Silent Disco!!

Adam

So I was at a silent disco in Galway on Tuesday night. Absolutely legend idea!

So my question to you is does anywhere do them regularly at all, and have you been to it/one yourself?

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MrJoeSoap

Silent, as in silent? Whats the point?

Adam

lol no, the idea is everyone gets a set of wireless headphones so the music only plays through them, they're called silent discos. I know electric picnic does them, but beyond that it's my first experience of one!

azezil

Like, no sound at all??

FunkZ

That sounds like it'd be the best craic ever! Great idea.

I'd love to go to one in Dublin!

July

I think they do them at the Electric Picnic. No idea of anywhere that do them regularly.

Maybe find out from Halo who did it that night and contact them directly to see where they do it the rest of the time.

AngryBadger

What's the point of this exactly? I mean...if you're wearing earphones it's not like you're talking to people or anything...am I missing something here?

Adam

Actually it was in Karma, and it was sponsored by o2 for some charity. Absolutely great craic, and the best bit is take the headphones off and you can chat away happily if needs be

Adam

AngryBadger wrote: »

What's the point of this exactly? I mean...if you're wearing earphones it's not like you're talking to people or anything...am I missing something here?

As stated, if you're dancing, headphones on. If you're not, take them off. They're just you're standard over the head type headset, so you just let them hang around your neck while your not listening.

FunkZ

I reckon it'd be a great idea for colleges to start having nights (or even in the day) like this?!

ScumLord

Mirror wrote: »

As stated, if you're dancing, headphones on. If you're not, take them off. They're just you're standard over the head type headset, so you just let them hang around your neck while your not listening.

So you don't have to listen to the shoite charts music usually played in nightclubs.

I heard there was a few of them going on around Galway last week. A few where planing to go but heard that every nightclub was doing it and you had to bring your own iPod for the music.

FunkyChicken

Stupid idea

edit: theres one in NUIM next week but you need a ticket

Mossy Monk

I have seen this at a music festival. Looks great.

AngryBadger

Fair enough, might be a lark.

Bob the Builder

Cool idea! But I can't imagine what it would be like for a load of drunk people walking into a disco, getting this headphones, and not breaking them... is there a deposit?

Is there volume control and all that on the headphones as well?

Mirror, were you talking to anyone that said "oh, this is a **** idea, why can't we just have speakers, like every other disco?".. Just wondering...

Adam

ScumLord wrote: »

So you don't have to listen to the shoite charts music usually played in nightclubs.

I heard there was a few of them going on around Galway last week. A few where planing to go but heard that every nightclub was doing it and you had to bring your own iPod for the music.

Precisely. There were two channels, one was more dance/hiphop and the other was more pop-rock to some quite heavy stuff.

And no, you didn't have to bring your own ipod, that's bull. The whole point is that you're all still listening to the same thing, or one of two things. There were two djs running the channels.

Adam

FunkyChicken wrote: »

Stupid idea

edit: theres one in NUIM next week but you need a ticket

Stupid in what sense?

nevf wrote: »

Cool idea! But I can't imagine what it would be like for a load of drunk people walking into a disco, getting this headphones, and not breaking them... is there a deposit?

Is there volume control and all that on the headphones as well?

Mirror, were you talking to anyone that said "oh, this is a **** idea, why can't we just have speakers, like every other disco?".. Just wondering...

There was a ten euro deposit which you got back in full, handy for your taxi money! and they were quite durable, I dropped mine at one point, no bothers to them. Didn't see any broken sets lying around at the end either.

There is also a volume control.

As for the people there, while we were queuing quite a number of lads came back out past the queue saying don't bother lads, it's a silent disco, it's ****. But that's the reason I was there, and everyone that I spoke to thought it was legendary! The lads coming back out never even bothered to get headsets afaik. :rolleyes:

FunkZ

I think it would be better if you brought your own MP3.

BubbleWrap85

Was one in Trinity Rooms in Limerick for RAG week. Great craic. Different. I'd go to another one.

Mushy

Great things they are. Was at one in UCD recently, its such a laugh. Had Phantom DJ's, so decent music(RATM, Bloodhound Gang:D). Two channels aswell, really fun. Handy to talk to people aswell.

Adam

FunkZ wrote: »

I think it would be better if you brought your own MP3.

But sure half the fun is knowing you're still dancing to the same songs, or asking one another what they're listening to and laughing about the fact that you've been dancing together to different music!

remus808

There was one at the DCU rag ball, run by Phantom, twas absolutely great craic.. Works really well. My only criticism is the DJ's would NOT shut up between songs!

Fajitas!

I know some artists that run them around Dublin and Meath, but more in a flashmob style. Libraries and the like.

There's a set in the featured galleries part of my website if you're interested.

Rb

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rxr-FSRhEjc

Think I'll be avoiding it somehow...

DEmeant0r

Yeah I was there Mirror, it was class at first, but then the novelty wore off half way through and I decided to go home at half 1, it's good for a try or two, but that's it.

cornbb

Was at the one at Electric Picnic a couple of years ago, excellent stuff. I think the original point of them was allow people to keep dancing late after the noise curfew kicks in. Its does look a bit stupid/surreal (depending on how you look at it) from the outside but its good fun.

Adam

rb_ie wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rxr-FSRhEjc

Think I'll be avoiding it somehow...

And long may you not enjoy them.

Terry

Moved from AH.

cooperguy

BubbleWrap85 wrote: »

Was one in Trinity Rooms in Limerick for RAG week. Great craic. Different. I'd go to another one.

There is a couple on for UL rag week in about 3 weeks

xOxSinéadxOx

i saw one before, looked SO weird!

tman

They've definitely been one of the highlights of the Elecric Picnic these past couple of years... Tremendous fun!

Jay P

I had heard of them, wasn't sure if I had heard right though. It turns out I had. SOunds like some major fun.

Bren_M.Records

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.

Killaqueen!!!

It's stupid. I went to one once, and it was really funny because I was drunk, and was good for about 5minutes but then you realise how gay it is when you take off the headset to talk to someone. They're sh1te - i wouldn't go to one again. The whole point of discos/nightclubs is that the music is blaring so loud out of speakers that you have to shout in yer mates ear just to say that the guy dancing beside you is hot!

It's one of these modern 'totally out there' things thats supposed to be cool because everyone looks stupid.

Adam

Killaqueen!!! wrote: »

It's stupid. I went to one once, and it was really funny because I was drunk, and was good for about 5minutes but then you realise how gay it is when you take off the headset to talk to someone. They're sh1te - i wouldn't go to one again. The whole point of discos/nightclubs is that the music is blaring so loud out of speakers that you have to shout in yer mates ear just to say that the guy dancing beside you is hot!

It's one of these modern 'totally out there' things thats supposed to be cool because everyone looks stupid.

Stupidest point ever. There is nothing homosexual about it. The point of nightclubs is not that the music is so loud you can't hear yourself think. And it's not meant to be cool because everyone looks stupid. The only people that look stupid are the people that can't dance, and they would look stupid at a regular disco as well.

Kthxbye.

Killaqueen!!!

Mirror wrote: »

Stupidest point ever. There is nothing homosexual about it. The point of nightclubs is not that the music is so loud you can't hear yourself think. And it's not meant to be cool because everyone looks stupid. The only people that look stupid are the people that can't dance, and they would look stupid at a regular disco as well.

Kthxbye.

:rolleyes: Yes, when I said it looked gay I meant it looked homosexual. That's exactly what I meant.

The whole point of nightclubs IS that the music is so loud. There's also the fact that you go to have a good time, have a few drinks, dance and meet a few people. But the music is always loud. Have you ever been to a nightclub where the music wasn't loud, where it was played at a 'reasonable' level so you were able to actually talk to the people next to you? No. Except for this new revolutionary fantastic new idea of silent disco.

I'm not saying people can't dance, and have a good time at these silent discos I'm just saying it's not for me. And IMO it is stupid. It looks stupid. And the fact that everyones dancing to different music is stupid as well. I'm allowed to have my opinion amn't I?

Sorry, I'm p1ssed off today, for another reason alltogether so don't mean to snap at you.

Adam

Killaqueen!!! wrote: »

:rolleyes: Yes, when I said it looked gay I meant it looked homosexual. That's exactly what I meant.

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?

Killaqueen!!! wrote: »

The whole point of nightclubs IS that the music is so loud. There's also the fact that you go to have a good time, have a few drinks, dance and meet a few people. But the music is always loud. Have you ever been to a nightclub where the music wasn't loud, where it was played at a 'reasonable' level so you were able to actually talk to the people next to you? No. Except for this new revolutionary fantastic new idea of silent disco.

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.

Killaqueen!!! wrote: »

I'm not saying people can't dance, and have a good time at these silent discos I'm just saying it's not for me. And IMO it is stupid. It looks stupid. And the fact that everyones dancing to different music is stupid as well. I'm allowed to have my opinion amn't I?

Sorry, I'm p1ssed off today, for another reason alltogether so don't mean to snap at you.

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.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

actually a video of you dancing in the kitchen would be pretty stupid.

Adam

Dorothy Mantooth wrote: »

actually a video of you dancing in the kitchen would be pretty stupid.

I knew someone would say that. But then again, what if I was a highly trained professional dancer? Or nekkid?

Killaqueen!!!

Mirror wrote: »

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.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

Mirror wrote: »

I knew someone would say that. But then again, what if I was a highly trained professional dancer? Or nekkid?

it depends what kind of dancing, i don't really see this modern arm/leg flailing nonsense as dancing... and re the nekkid question. couldn't hurt.

Adam

pm for teh sexy dance. :P

Basq

Sligo had it's first one (as far as I know anyways) last Thursday night.. F*cking stupid idea!

That is all.

Adam

Thank you for you're input, please call again!

Basq

Mirror wrote: »

Thank you for you're input, please call again!

Christ Mirror... don't take it so personally! :rolleyes:

Everyone who has expressed an negative comment so far in this thread has been replied to with a sarky comment by yourself. Now cut it out!

GhostInTheRuins

Sounds like a good idea actually, I wouldn't mind going to one. I'd say it beats ripping your vocal cords if you want to talk to someone.

Nutty

the cornmarket have 2 possible 3 of them during UL rag week Week before paddys day tickets on sale for UL students on Wednesday me thinks

Adam

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.

Surely if you can take issue with my response, you can take issue with the initial post, no?

Basq

Mirror wrote: »

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.

Hmmmmm... just to get this straight, your original post asked the following:

So my question to you is does anywhere do them regularly at all, and have you been to it/one yourself?

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.

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.

blow69

Yaaaaaaaaaayyyy there's one on i the Cork Savoy this Wednesday for Rag Week. O2 are sponsering it.
I was at one at a certain music festival in '06.Thought it was a good laugh so methinks ill go to this one.:)

Adam

blow69 wrote: »

Yaaaaaaaaaayyyy there's one on i the Cork Savoy this Wednesday for Rag Week. O2 are sponsering it.
I was at one at a certain music festival in '06.Thought it was a good laugh so methinks ill go to this one.:)

You lucky sod! Cork is too far away for me I'm afraid!