What do you think of raves?

I have been to a few just to see what it was like and to be honest I hated it. i like techno, but the kind they were playing was so repetitive and dull. The crowd was huge sure but they were mostly high or drunk and being idiotic and I just couldnt get into it. I dont drink, well I probably shouldnt after my kidney transplant, I think the kinds of drugs they take are pointless, and I cant stand hours of boring beats and people telling me to get into it and various other stupid phrases that were shouted at me. I like techno, but not hours and hours of boring beats over and over again. I guess I might just not be a party guy.

I don't go to them anymore, but I used to go for two reasons: ecstacy, and friggin glowsticks!

never been to one but I'm going to some techno festival next spring or summer with some friends.

lol i used to go to the clubs so much they were like my second home.. drum & bass fTW!!!

Its funny I can get into pretty much any genre of music and be totally into it except techno. I have even grown to love hip hop and rap. I know that there are more sub genres in techno, all of which I have heard, but I will just call it techo. I just can't get into it, I can listen to a few songs but then I just think well that was fun, now I'm going to listen to something else. It just gets monotonous to me, I am into a song and it's beat for a while but then it just gets boring. Being in that huge crowd with music I cant get into and a bag headache while people wave stupid glowsticks in the air for no apparent reason is fun to watch at first, but after a few hours I felt like punching everybody just to get out. I dont get how people can get into techno and it's various sub genres, I have tried many times and there are a few groups I like but I cant listen to them for hours on end or I will go mad.

lol i used to go to the clubs so much they were like my second home.. drum & bass fTW!!!

ultraking

never been to one but I'm going to some techno festival next spring or summer with some friends.

Nifty_Shark

A friend of mine invited me to one in San Francisco, but I dont think I will go seeing as how I didn't enjoy the last few. Might be better for you though, I guess it depends how much you like the music.

big crowds aren't my thing, so i doubt i'd like it.. i like techno though

In my opinion they're mainly parties for teenagers to go to and get high at.

You've must have been to a Massive which really isn't a "rave." Their more like techno concerts. I use to rave all the time, infact I still make Candy and was a big Candy raver but you grow out of it. It is a very fun scene, and yea the music is dull at times but its more of the social and spiritual experience. Raves are not as underground as they once were, they seem so mainstream now, its really weird to see. :P

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never been to one but I'm going to some techno festival next spring or summer with some friends.

Film-Guy

A friend of mine invited me to one in San Francisco, but I dont think I will go seeing as how I didn't enjoy the last few. Might be better for you though, I guess it depends how much you like the music.

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never been to one but I'm going to some techno festival next spring or summer with some friends.

mexicangordo

A friend of mine invited me to one in San Francisco, but I dont think I will go seeing as how I didn't enjoy the last few. Might be better for you though, I guess it depends how much you like the music.

I cant remember the name of it, all I know is that it is in San Francisco. I think it was on an island in the bay or something. I wasn't interested in it so I cant exactly recall where it was. Apparently there was going to be more than 300 people there, I dont know if that is a big one or not but it sounds kinda big to me. I know I wont go there, I cant stand to listen to techo for too long, i like some diversity in my music:P

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A friend of mine invited me to one in San Francisco, but I dont think I will go seeing as how I didn't enjoy the last few. Might be better for you though, I guess it depends how much you like the music.

Film-Guy

I cant remember the name of it, all I know is that it is in San Francisco. I think it was on an island in the bay or something. I wasn't interested in it so I cant exactly recall where it was. Apparently there was going to be more than 300 people there, I dont know if that is a big one or not but it sounds kinda big to me. I know I wont go there, I cant stand to listen to techo for too long, i like some diversity in my music:P

Anywho 300 isn't that bad. It seems more underground which is cool, depends where the place is at as well. I live in San Francisco and I don't know what rave your talking about, the only one that comes to mind is Tiesto.

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Oh c'mon Film Guy. Who doesn't love this epic?

Nifty_Shark

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Oh c'mon Film Guy. Who doesn't love this epic?

mexicangordo

I thought Orbital is techno. Maybe not that song but the rest of that album it's off of has to be.

EDIT: Wikipedia says Techno, Electronica, Ambient Techno

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Oh c'mon Film Guy. Who doesn't love this epic?

Nifty_Shark

I thought Orbital is techno. Maybe not that song but the rest of that album it's off of has to be.

EDIT: Wikipedia says Techno, Electronica, Ambient Techno

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[QUOTE="mexicangordo"]which rave if you don't mind me asking?

mexicangordo

I cant remember the name of it, all I know is that it is in San Francisco. I think it was on an island in the bay or something. I wasn't interested in it so I cant exactly recall where it was. Apparently there was going to be more than 300 people there, I dont know if that is a big one or not but it sounds kinda big to me. I know I wont go there, I cant stand to listen to techo for too long, i like some diversity in my music:P

Anywho 300 isn't that bad. It seems more underground which is cool, depends where the place is at as well. I live in San Francisco and I don't know what rave your talking about, the only one that comes to mind is Tiesto.

Well he said at least 300, and i remember the name Tiesto being mentioned so it could be that. I dont know where that is though. The techno I like is usually the stuff I dont see being played live unfortunatly. Or maybe I just dont know where it is playing, anyway what do you think of these?

Midnight Juggernauts

Future Sound of London

Royksopp

Telepopmusik

Stereolab

Fever Ray

The Knife

Tosca

Got elbowed in the face. So no I don't like them. Don't really like clubs either, I really don't see the enjoyment in watching some other dude thrusting and rubbing his privates againest your girlfriend in a packed environment where you can't hear each other and spend the majority of the night trying to order one drink.

It's pubs and bars for me.

Got elbowed in the face. So no I don't like them. Don't really like clubs either, I really don't see the enjoyment in watching some other dude thrusting and rubbing his privates againest your girlfriend in a packed environment where you can't hear each other and spend the majority of the night trying to order one drink.

It's pubs and bars for me.

tomo90

Agreed, I miss the pubs I used to go to in England. Such a nice friendly atmosphere there, well for the most part if you know where to go. You don't get that in Los Angeles:(

I've only been to one, and it was pretty much an instant headache. You have to be high to enjoy it, and if you have to be high to enjoy something, it's obviously terrible.DJ_Lae

I've been to a couple real raves and one at a legit club. The 'raves" the real clubs throw are kinda lame.

Raves are fun if your high and drunk but sober? meh not so much.

Never been to one, but I don't think I could get into it.

I do love some electronic music though..Drum & Bass in particular (especially Jazzstep & Liquid Funk.) But Techno? Can't stand it.

I like the music, but I hate raves/clubs... and its usually because of the people it attracts and the fact that it gets horrendously dull when everyone else is on drugs except you.

I like the music, and I have a slight interest in the rave sub culture, so I wouldn't mind going to one.

I went to a festival once, that was pretty rad...mostly just listening to the Disco Biscuits all night. I would give my left nut to go to a Soulwax show, though.

i really would like to go to one just to say i have been

but i do not know of any raves in pittsburgh

Oh c'mon Film Guy. Who doesn't love this epic?

Nifty_Shark

I really don't think a rave is something to be enjoyed sober. Two close friends of mine hit up raves on a regular basis and they are anything but sober but always sound like they had a good time. I'm with you on Techno though, personally I need more than just some crazy beats to enjoy music. So much in fact that when I get into said friends cars I sometimes wish they would swerve into oncoming traffic rather than listen to what he has in the player.Oyeoyeoye

Thats one reason I dont like raves. If I have to be high to enjoy something I dont think it is worth it. Plus when I was the only one not getting high a lot of people kepy trying to offer me drugs and such throughout the show, got really annoying after a while.

I've never been to a rave, nor do I ever plan on doing so. Nice music though!

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[QUOTE="Oyeoyeoye"]I really don't think a rave is something to be enjoyed sober. Two close friends of mine hit up raves on a regular basis and they are anything but sober but always sound like they had a good time. I'm with you on Techno though, personally I need more than just some crazy beats to enjoy music. So much in fact that when I get into said friends cars I sometimes wish they would swerve into oncoming traffic rather than listen to what he has in the player.Film-Guy

Thats one reason I dont like raves. If I have to be high to enjoy something I dont think it is worth it. Plus when I was the only one not getting high a lot of people kepy trying to offer me drugs and such throughout the show, got really annoying after a while.

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[QUOTE="Oyeoyeoye"]I really don't think a rave is something to be enjoyed sober. Two close friends of mine hit up raves on a regular basis and they are anything but sober but always sound like they had a good time. I'm with you on Techno though, personally I need more than just some crazy beats to enjoy music. So much in fact that when I get into said friends cars I sometimes wish they would swerve into oncoming traffic rather than listen to what he has in the player.pis3rch

Thats one reason I dont like raves. If I have to be high to enjoy something I dont think it is worth it. Plus when I was the only one not getting high a lot of people kepy trying to offer me drugs and such throughout the show, got really annoying after a while.

I guess it's just the ones I have been to. Plus I dont enjoy that kind of music enough to listen to it for hours and hours since most music I hear at raves is nothing special. Gets monotonous too quickly for me.

I really want to go to one. I think it'd be more entertaining to go to a less crowded one, and of course there'd need to be a DJ. I like hardstyIe and industrial/darkwave quite a bit, and I know the basics of the Melbshuffle, so I'm sure even though I might look like an idiot doing it, it'd be pretty fun.

I love raves. Loud music, pretty lights, all night. My kind of party.

They sound dangerous.