Pet peeve

[oldyeller]

I have an issue that is quickly becoming a pet peeve of mine about the restaurants in The villages. Why is the live music so LOUD. We were at Hacienda yesterday and they had live music. The couple was very good and the genre of the music was excellent. The problem was it was to LOUD. What happened to nice quiet dinner music? I thought seniors liked nice quiet dinner music. The restaurants are loud enough without the LOUD music. I've seen it in almost all of the restaurants. We were on the patio at Evans and they had a very good guitar player but the music was to LOUD. Luckily we were seated at the other end of the patio so for us it was tolerable. At City Fire it is probably the worst. I like to go to dinner and engage in quiet polite dinner conversation without having to yell. I also would like to save what little hearing I have. The restaurants are making achieving both of these goals difficult.

[paulandjean]

I have an issue that is quickly becoming a pet peeve of mine about the restaurants in The villages. Why is the live music so LOUD. We were at Hacienda yesterday and they had live music. The couple was very good and the genre of the music was excellent. The problem was it was to LOUD. What happened to nice quiet dinner music? I thought seniors liked nice quiet dinner music. The restaurants are loud enough without the LOUD music. I've seen it in almost all of the restaurants. We were on the patio at Evans and they had a very good guitar player but the music was to LOUD. Luckily we were seated at the other end of the patio so for us it was tolerable. At City Fire it is probably the worst. I like to go to dinner and engage in quiet polite dinner conversation without having to yell. I also would like to save what little hearing I have. The restaurants are making achieving both of these goals difficult.

Must be,they must have had complaints to turn up the music.

[rubicon]

Your living in a retirement community with mostly residents age 65+ and you don't get that the music in restaurants is loud. Most us us not only need louder music we need bigger and bolder print on our menus:1rotfl:

[quirky3]

Why would an "Old Yeller" object to loud sounds?:1rotfl:

[swrinfla]

Oldyeller:

You've hit upon my biggest complaint about almost any venue, in The Villages or not: you can't carry on a decent conversation with your tablemates without shouting!

And, sadly, it isn't confined to restaurants/country clubs! The other night, the entertainment at a social club dinner was a fine DJ, but the music was deafening!

One view I have - have you ever noticed how many hearing aid ads you get in the paper or your mail every day? I think they're in conspiracy with the folks who produce the too-loud music! :a040:

SWR
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[Golfingnut]

It is not different than the homes here are more expensive than those across the street. It is called SUPPLY AND DEMAND. The majority to include me, want the music load. If you want a quiet dinner with conversation, invite someone to your home. Before complaining, always consider the democratic way of thinking. If 51 % want the music loud, then the music should BE LOUD. No entiende algo

[zcaveman]

Unfortunately there is loud and there is LOUD. There should be a happy medium.

LOUD keeps me out of a lot of restaurants.

Z

[casita37]

I am surprised to hear so many defending loud music. Seems like, as long as I can remember, I have heard the vast majority of people complain about the music being too loud in almost every venue, even including private functions. I am not talking about just TV, but everywhere I have lived, with the exception of during college and my time in Daytona Beach, during the heavy spring break years.

I agree with the OP. I want to be able to talk during dinner. We have not been to all the country clubs here, but the 5 or 6 we have been to are already so loud...can't imagine adding loud music to the mix.

My personal theory is that it's not for YOU, it's for the younger wait staff and the entertainers themselves. That's the way they like it, so........like I said....just a theory.

[Golfingnut]

I am surprised to hear so many defending loud music. Seems like, as long as I can remember, I have heard the vast majority of people complain about the music being too loud in almost every venue, even including private functions. I am not talking about just TV, but everywhere I have lived, with the exception of during college and my time in Daytona Beach, during the heavy spring break years.

I agree with the OP. I want to be able to talk during dinner. We have not been to all the country clubs here, but the 5 or 6 we have been to are already so loud...can't imagine adding loud music to the mix.

My personal theory is that it's not for YOU, it's for the younger wait staff and the entertainers themselves. That's the way they like it, so........like I said....just a theory.

Sorry, but you friends are wrong. More folks like it loud. Seems like, as long as I can remember, I have heard the vast majority of people love the loud and fast music. I am not talking about just the Villages, but everywhere I have lived to include Overseas.

[Happinow]

I agree that the music is way to loud. You can t even talk to the others at your table. If there is music playing at an establishment we ask to be seated as far away from the music as possible. Also, sometimes where they put the entertainment, the space is just too small to accommodate the music with the amplifiers. Those who can't hear well need to turn up their hearing aides or go get one so the rest of us don't go deaf.

[casita37]

Sorry, but you friends are wrong. More folks like it loud. Seems like, as long as I can remember, I have heard the vast majority of people love the loud and fast music. I am not talking about just the Villages, but everywhere I have lived to include Overseas.



We obviously move in different circles...LOL, but that's fine. To each his own. I have left restaurants because of the music, even after the staff have offered to turn it down. Wouldn't hear of it....not going to ask them to change their style. I can always find another place, with no (or softer) music. That's one of the nice things about TV. If you don't care for one style, you can always find another.:)

[Golfingnut]

We obviously move in different circles...LOL, but that's fine. To each his own. I have left restaurants because of the music, even after the staff have offered to turn it down. Wouldn't hear of it....not going to ask them to change their style. I can always find another place, with no (or softer) music. That's one of the nice things about TV. If you don't care for one style, you can always find another.:)

And, there are restaurants in The Villages without music, but it is more to do with music in country clubs that brings in the money than their food. A few of the country clubs would go broke if they relied only on their food. Some of the local chain restaurants have great food and no Music at all.

[gomoho]

Golfingnut if 51% want the music loud why are you the only one on this post saying so??? Have to disagree with your thinking - I enjoy the music, but enjoy the company I'm with even more. I would say after dinner hours at a club have at it, but it doesn't have to be deafening to be enjoyed.

[crummybuttons]

I have an issue that is quickly becoming a pet peeve of mine about the restaurants in The villages. Why is the live music so LOUD. We were at Hacienda yesterday and they had live music. The couple was very good and the genre of the music was excellent. The problem was it was to LOUD. What happened to nice quiet dinner music? I thought seniors liked nice quiet dinner music. The restaurants are loud enough without the LOUD music. I've seen it in almost all of the restaurants. We were on the patio at Evans and they had a very good guitar player but the music was to LOUD. Luckily we were seated at the other end of the patio so for us it was tolerable. At City Fire it is probably the worst. I like to go to dinner and engage in quiet polite dinner conversation without having to yell. I also would like to save what little hearing I have. The restaurants are making achieving both of these goals difficult.

I totally agree with Old Yeller. If they have outside seating we usually do that. I cant stand having to yell across the table.

[bluedog103]

Golfingnut if 51% want the music loud why are you the only one on this post saying so??? Have to disagree with your thinking - I enjoy the music, but enjoy the company I'm with even more. I would say after dinner hours at a club have at it, but it doesn't have to be deafening to be enjoyed.

I doubt if Golfingnut has done a scientific study. Methinks he's pushing his preference as fact when it's merely opinion. I vote for quieter restaurants and clubs. When I was younger I liked music loud, the louder the better but I could also communicate in those locations despite the noise. As I've aged and my hearing has declined I find it much more difficult to communicate a loud environment.

[philnpat]

I doubt if Golfingnut has done a scientific study. Methinks he's pushing his preference as fact when it's merely opinion. I vote for quieter restaurants and clubs. When I was younger I liked music loud, the louder the better but I could also communicate in those locations despite the noise. As I've aged and my hearing has declined I find it much more difficult to communicate a loud environment.

I also disagree with Golfingnut.
How many times have your friends complained that the music was too quiet? Not many, I'll bet.

[Golfingnut]

Go to Cody's or City Fire when the music is blasting and you will have a hard time finding a table.

Go to any restaurant on the square with no music and you will be seating immediately.

I wonder why that is. :ohdear:

[oldyeller]

495 views and only 16 posts!

Help me out here people!

[Golfingnut]

495 views and only 16 posts!

Help me out here people!

that is because the other 479 don't have a problem with loud music at the clubs.

[CFrance]

We were at a CC for dinner with friends a week ago. Walked in and there was a singer with a boom box--very, very lou--right by the entryway. We asked to be seated at the other end of the room. Still too loud. So we asked to move outside, and THERE'S where most of the people were eating. The singer was singing to two booths of people; everyone else had fled outside.

I do not agree that the majority want the music loud. I have never been in a place where people were asking to turn the music up since I was in college! Why go out to eat with friends if you have to scream across the table?

[Bonny]

I love the music. Especially Dunning Shaw & Mark Seymour when they're at Codys !! And I love City Fire !
What's great about the Villages, not everyone has music every night so there are lots of places to choose from if you don't want loud music, you don't like the music outside, sit inside, don't like it inside, sit outside. Problem's all solved. :MOJE_whot:

[ajbrown]

Count me in oldyellar.

Being able to have a conversation with the friends I am with is highest priority. We would normally leave if we could not acomplish that.

To be clear, I am not suggesting any place change. They should do what their patrons want. I will just find another place.

[archerlc]

In a restaurant I want the volume to be low. At a place like Katie Belle's I expect the music to be loud. I go to KB to listen to music but I would never go there to eat a meal. To eat where I cannot hear what the other person is saying is not a pleasant experience for me. Fortunately, we have a choice.

[mikeandnancy1112]

We used to like loud music but I guess age has caught up with us...lol

[bluedog103]

Go to Cody's or City Fire when the music is blasting and you will have a hard time finding a table.

Go to any restaurant on the square with no music and you will be seating immediately.

I wonder why that is. :ohdear:

Now there's a scientific study for you!:1rotfl::1rotfl:Think about it, it's not too hard.:loco:

[Shimpy]

that is because the other 479 don't have a problem with loud music at the clubs.

That's BS. We vote with our feet, we stay away. What's enjoyable about not being able to converse or have to yell?

[Golfingnut]

That's BS. We vote with our feet, we stay away. What's enjoyable about not being able to converse or have to yell?

I agree with that skimpy, I just wanted to point out that the clubs with the loud music have many more customers than those without it.

[2BNTV]

WHAT!!!!

I can't hear you as the music is too loud. :jester:

I was at Gators Dockside and the Dj played the music so loud, I couldn't hear the person next to me. That's too loud.

[Trish Crocker]

If you REALLY want to have fun, do what Steve and I did tonight. We went to City Fire in Sumter...sat outside to share a pizza thingy...then realized that we were not only listening to the music from the square, we were also listening to loud music from the outside bar and live music from inside the bar...OUCH! It didn't help that we were sitting by the door so every time the door opened the music got louder. Seriously though, we can't blame anyone but ourselves. As far as the typical loudness in the bars and restaurants, there are times that I love loud music (usually after a few happy hour indulgences) but when I know we just want to sit and talk we go somewhere that we can do that. There a some great restaurants around here that are quieter.