You know how you have those people who can spew out 50 million facts about their favorite artist and then others who've been fans of the same artist for years, but basically just like the music and could careless about the artist's personal life and little trivia facts. Well....which are you?

I used to be the kind that needed to know every little bit about my favorites. The problem now is that I listen to so many different performers and genres that I don't have the time to get into anything more than their music. The older I get, the less interested I am in the private lives of folks.

RipHer2Shreds said:

that's kinda how I am at times.....well I guess it depends on who it is. I'm all over the place too.

i remember stuff that impresses me...like, laurie anderson worked in a mcdonalds a few years ago, just for the experience of it...or, david bowie likes to start recording at 5am...or prince likes doritos...you know, the important stuff.

Posthumous said:

Well that answers that. I was wondering if this was another of Anx's Org personas. You can never be sure around here with all the avatar stealin'.

Posthumous said:

nowadays most artist live boring lives anyway.

I find that the more I know about a star's personal life, the less I like 'em.

Stymie said:

some of them yes, some of them no. i think the artists i admire most are the ones i've followed for years, and whose personal exploits are the most charming and/or impressive.

and then there's prince.

ok, i razz, but the man's never been a celebrity trainwreck, unless he's gone out on a limb to make a point. and i have to admit, i admire him for his crazy stunts.

I'm one of those fans who can spew out 50 million facts about my favorite artists

I love hearing about the private lives of my favorite artists, or even artists I don't like, as long something interesting has happened in their lives such as drug use, permiscuous sex, homosexuality, bisexuality, feuds with band members, feuds with other artists, etc.

I could care less about hearing personal information about artists who live dull "normal" lives. I don't care how many kids they have, what their favorite food is, if they have any pets, who their parents and siblings are. In other words, if it ain't dirt, I ain't interested.

DavidEye said:

Well, there's one band in particular that I know far too much about, in all aspects considered.

Everyone else I'm a fan of, I'm less knowledgable. Except for Prince I guess. I do know too much about him I think.

minneapolisgenius said:

:confused: White Snake?

lilgish said:

well, nothing is shocking anymore.....so maybe that's why.

vainandy said:

wonder what happened to Behind the Music

AnckSuNamun said:

Of course. If only I could have been Tawny Kitaen.

minneapolisgenius said:

Tawny Kitaen... Nothing's sexier than crazy

RipHer2Shreds said:

You know, this whole time I didn't even realize that it was her in that movie. And I've seen it more than once.

minneapolisgenius said:

Yeah, I've owned it in various home media formats. You didn't recognize her by the hair she so wildly thrashed around? I think she may have even done the splits once or twice.

RipHer2Shreds said:

Shut up.

I can see them writing the script and trying to figure out a way to fit that in.

I select a couple special ones and study them carefully from afar. I don't seek out information, but absorb it as it comes near and memorize it. I'm looking for role models who I can learn from.

I think it's interesting to learn about personal facts about my favorite groups/singers, but it's only secondary to me. I think what's most important is the music.

Posthumous said:

Prince EATS?!?!

I have a plate in front of me with miniature-true-to-life copies of my favourite bands/artists. Sometimes a new one joins the "ring of the damned" (Joy Division was the last one), some are pretty close to the edge, but hardly one falls ever completely off. Some are more centered (P, Zappa, MD, Bowie, Kraftwerk), some are a step behind etc. The plate spins, e.g sometimes I fell out of the blue into a complete Bowie-madness, while e.g. Curtis Mayfield is put to the back.

I'm not that much interested in their personal lifes or habits, but I like to explore their surroundings (e.g. Minneapolis in the 80s, etc.), their recording-devices (synths they used etc.), accomplished musicians, etc. Frank Zappa is a perfect subject to research with tons of things you might want to know, in that case And I like trivia a lot.
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You know, as far as myself, my intent was never to become one of the "illest Janet fans there ever was," it kinda-sorta just crept up on me. All I know is, when I look back, my fandom just grew because I honestly appreciated the music that was being made by her. It wasn't about image or videos. From a very young age, I just was fixated with the music. I wasn't out to impress, compete with or wow anyone.

As far as me knowing facts about my fave artists, well, if someone hangs out at fan message boards all the time and reads, reads, reads, then you'll just casually pick up a lot of anecdotal stuff.

If an album blows me away, I tend to call them "records" or "projects" (it just sounds richer to me). When that's the case, I want to know who helped record, the whole recording process, what year, etc. And if I find out a producer recorded X, Y or Z song, I'll research to find out what other material the guy made for another artist.

But even I listen to a ton of artists whose records I *love*, but am not dying to meet or even know about.

AnckSuNamun said:

Why does this matter to you?

ImYours said:

just curious. Now what's your reason