nkings@demeter.axion.bt.co.UK (Nick @ The End of Time") (02/06/90)
Many moons ago, a friend of mine asked: "If _Kate_ got married, would she
loose most of her fans?" We'd just seen the Hammersmith Show on TV, and my
friend had noticed the proportion of males in the audience.
This question was asked 10 years ago, but I've not been able to come to any
satisfactory answer.
Over to you!
#include <std_disclaim.h>
"And the sandcastle virtues are all swept away..."franceee@CLUTX.CLARKSON.EDU ("Eric France,,,") (02/07/90)
"Nick @ The End of Time" will probably get flamed for asking: > Many moons ago, a friend of mine asked: "If _Kate_ got married, would she > loose most of her fans?" We'd just seen the Hammersmith Show on TV, and my > friend had noticed the proportion of males in the audience. > > This question was asked 10 years ago, but I've not been able to come to any > satisfactory answer. > > Over to you! > > > #include <std_disclaim.h> > "And the sandcastle virtues are all swept away..." Neat quote. Think I'll take a stab at this: I can't speak for the rest of the LH crowd (and I'm not sure I'd want to if I could! ;), but what I like about KT is the effect her music has on *me*, and this has (a lot) more to do with the quality of her music than how she looks (or how unmarried she is). So, I would say that she could not lose me as a fan if she got married. Now, if the quality of her musical output were to plummet dangerously immediately following her marriage (as Billy Joel's did, IMHO), then I may or may not continue to purchase everything she records; however, this would have no effect on the quality of the music she has already recorded. It would be a good test of the effect of the loyalty factor...... Eric France franceee@clutx.clarkson.edu __ "You never understood me, you never really tried...." -- |<
nessus@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Doug Alan) (02/07/90)
> Many moons ago, a friend of mine asked: "If _Kate_ got married, > would she loose most of her fans?" We'd just seen the Hammersmith > Show on TV, and my friend had noticed the proportion of males in the > audience. Well, she's been living with the same guy for ten or so years now, so she might as well be married, and *I'm* still buying her records. |>oug H is for HOFMANN killed by New Age