|
|
10-17-2004, 01:06 PM
|
#1 |
|
WhY sO SiRiUs?
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Ta uoy erehw
Posts: 1,120
|
The Ultimate Fan?
This is something I've been wondering for a while now. Just what is it that makes someone an Ultimate Fan? Is it the fact that a person owns everything that was put out w/the individual (or group's) name on it (& also knows all of the songs/movies/what have you that the person has produced)? Or, could it be more of a personal belief?
Example: I've been a Weird Al Yankovic fan for about 20 years now. I've seen him live 4 times, & absolutely love his movie, UHF. However, I don't know the name of all of his bandmates, nor do I own all of his albums (yet). In my own twisted way, I consider myself a big fan (even w/out owning all of the physical things he's produced). Another example: I've also been a U2 fan for the same period of time. While I've only seen them live twice, I love their music immensely. However, in their case I know all of the band member's names; but I also don't own all of their albums (yet). Again, I consider myself a big fan of theirs. Just because I don't know everything about (or own everything pertaining to) the aforementioned artists, does that make me any less of a fan? And who ever said that to be an Ultimate Fan, you had to own everything that your favorite celebrity produced anyway? What's your take on this?
__________________
 "If there is a bedrock principle of the First Amendment, it is that the government may not prohibit the expression of an idea simply because society finds the idea itself offensive or disagreeable." -- Justice William J. Brennan (1906-1997) U. S. Supreme Court Justice Source: Texas vs. Johnson, 1989 ************** Illegitimi non carborundum... ************** Whatever doesn't kill you simply makes you... stranger. - Heath Ledger |
|
|
|
10-17-2004, 06:47 PM
|
#2 |
|
rap geisha
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: .
Posts: 5,588
|
i consider myself a huge jrock fan, but i cant claim to be anywhere near owning all of the 100s of jrock bands i like's stuff...the only band where i own all of their albums is l'arc~en~ciel, but i've never seen them live and dont own their concert dvds. *shrug*
i guess im too poor to be the "biggest fan" hehe.
__________________
----------- "Genesis: First, I'd like to say reality is invisible to the naked eye. You and me both know that life is a real bitch. Doing your best, you say? That's not good enough." |
|
|
|
|
10-17-2004, 06:52 PM
|
#4 |
|
Lollypop!
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: we are all made of stars
Posts: 11,690
|
Tom Jones is so gross!! I saw him when I was on the Ellen show! He kept thrusting his pelvis and I was just like, MAKE HIM STOP!! STOP IT STOP IT STOP IT!!
I gave the CD to my dad.....
__________________
Be yourself, because the people that mind don't matter, and the people that matter don't mind. -Dr. Seuss |
|
|
|
|
10-17-2004, 06:56 PM
|
#5 |
|
rap geisha
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: .
Posts: 5,588
|
hahahahha, zen. you should have run up and kicked him in the groin.
__________________
----------- "Genesis: First, I'd like to say reality is invisible to the naked eye. You and me both know that life is a real bitch. Doing your best, you say? That's not good enough." |
|
|
|
|
10-17-2004, 06:57 PM
|
#6 |
|
Cheeses Save
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Floating
Posts: 9,204
|
I am a HUGE fan of the Big Bang Band . I own a piece of everything they have ever made...even some of their original props, mockups of their programs, early versions of their CD's and every version of every graphic thing ever done by them is on my hard drive...
errr...but then, I am in the band, and the graphic artist for the band. so that may not count.  |
|
|
|
|
10-17-2004, 07:56 PM
|
#7 | |
|
in limbo
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: The Netherlands
Posts: 19,503
|
Quote:
 |
|
|
|
|
|
10-17-2004, 11:34 PM
|
#8 |
|
Conspiracy Theorist
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: cleveland, oh
Posts: 4,702
|
I consider myself pretty much an ultimate Bowie fan. I have adored him since I was 12. I don't, like, have the cover of Aladdin Sane tattooed on my back or anything, but Bowie is one of the defining influences of my life. I think that qualifies for ultimate fandom. It's not whether you have everything they ever did or know every lyric by heart or have attended every concert, etc., it's whether they influenced your own creativity. A "real" fan is one who follows not only the work but the entire career of an artist and can even define certain points in their own lives by what the artist was producing at the time or by how the artist's work influenced them at crucial points in their creative development. By that definition, I am an Ultimate Bowie fan.
(But not a fan like Robert DeNiro in "The Fan". heh heh)
__________________
There are few situations in life which wind up with you saying to yourself: "Gee, I wish I'd had worse manners there." -- trisherina |
|
|
|
|
10-18-2004, 03:07 AM
|
#9 |
|
meretricious dilettante
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 11,068
|
If I were the ultimate fan of anyone, it'd have to be Warren Zevon. I met RatMan because of him (he was the first person I'd ever known who liked him as much as I do), the rat child wanted to learn violin after hearing "Desperadoes Under the Eaves," and my default summer clothing is a pair of cutoffs and my Enemy of the People T-shirt. Zevon was a scurrilous SOB, a heavy drinker and an out of control drug user, and he managed to stop it all for the last 18 years of his life and finally be a father to his kids -- an act which, when undertaken by anyone is intensely, extremely admirable, let alone when you've got the world's most socially acceptable excuses not to stop (like money, and an identity wrapped around your substance use). I cried like a complete idiot when I woke up one morning and the radio told me he'd finally died.
I like him so much that I left him the hell alone and let him live and die in peace while I enjoyed his music.
__________________
Because how we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. -- Annie Dillard |
|
|
|
|
10-18-2004, 03:23 AM
|
#10 | |
|
Conspiracy Theorist
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: cleveland, oh
Posts: 4,702
|
I can't hear "Keep Me In Your Heart" without crying.
Quote:
__________________
There are few situations in life which wind up with you saying to yourself: "Gee, I wish I'd had worse manners there." -- trisherina |
|
|
|
|
|
10-18-2004, 03:33 AM
|
#11 |
|
meretricious dilettante
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 11,068
|
My favourite memory of Zevon was seeing him on David Letterman in 1986. Letterman mentioned that Zevon had been heralded as the "next Bob Dylan," which they agreed (as in literature if you are heralded the next Proust) generally meant that you'd remain forever obscure.
Zevon said that he had a lot in common with Dylan, and Letterman asked what he meant. "Well, I applied for the job," he said. "Spokesperson for my generation."
__________________
Because how we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. -- Annie Dillard |
|
|
|
 |
| Thread Tools | |
| Display Modes | Rate This Thread |
|
|
Hybrid Mode
