What's the most obscure question you can think of to determine whether someone is a seriously hardcore fan?

I mean, you have to give props to anyone who knows exactly what "Metallic Gigolo" refers to

Head. As subtitled by the nice people of the Phillipines.

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I think we have an orger with the name. It always makes me laugh when I see it. It's such a ridiculous phrase

Militant said:

I think we have an orger with the name. It always makes me laugh when I see it. It's such a ridiculous phrase

For some reason I picture Micheal Jackson in thos metallic gold pants:

YES

Are you saying that if someone doesn't know about an obscure single with a strangely translated title then they are NOT a hardcore fan?

Considering that a person could hear every track in circulation and read every book written about the man and gone to dozens of shows and still not know about that single suggests that Metallic Gigolo would not be the kind of trivia that every fan needs to know to be considered hardcore.

In my not-so-humble opinion, of course...

But then you did say "ridiculous", so, on second thought, I take it back, you might be right.

To Bambi,

Damn girl, 226 posts in the 10 days since you joined?!?

Slow down, the org's not going anywhere...

djThunderfunk said:

To Bambi,

Damn girl, 226 posts in the 10 days since you joined?!?

Slow down, the org's not going anywhere...

lol Insomnia is a bitch.

Bambi82 said:

djThunderfunk said:

To Bambi,

Damn girl, 226 posts in the 10 days since you joined?!?

Slow down, the org's not going anywhere...

lol Insomnia is a bitch.

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"Yakety-yak? Yakety-yak. My ass, motherfucker."?

djThunderfunk said:

Are you saying that if someone doesn't know about an obscure single with a strangely translated title then they are NOT a hardcore fan?

Considering that a person could hear every track in circulation and read every book written about the man and gone to dozens of shows

I was thinking the same thing



Its a bit had to define a Hardcore fan, I would say im hardcore
But i can not name rare foreign 7" single

I usualy ask a few questions to test the water

1. Do/Did you collect singles, B-sides?
If they say no, there is no need to ask any more questions

2. Do you collect bootlegs IE: out takes, live stuff
If the say no, i assume they are not harcore

3. Howmany shows have you seen

If they can tell you their favorite outtake, know show dates like 08-19-1988
They know their stuff

A fun way to verify a hardcore fan’s street cred might be to have them list off the top of their head the differences in music and artwork between the Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic and Rave In2 The Joy Fantastic albums.

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"Can you remember all the songs on "Emancipation" in the order they appear on the three CDs?"

novabrkr said:

"Can you remember all the songs on "Emancipation" in the order they appear on the three CDs?"

I actually did this once with my wife.

I made one mistake.

God, I'm sad.

What is the name of the island that the real Prince was banished to when his villainous doppelganger took over his identity in the 80s?

"What was the B-side of XXXX?"

SuperSoulFighter said:

That settles it. I'm not a hardcore fan.

It just depends on what angle you use to look at things.

Context is everything.

FragileUndertow said:

djThunderfunk said:

Are you saying that if someone doesn't know about an obscure single with a strangely translated title then they are NOT a hardcore fan?

Considering that a person could hear every track in circulation and read every book written about the man and gone to dozens of shows

I was thinking the same thing



Its a bit had to define a Hardcore fan, I would say im hardcore
But i can not name rare foreign 7" single

I usualy ask a few questions to test the water

1. Do/Did you collect singles, B-sides?
If they say no, there is no need to ask any more questions

2. Do you collect bootlegs IE: out takes, live stuff
If the say no, i assume they are not harcore

3. Howmany shows have you seen

If they can tell you their favorite outtake, know show dates like 08-19-1988
They know their stuff

Those are actually pretty good

djThunderfunk said:

Are you saying that if someone doesn't know about an obscure single with a strangely translated title then they are NOT a hardcore fan?

Considering that a person could hear every track in circulation and read every book written about the man and gone to dozens of shows and still not know about that single suggests that Metallic Gigolo would not be the kind of trivia that every fan needs to know to be considered hardcore.

In my not-so-humble opinion, of course...

But then you did say "ridiculous", so, on second thought, I take it back, you might be right.

No, that's not what I'm saying at all. I'm just saying, if you were to randomly meet a fan and you wanted to gauge just how much of a fan they were, how far could you push it? It's not that serious a thread, just having a fun.

daf1999 said:

What is the name of the island that the real Prince was banished to when his villainous doppelganger took over his identity in the 80s?

The William Rector theory? I don't remember the name of the island though. That's a good one!!!!

1.) Do you dislike Prince in heels

OldFriends4Sale said:

Bambi82 said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

1.) Do you dislike Prince in heels

Yes. This is really all that matters. lol

lol

I think there are some 'fundemental' Prince things that if a fan has a problem with I question

"Ohh oohh I didn't like the song Head, ooh oohhh the briefs, he should never wear makeup etc"

Why be a Prince fan if you have issues with these things

OldFriends4Sale said:

just mention the org .. if they have heard of it they are definitily NOT hardcore fans .. as this plays is only for newbies and groupies

We were hardcore before the org.

Did you own a Black Album bootleg before it's official release? Or what album did Lovesexy replace?

dannyd5050 said:

Did you own a Black Album bootleg before it's official release? Or what album did Lovesexy replace?

What is the first magazine that featured Prince exclusively in his whole career?

What year did Prince stop doing the splits?

Did U leave fandom during the symbol years?

How long have U been christened into the purple kingdom?

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

How long have U been christened into the purple kingdom?

Wow, dude!

You just went from sad to scary...