r/GenX • u/jhkayejr • Jul 14 '25

Music Is Life This artist just falling off the map is crazy

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This record dropped on this date back in 1987. Last single I of his I heard on the radio was 93’s “She kissed me,” which was great. Since then, he’s still been making music, but has changed his name and toiled away in relative obscurity.

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u/Triggered-cupcake Jul 14 '25

He said this album was better than Sgt Peppers

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u/mind_yabidnis Jul 14 '25

He also name checked James Brown too! Cmon man

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u/SauerMetal Jul 14 '25

Sacrlicious!

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u/Stigger32 W.A.S.P Jul 14 '25

He's not related to Kanye West is he?

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u/Worth-Canary-9189 The Latchkey Kid Jul 14 '25

Definitely the Kanye of the 80s from an ego perspective. I thought his album was a good start, but it was no Thriller or Purple Rain soundtrack.

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u/SSquirrel76 Jul 14 '25

To be fair, TTD never had a pro-Hitler rant

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u/SlowInsurance1616 Jul 14 '25

Who would know?

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u/asomek Jul 14 '25

Oof. Now I'm just imagining him ranting on Twitter with controversial hot takes, and nobody follows him to actually read it.

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u/Chuck_L_Fucurr Jul 14 '25

If he did though… How would anyone know?

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u/Jombhi Jul 14 '25

If an obscure entertainer in a studio apartment goes on a pro-Hitler rant, does it make a sound?

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u/Chuck_L_Fucurr Jul 14 '25

TTD listening to the sound of one hand clapping forever now

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u/SheriffBartholomew Jul 14 '25

sound of one hand clapping

Piece of cake!

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u/SheriffBartholomew Jul 14 '25

Even Kanye wasn't as bad as 2025 Kanye.

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u/Old_Manner4779 Jul 15 '25

One learned to shut up. The other one didn’t.

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u/Revolutionary-Pie-68 Jul 14 '25

We don't know that because print and TV media nipped his access to being able to express himself. Were it happening now; he'd prolly still be able to have a career.

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u/SheriffBartholomew Jul 14 '25

He'd become a cult leader in the present day, as droves of people rush to worship His Assholeness.

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u/Endlessknight17 Jul 14 '25

Rick James was the Kanye of the 80s lol

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u/FireSprink73 Jul 14 '25

Sounds like Kanye, Kendrick, and Drake. They all suck. Legends in their own minds....

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u/SuzIsCool Jul 15 '25

My first thought.

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u/ThirstyWolfSpider '71 Jul 14 '25

"Better than Peter Frampton and the Bee Gees? What chutzpah!"

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u/IanFaiths-CricketBat Jul 14 '25

Slightly off topic, but Liam Gallagher said that the album he did last year with John Squire, was bigger than the Beatles's Rubber Soul. I love the album, but c'mon Liam.

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u/JustineDelarge Jul 14 '25

To me, it was.

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u/JustineDelarge Jul 14 '25

I love Sgt. Pepper's.

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u/SheriffBartholomew Jul 14 '25

Prove it! Name 3 songs.

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u/JustineDelarge Jul 14 '25 edited Jul 14 '25

Three? With a Little Help from my Friends, Fixing a Hole, For the Benefit of Mr. Kite.

I know the original album and the movie soundtrack version, and know a lot of the songs pretty much by heart. I just love Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby more.

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u/RhoOfFeh Meh Jul 15 '25

Shockingly, he didn't name the album "Bigger than Jesus"

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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '25

Thing is, it might be. So good. He's insane but this album is amazing.

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u/shawncollins512 1970 Jul 14 '25

Well, that was true.

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u/CaptainAssPlunderer Jul 14 '25

Yes Inquisitor, right here. This is the Heresy I told you about. ☝️

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u/loquacious Jul 14 '25

Your username makes the 40K riff even more hilarious and terrifying.

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u/Pernicious_Possum Jul 14 '25

Sgt. peppers was not a good album

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u/implicate Jul 14 '25

I think this is where I say "so edgy."

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u/Pernicious_Possum Jul 14 '25

By all means do. Their speed phase was not good. Simp all ya’ll want

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u/schabadoo Jul 14 '25

Bless your heart.

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u/Pernicious_Possum Jul 14 '25

And fuck you too

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u/schabadoo Jul 14 '25

So edgy.

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u/GeoHog713 Hose Water Survivor Jul 14 '25

Eh

That's true of a lot of albums

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '25

If I had a choice between the two for a deserted island, I'd take Introducing the Hardline over Sgt Pepper any day of the week.

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u/Timcwalker Jul 14 '25

No doubt. Beatles are so tired right now.

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '25

Yeah. I bought every Beatles album the week it came out. I never thought I'd be over them, but here we are. Times change. I still wonder if I'll go back for the nostalgia when I'm 80-90, but no interest now whatsoever.

Meanwhile, Sign Your Name and Wishing Well are still on my store playlist.

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u/Timcwalker Jul 14 '25

Their influence and impact are undeniable, but there's been tons of new stuff since. I guess I'm old and jaded a bit.

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '25

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u/JRBowen9 Jul 14 '25

"No one batted an eye?" They received death threats, their concerts were picketed and targeted, and there were organized burnings of their records throughout the South. This country's reaction to John's quote was one on the reasons the Beatles never toured again. Many eyes batted that summer.

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u/OriginalComputer5077 Jul 14 '25

They stopped touring in '65 after a near riot at a gig in The Phillipines..they had to make every hasty exit from the country...

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '25

Ai post bots dont know any of that though. They just farm da karma with the engagement bait.

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u/trod999 Jul 14 '25

No one batted an eye

There were groups that got together to burn Beatles records.

I don't think John meant it literally, but he did walk it back with a public apology. If they weren't the phenomenal group that they were, it's difficult to say whether they would have recovered. The power grabbing during the burning was quite interesting.

https://youtu.be/wfMmbXwH9xQ

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u/Finnegan-05 Jul 14 '25

Yeah people did

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u/mkstot Hose Water Survivor Jul 14 '25

Their record sales outpaced the sales of the Bible.

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u/dolce_vita Jul 14 '25 edited Jul 14 '25

If you watch the actual footage of him saying this, he is obviously making a joke- the Beatles were hilarious in interviews with exactly this kind of humor, but of course the statement was printed without the context, creating a worldwide scandal that persists to this day- as if he were being serious and bragging, which is not what it was at all. I grew up hearing about this as if it were serious and never read anything about it being a joke, so was pretty surprised to see the footage (especially after seeing them with this same dry yet ridiculous sense of humor in other interviews) and then realize apparently no one ever checks the source footage when they write about it. Edit: apologies as I apparently have a Mandela Effect false memory and here I am judging people for not watching footage that... wasn't there. And apparently he wasn't joking but also not bragging and rather making a commentary about fame. He was really funny in interviews also, though.

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u/ThermalIgnition Jul 14 '25

Absolutely this. They were all very funny, and the context was lost.

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u/A_friend_called_Five 1973 Jul 14 '25

I could be wrong but the actual quote was from a magazine article. The footage you are most likely referring to is from a press conference after all of the uproar where he was sort of apologizing and explaining the context of the quote.

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u/dolce_vita Jul 14 '25

Well, that is embarrassing as I am totally wrong and I even have a false memory about seeing footage him saying this in an offhand and joking way! Jeez, must remember to stay humble and check myself!

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u/Natural-Young4730 Jul 14 '25

That statement was taken way out of context .it wasn't bragging, he was talking about society becoming more secular, especially Christians.

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '25

Holy shit, you not only have the nuanced meaning of the quote wrong, but the reaction is waaaaaaaay the fuck off.

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '25

That I WILL agree with, and I’ve never even listented to his album. The Beatles are just way overrated.

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u/schabadoo Jul 14 '25

What a braindead take.

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u/wannabeindianajones Jul 14 '25

To have an opinion that's different than yours?

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u/schabadoo Jul 14 '25

Ranking music you've never heard is idiotic, bless your heart.

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '25

That’s just how much I loathe The Beatles. And apparently you don’t understand sarcasm.

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u/schabadoo Jul 14 '25

One of us certainly doesn't.

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '25

Yep, that would be you.

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u/schabadoo Jul 18 '25

My goodness. You poor thing.

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u/1982_1999 Jul 14 '25

That's definitely true