OldFriends4Sale said:

Javi said:

Well, I'm a genuine Gemini! Born 2 weeks and 19 years after The Man...

I am too, June 5th !!!

My dad is June 3rd

and my older brother is June 6th

OldFriends4Sale said:

Javi said:

Well, I'm a genuine Gemini! Born 2 weeks and 19 years after The Man...

I am too, June 5th !!!

My dad is June 3rd

and my older brother is June 6th

Me 2 - June 11th.

Geminis rule

zoerh said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

I am too, June 5th !!!

My dad is June 3rd

and my older brother is June 6th

Me 2 - June 11th.

Geminis rule

lol yes we do!!!

There's nothing wrong with Prince fans. It's the fanatics that gives us all a bad rep.

*Clears throat*-----I'm a Taurus, darlings!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Most prince fans eye no r very intellectual and all the people ive met over 25 years r all very clever and sensible......Weird is waiting outside a hotel 4 48 hours in the cold then getting a 7 second glimpse of a sparkly glove....

Haha some of them on here are BIZZARO , but I'd say most of us are mellow enthusiasts . .. who adore that ass .

[Edited 8/12/11 19:32pm]

To other people we're weird, but we're not. Just because of Prince's stereotype of being "gay" or "femanine" (which i'm pretty sure hes not gay) many people think his fans are too.

TheOneUWannaC said:

To other people we're weird, but we're not. Just because of Prince's stereotype of being "gay" or "femanine" (which i'm pretty sure hes not gay) many people think his fans are too.

^-

I was just thinking of this earlier today, how other people are the weird ones because they are not Prince fans and enjoy to talk about it.

OldFriends4Sale said:

zoerh said:

Me 2 - June 11th.

Geminis rule

lol yes we do!!!

Count me in too.

June 14

GeminiBrown said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

lol yes we do!!!

Count me in too.

June 14

^-

May 31st.

They're not weird. They're atypical.

MarySharon said:

They're not weird. They're atypical.

And where's the difference?

udo said:

MarySharon said:

They're not weird. They're atypical.

And where's the difference?

weird (wîrd)

So weird is a subset of atypical.

I.e.: if something is weird it is atypical, but not everything atypical is weird.

Right?

udo said:

So weird is a subset of atypical.

I.e.: if something is weird it is atypical, but not everything atypical is weird.

Right?

ferpectly right!

we r like the one we like ~ so yes

FuzzyWitch said:

we r like the one we like ~ so yes

Fr:-D Freaks on this side and wave your freak flag high! Oh, those were the Days 'O Wild!

bigbrother said:

Fr:-D Freaks on this side and wave your freak flag high! Oh, those were the Days 'O Wild!

Depends on what way.

I think in being fan, we are not that crazy. We are quite normal. Most of Prince fans don't stalk him at his hotel, or whatever. Like Gaga , MJ , Justin Bieber etc. fans do.

But having a eccentric of crazy personality.... I don't know?

If I can speak for myself, I am bit eccentric/crazy yes.

But I'm quite normal in being fan. Just normal die hard fan...

xLiberiangirl said:

Depends on what way.

I think in being fan, we are not that crazy. We are quite normal. Most of Prince fans don't stalk him at his hotel, or whatever. Like Gaga , MJ , Justin Bieber etc. fans do.

But having a eccentric of crazy personality.... I don't know?

If I can speak for myself, I am bit eccentric/crazy yes.

But I'm quite normal in being fan. Just normal die hard fan...

OldFriends4Sale said:

Javi said:

Well, I'm a genuine Gemini! Born 2 weeks and 19 years after The Man...

I am too, June 5th !!!

My dad is June 3rd

and my older brother is June 6th

June 5th for me too!!

If by weird you mean horny, then yes, Prince fans are some of the weirdest motherfuckers out

there.

LadyCasanova said:

If by weird you mean horny, then yes, Prince fans are some of the weirdest motherfuckers out

there.

Depends on the country they're from.

theonly4ever said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

I am too, June 5th !!!

My dad is June 3rd

and my older brother is June 6th

June 5th for me too!!

groovy!! what year?

Militant said:

As I'm sure most of you know by now, Prince and MJ are my equal two favorite artists of all time.

Now I used to be active in the MJ fan community as well as here. Mostly in the late 90s and early 00's. I went to a MJ fan party once in London. Jeffrey Daniels was there speaking, Adrian Grant, peopel like that. Think Michael may have left a message for the fans about the event that was played over the speakers. Navi the MJ impersonator was there, there was a singing contest, that sort of thing. There's some weird people in the MJ fan community for sure.

Anyway I was thinking recently about something that I read concerning Morrissey attacking his fanbase and one of his main fansites for whatever reason, and there was this theory that fanbases tend to take on the traits of their idol in many ways and something clicked in my head about it.

Basically, I had a hard time with a lot of MJ forums (before he died) because, basically, there was this overwhelming flow of what I only describe as the kind of behaviour you expect from young teenage fans. Lots of sparkly glittery OTT signatures with pictures of Michael, lots of discussion about how hot he was, lots of tyPinG lYK diZZ oMG SMILEY FACE! kind of thing. Basically, think your average teenager's myspace page circa 2006 and you get the picture. Shit gets annoying really fast.

The kicker? A solid proportion of these people WERE NOT TEENS. They were in their 30s and 40s. Now, if it can be said fanbases take on the traits of their idol then that makes this kind of thing extremely logical. Michael of course was in a state of arrested development himself, the fixation on childhood and the innocence of it. But with Michael, his stellar talent made it endearing and you completely understood the psychological reasoning for it (lack of childhood, superstar since pre-puberty) etc. Of course when the fanbase mimics that behaviour it's not endearing at all, it's just really fucking annoying.

So, to bring it back to the topic, are Prince fans weird? Well, we might well seem weird to outsiders who think Prince is weird himself. But that perspective tends to come from people who don't actually know much about Prince at all. They tend to know the bigger hits and music vids and actually, very little about his supreme musical talent as an instrumentalist and songwriter with incredible range. Look at any pop-culture parody of Prince and they always portray him from the 1999/Purple Rain era, focusing on frilly outfits, purple trenchcoats, big hair, etc. Whereas we know that that era and style lasted less than 3 years, we know all the different eras and how they differentiate in both style and sound. As far as the traits we take on from him, we're clearly mostly very sexual and sexually liberal (a look through the General Discussion forum will show that much ), we're quite musically educated in a wide variety of styles and genres, like Prince, and we're generally not bound specifically to religion but spiritual and believe in things from a wide variety of ideologies, like pre-JW Prince.

For me one of the beauties of being a Prince fan is that his own diversity as an artist has led to an extremely diverse fanbase. We're all so different here but share something in common. I haven't seen that in any other major fanbase of any artist and certainly not massively commercial succesful artists. You pretty much know what to expect when dealing with hardcore Elvis fans, or Springsteen fans, or Madonna fans, you know? Definitely not the case with us!

I read your post a few days ago, and did not have time to comment it. BUT I agree with everything you have to say. I am just as much as a MJ fan as I am a Prince fan, and outlining the love for both artists can be just as extreme. What you said in bold is ON POINT! You really don't know what to expect with us. Haha

Militant said:

As I'm sure most of you know by now, Prince and MJ are my equal two favorite artists of all time.

Now I used to be active in the MJ fan community as well as here. Mostly in the late 90s and early 00's. I went to a MJ fan party once in London. Jeffrey Daniels was there speaking, Adrian Grant, peopel like that. Think Michael may have left a message for the fans about the event that was played over the speakers. Navi the MJ impersonator was there, there was a singing contest, that sort of thing. There's some weird people in the MJ fan community for sure.

Anyway I was thinking recently about something that I read concerning Morrissey attacking his fanbase and one of his main fansites for whatever reason, and there was this theory that fanbases tend to take on the traits of their idol in many ways and something clicked in my head about it.

Basically, I had a hard time with a lot of MJ forums (before he died) because, basically, there was this overwhelming flow of what I only describe as the kind of behaviour you expect from young teenage fans. Lots of sparkly glittery OTT signatures with pictures of Michael, lots of discussion about how hot he was, lots of tyPinG lYK diZZ oMG SMILEY FACE! kind of thing. Basically, think your average teenager's myspace page circa 2006 and you get the picture. Shit gets annoying really fast.

The kicker? A solid proportion of these people WERE NOT TEENS. They were in their 30s and 40s. Now, if it can be said fanbases take on the traits of their idol then that makes this kind of thing extremely logical. Michael of course was in a state of arrested development himself, the fixation on childhood and the innocence of it. But with Michael, his stellar talent made it endearing and you completely understood the psychological reasoning for it (lack of childhood, superstar since pre-puberty) etc. Of course when the fanbase mimics that behaviour it's not endearing at all, it's just really fucking annoying.

So, to bring it back to the topic, are Prince fans weird? Well, we might well seem weird to outsiders who think Prince is weird himself. But that perspective tends to come from people who don't actually know much about Prince at all. They tend to know the bigger hits and music vids and actually, very little about his supreme musical talent as an instrumentalist and songwriter with incredible range. Look at any pop-culture parody of Prince and they always portray him from the 1999/Purple Rain era, focusing on frilly outfits, purple trenchcoats, big hair, etc. Whereas we know that that era and style lasted less than 3 years, we know all the different eras and how they differentiate in both style and sound. As far as the traits we take on from him, we're clearly mostly very sexual and sexually liberal (a look through the General Discussion forum will show that much ), we're quite musically educated in a wide variety of styles and genres, like Prince, and we're generally not bound specifically to religion but spiritual and believe in things from a wide variety of ideologies, like pre-JW Prince.

For me one of the beauties of being a Prince fan is that his own diversity as an artist has led to an extremely diverse fanbase. We're all so different here but share something in common. I haven't seen that in any other major fanbase of any artist and certainly not massively commercial succesful artists. You pretty much know what to expect when dealing with hardcore Elvis fans, or Springsteen fans, or Madonna fans, you know? Definitely not the case with us!

i just read all of this..thank you, interesting bloody read...

Prince's "weird" is the best thing since sliced bread as far as I'm concerned. Thank God I'm able to be so jacked on something that I see as very positive and a driving force in my life that I will never tire of...

SeventeenDayze said:

Are Prince fans like, totally wacko, eccentric, offbeat or anything? Do you think that Prince fans are crazy? I saw one fan at the MSG show in Feb who was dressed like Prince head to toe and met a lot of random hipster purple hippies. Are we the weirdest group of fans out there for any artist?

Yes. They are right up there with the Juggalos.