The Proclaimers

I put this out for comment. I stand accused of being a sad b*******. The accuser, my wife, may well be right. What does anyone else think? I am hoping for a better response than I would get from the 'hoi polloi', but what if she is right? What am I to do?

My wife laughed at me for writing down the set list after the show, immediately after getting home. She laughed even more when I said I made a disc of the songs played in the order they were played to re-live the show (anyone else done that?). She then said, next thing you’ll be sending messages in to that web forum….

She also told me I was not to hang around the stage door “like some kind of sad stalker” after the gig (Proclaimers) I went to alone.

I never thought that I would state the phrase “my wife doesn’t understand me…”

Perhaps she understands me too well.

Ah, JSTDS, you're on the cusp of a whole new reason for having fun.

You're not sad, you're enlightened. Many don't understand us. We need to be compassionate. Those who don't get it are sort of like colour-blind, except that now and then they go through spontaneous conversion.

Welcome to our world!

You need to convert your wife JS ! Try a couple of gigs more. Well, at least if she is not converted, she'll get used

But WE do understand you !!!! I know well what you mean. After the Ireland gigs last August I opened a thread to ask people if they had 'post-gig blues', because I felt exactly like you, sad and happy at the same time.

That's why I love this board, because here I find the only people in the world who understand me. LOL.

And yes, I admit to logging into the board as soon as the gig is over to tell everybody it's been a blast, I admit to making a playlist on my ipod with the songs played in the gig to re-live the show, I admit to flying several hundred miles to go to gigs, twice in a couple of months, to meet up with friends there or not, knowing it's all worth it. And I may hang around the stage door if necessary But we are NOT stalkers, don't say that, we are proud fans and a happy bunch of people who enjoy life. And other people may be jealous because they can't have as much fun as we do, nyah nyah nyah!!! Just tell that to everybody !!!!

"But we are NOT stalkers" -> Her words, not mine and I think she was referring specifically to me not Proclaimers fans in general. She thought that having hung around at the stage door on Friday last and probably on Monday coming that me, on Saturday, alone, might be a bit too much. Might be right!

Just have fun JSTDS, and don't worry! Your wife will get used in the end. And I'm sure she says that in a loving way, doesn't she
Oh... and I might be considered a stalker too... I don't mind

Twinkle, I have felt that "nyah nyah nyah nyah nyah" so often! Said it to myself. Felt superior. That's our deep, dark secret, JTDSDST. We have reached a level of understanding beyond mere non-fans. Be kind. They just don't know.

When I went to my first concert in NY in March, my friends and loved ones, even a couple of doctors, were like "well, that sounds like fun, you go, girl", the next concerts in May, they were like, "the guys you saw in March, you're going again?", in September, there was basically no response, except the word 'groupie' could be heard muttered from time to time.
Honestly, at my age, 63, in my wide range of friends, I have never known and know no one now who has done this, but thee and me. And, goodness, I am such a better person for it. I cannot begin to tell you the amount of wonderful live music I have been to this fall, but it pales, just pales.
We do understand you and we will be here for you in your times of need.
I was just thinking tonight that I need to make a definitive list of the songs I have heard and where (thanks to everyone's set lists, well, Ginger's). A labor of love.

I'm definitely a stalker! A stalker in a good way tho like all good haverers!

JSTDSagain wrote:My wife laughed at me for writing down the set list after the show, immediately after getting home. She laughed even more when I said I made a disc of the songs played in the order they were played to re-live the show (anyone else done that?). She then said, next thing you’ll be sending messages in to that web forum….

She also told me I was not to hang around the stage door “like some kind of sad stalker” after the gig (Proclaimers) I went to alone.

You are not sad mate, my Son made a playlist on his ipod after an Ian Brown gig me and him went to! Its a really good way to relive something you really enjoyed.
But if you are going to hang around the stage door, you really should actually go and talk to them (as i seem to remember in a previous post you said you didn't?) they are lovely blokes and if you just loiter in the shadows you will look a bit of a "stalker"! As they say "faint heart never won fair maiden"!

They went out to meet people and sign stuff in almost all the gigs so far, right?