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jeni_escobar
Joined: 27 Oct 2008
Location: Gwangmyeung
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 Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 6:06 am Post subject: Best clubs in Seoul |
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| My husband is coming to visit me from hell (=Iraq) and I want to show him a good time while he's here. One of our favorite things to do is to go clubbing. I haven't been out much here (once to be exact) and the club kinda sucked. It was a ratty basement hip hop deal in Itaewon. I'm looking for the same kind of music, but something a little nicer and a better atmosphere I guess. Any ideas? We love hip hop and salsa/Latin music. I'm guessing they'll be found in Hongdae but I have no idea where to look.... |
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michaelambling
Joined: 31 Dec 2008
Location: Paradise
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| Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 6:30 am Post subject: |
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Married women should not go to nightclubs without their husbands.
You do realize we men go to clubs for sex, don't you?
Edit: Gay clubs are okay. |
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sineface
Joined: 27 Feb 2006
Location: C'est magnifique
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| Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 4:43 pm Post subject: |
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She's taking her husband, idiot.
Jeni I dunno really, I've always tried to avoid clubs as much as possible  . Try this website though, www.seoulstyle.com, where you might at least get an idea of what's out there. Good luck! |
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michaelambling
Joined: 31 Dec 2008
Location: Paradise
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| Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 1:52 am Post subject: |
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| sineface wrote: |
She's taking her husband, idiot.
Jeni I dunno really, I've always tried to avoid clubs as much as possible . Try this website though, www.seoulstyle.com, where you might at least get an idea of what's out there. Good luck! |
Yeah, oops. Sorry about that--I am an idiot. |
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laserprinter
Joined: 18 Jun 2008
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 5:40 am Post subject: |
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M2 for dancing,
I love hanging at Zen, it has cheap cocktails and beer. |
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seoulsucker
Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Location: The Land of the Hesitant Cutoff
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| Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 7:21 am Post subject: |
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| laserprinter wrote: |
| M2 for dancing. |
Except she is looking for hip-hop/salsa. M2 is strictly house-electro.
There are some big hip-hop clubs in Hongdae, but they're full of young punks. Actually, most hip-hop clubs in Seoul are full of young punks.
Harlem and NB near Gangnam station are okay, though. Always packed, full of good-looking girls being hit on by boys in the middle of a cultural identity crisis.
But if hip-hop is what you're looking for, and you don't want to be surrounded by soldiers and/or Nigerians, and college-aged gansta wannabes, then Gangnam NB/Harlem are decent.
Most of the gangsta wannabes there are either out of college or never went. |
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Bibbitybop
Joined: 22 Feb 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 11:05 am Post subject: |
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| seoulsucker wrote: |
| laserprinter wrote: |
| M2 for dancing. |
Except she is looking for hip-hop/salsa. M2 is strictly house-electro.
There are some big hip-hop clubs in Hongdae, but they're full of young punks. Actually, most hip-hop clubs in Seoul are full of young punks.
Harlem and NB near Gangnam station are okay, though. Always packed, full of good-looking girls being hit on by boys in the middle of a cultural identity crisis.
But if hip-hop is what you're looking for, and you don't want to be surrounded by soldiers and/or Nigerians, and college-aged gansta wannabes, then Gangnam NB/Harlem are decent.
Most of the gangsta wannabes there are either out of college or never went. |
I never thought I'd see the day when Harlem and NB were suggested. Much less by a veteran poster.
But, the music scene in Korea SUUUUUUCKS compared to the rest of the globalized world. Try to find a special show, not a house DJ, and even if Harlem or NB (also located in Hongdae) is your only option, you'd be better off buying a cd and playing it alone in a cheap motel. |
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rumdiary
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prideofidaho
Joined: 19 Mar 2008
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OI is a neat place, save for the chance of death by slipping on the floor, but have you ever seen it busy? The only time I've seen it busy was for some sort of festival, and there was ridiculous new age interpretive dancing and drumming. Not what I'd call Hip-Hop / Salsa.
If the OP had said she wanted to go to an empty club and listen to ridiculous psy-trance, OI is the best bet.
There's a latin dance place in Itaewon called Caliente. I've never been. |
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Xuanzang
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| Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 5:19 pm Post subject: |
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| Just dont go to Tinpan or Tinpan 2 |
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seoulsucker
Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Location: The Land of the Hesitant Cutoff
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| Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 5:21 pm Post subject: |
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| Bibbitybop wrote: |
| seoulsucker wrote: |
| laserprinter wrote: |
| M2 for dancing. |
Except she is looking for hip-hop/salsa. M2 is strictly house-electro.
There are some big hip-hop clubs in Hongdae, but they're full of young punks. Actually, most hip-hop clubs in Seoul are full of young punks.
Harlem and NB near Gangnam station are okay, though. Always packed, full of good-looking girls being hit on by boys in the middle of a cultural identity crisis.
But if hip-hop is what you're looking for, and you don't want to be surrounded by soldiers and/or Nigerians, and college-aged gansta wannabes, then Gangnam NB/Harlem are decent.
Most of the gangsta wannabes there are either out of college or never went. |
I never thought I'd see the day when Harlem and NB were suggested. Much less by a veteran poster.
But, the music scene in Korea SUUUUUUCKS compared to the rest of the globalized world. Try to find a special show, not a house DJ, and even if Harlem or NB (also located in Hongdae) is your only option, you'd be better off buying a cd and playing it alone in a cheap motel. |
Yeah, shame on me. I had to take a good, hard look at myself in the mirror this morning after posting that. 
However, after she mentioned the "basement Itaewon place" and that she was looking for similar music, that's the best I could come up with. There are a few underground clubs that spin great tunes on occasion, but it didn't seem like that was up her alley. |
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jeni_escobar
Joined: 27 Oct 2008
Location: Gwangmyeung
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| Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 6:17 am Post subject: |
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You guys are making the basement in Itaewon start to sound good....
I'll definitely check out Caliente... what are the big hip hop places in Hongdae called?
Seoulsucker, tell me more about the underground places you know. |
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LonelyAssasin
Joined: 07 Mar 2009
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most people here are too old to go to club
korean clubs have age limit you know
and most foreginers look way older than their age i mean from korean's point of view.. |
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dean_burrito
Joined: 12 Jun 2007
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| Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2009 3:41 pm Post subject: |
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| Xuanzang wrote: |
| Just dont go to Tinpan or Tinpan 2 |
I second this.
Just go to Hongdae and wander around till you find what you are looking for. So many clubs there that I don't even know the names of half of them that I've been in. Hongdae is a great area to have some spontaneous fun and you probably won't want to limit yourself to one or two clubs anyways. It's like a big Disney land for partying. I'm sure you're husband will love it after being in Iraq. |
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Scotticus
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| Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2009 4:39 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm sure you're husband will love it after being in Iraq. |
"Korea: Better than Iraq!" |
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