Yes
In the small world of being a student it seems that there are some things you just can’t say. That when you begin to open your mouth to say them you think twice but then decide to go ahead anyway. And then inevitably everybody around you annihilates you for saying something that doesn’t quite fit in with conventional opinion.
Like when you mention that you’re thinking about voting for the Tories, or you might actually cook something other than a bowl of pasta for dinner. It appears that saying you actually quite like Tru fits into this category remarkably well. “What? You’re actually looking forward to going to Tru tonight?” seems to be the standard response to anybody looking vaguely excited about a Tuesday night. To actually enjoy a night out in one of York’s clubs, let alone Tru, seems like something to be ashamed of.
It might not be massive inside, you may have to queue for an hour because you spent too long in Rumours, and yes, they may play the same cheesy pop as everywhere else in York, but atleast Tru has a little bit of class. You don’t have to wait quite as long to get a drink as in Gallery, and at least it’s just marginally more civilised than Ziggys.
For me Tru just isn’t as chavvy as Salvation will undoubtedly turn out to be. I’ve never walked past York’s new Tuesday night venue without seeing hundreds of yobs standing around outside in their hoodies and sparkling white trainers. Even on a student night I bet that these locals will find a way to get in.
So yes, admittedly Tru may have a special place in my heart (just last week I won a bottle of champagne there in a dancing competition), but it’s about more than that. Unlike anywhere else in York, Tru has a bit of style, and a hint of sophistication. And unlike some of York’s other clubs at least it’s not full of massive queues just to get a drink, or leering girls confronting you the minute you walk in, or a décor that is closer to resembling a drug den than a nightclub.
So while you might think its fashionable to moan and grumble about Tru being just another miserable attempt at a nightclub, I can guarantee that after a few weeks at Salvation, York students will be literally begging to go back to Tru.
No
I have a confession to make. It’s not something that I’m proud of, and I’m sure a lot of you will dislike me for it. My confession is this. When I heard that Trusdays were getting axed, I didn’t scream in anguish. I didn’t fall to the ground weeping, or try to convince myself that it was all just an awful dream. I was actually, secretly, a little bit pleased.
The truth is that Tru just doesn’t appeal to me half as much as the other clubs in York. It has none of the scale of Gallery, the atmosphere of Ziggy’s or the variety of The Duchess. I’ve had good nights out in Tru, of course. Then again, I’ve also had a good night out in BPM, so that’s not really saying a lot.
I was pleased at the thought of Trusdays ending because of the anticipation of what might crop up in its place. Imagine… a brand spanking new student night, all shiny and exciting, albeit with a slightly less catchy name. (You try coming up with a pun involving a day of the week and the word salvation…it is beyond impossible.) Clubs in York are already so limited – we haven’t got anything like the options other student cities have. The selection in larger cities like Newcastle and Manchester is taken for granted by their students, and I can’t help thinking that the prospect of a new student night would inject a bit more life into our weekly routine.
Even if the reality does fall short of my expectations, so what? We’ll all still head to Salvation every Tuesday, and we’ll eventually learn to love it. Maybe we can even overlook its air of chavviness, in the same way that we overlook the funny smell downstairs in Gallery, or Ziggy’s toilets.
The move to Salvation can be more than just a change of venue though. It’s an opportunity to discover new bars that routes to Tru overlooked and a chance to direct the music played there away from the bland and the cheesy. A fledgling student night needs to give students what they want in order to be popular, and our requests for older or less mainstream music are far more likely to be listened to. The closure of Tru has handed us a unique opportunity, in that we can shape the new student night into what we want it to be, and use our influence to create something exciting, current and different in the York clubbing scene. In the battle for York’s credibility and against the armies of Cheesy Pop Soc, this new student night could be our Salvation.
Salvation was an awesome new replacement for Tru. Tru may be the bigger club and offer more rooms but Salvation is clearly the better of the 2. The soundsystem (funktion one) in the mainroom is enough just to argue that point on its own, but you combine that with a DJ who can mix and who doesn’t talk constantly and you can see why Tuesday nights at Salvation are the new big thing for York. For too long Tru has coasted with its student nights, offering a repetitive samey experiance. If Tru was a student it would definately going for the fuck it 40% will do standard. York students deserve more from their night out. Salvation is here and Tuesdays have been well and truly saved.
“In the battle for York’s credibility and against the armies of Cheesy Pop Soc, this new student night could be our Salvation.”
I think you’ll find Cheesy Pop is extremely credible. And popular. And fun. And most of all, better than you.
The existence of Cheesy Pop Soc is just bizarre. Never before its inception did I hear anyone saying ‘You know what we need more of in York? Cheese.’
And yet, Sam, we are here, and have many, many members. Be afraid, be very afraid.
Whilst I am always happy to hear Cheesy Pop Soc being discussed, I am afraid that there are some unfortunate factual mistakes being bandied around here.
Firstly, it is something of a misnomer to describe the “armies” of Cheesy Pop Soc. We do not have an army, or indeed a standing military force of any description. We are a peaceful and fun loving people. That said, if someone yells “dance of” we can’t be held responsible for the actions of our members.
Secondly, I have also never anybody say heard “You know what we need more of in York? Cheese”. What I have heard time and time again is “you know what we need in York? A society that aims to promote the love of Cheesy Pop throughout the University. A society that happily DJs events, is always willing to give up an afternoon to help out with a good cause like Woodstock or York Carnival, offers training to it’s members so they can DJ events too and has amazing socials.” At least I used to hear that said all the time. Not anymore though, because that society exists.
Cheesy Pop Soc is just about having great fun. We don’t have a negative impact on anybody else, and, at the end of the night, most every York students has succumbed to our Cheesy charm. Our members span all areas of University life, indeed, Vision’s own Martin Williams is on out mailing list, and anybody at the YUSU Freshers Fair might have heard him shouting “My name is Martin Williams and I love Cheesy Pop Soc” through a megaphone. Fact.
As an aside, I’m a massive fan of Tuesdays at Salvation. So are a lot of the committee. I’ll see you there next week, and afterward, you can find us in the Willow.
I don’t think Cheesy Pop Soc need to be quite so defensive here.It’s a comment piece after all and not taken to be fact.
There is a time and a place for cheese and obviously you guys have enough members to justify your existence.
Variety is defos the spice of life though.
Also, lol at Martin Williams.
I hope the chair of Cheesy Soc is better at cheese management than he is at writing.
David – I think you mean Cheesy POP Soc.
Touche.
So Martin disagrees with me. Big surprise. I just think society funding is better spent elsewhere. You hardly fill a great hole in the social landscape of York do you? Unless they don’t give you any in which case you may continue.
Hahahahaahhahahahahaha!!!! Brilliant.
Well, ‘Cheesy Pop Soc’, you might remember that I only did that in return for some of the sweets, or whatever it was you were handing around at Freshers’ Fair. I’ve actually never got around to working out how to stop the junk mail sent from all the societies I signed up to just for the free food.
Samantha – CPS weren’t given a grant, however they did receive one for the second set of allocations in order to buy a mixer to continue DJing campus events.
As has been pointed out elsewhere, CPS DJ these events for FREE and have been an absolute godsend to many colleges, most notably Vanbrugh whose events have pretty much been rescued by the CPS lot…
Well it’s a good job that you don’t decide society funding isn’t it Sam.
And considering how much you campaigned during the YUSU elections for a specific candidate (spouting some of the most bitchy and uninformed posts during the entire 2 weeks), it’s also clear the majority of campus doesn’t share your opinion.
Also, ‘social landscape’ is a ridiculous phrase that means nothing. Don’t use big words that you don’t understand.
Taxi for one, under the name of Cowley.
“Cathedral City Cheddar” – A quite pathetic response.
A) What has YUSU elections got to do with society funding?
B) What exactly is wrong with the term ‘social landscape’? If you think they are ‘big words’, then maybe that says more about your own ignorance than anyone else’s?
C) You managed to criticise bitchiness whilst being incredibly bitchy and rude yourself. Oh how funny you are.
D) You didn’t actually add anything to the question of why “CPS” should be allowed funding. Personally, I didn’t have any issues with CPS because you have the members to ratify, etc., etc., but your good spirit is certainly not reflected in your posts. I think the claim that you’re “just about having great fun. We don’t have a negative impact on anybody else,” can be rejected. You, for one, seem a rather bitter person.
I think if there were a social landscape, Cathedral City Cheddar would be in the background, somewhere near the vanishing point.
I can’t believe that Sammy’s comments have caused such controversy, and you’ve all let Angus Hill get away with:
“Unlike anywhere else in York, Tru has a bit of style, and a hint of sophistication.”
If you want to vent your vitriol (uph- big word alert) and show off your comedy skills, surely you want to start there…
“It’s an opportunity to discover new bars that routes to Tru overlooked” – Err, not really. It’s on the same street.
Anyway, for those missing Trusday, try Thursdays at Tru. Went last couple of weeks, the Indie DJ that used to do Trusday still does indie there, and 80p drinks all night! Main room played a little too much cheese for me, but it’s worth giving it a go for those missing tru and who can’t bring themselves to go to the gallery :)
Can someone tell the organisers of TRU to make thursday nights their official night with 3 rooms like they used to do on tuesdays. That way tuesdays can be SALVATION, thursday TRU and sunday has always been a GALLERY night. Thursdays at TRU are empty now, they need to open up the 3 rooms and advertise that trusdays are now on thursdays!!! Tru is the best club in york cause it can cater to all genres of music, gallery and salvation seriously lack a hip hop rnb room
York definately does not need more cheese. There already is far too much. Now fair enough cheese is popular and some people do like it, but does it have to be at the expense of all other genres? Aso Tru does not cater “all” genres of music. It only plays cheese and chart music. Most of the music it does play is played in more than one room, for example black eyed peas will be played both in the rnb room and the main room as will journey dont stop believing in both the indie and main room. Tru caters for a limited spectrum of music that everywhere else in york caters for. I agree with sam, cheesy pop soc is completely unneccessary in a city like york. How about more societies like Breakz but for other genres such as house, trance, electro, etc. Genres that are marginalized not all over york!