Reaction to Frank Sinatra vs Freddie Mercury. Epic Rap Battles of History

[@whatitdodave]

My ERB reaction playlist! kzbin.info/aero/PLG217Y9Pofu6dn2PNbn71uh36sa2Hmjf6

[@jebVlogs556]

@whatitdodave Sammy Davis was part of the rat pack, he was frank sinatra and others other guys.. well you know what I am referring too 🙄🤭👍🏽😑

[@mikemath9508]

My favorite Sinatra anecdote is, He was getting his car from a valet or something, and he asked the guy, "what's the biggest tip you've ever gotten before?" And the valet responds "one hundred dollars, sir". Frankie then hands over $200 and asks, " who gave you that $100?" And the valet says "you did, sir"

[@Attacian]

I like this battle very much, because it's Sinatra:"You're gay." with Mercury's reply:"Bitch, yes I'm gay!" This dynamic is great.

[@Bobal27]

His response is closer to “I’m bi, and getting more ass than your whole crew.”

[@mikethemotormouth]

Bi actually

[@bryansproles2879]

Guinea Dago Figaro is a parody of Bohemian Rhapsody's "Galileo, Galieo, Figaro" - they even duplicated the scene in the video, except just with Frank and Freddie in this one. In the original, it was all 4 members of Queen. As others have said, Dago was a racial slur for Italian Americans back in the day.

[@jazflanagan8693]

"Guinea" is also an old school slur.

[@marissashelley2362]

Dego was a slur back in Frank's day referencing his Italian heritage

[@undertakernumberone1]

so was guinea. the common interpretation is that it's basically saying "You're basically black".

[@lasagnasux4934]

Now we're supposed to pretend Fredo is one.

[@DreckbobBratpfanne]

"You think i havent heard those things before" kinda killed the entire first verse of Sinatra on impact

[@CallofFreaky]

Took the Eminem approach

[@bigfrankfraser1391]

freddie always took everything in his stride, as he said "you can do anything you like with my music, just dont make it boring" also at his parties Freddie Mercury had midgets carrying around trays of cocaine on their heads

[@DiegoAlvarezBeltran1993.]

Ah. He was a true man of culture, truly.

[@waaagh3203]

I think Freddie won. But I do have to say, EpicLLOYD did an amazing job with the mannerisms and voice for Sinatra.

[@thomasdevine867]

The Rat Pack was composed of Joey Bishop (the hub of the wheel), Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., and Peter Lawford (the Brother-in-law), and Shirley McClain.

[@twichmcvey6065]

Frank was a bully and only went after personal and private life situations while Freddy went after Frank's work. He could have gone after so much personal life shit but didnt.

[@JakkFrost1]

Except he did, did you even listen to the song?

[@johnst.baptiste3664]

Frank lit a match, but just made jokes about the way Freddie looked and his sexuality. Freddy was dropping Napalm from an F4. Oh, wait; Sinatra wouldn't know about that because he bought his way out of the draft with money from the mob.

[@jazflanagan8693]

Burrrrnnnnn! 🤣

[@MrJohnisthename]

Americans with talent or fame alsoo served. They provided a much needed morale boost to fighting soldiers. Glenn Miller, Marylin Monroe, Bob Hope, Elvis Presley Frank Sinatra among many others weren't enlisted and sent off to boot camp. Instead they joined the USO which to this day, continues to entertain troops abroad. Frank Sinatra had many friends. Some of them were connected to Mafia crime organizations. He was just a friend, not a member, Kind of like a concierge, He'd accommodate his friends with hotel rooms, tickets to shows in Vegas, nice cars etc. He was never involved in illegal Mafia activities but he knew people that did things such as money laundering, embezzlement,, bribery, kidnapping, contract killing etc. And his being the friend he was he chose not to rat them out. This might be why he and four other popular entertainer friends of his metaphorically or sarcastically became known as the rat pack.

[@johnst.baptiste3664]

@@MrJohnisthename True, but he did dodge the draft.

[@undertakernumberone1]

@@johnst.baptiste3664 he didn't. HE VOLUNTEERED and wasn't accepted. He also OVER NIGHT ended segregation in Vegas by saying that he won't perform at any venue that wouldn't hire his friend, Sammy Davies. Who btw. also was bisexual. ANd about him making fun of Freddie's sexuality... Sinatra's line "We all like to swing, but you took it to far!" can easily be interpreted be that he thinks that Freddie just completely overdid it. Frank makes politically incorrect jokes... Freddie tosses out the slurs.

[@johnst.baptiste3664]

@@undertakernumberone1 if you are correct, I stand corrected. My apologies.

[@genericnamehere7602]

BTW...The guy dressed as Sammy Davis? That was Tay Zonday, aka Chocolate Rain.

[@vincentpitts5356]

Guinea is the Italian version of a hard “r” n-word, and dego is like the n-word with an “a”.

[@TBaggins96]

Can't be that bad if you'll type one but not the other 🤔

[@KuzenVT]

@@TBaggins96 its like how black people can say the n-word, us Italians can say guinea

[@jebVlogs556]

@@KuzenVT that’s why the lines from the dr dolittle movie was removed from the guinea pig said,” hey why they call me a guinea pig anyways 😂 I am not Italian and I am not poor 😂..” cause they also edited out the scene with Bruce Willis also on cable tv when he was walking up and down Harlem with the sign I hate “N” changed to it I hate “Blacks”

[@drakeloki4214]

I have a story related to Frank Sinatra. My grandmother worked as a seamstress and one of her coworkers was Frank Sinatras's mom. This was back when he was singing at restaurants for tips. According to my GM his mom would always brag about him and his singing. One day my GM couldn't take it and snapped and basically told Frank's mom to sthfu and do your dam job and stop talking about your son's singing because he wont amount to anything. After he recorded his first song my GM quit that job.

[@CallofFreaky]

Telling him to shave his mustache is a shot at mustaches being considered gay in the past and he considered it unclassy

[@RoxyGotMoxy.]

I feel like this battle basically went: "Ha, you're gay and you look funny!" "Yes, I'm gay and a trend-setting icon, and?" "Uhhh.. you like men and you died! Ha!" "One, I say again, aaaand? Secondly, so did you. So does everyone, at least my death counted for something."

[@Nephalem-96669]

7:30 did you notice the repeated words spell out "World Prime Ass"

[@dizzysic66]

Always love your take on music.. the fun for me is drawing parallels to how i reacted and how you reacted.

[@metallicavoices]

Id say its pretty bland for both. Freddie was more consistent, Sinatra had the best "burn", but I'd give it to Freddie because he actually refuted Frank.

[@xheralt]

Chalk that up to Disney pressure exerted downwards thru two layers of ownership. Yes, up thru season 5, erb was indirectly owned by Disney. "Stan Lee vs Jim Henson" served as their kiss-off to the House of Mouse. They are fully independant now thanks to crowdfunding.

[@JakkFrost1]

The disses were indeed a bit weak, so I give to Freddy for the best flexes instead.

[@denicesanders4586]

The best part was watching you! Your laughter got me laughing.

[@plutoniumcore]

The "bicycle" bar also references a song by Queen called Bicycle Race

[@meahdahlgren6537]

Right

[@guih34]

You're having so much fun in this one

[@BLKO_Meatball]

"You dance like you rode a bicycle race with no seat" had me actually laughing

[@TheToaster1155]

The only reasons i dont like this battle are because they don't depict Frank Sinatra properly, instead showing him as just some random, rich white guy, and its quite one-sided (in my opinon)

[@thejankenthusiast1285]

"It's a reference to the "Galileo" section of the 1975 Queen song "Bohemian Rhapsody", in which the line is "Galileo, Galileo, Galileo, Figaro!" "Guinea" stands for the Guinea African Coast, implying Italians are not white, and "dago" is a racial slur which can be used to refer to Italian people." Guinea Dago

[@meahdahlgren6537]

Right

[@stevebuffinton1094]

This might be my favorite reaction you've done. I'd also like to say good on you for not being up on dego being a slur. Less slurs in this world is a good thing. The way I learned about the word dego was, I don't know, funny, messed up, naive, I'm not sure how to classify it. My dad was a tile setter most my life. He worked for an Italian guy for years who he and all his friends and coworkers called Dego. I just assumed that was his nickname. I knew his real name as well but since I'd heard him referenced as Dego everytime they spoke of him I thought he would've been aware of it as well. Fast forward to me being 23 years old, I'm home on emergency leave from the Air Force at my grandfather's funeral and I get introduced to "Dego". I'm introduced to him by his regular name and it hits me "oh, this is Dego" which is exactly what I said outloud. After we meet my dad pulls me to the side and tells me none of them actually called him that to the man's face. I assume because it was my grandfather's funeral he let it slide but I was mortified because up to that moment, like you, I had no idea that was a slur, I just thought it was his nickname. They always spoke highly of the man, it never crossed my mind that the word dego was something bad. I still feel terrible about that. On a lighter note I did work with a guy all the Mexicans I worked with called Feo. Didn't know what that meant either so one day I ask the guy "hey man, how'd you get the nickname Feo?" And without .issuing a beat he says "Feo means ugly in Mexican" and just goes on like it was no big deal. It's funny because he was ugly man, ugly as shit. I couldn't contain my laughter but he was a good sport about it and thought it was funny too. Two lessons right there why we should all be cool getting with folks of other cultures, you never know what you'll learn.

[@rimwell]

Freddie won easily Frank just did low blow after low blow, not even changing what it was about Yea Freddie 😃

[@CallofFreaky]

5:25 I couldn’t get a straight answer on what Figaro means but dago is a slur for Italians

[@meahdahlgren6537]

Right

[@itzwizory9556]

short answer, Figaro means "barber" it was also a reference to Bohemian Rhapsody verse: Galileo! Galileo? Galileo Figaro!

[@lacyInmon1978]

Freddie Mercury won it because he was just absolutely savage.

[@Yuki_Ika7]

Freddie Mercury killed it! He won in my opinion, and that last line though!

[@ivy_angels]

Freddie won ez in my eyes with Frank it was just a bunch of homophobia and then just saying "I'm not homophobic I'm friends with Sammy Davis" and then just continueing the homophobia to the point where he was at his final bar I was just rolling my eyes because he's just finding ways to say the same shit over and over meanwhile Freddie just criticized him on everything and dissed that mans entire life away

[@michaelcoffey1991]

Freddy won this easy, all Sinatra had is your gay....

[@JSe7en777]

Guinea Dago is a term for a Italian basically a slur

[@meahdahlgren6537]

Right

[@davidcwitkin6729]

*Puts down pitchfork* "ok"

[@aNewTomatoInTheStore]

Yo is that my boi Dave "What it do homies, its ya boi Dave" Yup its ma boi Dave

[@majinsole8554]

“My songs have balls, they’re the anthems of victory. Your music is like the soundtrack to a vasectomy” That’s why Freddy one. Not just the bar, but the way you feel the truth of it in comparing their deliveries. ~_~

[@jebVlogs556]

@whatitdodave bruuuuh I cant stand you lol 😭😭😭

[@TheLordbrit]

Claude François sang My way first, originally called : "Comme d'habitude", french song ;)

[@richardpalma3334]

And also in the rap line Rat In Movie "Sing" A rat name Mike sing MY WAY

[@NoxAtlas]

Frank: LOL ur gay Freddie: Oh yeah baby. And now that's off the table I'm gonna start flexing the hell out of this battle

[@heresheis2063]

Freddie won this battle. Frank was contradicting himself.

[@Shadowpack95]

NicePeter as Freddie was dressed like Freddie was for LiveAid

[@shaneculliton9975]

7:35 dude that should definitely be the end of this battle

[@shaneculliton9975]

Ain’t no one getting away with that but Freddy

[@brennanhearn6342]

As at least one other person has said, dago is a slur for Italians, guinea as well.

[@lizardkid666]

Another one bites the dust

[@darkfate666]

Never let a Day Go By. lol

[@fatcoyote2]

Guinea and Dago were both Italian slurs. Freddy took it. Even though his second round was weaker, but one of the best aspects of it is a double-take on Frank. "You can kiss my ass, Frankie, but you'll have to wait in line." Sinatra absolutely HATED waiting in line. Cut in line, paid people off, did everything he could so that he didn't have to do that. Frank also made the point that Freddy caught AIDS, but not only did Freddy go, "yeah, so?" as a response, he turned around and told Sinatra to kiss the ass he spent the whole rap talking about.

[@darrenmcentire2374]

Guinea Daygo (spelled it wrong to avoid a ban) These are super offensive slurs for Italian dudes

[@SarahConnor618]

Well Freddy was racist and Sinatra was homophobic. Kids these days would be triggered by this video.

[@jimooijevaar6894]

The Rat Pack made the original Ocean's 11 movie from 1960

[@joeyfish6982]

I wish u knew some of queens references here.

[@PaintedTurtle001]

Dave, you should react to Foster Brooks roast of Sammy Davis Jr It's a gut-buster! 😂

[@Mama_Badazh]

Today, if you start singing a Queen song around other people, someone is going to know the words and join you. You can't really say that about Sinatra. Hell, I'm pushing 50 and the only song I remember him singing was 'Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.' And that's only because it was overplayed at a job I worked in the last decade. Ol' Frank didn't really have much staying power because, well, he sang other people's songs. Freddie, however, is heralded as one of the best songwriters that ever drew breath. I was exposed to both growing up. Mom grew up in Sinatra's era, but she developed a taste for Queen's music as the band started their meteoric rise. I can say, definitively, that she was more of a fan of Queen... and so am I.

[@BenRollinsActor]

"Guinea" and "Dago" are the equivalent to the n-word for Italians.

[@thegirlytransmaiden1614]

I'm more powerful than you when I'm wearing women's pants

[@colinbowden4663]

Guinea dago are two racial slurs against Italians. Guinea refers to the African Coast saying Italians aren't truly white. Dago is a more general anti-Italian slur.

[@meahdahlgren6537]

Right

[@froggy4751]

I’d say Frank won imo. Freddie had some good bars but there was a lot more punches from Frank

[@AroundCorner20]

I'd disagree. The only 'punches' from Frank were '' lol you're gay '

[@brothersgt.grauwolff6716]

@@AroundCorner20, in rap battles when you resort to the same rebuttal in different ways you've already lost

[@brothersgt.grauwolff6716]

I give it to Freddy cause he rebuffed everything Frank threw at him

[@Katzztar]

The "butthole roulette" wasn't the only low-tier comment to Freddie's sexual orientation. The comment of bicycle without seat and Uranus were also bad taste references to gays. As a teen my gay cousin heard that "___ without seat" one a lot hurled at him by homophobes thinking they were insulting him. He told me that he refuses to be insulted since he's ignoring them adn doesn't want to feed their behavior. Making three swings at one topic (being gay) is why Sinatra fell flat. And that ending showed Freddie was the Champion.

[@whatitdodave]

This is a rap BATTLE after all. And in rap battles, it’s not uncommon for people to get disrespectful. I think frank maybe may have won because his punchlines hit harder, more shock value. He chose a topic and stayed true to the course. If Freddie won cause simply cause of the people who are uncomfortable/hated Franks choice of attack. Making Freddie the default choice. But if both of them was really battling, on a live stage, in an actual rap battle. Frank would have taken this. And I’m just looking at this from a battle rap perspective.

[@Katzztar]

@@whatitdodave Oh no it's not because the swings at being gay were uncomfortable, I get that in rap battles low blows are expected. My beef is that he use that one topic THREE times. It's the repetition that I didn't like. IF you got use one single topic in three different bars, you lost the battle. Because a good smack down would have plenty of different targets to hit.

[@undertakernumberone1]

@@Katzztar i mean, fairly certaint hat Julia CHild is basically all about "Gordon, you're an angry manchild" for the whole Battle... and i've seen many who side with her.

[@imarrams511]

For me,Freddie won this battle. I've been watching all of your reaction. I need help. Lol. But until now,my favorite one is you reacting to Voctave.

[@kingnecro9812]

Sweet

[@DarkKnightofHeaven]

Guinea Dago is a straight slur for italians. It stands for, Guinea African Coast, a name for Italy to imply that Italians weren't white in a time well known for racism against anyone who really wasn't white.

[@meahdahlgren6537]

Right

[@kratoscallofduty]

Dave was a little giggly in this one. Nothing wrong with that, though.

[@jbmopar1971]

I think that's great that some racial slurs are being washed way by newer generations.

[@JakkFrost1]

The were indeed a bit weak on both sides, so I give to Freddy for the best flexes instead.

[@JakkFrost1]

Erm, the disses* were a bit weak.

[@salvasaren329]

If you think that butthole roulette is a disrespectful diss, watch Marilyn Monroe vs Cleopatra.

[@SzakulFirstyYT]

For me win Freddie. Sinatra only say "Ha! You gay". Freddie has lines.

[@toddmoss749]

Don't get upset because he used gay slurs when Mercury (ERB) used Italian slurs. It's all in fun. We used to be able to laugh at each other.

[@MiudmonDice]

Guinea dago are just two racial slurs against Italians. Nothing too clever, really

[@MissBoxxx]

I give it to Freddie because Frank was a one-trick pony of gay jokes.

[@GirlbossGrandpa]

every single one of franks lines was "haha you're bi" so i think freddie won by a mile

[@lacyinmon1004]

Freddie Mercury won it for me

[@aqilahkamalisa4031]

Pls to react Unlock the key in electone version by isyana Saraswati... I'll be waiting, thank so much 🙏👌👍👍

[@SoupyGal]

Freddie won this one. Frank had the same jokes

[@mikemath9508]

I will never forgive queen for making bohemian rhapsody So fucking sick of everybody worshipping that shit Sinatra for me. He's sloppy but his songs aren't ridiculously annoying

[@johndoubleu5942]

Guinea and dago are both ethnics slurs for Italians

[@meahdahlgren6537]

Right

[@tracystiles8717]

Freddy definitely took it 😂

[@mikemath9508]

Guinea dago is a slur against italians

[@meahdahlgren6537]

Right

[@psycojuggalo1642]

Guinea & degeo are both Italian slurs

[@jeromerichardson7980]

One Freddy Mercury is no gay he is Bi

[@MrApollonox]

ERB usually does a good job on research but they got it wrong saying Frank was in the mafia's pocket.

[@falaffle]

the mafia was in Franks pocket

[@spiderfingers86]

Freddie Mercury died of Aids before it was popularized

[@pompe221]

before it was well known. AIDS has never been popular.

[@druzillakay945]

its a racial slur towards italians lol so what kyke is to us jews