Imagine A Life Without Raves

[Two_Six]

Imagine a life without raves and Electronic music. I wonder how much different my life would be without it. It scares me just thinking about it. It be like a scary nightmare.

The only music I can listen to 24/7 is Electronic music. I met the best friends and amazing people at parties, memories I wouldn't trade for anything.

I hate when people say they hate raves and Electronic Music, they don't know what their missing.

[Chewy]

there is more to life than just parties and music

[Two_Six]

Of course there is I call it work lol.

[project.one]

I hear what your saying, and I know what you mean. However Chewy is right.

[prozac]

Chewy's right, but my life sure would be different...

What would I be listening to? Hip hop all the time I guess... I would never have met my boyfriend :( (sad thought) or many of my favorite people. I probably wouldn't have tried the same drugs. I would have gotten more sleep as a teenager. I could have avoided a few bad relationships by not meeting them in the first place. I would be a much crappier dancer. etc etc etc

[Two_Six]

Originally Posted by projectone

I hear what your saying, and I know what you mean. However Chewy is right.

That's not all I do; party and listen to music. Its just alot of fun. I can't imagine having so much fun without raves and electronic music that's all I'm saying. If I'm not partying I'm working 40+ hours a week and working out another 10+ hours a week its pretty brutal, but it has to be done. I'm just glad when the weekend comes along, I really cherish my weekends especially friday nights :)

But yeah there is defenitly more to life than just music and parties.

[project.one]

Its not all I do either. But alot of people think it is. Mostly because its been my lifestyle for the past decade or so.

[Two_Six]

^ Same here dude, people think that's all I do too.
I guess its cause I never have time for anything and when everyone sees me I'm always partying it up, lol. What can I say gotta use my free time wisely.

[ebbomega]

Originally Posted by Two_Six

Of course there is I call it work lol.

wow.

just wow.

[project.one]

As long as its all in good balance.

[Two_Six]

Its balanced pretty good I think.

[project.one]

Then thats good. Only you know what your limits are and how far you can go. As long as you dont over do it for yourself then its good!

[FireWire]

I'm sure life would be OK without raves and electronic music due to the sheer fact that we wouldn't know anything about their joys if they didn't exist. I had a life that I enjoyed prior to going to my first rave.

However, now that I know about raves and electronic music in the way that I do - I'm sure it would really hurt if someone took both of those away from me. Then life would feel empty.

[project.one]

True
If we had a life without them, we proably wouldnt care because we wouldnt know about them!
If someone were to take them away now, yeah that could hurt!

Interesting to think where we would all be in these regards right now if it wernt for the electronica scene!!!???

[t-skywalker]

we'd all be running naked thru fields all high anyways;)

[Two_Six]

I wonder what I'd be doing, for some reason I think I'd have alot more money cause I wouldn't spend so much of it on raves and all the cd's lol.

[Wood]

ok i'm all down for good tunes & a good party, but RAVES as we know them today are absolutely the worst quality entertainment, and at a rediculous price too. the music is horrible, the audience is trash, and it's a field day for pervs and sketchy drug dealers. next time your at one of these things, give your head a shake and take a look what's going on around you. it's WACK. the only reason i know is i've been booked to DJ at a couple in recent years. seriously, if you think your existence would be somehow lacking without these shitshows, you need to get out of the 'burbs and experience life a little more.

[C_squared]

wow this thread is just so fucking riveting!

[prozac]

Originally Posted by Wood

ok i'm all down for good tunes & a good party, but RAVES as we know them today are absolutely the worst quality entertainment, and at a rediculous price too. the music is horrible, the audience is trash, and it's a field day for pervs and sketchy drug dealers. next time your at one of these things, give your head a shake and take a look what's going on around you. it's WACK. the only reason i know is i've been booked to DJ at a couple in recent years. seriously, if you think your existence would be somehow lacking without these shitshows, you need to get out of the 'burbs and experience life a little more.

yeah I agree with you. I don't know about the others, but I was thinking past tense as in how my life would have been without the raves I went to when I was younger.

not to mention there would be pros as well as cons to a life without ever having been to one.

[Revolver]

imagine a life without raves huh?.......ok.....lets see, well...im imagineing my life as its been for the last 4 years.

...wonderful.-

but take away drum and bass and then weve got some issues.

but yeah, methinks that "rave" kinda peaked(in van) around 99 to 02. am i wrong? or are those kids who used to hang around under the BK sign at robson and granville rocking the HUGE Jnco phat pants still lurking somewhere?....

[Two_Six]

Some of the best parties I been to were raves "Simple 4, Wett, Heat, Twisted 03'/04', Spooky 7 (life changing experiance), APEX 03', Creamfields 03', IMF 04', Grand Finale, Dooms Night 2005, Sinful 2006".

I'm so glad I got a chance to experiance all those awesome parties and the privilage to party at a venue like The Plaza of Nations (I miss that place so much).

[Wood]

sure i've had some good times partying at raves when i was younger (talkin pre-'95 here kids) but i never would've thought of it as life altering experience or had any trouble envisioning life without it. it wasn't ever some crazy phenomenon, just a bunch of like-minded peeps who liked to dance & party and weren't getting what they wanted in Victoria's bland club scene. we were partying all night with Djs in warehouses before we ever heard the word 'rave', that was just the tag that stuck when we started reading about similar things in UK dance mags. by the time 'rave' became a household word, myself and most of my peers had moved on to other things. it used to be a safe place for freaks & outcasts to connect, dance, and enjoy good tunes & non-judgemental company... now it's the polar opposite.

[Chewy]

none of us would be having this converstion if it wasnt for electronic music. It has brought us together, you cant complain about that

[wishbone]

I'd probably have been better off, honestly.

[Play-it-hard]

jeff is so emo like