home dance music listening makes me feel old and boring

beats me · Post by **beats me** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 3:17 am

Sometimes when I'm not rehearsing with my conservative christian rock band Van Palin I put on some dance tunes from a recent drunken beatport buying incident or some classics and at that moment I'm really tapping my foot and bobbing my head or even dancing around the room, but after about a half hour of that private embarrassment I want to go out and experience life at a bar or club.

When I kill the music I then think of where I should go and with who. More times than not I pull a blank on both those questions. I know most of my friends are probably already settled in for another night of the mundane. I've reached that age where everything with friends has to be well planned out in advance and even then there will be a high flake factor. And soon after that realization the old guy in me kicks in and whispers "Work tomorrow dude. You'll never survive". Then I get depressed and turn on the History Channel like I should have in the first place. Nobody wants to party after a Hitler documentary or a detailed history of the paperclip.

For the same reason I don't like listening to dance music at work. It makes me question how my life got to where it is and I really don't want to be there.

Does anybody else get these feelings of life misdirection after soaking in some serious tunage?

djadonis206 · Post by **djadonis206** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 3:21 am

No, because I listen to a healthy dose of Gangsta Rap...you see, I'm black. therefore I listen to gangsta rap. Really no ifs, ands, or buts about it

black people listen to gangsta rap and circuit music

so, those feelings of insecurity, despair, and self-loathing I wouldn't know anything about

it's better that way

nathannn · Post by **nathannn** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 3:27 am

yeah people suck ass nowdays.. no one wants to party every night.
i fucking do.
why dont they?
piss on sleep.
i can drag ass at work so what, i only work so i can have money to have fun anyways.
im so sick of people in there late 20's and 30's acting like they are in there 60's.
i want to party!!!!
seriously.

beats me · Post by **beats me** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 3:28 am

djadonis206 wrote:No, because I listen to a healthy dose of Gangsta Rap...you see, I'm black. therefore I listen to gangsta rap. Really no ifs, ands, or buts about it

black people listen to gangsta rap and circuit music

so, those feelings of insecurity, despair, and self-loathing I wouldn't know anything about

it's better that way

That's what white people have Lynyrd Skynyrd for. Music for all occasions that isn't particularly inspiring other than to get in a truck and drive somewhere aimlessly or shoot inanimate objects.

nathannn · Post by **nathannn** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 3:30 am

djadonis206 wrote:No, because I listen to a healthy dose of Gangsta Rap...you see, I'm black. therefore I listen to gangsta rap. Really no ifs, ands, or buts about it

black people listen to gangsta rap and circuit music

so, those feelings of insecurity, despair, and self-loathing I wouldn't know anything about

it's better that way

yeah.. ok..
who's this... "i lost my candlebox cd should i slit my wrist?" you know who that is.

beats me · Post by **beats me** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 3:31 am

nathannn wrote:yeah people suck ass nowdays.. no one wants to party every night.
i fucking do.
why dont they?
piss on sleep.
i can drag ass at work so what, i only work so i can have money to have fun anyways.
im so sick of people in there late 20's and 30's acting like they are in there 60's.
i want to party!!!!
seriously.

In my mid to late 20's I could go clubbing til 2 AM and still make it to work at 6 AM and make it through the day. Now it's just exhausting thinking about the logistics of getting anybody else off their couch.

nathannn · Post by **nathannn** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 3:32 am

beats me wrote:
nathannn wrote:yeah people suck ass nowdays.. no one wants to party every night.
i fucking do.
why dont they?
piss on sleep.
i can drag ass at work so what, i only work so i can have money to have fun anyways.
im so sick of people in there late 20's and 30's acting like they are in there 60's.
i want to party!!!!
seriously.
In my mid to late 20's I could go clubbing til 2 AM and still make it to work at 6 AM and make it through the day. Now it's just exhausting thinking about the logistics of getting anybody else off their couch.

i would go out if you lived close.

nathannn · Post by **nathannn** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 3:34 am

that said... i went dump hopping this last weekend and it was dead everywhere!!!
i think the economy has really gotten to people's brains, now they want to sit home and guard there bread and gold. boring fucks.

nathannn · Post by **nathannn** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 3:40 am

how old is mid to late 20's?
im 28... late late 20's
but i have a peter pan complex so i dont get along with people my age or older.

Tarekith · Post by **Tarekith** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 3:41 am

LOL, welcome to getting older. I have definitely had nights like that, or worse, actually managing to drag myself out and realizing around 12 it was likely a mistake. Music's boring, wallet's empty, and work is going to suck the next day.

That said, there's still at least one or two nights a year when it all comes together unexpectedly and you have a great night. Before you know it they're calling last call and you're like "already?". I long ago gave up on relying on friends going with me when i feel like going out, if anything there's less stress involved when you just do it solo and meet some new people.

beats me · Post by **beats me** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 3:41 am

I haven't been out enough lately to make a "this place is dead" assessment but I've heard even Vegas has become a ghost town, well no surprise on that one I guess but it's still a good gauge.

I have a friend that every weekend goes into the studio, cranks up the speakers, and does a DJ mix for his podcast. After that he goes home, nukes a burrito, and falls asleep to a rerun of the Colbert Report. I don't get it. How can somebody get all amped up on mixing music and then just pass out like mission accomplished.

nathannn · Post by **nathannn** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 3:44 am

beats me wrote: I don't get it. How can somebody get all amped up on mixing music and then just pass out like mission accomplished.

because they are old and boring.

nathannn · Post by **nathannn** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 3:46 am

i always hear people at my new job talking about going out and i want to say "let me in on this, i have not partied enogh in my life yet"
but i dont want to come of as needy, even though im one of the most needy people i know.

ChiDJ · Post by **ChiDJ** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 3:49 am

I can empathize but not sympathize.

i got's me an energizer bunny in my libido and I'm clubbin' 3 nights a week. Y'all are old ass Krackers! 'cept for Adonis. But he's old too.

Beats me,

I understand where you're at. Been there. I just said Fuck it and got off the couch.

I'll die, but not yet.

Hidden Driveways · Post by **Hidden Driveways** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 3:51 am

beats me wrote:Then I get depressed and turn on the History Channel like I should have in the first place.

There's the problem. TV is bad. Get rid of that cable mang.

People get old. It happens. I'm old. Dance music makes me feel alive. I listen to it when I need a pick me up. I love listening to it at work. I love listening to it as I walk through the city.

Somewhere deep inside of me I foolishly believe that if I create enough bombastic + fun dance music that I will never get old. Like, old-old. There's a fountain of youth in them beats. I'm Ponce de Leon and Ableton is the Nina, Pinta, and the Santa Maria.

Or something.

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