Many times I've encountered city centre discos who had a certain dress code policy.
Mostly, for the guys it was, you're not allowed in wearing trainers and you have to wear a shirt & tie.
Not only did I not wear a tie, I never even owned one, so had to go to some place else.
But these "made-up" rules fail on a couple of levels.
1st - their thinking is based on, those who wear a shirt & tie are considered respectable and so therefore no trouble will take place and they may have more money to spend.
In reality, this was not the case, as the police were called to these discos more often than others.
The guys who ended up obeying this banal rule were not music lovers, but were generally small-minded, self-centred ignoramuses who thought they were impressing those around them.
This immature mentality would trigger rivalry because they all thought the same, that they were superior to each other. This created friction which is what always lead to trouble.
2nd - the music these discos played was usually dumbed-down mainstream corporate chart pop, not music that specialist clubs played, e.g. hip-hop, techno, funk etc.
The shirt & tie bozos were not music lovers, they went to their corny disco only to act out their delusional position in life.
Enforcing this dress code is nothing other than management saying "can you pretend to be someone that you're not because you're not allowed to be yourself in here".
So I wasn't missing out on anything both musically or in atmosphere.
That's why I opted to disco elsewhere, clubs that did specialize in certain dance music genres, because they had a scene to go with it stemming from the enthusiasm for the music, Soul, Reggae, House etc.
The people who went to those clubs were enthusiasts of those particular music scenes and there were no dress restrictions, so you were allowed to be yourself.
They went for the joy of the music and there was no trouble.
The shirt & tie mobs with all their self deception, missed out on all the good stuff.!!
Mostly, for the guys it was, you're not allowed in wearing trainers and you have to wear a shirt & tie.
Not only did I not wear a tie, I never even owned one, so had to go to some place else.
But these "made-up" rules fail on a couple of levels.
1st - their thinking is based on, those who wear a shirt & tie are considered respectable and so therefore no trouble will take place and they may have more money to spend.
In reality, this was not the case, as the police were called to these discos more often than others.
The guys who ended up obeying this banal rule were not music lovers, but were generally small-minded, self-centred ignoramuses who thought they were impressing those around them.
This immature mentality would trigger rivalry because they all thought the same, that they were superior to each other. This created friction which is what always lead to trouble.
2nd - the music these discos played was usually dumbed-down mainstream corporate chart pop, not music that specialist clubs played, e.g. hip-hop, techno, funk etc.
The shirt & tie bozos were not music lovers, they went to their corny disco only to act out their delusional position in life.
Enforcing this dress code is nothing other than management saying "can you pretend to be someone that you're not because you're not allowed to be yourself in here".
So I wasn't missing out on anything both musically or in atmosphere.
That's why I opted to disco elsewhere, clubs that did specialize in certain dance music genres, because they had a scene to go with it stemming from the enthusiasm for the music, Soul, Reggae, House etc.
The people who went to those clubs were enthusiasts of those particular music scenes and there were no dress restrictions, so you were allowed to be yourself.
They went for the joy of the music and there was no trouble.
The shirt & tie mobs with all their self deception, missed out on all the good stuff.!!
GG
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