music and fans

Another conversation I had about music included discussion about 'real' and 'fake' fans.

There's thins thing, I can listen to a band for years, know lots of their songs, but have no freaking idea how they look like or what names of band members are. Ok, nowadays with digital music spreading to all devices I often see album covers and there's high probability to see band members' faces. I even noticed a member of 2PM starring in drama without any notion from credits... That was off-topic.

I still don't know names of band members. Of course, if it's a singer that goes by his/her own name, I would know it. Otherwise... nope. Not particularly interested. 

I was listening to Scorpions for the most part of my life (20+ years) and I still don't remember any names. I know I saw them mentioned, but all that information escaped my mind. I know titles/lyrics of most of their songs, I know how they look like - and that's all. 

Therefore one person told me I'm not a real fan of... anyone. If you're a 'real' fan, you must strive to know everything about your admired person. Including underwear color, lol. 

That led me to conclusion that I'm not a fan of 'anyone', meaning singer / composer / performer, I like MUSIC. 

When you admire a painting, do you take it apart and worship canvas, oils, brushes and rags used to create it?

The same logic applies to music for me. 

I hope Scorpions won't be offended that I don't know their names (lol) after 20 years. Though I'm sure they wouldn't.

As for 'real' fans - I don't like obsessive behavior. I understand that entertainment feeds fantasies. And fantasies tend to go out of proportion. Just look how many people want certain performers 'for themselves' and how many girls would willingly marry some 'cute' boy / handsome man from a pop / rock band (same goes for males, only marriage is less often mentioned ^^).

Hm, that makes me fel happy and not a 'real' fan of anyone... Let me keep at least a tiny bit of my sanity :)