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发帖数: 49 | 1 A groupie is a person who seeks emotional and sexual intimacy with a
musician or other celebrity. "Groupie" is derived from group in reference to
a musical group,[1] but the word is also used in a more general sense,
especially in casual conversation.
Female groupies in particular have a long-standing reputation of being
available to celebrities, pop stars, rock stars and other public figures.
Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant is quoted as distinguishing between fans
who wanted brief sexual encounters, and "groupies" who traveled with
musicians for extended periods of time, acting as a surrogate girlfriend or
mother, often taking care of the musician's valuables, drugs, wardrobe, and
social life.[2] Nancy Spungen, who became the partner of Sid Vicious of The
Sex Pistols, is one such example of what is sometimes referred to as "road
wives." Cynthia Plaster Caster and The GTOs ("Girls Together Outrageously"),
with Pamela Des Barres, in particular, as de-facto spokeswoman, are
probably the best known groupies of this type.
Des Barres, who wrote two books detailing her experiences as a groupie – I'
m With The Band (1987) and Take Another Little Piece of My Heart: A Groupie
Grows Up (1993) – as well as another non-fiction book, Rock Bottom: Dark
Moments in Music Babylon, asserts that a groupie is to a rock band as Mary
Magdalene was to Jesus.[3] Her most recent book, Let's Spend the Night
Together (2007), is a collection of wildly varied interviews with classic "
old school" groupies including Catherine James, Connie Hamzy, Cherry Vanilla
, Dee Dee Keel, Margaret Moser, and Patti Johnsen, as well as modern
groupies like Mandy Murders Lexa Vonn and the Plastics. Des Barres, who
married rock star-actor Michael Des Barres, also persuaded cult actress Tura
Satana, rock muse Bebe Buell, actress Patti D'Arbanville, and Cassandra
Peterson, better known as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark to talk about their
relationships with musicians.
According to Des Barres' book, there is at least one verified male groupie,
Pleather, who followed female celebrities such as Courtney Love and members
of the 80s pop group The Bangles.
"Apple Scruffs", from George Harrison's album All Things Must Pass, refers
to the Apple scruffs, a group of teenage girls who staked out The Beatles'
Apple Corps offices, Abbey Road Studios, and Paul McCartney's home, often
sleeping outside in rough weather, waiting for a glimpse of a Beatle. The
Beatles' song "She Came in Through the Bathroom Window" refers to the day a
few Scruffs climbed into Paul McCartney's house through an upstairs bathroom
window and raided his closet for a pair of trousers, which they took turns
wearing. They also took a framed photograph, which they later returned at
McCartney's request. The movie Almost Famous revolves around the life of
groupies (although calling themselves 'band aids').
Michael Jackson was known to say that his number 1 hit song Dirty Diana was
written about a groupie. |
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