Comment on Ed Sheeran’s latest foot in the mouth moment…

kingofras@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• nightofmichelinstars@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Ugh stupid tangent incoming, did you see the movie Yesterday where a struggling singer/ songwriter crosses into an alternate universe and he’s the only one on the planet who remembers the Beatles? And becomes an overnight sensation from recording Beatles songs that no one’s ever heard before. And then, as conclusive proof of his success, Ed Sheeran playing himself approves of his supposed genius, because I guess Ed sheeran is the songwriting successor to the Beatles.

  It’s already a terrible movie before Ed Sheeran appears, it’s just the most arrogant job a pop star could take. Supposedly Chris Martin turned the role down, I guess because he had some modicum of self awareness. Contrast to Ariana Grande playing a delightfully self deprecating satire of herself in Don’t Look Up, so it is possible to acknowledge one’s own celebrity in a cameo film role without being insufferably self aggrandizing.

  I don’t really have a point beyond Ed Sheeran’s unlikability. His spinelessness and immorality is a separate issue.

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  • thunder@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Speaking of the Beatles, I learned today they refused to play in front of segregated audiences in the South during the Civil Rights Era and the promoters and venue owners backed down. Amazing the power you have when your name is on the marquee.

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    • nightofmichelinstars@sopuli.xyz ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      This is awesome. TIL too.

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  • FudgyMcTubbs@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Unrelated: It I could do a Yesterday scenario, I would choose to be the only one who remembers The Offspring, and then I would record and copyright all of their songs and never release them to spare the world that crappy garbage.

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    • NotEasyBeingGreen@slrpnk.net ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Haters gonna hate hate hate hate.

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      • FudgyMcTubbs@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Uh huh! Uh huh!

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  • naught101@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Good tangent. Good job.

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    • nightofmichelinstars@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Thanks.

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  • kn33@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Is that what Yesterday was? I assumed it was just your basic biopic.

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    • Jarix@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      It’s delightful, and the covers are fantastic.

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      • NotEasyBeingGreen@slrpnk.net ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Agree.

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    • nightofmichelinstars@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Nope, that’s what it is.

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