Reckless Love for your bands part 2
I just read something on Jedward Swedish Street Teams site. It was upsetting. It was about how Jedwards fans are idiots.
I wonder why. Why do anyone take their time to trash another fanbase like this.
I don’t care if they say bad things about Jedward, be my guest. Why don’t you go ahead and trash Lordi, Getter Jaani and Lady GaGa as well while you’re at it. I don’t care.
What I DO care about, is the fans. I was ‘raised’ in my musiccareer by the book called “Fans” written by Fredrik Strage that thaught me how to be a fan. And somewhere along my journey with my bands, I also came to care alot about the fans of the band.
The people that lives, breath, eat and shit (as Martin Sweet said) the bands music, that lives for them. They are my passion as much as the music itself, and wheter its Rihanna, Crashdiet or as in this case, Jedward, it doesn’t matter. To see those people, that have met each other BECAUSE of the band, to see them unite together and show their love and affection to the band, to live out their passion to their favourite band.. It makes me happy, it makes me cry.
I don’t fancy hip hop much, as an example. But if I came across a passionate hiphoper, my first thought isn’t “fucking idiot who listens to hiphop” but “oh my god, a passionate music fan! much love” and my day has been made.
I guess it’s all about passion. If you are TRULY passionate about music, and have your own favourite band/artist, you don’t trash others. People have trashed me for Lordi, but it has ALWAYS been people without a favourite band, without the passion, the TRUE passion for music. I stand by my opinion in saying that it must be like that in this case too.
I was at Reckless Love this sunday. We weren’t many, 50-100 people maybe only. But we are diehard Reckless fans. We have our own made Reckless Love stuff. In “Hot” Olliver could stop sing, and you could still hear a big clear “CALIFORNIA” from the fans, because we are die hards. We know every word, every song. And we show our love and appriciation to them like this. We were united, together, thanks to Reckless Love
I have also met my best friends through music. Martine through Lordi, Sara through Lady Gaga and Sofia through Crashdiet. They are my absolut best friends, and I’m thankful to each and everyone of these bands/artists who made this possible.
This is what it is all about. I don’t understand, how you can ever trash down on anyone because of what music they like. Not when it has united people like this. Not if you are a passionate musicfan yourself. Cause if you still claim to be once this has been done, I guess we are just on different levels. Very so much.
Swedish fans at Eurovision Song Contest 2011. The passion… Oh my god.
If you don’t feel the passion.. Keep searching. If you don’t even consider watching because you find it stupid, I have nothing else to say to you. And no, you are not supposed to see the band. Just feel it. FEEL IT.
// Sara
Sara Hammerzmith 
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