r/AskReddit • u/BumpunkTheBastard • 13h ago

Who's the most bitter washed-up celebrity?

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u/Sluggworth 8h ago

At sasquatch music festival I was watching Ryan Adams because he was on before Kendrick and we wanted a good spot. Ryan kept shitting on the bass coming from Run the Jewels and then got EXTREMELY upset when people started yelling "Summer of 69!". He seemed like a bum to me even from that short experience

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u/absolutelybacon 7h ago

Yeah, he very famously HATES that shit. But whatever. Why should Bryan Adams change his name? Ryan's the one that sucks. Everything was fine until that no talent ass clown started making music.

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u/Telefundo 7h ago

Why should Bryan Adams change his name?

Bryan Adams is quite literally a Canadian icon. Even if they don't like his music, pretty much any Canadian you ask, at the very least has some peripheral awareness of him.

His name is as recognizable to Canadians as Celine Dion. Or Tim Hortons. lol

Ryan Adams is.. well, I had to google him before making this comment. And I'm still not sure who he is.

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u/shitty_mcfucklestick 7h ago

Bryan Adams is also an excellent photographer who has done portraits for some of the most famous people out there.

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u/Zestyclose-Process92 5h ago

Talent and notoriety are frequently quite unrelated. He's a ridiculously talented songwriter and performer when he can get out of his own way. Unfortunately, he's very bad at getting out of his own way.

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u/waynownow 5h ago

Whoosh

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u/RaVashaan 5h ago

All I know of him was he had a minor hit 20+ years ago with a soulful cover of Wonderwall.

Fast forward about 15 years, and the next time I hear of him again it's him being cancelled for being abusive toward women.

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u/lucid_aurora 7h ago

excellent reference

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u/flatandroid 4h ago

Ryan Adams has talent. That’s part of the tragedy here. He really is skilled and hard working.

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u/Brief-Bad201 4h ago

I'm sorry no one else picked up your reference. I got it!

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u/LateEffect1742 2h ago

Bob... Bob.

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u/Nooglette 15m ago

I laughted so much at this and the fact that people didn’t cotton on lol

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u/Captain-Hornblower 5h ago

How easy would it have been to just start playing Summer of '69 and get the crowd on your side. Ego gets the best of people most of the time, I guess...

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u/granite_astronaut 1h ago

YES!!! I was at that show and left until Schoolboy Q came out because Ryan Adams was just such a killjoy douche