Dance Like a 90's Goth With Me

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  • Опубликовано: 19 сен 2016
  • This is a demonstration of all of the dances I remember from the clubs in NYC in the 90's. Scroll for song listing.
    Song List:
    Dance: The Performer: Corpus Delicti - Saraband
    Dance: Skipping with Props: Mephisto Walz - Mephisto Waltz
    Dance: Erotic: London After Midnight - Black Cat
    Dance: The San Francisco Taffy Puller: Switchblade Symphony - Gutter Glitter
    Dance: Rooted to the Spot: Lycia - Ionia
    Dance: No Handed 2 Stepper: The Wake - Christine
    Dance: One Handed 2 stepper: The Wake - Christine
    Dance: Two handed 2 stepper: The Wake - Christine

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  • @TheStrokesChick
    @TheStrokesChick 6 лет назад +1382

    You forgot the Karate in Slow Motion. I took a (non-goth) friend to Helter Skelter in LA, mid-90's. He had not idea how to dance. But then he had the bright idea of just doing karate in slow mo. He fit in just 👌👌👌

  • @GothicSoulFlower
    @GothicSoulFlower 7 лет назад +741

    LOL. Elder goth here. You nailed it.

    • @angelabenedict
      @angelabenedict  7 лет назад +94

      ** High Five ** Thank you

    • @AntagonisticApathy
      @AntagonisticApathy 4 года назад +20

      What age doth an "elder goth" make?

    • @tristaochoa8645
      @tristaochoa8645 4 года назад +18

      I was thinking the same thing. I was so a rooted in the spot dancer. LOL

    • @Spookythereaper3
      @Spookythereaper3 4 года назад +15

      AntagonisticApathy The ages that elder goth mostly range from 30-50. I am a mall goth, and I can consider the age range of said subculture behind the goth subculture might be 13-19.

    • @leolady6588
      @leolady6588 3 года назад +3

      @@tristaochoa8645 and the one handed 2 step!

  • @johannaschumann5286
    @johannaschumann5286 Год назад +71

    It's just what naturally comes with goth music just feel it and go with the flow, there is no right or wrong :)

  • @MattThePharaohWizard
    @MattThePharaohWizard 7 лет назад +421

    we always called the taffy puller, collecting spiderwebs.

    • @FletcherWolfe
      @FletcherWolfe 7 лет назад +8

      Matt The Pharaoh Wizard I think spiderwebs is more circular movements than reach and grab

    • @Spookythereaper3
      @Spookythereaper3 4 года назад +1

      Matt The Pharaoh Wizard Though I did not grow up in the 90s, the taffy puller goes by two names, its said name and collecting spiderwebs. I would collect a couple dozen spiderwebs, but I have a fear of massive spiders. Still gotta collect the webs 🕷🕸

  • @cjjenson8212
    @cjjenson8212 2 года назад +323

    As an elder, I remember when these steps began their evolution in the 80s.
    Thanks for taking me back.
    I'm 55 and still rarely sit out a song.
    Always best with 3 or 4 people in the circle💜🖤

    • @julianfoot8748
      @julianfoot8748 Год назад +4

      sam age same view!

    • @sunnymoon369
      @sunnymoon369 Год назад +2

      Me too, except I’ll be 54 next month. 😀

    • @LydiaFortner
      @LydiaFortner Год назад +3

      Yes, same, 57 here...! 🖤🖤

    • @wader.1592
      @wader.1592 Год назад

      54 here…dance circles were the best.

    • @davidlomax4028
      @davidlomax4028 Год назад

      Don't start a comment with As A..
      You're instantly unqualified to comment on the subject..
      As A.. Equals Clueless Cunt

  • @Jamie_Case
    @Jamie_Case Год назад +140

    This is a bit more stylish, graceful and coordinated than most of the goth dancing I witnessed and participated in back in the day

    • @rgdssd
      @rgdssd Год назад +7

      Lol I was thinking the same thing. We were more quirky and messy. 😂

    • @erikwhitney7403
      @erikwhitney7403 8 месяцев назад +1

      I understand what your saying that there are other dance moves but to be honest I saw a lot of these and sometimes just watched in amazement at some of the girls dancing. Not to mention when the cyber goth started with the long dreads and big boots in the industrial room. Moves were exciting to watch. Like Brioni and Jenny but when it first started

  • @mastertimb
    @mastertimb 4 года назад +262

    "No handed 2 step" is the one I called "resisting arrest" 🖤

  • @real_fjcalabrese
    @real_fjcalabrese 6 лет назад +55

    That reminds me of someone who was a big part of my life in the '90s. She treated me with kindness when I needed it.

  • @paulaunger3061
    @paulaunger3061 7 лет назад +146

    Actually, dressing up and dancing alone at home to your favourite tracks is a very fight thing to do 👍

    • @JNoMooreNumbers
      @JNoMooreNumbers 6 лет назад +7

      Paula Unger My dirty secret when alone after widowed has been revealed. Lol

    • @AnnaLVajda
      @AnnaLVajda 3 года назад +4

      Something to do other than just watching TV good exercise too.

    • @BlackVelvetBeauty
      @BlackVelvetBeauty 2 года назад +3

      One of the many pros to kicking my boyfriend out. Lol a luxury I’ve be afforded by solitude.

  • @blackdove4254
    @blackdove4254 7 лет назад +152

    Is soooooo freaking awesome that trends from the 90's are coming back. l was in College and now I'm 41 and I still dress goth. Thank goodness I don't my age!

    • @blackdove4254
      @blackdove4254 7 лет назад +1

      *****look

    • @angelabenedict
      @angelabenedict  7 лет назад +30

      The perks of staying out of the sun!

    • @richardmccullough7769
      @richardmccullough7769 3 года назад

      10-4

    • @ericmcbroom7825
      @ericmcbroom7825 10 месяцев назад +1

      Keep on being you. When I was goth/ punk in high school I got crap from people in society Etc, But u didn’t give a rat’s ass lol. I was me just as I am today. I think some people are more open minded nowadays then the 80s 90s. Thing’s we did back then that people had issues with like wearing all black and listening to music they didn’t understand and all the label’s they threw at you, all the BS Streo types and? Why u have a Mo hawk or black eye liner or are you a devil worshipper Etc. Today’s generation is rocking what was already done and not getting back lash or as much. I see some kid’s with Mo hawks and it’s accepted. When I did it some people like the jocks and preppy people and hip hop heads would call u out. It was crazy back then but all worth it lol

  • @ericmcbroom7825
    @ericmcbroom7825 10 месяцев назад +14

    I always loved Siouxsie, the Cure, Bauhaus, Dead can dance, The Witching hour, London after midnight, virgin prune’s, Mission Uk, the creatures, The Cramps, Alien Sex Fiend, Cocteau twins, just so many. Sisters of mercy, Nasfrati, I’m glad to see the newer generation is keeping it goin with the old and newer bands.

  • @danioctober
    @danioctober Год назад +61

    as a 90's goth girl...you nailed it.

  • @illmakeuhowell
    @illmakeuhowell 7 лет назад +197

    apparently all this time i've been dancing No Handed 2 Stepper not even knowing it

  • @neverwhere9615
    @neverwhere9615 7 лет назад +878

    love how she's all beautiful and goth and stuff; dancing around in a total muggle sitting room 🐱

  • @anthonydelossantos9270
    @anthonydelossantos9270 Год назад +25

    Jenna Ortega said she was inspired by Siouxsie Sioux and by watching 80s goth club videos. She had to have watched this. I recognized rooted to the spot in the beginning or as I called it Willows in the Wind..

    • @angelabenedict
      @angelabenedict  Год назад +14

      I think it's great that she wanted to be authentic in her choreography. Not only that, that she knew exactly where to go. Goth dancing has pretty much stayed true to its core since the 80s but once the 90s hit and more goth bands came out, there were bands that introduced more romantic and ethereal qualities which also affected the dancing. Back in the 80s it was more, I guess true to its punk roots and less fluid like it is now. We still got those hardcore 80s goth dancers tho!

    • @anthonydelossantos9270
      @anthonydelossantos9270 Год назад +10

      @@angelabenedict the show also introduced a whole new generation to The Cramps. Goo Goo Muck a the The Cramps have been the most requested song and band on Spotify because of the dance scene. It spawned a whole new litter of baby bats...

    • @angelabenedict
      @angelabenedict  Год назад +7

      @@anthonydelossantos9270 something I haven't seen in such a long time are kids attention being captured by music. Nowadays it's usually fashion or some kind of weird fad but getting gripped in the soul by just a damn good song is so wholesome. I love it!

    • @anthonydelossantos9270
      @anthonydelossantos9270 Год назад +6

      @@angelabenedict you're absolutely right. There is a reason why kids are attracted to the music that they hear on shows like Wednesday, Stranger Things. It's literally something that they never heard before.

  • @LevelOneGamingOG
    @LevelOneGamingOG 6 лет назад +261

    " im so goth im dead" i spit out my drink.

  • @starmanis2bowie55
    @starmanis2bowie55 7 лет назад +267

    Elder goth here... *cough* hasn't changed*cough*

    • @AlexLaw_Qld
      @AlexLaw_Qld 7 лет назад +6

      Elder (40s), or Crusty (over 50)?

    • @tammybastion7419
      @tammybastion7419 7 лет назад +2

      Yup, still doing much the same here too :)

    • @gomezy3k
      @gomezy3k 7 лет назад +31

      Hey now be nice. I am a lot of things but Crusty ain't one of em, even though I am in my middle 60's.

    • @starmanis2bowie55
      @starmanis2bowie55 7 лет назад +1

      Alex Law all Elder or Vampires (depending on era)

    • @oregoth8695
      @oregoth8695 6 лет назад

      Refreshing

  • @tincansquaredance
    @tincansquaredance 7 лет назад +83

    We used to call "The San Fransisco Taffy Puller" "Picking Apples." We had an alternate move called "Lost My Contacts" which was very similar. And how could you leave out "I'm Trapped In A Box?" That was a classic.

    • @klepoth
      @klepoth Год назад +5

      "picking apples" followed by "shit i lost my keys"

  • @ganggang3572
    @ganggang3572 Год назад +16

    Anyone here after Wednesday released

    • @dimples213
      @dimples213 Год назад +1

      me bc of netflix ! and reading comments on goth dancing haha

    • @angelabenedict
      @angelabenedict  Год назад +6

      I've been getting a lot of traffic from people who watched the show wondering if my dancing video inspired her. I need to see the show.

    • @kessibabanee7776
      @kessibabanee7776 Год назад +1

      Mee

    • @kessibabanee7776
      @kessibabanee7776 Год назад +1

      @@angelabenedictplease do

    • @mitsuriforlife6506
      @mitsuriforlife6506 Год назад +2

      Meeee

  • @mastertheillusion
    @mastertheillusion 7 лет назад +40

    I remember the 80s and 90s clubs and you pretty much nailed it.

  • @NBDesign
    @NBDesign 7 лет назад +227

    "i'm too old for this shit" LMAOOO

  • @ofherbsandaltars
    @ofherbsandaltars 7 лет назад +292

    I'm still trying to break out of 'rooted to the spot' XD My first forays to goth clubs were in RIDICULOUSLY huge 6-7 inch heels, rooted to the spot was the only way, lol. Getting a bit better now, but I also drink more at clubs now, which means even my comfy platform boots feel a bit dodgy for moving around in. I still own the huge gorgeous heels and would *love* to wear them out more, but last time I sprained my ankle and I have this *huge* fear of tripping sideways on huge heels and actually breaking an ankle, urkkkk, I even DREAM about this sometimes it's such a horror of mine! D: I need zimmerframes to become a cool goth club accessory, I could do *anything* with a zimmerframe to prop me up! :O

    • @cryingdove4133
      @cryingdove4133 7 лет назад +3

      paint a Zimmerman black! very goth

    • @angelabenedict
      @angelabenedict  7 лет назад +17

      Not that rooted to the spot doesn't look killer but I can see your issue. Are they wedge platforms or full on platform WITH heels? I've tried a pair of those in 5" and took a header just walking to the car...Needless to say I went back inside a changed my shoes. I have this paranoia about falling on the dancefloor. I can totally see your fear since you've actually gotten injured. The things we do for fucking fashion! I know this sounds weird but have you tried reinforcing the soles of your shoes with rubber for supreme grip?

    • @GothicRockGoddess
      @GothicRockGoddess 7 лет назад +8

      I intend when I'm old and decrepit to have a black and purple Zimmer with fairy lights and barbed wire all over it. Perhaps we should all start sporting them now instead of waiting until we're old? ;-)

    • @angelabenedict
      @angelabenedict  7 лет назад +9

      *Gothic*Rock*Goddess* That sounds beautiful, actually-- AND totally falls into the dancing with props category.

    • @GothicRockGoddess
      @GothicRockGoddess 7 лет назад +7

      I guess there's always the Goth Cane as a good prop (in both senses of the word!). Trouble is they tend to be too short if you're wearing huge platforms...

  • @BenjiGalore
    @BenjiGalore 7 лет назад +82

    You're doing it all wrong. You need to sway hips slightly from side to side while looking at the floor and taking a drag of your cigarette at your leisure at 3am in the morning.

    • @narcdad7094
      @narcdad7094 7 лет назад +2

      BenjiGalore LOL

    • @JNoMooreNumbers
      @JNoMooreNumbers 6 лет назад +12

      When you could smoke anywhere even in parts if hospitals. Now they have a fit if you vape. Sheesh. There was a smoking area at my high school even.

    • @beepboop7041
      @beepboop7041 Месяц назад

      @@JNoMooreNumbers not the smokers corner 😂

  • @JulioAvalos3000
    @JulioAvalos3000 5 лет назад +2

    Back when Helter was at 5612 Sunset Blvd, one of the regulars was a city construction worker. He would show up in full attire, hard hat and all, and practice Taichi amongst the shadow dancing Goths. It was a joy watching the man dance the night away.

  • @paulosicne8498
    @paulosicne8498 Год назад +7

    I'm 52 now and I used to attend in the early 90s mostly shows like The Muffs, The Dickies, etc. But after getting back into bands like the real Christian Death, Sisters of Mercy, and my sisters turning me on to Switchblade Symphony, I would start going by myself to a club called Coven 13 in L.A., and I would be mesmerized by the movements of the goth girls dancing on the dim lit dance floor. Great memories. The last death rock show I attended as Rozz Williams at the Billboard Live w/ADZ and Penis Flytrap in November 1997, 6 months prior to his passing. I still have the pictures I took from that show. Time really flies by quickly.

    • @barbedwirerat661
      @barbedwirerat661 Год назад +2

      Coven 13 was great! I lived up in the high desert in the late 90's and would and would make the drive down to go to that club...as well as Helter Skelter, Kontrol Factory, Bar Sinister, and a few others.

  • @toniscales5507
    @toniscales5507 7 лет назад +63

    I can't thank you enough for this. This is pure genius. I have been successfully transported back to my youth. I definitely fell under the category of rooted to the spot. My hands told tales in the air lol. Thanks so much for this jewel 😁

    • @sivicslady9882
      @sivicslady9882 Год назад

      Saw Rose McGowan in Charmed dancing like this and I never knew it was of this style🤩

  • @helix_shp
    @helix_shp Год назад +2

    Blast from the past.
    Absolutely that.

  • @chrischriskidnicky6088
    @chrischriskidnicky6088 Год назад +2

    This was me back in the day,pulling taffy like it was going out of style! Then it eventually did!

  • @Ektalon
    @Ektalon 7 лет назад +35

    "Rooted To The Spot" looks like "Dancing Groot" to me . . .

  • @JBunny7482
    @JBunny7482 Год назад +7

    I'm 40, so this was my teen yrs...I remember a lot of this eve tho I've never stepped foot in a goth club 😂 some of it is just wallflower dancing too. I love it 😍

  • @shizoxku4485
    @shizoxku4485 Год назад +156

    I feel like Jenna Ortega took some dance moves from this video so she can dance in the show😭

    • @angelabenedict
      @angelabenedict  Год назад +74

      I need to see the show and see if I can spy any familiar moves. That would be awesome! Gotta admire her dedication to authenticity.

    • @shizoxku4485
      @shizoxku4485 Год назад +11

      @@angelabenedict You should the show is really good :))

    • @AM-jx3zf
      @AM-jx3zf Год назад +5

      Ikr the dress looks similar too

    • @ozzyfan366
      @ozzyfan366 Год назад +16

      Well she did say she looked up RUclips videos for her dance scene.

    • @veronicarodriguez2036
      @veronicarodriguez2036 Год назад +5

      Jenna Ortega dijo que su baile fue inspirado en videos como los de Siouxsie And The Banshees osea... no invento nada nuevo , en el gótico y el post punk estos bailes existieron siempre !!!

  • @crazyplantgirldk387
    @crazyplantgirldk387 6 лет назад +45

    You had me laughing so hard "I'm to old for this shit"😂
    Loved the video so thank's once again all the way from Denmark ❤

    • @angelabenedict
      @angelabenedict  6 лет назад +4

      I genuinely fell over. I thought I was old...Turns out I was coming down with a fever!

    • @CYBDD
      @CYBDD 5 лет назад +1

      @@angelabenedict i'm so sorry taught was part of funny outro Fevers are no joke laughing manner.

  • @gabrielleal5339
    @gabrielleal5339 7 лет назад +22

    Oh god I remember these and the songs. God I miss the Bank, the Limelight, and the Batcave.
    Thank you for this. Though it's made me a bit melancholic and sad at how I miss my friends it also reminded me how much fun I had back then.

    • @h8luvtrashwarning437
      @h8luvtrashwarning437 7 лет назад

      Oh the NOSTALGIA!!! Ive noticed tht the 90s rivethead "stomp& repeat"has given way 2 something tht resembles a solo pattycake( still funny just not as intensely so)👿

    • @h8luvtrashwarning437
      @h8luvtrashwarning437 7 лет назад +4

      The Bank was a fave of mine too!!!

    • @LipsLinerAndLashes
      @LipsLinerAndLashes 7 лет назад +3

      Never got the chance to go to the Bank or Limelight, but I loved the Batcave!

    • @angelabenedict
      @angelabenedict  7 лет назад +5

      They were the best. I remember bouncing around from room to room in The Bank and Batcave afraid I'd miss a good song. You could get lost in Limelight!

    • @dbberns6196
      @dbberns6196 5 лет назад

      Ok me too

  • @nadialynch8558
    @nadialynch8558 7 лет назад +12

    That outro was the cutest thing ever

    • @angelabenedict
      @angelabenedict  7 лет назад +1

      It was genuine lol. No AC since the pillows were blocking the unsightly AC wall unit and the fact that I was actually coming down with something really kicked my ass.

    • @davidhumphreys1422
      @davidhumphreys1422 6 лет назад

      She is very sexy looking when frazzled :)

  • @Animekeke
    @Animekeke 7 лет назад +28

    This video is absolutely brilliant! You hit it right on the nose of these dance moves! I can't wait to show my friends this when we hit a goth club.

    • @angelabenedict
      @angelabenedict  7 лет назад +3

      I'm so happy you like it! Where do you usually club?

    • @Animekeke
      @Animekeke 7 лет назад +2

      Angela Benedict Koto in Salem, MA-my favorite!

    • @angelabenedict
      @angelabenedict  7 лет назад +7

      Lakeisha Denis There's a scene in Salem? That makes me so happy to hear :) I've always wanted to go. I'm gonna google it!

  • @Gathies
    @Gathies 2 года назад +2

    Oh wow. I haven't heard switchblade symphony or gutter glitter in almost 20 years. Felt a nostalgia pain. I miss the goth clubs of yore

  • @etam1616
    @etam1616 7 лет назад +27

    There are wonderful belly dance moves in this...I love this video, and I'm not even goth.

  • @exlibrisas
    @exlibrisas 7 лет назад +122

    Hate dances, but bloody God, the beauty of this woman!

    • @CaalamusTube
      @CaalamusTube 7 лет назад +4

      Even if she was going to all ages nights in '99, that was still 17 years ago. So even if she was as young as you could possibly be without getting turned away at the door, 16... that'd still make her 33.
      But she sure doesn't look it.
      I guess there's fake IDs? So maybe she was 12? So she maybe 29?! Either way...
      I agree with you though... she's super pretty & youthful.

    • @angelabenedict
      @angelabenedict  7 лет назад +46

      I'm 37 :) I got my first fake ID at 15 years old. Since all of the clubs were 18+ I got it to say that I was 19. Old enough to get in but not drink so I wasn't questioned. In 99, I was 19.

    • @CaalamusTube
      @CaalamusTube 7 лет назад +6

      Angela Benedict
      ...fuck you for having more that a year on me & making me feel like it's time for this old Bear to hibernate :P
      Vampire confirmed! Hahaha!
      Stay beautiful! ...even if it does require some dark conjuring :]

  • @HECATONCH1RES
    @HECATONCH1RES Год назад +1

    This just threw me back 30 years :) 90s Goth-Girls, best Goth-Girls

  • @aleighalynnelee2356
    @aleighalynnelee2356 3 года назад +10

    i’ve always been into industrial dance and i feel so out of place when the 80s goth comes on in the club. i can love that song but don’t know how to move to it. i love this video

  • @chelsead6054
    @chelsead6054 Год назад +5

    Fun fact: I have made my eldest daughter promise me that, someday, I shall have a grave marker that says "So Goth I'm dead." No one can change my mind. The fact that I want to be composted is simply a minor detail here.

    • @angelabenedict
      @angelabenedict  Год назад +2

      That's the most morbid yet wholesome thing I've ever heard!

    • @chelsead6054
      @chelsead6054 Год назад +2

      Wholesomly Morbid sounds like an excellent book title.

    • @angelabenedict
      @angelabenedict  Год назад +1

      @@chelsead6054 Hmmm....Gothic cookbook!

  • @alemaocomosandro
    @alemaocomosandro Год назад +8

    People used to dance exactly like this in the gothic clubs here in São Paulo, Brazil.

  • @angeliquerayne7568
    @angeliquerayne7568 2 года назад +2

    how you’re just dancing in a regular room and it’s so stunning.

  • @dmmwrites
    @dmmwrites Год назад +6

    I was in the scene in the 2000s and this made me so happy. THANK YOU FOR THIS.

    • @angelabenedict
      @angelabenedict  Год назад +3

      You're very welcome, I'm so happy you enjoyed it!

  • @Ashlien
    @Ashlien 7 лет назад +109

    I still see a lot of these today at the clubs xD

    • @etheridescence
      @etheridescence 7 лет назад

      Ashley Violet 'Specially Perfect for a crowded dance floor.

    • @bensmith5218
      @bensmith5218 7 лет назад +2

      Ashley Violet no you fucking don't lier

    • @CTDenal
      @CTDenal 6 лет назад

      Same here 😂

  • @kevingonzalez3673
    @kevingonzalez3673 Год назад +4

    She looks like Morticia Adams at the prom. This how Gomez met her on the dance floor😵

  • @rebelwag28
    @rebelwag28 5 лет назад +2

    As one who grew up dancing in LA goth clubs in the 90s I appreciate your candor, i laughed and reminisced, thank you for that!

  • @tomwulff527
    @tomwulff527 Год назад +1

    I performed 90 % of those moves back in the late 80ties early 90ties. And I am from a small city in northern Germany. It almost makes me believe in morphogenetic fields. We had a nother very popular dance move where you pretended to bow and reach out with one arm, like in a Renaissance painting from a dutch artist, constantly. The small cellar club we went to was our second living room. The ceiling had a lot of pipes that collected the condensed sweat of us and dripped from time to time. Teen old me drank hot amaretto with cream , yuk, when I needed a boost. I was never a full on goth, but on two occasions I went the babypowder route with heavy eyeliner but i
    decided it wasn't flattering to my complexion. And then acid house hit the club and many more. We were devastated.

  • @spokenOUT18
    @spokenOUT18 Год назад +35

    I deadass searched up goth dances after watching Wednesday lmao 🤣

    • @angelabenedict
      @angelabenedict  Год назад +11

      A lot of people seem to have the same idea. I think it's awesome!

    • @angelabenedict
      @angelabenedict  Год назад +4

      @PHXNK KILLER Totally a possibility. She said she did a lot of research into goth dancing. I'd be super honored if she took inspiration from this video.

    • @wearetomorrowspast.5617
      @wearetomorrowspast.5617 Год назад +1

      I was watching some Industrial Dance offs yesterday. That's a hoot.

    •  Год назад

      Me too!

  • @BloodyRosie
    @BloodyRosie 7 лет назад +11

    "The performer" was most definitely a thing at the so-called gothic parties in my city in Russia in 2005. The other moves weren't exact but similar to what you showed, particularly Erotic.

  • @lidelse666
    @lidelse666 9 месяцев назад +6

    i might be the only goth who cannot dance, i appreciate you so much for this. about to get down to some london after midnight 😩

    • @angelabenedict
      @angelabenedict  9 месяцев назад +5

      The basic two-step is the best place to land.

  • @MoK013
    @MoK013 6 лет назад +11

    Thank you for this video. My wife was watching cyber goth dancing and she asked me if I ever danced like that. I found this and went on a way back machine journey. I was a performer! San Fran taffy made me laugh.

    • @angelabenedict
      @angelabenedict  6 лет назад +4

      So many people think we're like the under the bridge cyber goth dancers lol! I'm happy you found this! The performer is especially good when it's one of those songs you find yourself FLY to the dancefloor for. Much energy into the performer!

  • @legrandmustache456
    @legrandmustache456 7 лет назад +11

    i love your outfit so much!
    i'm gothic in my heart forever!

  • @heartdragon2386
    @heartdragon2386 7 лет назад +9

    Lol, I mostly remember "kicking puppies", "lost my contact", and of course "the lead boot stomp". Thanks for the nostalgia. :)

    • @antipatsy
      @antipatsy 4 года назад

      We referred to "lost my contact" as the "menstrual cramp dance," lol.

  • @ericmcbroom7825
    @ericmcbroom7825 10 месяцев назад

    I’m just now 50 and I Still LOVE Goth music. I was really Heavy into it back in high school as a teenager in the mid to late 80s into the 90s. Especially with the clothes I wore. Still listen to all my favorites today. We had a club back then called Crazy Mamas in Columbus Ohio. Huge goth punk skater progressive scene. Also There was a goth magazine and you could look at all the different scenes around the world that was goth and you could back then be pun pals with different gothic people. My friend shadow was in LA and we was real cool. I went to LA to visit my fam there and I met up with her and she took me to a goth club in Hollywood called Helter skelter. A old Catholic Church converted into a night club. Soooo Awesome. People would crouch dance Etc.

  • @jaimereynolds258
    @jaimereynolds258 Год назад +2

    Loved being a teen in the 90s

  • @erikwhitney7403
    @erikwhitney7403 Год назад +3

    Best Goth time was the 90's Still had the 80's classics and the bands of the 90's that were phenome. SF. Thanks for the memories. Best dance moves still. Erotic taffy and root were my moves.

  • @oliviaphoenixpark7344
    @oliviaphoenixpark7344 7 лет назад +68

    Great music and dance moves on point - love your video! Btw: We're still dancing like that in Germany! :D

    • @vishalkahnaigroup4886
      @vishalkahnaigroup4886 7 лет назад +7

      Because Europe has a better club scene than North America

    • @MrFusselig
      @MrFusselig 7 лет назад +5

      Agree, still dancing the two handed two step stuff... if I don´t have room for the three step...

    • @orianasugarlights4129
      @orianasugarlights4129 7 лет назад +1

      I still dance like that. ...for the most part. 😉

    • @SoloKrauT
      @SoloKrauT 5 лет назад +1

      @MrFusselig - XD

    • @MrFusselig
      @MrFusselig 5 лет назад

      @@SoloKrauT I mean, seriously, I prefer this three step forward, three steps back dance with letting the head roll with the movement, depending on the song with more or less arm work. And if I´m funny I like to turn, and only dance backward, but that seems to be only me.
      The two handed two step stuff just came out of desperation for me, when there is no room for more fancy stuff.
      But have seen all the other stuff as well.
      I wonder why the three step wasn´t shown in the video, is it a German thing? It is a very common dance move in Germany since the 80s. Not that I was there in the 80s, but I have seen videos of it, and people still dance like it.

  • @WesWsly
    @WesWsly 7 лет назад +1

    I was just stoked to hear Switchblade Symphony.. I miss that group, one of my all time fave bands. Serpetine Gallery is just art.

  • @fordmike65
    @fordmike65 7 лет назад

    Gorgeous....takes me back more than a few years.

  • @jackilinewright5436
    @jackilinewright5436 7 лет назад +8

    Oh the memories I have rocked those dance move my self! You have beautiful movements btw I done think younger goths will ever really know that feeling of dancing with all the vampires of the night!

  • @FelisDestructicus
    @FelisDestructicus 7 лет назад +16

    Switchblade Symphony! I wish you danced to Clown, as well. XD

  • @toddsperling2047
    @toddsperling2047 6 лет назад

    This was the best scene to be young and alive. I'm glad I was there.

  • @terrimeakin-rosario9189
    @terrimeakin-rosario9189 Год назад +2

    thanks for keeping in alive, beautiful danse my girl

  • @mdjechazabal1
    @mdjechazabal1 Год назад +3

    Omg! That all takes me back! I love it, girl! Keep those goth moves alive for a new generation! 💜💜💜

  • @siouxsettewerks
    @siouxsettewerks 7 лет назад +9

    The no handed two stepper, albeit with steps that where more laterally oriented was called "searching for my keys" where I'm from!

  • @gomezy3k
    @gomezy3k 7 лет назад

    Love the dances. At my age, 66, that last one is about my speed. I remember seeing most of the dances back when I went to the clubs in the 90's.

  • @laurettadelmar2781
    @laurettadelmar2781 3 года назад

    I’ve never had the privilege of going to a goth club since I’m young (21) and never lived near one that’s still alive but I dance like this whenever I listen to goth music. There’s apparently a universal power that takes over whenever we listen to it. I love it

  • @EveInTheMachine
    @EveInTheMachine 2 года назад +3

    Omg, this made my heart go black! 🖤
    The nostalgia!!! 🤩

  • @TaraVanflower
    @TaraVanflower 7 лет назад +29

    Lycia in da hizzay. haha :) Thanks for the inclusion.

    • @angelabenedict
      @angelabenedict  7 лет назад +6

      Wow, This is a serious honor! You rock my socks so hard so, thank YOU!

    • @TaraVanflower
      @TaraVanflower 7 лет назад +3

      Angela Benedict keeping it real. ha wtf is up w me and stupid catchphrases today. im socially awkward and don't know how to take compliments. :)

    • @TaraVanflower
      @TaraVanflower 7 лет назад +2

      Angela Benedict hahahaha excellent!

    • @christopherluvsaidan67
      @christopherluvsaidan67 3 года назад

      @@TaraVanflower She's star struck

  • @wfrancis25
    @wfrancis25 7 лет назад

    a colleague and I had a little giggle with this cause we remembered some of these style from our day.he was 90s goth and me mid 00.the scene was dead before 2010. no clubs, no places to go anymore.the emo's took over. sooo miss those days. thanx for the vid

  • @sceneryj
    @sceneryj 4 года назад +1

    I was more into punk and metal, but when I was in university during the early 2000s I used to frequent the local goth club (good music, cheap booze, I could always catch a lift home) and I would crush so hard on the goth girls. This video totally reminded me of that, so thanks. :)

  • @themattman1173
    @themattman1173 2 года назад +3

    It's the no hand to the one hand to the two hand two step and sisters of Mercy that has me falling in love. You perform all these dances beautifully and perfectly.

  • @PuppetDungeon
    @PuppetDungeon 7 лет назад +3

    Wow... this totally brought me back to all those late nights at The Kitchen in South Florida. You did great!

  • @valentinogal781
    @valentinogal781 Год назад +1

    Man!!! This brings back memories but in L.A dance scene back in the late 90s and early 2000's. I use be more of an industrial dancer and Dark Wave. I miss those days. 🖤 Shot out to my favorite dance song that was Dead Stars by Covenant.

  • @blueshifter
    @blueshifter 6 лет назад +1

    there was one called 'Picking up a Penny', where your arm would swing wide above your head then swing around and down as you knelt to the floor, fingers almost brushing the ground. very popular in norcal late 80s scene

  • @dorym.tomaselli6739
    @dorym.tomaselli6739 3 года назад +6

    Love the music you used for this video. Some great spooky tunes for us spooky folks to enjoy. Lovely dance moves. I'm guilty of a few myself including " picking apples from trees" and the "willow in the wind". I just feel out the music when I go to a Goth night. Fun times for sure. 🦇💀🕸️

  • @bobrobertsNotUrBob
    @bobrobertsNotUrBob Год назад +4

    Love corpus delicti, i never hear people speak about them

    • @angelabenedict
      @angelabenedict  Год назад +1

      They will soon, they've been touring again like crazy! I hope they come to NY.

  • @bytemevv-4616
    @bytemevv-4616 7 лет назад +1

    Your not old keep at it... you never lost it... you still Goth it!

  • @merc5333
    @merc5333 7 лет назад

    I love these dances. Awesome music too.😄💖

  • @carolinem6102
    @carolinem6102 7 лет назад +9

    Oh Im in love with your channel. Theres so many videos on "how to do this and this and that the gothic way" but its almost every time non-serious or with a tad too much hint of humor in it. I was dark and gloomy in the late 1990s and beginning of 2000. I-DANCED-LIKE-THIS. No fun about it. Compleatly non-ridicule. And you turn this shit up like a goth godess. I hope all the newly "embraced" goths look at you as a rolemodel and inspiration. I also saw your post about the scene cravling back into ttheir caves, not doing clubs anymore. Its true. its online or festivals or in the closet. For me, im gonna pick up my black lipstick and lace again and go full-on every day goth again. Not letting my job, expectation or the norm holding me back. Thank you. You brighten up (or darken:P ) my life!

  • @greenteawitch2973
    @greenteawitch2973 Год назад +3

    I love watching these tutorials but i also feel goth dancing is dancing the way that you want and feel like without the fear of being weird , is freely expressing with your body How music makes you feel like
    And you are gorgeous, a real life Morticia 🖤

  • @spicecrop
    @spicecrop 6 лет назад +2

    Takes me back, I was never Goth but wore a lot of black and had long black hair. More into the rock scene but our worlds would collide in Tucson AZ. Loved hanging in the "Goth bars". And watching all the hot goth girls dance. Yeah and you are right. New wave style music kinda brought everyone together. Things were so much fun back then before the internet.

  • @t-shades7148
    @t-shades7148 7 лет назад +5

    Haha, I've definitely done the "Taffy Puller" and "Performer". Plus a lot of hair stuff. Just hair all over the place.

  • @Skiamakhos
    @Skiamakhos 7 лет назад +5

    Awesome outfit & dances! I remember a lot of these from London's Slimelight & Net.goth scene in the late 90's to early 2000s, and also back in the back end of the 80s. I had to take an enforced break from the goth scene mid-90s because there were no other goths at my university & I was too poor to travel elsewhere.

  • @adr7ex
    @adr7ex 2 года назад +1

    Great to watch those styles again, beautifully done.

  • @Proutprutproutprout
    @Proutprutproutprout 7 лет назад +142

    How old are you? You seem too young to me, to have been in the club in the 90's O_o

    • @cheriecheung4164
      @cheriecheung4164 7 лет назад +112

      she's probably a vampire :P

    • @angelabenedict
      @angelabenedict  7 лет назад +179

      I'm 37 :)

    • @mimimoneymachine
      @mimimoneymachine 7 лет назад +67

      That's basically 75 in the gothic subculture, but I know she's been dead longer XP

    • @houseofzuma1033
      @houseofzuma1033 7 лет назад +10

      you are so beautiful..

    • @kittycupcakes1834
      @kittycupcakes1834 7 лет назад +12

      Angela Benedict Me too! And yes....no sun is also my secret. and lots of water.

  • @Hello__isi
    @Hello__isi 7 лет назад +6

    I love how you dance!
    Greetings from Barcelona!

  • @IsItOrNot
    @IsItOrNot 4 года назад

    Spot on. I can say that this is also exactly the way we danced in Montreal goth clubs in the 90s.

  • @user-xi7qv7xz9e
    @user-xi7qv7xz9e 7 месяцев назад +1

    She moves with grace inhuman,with sultryness beyond measure,to those who see her she's a wonder,but to those who know her she's a treasure.Corvine Crusader Approved content.

  • @JessicaPeterson
    @JessicaPeterson Год назад +6

    I was trying to describe goth dancing to my husband since the Wednesday dance and this nailed my mid to late 90s NYC goth club scene experience exactly! (Also I must know you from back then as we all knew one another, let's be honest 🖤)

  • @ultrafloss492
    @ultrafloss492 7 лет назад +6

    I didn't knew that the no handed 2 step was an actual named move. It's the one thing that came natural to me and that's the only one I did accept for the utmost generic 80 finger snap, elbow moving front to back 'move', lol.
    Jeez those were fun days :D

  • @novanavi
    @novanavi Год назад +2

    Girl, you are magical. You reminded me of me in the noughties. I miss those times😁

  • @riley5882
    @riley5882 4 года назад

    Some of these dances are awesome omg

  • @bellegraves
    @bellegraves 7 лет назад +4

    Oh my god, so accurate! I'm guilty of damn near every single one.

    • @angelabenedict
      @angelabenedict  7 лет назад +1

      Perfect! It's good to get a good mix going.

  • @zodsmuffin2369
    @zodsmuffin2369 7 лет назад +83

    lol you dance like british goths in the 80s

    • @angelabenedict
      @angelabenedict  7 лет назад +12

      If only there were time machines

    • @angelabenedict
      @angelabenedict  7 лет назад +10

      I've been to a few 'goth' nights in the UK :) I wish they were more 'goth' oriented as they were predominantly electronic but I'm sure there are a few I missed. Next time!

    • @zodsmuffin2369
      @zodsmuffin2369 7 лет назад +3

      there is some but i bet u only went london when most of the good stuff happens up north

    • @angelabenedict
      @angelabenedict  7 лет назад +6

      zods muffin Sheffield, Nottingham and Norwich, actually :)

    • @zodsmuffin2369
      @zodsmuffin2369 7 лет назад +1

      actually nottingham and norwich are both down south sheffield is in the north :)

  • @tobecomezero
    @tobecomezero Месяц назад

    Awesome. Dancing the San Francisco Taffy Puller to Gutter Glitter takes me back to 1989-1990 the Underground nightclub in San Francisco. Best/worst time of my life

  • @spleengrrrl
    @spleengrrrl 4 года назад +1

    Thank you, you took me back to Helter Skelter in L.A. circa 1994

  • @zombiecheshireproductions
    @zombiecheshireproductions 7 лет назад +4

    I still see many of these dances at the goth club I got to :)

  • @dyingsun23
    @dyingsun23 7 лет назад +3

    You forgot the "Flail around electro-spastically in a zero-gravity vortex of pain, misery and loss while still managing to hold onto your absinth" :) That was my fave back then *sigh* I still do it when the music's right and nobody's watching...