Get Off My Lawn…

Nov 21, 2024, 12:35 AM

I thought getting older was supposed to result in some hearing loss. If I have some deafness going on it means they have cranked up the volume to beyond max.

After coming down from the mountain jungles I thought I’d venture into a different but familiar habitat of bars and pretty young women.

I walked the entire length of Bui Vien Walking Street in Saigon and every single bar was blasting out music that was at jet engine decibel levels. It was almost as if they were using volume as a weapon against the competing bars. Nobody working on the street could possibly not end up with permanent hearing loss.

It was so loud that I never stopped anywhere and just called it a night. I actually enjoy talking with the young women and you can't do that when you can't hear.

Have you ever been dissuaded from clubbing due to excess volume in a club?

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Iknowbetterlast year

Yes. And I now have the hearing loss to show for decades of too-loud music. I wonder what the long term effects of today’s ear pod-wearing generation will be?

Muddylast year

I think it was Ted Nugent who saidif it’s too loud your too old. Na man sorry hearing doesn’t get better. Protect it. Some of these clubs it’s ridiculous.

viking2012last year

Yeah, I actually asked the manager of the Cleveland Hustler club to tell the dj to turn down the deafening volume one night after the dj ignored my request. It wasn't just me, dancers I spoke with agreed with my opinion while we shouted at each other and had to basically lip read because we couldn't hear each other. The manager spoke to him, the dj slightly turned it down but it was still uncomfortable so i left and spent money somewhere else.

There have been other times in strip and other clubs that I just walked out of because of the extreme volume.

To add some perspective to this, I know the difference between loud and extremely loud from my days shooting an m-16 in the army, shooting as a hobby, actually working with rock bands for a few years of my life and attending multiple rock concerts, so yeah I do know the difference between loud and deafening.

drewcareypnwlast year

I hate loud music in clubs, especially since it's universally stupid af. Sure, there needs to be something for them to dance to, but we are not there to listen to the dj.

misterorangelast year

If it's too loud I'll walk out without even sitting down. Not as concerned about hearing loss as I am about having a bad time.

Arraylast year

That’s how I first learned about extras. Back in my very early clubbing days when I was extremely naive and innocent (pre-internet, always went solo and didn’t discuss with anyone outside the club). I thought dances were supposed to be no touch air dances. One night a very pretty young thing sat down next to me and started a conversation. I complained about the loud music and she said we could go upstairs where it’s a lot quieter. I said sure, let’s go. We got up there, sat down and she said, “ I can give head for $200 or we can have sex for $400.”

The only other thing I’ll say is that it was indeed much quieter upstairs.

crosschecklast year

The music volume alone is enough to make sure I never go the Scarlett's in Hallandale again. It's been years, but sometimes I almost think I STILL have a headache from the last time I was there...

gammanu95last year

It's only happened a couple of times, but I do not have the time or energy to shout every utterance into a dancer's ear and repeat 80% of what I say. I'll leave if I can't get the manager to turn it down. What's really mind-boggling is that I'm not the only person who can't hear the dancer, and I see a lot of other patrons sitting in silence watching the stage, TV, or their phones. One dancer told me that they kept the music loud in the main lobby so period would spend more in the lap dance and VIP rooms where it was quieter.

Jascoilast year

It seems that the DJ's only know one volume setting. It's extremely rare to actually having comfortable volume setting.

docsavagelast year

I was having dizzy spells. At first I thought it might be something serious but then noticed they seemed worse after visiting a strip club playing loud music. I then started taking ear plugs with me and using them when the music seemed too loud, along with staying for a shorter period of time. My dizzy spells have largely vanished.

skibum609last year

They have music in clubs? Jesus I am always so focused on nudity....

captainfunlast year

The worst offenders of this in my experience are the hood clubs. From days gone by the Pink Slip in East St. Louis. A few others come to mind too

Much more recently T&A Cabaret had their volume up way too high. Kinda unfortunate for the girls who work in that environment every night.

wallanonlast year

One club I went to out in the woods of North Carolina had speakers so loud they were vibrating a dancer's whole body and her voice was all distorted and shit while she was talking. Like an autotuned sexbot standing in front me. The Hills by the Weeknd was playing so the bass was off the charts.

She was hot so we went into the lapdance room and fucked like rabbits. I'm willing to put up with a little inconvenience to get what I want lol.