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

[killer b]

I'm not a pop star, but if I was and I'd somehow overtaken what's generally recognised as the most important band of all time, on any metric whatsoever, I think I'd probably struggle not to mark that somehow.

 

[editor]

I'm not a pop star, but if I was and I'd somehow overtaken what's generally recognised as the most important band of all time, on any metric whatsoever, I think I'd probably struggle not to mark that somehow.

Must be a very fragile ego if all the untold riches, millions of fans, sold out tours and worldwide critical acclaim wasn't enough. But Yeah! Success! Wealth! LOOK AT ME! I'm the biggest!

 

[killer b]

I think we've exhausted the opportunity for discussion on this topic now tbh.

 

[Orang Utan]

Must be a very fragile ego if all the untold riches, millions of fans, sold out tours and worldwide critical acclaim wasn't enough. But Yeah! Success! Wealth! LOOK AT ME! I'm the biggest!

Let popstars be swaggering popstars. It's entertaining

 

[editor]

Let popstars be swaggering popstars. It's entertaining

That's true.

 

[Fozzie Bear]

They have a John Moores university, but I bet most of them have no idea who John Moores was (he was the founder of Littlewoods apparently)

Well without outing anyone my friend works at LJMU and this was part of a wider discussion about how clueless the students are. It was remarkable because the college has a building named after Lennon.

I think editor is over-estimating how invested I am in this convo if he thinks I would go to the trouble to invent this anecdote.

 

[JimW]

I've had a version of the White Album cover all across my back since birth, and the Beatles hadn't even released it then.

 

[editor]

Well without outing anyone my friend works at LJMU and this was part of a wider discussion about how clueless the students are. It was remarkable because the college has a building named after Lennon.

I think editor is over-estimating how invested I am in this convo if he thinks I would go to the trouble to invent this anecdote.

I don't think you invented it but I am having trouble believing that a large amount of students in Liverpool would say that they have never heard of John Lennon (and presumably The Beatles).

 

[nogojones]

Must be a very fragile ego if all the untold riches, millions of fans, sold out tours and worldwide critical acclaim wasn't enough. But Yeah! Success! Wealth! LOOK AT ME! I'm the biggest!

Didn't the beatles claim they were bigger than god or jesus or something.

Same old..

 

[Orang Utan]

Maybe they're just fed up of people banging on about them

 

[editor]

Didn't the beatles claim they were bigger than god or jesus or something.

Same old..

No, 'The Beatles' didn't. John Lennon did. And America went nuts and it (partly) led to Lennon's assassination. I think Drake will be OK though.

Lennon's comments incited protests and threats, particularly throughout the US Bible Belt. Some radio stations stopped playing Beatles songs, their records were publicly burned, press conferences were cancelled, and the Ku Klux Klan picketed concerts.

More popular than Jesus - Wikipedia

 

[nogojones]

No, 'The Beatles' didn't. John Lennon did. And America went nuts and it (partly) led to Lennon's assassination. I think Drake will be OK though.




More popular than Jesus - Wikipedia

Oh, I always thought John Lennon was in the Beatles. I must pay attention more

 

[killer b]

I've had a version of the White Album cover all across my back since birth, and the Beatles hadn't even released it then.

you should sue Richard Hamilton for copywright infringement - got to be worth a few mill at least...

 

[Yossarian]

Oh, I always thought John Lennon was in the Beatles. I must pay attention more

You must have missed the part where the band distanced themselves from Lennon's remarks, ejected him from the group, and successfully toured the South as "Ringo Starr's Heavenly Trio."

 

[killer b]

It was remarkable because the college has a building named after Lennon.

I don't think it's that remarkable - buildings and institutions of a city are often named after their famous sons, who's fame eventually fades. Maybe Liverpool will be allowed to have some other bands now the dead hand of the fab four is finally loosening.

 

[nogojones]

You must have missed the part where the band distanced themselves from Lennon's remarks, ejected him from the group, and successfully toured the South as "Ringo Starr's Heavenly Trio."

Yeah, I think I might have missed that bit. Like I said, I clearly wasn't paying much attention to them. Have they got back together for a revival tour yet?

 

[nogojones]

I don't think it's that remarkable - buildings and institutions of a city are often named after their famous sons, who's fame eventually fades. Maybe Liverpool will be allowed to have some other bands now the dead hand of the fab four is finally loosening.

Time for them to move over for Cilla Black

 

[killer b]

Time for them to move over for Cilla Black

Her post-pop career obscures the series of solid gold bangers Cilla rolled out tbh.

 

[Yossarian]

John Lennon's remarks seem a little tame compared to some of the entertaining nonsense David Bowie came out with while he was spending the '70s snorting his body weight in cocaine.

Everybody was convincing me that I was a Messiah, especially on that first American tour. I got hopelessly lost in the fantasy. I could have been Hitler in England. Wouldn’t have been hard. Concerts alone got so enormously frightening that even the papers were saying, ‘This ain’t rock music, this is bloody Hitler! Something must be done!’ And they were right. It was awesome. Actually, I wonder … I think I might have been a bloody good Hitler. I’d be an excellent dictator. Very eccentric and quite mad...

... Listen, I mean it. I’ll bloody lead this country, make it a great fucking nation. I can’t exist happily and make records and be safe because, man, it’s depressing … Everyone whimpering about the state of things. So what do I do? Just sit by and wait for someone else to sort it all out? No way. The masses are silly. Just look at the cultural leaders of today. Once they were Humphrey Bogart, James Dean and Elvis Presley. Now it’s Robert Redford and John Denver … and these are supposed to be the degenerate Seventies. It doesn’t look good for America. They let people like me trample all over their country.

David Bowie: Ground Control to Davy Jones

 

[sheothebudworths]

My daughter has heard of The Beatles but was convinced that they came from Birmingham

 

[editor]

Oh, I always thought John Lennon was in the Beatles. I must pay attention more

Not sure why you're trying to quibble over this. The Beatles didn't release a collective official press release making this claim. The comment was blabbed out by Lennon. I don't imagine the rest of the band were too thrilled now that the KKK were coming to their gigs.

 

[friedaweed]

My daughter has heard of The Beatles but was convinced that they came from Birmingham

She loves you royt! royt! royt!

 

[friedaweed]

I don't know who dis Drake is. Did he used to hang out with Josh?

 

[editor]

Well, I never knew this: his dad worked as a drummer, performing alongside country musician Jerry Lee Lewis.

My Dad Interviewed Drake's Dad in Sweden

 

[Fozzie Bear]

Big up Grace:

 

[Kaka Tim]

Big up Grace:

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fair enough grace. Abbey Road is pretty meh.

 

[ska invita]

They really need to update the Teens React To formula to Teens on Acid React To....Id watch that

 

[Steel Icarus]

Yeah, I don't really like much they did after 1967 tbh. Maybe The Beatles won't be listened to as long as music is played. It'll be played by me, though, as long as I play music.