Slow Sets in Gay Clubs

[101333]

Was out in Dublin at a Lesbian (gay friendly) night - "KISS" in Shelter Vicar Street. (well done Pauline - you LOOKED FAB!!!)

It was a great night - DJ Fluffy! Good Venue! But the thing that got me thinking was there were 2 slow sets!!!

Bearing in mind I was in the middle of an extremely romantic weekend with my boyfriend, after meeting the parents etc, but is it something that should be in clubs. Or is it feeding into a notion that gay men can only be intimate in a sexual way; that men cannot be romantic (WHICH IS BULL!) When I was single I thought the same about slow sets and gay clubs when I was at the PRIDE Ball in Jury’s.

What do yee think?

[redbulljunkie]

bitter single me says no. but I guess a little break from the fast music every now again could be a good thing

[LeBaron]

Hey RBJ.... Single perhaps, but Bitter never !

[damien]

Slow sets = you can escape making an ass of yourself on the dancefloor

[amnesiac]

Kylie's SLOW is a brilliant slow gay anthem. It's orgy-tastic.

[Bootyzilla]

I dunno if it would work in Cork. Can you picture a slow set in the Other Place? The three couples there would dance together and everyone else would line up by the Pick-Up Wall waiting for Godot...

[LeBaron]

But it might also encourage the Drunk and the aged as they could then hold each other perpendicular

[Slayer]

A slow set would be nice once in a while!

[Proud Mary 1980]

I like the idea of slow sets as one can enjoy them with a partner or a friend.

[101333]

Yeah! thats my point!

[bo_selecta]

quoteOriginally posted by amnesiac
Kylie's SLOW is a brilliant slow gay anthem. It's orgy-tastic.


Gay Anthem?? Says who?

what the hell is a gay anthem in any place?

[amnesiac]

I say so.
Read. My. Body Language.

[lil mizz pyx]

Slow sets are great.
For one thing, it saves on the rather embarrasing situation where you go to chat to a girlie, seem to be getting on great, and then her big scary girlfriend comes back from the bar/bathroom. With the Slow Set, you know who's taken and who's not, and since a lot of the single people are just gonna sit down for the slowset, you have the perfect opportunity to go talk to 'em )
Also, if you've been boogying all night, y'know, shakin your funky stuff on the dancefloor for the past hour, you're gonna get tired every so often. The slow set gets rid of the terrible dilemma where you're nearly falling over and are going to die of thirst if you don't get to the bar, when it's 2.25 and you gotta get that last pint in, and al of a sudden they start playin your favourite Kylie song ever.. But if they play a slow set, you can crash out for a bit, sit down, get yourself your pint, don't have to gulp it down while running to the dancefloor for something you HAVE to dance to.. it's all good!

[jc]

pick up wall in the other place? wheres that? i think this slow set thing is a gr8 idea. but what i h8 sometimes in the club is the way they ruin perfectly good numbers with mixes! scrap that like!

[101333]

I totally agree - some songs should NEVER EVER be mixed, stuff like "Crazy in Love", to name just one, are best left alone

[Tonyx]

I like the idea of a slow set, don't think there is anything wrong with them in gay clubs.[)]

[101333]

Maybe we should start annoying DJ's about it LOL - start stalking them -hhehehehe! Maybe not!

[Bootyzilla]

Wouldn't it be great if there was a gay club where people had to get dressed up to go to, with little tables, a real live orchestra and a huge parquet dancefloor? I don't like nightclubs in general but I think a 1940's-style nightclub would be so cool. Men in tuxes, women in... er, tuxes... does anyone agree?

[101333]

Sounds great; a change from the scene. But you should've been at teh PRIDE Ball in Jurys, Cork this year. It was just like that! Hopefully this years will be just as good!

[101333]

Got this from my friend who runs KISS;

"Hi Girls
Due to popular demand KISS will be on more nights!!!!
Next night is Sat the 24th of Jan, and for the month
of FEB onwards KISS is going twice a month starting
with Sat the 14th of Feb with a Valentines Night
Special and Sat the 21th of Feb, and from March
onwards it will be every 3rd Sat as usual and the Last
Friday of the Month. KISS The Shelter @Vicar St..
Doors open 10.30pm - 3am..€10... If your looking for a
good nights craic and brill athmosphere then KISS is
the place to be....."

[jc]

where is this KISS thing on? dublin? what use is it telling us in cork about that! in all fairness now like!

[101333]

Vicar St, Dublin. People do travel away for weekends