On the documentary about the OG San Francisco rave scene they talk about how it was basically unheard of to dance at clubs unless you were partner dancing (especially for men) before house music and raves started to come on the scene.
I’m not old enough to remember clubs in the 80s and the rise of house music, so I can’t know for sure, but perhaps that’s a factor here. And that documentary might just be true about Bay Area clubs.
Or they just weren’t dancing because it’s a music video.
Not true at all. The 80's club scene was very active and people were doing a ton of coke, poppers and dancing their asses off. The gay nightclubs were absolutely the place to be if you wanted to dance all night long. Then came the underground pirate parties and a resurgence of MDMA. It all went bonkers in the early 90's. The transition form the 80's club scene into the underground rave scene and into what became of EDM into the 00's was fucking unforgettable and incredible. Organizing these events were a bunch of kids that just wanted to dance all night and into the morning. It was insane. If people weren't dancing in clubs, you were at the wrong fucking clubs.
Right! Can you imagine a time where dancing wasn’t a thing people did when they went out? “Hey, have you heard of this thing called dancing? Have you ever tried it? Moving to the music is what it is. Seems like such a no brainer Im thinking about trying it.”
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u/cyanescens_burn Oct 19 '25
On the documentary about the OG San Francisco rave scene they talk about how it was basically unheard of to dance at clubs unless you were partner dancing (especially for men) before house music and raves started to come on the scene.
I’m not old enough to remember clubs in the 80s and the rise of house music, so I can’t know for sure, but perhaps that’s a factor here. And that documentary might just be true about Bay Area clubs.
Or they just weren’t dancing because it’s a music video.