I try to word my entries carefully, but apparently I was not careful enough with my last entry. I did not realize that the term "groupie" carried such a negative connotation. I find myself embarrassed and humbled by my irresponsible mistake. Thank you OE for bringing it to my attention. Without realizing it I was insulting a group of people that I really meant to praise. So here is the reworded paragraph.
"I made two discoveries (and in retrospect I really shouldn't have been surprised, but it must have been the shock in discovering other avid Weird Al fans). One, Weird Al attracts tour chasers , and they hung out in the parking lot after the show listening to the song he closed the show with "Albuquerque." And second, there were a large number of second generation nerds - the Weird Al fans and their kids...and the kids knew all of the words to all of the songs. I felt like I wasn't nerdy enough to be at the concert!"
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Thank you! It was very kind of you to post a re-wording of your post.
Here's a URL for an interview with Al where he answers a "groupie" question: http://www.acweekly.com/view.php?id=6456
Al has such a good relationship with his fans because he's so reliably friendly and respectful with us. It's kind of hard to explain, but no matter how funny we look or dress(and I'm friends with one Weird Al look-a-like and at least two people with Weird Al tattoos) we know that it's a shared joke, and it doesn't diminish our dignity as human beings in Al's eyes. When he says "I love you all!" at the end of every concert, he really means it. Just not in a horizonal sense. :)
Glad you enjoyed the concert, and thanks again for the rewrite!
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