Jack wrote:I would think "Cool, maybe people are actually communicating and connecting with each other rather than posing on a dance floor like a bunch of fashion whores."
I have been to many - many - goth nights in large cities, usually held at clubs that are exclusively goth clubs, and the overwhelming trend was that there were maybe a dozen or two dancers max, and most people were socializing.
Funny, most goth clubs I've been to in large cities (Toronto, New York, LA, New Orleans) the dancefloors could only hold 1 or 2 dozen people.
Either way, you missed the point of my post. The point I was trying to illustrate was that the DJs job was to keep the dancefloor going. While club owners and DJs both know that they cannot reasonably keep the dancefloor full for the entire night, when the dancefloor is DEAD (i.e. 2 or less dancers) that is a clear indication of what music not to play. If the DJs were there just to play 'cool' music and not worry about the dancefloor, then there probably wouldn't be a dancefloor (or not one nearly as large as the one most danceclubs have). You might as well throw a BYOB party and toss a bunch of CDs into your home stereo.
I don't know many goth/industrial DJs that would enjoy playing to a dead room (no pun intended).