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"If you wasn't a teenage fan in the 90s you're not a real fan"

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SecondStarOnTheRight · 31/08/2024 10:35

Seeing comments like this a lot in relation to the Oasis tour, but have seen them in relation to other bands as well!

I was a baby when Take That split up, but knew of them and liked their music and became a fan by their reunion. By some people's reckoning, I can't be a fan of Take That because I was too young to know anything of them in the 90s.

So AIBU to think that because you became a fan at a later date doesn't mean you can't be a real fan? Let everyone enjoy the music!

OP posts:
Ineedaholidayagain · 31/08/2024 10:56

I'm a blur fan, we'll take all new fans! 🤣

bostonchamps · 31/08/2024 10:56

I know it's not the done thing to mention grammar on here but 'if you wasn't' sets my teeth on edge, and I'd pay no attention to anyone who says it.

TheLightSideOfTheMoon · 31/08/2024 10:55

That rules out most classical music…

Agree on “If you wasn’t…” I’m no dictionary snob but I’d stop listening after that.

Squirrelsnut · 31/08/2024 10:54

By that reckoning, anyone under about 70 can't like the Beatles, Elvis or The Doors.

Covidwoes · 31/08/2024 10:52

"If you wasn't" means they have zero credibility from me! 😂😂

MrsToothyBitch · 31/08/2024 10:48

Total bollocks. By that logic I'm not a true Buddy Holly fan as I wasn't alive in the 50s; I came along in the 90s. I love his music so much. We had a Buddy Holly song as the first dance at our wedding.

I do understand the frustrations of people who have wanted this reunion since 2009 being pipped to tickets by kids who were watching cbeebies in 2009. They have very different connections to the band. But you rightly can't police who gets a ticket.

SeeTheWorldAnotherWay · 31/08/2024 10:46

I think a lot of that is just the Oasis attitude. It’s a tricky one. I really liked some of their songs (back then and maybe even now) but couldn’t stand The Gallaghers. Hated the whine (sounds like wheeeeeeeeyiiiiiiiine) that came in to some of their crooning and I generally thought they were a pair of twats….BUT with some really good tracks. I wouldn’t go to see them live though.
YANBU.

redtrain123 · 31/08/2024 10:42

I’m remember seeing that about a singer I like on a fan webpage. He did a series of concerts with another singer, which took off, and has done more duet tours since. Some people happen to mention they preferred his solo tours and were accused of not being real fans, as they didn’t (obsessively) like everything he did.

curtaintwitcher78 · 31/08/2024 10:41

Well that's me off the Patsy Cline mailing list.

ToBeOrNotToBee · 31/08/2024 10:39

Oasis fans were insufferable then, they're even worse now.

PonyPatter44 · 31/08/2024 10:38

Of course it's nonsense. I am a HUGE Creedence Clearwater Revival fan 😁 and the band broke up before I was even born!

Suzuran · 31/08/2024 10:36

They’re talking bollocks.

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