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Silent Disco!!
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Altough Im usually against anything with even a whiff of post modern wankolody about it I gotta say the clip above looks like right craic.
Kinda like the idea of two channels as well.
I can imagen it with maybe dance stuff on one track with a load of kids getting more wired as the track builds up and maybe indie stuff on the other channel with a load of kids jumping around like mad things during the chorus.
It would look really weird, but in a funny way I think.
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That's fair enough, but let me start by saying I have little time for people that use "gay" as a derogatory term. Nothing to do with being gay (I'm not), or having any particular feeling for gay people (I don't), but if someone wants to make a decent point I expect them to be able to come up with something more intelligent and developed than "it's gay!", you know?
As for the point of a nightclub, I would say the point is to dance to music. They play it loudly because 100 or 500 or however many people make quite a bit of noise and the music needs to play over that. And people enjoy dancing to thumping loud music, hell so do I. I regularly attend clubs and enjoy it. But you say "There's also the fact that you go to have a good time, have a few drinks, dance and meet a few people." The people meeting is far easier when all you need to do is take off your headphones if you strike up a conversation. And the music in the headphones is perfectly loud, so you wouldn't know any different, as they're don't block out all sound so you can still here the ambient sounds of the club, people shouting, laughing, singing etc. over the music.
It only looks stupid if you can't hear the music. If I was to record myself on video dancing here in my kitchen to music and then take the sound out you would say it looks stupid. If I left the music in, suddenly it's not stupid. I just think this is a ridiculous point altogether, take just video of a silent disco and a regular club and use no sound on either and there's no difference apart from people wearing headphones in one video.
And lastly, everybody is dancing to the same music for the most part. There are only two channels and generally everyone would be on whichever one had the "best" song at the time.
No offense taken, and I'm sorry you had a bad day, but try and form a solid argument or simply accept that they're not for you and don't try and force your opinions on others by bouncing into a thread to slate them based on your experience.
Why would you consider an argument less valid if someone used 'gay' as a slag? I'm not going to go into whether it's ok or not to use it as a slag cos frankly I don't care but the point is most normal people who are not overly politically correct uber-nerds use it. Just because I'm on an internet forum doesn't mean I have to form 'solid arguments' about something as trivial as silent discos. I'm still going to use the word 'gay' or 'stupid' or 'crap'.
I do enjoy dancing to thumping loud music. So do you. There's something we agree to. Unless I'm overly drunk I don't dance to music while listening to my iPod on the bus into school/work, so I don't think silent discos are as fun as normal nightclubs.
Not most people are listening to the same music. The one I went to actually had 3 channels (which is strange, I know. I've heard it's usually 2 channels so I'll give you that) but it still means a lot of people are listening to something different, so danc-wise I think it looks stupid and it doesn't have the universal "oh my God I love this song" effect with everyone jumping up and down shouting the same words. Maybe I went to a bad silent disco, but there wasn't the same buzz as a normal disco.
And lastly, yes I've had a bad day so thank you for sympathising.
Doesn't really change anything. I still maintain that silent discos are crap after the novelty wears off, and are not - and never will be - better than normal nightclubs. That's just my opinion. To everyone else go and try em if you like. You might like it because you like looking like an idiot
And how am I forcing my opinion on anybody
:rolleyes: Just voicing my opinion like everybody else on this thread. Is nobody allowed to post on this thread unless it's pro-silent discos? :rolleyes:
I didn't expect such over-analysis of a simple post saying I dislike silent discos but there ya go that's what you get posting on an internet forum.0 -
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Hmmmmm... just to get this straight, your original post asked the following:Basquille, I posted the thread to ask if anyone had attended one and if anyone knew of anywhere that held them regularly. I didn't ask people to tell me "they're stupid" etc. I know exactly what they're like. So no, I'm not taking it personally, I just find it rather pointless, just seems like a bit of post++ going on.
The majority have commented favourably or informed me of when/where there will be one, but there's been 3/4 people who simply posted to say they think it's stupid. How that helps me regarding the point of the thread I don't know, so I feel well within my rights to respond to those posts. Especially when it's coming from someone who's never been to one.
If you ask people if they've been to one, surely you're expecting to get opinions on them and not a simple 'Yes / No' answer.So my question to you is does anywhere do them regularly at all, and have you been to it/one yourself?
And so what if people criticizing may never have been to one, let their vent their own uninformed opinions / criticisms of them - why should it bother you?
You don't necessarily need to experience something in order to form an opinion on it (be it un-informed). For example: I've never stuck my balls in a vice but I can tell you now, I don't wanna do it!
Take it to 'Feedback' if needs be but these sarky replies to people expressing an opinion is something I want to see finished with now.0 -
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