Friday nights at the Union

[docomm]

I've already asked this question in the linkup e-mail, but - what would YOU call Friday nights in Venue 1
(not the bop, as we don't actually play jazz)
Suggestions to docomm.
Thank you!

[benedict]

call it Radiohead. Radiohead used to be called On a Friday because they used to usually play on a friday but then they changed their name to Radiohead as On a Friday was a piss poor name for a band. seeing as everything that gets played at the friday bop is the kind of tosh that gets played on the radio all the time then why not call it Radiohead (or some clever variant). then it would also have the additional advantage of being able to fuck off all the Radiohead fans who are tricked into thinking that it's a Radiohead night.

[hr]watches should have a smiley face on them as it's always time to be happy

[Al]

You could call it "Bob" which has the advantages of a) being a name and b) sounding a bit like bop.

[hr]"Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass on a summer day listening to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is hardly a waste of time".

[benedict]

Radioheads (or Radioheadz, to make it sound hip & swinging & almost contemporary (albeit short by a decade or so)) sounds good to me. but if that isn't good enough try idea 2:

Joy Division, because if you're lucky the friday night bop may look like the prostitutes wing of a concentration camp.

...& because it's a joy to go to, of course.

apologies for the distinct lack of tact.

[hr]watches should have a smiley face on them as it's always time to be happy

[benedict]

were it not for the rather negative Third Reich connotations, i think The Joy Division would be a fantastic name. however the DJ set would have to include Joy Division's Atrocity Exhibition each week to appease the otherwise disappointed hordes of expectant Joy Division fanatics that would be turning up in their droves each week, which wouldn't be such a bad thing.

[hr]watches should have a smiley face on them as it's always time to be happy

[puppy]

It shouldn't be called the bop.. people will always refer to it as the bop with their friends.. but it needs a proper name.

Is there not a company (like a drinks company) that wants to sponsor it and give us cheap booze for that night.. like Red did 2 years ago? We LOVED the £1 bottles of red.

P.S. Fondue is really bad! PLEASE dont call it fondue.

[Cain]

Every time this question comes up I always reply

FLUX !

And will continue to do so until i realise that Flux is a crap name for the bop, which is why they dropped it

[hr]
I hold an element of surprise

[andrewdalgleish]

do a poll right here on the sinner!!!!!!

and include 'The Bop' as one option, cos that's what i think it should be called.

[Kat]

How about calling it:
@

it's completely neutral as far as what kind of music to expect.. and you could publicise it like this..

the place to be - @


ok ok.. i know people are going to say that its a rubbish idea.. but its better than fondue.

[Prophet Tenebrae]

I think that the name bop is just too engrained in the student consciousness for the word bop to fade away anytime soon and certainly far superior to any of the contrived names that they've come up with.

If a good name is going to be derived, it needs to be spontaneously during a drinking session - so really most of St. Andrews is working on the problem around the clock.

[Wong]

Kat - I saw that idea, and I hated it instantly. Then, a couple of seconds later, I completely changed my opinion. That's actually quite a good name for it. <¦-)

[hr]When you play with fire
You must anticipate some burns
Chasing for desire
It's just a different way to learn

[Al]

Why not do the typical St Andrews thing and pluck a name from the past, give it a dust down and claim the name is brand spanking new? You could resurrect "Eclipse" or, to go even further back, "Divide PFD". Although, strictly speaking, Divide PFD was an indie/dance music extravaganza. Which perhaps makes it an unsuitable name for the bop.

[hr]"Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass on a summer day listening to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is hardly a waste of time".

[puppy]

[s]Prophet Tenebrae wrote on 17:02, 1st Oct 2003:
I think that the name bop is just too engrained in the student consciousness for the word bop to fade away anytime soon and certainly far superior to any of the contrived names that they've come up with.


I dont think that anyone is trying to make the word 'bop' disappear or fade away. I think we should hang on to these words as much as we can, they are a part of st andrews history. McIntosh Hall is called chattan by lots of people, JBH is called atholl etc etc.. But the fact is, what goes on in the union on a friday night not a 'bop'.

The 'bop' started as a weekly event in old union (where the old union diner is). One of my father's friends (now in his late 60's) used to attend regually. From what i can make out, there was no special lighting and the sound was aufull.

What we have in union theatre today is probably the most sophisticated set of club lights in fife. With a sound system to match.

Although a new name might seem 'contrived' I think it is necessary to make the distiction between that original, poorly lit, badly sounding dance and today's friday night event that uses a setup, costing £100,000s

[Cain]

[s]puppy wrote on 17:27, 1st Oct 2003:
Although a new name might seem 'contrived' I think it is necessary to make the distiction between that original, poorly lit, badly sounding dance and today's friday night event that uses a setup, costing £100,000s


but they were both dances? on a friday night?

but our bop is better (or at least costs more to run)?

so the bop should be the mega-bop. or bop+?

[hr]
Can I actually answer a question instead of asking them?

[Kat]

[s]Wong wrote on 17:04, 1st Oct 2003:
Kat.. That's actually quite a good name for it. <¦-)

Thanks.. i didnt think it was too bad..

[Al]

"so the bop should be the mega-bop. or bop+?"

It was the Megabop until people started dicking around with the name.....

[hr]"Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass on a summer day listening to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is hardly a waste of time".

[Anon.]

Maxi-Bop? Uber-Bop? Arch-Bop? Bop-in-Chief?

[Colin]

Why argue? You know everyone will continue to call it the bop, so give in and call it that. St Andrews students have a habit of utterly ignoring name changes anyway (McSorleys, Ogstons....)

Although calling it cop would be good, as it is what the predictive text on my phone thinks a bop is anyway, and it would save a whole two button presses when pissed.

[D]

'twil always be the MegaBop to me.

how about:

Ned not bed? (for crashing dance hits)
Retread not bed? (for old hits)
Sled not bed? (at Christmas)
Cowshed not bed? (descibes venue 1)

hmmm...

I'd stick with the Megabop if I were you

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