Talk:Nightclub/Archives/2015

This structure is terrible

It looks like a guide to club planning. The history is stuck at the end.

I agree that the structure needs improvement. It should build from history (pubs gathering halls, etc) onward to modern nightclubs. TheMetalChick (talk) 17:36, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

The evidence that Disco long predates New York is to be found in the BBC recordings of Top of the Pops and some of its precursor shows in London from about 1965 - I first learned of the scene in 1966, aged 11, and many of my classmates were active in those recordings from 1967 - and yes, this is the period when the age of the clubbers was often very young, or elderly paedo, this was the culture of Jimmy Savile's circle. The rise of the hippy movement then lifted it into the more affluent student and then Club 18-30 scenes by the early 1970s: almost every English University had at least one disco evening a week by 1970.

Claiming that the disco music style defined the club scene is patent nonsense. Look at the music of the Vietnamese War - it's a seamless precursor of the R&B soul styles the Bee gees came from. Some of it also has a heritage from Classical music in the early synth work of Walter-Wendy Carlos in Clockwork Orange (1971) and William Onyeabor. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.197.50.78 (talk) 02:03, 6 December 2015 (UTC)

Situation at different countries

In which countries are nightclubs in rural areas common and in which not? describe the situation in different countries!

Belgium

Most discos are out of town, to avoid police repression. For example, the clubs on the Chaussée de Louvain outside Brussels tend to double with the outlets for the sex industry.

France

The situation in France in the 1960s was that the Catholic conservative de Gaule Governments would not licence anything in the youth culture in town centres. In Tours, for example, the town disco was the first building outside the city boundary. The name was a portmanteau combination of disque and bibliotheque, which whilst technically a lending-library, also served as a shop for the sale of pop music records. The repression compared with the liberal movement of London, Amsterdam and Hamburg led to the 1968 Revolution, which was not just in Paris - Tours, for example, reported 10 dead not officially recognised. I speak of what I know.

Nightclubs in Germany

Here is the situation for Germany described. In many countries nightclubs in rural areas may be uncommon.

Rural areas

In Germany, one can sometimes find large and often nice nightclubs in rural areas, mostly in industrial areas close to exits of motorways and expressways, whose number also gave the name to the nightclub (in fact, many such nightclubs have names like motorway and expressway numbers, e.g. "A5" in Karlsdorf and "B29" in Schwäbisch-Gmünd). By their site close to expressways these discotheques can be easily reached by many people by car even from larger distances and parking is also no problem in most cases. Such nightclubs often have multiple dance floors. However in most of them only main stream music is played, but there are often special parties as foam parties. There are also small discotheques in rural areas in Germany, but these are in most cases only visited by people of the vicinity of the club. However the transition between these discotheque types is fluent. Although these nightclubes are often nice, most people from large cities do not like discotheques in rural area, because the people there are many for them to ordinary. Night clubs in rural areas close between 3AM and 5AM. Smaller clubs usually close earlier, than big ones. For most night clubs in rural areas, there is no dress code, but entrance can be denied with gymnastic shoes sometimes, because they can damage the dance floor.

Cities

Night clubs insuburbs of cities have in much cases similiarities with discotheques in rural areas. Big discotheques with not restrective dress codes and multiple floors are common. In the city centres the nightclubs are often smaller and they play special music. In many cases they apply a dress code, especially at weekend and doormen are often restrictive, who they want to let in and who not. This is often done to avoid overcrowding and to keep away people, which may disturb the party. In some nightclubs entrance dress code is very restrictive and even with correct dressing coming in is not easy. Such discotheques are often called "noble night clubs", although they are sometimes in building not looking nice. Special parties like foam parties are not so common in nightclubs in the middle of cities, because they are often in multistored buildings and there is the danger of water damages.

Is the situation in your country similiar? Are there differences?

Nightclubs in Japan

A Night Club in Japan, is legally defined as under 2-1-iii Regulation of the Entertainment and Amusement Business, or the "Fuzoku Eigyo Ho", an adult watering hole other than a cabaret, and identified by providing a facility for dancing where attendant(s) dance(s) with customer(s). Historically, they had performers and singers to play music for the dance floor. The attendant is not supposed to sit aside the customer and entertain, though in many cases they will.

A cabaret in Japan, on the contrary, is where the attendant(s) will sit aside the customer(s), entertain, and host them. Dancing, serving dishes/drinks are common among night clubs and cabarets in Japan.

A disco is a dance hall in Japan, mostly serves alcohol drinks and snacks. --Omotecho (talk) 19:51, 21 July 2015 (UTC)