Whitby Goths on The Culture Show

From October 2006 Whitby Gothic Weekend, Whitby, UK
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[@Nightwalker973]

I'm gonna be 80 and still (shakily) applying eyeliner and black lipstick.

[@Belladonnaeyes]

"Most goths grow out of it by 20." Ha ha! That had me in stitches. Being a "true" goth *begins* at 20.

[@zaknafein_aconite]

Some people wouldn't be anywhere NEAR as open-minded as he was. As a goth, I say he deserves props! \m/(-_-)\m/

[@EricDodsonLectures]

Huge props to the interviewer for actually *trying* it, rather than just judging from afar.

[@ToriaDumOfTheTweedle]

I just love how positive this was. I really enjoyed it :)

[@weylandxeno1741]

I remember watching this back in 2008 when I was just kinda coming into the gothic scene, I'm now 28 and still in the goth scene and I'm proud and happy to be still in it :) Love it all and this always brings a smile to my face, he doesn't judge anyone like other documentaries do.

[@momoberryrawr]

Oh my goth, this guy is so nice refreshing in all that negative gothic documentaries. I nearly cried. Thanks

[@35xSeries]

I like how thoroughness of this clip. The music was actually appropriate. Depeche Mode, Voltaire, The Cure... Pretty much hit the nail on the head. At least for me. ;)

[@ValkyrieDaisy95]

I love how that vampire goth was so shocked after the interviewer turned goth "Blooody hell!" XD!!

[@rubymee1]

6:21 he sort of looks like Peter Murphy! It's that contour in the cheek bones!

[@spookyoyster4014]

I thought the same thing!

[@jessegothmidnightheart]

I want to go to whitby goth weekend one day 💜

[@ianexcalibur7096]

It should be called Whitby steampunk weekend now, you hardly ever see a Goth.

[@Nobody277]

The TV presenter is awesome and his ease after being all gothed-up makes me really happy :)

[@ianexcalibur7096]

And not a steampunk in sight....ahh those were the days..........

[@theevilchemist]

I'm really happy someone posted this! I didn't think I would be able to see it. I really like his closing comment.

[@mogshade66]

Long live the Gothic folk x Long live the Damned 💀💚

[@DarkAngelSpirit13]

Yes I remember this. Pretty good spotlight on Goths. I agree with Nightwalker973, I'm going to be this way for a long time. Spiritus "The Dark Prince"

[@Rockawaysiren]

I was in the band that played right before The Damned. I'm glad this is still here-good memories!

[@alanwatson149]

That reporter actually made a very good goth fair play to him having a go .

[@Devastatia669]

Be who you want to be and dress how you want to dress. I know how you feel, I spent 4 years trying to fit in and in the end I thought sod it, I now dress how I want to dress and not how society tells me to. I've had abuse thrown at me and have been attacked but when these people realise that it doesn't matter what they say or do you aren't going to change they'll probably leave you alone.

[@jfdimarco]

On behalf of goths worldwide, thanks for showing us positively!

[@Delabane]

The good old days of WGW. We did not stat going to 2008 which I think was the start of its decline. So wished I had gone years ago. Now just full of Steampunks and weekend Goths.

[@j.c7719]

This was such a great segment, opening with ‘Melody Lee’. I will always be a goth at heart. 🖤

[@ILoveGirlsAloud61]

I used to live in Whitby. It's gorgeous. Goths are love.

[@RachelHC]

Lullaby, by the cure...I love that song. And, these clothes are lovely...

[@MissLizzy882]

I love that he was so open mindedcto try it AND the makeover was actually decent so he could really get a feel for the scene without it being fancy dress!

[@pzk12]

This is brilliant short film. Immaculately shot and directed. Flawless editing. Good to the production team cover the Goth story in a serious manner. Too many times journalists just take the piss. Some of you (none British viewers) may not know that The Culture Show is a BBC Television programme.

[@pippaknightley3546]

ive been to whitby and it is such a lovely place! i love the people there! if you want to go to goth weekend some people have to book a place in a years advance to be there.!

[@djbrianuk]

That was good report - It's nice to see us portrayed postively for once :) BTW I work for Angel Clothing and if you look very closely at the football shirts you'll see our logo there, as we're the new team sponsors!

[@BrocksJellyFilledDoughnuts]

I love all five pixels of this video 🖤

[@PestileNCe85]

ahh, good memorise, i went there one year and it was extrodinary, i brought all of my vampire books, as well as movies (but i watched The Lost Boys most of the time), i loved the dancing as well, it was such a fun night, i can't wait to go again (yea works slow for nw so i can't afford it), anyways, cheers my friends, God bless, and remember, there's "no time to cry" =D, you know you know what that is from =D

[@jcvsgoth]

Im at 24 now...and Ive been a goth for 5 yrs and a half now..and will always be til I grow old!!! I totally agree on this!!:) Hail to all the Goths

[@TheLostLemuria]

The band is Uninvited Guest. The song they're performing is called "The Devil's Toybox."

[@13Loveisforever]

The song that was played live is called the devils toybox by uninvited guest

[@GRIMLYKENMOTH]

I'm determinded to come this year in october

[@DannyDiess]

great segment. it is true at least in my case, once a goth always a goth. OXOXOX

[@EDNOOOOO]

Finally a program that doesn't bash Goth.

[@Orangecat223]

OMG PLAYING MELODY LEE AT THE BEGINNING I HAD A HEART ATTACK SO PERFECT AGHHHHHHHH

[@cadavernl]

I am amazed, the press didn't used there normal negativity on us. Cheers for this (team of) reporter(s).

[@sarahosborn5832]

Seriously, very far away and a city would be good for you, and out of state if you can. Remember, this is a process that will take several years to complete. The clothing alone will take at least 4 or 5 years, every 2 months go one shade darker, wear silver eyeshadow instead of black, and wait until you get your own place before you decorate your room, then your house can be your gothic domain.

[@LunaReign]

you are 100% right! we need more people like you.

[@princecharmling14]

I would say if there was any common thread among goth individuals, it would be pain. The experience and aknowledgement of pain. Or even the acceptance of it.

[@JulianusFlavius1]

I agree with his last sentence. Goth is somewhere where anyone who feels left out is automatically welcomed, and really, that's the best definition of goth I've yet heard. It's all about acceptance. The aesthetic and music is part of it and where it began respectively, but acceptance is what it's all about.

[@Jakegothicsnake]

I live in the U.S. and in the Coachella Valley at that, and if I saw the majority of students on campus dressing like cybergoths, romantic goths, punks, and trad goths, I'd probably pass out and probably die and go to heaven for a moment or two. Its times like this I wish I was born in the UK.

[@Carmilaish]

great report work, skinfitz! Really great:)

[@DEATHBYFLYINGCDS]

Excellent song choices.

[@TheQueenofSnow]

ahh Dave from The Damned!! Love it

[@ProudToBeAMonster]

Beautiful.

[@MissGothicGirlie]

Going whitby goth weekend next year!!! Woooo!

[@squigbomb]

"I wanted to find out why Goth refuses to die." We're already dead, baby! Only 2 days to April WGW '08!

[@GothElven]

I wanna go there !!!

[@ADZ01982]

What ever floats your boat mate. Each to there own.

[@pmcg68]

It's called "Lullabye" on the album Disintegration or you can get it on thier Greatest Hits album.

[@laurenren904]

hahaha, that host guy sounds like he should be on a gardening show

[@WheelieMacBin]

The only problem with Whitby is that it has been invaded by Role Players and norms in fancy dress .... the real Gothic element has been heavily diluted.

[@loopywolfie]

I is quiet wierd stumbling across this and recognising people

[@princevladdrakul]

aw fabuloous I missed this wgw but roll on april...hey!!

[@xxDarkxxKittyxxKatxx]

that was a beautiful experience

[@Devastatia669]

He's Dean Hathaway and he's from Uninvited Guest.

[@PJandOddam]

The haunting classic "Fish & Chips at Whitby Goth Weekend (Five Goths in a Tent) is back up. Check it out on our channel.

[@johnnydeath2]

I want to go to Whitby one day.

[@Syeona]

I like this. It showed how the culture really is!

[@aligorzeimet4029]

Love that they used The Damned in the beginning.

[@paulquerengesser2926]

Customer in Whitby Shoppers Drug Mart: what do you mean you're out of eyeliner?

[@Gabycat]

this made me smile ^_^ s nice to see that goths are respected like normal people here. Very nice!

[@Thefool203]

I want to go to Whitby goth weekend one time seems fun

[@tainteddeity]

@SwanDust Thank you! : )

[@GradyWatts]

In Turkey people are still afraiding of goths gothic style etc. I would like be there and taking some photographes. Greetings fromTurkey to all of you :)

[@technoheretic]

Yay, I was on TV

[@gothicblood2061]

was good back in the days

[@gothickillerqueen5950]

I like the music

[@fasbassa]

GOTHS RULE!!!!LONG LIVE THE GOTHS!

[@Clareypie]

This is the local Whitby Gazette team that assemble every goth weekend to beat the often hungover goth team ;)

[@jirojack6109]

Aww this guy is so positive I love it.

[@Theshadowgirl01]

I can't wait!

[@AlexMalkavian]

Never heard that before. There is some discussion if The Cure is Gothic Rock or only New Wave. But if you Goth at its broadest it includes New Wave. So its definitely a Goth band.

[@Jakegothicsnake]

I can sympathize with the goth woman with the red dreds. I became a goth when I was 17 and my parents still sort of think it's a phase and I've tried to convince them that its not exactly a "youth thing" and there are goths who are over 30 or 40 and I currently 21.

[@dragonslayer9991]

I can't belive this is from 2006

[@evilemonattack]

YAY! WGW. goth will never die!

[@Theshadowgirl01]

Indeed it is!

[@Gothica059]

@MissGothicGirlie You don't need to be sorry :) It is nice to talk to people about our kind of fashion :)

[@42randomchick]

dang i love Bouhous. one of my favorite bands

[@Liveinvanilla]

:o the damned

[@NikiPaprika]

wow, what was it like? Now that I'v seen this, if they still have the gothic weekends then maybe me and my friends might plan a wee trip up to Whitby someday. =D

[@Boxanadu]

I am dark in my soul, I stand out because I refuse to conform, I am nice though. But I am a registered sith lord.

[@Nuttyharpist]

i'm going to WWG in october =]=] i can't wait and i'm already planning my outfits =]=]=]=]

[@JiaBlackholesun]

It's like a sociological experiment set somewhere other than south america or africa. Pretty nifty.

[@xemilieelizabethx]

yup goth will never die :) I love whitby goth weekend so much XD

[@missjade29]

Lots of familiar faces... recognise Lee with the red mohawk at the 3:00-ish point

[@yamiksha]

Looks like heaven and I'M GOING THIS YEAR! *joyjoyjoy!*

[@MissGothicGirlie]

@MissGothicGirlie Continued- At places such as Whitby,Glastonbury,Camden and indoors i dress to the Gothic nines :) I would dress Lolita but I'm poor :P So it's either plain Victorian or Goth Lolita. I pick the one i love more, Victorian :P So at places mentioned above, Its top hats, full skirts, Shirts, Parasols ^_^ My favorite!

[@Gothica059]

@MissGothicGirlie Actually I don't backcomb, I have long ginger hair with an undercut. I usually brush my hair down one side or tie it back :)

[@lanceoverduin4580]

That was nice

[@31thatkidagain]

I may not be goth but I always have a place in my heart for them. I'm a goth at heart. I just don't look like one.

[@thunder_heads]

THE MUSIC AAAAA

[@markxist]

My ex was a goth as a teen she used to get spat at in the street, its terrible how people react. Personally I dont brand myself, I've always felt a bit outside. The thing to remember is to find a real alienated person look to the ones who dont dress specially, who dont hang around in groups, who are just themselves and dont care how people react to them. They are the introspective and the shy and they are the real outsiders. The only term I ever use to describe me is Pagan.

[@morbidangel00]

right tracks Bauhaus - bela lagosis dead echo and the bunnymen - people are strange siouxsie and the banshees - peek a boo the cure - boys dont cry and lulaby

[@RichieHasToShowYou]

Awe that was beautiful

[@MissGothicGirlie]

@gravebat Twice every year, 26-30 april and the second one is 31st October till the 5th of November

[@DarkAngelSpirit13]

This is good. It's also good to see a black goth and other ethnic goths sometimes. Yep..