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CarylB · 05 Oct 2003, 03:47

I'd say it was up to the individual to decide .. if you like to listen to nothing but Meat Loaf, or Morrisey, or Madness .. it doesn't matter as long as you're happy and don't insist that everyone else has to do the same as you. There's only so much time to listen to music, to go to concerts. You want a catholic taste across the board, fine. You want to listen to one person or group exclusively, that's fine too. I have a friend who's a Will Young devotee .. not my cup of tea, but I respect her enjoyment in that just as she does mine in Meat Loaf. Then again lots of people I know aren't devotees of any particular person or group. Different strokes. When I'm working or reading I prefer silence or classical music .. no words to distract me. Otherwise my choice is usually Meat .. sometimes Queen, Elton John. The Beatles were amazing in their time, the Stones have done some great stuff. Abba produced some outstanding music of it's time, the Gibbs have written some great popular songs. But I also love musicals from Rogers and Hart to LW and Rice, enjoy some opera and light operetta like G&S, and love Tom Lehrer and Flanders and Swan

Depends on my mood, whether I want to laugh, listen, or dance. Other artists will catch my interest with particular songs, though as I gets older there is so much I have already to listen to I start collecting less, and because so much of what is played on the radio today is not aimed at my market segment I listen to the radio infrequently and fall back on what I have collected.

I'd just say that I like many other artists but I'm a fan of Meat, which for me means going to concerts whenever I can, making a point of seeing his films, watching TV appearances, doing a website. I'll also go and see Elton John in concert, and I'm seeing Bob Dylan this year .. but wouldn't make a point of going whenever I can. That for me is the difference.

Spending money on travel and tickets? Again, we each make our choice. Like MOuse if I won the lottery I'd see more .. hell, I'd book Meat for a private concert :) Stalking's bizarre and nonsensical imo, but if anyione can afford to go to a run of concerts that in itself wouldn't be defined thus in my view. For my money fanship steps over the line from an enjoyable and OK obsession into stalking once you fail to respect the privacy of the person and their entitlement to have a private life away from public performance. Waiting by the stage door is one thing .. cruising past their house is quite another.

05 Oct 2003, 03:47	#30
CarylB Mega Loafer Join Date: 16.04.2003 Location: Sheffield UK Posts: 5,910	I'd say it was up to the individual to decide .. if you like to listen to nothing but Meat Loaf, or Morrisey, or Madness .. it doesn't matter as long as you're happy and don't insist that everyone else has to do the same as you. There's only so much time to listen to music, to go to concerts. You want a catholic taste across the board, fine. You want to listen to one person or group exclusively, that's fine too. I have a friend who's a Will Young devotee .. not my cup of tea, but I respect her enjoyment in that just as she does mine in Meat Loaf. Then again lots of people I know aren't devotees of any particular person or group. Different strokes. When I'm working or reading I prefer silence or classical music .. no words to distract me. Otherwise my choice is usually Meat .. sometimes Queen, Elton John. The Beatles were amazing in their time, the Stones have done some great stuff. Abba produced some outstanding music of it's time, the Gibbs have written some great popular songs. But I also love musicals from Rogers and Hart to LW and Rice, enjoy some opera and light operetta like G&S, and love Tom Lehrer and Flanders and Swan Depends on my mood, whether I want to laugh, listen, or dance. Other artists will catch my interest with particular songs, though as I gets older there is so much I have already to listen to I start collecting less, and because so much of what is played on the radio today is not aimed at my market segment I listen to the radio infrequently and fall back on what I have collected. I'd just say that I like many other artists but I'm a fan of Meat, which for me means going to concerts whenever I can, making a point of seeing his films, watching TV appearances, doing a website. I'll also go and see Elton John in concert, and I'm seeing Bob Dylan this year .. but wouldn't make a point of going whenever I can. That for me is the difference. Spending money on travel and tickets? Again, we each make our choice. Like MOuse if I won the lottery I'd see more .. hell, I'd book Meat for a private concert :) Stalking's bizarre and nonsensical imo, but if anyione can afford to go to a run of concerts that in itself wouldn't be defined thus in my view. For my money fanship steps over the line from an enjoyable and OK obsession into stalking once you fail to respect the privacy of the person and their entitlement to have a private life away from public performance. Waiting by the stage door is one thing .. cruising past their house is quite another.