Teen Gothic

It’s baffling to me that most of the scene has no clue about quality footwear.

I wish there was a punk brand out there that produced Goodyear welted or Blake stitched shoes and stuff. With high end leathers and construction.

So I’ve been going with brands WAY outside of the goth and punk scenes for my shoes.

If you’re involved in goth fashion, please consider producing high end, well made footwear for us.

Enough of the poor quality.

Goth fashion shouldn’t be fast fashion.

For a few days, the classical The Cure song ”A forest” came to my mind. And not just the original version, from the 1980, from The Cure. I do not know how many of you know that Robert Smith re-recorded the song in 2003, with the trance duo Blank & Jones from Germany. I remember that I first enjoyed the trance version of it, back in the day, when I was in high school, when I was first ”sniffing” Goth and dark music in general. I was a fan of dark trance back in the day, I still love that genre today, albeit trance itself is a genre that has lost much of its inner power since.

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So, I thought of sharing today both incarnations of the song. On both, we hear Robert himself, in the cover version his voice was re-recorded. Even the remixes on the 12”” vinyl of the 2003 version can be considered interesting. Although they kind of move away from Goth, of course, something in there is still kept.

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So, this is the original version of the song

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The Cure – A Forest (album version)

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A 12” edition of the original ”A Forest” single The Cure – A Forest (Discogs) . The song was featured on their 1980 album, Seventeen Seconds .

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Blank & Jones feat. Robert Smith – A forest (original mix) 12”

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( Blank & Jones feat. Robert Smith – ”A Forest” on Discogs, 12” )

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Perhaps from the first version to the second, some dimensions of the song are lost or diminished, some are enhanced, I would say. What do you think? I hope to see your opinions.

As I just said in a comment:

Gotta laugh at this ridiculous quote, though:

Also, these things go in cycles, but it's noticeable that we're getting a lot of respect and love from, particularly, the metal community at the moment, so our currency is strong. It seems to be cool to like The Sisters at the moment.

Metal. Because TSoM is a renowned metal band. He's how old, and he still has a grudge against the goth subculture? I wonder why he's butthurt. Did a gorgeous goth lady piss in his cereal the morning after a one-night stand? I'm amused and annoyed. Show your fans some goddamned appreciation, because without us, you're nobody.

Any thoughts? I'm a Sisters fan, but his stubborn pettiness knocks his respectability down several notches.