King ego Drake gets a tattoo that shows him 'ahead' of The Beatles

[editor]

Not sure how insecure you have to be to ink yourself with a reassurance that you're the greatest ever, but here it is:

 

[Steel Icarus]

Not sure how insecure you have to be to ink yourself with a reassurance that you're the greatest ever, but here it is:

Not sure using sales and chart performance is how I'd argue The Beatles are better than Drake but y'know. Guy's obviously an egomaniacal bellend

 

[editor]

Not sure using sales and chart performance is how I'd argue The Beatles are better than Drake but y'know. Guy's obviously an egomaniacal bellend

Well, they wrote the overwhelming majority of their hits for starters and good though Drake is, I doubt his songs would prove such popular singalongs right across the globe for all ages.

 

[discokermit]

The film "yesterday" should have had a scene with drake at a tattoo removal place saying to the consultant "i haven't got a fucking clue mate".

 

[Steel Icarus]

Well, they wrote the overwhelming majority of their hits for starters and good though Drake is, I doubt his songs would prove such popular singalongs right across the globe for all ages.

Oh, I agree. It's the Tweeter's methodology I take issue with. Hits and record sales puts Celine Dion and One Direction above Tom Waits and Leatherface.

 

[alsoknownas]

Drake is dead. obv.

 

[Humberto]

Did you know Strawberry fields was a young 'offenders' institution?

 

[scifisam]

I am not down wit da kids. What does I got more slaps mean? He's been slapped more? Er...

 

[Nanker Phelge]

I bet its a fake tat...for a big twat...

 

[rekil]

She call me the referee 'cause I be so official
My shirt ain't got no stripes, but I can make your pussy whistle
Like the Andy Griffith theme song
And who told you to put them jeans on?

Is it just album after album of this cockrockesque juvenilia?

 

[krtek a houby]

If Lennon was alive today, he'd probably be collaborating with Drake

 

[Yossarian]

If Lennon was alive today, he'd probably be collaborating with Drake

"Together, we're more than twice as popular as Jesus."

 

[Gromit]

Wait. He gets a tattoo of himself as a Lollypop man and peeps think he's getting all 'I'm better than the Beetles'?!

 

[souljacker]

Did you know Strawberry fields was a young 'offenders' institution?

No, it was a Sally Army Childrens home.

 

[Orang Utan]

Brilliant! Good on him. Love how it's annoyed a bunch of uptight oldies

 

[8ball]

If Lennon was alive today, he'd probably be collaborating with Drake

He'd be doing the soundtrack to the latest Disney re-boot, more likely.

 

[editor]

Brilliant! Good on him. Love how it's annoyed a bunch of uptight oldies

Yeah, because egotistical bragging from a multi millionaire about personal success is what it's really all about!

And why not lob in a bit of ageism when you're posting about it to wrap it all up?

 

[snadge]

Wait. He gets a tattoo of himself as a Lollypop man and peeps think he's getting all 'I'm better than the Beetles'?!

Lolipop man would be more apt.

 

[Steel Icarus]

Lennon would have hated Drake, and probably much of the rest of popular music.

 

[killer b]

It's right and proper that contemporary popular music stars should denigrate the popular music stars of the past tbf. I don't give a shit about Drake but he's honouring a long-standing tradition here.

 

[editor]

It's right and proper that contemporary popular music stars should denigrate the popular music stars of the past tbf. I don't give a shit about Drake but he's honouring a long-standing tradition here.

Sure. But getting a bragging tattoo to 'prove' some highly debatable point when you're already massively successful and a multi millionaire?
Nah. It's pathetic.

 

[Steel Icarus]

Millionaire in over-inflated ego shocker

 

[Orang Utan]

Yeah, because egotistical bragging from a multi millionaire about personal success is what it's really all about!

And why not lob in a bit of ageism when you're posting about it to wrap it all up?

It's only older people who elevate the Beatles to God status. Doubt the young give a shit about em.

 

[Orang Utan]

Sure. But getting a bragging tattoo to 'prove' some highly debatable point when you're already massively successful and a multi millionaire?
Nah. It's pathetic.

He's just having a laugh and taking a pop at the supposed canon. I don't know any Drake songs but I would rather listen to him than the Beatles as he's making new music and is not overplayed.

At least you've stopped short of calling him uppity.

 

[editor]

At least you've stopped short of calling him uppity.

Nice little baseless slur at the end there. Great work again.

 

[Orang Utan]

Nice little baseless slur at the end there. Great work again.

So you see why he's done it. To wind people up. It's worked!

 

[killer b]

Sure. But getting a bragging tattoo to 'prove' some highly debatable point

I think you're reading too much into it tbh. It's just standard hip-hop 'Greatest of All Time' braggadocio. The music is built on such outlandish claims.

 

[editor]

It's only older people who elevate the Beatles to God status. Doubt the young give a shit about em.

Thing is, you couldn't be more wrong. I don't doubt that Drake is more popular with most/some younger people than the Beatles, but the Beatles remain hugely popular across a surprisingly wide age range. Certainly wider than Drake's, I'd suggest.

 

[editor]

So you see why he's done it. To wind people up. It's worked!

If 'winding me up' is coming over as an insulting ageist and posting bollocks, he's done a fantastic job! Glad you're enjoying it.

 

[Orang Utan]

Still, their music is old and overplayed, so not so attractive to people seeking new sounds