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The word Rave
is it me or in the uk did we stop using that word to describe a rather nice trance music based clubbing event back in 1995? you transatlantians use it all the time, but then again you all like paul van dyke too *gets flashback of mid 90s argh!!!" ***AHEM***
we dont. but i cant think what we say insted!!! er... any ideas? 
how about 'evar'? 
/me shiverz
that word bringz a shiver SINCE 1997...
the only use of the word rave here in Holland i can recall is from "Rave the City", back in the oldstyle hardcore ages
A rave as I remember the word was a party in the middle of nowhere. You were informed only hours before the party because they were illegal. In the beginning it had no connection to techno/trance but got associated with it over time.
Yeah the illegal raves were when the word started to be used as Lunchalot said. But like the legal events like Dreamscape and Helter Skelter were still know as raves and played Happy Hardcore, Gabba Techno, Old Skool, House ,and Drum & Bass.
Your right that we stopped using it in the UK in 1995 because the rave scene died down, and house and techno started getting played in more clubs and it was getting recognised. Rave totally properly ended in 1998 and the Uk, sometimes on here when people say rave I think their taking the piss because we don't use the word in the UK but I end up realising that theres still like rave scenes existing in these countries, its like if someone says raver to me I picture someone with a wistle in a beanie hat with a massive smily face printed on a t-shirt dancing in some warehouse lol.
ha.. yeah in canada, we call it the "rave" scene all the time..
we throw them in county halls, outdoors, bars, whatever..
I've never worn phatpants or blown a whistle at a rave though. i would be really annoyed if someone started blowing a whistle in fact.
(although I have worn one of those oxygen masks, with vics in it, and I have eaten extasy and danced like a madman)
call me a raver if you like, whatever. I like trance, I'll go wherever it is played loud, you want to label me, go right ahead.
I think that its informative to learn a little about "the scene" in other countries mainly the UK being from the US I wonder about the words candykid and candyraver are those terms created here or have they too been passed down?
(candyraver): a club goer wearing bright flashy colors sporting fake jewelry, kid toys, passys, and chemlights...
(candykid): even worse strongly remind you of 5yr olds but dont mistake this liquifing dance moves and a strong urge to get attention...
yuck, candy kids are the worst! although I respect their right to wear whatever they want, they look like morons!
I'm glad I never went through that stage.
Nah I don't label anyone who respects the music.
No Candyraver or Candykid isn't used here, we have people hear that dress in cyber sounds simular with the flashy lights, fluoresent clothes and hair and stuff, but most of them are nice people and are not there to show off.
Here we have Beer Boys or as here some of the other Brits in the Uk forum before call them Shermanators (wicked word), and their the biggest wankers like fair enough I sometimes drink beer in clubs, but I don't act or dress like these mugs who wear ben sherman shirts know nothing about the music, and are there to start trouble, and also their there to pull the dirty slappers.
The use of Vicks on pills hahaha actually comes from the old British rave scene and an old dance act Altern 8 used to rub it in these masks they used to wear, and it spread like wildfire all over the UK (read that in mixmag or mistry the other week lol I weren't around in the raves of 91 lol), it looks like its been going in Canada and the states now for a while hahaha wicked.
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| Originally posted by Dj O'Callaghan if someone says raver to me I picture someone with a wistle in a beanie hat with a massive smily face printed on a t-shirt dancing in some warehouse lol. |
.....close enough
hey...what's so bad about paul van dyk?
and the reason we still use the term raves here is because trance is still underground here. nobody knows anything about trace....i'm the local expert around here in a metropolitan population of 5 million.
we call them cyber kids or crasher kids here... nowt wrong with us
id rather go cyber n off it than wear a fucking shirt, trousers and shoes, n sit at a bar supping budweiser just watching people dance whilst discussion the djs faults to some prick mate of yours who plays pop-dance music at nappy nights 
fools...
ok hold up...i live in canada toronto....and the word rave is dead.... everyone uses "party" to replace "rave" ... "like yo im hitting a jungle party tonight" or "im hitting a Techno/trance party tonight" we dont use the word rave either unless it really is a rave like the annual 3 day rave which is a rave....we dont know the location till hours before and its always in the middle of nowhere....we hit parties not raves please know the difference u whacky canadians
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| Originally posted by Dj O'Callaghan ...its like if someone says raver to me I picture someone with a wistle in a beanie hat with a massive smily face printed on a t-shirt dancing in some warehouse lol. |
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| Originally posted by Dj O'Callaghan ..Yeah the illegal raves were when the word started to be used as Lunchalot said. But like the legal events like Dreamscape and Helter Skelter were still know as raves and played Happy Hardcore, Gabba Techno, Old Skool, House ,and Drum & Bass. |
(ctually..alwayz called em Outlaws far as I can remember)
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| Originally posted by RavingLunatic ha.. yeah in canada, we call it the "rave" scene all the time.. we throw them in county halls, outdoors, bars, whatever.. |
no, not trying to speak for all canadians..
just my local area.. I know the scene in toronto is a lot different..
we are lucky if we can get 500 people to a party here.
sad truth: the scene is dead. the 'rave' scene is anyway.. the club scene is thriving here in london. all the party kids grew up and got i.d.
long live plur. 
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| Originally posted by RavingLunatic yuck, candy kids are the worst! although I respect their right to wear whatever they want, they look like morons! I'm glad I never went through that stage. |
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| Originally posted by RavingLunatic yuck, candy kids are the worst! although I respect their right to wear whatever they want, they look like morons! I'm glad I never went through that stage. |
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| Originally posted by Vivid Boy ok hold up...i live in canada toronto....and the word rave is dead.... everyone uses "party" to replace "rave" ... "like yo im hitting a jungle party tonight" or "im hitting a Techno/trance party tonight" we dont use the word rave either unless it really is a rave like the annual 3 day rave which is a rave....we dont know the location till hours before and its always in the middle of nowhere....we hit parties not raves please know the difference u whacky canadians |
"rave" <---- just like a lot of things its overrated..
might be dead or just emerging from a shell in parts of the globe but it all comes down to just being another stupid label for generalizing the electronica scene- anyhow thats just my opinion =)
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| Originally posted by {b.s.e.} sad truth: the scene is dead. the 'rave' scene is anyway.. the club scene is thriving here in london. all the party kids grew up and got i.d. long live plur. |
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