Do goths ever get funky?

What "goths" from the eighties have used funk beats? Surely goth music isn't all about shooting up and slashing your wrists. I am trying to make a new mix CD and your suggestions are appreciated.

Dude, get thee to Bauhaus' art damaged glam disco circa Mask. Check out the basslines on Dancing and Kick In The Eye (especially the live versions thereof) and those disco hi-hats and tell me goth is depressing?

The Pop Group is sort of in this ballpark.

Bauhaus did cover Third Uncle, which has kickdrum syncopation not unlike that found in funk.

get thee to the new 13th Chime reissue!!!!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i41W-NIjMfs

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Yeah Siouxsie totally leapt to mind for me, even as far back as "Metal Postcard".

peek a boo isn't funk it's a polka!

ooooh OH oooooooooh ooooooooh OH oooooohhh kick in the EYE! oh! oh! oh!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oe1ljgJ2eA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBm-m67d3Bg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRae2dRbc-0

^ The Cult - Resurrection Joe

Okay, that video is ridiculous. Song is almost as funky as Shriekback though.

Shriekback is actually a very good call for this thread! "Malaria", "Everything That Rises Must Converge", "Fish Below The Ice"...

it's not a polka

xp

lol I was gonna suggest Shriekback but then thought nah not really goth enough...

"My Spine Is The Bassline"!

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

^ Don't tell Alex I posted that here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnHnbYp-k2Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pLxOMgbO1w

^ Possibly only borderline funky. Proper goth though.

xp Jordan - is there some syncopation I'm missing? It seems to be pretty straight.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oK6drtuGric

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiJ1vdn8n5U

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

^ actually this is a much better Danse Society song

there's syncopation in the reversed horns and hi-hat, and most of the other parts. seems like they're going for a version of that 80s funk thing. the kick & snare are holding it down on the beat, just like in 90% of prince and p-funk songs.

okay, I hear it now ... you're right.

Philly band, early '80s; they have a lot of songs like these:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVxEIS1ze9U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaT47Hscdhg&feature=related

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0s1TPJ7l1E&feature=fvw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-3U8ptemEk

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

Also, if industrial (Wax Trax style) counts, there's lots of stuff, probably -- from KMFDM and that Minsistry album that Adrian Sherwood produced on down. But I don't know if it does.

And lots of disco and rap (and probably funk) groups have incorporated music that sounds like goth, too. But that's another thread.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3MbP1vQUR8

^ this doesn't really count as goth either, but might fit the vibe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUmqfXN6gos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dUyc1wR-h0

Yeah Bauhaus def dabbled in this, especially on their B sides/ep tracks and things.

I'm thinking you could, in a pinch, put "Peppermint Pig" by the Cocteau Twins in here. It's at least dance-beaty, if not strictly funky.

There any Kate Bush that's got a funk thing going on?

a dece amount of early 4ad stuff has some hints of funkiness

Are Love & Rockets considered gothy, or did Peter Murphy take that with him? I've always considered "*** (Jungle Law)" to be kinda funky...

we've been stretching the definition of goth pretty broadly already in this thread, so L&R are hardly out of place.

I've always found 'Dig It' by Skinny Puppy extremely funky. See what you think.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFgUV44TTpY

Hey yeah didn't think of them, good one.

What about Cypress Hill's 'Black Sunday'? That's pretty damn gothic.

Yeah no self respecting goth DJ would spin that at a club though.

Well, then again they play Europe sometimes, so what am I saying.

Can't believe noone said this one yet:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXTZG3FeIhI&feature=channel

this whole siouxsie album is pretty funky.

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

produced by jah wobble
http://www.discogs.com/Joolz-The-Kiss/release/603682

and tons of early killing joke is terribly funky

I listened to this today, some of it is abrasive but has dance beats.

http://www.discogs.com/image/R-150-717131-1172296607.jpeg

I want more stuff that goes well with the hip-hop and funk on my computer.

Virgin Prunes are a good example, I was listening to them too. I like reggae / dub with "goth" too.

Yeah def go for Bauhaus then.

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.

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

The Wolfgang Press surely are worth a mention ?

fig !?

dig of course

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

Gosh, Wolfgang Press of course.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

not very gothy

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

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

halo

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

Add the video and Shriekback become goth enough to count.

Goth voice/face + High NRG =

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

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).

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

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

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

Oh yes they (we)re

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.

COLD... LIFE!

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

and tons of early killing joke is terribly funky

Very true, but NOT GOTHY

psychic tv "ov power"

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

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

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

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

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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'

Listening to lots of the music Bimble liked on his respective threads, last.fm, and blog, I'm absolutely sure Bimble loved funky beats and we all know he was goth. Those DJ mixes are scheduled to come out before new year. (I even think Cloudbusting has a funky ring to it). Yeah he would have loved this thread

What about Psyche "Unveiling The Secret'

re Bush not strictly funky but 'Running Up That Hill' drums do seem to owe a little to 'Trans Europe Express'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGog1RY4HNU&feature=related

Do funk ecer get goth?
now thats difficult..

Wicked Witch probably got quite gothic after a few rocks.

what was that psychic tv track where they spliced up canaries singing and made it funky as hell? that one.

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Amazing.

that is cute. and the influence of funk on industrial music is v underappreciated IMO

I've been waiting for someone to redo that video with "Release The Bats"

Wow, I have been to this nightclub.

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.

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!!!

Same. The Cat Club. Some weird memories