So, Escapist, do you ever go to nightclubs?

[Zeetchmen]

Went to one once, never ever again.

 

[NinjaRabies]

Yes I go clubbing, not that often, but it happens. I go to the places my friends take me. Most often it plays what's new or it has some obscure techno dance mix. Which I can really only enjoy when I'm with people. Sometimes I go to the few alternative or rock/punk clubs there are. Again, it depends on who I'm with. Which leads me to why I go. I go for the people. I used to live in a shared apartment of sorts and most of us were between 18 and 25. Growing up in the rural areas of my counry I've never had much of an experience with clubbing, so it was something completely new when they introduced me to it. I had gone drinkng before, pubs and stuff, but nothing like this. I guess you can say I do it for the rush, the social part and simply letting everything go and enjoying the time.

My best is... I'm not going to tell you. I just typed up 10 lines + and deleted it because I want it to remain a good, untainted memory, but I can give you one thing: It was the first night I curled up on a couch with a girl in my arms.

I don't go as often these days, simply because I moved home after dropping out of college. I cut down severely for three reasons: 1. Little chance of getting to the closest town with anything resembling a club. 2. In that town, everyone knows me for who I used to be. An antisocial prick with deep issues. 3. Money. I'm saving my money to finish my drivers lisence while barely getting by.

 

[Sovvolf]

If I didn't... I'd probably never get laid . Though seriously, yeah I do. Most of my friends are the nightclubbing types so when I go out for a drink... We inevitably end up going to nightclubs. Its not really my thing, I'd prefer to just go to a pub where I can actually enjoy my drink and have a conversation. Nightclubs usually have a really shitty and really expensive selection plus a door charge too so its rather expensive. That and they usually play bad techno at such a level that you have to shout into each others ears if you want to talk.

However I do enjoy going to them every now and again. They can be fun if your in the mood and they're a good place to go if your out on the pull. I just couldn't go every day nor could I go as often as most of my friends. Again I prefer going to a pub, where I can have a conversation, watch the footie, boxing or what ever sport is on and have a nice relaxing pint of Newcastle Brown (if the place actually serves it, which is a rarity around the town these days) or a pint of bitter.

price gouging on drinks(£5 for bottle of bud, after £5 door charge...get stuffed)

He's not kidding here, buying a real drink at a nightclub is bloody expensive (to put that in perspective for non-UK readers... £5 is the cost of a six pack of Budwiser and other beers at most shops you'll go to... They are charging that per bottle...) That and the selections are often shite, its either some stupid alco-pops or an extremely expensive bottle of Bud, if your lucky they might have a bottle of Fosters. Thats not a dis on Bud by the way, I enjoy a good Budwiser but Jeezz when I got out all I want is a bottle of Newky Brown or maybe a pint of John Smiths.

Though if you are lucky you can go to some nightclubs where you just pay to get in and its all you can drink... We had one up here in Barnsley not long ago... Sadly it got shut down and I'm not sure if the new club as that...

 

[Wadders]

Wenever I go out with friends, we usually end up in a club, after going around the pubs.

Therefore we are sufficiently drunk to enjoy the experiance (clubbing sober is grim) and also we spend less on drinking there, although a few of the clubs do have decent deals on certain nights of the week. I live in a university town, so there's always plenty of people about.

 

[Moeez]

I've learned if you don't drink, don't go to a nightclub. As a university student, we go out on nightclubs as part of student mixer parties or just with friends.

I do like to dance, makes for good exercise though.

Being sober, it's the most boring event possible.

 

[Jester00]

i hate dancing, it's just no fun in my opinion. but i visit clubs anyway, just to meet friends and hang around with them. i know that meeting friends in a nightclub is stupid cause u can't hear a word, but i like it.

 

[Alberio]

Since starting Uni I've been the SU night club a few times with my house mates, it's not something I'd do at home and is always done on more of a whim. I prefer bars as you can sit and relax without having to shout at each other over the music to have a conversation.

 

[Jenkins]

My worst would be when my friends tricked me into going to a gay club (they didnt tell me it was a gay club) and usually I don't mind because i have gay friends and have been to a gay club before but this one time all my friends had dates so i had no wingman and all the girls were meatballs (thats slang in my area for a butterface or just an ugly girl, usually said in a saying like "Damn I didnt knw we walked into an olive garden!")

Oddly enough, the best club I ever went to was a Gay one.

Well, until all the gay men rushed me.

...I felt like a hot girl in a dark alley way...

Haha I feel you on that one, I mean don't get me wrong I had been to a gay club before and I usually have a blast but this time they took me to a different one they said it was poppin with single ladies and great music and it was easy for guys to get free drinks (that was the only true part haha) they didnt tell me they all had dates and they literally laughed their ass off when they saw my face after we paid to get in, I mean i was like fuck it and just talked to people at the bar all night and got free drinks even though they knew I was straight, but I'm glad to say that was my worst haha

SOMEONE ELSE KNOWS THE HIDDEN SECRET! its incredibly easy to pick up women at gay clubs its ridiculous, just go with friends and your fine except this ONE time where a huge burly black man told me he wanted to "ride me like a pony"... yeah not the best night that was.

 

[joshthor]

im 20. if im going to dance, im gonna have to get drunk first, so no. one of my freinds goes all the time (she is 19) and after her last round of pictures of it i discovered why. i think she just likes feeling super hot, because, not joking, everyone there looked like they fell out of heaven... and my that i mean their faces looked smashed up.

 

[Dyme]

I was in nightclub once.

Everyone was incredibly nice to me.
The music sucked.
I don't like drinking alcohol because I feel like I can't afford losing control over my body and mind. Apart from that, family alcohol issues. Still I drank alcohol and just felt bad.

Then the saddest thing possible happened, I met this hot girl, from body language I could tell we were interested in each other. And then we tried to talk (meaning: SCREAM) with (at) each other. And screaming at her all the time and not understanding what she was saying felt so retarded that I didn't enjoy it. So I left, and my bike got stolen.
This was a triumph.

/edit: I do like going to concerts though. Which is also lots of people, loud music and some kind of party. But more focussed on music, and less on sex.

 

[Brawndo]

Yeah, my friends and I go out to bars and clubs 1-2 times a week to run game on girls

 

[creager91]

I am a light clubber maybe going out 3-4 times a month (in uni perspective thats not much honestly).

And to all you saying you don't like the atmosphere i REBUT with the simple you went to the wrong place. And to be fair it took me a couple of months of trying to find out what and where i like .

For examples of types there
Mainstream (you see this everywhere) heavily chart pop and rnb based dancefloors, places to pickup people, i only ever go to these if someone i give a damn about demands for their party.

Cheese nights. This is the second most common and shares the atmosphere that some kareoke bars have, its light hearted jovial, stuff everybody knows and just stupidly sings along to. Silly and enjoyable (see 80's clubs as a regular kind of place for this, but most places will have a "cheese" or "retro" night once a week). Easily the most relaxed and friendly of going out experiences.

Genre specific. These are variations on mainstream in that the kinds of people you get changes with the genre of music they are playing, from rock to indie, to dnb and raggae, most of the time these are once a month/fortnight deals but if your lucky you could have a club primarily for that.
http://www.thepropaganda.com/
is a good example of the Indie/rock themed nights. but others do exist for other genres.

There literally is something for everyone , you just need to experiment. And trust me i know, i used to only get taken to the mainstream and HATED IT. As soon as i branched out and found more suitable areas for me i started to LOVE nights out.

I hope you overlook some of your bad experiences and try again escapists!

Also if anyone wanted to know my hang its the purple turtle in reading . More of a bar than anything else, but readings nightlife is a bit so-so.

Couldn't agree more, well put

 

[ramboondiea]

i usually get dragged to clubs, im only 20 but i act like im in my 80's, would rather sit in the pub with a cold pint watching rugby or boxing. although being a uni student its actually a challenge to avoid clubs ha.
but i usually have fun although i suspect this has to do with the amount of shots i do, but i could be wrong, my information is hazy at best.
a few of my mates like going out with me because im a fantastic wingman (when i want to be)and its also how i meet alot of the people i know, its strange really, when i meet new people out in clubs the general census is im awesome, when met under normal circumstances its usually sweet and shy...ha

 

[Smokej]

several times a month, as a fan of electronic dance music (we are talking the decent stuff here not some funfair trance, hardslyle crap...) there is nothing better than reaching your Zen while your DJ kicks the latest beats...

That being said here in Germany you have some of the finest location for this style of music (ranging from big fancy-schmancy clubs to underground partys in some wrecked buildings.) Another nice thing is that clubbing (except you're doing it the yuppie style) is pretty affordable for what you get. Last year me and a friend visited the US eastcoast hotspots in Miami and NY (and we visited a wide range of places from the trendy highclass spots to some local partys in Brooklyn) and i can only tell you that you pay to much for what they are offering you (from beverages to the dj line-up)... But it was a cool experience one way or another...

Btw if somebody knows some electronic strongholds at the west coast (thats where our next trip is heading) besides San Fran and L.A. please give some inside infos

 

[Kenami]

Once.

Never again.

This. But this definitely contributes more to mainstream/hip-hop clubs. I'm not a big fan of going to clubs to get laid, even before I obtained a girlfriend.

I do however enjoy music venues. New York City has a really great night life and I work in it shooting shows. The smaller venues like Bowery Ballroom and Music Hall of Williamsburg are great places to hang out and meet people.

 

[superbatranger]

Apparently, when you go to a nightclub where I live you actually go to a strip club. The things I saw...made me wonder if any of it was even legal.

 

[JochemDude]

I'm a sound engineer, mainly live. so I'm in a center where we have bands playing 5-6 times a week so that's were I'm at. Reall nightclubs... Nah, way too loud and uselly bad music with some morons and I can't tell the bouncer to kick his ass out so... Yeah not really my thing.

 

[creager91]

My worst would be when my friends tricked me into going to a gay club (they didnt tell me it was a gay club) and usually I don't mind because i have gay friends and have been to a gay club before but this one time all my friends had dates so i had no wingman and all the girls were meatballs (thats slang in my area for a butterface or just an ugly girl, usually said in a saying like "Damn I didnt knw we walked into an olive garden!")

Oddly enough, the best club I ever went to was a Gay one.

Well, until all the gay men rushed me.

...I felt like a hot girl in a dark alley way...

Haha I feel you on that one, I mean don't get me wrong I had been to a gay club before and I usually have a blast but this time they took me to a different one they said it was poppin with single ladies and great music and it was easy for guys to get free drinks (that was the only true part haha) they didnt tell me they all had dates and they literally laughed their ass off when they saw my face after we paid to get in, I mean i was like fuck it and just talked to people at the bar all night and got free drinks even though they knew I was straight, but I'm glad to say that was my worst haha

SOMEONE ELSE KNOWS THE HIDDEN SECRET! its incredibly easy to pick up women at gay clubs its ridiculous, just go with friends and your fine except this ONE time where a huge burly black man told me he wanted to "ride me like a pony"... yeah not the best night that was.

Yeah the first few times I clubbed it was at the gay club near us so i felt like I graduated when I went to a straight club and got girls haha

But just to put it into perspective my group of friends and i run whatever club we go into because my friends start dance battles and then I talk to everyone so they all end up wanting to hang out with us or something haha and at straight clubs I'll get maybe 3 numbers a night (granted I'm VERY picky about girls) and then when we go to the gay clubs some of the regulars just throw their girl friends at us and I get about 8 numbers there, Granted I delete them all as soon as they turn around because a girl I meet at a club isnt the kind of girl you call up later but its still nice to get them.

 

[creager91]

Once.

Never again.

This. But this definitely contributes more to mainstream/hip-hop clubs. I'm not a big fan of going to clubs to get laid, even before I obtained a girlfriend.

I do however enjoy music venues. New York City has a really great night life and I work in it shooting shows. The smaller venues like Bowery Ballroom and Music Hall of Williamsburg are great places to hang out and meet people.

See I'm the same way and so are my friends, we don't go to a club to get laid we just go to have fun and usually if a girl wants to bring us home we just say no or make something up (swear one time my buddy told a girl he had syphilis and another time I just told the girl I was gay, and this was after we danced, got their numbers and made out with them, we just make shit up to see the looks on their faces and we just laugh. call me a horrible person but its hilarious

 

[Zykon TheLich]

I used to go to hardcore techno & gabba parties at clubs because finding a system that plays gabba the whole night at a rave or squat party is quite difficult. Sometimes I'd go to techno parties at clubs but since raves etc play 90% techno I'd usually stick to those if that's what I wanted.

Best night I've ever been to was Live Evil, a night put on once a year by Simon Underground for a few years around the mid 90's to mid 00's. Always guaranteed to be awesome musically and have great people. Various nights put on by Crossbones were good, as was Sick and Twisted... ah great days.

Why don't I go anymore? Got into the wrong things, killed most of my party spirit. I'd like it back but it's a hard thing to achieve.