a covenant or compact made between persons, parties, states, etc., for the promotion or maintenance of common interests or for mutual assistance or service. 2. the aggregation of persons, parties, states, etc., associated in such a covenant or compact; confederacy. 3. an association of individuals having a common goal. 4. a group of athletic teams organized to promote mutual interests and to compete chiefly among themselves: a bowling league.
This disconnect causes a lot of cognitive dissonance. Coldplayâs ostensible genre, alternative rock, is intrinsically cool ânot cool in the high-school sense, but cool in the way that Lou Reed or Miles Davis was cool. Aloof.
Learn what you're listening to. There's a wide variety of music associated with goth personas, but most members of the subculture consider listening to and appreciating music to be an important part of your participation in it. Often, goth music refers to a particular style of rock music from the 80's, featuring a heavy use of synthesizers, jangly guitar, reverb, and monotone vocals.To describe music as gothic is to refer to the tone, attitude, and the lyrical content.