How and when do you become ‘a fan’, exactly? You can usually spot pop stars who are losing touch with reality when they start talking about ‘the fans’ as some kind of independent entity, rather than just a load of people who like their songs. For the music obsessive, though, there’s a simple definition.
Marcus Berkmann
Pop: You’d love Love and Money, too – if only you’d heard of them

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