most saturday nights there is a park in seoul that hosts what is called "the silent disco." this disco is silent because everyone who attends gets a set of headphones. when the headphones are turned on it plays the music that the dj is playing from his turn tables in front of the crowd. everyone wearing the headphones is listening to the same song so that people who live near the park won't be bothered all night by loud music.
imagine 200 plus people gathered in a park with balloons tied to their headphones dancing around, wearing wigs, sporting blue tongues with suckers in their mouths, and all singing, "and i said heeeeey yay eyy eeyyy, heyyy yay yay, i said hey, what's going on." if you can't, here is a video...
one of the most amazing things to do was to take off the headphones and watch everyone dancing to what seemed like "no" music, all on beat, all to the same song. at times the dj would mix a techno song with a pop song and everyone would be jumping up and down singing along together. it was also fun to take off the headphones during that part.
i think i'm going to start frequenting this place.
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