I'm over on the NPGMC forums, and this person complains about fake fans being at the concert. What are these creatures?

gemini13 said:

It was probably the same person who started the "If-you-haven't-been-a-fan-forever-you-aren't-a-real-fan" thread on here.

A know all, know fuck all.

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You know, kinda like Jennifer Lopez when she shows up for an awards show.

oh oops, that's "fake TAN"....

Fake fans are basically passive, non hardcore fans/obsessed fans. Their favorite song is Purple Rain or something from that album, they like Prince when he is in the public eye but forget his name (both of them) when he isn't.

What's the difference between a fake fan, a casual fan, and just a plain ol' sane person?

somebody needs to start up a prince terminology dictionary of some sort.

There are 2 types of fake fans:

1. The fan who is a bandwagon hopper and only digs Prince when he is in vogue . This type of fan has trouble naming Prince albums after "Purple Rain", and "Diamonds and Pearls." This type of fan come out to the concerts, but if Prince sings "Days of Wild" or "The One" they don't know the words.

2. This is a fan who loves Prince so much that they live their life through him, yet they play it off as if they hate every new album and tour, but in reality they have stacks of bootlegs and are the 1st in line for the new album/concert/whatever.

-Type one is not always a fan but says they always were.

-Type two pretends to be semi disinterested in Prince when in fact they are on prince.org every single day.

What if you've been a fan forever but "Purple Rain" is still your favorite song?

"Fake" fan is a stupid term, but they probably mean fans who just want to hear the Purple Rain album, plus maybe Kiss and Raspberry Beret. They aren't big Prince fans. They are fans of Prince's hit songs.

skywalker said:

Oh....my.....God.

I think you just described me.

I think I am a fake fan.

Oh, silly man, that's not how it works.
You have 2 want her 4 the right reasons."

I do!

"U don't, now die!"

No! No!

Let me go, let me go.

I'm sorry.
I'll be good.
This time I promise,

Romance1600 said:

It's okay Romance-I still love you. You Cynical little bastard.

I love you, you nonsensical fanatic

Now which kind of fake fan does a person with free will fall under?

skywalker said:

LOL, with a few exceptions, you've just about called out this whole board.

no such thing

However, there is such a thing as elitist asshole fans who like to put people down and take the fun of everything

holy shit!!!!!
ive just realized im a fake fan of The Who

Coming soon to NPGMC Retail, a rubber mold of Prince's ass that fams can shove their head up.

skywalker said:

and everything before 1999!

Tom said:

Tom said:

I wish this were true, cuz I'd gladly buy one for each and every hater to kiss!

U probably won't respond,but a fake Prince fan is the hypocrites that's popping up now. People jumping on his bandwagon because its trendy,the ones that cast him aside because his music after Purple Rain didn't sound like Purple Rain. The so-called fans that would rather listen to other artists that were only half-ass imitations of him,the ones that gobbles up all the tickets from the real fans, only to complain about his performance later.Prince never left us or let us down,but can any of the "fams" say the same?

hotwithu said:

You know, sometimes people just wanna go to a concert to hear some songs they like. Sometimes people go on dates to concerts. Sometimes people just like enjoying real music being made. There are a thousand and twelve reasons a person can go to a concert without having to know every little last bit of lyric and trivia about the artist playing, and guess what? All 1,012 reasons are NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS!

Concerts: Not just for hardcore fanatics anymore.







edit yaself before ya wreck yaself
[This message was edited Thu Apr 1 21:45:23 2004 by Anxiety]

Someone who doesn't know what a fake fan is, is a fake fan!!

I'd say a fake fan is someone that just follows because something is trendy, they need other people to like it for them to feel safe.
I'd probably imagine there has been a surge of these types since the grammys, whereby seeing Prince with Beyonce made it ok to like Prince again and having the likes of Outkast ,The Darkness,Foo Fighters and Josh Hommes/PJ Harvey etc either name dropping P or covering his songs means these fake fans dont really have to think for themselves.
I wonder who it will be next month.

Are fake fans similiar to the faM types who, when Prince makes a personal appreciation of a particular musical (or otherwise) artist known, suddenly realize that they're suddenly "into" that same artist too?

How many obsessives suddenly decided they, too, like this artist or that artist, or this thing or that thing, merely because their idol PRINCE does? I've seen lots of "fake fans" proclaiming to like or be into or interested in something or someone that Prince is, just to kiss ass...and that covers everything from music to fashion to religion to food.

Then when Prince discards something or gets over it, the "fake fans" suddenly do too, until they find out what the next thing Prince is into and then they're suddenly into THAT.

They're the FAKE FANS, if you ask me.

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gemini13 said:

"Fake fans" as a term is in some ways even more unintelligent than "haters" because it suggests a sort of "we saw him first" mentality. It only really makes sense if it refers specifically to people who claim to be respect and enjoy Prince's music, when in reality they don't. In which case lawd only knows why they'd bother going to the concerts.

Frankly, i think "haters", "fake fans" and "fams" should all get together in some huge building and make sweet, sweet lurrrve until this issue goes away.

You know, it's customary for cults to pressure followers to prove devotion to their leader. So, be afraid when folks start talking about "fake fans" and drawing lines of demarcation ...

rainbowchild said:

Well well, no need to get testy.

I think the whole "fake fan" theory is just some made up bullshit by fanatical, mentally ill people actually. There is no such thing, only the made up delusions of an ill mind. Defensive, obsessive, and just plain psychotic. Almost stalker material, know what I mean?

hotwithu said:

dude, no offense but you just joined the .org... ironically when he's at his peek again... where U been all along? i dont think there is such a thing as a fake fan honestly.. only people who make it there lives and other people who dont...

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