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Post by oktobercolours on Aug 5, 2011 13:39:53 GMT -5
His opinion of DD changed dramatically after I asked him to accompany me to a show during the RCM tour. He was so impressed by how the band sounded live, that his opinion took a 360 turn after that gig. Hopefully he took a 180, not a 360 otherwise he might like them less! Being a male fan, my wife jokes that I have some sort of man crush on the band, I have just been a really serious fan of the band since 81 and love their music and Simon's lyrics. My wife does like DD, but never bought anything by them whereas I have oodles of vinyl and CDs and some books and stuff. Anywho, my wife thinks they all still look hot and she likes most of their music. She's also 8 years younger than me and DD was sort of before her time, she didn't quite get the 80s thing as well as I did (I'm now 40 YO).
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Post by duranfan09 on Aug 5, 2011 17:48:28 GMT -5
Not applicable. I'm single. And no, it's not as fun as you might think, even though it does have it's advantages.
However...
- My brother adores Duran Duran. If it wasn't for John Taylor, then he would have never become a bass guitar player.
- My parents both like them, in fact they are coming to see them with me and my brother in December (in Nottingham). However, I think my mother starts to get a bit irritated if she hears their music *too* much.
- My old college friends have split opinions. One of them hates Duran Duran and gets sick of me playing their songs, another one loves the new album and a couple of the older songs but still tires of me playing their music and finally another likes their classic hits but isn't overly fussed (although he's got AYNIN on his iPod, so I'm not sure).
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Post by rachael84 on Aug 5, 2011 23:38:53 GMT -5
My husband is obsessed with Taylor Swift, so he understands.
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Post by Tin on Aug 6, 2011 0:18:20 GMT -5
Well ... now that I actually have my ticket ... he's sulking like a spoiled little boy. I'm SO over this.
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Post by d2janfan on Aug 6, 2011 10:43:06 GMT -5
Having grown up in England during the 80's, my husband can only think of them as a "boy band" that all the girls crushed on. However he has his own passion towards ManUtd. He told me when we met that "football is my first love". So having a few JT pics in my computer room is fine when he has the guest room covered in soccer stuff.
He also completely feeds my obsession with great DD gifts; signed posters, CD's, pics, license plate... He "won" this past Christmas with a red VIP messenger bag from the RCM Tour. It was a bit sentimental because I missed the Broadway show due to the stagecrew strike.
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Post by jduranie on Aug 6, 2011 11:18:20 GMT -5
My husband doesn't like them and wouldn't go to a show with me but that's fine by me. I have a group of Duranie girlfriends that glady go with me! He is a very practical money sense guy so he doesn't get the money spent on shows but I only go when they come to Chicago so I don't spend that much, except this past year He tolerates them for me, but would never say he likes them.
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Post by shigatsuhana on Aug 6, 2011 15:17:48 GMT -5
Here is what it's like in my house:
Him: Who's that on your phone wallpaper? Me: Andy Taylor Him: You like him better than me. Me: That's like me saying you like Keira Knightly or Julia Roberts better than me. (He has several dvds of both) Him: *pause* Julia has big feet. Me: :/
So yes, he is tolerant of my love for the band. He likes a few of their songs but never really liked much pop music other than the Beattles when he was younger (He's 44). He did not have a tv as a child growing up and plays French horn in a few orchestras here in England. He kind of missed out on the whole 80s thing and I don't know how, but did. I don't know how one could do that being from London. Some of me is a little jealous of that. Hahaha! He has since caught up a little bit and even owns a Kaiser Chiefs cd and likes the Killers like me. So perhaps my influence has helped a little. And he has most likely influenced and enhanced my love of classical music. I also played horn, but only play percussion now.
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Post by errbt on Aug 6, 2011 17:21:21 GMT -5
My partner/mother of my daughter (never really know what to call her as girlfriend sounds trite but we are not married) is not a huge fan by any means, but she likes a fair amount of Duran songs (mostly due to me having exposed her to them), and most importantly, she respects them as musicians and artists.
She comes from a very different musical background than me, leaning towards artists that weren't huge sellers but have been seminal influences/critical darlings, like Patti Smith, The Stooges, The Jam, Lou Reed, etc. (ironically many of those artists being direct influences on many of my favorite bands like Duran, Simple Minds, R.E.M., and U2 - speaking of R.E.M., along with Indigo Girls, they are the only acts that we shared a common love for right from the start). She mainly thought of Duran Duran as the band her older sister loved in the '80s (which gives her a sentimental reason to like them, as her sister passed away from cancer in the '90s). She really had NO IDEA, however, what they were really about until I took her to The Palace in Auburn Hills, MI to see them on the Astronaut tour in 2005 (the show that Andy high-tailed it back to the US to make right after the passing of his father). She was absolutely blown away. She wasn't prepared for the precision, skill, professionalism, and mostly the power of Duran Duran live! Between that and me making her CDs of lesser known stuff from both the old days and the '90s era - she loves Last Day on Earth and the D2 cover of Success so much that she helped me convince our band (she plays bass, I play lead and rhythm guitar) to play 'em both!
As far as my over-the-top collecting habits, not just for Duran but for other favorites like U2, R.E.M., Pink Floyd, and several others (not to mention a room full of Star Wars crap), she accepts it even though she is not a hoarder.
As far as our gap in musical background, we've done a great job of meeting in the middle, as she has turned me into a huge Patti Smith and Ani DiFranco fan, while I have returned the favor by making her a huge U2 fan (as well as the above mentioned respect for the relevance of Duran Duran).
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Post by mkuhn325 on Aug 7, 2011 12:24:37 GMT -5
My wife likes their music ok but isn't really a music fan at all, and doesn't enjoy concerts either. But she accepts that I do and doesn't directly or indirectly dissuade my interest in any of my favorite bands.
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Post by minanda on Aug 7, 2011 20:02:10 GMT -5
Do you think the understanding depends on when the fandom became an issue? Is it easier for those significant others who always KNEW that you were a Duran fan, for example?
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