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What happened after clubbing in the late 80's?

What happened after clubbing in the late 80's?
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80's style clubbing was amazing!  I decided to dredge up this oldie:


From my perspective, the 80's was a decade when clubbing was really popular.  Though I may be biased, the 80's seemed casual in regards to clubbing, in contrast to, for instance, the 70's - which made it more mainstream.

On Fridays, I'd to hurry to my local dance club for happy hour, eat a little bite at the buffet, consume a few cocktails and/or beers, then dance the evening away.  The clubs were usually packed with adults of many different ages.  It was just fun (despite all the trouble I got myself into).  Anybody here experience the glory of dance clubs in the 80's?  8)

There was some fantastic clubbing music in the 80's.  Many top hits were club friendly, like Sheila E.  There was also a lot of edgy dance music like New Order or (saw a thread on them) Pet Shop Boys.  Of course mainstays like Prince and Madonna were well represented in the clubs.

A sample of clubbing tunes:

Addicted To Love - Robert Palmer
Situation - Yaz
I Wanna Be A Cowboy - Boys Don't Cry
Do You Love Me - Contours (yes, the oldie)
What I Like About You - Romantics
What Have You Done For Me Lately - Janet Jackson
Dress You Up - Madonna
Superfreak - Rick James


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What happened after clubbing in the late 80's?


There was still clubbing but it quickly fell out of the mainstream.  IMO 90s music was on the whole much less club friendly than highly-danceable 80's hit music.  Clubbing was on the decline by the early-mid 90's.  A lot of clubs didn't survive the decade.  :-\\

Something else - in the U.S., many states went through a hardening of "drunk driver" laws in the 1990s - it is when the "designated driver" was invented - and cracking down on people driving after drinking probably dissuaded some people from clubbing.  Plus many states changed their smoking laws in the 1990s, so that people could no longer smoke inside clubs, which I think also dissuaded many from clubbing.  I don't disagree with either of these law changes, but it certainly could be a factor why clubbing popularity waned.

There was still clubbing but it quickly fell out of the mainstream.  IMO 90s music was on the whole much less club friendly than highly-danceable 80's hit music.  Clubbing was on the decline by the early-mid 90's.  A lot of clubs didn't survive the decade.  :-\\

Something else - in the U.S., many states went through a hardening of "drunk driver" laws in the 1990s - it is when the "designated driver" was invented - and cracking down on people driving after drinking probably dissuaded some people from clubbing.  Plus many states changed their smoking laws in the 1990s, so that people could no longer smoke inside clubs, which I think also dissuaded many from clubbing.  I don't disagree with either of these law changes, but it certainly could be a factor why clubbing popularity waned.


Hey AG, didn't clubs like Studio 54 and The Paradise Garage survive the 1980's or did they go out of business after The 80's were over?

Hey AG, didn't clubs like Studio 54 and The Paradise Garage survive the 1980's or did they go out of business after The 80's were over?


Unfortunately, I don't know anything about specific city clubs - especially those outside Chicago  :-\\

Unfortunately, I don't know anything about specific city clubs - especially those outside Chicago  :-\\


What about the clubs you went to? ???

What about the clubs you went to? ???


The clubs I hung out at were suburban; they were red hot in the late 80's, but most folded or converted to something else by the end of the 90's  :(

Hey AG, didn't clubs like Studio 54 and The Paradise Garage survive the 1980's or did they go out of business after The 80's were over?


54 closed in 1980, I remember because I went to the 'final party'. It reopened in 81 o 82 if I recall correctly, but I couldn't tell you what it was like because I stopped going after 1980 but I assume it wasn't the same as back in the Disco heyday. As for Paradise Garage, I think it made it well into the late 80s, but by that time I used to hang out at The Palladium.

54 closed in 1980, I remember because I went to the 'final party'. It reopened in 81 o 82 if I recall correctly, but I couldn't tell you what it was like because I stopped going after 1980 but I assume it wasn't the same as back in the Disco heyday. As for Paradise Garage, I think it made it well into the late 80s, but by that time I used to hang out at The Palladium.


How was the final party?

I always wondered if Studio 54 had survived, would it be as hot as it was back in the heydays and what music do you think it would be playing now?  ???

How was the final party?


Wild!

Wild!


How did you feel after they shut down for good? ???

The show Club MTV (late '80s/early '90s) sort of has that big city feel to it if you come across any episodes, which was taped at New York City's Palladium. It just isn't the same now with the Internet and smartphones distracting you all the time even if you decide not to bring them! I'd rather go to the gym for the "club sound" than at those jet-lagging joints anyways. That said, a lot of that music was indeed used in workout videos and sessions back in the actual '80s.

I was too young for that in the mid to late 80s. But, I did listen to a lot of the songs that were played in the clubs at that time they were also played on FM radio. My mom always had the radio on when I was growing up. Or we watched MTV or VH1.

My favorites were Exposé, Stevie B., Madonna, The Cover Girls, Lisa Stansfield, Paula Abdul.

Yeah, I used to go clubbing. What I really hated about it was that they would play the music so loud that you had to get right near the ear of the person you wanted to say something to and SHOUT and hopefully, they would hear you. (I recently went to a wedding and the reception was that way, too.  :( )

There was one time I went with my next door neighbor for "Ladies Night." They had male dancers. They weren't the Chippendales but they did the same thing. They had a contest of which ever table was the loudest would win a bottle of champagne. My friend & I were sitting at a bar like thing along the dance floor with 3 other women we didn't know. The 5 of us were hootin' & hollerin' so loud that that bottle of champagne had our names on it. My friend & I were very happy to share that bottle with our 3 new friends. Come to find out, I used to belong to the unit their husband's were assigned to (military). BTW, I didn't tip any of the guys. When you tipped them, they kissed you. I was married and really didn't want to be kissed by some other guy.

I later found out that another friend was dating one of the dancers. When he ripped his leather dance pants, she knew I had a sewing machine and asked me to repair it. I had no idea what I was doing and did the best I could. I later heard that they ripped again during one of his performances and the ladies went wild so he basically tore them off-and then they went to the scrap heap after that. No repairing them after that.


Cat

... they would play the music so loud that you had to get right near the ear of the person you wanted to say something to and SHOUT and hopefully, they would hear you ...


Indeed  >:(


... male dancers... When you tipped them, they kissed you. ...


Wow - I didn't go to any clubs like that :o


...he ripped his leather dance pants ... asked me to repair it... I later heard that they ripped again during one of his performances and the ladies went wild so he basically tore them off-and then they went to the scrap heap after that....


That's crazy!  ;D