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£15 to get into a room where you can't hear a word anyone says, get music blasted into your ear's so loud that your ears ring when you leave and if you do get together with a young lady/boy, they're either gone by morning or someone you really don't like all because you weren't able to get to know them first. .. .. .. I don't see the problem .. .. sorry, I forgot to turn off my sarcasm mode
Personally, A good pub, with well volumed music and good company is all I need for a good night out, and it rarely costs me £15 either
I second the gay bar idea. I went one year with a friend and some of her friends to a gay bar. It was akward at first. The club was called "Over the rainbow" (Dogma having lived in Mn might know of it). It was split level, gay males upstairs, gay females downstairs. 36" plus tv's showing gay porn on both levels (naturally I would have been content to stay on the bottom floor ). The music was good (lots of 80's and 90's pop like madonna and Roxette and REM) along with good club beats; the patrons were polite (all took No for an answer); the drinks were actually worth the price (my Morgan/Cokes were at least half Morgan) and the few straight ladies in our group clung to me all night, I even got dances with some of the lesbians that had decided to be amongst men (though they had no interest sleeping with me it was fun to not worry about trying to get them to ride the bologna pony).
As far as the men in gay bars are concerned a lot of people don't realize (here in the states at least) that gays are less tolerant of donkey-caves than patrons in straight bars. In most gay bars if one of their own is acting the fool they force him to leave and/or will thump them right there in the bar. IME in most straight bars/clubs a person could be acting the fool and it usually takes the bouncer intervening before anything is done. Gay clubs/bars are just more enjoyable to go to than straight bars and in my experience the women (straight and lesbian) don't dress as skanky.
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grey_death wrote:Don't club, go to shows! You get much more interaction with people/women and you know that you're at least interested in something similar. Plus the music will be better!
When a woman meets a man who 'loves a good show tune!' then she usually expect him to criticise her clothing and likely 'walks with a light step'...
hahahaha cheeky git, 'show' meaning 'less formal concert' usually held in music clubs :p.
I have long since abandoned clubbing and always loathed it with a passion. The loud "music" just gets on my nerves. My wife will tell you I get seriously p*ssed off just being in a club for 30 minutes (it was the cause of one or two arguments in our early days).
As for chatting up ladies, check out a book called The Game by Neil Strauss which documents the rise and fall of the Pick Up Artist community.
grey_death wrote:Don't club, go to shows! You get much more interaction with people/women and you know that you're at least interested in something similar. Plus the music will be better!
When a woman meets a man who 'loves a good show tune!' then she usually expect him to criticise her clothing and likely 'walks with a light step'...
hahahaha cheeky git, 'show' meaning 'less formal concert' usually held in music clubs :p.
I thought by "show" he meant something like this.
Or this.
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Tell me that isn't awesome? Okay, it is not quite a "club" night, as 99% of us were there specifically for Deadmau5, but I was there, and I knew where to find it on Youtube.
Things that ruin clubs; alcohol, cocaine, cheesy music, any music you can't dance to, including music that I otherwise might quite like, skanky hoes on the pull.
Things that make clubs awesome: People on pills (not for me personally, but people on pills are way better than drunk or coked up people - more interesting, less jostly, happier), decent electronic music, metal music, girls there for the music instead of the guys, quality DJs who understand their crowd.
I've been to, for example, Matter with one group of people, many of whom were on coke AND pills, hated the atmosphere, not known half of the people I was with, drunk too much and had a GAK time. I've then been back there with some of the same people, none of those on coke, a few on pills, but no-one too drunk either, with a decent DJ, great live set about 1am and had an AWESOME night.
Same for many other places - Koko, Coronets, etc, mostly medium size places with good nights on. I never ever go to these places to pull, and I don't pull (either through lack of effort, of lack of prospects - you decide!), but I don't ruin my evening by being pissed off about the fact I am not pulling either - I just enjoy being with my friends and dancing.
I also don't do it very often. Right now I am in the middle of my American Football season, so Saturday nights are sober anyway, and the odd Friday here and there is therefore a special treat.
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I occasionally go to clubs such as Fibbers or the Duchess when there's an artist I know, or like the look of on Youtube. Can be a bit pricey at times, but at least 65% of patrons are there for the music, rather than simply getting smashed or on the pull. I tend to go with a group of my mates and/or GF, and it can be loads of fun. I think less so though if I was by my lonesome.
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Loud crowded clubs playing the same "top 40" pop/rap gak over and over I avoided/still avoid like the plauge.
Good jazz clubs/Rock bars etc...I loved/still love.
Also,and not to sound concited..
In my younger days,I played in quite a few bands and did very well with the fairer sex at clubs,so it was sort of a "hunting ground" then...now I'm in a relationship,so I only get to look.
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Well that video fifty posted, I would go to a club for that kind of music and performance.
See i'm at a crossroads, my musics tastes are more... selective I can listen to a good dance techno tune but I get bored very easily of most of it. I'm a more classy Blues, Jazz and various other musics man myself.
So I would go to a club for some awesome techno but like once a month, but pubs jazz clubs and blues clubs and concerts is where I have the best time.
Pull or not as long as I have a great night with great people I'm happy.
I absolutely LOVE clubbing...... Oh no my mistake.... Sorry, i thought you meant SEAL CLUBBING. :-)
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Not really a fan and never have been. Don't even like going into crowded pubs.
I don't drink either so that is a massive pain in the bum. Even if you were having fun at the start, someone asking you "if you are OK" or "are you having fun" every 20 seconds because you are not drinking gets really old really fast.
Then there is the music, most of it is just rubbish and I probably should not even be calling it music to start with. I've only ever been to somewhere that charged admission once (for someones birthday and we got in before they started charging anyway - although having thought about it, about 50% of the clubs I have ever been in were for this persons birthday this year, and her birthday 2 years ago ). One of the most boring experiences of my life. Standing around with a group of people I didn't know, not being able to hear anything anyone said anyway, and watching them get progressively drunker and listening to the music get progressively worse (not that it was any good to start with I have to say).
I'd rather sit around in a quiet pub with a group of friends and have a laugh if we were going out. Failing that, sit around at someones house and play games and have a laugh
Also, @ mattyrm - way too late on that joke I'm afraid
Nurglitch wrote:If you want to get laid, and I must stress this is particularly the case if you are a heterosexual, go to a gay bar.
The fact is that many women get tired of the meat market at most clubs and want to go somewhere that they can at least dance in proximity to hot oiled-up go-go boys.
As a consequence they will be drunk, horny, and willing to do anything that isn't brushing them off so it can make out with other dudes.
Plus, if you're into dudes, well, hot dudes!
Terrible terrible advice.. If you like getting groped by other dudes then by all means go to a gay bar..
Having worked in a dance club when I was younger, its pretty obvious to me that you go clubbing to enjoy drugs. E, coke whatever. (The club I worked out was very popular for people on E) To go to a club (depends alot on the club though) and only drink is pretty pointless IMO thats what pubs are for.
Meh, I'm in the 'YMMV' club (speaking of clubs). I live to rampage goth/industrial clubs, have made lots of friends in the various scenes I've been a part of - Charlottesville / Richmond, DC, Albany - and my girlfriend since February I met at the club well before hitting anything off. Clubs are also far superior to shows for me, as they're far cheaper and one can dance (i.e. stomp about furiously) at them, as opposed to being mashed into a big blob pointed towards a stage.
That said, my experience is probably quite scene-dependent. When I was living in PA there was no goth scene outside of Philly, and hip hop clubs were quickly getting really old really fast. My ex adapted and learned to like the music and atmosphere; I moved away
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Albatross wrote:I'd rather meet someone in a pub - you can chat and take the piss out of each other. Works every time!
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I used to go clubbing in my younger years (going back around 15-20 years ago) - the Industrial/gothic kind.
What - I quite liked perving on the few hot chicks in tight leather/pvc and one of my mates was the doorman - and a whole lot of gamers were also into the scene who were friends or acquaintances. I never went clubbing to pick up - if it happened, it was a bonus, but it was never the objective.
One mate, after one long night (I think it was a Friday - although it might have been the Saturday night - we had 4 industrial/alternative/gothic/ clubs running wed/thurs/fri/sat back then - they were some long weekends of partying.
Where was I? Oh yeah. This mate.
On our way out of the club, around daylight, he was musing on the reasons for why we were both leaving sans female companions.
My response: "Because you're not trying hard enough, and I'm not trying at all." I went clubbing to socialise and listen to music I liked and didn't at that time have access to.
On a trip to London one year, I was dragged into Slimelight by some OS friends. It was enjoyable, but a rather different scene.
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I’ve never enjoyed the club scene, between the music, the number of dickheads and lining up for five minutes for a drink I’ve never had a good time. It doesn’t help that I’m a pretty crappy dancer when it’s music I like, when it’s music I don’t like I’m really horrible.
That said, a lot of people find them a lot of fun. And hey, if you’re lucky enough to have game (I don’t) you can pick up a lot. A few mates have a lot more hits than misses, and a part of me is envious of that. One thing I’ve noticed is there are no middle-tier performers when it comes to picking up at clubs, you’ll either pick up a lot or pick up very rarely or never.
And the ones who do well tend to enjoy the scene – if you’re going along and not having fun in the hope that you might pick up one day, it’s probably a waste of time and you’re better off looking elsewhere.
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I love clubs for the spectacle of it all. I was originally going to feature the word 'atmosphere' in that sentence, but for me it really is a spectacle. I love going in with a group of friends, getting a corner table, and ordering bottle service. Then you just back, exchange the occasional comment, and soak it all in like you own the place.
For really good DJs I'll occasionally spring for VIP tickets, just because the view of everything from above is so ridiculously cool.
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dogma wrote:I love clubs for the spectacle of it all. I was originally going to feature the word 'atmosphere' in that sentence, but for me it really is a spectacle. I love going in with a group of friends, getting a corner table, and ordering bottle service. Then you just back, exchange the occasional comment, and soak it all in like you own the place.
For really good DJs I'll occasionally spring for VIP tickets, just because the view of everything from above is so ridiculously cool.
I've said it before and I'll say it again - Dogma is so 'G', he's almost 'H'.
). The music was good (lots of 80's and 90's pop like madonna and Roxette and 
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I can listen to a good dance techno tune but I get bored very easily of most of it. I'm a more classy Blues, Jazz and various other musics man myself.
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