Why do people always assume I listen to metal? I listen to a lot of differnt types of music but there are only two metal bands which I really like. And people who don’t know anything about my favourite band “Manic Street Preachers” quite often assume they’re some kind of though metal band. They’re surprised when I tell them MSP is in fact brit pop. Well at least nowadays. What is it with me that apparantly screams metal? Probably just my black clothes and perhaps my piercings. But that’s really not a metal dress code. It’s not any dress code but mine. You can’t possibly tell what subculture I belong to by looking at my appearance because I don’t even belong to one. I’m just too old to care.
Speaking of subcultures. It seems every teen nowday is emo, scene or whatever you want to call it. Where’s the individuality in that? They may call it whatever they want but for 90% of those kids it’s all about fashion. They’d deny it of course but that’s the truth. Trust me, I know. I was a identity seeking teen myself once upon a time. And oh how I denied that anything I wore was worn because of some kind of fashion. Fashion was like a cursing word. Some terrible, terrible sin. But really, what in this world is not some kind of fashion? Wether you’re a slave to it or try your best to avoid it you’re still affected by trends because trends are everywhere. And fashion isn’t just what you see in mainstream stores. There’s also punk fashion, goth fashion and hippie fashion. Of course you might say that you dress the way you do because you just happens to like those clothes but in 99% of the case you did get inspired by someone or something and pretty often that inspiration was something you’ve seen several times = a trend. My point is that you just shouldn’t care. Haute cotoure or scene? Who cares, wear whatever the hell you want and be happy.
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En av mina kompisar sa att man inte klär sig som den man är utan som den man vill vara. Bra sagt, tycker jag.
I’ve been lurking here for a while but I haven’t commented yet. I thought this would be a good post to make my first comment on because it struck a nerve.
It’s so stupid that people feel the need to put a label on other people. I get called emo all the time by ignorant people who have no idea that black hair and a (metal) band tee does not necessarily mean emo.
Just for the record, I made a passing assumption that you listen to 80s goth, dark wave and synth pop rather than metal when I first visited Whirlwind.
People think I listen to Tokyo Hotel X-x Damn, I hate posers that ruins every subculture
Eh…don’t kill me,but when I first visited your site,I thought you listened to metal,too
But I think it is totally ridiculous to dress in a certain way just because you like a style of music! I always say “be your own scene!”
I never really worried myself with fashion. Girls like to outdo other girls and its really a big mess. Sure, I love looking cute and if I see something I like then I will buy it. Not because its the fashion, but because I like it. I try to please me and only me. I am still a purseaholic though!
Exactly. I think everyone would be an awful lot happier if they just wore/did/listened to whatever they wanted to and didn’t worry so much about being judged, or having to blend in.
It’ll never happen though, people are too judgemental, and like sheep.