3s. Mostly I'm just wishing I had my old vinyl here. With a laser turntable.

Discuss.

(By the way, full points to mickmercer for switching on comments at last. A lot of interesting ones, too.)

Comments

[twicezero.livejournal.com]

I spend rather a lot more money on music that corsets. Good Music, mostly *grin*.

Has there been a decent goth album to spend money on in thr last few years? Closest I'd say have been VNV's Empires/Burning Empires, and covenant's last couple. And they are borderline genre int they?

Rico has been bringing some good dark shouty stuff out, good, but would most people consider it goth? The Cure? Nothing since High has caught my ear. I guess Evenessance are a blp on the old goth radar, bought it, singles are ok, not to sure about the album as a whole. Prefer funeral for a friend when i want shouty rock... I guess the closest we have is the Rasmus, but i'm not sure the rest of the album groves as much as the single...

So how many people have i upset with this?

[cyberpunkgrrl.livejournal.com]

I like the Rasmus ^_^

(Yes, ok - and I fancy the singer - so what! :p )

oh i forgot

[twicezero.livejournal.com]

the last soft cell album was quite good really... not very goth many would argue perhaps?

[damerell.livejournal.com]

Taste the Blood of Zombina and the Skeletones