@javad10211 The first part seems like common sense, and I believe you "were there". But the rest doesn't quite add up. The actual Bat Cave club didn't open until 1982, but this record came out in 1979. Also, I'm not sure who you're saying stopped wearing goth clothes but it certainly wasn't Bauhaus: 'She's In Parties' didn't come out until 1983 and they still looked pretty... goth. The video is on YouTube for anyone to see. There are no shortage of 80s bands that cultivated the same image well after this song came out... The Sisters of Mercy didn't release...
@javad10211 The first part seems like common sense, and I believe you "were there". But the rest doesn't quite add up. The actual Bat Cave club didn't open until 1982, but this record came out in 1979. Also, I'm not sure who you're saying stopped wearing goth clothes but it certainly wasn't Bauhaus: 'She's In Parties' didn't come out until 1983 and they still looked pretty... goth. The video is on YouTube for anyone to see. There are no shortage of 80s bands that cultivated the same image well after this song came out... The Sisters of Mercy didn't release 'First And Last And Always' until 1985 and that's widely considered to be one of the most formative goth records.
@javad10211 STOOOOP! Why are you saying this? The club was The Bat Cave. There was no Bell Tower Club. “Bela Lugosi’s Dead“ came out in 1982 which was the year the Bat cave club OPENED. The term “Goth“ was in full swing. Slimelight started in the late 80s. The Bauhaus did not stop looking Gothic after 1982 although they broke up the next year and didn’t reunite until the 2000s. Last, the lyrics are “white on white” not and white. The lyrics are about the image of Dracula and the death of the actor Bella Lugosi
@javad10211 STOOOOP! Why are you saying this? The club was The Bat Cave. There was no Bell Tower Club. “Bela Lugosi’s Dead“ came out in 1982 which was the year the Bat cave club OPENED. The term “Goth“ was in full swing. Slimelight started in the late 80s. The Bauhaus did not stop looking Gothic after 1982 although they broke up the next year and didn’t reunite until the 2000s. Last, the lyrics are “white on white” not and white. The lyrics are about the image of Dracula and the death of the actor Bella Lugosi
This song has a dual meaning.
It is actually a complaint about how the style had been commercialized, and how that scene was dying.
The kids back then were not called "Goth", they were called "Bat Cavers". The big club in London was The Bell Tower.
He says "White and white translucent black capes, back on the rack": He was saying the style had made it to the stores "on the rack".
"The Bats have left the Bell Tower": The club had closed earlier that year..
Believe me, I was there.
They stopped wearing Goth clothes after that record. For the most part.
@javad10211 Thanks for this insight
@javad10211 Thanks for this insight
@javad10211 The first part seems like common sense, and I believe you "were there". But the rest doesn't quite add up. The actual Bat Cave club didn't open until 1982, but this record came out in 1979. Also, I'm not sure who you're saying stopped wearing goth clothes but it certainly wasn't Bauhaus: 'She's In Parties' didn't come out until 1983 and they still looked pretty... goth. The video is on YouTube for anyone to see. There are no shortage of 80s bands that cultivated the same image well after this song came out... The Sisters of Mercy didn't release...
@javad10211 The first part seems like common sense, and I believe you "were there". But the rest doesn't quite add up. The actual Bat Cave club didn't open until 1982, but this record came out in 1979. Also, I'm not sure who you're saying stopped wearing goth clothes but it certainly wasn't Bauhaus: 'She's In Parties' didn't come out until 1983 and they still looked pretty... goth. The video is on YouTube for anyone to see. There are no shortage of 80s bands that cultivated the same image well after this song came out... The Sisters of Mercy didn't release 'First And Last And Always' until 1985 and that's widely considered to be one of the most formative goth records.
@javad10211 STOOOOP! Why are you saying this? The club was The Bat Cave. There was no Bell Tower Club. “Bela Lugosi’s Dead“ came out in 1982 which was the year the Bat cave club OPENED. The term “Goth“ was in full swing. Slimelight started in the late 80s. The Bauhaus did not stop looking Gothic after 1982 although they broke up the next year and didn’t reunite until the 2000s. Last, the lyrics are “white on white” not and white. The lyrics are about the image of Dracula and the death of the actor Bella Lugosi
@javad10211 STOOOOP! Why are you saying this? The club was The Bat Cave. There was no Bell Tower Club. “Bela Lugosi’s Dead“ came out in 1982 which was the year the Bat cave club OPENED. The term “Goth“ was in full swing. Slimelight started in the late 80s. The Bauhaus did not stop looking Gothic after 1982 although they broke up the next year and didn’t reunite until the 2000s. Last, the lyrics are “white on white” not and white. The lyrics are about the image of Dracula and the death of the actor Bella Lugosi