Saturday, November 21, 2009

So 90's

If you are a student and if you are in Dublin, then you either have "International Life Dublin" as a friend on Facebook, or at least 3 people you know do. It is a very costless and efficient means to get all of the alcohol yielding party lovers international students in one rather small, smoky and dark place where music plays and where the DJ can hardly ever be wrong in selecting a song as the diversity of the crowd and the levels of alcohol consumed entails that with any play-list choice, at least 2/3 of the dance floor will be full. But in terms of alcohol, i do have to admit that the Irish consume more / or get drunk faster than the international students. Probably the latter are not used to paying 1 euro or more for a can of very bad beer :)
Yesterday was the the most crowded party i have attended here in Dublin, and it was the best, even if i did enjoy the other 4 as well :)) So ok, i am not the best person to compare parties and give objective reviews, but subjectively speaking, i found the 90s party very very fulfilling and fun. Although it did make me realize that i have lots of useless information in my brain - like half of the famous 90s songs lyrics, i still felt that the 90s, the period when i had MTV, had been a period of extremely diverse sounds, music trends and a quite interesting fashion. The videos all looked familiar and i was remembering the times so long ago when i used to watch them on our old remote-control-less and color-distorting TV.
Songs of the 90's included various choices like BSB and Spice Girls, Britney Spears and Take That, MC Hammer, Faithless, REM, Madonna, Five, Steps, Snap, Haddaway and, of course, Right Said Fred with "I'm too sexy". Everyone really did seem to dance as if no one was watching - but in reality the club guards were. They made it feel more or less safe to be in that confined space with hundreds (989 that might have attended and 642 confirmed guests on Facebook) even if the people constantly moving and pushing and having little or no respect for other people's personal space did make the disco seem a jungle where the weapons one needed to survive were the high heels, the sparkling wear and the unconscious indifferent brain. People didn't look like they wore costumes though - as the style of the 90s is sometimes worn on the streets nowadays. Interestingly enough, not even at the 80s party were the costumes really evident. Because yes, the clothes my mother used to wear when she was my age are back in fashion. Too bad they are one size too small.

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