The Oldskool Appreciation Party - O.A.P's thread

stomprockin wrote: »

Met David Hales, the man responsible for starting the Olympic last Sunday night.
Sound bloke and still loves his tunes today .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coDHu9rBlf4

jonnny68 wrote: »

Sides may have had mismanagement problems but this was towards the end, as far as im aware there was only 1 death outside and not a couple as this says and if anything Sides influence by 92 was up there with the best clubs in Ireland, it was far busier in 92 than it was in 1990,although 90 still holds a special place for me.

Is mise le key wrote: »

I hear ya jonny, SIDES was hopping right up to about mid 95, sure mid 93 as we were departing the Olympic for the ASYLUM the queue outside SIDES at 3:30am was huge at the back door, place was absolutley still rocking 93 into 94, dont remember any deaths outside it myself, not to say it didnt happen just dont recall it.

Is mise le key wrote: »

Hmmm, i was never in it 1990-1992 but, seeing as how peoples perceptions of any given venue that was open for a long period is typically that they prefffered it when they first started going to it i would say yopur mate is talking from his perspective, and that perspective is 100%, to him.

I started going the Olympic in 1992, by the time it was closing it had had a totally new influx of people & change in music, it didnt quite seem as good, even though we had moved on top the asylum mind you, than when we first started going.

Also, the Ormond went from a fairly underground venue to fairly mainstream, certainly wasnt as good near the last 6 months of its life as it was around 1994/1995 but to the people who had juust discovered it in 1996 onwards it was irrelevant what my persepctive of it was in 1995, to them it was fúcking top notch.

Its a matter of perspective but people who see a transistion of a venue, as opposed to those who frequent it near its end, will always feel it lost its appeal over time.