Do goths ever get funky?

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Despite all their Crowley/esoteric inclinations, dont know if 23 Skidoo can qualify as "goth": but they knew a thing or two about funk.

Also some Clock DVA.

Marco Damiani, Thursday, 10 September 2009 07:11 (sixteen years ago)

Skidoo definitely new a thing or two about goth, even if they did precede it by a couple of years.

ch4rlie fr4m3, Thursday, 10 September 2009 07:59 (sixteen years ago)

The Wolfgang Press surely are worth a mention ?

mark e, Thursday, 10 September 2009 08:37 (sixteen years ago)

Can't stop binging on this nonsense today. Bimble would have loved this thread eh?

Peinlich Manoeuvre (NickB), Thursday, 10 September 2009 08:47 (sixteen years ago)

hang on, didn't the Mission do a dance styled album, with funky drum loops ?

and yes, i too thought that nick.

mark e, Thursday, 10 September 2009 08:50 (sixteen years ago)

hang on, didn't the Mission do a dance styled album, with funky drum loops

This sounds deeply horrific. Hook me up someone.

Peinlich Manoeuvre (NickB), Thursday, 10 September 2009 09:02 (sixteen years ago)

Skidoo definitely new a thing or two about goth, even if they did precede it by a couple of years.

Not sure how 23 Skidoo precede goth by a couple of years, since they were formed in 1979, the same year Bela Lugosi's Dead came out, and they were playing DIY post-punk then anyway.

Colonel Poo, Thursday, 10 September 2009 09:06 (sixteen years ago)

ah ha ..

"The Mission, for some strange reason, went for a little bit of everything. "Never Again," the opener on Masque, sounds like the Mission really trying to go big-league '90s U2-Achtung Baby style, but ending up a bit more like a dance remix of themselves than a multi-styled stadium filler. "

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:5dq7g4ettvoz

no idea as to whether its 'funky' ..

mark e, Thursday, 10 September 2009 09:08 (sixteen years ago)

"regiment" by brian eno/david byrne isn't strictly goth, but it would probably fit in nicely on a "funky goth" itunes playlist

messiahwannabe, Thursday, 10 September 2009 09:14 (sixteen years ago)

the Mission really trying to go big-league '90s U2-Achtung Baby style

Yikes, didn't order that.

Peinlich Manoeuvre (NickB), Thursday, 10 September 2009 09:16 (sixteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5js8J6_qqaE

'Never Again' indeed

Peinlich Manoeuvre (NickB), Thursday, 10 September 2009 09:20 (sixteen years ago)

Worth it for the clown playing the cello though. Literally.

Peinlich Manoeuvre (NickB), Thursday, 10 September 2009 09:20 (sixteen years ago)

Worth it for the clown playing the cello though

surely that was the inspiration for psychoville

mark e, Thursday, 10 September 2009 09:23 (sixteen years ago)

Not seen Psychoville but if it involves someone repeatedly hitting Wayne Hussey in the nuts with a banjo, then the music of the Mission probably did inspire it.

Peinlich Manoeuvre (NickB), Thursday, 10 September 2009 09:29 (sixteen years ago)

oooh yes :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXpb3torm0Q

time to fig that cd out of the archives ..

mark e, Thursday, 10 September 2009 09:44 (sixteen years ago)

fig !?

dig of course

mark e, Thursday, 10 September 2009 09:45 (sixteen years ago)

Einstürzende Neubauten - Yu Gung (A. Sherwood mix)
Tones On Tails - War
Anne Clark - Our Darkness
Medium Medium - hungry, so angry

Jacob Sanders, Thursday, 10 September 2009 10:36 (sixteen years ago)

Gosh, Wolfgang Press of course.

Mind you, their gothier stuff's closer to Nick Cave.

Dearth Disco (Trayce), Thursday, 10 September 2009 11:21 (sixteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRDJOGA2zC8&feature=related

LeRooLeRoo, Friday, 11 September 2009 03:59 (sixteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkfzXq0tA3c

Lord Crutsos Omicron (Curt1s Stephens), Friday, 11 September 2009 04:22 (sixteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nn7P7G2_Nw4

Lord Crutsos Omicron (Curt1s Stephens), Friday, 11 September 2009 04:25 (sixteen years ago)

Tones on Tail - "There's Only One"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1HINqDZ2NU

Lord Crutsos Omicron (Curt1s Stephens), Friday, 11 September 2009 04:31 (sixteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5e9Z7BySFbY

^ one of the most hilariously bad Alien Sex Fiend songs ever, fast-forward to 3:53 for a funky treat

Lord Crutsos Omicron (Curt1s Stephens), Friday, 11 September 2009 04:39 (sixteen years ago)

"Go!" by Tones on Tail would be a better funky example wouldnt it? Still, theres that Bauhaus connection again...

Dearth Disco (Trayce), Friday, 11 September 2009 05:04 (sixteen years ago)

What about any Severed Heads? Seems like they could've come close to this.

QuantumNoise, Friday, 11 September 2009 05:14 (sixteen years ago)

not very gothy

surfin on my face (electricsound), Friday, 11 September 2009 05:20 (sixteen years ago)

Pah! They used to be played all the time at clubs I went to.

Dearth Disco (Trayce), Friday, 11 September 2009 05:21 (sixteen years ago)

The hey nonny no song was, anyway (lol I forget what its called)

Dearth Disco (Trayce), Friday, 11 September 2009 05:21 (sixteen years ago)

halo

surfin on my face (electricsound), Friday, 11 September 2009 05:21 (sixteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovH46-o0rLw

Add the video and Shriekback become goth enough to count.

Squash weather (Eazy), Friday, 11 September 2009 05:25 (sixteen years ago)

Goth voice/face + High NRG =

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCiVXigrjjQ

Squash weather (Eazy), Friday, 11 September 2009 05:26 (sixteen years ago)

Oh ok if we're getting into new wave/disco then that opens up the floor completely (and for creaky old ex-goths like me, that stuff totally does count).

Dearth Disco (Trayce), Friday, 11 September 2009 05:50 (sixteen years ago)

I dunno if I'd call Dead or Alive/Visage/Bronski Beat funky though.

Dearth Disco (Trayce), Friday, 11 September 2009 05:51 (sixteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqhym59ypUI

Alex in NYC, Friday, 11 September 2009 20:46 (sixteen years ago)

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uB-0D-gV8mY/R9iZuL9z6sI/AAAAAAAAHZo/x_DCDV7f5EQ/s400/dead+or+alive+ep

Oh yes they (we)re

Alex in NYC, Friday, 11 September 2009 20:47 (sixteen years ago)

Oh whoops -- I thought you meant not goth. Were Dead or Alive funky? I think so. I mean, Bootsy Collins didn't lose any sleep, but they certainly tried to be.

Alex in NYC, Friday, 11 September 2009 20:48 (sixteen years ago)

COLD... LIFE!

damo tsu tsuki (r1o natsume), Friday, 11 September 2009 20:49 (sixteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeBDntKaIxw

Alex in NYC, Friday, 11 September 2009 20:51 (sixteen years ago)

and tons of early killing joke is terribly funky

Very true, but NOT GOTHY

Alex in NYC, Friday, 11 September 2009 20:51 (sixteen years ago)

psychic tv "ov power"

damo tsu tsuki (r1o natsume), Friday, 11 September 2009 20:54 (sixteen years ago)

http://www.discogs.com/Ministry-All-Day-Everyday-Is-Halloween/release/76473

damo tsu tsuki (r1o natsume), Friday, 11 September 2009 21:00 (sixteen years ago)

Yeah as already mentioned there's a legion of Wax Trax! stuff begging to be included here.

"So messy!" (HI DERE), Friday, 11 September 2009 21:08 (sixteen years ago)

yep but "everyday (is halloween)" strikes me as the ultimate funky goth track

damo tsu tsuki (r1o natsume), Friday, 11 September 2009 21:18 (sixteen years ago)

Oh Alex. I gave up defending bands like the Cocteaus as notgoth years ago, just relent on the KJ thing ;)

Dearth Disco (Trayce), Saturday, 12 September 2009 10:00 (sixteen years ago)

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Alex in NYC, Saturday, 12 September 2009 11:37 (sixteen years ago)

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Alex in NYC, Saturday, 12 September 2009 11:38 (sixteen years ago)

Killing Joke 'Change' = War 'Me And Baby Brother'
Sisters of Mercy 'Floorshow'
The Cure 'Close To Me'
Cabaret Voltaire 'Crackdown'
Killing Joke 'Follow The Leader'
The Cure 'The Walk'
Nitzer Ebb 'Lightning Man'
Nitzer Ebb 'Fun To Be Had'

Doran, Saturday, 12 September 2009 12:29 (sixteen years ago)

love that video so much.
also, re the original question some new additions : Black Strobe.
their 'burn your own church' album : very goth, and very funky.
also, the brilliant, but short lived band, O Children, totally did the goth dance thing.

mark e, Saturday, 12 September 2020 18:20 (five years ago)

Wow, I have been to this nightclub.

― Specific and Limited Interests (Branwell with an N), Friday, September 11, 2020 12:56 AM (two days ago)

hahahahahah me too!!!

sarahell, Sunday, 13 September 2020 18:56 (five years ago)

Same. The Cat Club. Some weird memories

healthy cocaine off perfect butts (the table is the table), Sunday, 13 September 2020 22:19 (five years ago)


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