Abstract
This chapter covers some aspects of popular culture fandom, and provides examples to illustrate how diverse this field is. While Chap. 5 focused more closely on film and screen fandom, in this chapter we look predominantly at popular music—including Morrissey, Elvis Costello, and the Eurovision Song Contest—but we will also touch upon Terry Wogan’s Terry’s Old Geezer’s and Gals (TOGs) and actor David Suchet’s relationship with Hercule Poirot fandom. The music examples in particular are linked to fan engagement on social media, but instead of treating these online fan activities as expressions and performances of homogeneous “communities,” we will view them as rather casual points of individual engagement with fellow fans and the artists or “scenes” they support.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
References
Baym, Nancy K. 2013. The Perils and Pleasures of Tweeting with Fans. In Twitter and Society, ed. Katrin Weller et al., 221–236. New York: Peter Lang.
Costello, Elvis. 2016a. Elvis Costello takes his acclaimed Detour solo show to the London Palladium May 10th–14th [Facebook post]. Facebook, April 26. https://www.facebook.com/ElvisCostello/
———. 2016b. Elvis Costello at the London Palladium May 10th–14th [Facebook post]. Facebook, May 3. https://www.facebook.com/ElvisCostello/
———. 2016c. This week Elvis Costello’s Detour solo show hits the UK [Facebook post]. Facebook, May 9. https://www.facebook.com/ElvisCostello/
———. 2016d. Coventry telegraph “Triumphant”—Elvis Costello, Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry [Facebook post]. Facebook, May 10. https://www.facebook.com/ElvisCostello/
Crist, Andrew. 2013. Fantasy football league—S02E12—Elvis Costello, Alan Hansen, Chas & Dave [Fantasy football league, BBC2, 1994]. Youtube, April 23. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNJsC9BQURg
Done, Stephen. 2000. Elvis Costello visits LFC Museum & Tour Centre, March 2. http://www.elviscostello.info/articles/h-l/liverpoolfc.html
Eurovision. 2016. Eurovision 2016 to be broadcast in the United States. Eurovision, May 2. http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=eurovision_2016_to_be_broadcast_in_the_united_states
Goldstein, Richard. 1996 [1966]. Gear [from The Village Voice]. In The New Journalism by Tom Wolfe, with an anthology, ed. Tom Wolf and E. W. Johnson, 96–100. London: Picador.
Guinness, Alec. 1985. Blessings in Disguise. London: Hamish Hamilton.
Highfield, Tim, Stephen Harrington, and Axel Bruns. 2013. Twitter as a technology for audiencing and fandom: The #Eurovision phenomenon. Information, Communication & Society 16(3): 315–339.
Hills, Matt. 2009. From BBC radio personality to online audience personae: The relevance of fan studies to Terry Wogan and the TOGs. The Radio Journal—International Studies in Broadcast and Audio Media 7(1): 67–88.
Lindberg, Ulf. 2005. Rock Criticism from the Beginning: Amusers, Bruisers, and Cool-Headed Cruisers. New York: Peter Lang.
Lpstd1. 2007. Football Italia with Elvis Costello [Channel 4, 1995]. Youtube, July 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HQZnLqmqjM
Marwick, Alice E. 2013. Status Update: Celebrity, Publicity and Branding in the Social Media Age. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.
Mass, Cornald. 2016. Terry Wogan, eloquent master of irony […]. Twitter, January 31. https://twitter.com/cornaldm/status/693741917272707072
Maton, Karl. 2010. Last Night We Dreamt That Somebody Loved Us: Smiths Fans (and Me) in the Late 1980s. In Why Pamper Life’s Complexities? Essays on The Smiths, ed. Sean Campbell and Colin Coulter, 179–194. Manchester: Manchester University Press.
Morrissey-Solo. 2015. Kiss me a lot officialvideo directed by Sam Esty Rayner—TTY. Morrissey-Solo, 6 April–11 May. http://www.morrissey-solo.com/threads/kiss-me-a-lot-official-video-directed-by-sam-esty-rayner-tty.134671/
OGAE UK. n.d. OGAE Constitution. http://ogae.uk/ogae-constitusion/
Qvist, Bella. 2016. How Eurovision finally cracked America. The Guardian, 12 May. https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/may/12/how-eurovision-finally-cracked-america-justin-timberlake
Rainer, Sam Esty. 2015. Morrissey—Kiss me a lot. (Official Video) [directed by Sam Esty Rainer]. Youtube, 5 April. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxcPv85f2jk
Read, Piers Paul. 2003. Alec Guinness: The Authorised Biography. London: Simon & Schuster.
Robertson, Ben. 2014. Why bother with eurovision preview concerts, parties, and events? ESC Insight, April 3. http://escinsight.com/2014/04/03/why-bother-with-eurovision-preview-concerts-parties-and-events/
Sheeran, Ed. 2012. i get asked all the time what my fans call themselves. Twitter, 14 October. https://twitter.com/edsheeran/status/257417175969718272
Stanfill, Mel. 2013. “They’re Losers, but I Know Better”: Intra-Fandom Stereotyping and the Normalization of the Fan Subject. Critical Studies in Media Communication 30(2): 117–134.
Stockholms stad. 2016. Eurovision Village. http://www.stockholm.se/eurovisionvillage_en
Strage, Fredrik. 2005. Fans. Stockholm: Natur och Kultur.
———. 2015. Plötsligt förvandlas Morrissey till en gubbsjuk imbecill [Suddenly Morrissey is transformed into a lecherous imbecile]. Dagens Nyheter, 16 April. http://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/kronikor/fredrik-strage-plotsligt-forvandlas-morrissey-till-en-gubbsjuk-imbecill/
Suchet, David. 2013. Poirot and Me. London: Headline.
SVT. 2016. USA-bloggaren om Eurovision: “Som en blandning av Idol och OS—fast bättre!” [excerpt from Aktuellt]. SVT, May 4. http://www.svt.se/kultur/som-en-blandning-av-idol-och-os-fast-battre
Thomas, Lyn. 2002. Fans, Feminisms, and ‘quality’ media. London: Routledge.
Walsh, James. 2016. Eurovision fans: What do you make of the EU referendum? The Guardian, May 12. https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/may/12/eurovision-fans-what-do-you-make-of-the-eu-referendum
Williams, Paul. 1966. Get off of my cloud. Crawdaddy!, 1(1).
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Copyright information
© 2017 The Author(s)
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Linden, H., Linden, S. (2017). Popular Culture Fandom: Broadening the Picture. In: Fans and Fan Cultures. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-50129-5_8
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-50129-5_8
Published:
Publisher Name: Palgrave Macmillan, London
Print ISBN: 978-1-137-50127-1
Online ISBN: 978-1-137-50129-5
eBook Packages: Business and ManagementBusiness and Management (R0)