A Goth Music playlist for baby bats 

I thought it was literally for baby bats. Like from a shelter, and i thought that was very wholesome

Now this is music education. Just what everyone needs. Like the sound of goth rock? Here's a playlist of fundamentals you need to know. boom. There should be one of these for every music genre.

One of my favourite things about the goth community is how welcoming it is to baby bats!! It’s been so great to immerse myself in a community that seems so happy to have me there 😭😭

I know their is a stima of racism in the Goth world as 55 yo blk man I been listening to Goth since I was 18 yo. I got laughed at by my own race of people cuz they thought I was weird. The love of music has no color . Post punk to Goth wave sith wave punk Rock , New wave. Grunge Rock , Acid Rock, progressive Rock , Purple Rock ( RIP Prince) j can keep going. Love of music has no color or Race.

I grew up with two not necessarily goth, but definitely alternative parents. Big old creepy farmhouse, lot of legends about spirits and monsters around our land, human skulls in the house (my dad used them for teaching dental students), alternative music style, lots of black clothing, antiques everywhere...very Addams-esque. My dad introduced me to Siouxsie Sioux and the Banshees when I was younger and I've always been comfortable with darker themes and chords to my music. For people who have no history with the goth subculture, this playlist is an awesome intro, and definitely sounds like the stuff my dad and I would cruise around to.

My fiance is goth and she agrees this is a finely curated playlist. I just love the music and culture.

time stamps if anyone needs it : <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="0">0:00</a> She's in parties - *Bauhaus* <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="342">5:42</a> The Cry - *Bat Nouveau* <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="606">10:06</a> Ligea - *Witching Hour* <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="917">15:17</a> Ferryman - *Golden Apes* <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1193">19:53</a> Roses of Flesh and Blood - *Plastique Noir* <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1487">24:47</a> If I speak - *Frank the Baptist* <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1723">28:43</a> Boys don't cry - *The Cure* <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1898">31:38</a> The Passenger -*Siouxsie and the Banshees* <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="2149">35:49</a> Empty Streets - *Plastique Noir* <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="2457">40:57</a> La Nuit - *Asylum Party* <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="2750">45:50</a> This Charade - *La Fête Triste* <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="2983">49:43</a> Crying - *Ghosting* <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="3245">54:05</a> To wish impossible things - *The Cure*

if it’s hard for you to get into new music here’s a tip: when you’re working on something and you have music playing in the background, start with 2 or 3 songs you already know and like. Have the new stuff queued up to play after the songs you know. when you’re working, you’ll zone out on the music a little and it’ll be easier to listen to it and enjoy it

So happy to see these playlists and that what I'm hearing referred to as "Trad Goth" enjoying a revival (thank you, "Wednesday," I guess?). I'm so old that we didn't even call ourselves "goth" and even resented when the label started to stick - being labeled was exactly what we rebelled against after "punk rock" was the blanket phrase the older generations used to describe anything contrary to "classic rock". But hey, we all need to identify as something these days and I'm happy to be an O.G. (Original Goth). Welcome all Baby Bats, we've kept the crypt cold for you.

Playing this for my “baby” bat (my 4 year old) just to see her response to it

I'm a baby bat, and this playlist is such a banger. Thank you for properly introducing me to the world of Goth music.

"elder goth" here. I started listening to punk & what we called death rock (goth) at the time.. back in like 81-82 in Southern California. I was just a baby.. like, late elementary school. but I was way into it. still am =) I grew up in & around the music industry- so I was introduced to all this at a very young age. my god father was a tour manager for bands like The Cure, David Bowie, Duran Duran, etc so thankful.🖤xx

Honestly, I call myself y'allternative. I'm from Mississippi, have an accent, and wear a mix of goth, emo, pastel and scene, depending on my mood.

**me, a baby bat, silently adding these to my playlist**

I’m not a goth (or at least I don’t think I am) but I’ve always found myself drawn to music like this. My mom would constantly play Depeche Mode when I was younger, so I’m pretty sure that’s why. Anything synthy with reverb and an overall darker tone always sounds amazing to me. It’s just so magical ❤️

OOOH, I’ve always wanted to be goth. But I kept hearing you need to listen to the music, but I didn’t know what goth music would be considered as, so thank you for this

Just starting to get into goth culture rn. I’ve always loved “darker” music, I didn’t feel comfortable calling myself a goth because I always felt like I was “faking” by not dressing like a stereotypical goth (my main style is streetwear). But after reading the comments, I feel validated 🥹🖤

So happy to see Plastique Noir included not once, but twice! They're brazilian just like me, and this fills me with pride 🖤🦇

I'm 6 minutes in, have never known a goth genre to exist but I dig it so much. Has very 80s vibes yk

Omg Baby Bats is such a cute term for people embracing their Inner goth.

Welcome baby bats to the alternative. :-) I was an old punk new waver. My gf, now wife was a goth punk girl. From back in the late '80s and '90s. We have kids now who are teenagers. This is a good playlist for newcomers. Very familiar with many of these bands and music.

totally agree, they call what you've said there "gatekeeping" but really this is openly inviting people in, the opposite of "gatekeeping"

i never realized how even reggae is kind of a part of goth music as well (the end of She's In Parties) that's really heccn cool and im glad i got to listen to this song again :)

As a new goth (one or two years experience) thank u so much for this playlist! I am the only goth in my social circle so its kind of hard to find nice goth music recommendations. Most people keep on confusing emo, metal and goth and I am kind of sick of it, so it is indeed nice to find a chanel with so many goth classics! Now I also know what to send my friends when they ask what is goth!

I've been interested in goth music since I saw the goths in South Park when I was a kid thanks for uploading

I didn't think I'd be into goth rock! What a vibe this is I love it !

I had that 'gothic' playlist Spotify made recommended to me and I was like "good but imma find a playlist made by a goth" and this seems like a tlly good start! I feel like my music has grown so much, and I think this might be the spot where I best fit

When I heard him singing the name "Ligea" I thought, isn't that a Poe story? Satisfied that I was right but still baffled why my brain retained that for over 10 years from when I was really into Poe lol

As a baby bat myself, i have to say i adore how diverse and welcoming the community has gotten. Ive heard it's been rough to newcomers, but from what ive seen its improved :)

i love goth rock so much its so moody and soothing but like also hype?? idk its just the best

i started to fall in love with gothic fashion, and developed a desire to join the goth community- this is my introduction to the music, as I have been told it is very important to listen to goth music if I want to label myself as a member of this subculture. i've also began researching goth history, so I hope I'm becoming a baby bat who can make experienced goths proud 🖤

as a bat that stole a humans phone, we indeed listen to this

“rose of flesh and blood” is literally my new favorite song! ty for making this playlist!!!!

As an "Elder" Goth who's been around since the late '80's, I love that you put in bands I've never heard of, like Bat Nouveau, The Golden Apes and Frank the Baptist. Thank you so much! I have to be honest and say that I didn't actually like Bat Nouveau, as I found them monotonal (they didn't seem to know more than two chords and couldn't sing worth shit), but they had a Punk sensibility that definitely showed Goth's roots. Frank The Baptist was a lot of fun with their sea-shanty, drunken bar-crawl style! 🖤 The Cure's "Boys Don't Cry" brought back memories of a Cure T-shirt I'd found in a dumpster that had the famous "Boys Don't Cry" image on it that I adored and wore to rags. Wish I could find another vintage one. And Siouxsie and the Banshees' cover of "The Passenger" is one of my all-time favourites, as is "Bauhaus' "She's In Parties"! I hope you can forgive me for this, but "Crying" by Ghosting was execrable. I mean it was really terrible. I'm surprised you'd consider it a favourite in your personal playlist. They can't sing, the song was bland, and the song went nowhere. Personally, "Crying" and "The Cry" by Bat Nouveau really could have been replaced by something else from bands equally early in the era. Maybe something by Danielle Dax or Diamanda Galas, who can actually write and sing, and they were instrumental and early in the scene, or X-mal Deutschland, Einsterzende Neubauten, or even the inimitable Rozz Williams and his group Christian Death, the very man who gave the Goth subculture it's name (he was dubbed the Gothic Goblin by his flat mates because the building he was living in was named the Gothic Arms--or something like that, according to the lead singer of The Cult, or so goes the legend, and his fans became known as Goths). Anyway, that's just my personal taste, and no one says we have to agree, or have the same tastes. Cheers! Thanks again for putting this excellent collection together. Much peace and silliness, because the world needs more silliness--of the *fun* kind, of course!🖤

as a budding baby bat i really appreciate this!

I am a gyaru but this shit still goes hard 😍🌺

I am wanting to be more goth, and I didn't know there was a specific genre for that! Thank you for making this video! It's very helpful!

i started to listen to goth music in 2020, this playlist is so good! Iam slowly building up my goth playlist and this helped me so much

I'm myself a metalhead who occasionaly listens to goth, but it's always good to learn the fundamentals of it, before diving any deeper. Btw, is this playlist on Spotify?

At last ! Young kids will understand what goth music reaally is.

im not goth, infact i’m scene, but i fucking love goth music. it makes me feel so chill

for anyone who only think goths are people who wear all black and are all edgy and are like the goth kids from south park: The Goth fashion is all based off of the MUSIC-based subculture, vocals with distant and sometimes cold voices with reverberations tends to be goth music and a gothic band can usually be seen by its concerts, a lot of them have very theatrical style concerts, kind of like the march violets or alien sex fiend, the history of the music is very interesting, its actually a subgenre of rock music too! coming from the same timeline as the starts of Punk rock music (i hope im correct?), i know this is a huge out of order ramble so i apologize for that, but this is what a lot of goth is about, its not all black clothing, woe is me, and what people like to call emo (emo is a totally diff thing). All the fashion just stems from the bands and musicians who were a lot of the time labelled as goth (this is such a fucking gigantic ramble im so sorry i know how out of order it is so i apologize but if you managed to read my bullshit than i thank you)

*This makes me feel like I'm wearing black lipstick while drinking cranberry wine.🍷*

i think what i like most about these types of songs is how long they are, but they don't drag on. like every minute brings something to the table. thanks for making this!

Oh my gosh, the first vid I’ve seen that doesn’t only use the most popular goth songs! I got so excited when I saw Bat Nouveau

My favorite introductory playlist in general. 🖤

This is all classic hehe.. Going back to my wine drinking days. Laying in my bed. Room all dark, with rave lights. It was beautiful. Just laying contemplating life and death..

posting for myself <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="0">0:00</a> She's in parties - Bauhaus <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="342">5:42</a> The Cry - Bat Nouveau <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="606">10:06</a> Ligea - Witching Hour <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="917">15:17</a> Ferryman - Golden Apes <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1193">19:53</a> Roses of Flesh and Blood - Plastique Noir <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1487">24:47</a> If I speak - Frank the Baptist <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1723">28:43</a> Boys don't cry - The Cure <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1898">31:38</a> The Passenger -Siouxsie and the Banshees <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="2149">35:49</a> Empty Streets - Plastique Noir <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="2457">40:57</a> La Nuit - Asylum Party <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="2750">45:50</a> This Charade - La Fête Triste <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="2983">49:43</a> Crying - Ghosting <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="3245">54:05</a> To wish impossible things - The Cure

omg, thanks you A LOT for sharing this beautiful list🌹 i'm a baby bat:/ i really love how it sounds. i listened some gothic/ gothic doom metal bands before, but non metal gothic is good too, i'm in love. i don't know from which band start with( so far i only listen to playlists as your🖤

I was raised new wave and I have always been attracted to the goth subculture- FINALLY GETTING INTO IT🦶😻🤞🥰🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️

This was very useful, thank you! I’m a goth whose more on the art and literature side whose kind of still getting into the music. I’ve been listening to Siouxsie and the Banshees for a while now, but other than that I haven’t really been into goth music. Definitely adding some of these to my music library.

ive been considering goth for a while and i think ive finally found myself. thank you!!

i never knew this type of music was considered goth and i’ve always loved the type of vibes i got from this type of music

Growing up in the late 80’s and coming into my own gothness 😂I’m happy to see some bands here I have never heard of. Great playlist! Long time fan of the cure , bauhaus, Siouxsie and the banshees. This brought me back to Smokey dark limelight in NYC on goth night.

Im not necessarily goth but i think goth people are so cool and i seriously want to have a friend group with goth people so i could slowly ease into the gothic style cause i just think its so cool

im a simple person - I see goth, i click

tryna expand my music taste, thanks for making this 🙏

i feel like i've been a baby bat for two years. for some reason goth music intimidates me so i keep just listening to what i know instead of finding new bands

Such a great selection to start off baby bats, this is one of the best playlists ever

I know my pfp dosent really show it but ive been trying to get into the goth subculture since i was in middle school but never really knew where to start especially with so many people on social media being so harsh (i guess you would say) about the subculture and how to get into it, i was always kinda scared to get into it, but thanks to this pkaylist and these comments I know where to start. Let the research and journey begin 🖤🦇

My Mom recently put me onto some older punk and goth rock she'd listen to back in her highschool years. I'm more a fan of classic rock and metal, but I never thought I'd see myself listening to this stuff. It's growing on me quite a bit.

I recently became a baby bat and started listening to only this type of music

I know this was made a while ago, but I’m so scared about trying to get into the Goth community, mainly afraid of any judgement or possibly getting anything wrong but I do appreciate this! Really am trying to get into it all!

as a baby bat myself, this playlist is so lovely 🖤 i love goth culture & have been doing research on it lately as well as trying to find good music playlists.. good to see that i have found one ^_^

i'm just so happy to enter this community! I'm already in love with the few things i know about the subculture, and this community of living dead people seems so positive and polite, i luv luv luv💜

Nostalgic 🎃

I used to not listen to music at all, but last year I got into it, trying all new sorts of music now, and Grunge/Punk/Goth really feels nice to listen too. Thank you for the video!

A BABY bat here, I’ve been listening to this playlist and looking up a lot of goth bands and j love it makes me so happy!!:3 currently making a bunch of matching bracelets with me and my friend while listening to this!! (I love making bracelets that are the complete opposite of goth while listening to goth music it’s so silly)

i've been emo since i was abt 12, but recently ive been falling in love with goth music. thank you for these playlists, it's difficult to know where to start when approaching a new genre edit: some of y'all need to chill the fuck out in the replies, goddamn

I always wondered what gothic music actually sounds like and when I finally looked it up this was the first thing that vame up. I'm currently making a new character for a TTRPG and for me music is a key part of understanding my OCs so this has been very helpful. From this music I'd say that not only is a partial goth aesthetic (long black dresses and all that but not quite as much makeup) the right style for my character but I now have a better grasp on my character's personality. she will be wearing more practical outfits while fighting though because as cool as dresses look they fucking suck to have to run in.

As a baby bat, I really appreciate a playlist like this! I dont really know many bands considering im starting so im glad to have thrips playlist for reference! I thank you ver so kindly for this. Thabk you💕💕🦇

I have never heard goth music before, it's pretty good!

Maybe it's my age, but it's hard to imagine this music as goth. It sounds like a mix of surfer rock and new wave.

Okay, the gothic subculture just being a goth in general is a music-based subculture so it's refreshing to see people make playlists for it

I am not really a gothic dude , Just trying some new type of music and now really like this playlist. Thanks dude.

As a baby bat many years ago I made lots of mistakes of what goth music actually was and it was like a journey discovering what bands I liked , this is a good list , my favourites are plastique noir empty streets, bauhaus shes in parties, and ghosting , I also like metal and punk, there's so many good bands out there and discovering new ones is always fun , I think for new goths as long as you can appreciate trad goth music and understand where it all started there's no reason why you can't listen to other music tastes as well 🦇

I'm not with the style, but the genre in music is AMAZING. Thank you for this playlist

Couldn't have started with a better song!

Amazing playlist during a long walk to work in winter morning. Thanks a lot!

My pet bats were playing this in the attic and I went up to see what was all about ❤

I couldn't ever call myself or my music taste goth but this playlist is genuinely so good and I will definitely be looking for more of this music !

* me, a baby bat, just vibing with this amazing playlist 🖤

Ligea is literally what got me into gothic music

Ok, I was DEFINITELY not expecting that last Cure song, one of my favorites off of Wish at that! Thank you for including more than just the singles!

I've never been interested to goth music or been connected to it by a relative or friend, I just found this video and I'm so glad I clicked on it, this style of music is just so relaxing and unique I've never heard anything like it, I'm definitely gonna get into goth music now. Thank you so much for making this video ❤❤

I've started to be interested in learning more about being Goth because I enjoy finding new things to be interested in. This music is actually really nice.

THIS is goth music playlist Finally 😭❤

THANK YOU i’m like really getting into gothic rock and fashion and i’ve been looking with struggle for some good music to start with, cuz it can be a bit intimidating sometimes. i love this so much

I think this is also a great foundation for Goth appreciation not only for baby bats , also for well versed knowledgeable goths.

I've been interested in goth subculture for a while, and this is probably my first time actually listening. This is LIT!

I’ve always loved this style of music but didn’t realize it was goth when I’ve heard it. I’m really into vampires, gothic horror literature, and I’ve just embraced the vampy dark clothing I like. I wondered if I’d be labeled as goth if I started wearing the clothing I like and have since learned it’s based around music. I’m so glad I already liked the genre before I knew what it was. I was worried I’d listen and not like it and be relegated to poser island

I found this playlist through a youtube recommendation on a cold night in September while skating and from that day, my whole world changed for the better🖤💀🖤 note from: December,23,2023

As a baby bat, stuff like this really helps! If anyone could recommend anymore music/bands like this so I can make a playlist, that would be lovely!

This is good for Baby Bats and Elder Goths alike 🖤

Music and subcultures and how they intersect has always been a fun study for me. I think I know what my style of dress is right now, and while I don't fully consider myself Goth (moreso eclectic I guess) I do enjoy the music/subgenres. It's fun stuff to experience!

I've always been into the aesthetic (my fav dresses since day 1 were dark velvet mid lenght), but never even heard of one of these. Suddenly I find that playlist learn that THIS is my vibe and I love every single one of these. I feel like I can see my brain from outside listening to those if that makes any sense, like I was listening to my anxious and chaotic, and feverish brainvawes (I also can't understand a word they're singing, so that may be helping, heh)

ive always loved darker music since i was younger..i could never find music that i felt i truly connected to but i feel like ive found my calling! im learning more about the culture & as much as I can! so excited to learn more, these comments have reassured me so much, thank you to all the kind souls here

So, this is what it means to be goth. I think I get it now. And honestly, I kinda like.

I'm not gothic (or I don't think I am) but I love so much the way goth music is danceable (at least for me it is), I feel like dancing for like 1000 hours nonstop

as someone who's trying to get into goth music, thank you!! i love all the songs, your picks are really good :)