What does the word Rave mean?

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rave- v. raved, rav·ing, raves v. intr. 1. To speak wildly, irrationally, or incoherently. 2. To roar; rage: The storm raved along the coast. 3. To speak or write with wild enthusiasm: Critics raved about the new play. 4. To attend a rave. v. tr. To utter or express in a frenzied manner. n. 1. The act or an instance of raving. 2. Informal. An extravagantly enthusiastic opinion or review: The play received raves. 3. An all-night dance party, especially one where techno, house, or other electronically synthesized music is played. 4. Chiefly British. A raucous party; a rave-up. adj. Informal Relating to or being an extravagantly enthusiastic opinion or review. From www.dictionary.com

What constitutes a rave?

I notice now that it is impossible to differentiate between a club and a rave. Usually a rave was a place where mostly all types of trance and techno were played, but now alot of clubs are bringing in the HUGE trance DJs.

Answer these questions:

If you go to a club where a DJ is spinning trance/techno would you call that a rave?

If you went to a club where is spinning trance/techno, and people are dressed up as clubbers would you call that a rave?

If you go to a club where a DJ and people were dressed up as ravers would you call that a rave?

If you go to a club where a DJ is spinning trance/techno and there was alot of drug use, mainly extacy, would you call that a rave?

Does the fact that the event goes on all night make it a rave?

What do You consider a rave?

the fine line that used to seperate a rave from a 'club party' is more of a grey area than a fine line ..

in the end, shouldn't really matter.. as long as ur having fun rite?

i think 'rave' is just a term that's used a lot less these days... to my knowledge i think it stopped having widespread use toward the end of 2000/ beginning of 2001 , which coincidentally was around the same time that promoters like Destiny, Lifeforce, Liquid Adrenaline, etc. stopped throwing large scale parties.. and also saw the last iDance party in TO.. not to mention the death and indefinite end of many smaller scale rave promoters.. this time also marked the real emergence of Guv as the 'superclub' of TO basically taking the place of all these older rave promoters as the main promoter for international DJ's ..

and it seems that a lotta TOTA's got into the scene when the term 'rave' isn't widely used anymore. personally i think most TA's here consider themselves to be more of 'clubbers' and 'partiers' rather than 'ravers'.. but again, yea it's just a term, shouldn't be used to brand ppl into a certain category ..

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Last edited by dEsidEL on Jan-03-2003 at 06:13

I find that when people who dont know about electronic music, go to their first electronic music event (club, rave, house party), they always end up telling people they went to a rave. Maybe to sound cool.

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Originally posted by The Highroller What constitutes a rave? What do You consider a rave?

FUCK! You're making me miss a bit of the Fiesta (Tiesto?!?) Bowl! Ohio is up 14-7 - go Buckeyes!

None the less - if you ask my friends - any party I go to (Marco V, Talla, Tiesto, Corsten, Entrance) they're all raves.

What do they consider a rave? Hard (non-top 40 or euro) music..

What do I consider a rave? Binfary Finary was a rave.. A rave is a non-comercial (non club, or at least not organized by a club [guv, system, etc]) event, where there are specific promoters bringing in a group of DJs for party.

Do I agree with my friends - somewhat, the parties mentioned above, where _not_ raves, but did they have a rave _feel_?? Some of them yes, but it was because of the non pretentious nature of the croud, and the great feeling that the people I went with....

I thinkt that "rave" has had a bad rap by the media, and thus promoters would rather have a "club party" masquerading as a "rave" due to the publicity/legal concequences.

What is a rave? It's a party, where there are limited commercial interests [by club owners], and where the crowd is united for one cause - dancing and great music (check the BS at the door).

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yea i agree. some clubs have a rave feel like viva while others have a club feel like guv and system

i know this may be a little off topic .. but just rolling off what you guys have been saying about 'raves' / 'clubs'..

but does anyone here think that sites like tribe.ca have a more 'rave' feel and sites like TA.com have a more 'club' feel .. ? or atleast that the ways it seems for me. sometimes i notice that rave promoted events seem to draw more hype on boards like Tribe whereas the main talk on TA usually circles around Goldclub or Guv events..

then again , could be the DJ's that are making the diff in the end.. i think ppl on TA are just more fans of international DJ's as opposed to local talent ..

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Originally posted by dEsidEL then again , could be the DJ's that are making the diff in the end.. i think ppl on TA are just more fans of international DJ's as opposed to local talent ..

i think thats what it is. but of course TA has more of a club feel because club promoters are the only promoters that can afford big international DJs.

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Originally posted by The Highroller i think thats what it is. but of course TA has more of a club feel because club promoters are the only promoters that can afford big international DJs.

tru say .. but in a matter of preference .. putting the DJ aside for a momemnt, i would say that TA's prefer the large scale club atmosphere more over a small intimate underground party feel ..

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Originally posted by dEsidEL tru say .. but in a matter of preference .. putting the DJ aside for a momemnt, i would say that TA's prefer the large scale club atmosphere more over a small intimate underground party feel ..

well i dont really know about that as i havent been here long enough to draw that conclusion but after being to my first "rave ish" party at NYE, i would DEFINATELY say i preffer the "more underground intamate feel"

now putting all stereotypes aside for a moment as well .. if u were to ask me whether or not i think Tranceaddicts are more of clubbers or ravers, i'd prolly say clubbers .. i just can't associate TA's with being 'ravers' for some reason .. i mean everyone has their own definition of what a clubber and a raver is , and wells based on my own , that's what i believe..

altho there are a few peeps here who could pass for the raver type

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well i may not dress like a raver because the way the dress makes me sick but i prefer the atmosphere of raves over clubs. i dont know if that makes me a raver or not..

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Originally posted by dEsidEL now putting all stereotypes aside for a moment as well .. if u were to ask me whether or not i think Tranceaddicts are more of clubbers or ravers, i'd prolly say clubbers .. i just can't associate TA's with being 'ravers' for some reason .. i mean everyone has their own definition of what a clubber and a raver is , and wells based on my own , that's what i believe..

I wrote a thread saying exactly what you mean here. But I was flamed.

Its like, being a "clubber" offended them...