Schattige rave nostalgie

Dit fenomeen is mij al vaker opgevallen. Clive Martin schreef voor Vice een verrassend mooi (en grappig) artikel over het commentaar onder YouTube filmpjes van rave klassiekers:

Obviously nostalgia is bullshit, and for every "Pacific State" there were a hundred terrible "big fish, small fish, cardboard box" novelty records. And for everyone who looks back on it with fondness, there is probably a casualty. And we probably all need to remember that patterned board shorts were de rigeur back then. But you can't help but feel these people had the right idea.

If these comments are true—and why would you doubt that they are?—going out in those days was about unity and euphoria rather than wearing T-shirts that define your pecs and trying to compete in some kind of Moet-pissing competition. Maybe these comments comprise a history lesson that modern clubbers would do well to heed.

 Geen woord gelogen. Mooi excuus om mijn favoriet uit de herfst van 1991 te plaatsen: