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Do you lament the demise of nightclubs?
TheTruth1983
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I certainly don't. Ever since my teens, I have thought they were horrid places where you have pay in to listen to (and awkwardly dance to) very bad music and drink watered down booze while not being able to talk to anyone.
I have always been happiest with a few drinks with friends in the house or going to a local pub where the atmosphere is so much better.
I have always been happiest with a few drinks with friends in the house or going to a local pub where the atmosphere is so much better.
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Now I wished I'd have done something more hobby like. Such as learning to dance in a dance studio.
I've never found that but then I'm an ugly git and have to rely on my ability to talk to them which isn't easy in a nightclub.
As Compo would say
My Back I've got this bad back you see
Haha that made me chuckle.
Beer goggles can work wonders!
The thought of going to a nightclub now fills me with dread. Thank God I haven't had a mid-life crisis and started clubbing again.
Surely that depends where you were going (the music bit especially). I've always been into indie music so our local indie clubs were the only place on a night out that you'd actually hear decent music, in fact the main reason we'd go was for the music. Always found regular nightclubs a bit crap but indie clubs were great, everyone was there for the music and to be with like-minded people, there was very rarely any trouble because of this too.
Nowadays most of the clubs in our town have shut down in favour of bars that are open late and there's a great bar that is open until 3am, has a decent sized dancefloor, plays great music and sells good beer. I always end up in there at the end of a night out, it's great.
I live in west Northern Ireland so the only choice when it comes to nightclubs is the stereotypical dives that play that awful "thump thump thump" music. There are a few bars who will occasionally have a decent band on. As for drink, if you don't like fizzy piss like Fosters, Stella, Carlsberg or the like, you are shit out of luck.
That was my idea of hell
About half my city's top undergroud DJ's, when I was clubbing etc, were my mates so paying to get in was quite rare. usually able to either be on a guest list or just blag yoru way in by carrying boxes of vinyl or wearing headphones. Surprisingly effective.
As we shared the same tastes in music, that wasn't a problem.
As for watered down drink, well it was mainly water getting drunk so couldn't complain there!
OK, I know it's not my "demographic", but I think I would rather chew my own arms off than spend a night in here:
http://www.luxeessex.com/
What people are calling night clubs are merely pubs wirh a dance area and a late drinks licence.
A proper night club would have cabaret/ live music, proper meals and even a bit of gambling.
I've done this myself. What else can anyone do except scream and say 'I can't hear a fookin word you're are sayin'
I've done a remix of Zambezi as well.
but perhaps it's the type of club i'd call a "nightclub" as opposed to "club" that's in demise. the cheesy meatmarkets full of lad's who don't know how to tuck a shirt in, and have competitions to drink as much lager as possible and try and pull a bird. i never frequented the type of place that would have a slow dance at the end
i was fortunate to know pretty much all the dj's covering all styles of dance music and knew all that most interesting nights. i didn't use guest lists, i just turned up and walked in as i knew so many people, doorman included, as it was typically one or two companies that ran venues and due to using them myself every night i knew nearly them all. it was the same for most dj's and club promoters, and even people who generally worked in clubs, it was just an unsaid rule that you let certain people in for free. i normally only use guest lists if i'm not in town so the folk on the door know who to let in free
you still get folk offering to carry stuff in for you, which i'm happy to let them do, but they would still get in anyway for free. perhaps those of you fell for that in the past. record boxes used to weight a tonne!
"Evenin' all"