What is a RAVE to you??

[spiderman]

Isit me ye or are the young generation of today (i.e. people below 25ish) confused on wat a rave is, and get it mixed up with clubbing.IMO Clubbing = bait music (like most popular stuff) bein rinsed; alcohol fuelled; a place to buss sum nice dance moves but can be a jam aswell; isnt large scalewhere as a RAVE = proper fresh UNDERGROUND music bein played; drug fuelled; a place for RAW SKANKING no time for smooth moves; can be of a f*ckin maahoosive size (i.e in arena's etc)certain times ppl will be like "ahr ye dat was a sick rave man" after they come from a bait club dat had soulja boy n heartbroken on repeat. maybe venues got sumin to do wid it. fair enuff most venues are in legal clubs, but "clubbin" in this sense aint a direct refrence to it bein in a club, cos so are raves, its jus sumin to seperate the 2 in my mind. cos for me my meaning of rave comes from the origins of the word (i.e. the illegal warehous things back in the jungle days)...these days its more used as a term of slang for clubbin IMO. in general, i think the atmosphere between the 2 is very different.wots your opinions? isit just me or is their a difference?

[Mr. Gayle]

Raving = An event i.e a rave event, e.g Eskimo Dance, Sidewinder, Garage Nation,. Pure SilkClubbing = Going to a club on a standard night and just clubbing

[smaddy]

ive always thought of it asblack people go ravingwhite people go clubbinbut when white people think of raving, they mean trance music

[Yung Fly + Flashy]

ive always thought of it asblack people go ravingwhite people go clubbinbut when white people think of raving, they mean trance music

pretty much

[zlastboss]

tomatoe tomatodoes it even matter????computer says...

[djbmc]

Raving = An event i.e a rave event, e.g Eskimo Dance, Sidewinder, Garage Nation,. Pure SilkClubbing = Going to a club on a standard night and just clubbing

[Jo Dark]

Lol. I recently did a study on this. As far as I'm concerned (and my friends) clubbing = dressing up, DANCING (NOT skanking, etc.), flirting, etc. I find the social aspect of clubbing to be very important.I consider raving as = less dress regulations, i.e. wear what you want, and going to listen to the music. The nights are usually dedicated to one specific music (or may have different rooms playing different music).If I go to DMZ then I consider that as raving. If I go to Bar Rumba, then I would call that clubbing.But then again I haven't been to a night dedicated to bassline/niche etc. or funky house. I would initially consider the music as club music but I suppose there could be rave nights as well?

[Supreme]

fabric is always a rave then

[FreeMason]

If they play some old skool and EVERYONE is skanking.

[dynamat]

Rave (v.)c.1374, "to show signs of madness or delirium," from O.Fr. raver, variant of resver "to dream, wander, rave," of unknown origin (see reverie). The identical (in form) verb meaning "to wander, stray, rove" first appeared c.1300 in Scottish and northern dialect, and is probably from an unrelated Scand. word (cf. Icelandic rafa). Sense of "talk enthusiastically about" first recorded 1704. Noun meaning "rowdy party" is from 1960, though rave-up was British slang for "wild party" from 1940; specific modern sense of "mass party with loud, fast electronic music and often psychedelic drugs" is from 1989. Raver, from this sense, is first recorded 1991. Raving is attested from 1475; sense of "remarkable" is from 1841.

[dynamat]

To me.Clubbing is the same as going to a pubRaving imo is all night till minimum 6amIrrespective of what music it is

[dynamat]

AlsoClubbing = social basedRaving = music basedI M O

[Jodie]

ive always thought of it asblack people go ravingwhite people go clubbinbut when white people think of raving, they mean trance music

See in the US, its the other way round. I was tlkin to my cousins step bro, and i musta sed i went to a 'rave' and he was like "What, u some white girl? Which black person goes to a 'rave'? Only them white folks go to them places!"i was Seen.

[spiderman]

ive always thought of it asblack people go ravingwhite people go clubbinbut when white people think of raving, they mean trance music

lol thats sum proper ignorant statement.race and/or stereotypes dont come into this equation.

[spiderman]

Lol. I recently did a study on this. As far as I'm concerned (and my friends) clubbing = dressing up, DANCING (NOT skanking, etc.), flirting, etc. I find the social aspect of clubbing to be very important.I consider raving as = less dress regulations, i.e. wear what you want, and going to listen to the music. The nights are usually dedicated to one specific music (or may have different rooms playing different music).If I go to DMZ then I consider that as raving. If I go to Bar Rumba, then I would call that clubbing.But then again I haven't been to a night dedicated to bassline/niche etc. or funky house. I would initially consider the music as club music but I suppose there could be rave nights as well?

ye thats a good example.and i agree clubbin is more social based, whilst raving is more music based.all these differences mean the 2 things aint the same. i find the atmosphere completely different.

[smaddy]

ive always thought of it asblack people go ravingwhite people go clubbinbut when white people think of raving, they mean trance music

lol thats sum proper ignorant statement.race and/or stereotypes dont come into this equation.

i dont carethats how i think of ityou asked, i answeredif your lookin for a factual statement go to the dictionary

[dynamat]

that is a ravelook when the tune dropsu mad

[Lieutenant]

ive always thought of it asblack people go ravingwhite people go clubbinbut when white people think of raving, they mean trance music

pretty much

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[spiderman]

Rave (v.)c.1374, "to show signs of madness or delirium," from O.Fr. raver, variant of resver "to dream, wander, rave," of unknown origin (see reverie). The identical (in form) verb meaning "to wander, stray, rove" first appeared c.1300 in Scottish and northern dialect, and is probably from an unrelated Scand. word (cf. Icelandic rafa). Sense of "talk enthusiastically about" first recorded 1704. Noun meaning "rowdy party" is from 1960, though rave-up was British slang for "wild party" from 1940; specific modern sense of "mass party with loud, fast electronic music and often psychedelic drugs" is from 1989. Raver, from this sense, is first recorded 1991. Raving is attested from 1475; sense of "remarkable" is from 1841.

haha ye sick.

A rave (or rave party) is the term in use since the 1980s for dance parties (often all-night events) where DJs and other performers play electronic dance music, which may also be referred to as "rave music", with the accompaniment of laser light shows, projected images, and artificial fog. Popular rave dance styles include breakdancing, popping and locking, shuffling, glowsticking, liquid dancing, and poi. Rave parties are often associated with the use of "club drugs" such as ecstasy, LSD, and, more recently, ketamine.

see the thing i find with "raving" is its got a culture to it, its got specific music associated with it....its a lot deeper than clubbing.

[dynamat]

And carl cox would disagree about the whoel black white thing....he would consider his stuff rave.and hes more important than any one else on hereand hes black..if that matters?

[Scorpzz]

raving = parties in halls, yards, clubs whatevr.

[spiderman]

ive always thought of it asblack people go ravingwhite people go clubbinbut when white people think of raving, they mean trance music

lol thats sum proper ignorant statement.race and/or stereotypes dont come into this equation.

it does tho, because all the black ppl i know say 'im going raving' or ' i touched tht rave' etc. when they say this they jus talking about a club/clubnight. white ppl say clubbing or jus out, when they say a rave they generally mean suttin arena based or one of them illegal ones. so it does matter.

ye this is why i say its become a slang term.cos clubnights arent raves. ok the definition of a rave can be debated, but from where the origin of the word comes from, put that up against wot they are callin a "rave" and clearly its not the same.tbh i prefer the latter of wot u said, them proper mad ones, those are raves IMO. cos then how would a black person describe the difference between the 2 different events lol. would they not notice or care bout a difference...ahr i dunno. disclaimer: my opinions arent race related, i just said that to refer to the points made by others.

[spiderman]

this is a rave IMO.just think about all dem factors wen u watch this and notice how different it is from clubbin.

[Social]

have always gone out treating it as a rave in the most traditional sense,ie just go out and get angry/get in beef.my bad

[spiderman]

ive always thought of it asblack people go ravingwhite people go clubbinbut when white people think of raving, they mean trance music

lol thats sum proper ignorant statement.race and/or stereotypes dont come into this equation.

i dont carethats how i think of ityou asked, i answeredif your lookin for a factual statement go to the dictionary

obviously thats how your gonna see it if you dont kno any better...thats kinda the whole concept of ignorance...fair enuff i did ask for opinions.