VMP Magazine
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Remembering The '80s Artist Who Said He Was Better Than The Beatles
There’s a certain amount of pro wrestling self-promotion involved in pop music. We want our pop stars to have self-confidence, and in order for them to carve their own part of the pop landscape, they often need to kill idols and trash peers. Even though we’ve seen it a million times, it’s an inevitability. But 30 years ago, when the artist then known as Terence Trent D’Arby started promoting his debut LP, and started taking the name of the Beatles in vain, it felt positively shocking.
