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Re: Daft Punk Break Up

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Post by joshstrange » Mon, Feb 22, 2021, 6:45 PM UTC

dunnevens wrote: post #206

jw1224 wrote: post #130

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Wasn’t that story about Marilyn Monroe? https://psychcentral.com/blog/the-marilyn-monroe-effect-the-...

The article I'm remembering was linked as part of an obit right after Bowie's death. I wish I could find it, but I'm apparently not coming up with the right phrase for Google. I wouldn't be surprised if this is a common trait of celebrities. Wear a mask, literally or figuratively, on stage or camera. Take the mask off and you're just an ordinary person that no one else will notice. Bowie talked about that mask here,…

Is this the article you remember?

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/17/fashion/david-bowie-invis...

Re: Daft Punk Break Up

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Post by supergirl » Mon, Feb 22, 2021, 6:45 PM UTC

afaik they were not very active anyway; not like they were touring often. the break up only makes sense if one of them wants to do something else

Re: Daft Punk Break Up

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Post by jakeva » Mon, Feb 22, 2021, 6:46 PM UTC

rtx wrote: post #182

dylan604 wrote: post #106

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Eventually, everyone needs money again.

Not Bill gates, if he stops to pick-up money he loses money.

I get the joke, but the literalist inside me wants to always point out when I hear this that it's not as though he stops being the founder of Microsoft in the few seconds he stops to pick up money.

He doesn't lose money by picking up money. It's more than likely less than the daily market fluctuation of a single stock of MSFT, but stopping to pick up money doesn't interrupt or halt his income in any way.

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Post by ForHackernews » Mon, Feb 22, 2021, 6:48 PM UTC

weinzierl wrote: post #146

HelloFellowDevs wrote: post #97

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Sometimes the greatest thing for many people is the ability to choose fortune over fame.

It's the fallacy of the C-list celebrity to realize too late that fame does not easily convert to fortune.

I guess it depends how rich you aspire to be. If you have a a million social media followers, it's trivial to cash in on that attention to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars a year.

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Post by rcarmo » Mon, Feb 22, 2021, 6:48 PM UTC

Good thing I saved this 20th anniversary (very well crafted) post from Pitchfork in 2013:

https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/reader/daft-punk/

Was an amazing thing to scroll through in 2013, and actually holds up well in modern browsers.

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Post by tomputer » Mon, Feb 22, 2021, 6:51 PM UTC

fc373745 wrote: post #64

cognaitiv wrote: post #18

Best Daft Punk show I ever saw was Lollapalooza with LCD Soundsystem opening on the nearby stage. LCD Soundsytem closed with “Daft Punk is Playing..” and Daft Punk emerged in a pyramid and absolutely melted our faces.

2007 alive was my personal favorite set from them. They mashed up quite a bit of their all time tracks into absolute bangers.

I agree, went to the Alive 2007 show in Amsterdam. Fantastic!

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Post by aequitas » Mon, Feb 22, 2021, 6:51 PM UTC

neom wrote: post #195

Sounds like they re-mastered or even re-recored touch at the end, really beautifully remixed. I'm gonna miss DP a lot, huge huge fan. Thankfully Kistune is still putting out a lot of good music.

I wish I could play the ending of touch slower so it lasted even longer. It's one of those songs that tells a whole story without words.

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Post by dylan604 » Mon, Feb 22, 2021, 6:52 PM UTC

pfarrell wrote: post #207

artursapek wrote: post #203

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Worst of all is being famous but not rich.

Totally. That’s exactly what I think when I see people on reality shows get their fame.

sometimes, 15 minutes turns into a few seasons

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Post by redisman » Mon, Feb 22, 2021, 6:52 PM UTC

pfarrell wrote: post #190

mabbo wrote: post #89

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I saw Don Schlitz[0] perform "The Gambler" at The Grand Ole Opry[1] last year (juuust before Covid). He said something like "Yeah, Kenny Rogers did well with this song, but I can still go to the grocery store without being recognized, and I still get paid when they play it" (or something to that effect). Funny guy, and a great singer too. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Schlitz [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki…

This essay [0] from Tim Ferriss really crystalized for me a lot about why fame is a drag. During my college years, one of my dorm mate’s dads was a famous Hollywood producer. He once said to me, “You want everyone to know your name and no one to know your face.” Taking it a step further, we could quote Bill Murray: I always want to say to people who want to be rich and famous: ‘try being rich first.’ See if that does…

It's a great take from Tim and seems to ring very true. I just don't think people really think about what fame means. It's got huge tradeoffs and its mostly not fun but rather scary and unnerving. Eric Weinstein also seemed to run into this fairly quickly and has now stopped making his podcast because the fame part is mostly toxic.

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Post by meesterdude » Mon, Feb 22, 2021, 6:55 PM UTC

nolok wrote: post #181

arethuza wrote: post #23

Well, I guess we still have M83 and Carpenter Brut to supply French synth awesomeness, but I'll really miss Daft Punk.

And N'to, Worakls, Danger, Justice, French79, Kavinsky, Jean-Michel Jarre, Air, Birdy Nam Nam, Gesaffelstein, Perturbator, SebastiAn, ... French electro is doing well.

wow great collection of names to checkout!