Marquee club3/23/2023 ![]() ![]() If I had a dollar for every time I’ve been to Marquee… Well, I wouldn’t be rich, but I’d still have enough to buy something cool! Unfortunately, if you forget the rose coloured glasses, the forty year old men lurking in the dark are less than a ‘thriller’ and more of a reason to catch the next cab home. When comparing my previous intoxicated experience to that of the more recent night of sobriety, it becomes apparent that the club Marquee is best served with multiple vodka shots, after which a night of retro brilliance will proceed. Although the room is quite small, the fresh air from above means that accompanying that drunk, chain smoking, wine-guzzling friend into a room of grey is no longer a chimney chore. In between wrinkly retro kisses and metro Midori shakers, the rooftop smokers’ room provides comfort to the designated driver. The drinks are at the standard price for nightclubs, although the relaxed atmosphere of the bar staff means that if you smile politely and order a few shots consecutively, another shot of Tequila is usually on the house. Upon entering Marquee you are also given a card for a discounted Midori shaker (this bright green drink container is yours to keep as a memento). The bar service in the house room is fast and efficient. Playing all the current house hits, plus rnb and hip hop, this room is endlessly packed to the brim, with ravers taking stance on the large black stages, tapping the air as if doing a synchronised dance to their metro God. The down side is that if you are not drinking the alcohol offered at the bar, you may find your fingers ever so eagerly reaching for the 13 Cabs number on your phone.Ground level offers same age play, which although the retro wrinklers have access to, is obviously avoided (as doof-doof proves their kryptonite). In being fair, the retro room isn’t all wrinkles and kiss dodges, the fact that the room (along with each room at Marquee) is serviced with its own bar, is a definite positive. If slimy – sweet hand kisses to songs of the seventies are your style then the Retro room provides unimaginable authenticity. Whilst most nightclubs will provide some Abba airwaves alongside Michael Jackson crotch grabs but nothing more, this club provides complimentary middle aged men – with real life 1960’s experience. In creating a retro room, the Marquee club really out did themselves. “I wear my sunglasses at night, so I can, so I can…”, well you get the point. Why did I leave my rose coloured glasses at home? I surely would have fitted in upon entering the downstairs retro room. ![]() Tonight I was not drinking alcohol, and not surprisingly, the double edged sword of Marquee nightclub was about to reveal itself. No she was not a figment of my MTV imagination, door booty Dennis was there, and as I snapped out of my Britney Spears day dream I realised I was holding up a line of ten men who viewed Dennis’ leather choices as an erotic vision into what they might take home tonight. ![]() These memories have been collected from different sources.As a second visit to South Melbourne’s Marquee nightclub revealed the peroxide blonde door booty in a leather one piece hot suit, I realised that my vision of the club had not been incepted by Britney Spears’ ‘Oops I did it again’. This section contains memories from protagonists of the legendary days at The Marquee Club, including artists, managers, producers, staff, etc.
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