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Re: Because deep down, I'm just a dumb fan

Posted by **fishamaphone** on Sep 29, 2013 at 3:27:00 PM:
In Reply to: Re: Because deep down, I'm just a dumb fan posted by **Winston OBoogie** on Sep 29, 2013 at 12:15:45 PM:

**I think it's common knowledge on here that I'm a huge Billy Joel dork. I follow both him and his daughter, Alexa Ray Joel, on Facebook, and recently Alexa's been featured in a GAP ad campaign where she covers "Just the Way You Are," which has always been one of my favorites from way back when I first heard it being sung to Oscar the Grouch on Sesame Street.
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**Until today, all that you could hear of her version without paying was the 30-second clip from the commercial, but apparently she performed the whole thing on Katie Couric's show, and someone uploaded the bit. Alexa posted the video to her fanpage.
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**Now I've been working on that particular song lately on guitar, so I've been thinking a lot about it, and hearing this particular rendition was like hearing someone else play what was going on in my head. So I posted under the video on her page, not those thoughts exactly, but something inspired by them.
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**And she replied to me. To *me.* She tagged my name and everything. So far, it's the only reply she's given in the thread. And it made my day. I'm just absolutely geeking out. I don't know what to do with all of this excess energy, it's after midnight over here. I started making strange noises, and my roommate asked if I was okay.
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**Because in the end, even if it's minor celebrity, or celebrity once-removed, this is still a person I admire. And whether that admiration is misplaced, or whether there's someone else who deserves it more, it doesn't matter. She replied to me. She replied to me. And suddenly I'm a goddamn schoolgirl.
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*In my experiences over the past 20 years, I've met quite a number of famous personalities (mostly music associated) and it does give one a sense of euphoria in a way knowing that person actually took the time to make personal contact with you. But after awhile, it gets down to realizing they are just people too.
*The most memorable for me is Louise Harrison (sister of Beatle George) and we became friends a long time ago and we still talk whenever she's in town. Don't see much of her these days, she's busy in Branson with a Beatle Tribute act she put together. But it's nice to know when she is in town I can just walk up to her and chat with her. She's a very personable and delightful person and we always end our chats with a hug.
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Yeah, I think the whole thing works on the same basic principles as a crush. It's that "she noticed me! Does she like me? I really want her to like me" thing, and once I'm assured that, yes, this person is a regular person who likes other regular people, then that need goes away and everything's fine. I just haven't gotten out of the "she's noticed me!" phase yet.

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