Revolution, Harrogate
is the place where (apparently) all the pretty people go and I (less than pretty) was dragged in there by my girlfriend who herself was dragged in by her brother and his mates on a birthday piss-up.
I suddenly realised why I hated nightclubs.
There were two queues to get in: one for plebs such as myself and my group; the second for Harrogate's finest (apparently) who got in quicker by flashing their tits or expensive watches, depending on gender.
The obvious elitism was not deserving of the shithole within. Now I'm a gentle hippy kinda guy and I cannot stand club music (drum n bass, I believe you kids call it...) and I lasted about half an hour. Not only was it incredibly claustrophobic but just about everyone seemed to be out of their heads on Bolivian Marching Powder and/or happy pills. The girlfriend went to shake her lettuce and found a bunch of Harrogate's so-called finest snorting a few lines in the ladies. There was some high as a kite prick who asked me over and over again for about five minutes why I wasn't enjoying myself. "Because this place is a shithole and you're a tosser" didn't seem to satisfy his chemically-induced curiosity.
The girlfriend reappeared and I told her we were leaving. Like I say, I'm a bit of a hippy bloke and not into the whole fighting thing, but I could genuinely feel the aggression rising within. That freaked me out the most: the fact that I was just aching to punch someone.
Without having so much as a drink (couldn't get served), we left and hot-tailed it up to the Blues Bar where we spent the rest of the night drinking rum, listening to kick-arse blues and hanging out with like-minded souls who only wanted to have a good time and listen to proper music that made your ears bleed. A fifteen minute long drums and bongos duel is something to behold!
I hate nighclubs.
(Ghostlight, Thu 9 Apr 2009, 15:00, 5 replies)

Aaaaaaaamen brother.

( Throat And Ice Pie I see dem tatties dere., Thu 9 Apr 2009, 15:05, closed)

Interestingly (and pedantically) enough..
...the most common 'break' used in Drum & Bass is known as the Amen break and is taken from a song called 'Amen, Brother' by The Winstons.
(SonoraAeroClub "OH SWEET HELEN OF BALLS!", Thu 9 Apr 2009, 17:07, closed)

kick-arse blues
is there such a thing?
( stopmeandslapme Cometh the hour, cometh your mum, Thu 9 Apr 2009, 15:09, closed)

.
The place is tiny, is about fifteen feet square, so you're never very far away from the amps, that are usually turned up to 12. And the bongos kick arse!
(Ghostlight, Thu 9 Apr 2009, 15:17, closed)

There is
And Buddy Guy is its name.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 9 Apr 2009, 15:55, closed)