Clubbers vs Ravers

[malanee]

Is there a difference? What is it? What do you consider yourself?

Me? I think of Clubbers as people who enjoy the music and the scene, but aren't quite as serious as Ravers about who is spinning what. Clubbers will stand a little more cheese, while Ravers are very protective of the scene and can be snobby about DJs and clubs.

I'm probably a Clubber more than a raver - because a fun night at Heaven is still better to me than hearing a great DJ in a crappy venue with a crappy crowd.

Don't get me wrong - I truly appreciate good DJ skillz and I would never accept cheese on a regular basis. However the "fun factor" as one wise person put it - is still very important to me!

[Kuro]

Originally posted by malanee

I'm probably a Clubber more than a raver - because a fun night at Heaven is still better to me than hearing a great DJ in a crappy venue with a crappy crowd.

What about hearing a great DJ in a crappy venue with a great crowd? Danny Howells on Labor Day at Vinyl comes to mind. The club itself sucks ass but it was one of my best clubbing nights of 2001.

[crownroyal]

I always thought of a raver as a person that wears baggy clothes, skittle flavored bracelets, orange sun visor, and felt-tip makeup. Oh yeah, and only goes to raves.

I haven't been to a rave since New Years 1999 Orange County Fairgrounds (Cali Valley). NO, I don't think Buzz is a rave. It's too organized and small.

[malanee]

Originally posted by Kuro


What about hearing a great DJ in a crappy venue with a great crowd? Danny Howells on Labor Day at Vinyl comes to mind. The club itself sucks ass but it was one of my best clubbing nights of 2001.

WERD - no doubt about that!

[vicman]

Originally posted by crownroyal
I always thought of a raver as a person that wears baggy clothes, skittle flavored bracelets, orange sun visor, and felt-tip makeup. Oh yeah, and only goes to raves.

im with crown...and i agree with him again saying buzz is to small to be a rave...dc armory would be more of a rave, starscap eis a rave and in raves the crown is ususally younger.

[Kuro]

All those old school, aging party kids say that those massives aren't "real" raves. If I'm having a good time I don't give a fuck if it's a club or a rave. If the people are cool I don't give a fuck if they're clubbers or ravers. But, to answer Malanee's question, what really distinguishes is whether you go to clubs or to raves, and that's really all. Not all kids who go to raves are hardcore into the music, and some of us that go to clubs are. The reverse is also true. I think the hardocre music heads are a different catagory that can be either or both.

[malanee]

Originally posted by Kuro
All those old school, aging party kids say that those massives aren't "real" raves. If I'm having a good time I don't give a fuck if it's a club or a rave. If the people are cool I don't give a fuck if they're clubbers or ravers. But, to answer Malanee's question, what really distinguishes is whether you go to clubs or to raves, and that's really all. Not all kids who go to raves are hardcore into the music, and some of us that go to clubs are. The reverse is also true. I think the hardocre music heads are a different catagory that can be either or both.

Yeah - but I don't see any hardcore music heads hanging out at Heaven either!

[Kuro]

So, what do you call me, a clubber or a raver?

[malanee]

Originally posted by Kuro
So, what do you call me, a clubber or a raver?

I would call you a raver - but that' just according to my own wacky definitions!

[dcsglow]

i am a clubhead

[vicman]

Originally posted by dcsglow
i am a clubhead

dude those fucking ufo's you wear to GLOW each week look like a sack of potatoes, stop shopping at WALMART

[dcsglow]

Originally posted by vicman


dude those fucking ufo's you wear to GLOW each week look like a sack of potatoes, stop shopping at WALMART

oh god dammit there you go again, you must of confused me with aly again! dammit vic, there must be a way, there must be a way...

[joeygk]

Originally posted by malanee
Is there a difference? What is it? What do you consider yourself?

Me? I think of Clubbers as people who enjoy the music and the scene, but aren't quite as serious as Ravers about who is spinning what. Clubbers will stand a little more cheese, while Ravers are very protective of the scene and can be snobby about DJs and clubs.

I'm probably a Clubber more than a raver - because a fun night at Heaven is still better to me than hearing a great DJ in a crappy venue with a crappy crowd.

Don't get me wrong - I truly appreciate good DJ skillz and I would never accept cheese on a regular basis. However the "fun factor" as one wise person put it - is still very important to me!

There isn't much difference if you ask me. Down here in Miami- they enforce the VIP dress codes, so the big difference is the gear. Clubbers are just ravers in dry clean only designer clothes. Plus at least in Miami you have to be 21+ to get into any club. "Clubbers are just grown up ravers."

Does anyone still go to raves? After hearing a superstar DJ spin in a club w/ a Phazon or EAW sound system..........no way, you don't get that kind of ear candy in some abandonded warehouse or empty cornfield!

*When I was in London- they referred to club kids as "hipsters," maybe that's what we are?????

[Kuro]

Originally posted by joeygk
Does anyone still go to raves? After hearing a superstar DJ spin in a club w/ a Phazon or EAW sound system..........no way, you don't get that kind of ear candy in some abandonded warehouse or empty cornfield!

Lots of people go to the massives. If I could find parties in abandoned warehouses with cool people and a good vibe I'd happily go to them.

[vicman]

Originally posted by Kuro


Lots of people go to the massives. If I could find parties in abandoned warehouses with cool people and a good vibe I'd happily go to them.

plus in the "raves" our outdoor thingies watchamacallits even though the sound might not be as good as in a club, there is something to being "al fresco" just like going skini-dipping, its not the same taking a bath in your bathtub than going skinidipping in a lake or what not....i had a blast at Starscape over the summer, the weather, the view of of that bridge in Baltimore (dont remember what its called, the people, vibe, etc) hell they still do thingies watchamacallits like these in the UK (like Creamfields) so I guess alot of people do liek em.....