why do people feel the need to out "fan" eachother? i've never understood people's reasoning for trying to prove why they feel they are a bigger fan of an artist than someone else is instead of enjoying the music together.


i came across a stupid war of words on another artist's site.. (no, not MADONNA or KYLIE, but i've seen that there too. ) and people were trying to out fan one another.

is there a way of measuring fandom? or would that fall under an obsessive disorder? i know some people measure it on amount of products or how many more times someone has seen so-and-so, usually using a monitary amount to measure their adoration, and others with how much gossip or stats they can gather and post about. but at the end of the day has it made a difference or brought you any closer to them?




i seriously would like to know what you guys think. and if you've encounter this yourselves.

i do that for Prince.

nah, just jokin', i'm too cool for that type of thang.

magnificentsynthesizer said:

don't get them started. the Prince forum is a whole other realm of that type of fandom.

CHIC0 said:

Most people are complete retards. That's why

CHIC0 said:

I don't really see it here. I saw it on a Craig David board(UK vs USA), UK Garage boards(UK vs USA.....again) and MJ boards(take your pick )

in a madonna concert i attended there was this guy wearing a t-shirt that says Mariah on the front,

Cow on the back
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PricelessHo said:

I don´t understand what this has to do with Madonna or any other artist, those guys in the pic look like football/soccer hooligans. That yellow-red striped shirt looks like a Galatasaray Istanbul shirt ( could also be something else but I´m Turkish and as far as I can tell, it looks like these are CimBom/Galatasaray fanatics) . You see this kinda shitty behaviour in many places in Europe and elsewhere...but not that much at concerts.

I think Prince has some of the most well mannered and polite and well behaved fans in the world...a bit snobbish at times but they don´t do violent shit like that.

FuNkeNsteiN said:

what is the CONTEXT of this photo? the pic alone doesn't appear to have anything to do with a concert or an artist. just some hooligans doing what hooligans do

I'm a fan of various artists so I don't care if someone else thinks they are a bigger fan than I am.

However, when it comes to disliking an artist, I will let you know quick, fast, and in a hurry that I am the biggest Shitney Houston hater and don't you motherfuckers forget it!

vainandy said: