Originally Posted by Dakoda
Oh...that was simple! In my day we used to call that 'going clubbing'. Rave sounds a lot more glamorous! Clubbing kind of brings to mind the days of the caveman. Hmmmm....now that I think about it.....
Raves are actually very different then clubbing.
Clubs play music, people dance, and people drink. It tends to close around 2 a.m. when the alcohol selling stops and the music is rarely ever trance. Often its hip hop or things you might hear on the radio more often. Clubs dancing typically is filled with people dancing hip hop style but not as often going all out wild, some clubs you may find people mainly standing and doing small dance movements in place.
Raves play trance music, in CA at least, its dominated by Asians / Mexicans / Latinos but all nationalities are found there, though just look round and you may only see Asians out of the 20,000 that was there just last night and this is typical. Raves typically end at very late hours, 4 a.m. 6 a.m. 8 a.m. and even 12 p.m. They do not drink much, they usually do ecstacy instead of drinking and the dancing is different. People who seem like they perform professional dancing can be found there, but they are just regular ravers, the beat is often times very fast and loud and hard and its really an art to see, people have neon lights glow sticks as cheesy as it sounds in their hands and they can do some really artful dance moves with it and its really something... its different for sure, you could never call a rave "clubbing" if you ever been to one. You have neon magic everywhere, incredible dancers from people you would not even think ever danced in their life types, and everyone is happy and high and "accepted" because all is on drugs. Different then alcohol, you dont have the loud annoying screaming, or fights, but ecstacy / coke / meth have plenty of their own psychological problems and hallucinations.