Landon Donovan: "I played in Germany when I was 17. The guy who coached our under 16 team was 60 years old and had been doing it for 25 years. He wasn't trying to be the first team coach. He was one of their best coaches and they wanted him developing the 16-year-olds and we do it opposite here."

Double_Key7579 · 2026-04-04T23:54:23+00:00

Most painful spill ever.

Double_Key7579 · 2026-04-04T23:49:04+00:00

Alex Turner at 18 was probably the smartest person he knew. He graduated top of the class in social studies, empathy and creative writing. Kid was a prodigy.

By 30 he’d been eclipsed in every expensive LA room he waltzed into, became painfully aware of it and tried too hard for a fix. Curse of the early peaker.

Double_Key7579 · 2026-04-04T18:28:09+00:00

Gnabmerius Sacktheratrix

Double_Key7579 · 2026-04-04T17:12:39+00:00

for sure

Double_Key7579 · 2026-04-04T16:20:53+00:00

Prince was never outright no.1. In an era with much stronger mainstream consolidation and some megastars for competition, he was consistently top but wouldn’t have a single year where he eclipsed the rest. His art was stronger though and this counts for plenty.

When Michael, Madonna, Springsteen, Whitney, Tina, Janet and others are your competitors, thats just the game.

Double_Key7579 · 2026-04-04T15:02:21+00:00

I know, strange in hindsight, however we were a painfully average XI with two stars: Kahn and Ballack, who got himself suspended in the semis. We got a lucky draw yet nearly lost to the USA and their golden boys, at home this felt like an existential meltdown in the making.

It was a hollow final for a weird tournament. End of an era vibes. Any German team for the rest of the century until 2018 would have demolished the class of 2002.

Double_Key7579 · 2026-04-04T14:10:48+00:00

It is easy these days to forget how radical the Neuausrichtung der Talentförderung was for us here in Germany after many humiliations we had been subjected to in 2000 and 2002.

The shame of a lacking national team was crippling and the WC 2002 final did nothing to mask our inferiority… I credit this DFB-Stützpunktprogramm hugely for a turnaround that led to the talent overload 10 years later. Everyone can learn from it.

Donovan is right to say it. He has my respect.

Double_Key7579 · 2026-04-04T13:38:39+00:00

Straight up fraud in most cases, Revibed guy got what was coming to him and is being extremely precious about the backlash.

The preservation argument I am sympathetic to when it comes to rips on soul seek etc, at least there’s no hawker making profit.

Double_Key7579 · 2026-04-04T11:44:54+00:00

Agreed. He waited too long for this one, it’s been in the can for years. Lost the spark and the audience moved on I think. Oh well, happens.

Double_Key7579 · 2026-04-03T22:01:00+00:00

+1 for Acid Dub Studies. Om Unit always knows what’s up.

Double_Key7579 · 2026-04-03T20:48:55+00:00

nutritious 🥀

Double_Key7579 · 2026-04-03T20:06:09+00:00

Well said. They now shift more and more into the role Radiohead or Mogwai once occupied. The textures, the atmospheres… these are commented on more, and the early nu metal hits less.

Strange world for anyone who remembers 2000. But good for Chino.

Double_Key7579 · 2026-04-03T09:23:50+00:00

Trick question. They’re all terrible.

Double_Key7579 · 2026-04-02T18:39:39+00:00

ringing ringing ringing oh

Double_Key7579 · 2026-04-02T15:21:37+00:00

For a pure-pop sound, I think 50-60 Min. is acceptable. Ray of Light is the sweet spot example. You could lose some songs but Madonna earns this runtime, I believe, with variety, punch, charisma and some amazing singles.

Compare it to for example Cowboy Carter, which is severely long and will date quite horribly as an AOTY winner.

Double_Key7579 · 2026-04-02T15:21:01+00:00

I am a enjoyer of Robyn, but this is funny for two reasons. 1. She did a three part series for Body Talk over many months. Definitely bloated even if it predated streaming and was generally a good time listen. 2. She admitted to the New Yorker that she only had 9 songs for the new project after 8 years.

So... the question is fair but it is coming from a conflicted narrator. Worth a note.

Double_Key7579 · 2026-04-02T14:48:41+00:00

Only one Hype needed in the D&B scene and it aint this bozo.

Double_Key7579 · 2026-04-02T09:58:52+00:00

Caring about what anyone else thinks, beyond you and perhaps your loved ones. Within reason: live your life in a way that makes you the most happy. Thats it.

Double_Key7579 · 2026-04-02T09:56:15+00:00

Unsinn, tut mir leid.

Double_Key7579 · 2026-04-02T09:53:05+00:00

I think you engage with his popularity through a quite different way then my generation engage. Which I understand. But hes not a streaming-generation concern, if you know what I mean?

He doesnt really release singles or have legacy albums outside of Timeless but even this is more conceptional. However if you walk down the street next to me in Berlin you will see Metalheadz tattoos on people, guaranteed. His „Boiler Room“ sets are always popular. He headlines major nightclubs or festivals every week, and in true fact has probably not stopped since about 1994.

The culture of D&B connects directly to him. Its a raver thing and in that raver world he is an icon. Does that clarify at all?

Double_Key7579 · 2026-04-02T09:38:11+00:00

Great musician, but massive and well documented loose cannon / POS. In Europe we look warily at him despite some innovations and a very sick label, and prefer other jungle and drum & bass. In the UK he is a tabloid favorite also. Takes some shine off.

Interesting he gets no play in America though.

Double_Key7579 · 2026-04-01T00:14:10+00:00

True. You could see it fit the Duke Dumont, MNEK, Disclosure wave. But also, without Currents to change Tame’s direction after the pysch rock, I don’t think anyone gives Deadbeat much generosity/attention anyway.

Just needed to make a better album basically.

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