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James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem on Dealing with Failure
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James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem on Dealing with Failure
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This video has been one of the most important catalysts for change in my life.
loved hearing the story of “Losing My Edge”, one of my favorite LCD Soundsystem tracks!
There’s also a documentary called meet me in the bathroom.following LCD, Yeahx3, and the truths. And James talks about a bunch of his life as well. His last couple bands coming up to LCD.
I have to share this everytime I see LCD soundsystem mentioned: [the best song mashup of history](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huEtJw7pfLk)!
As someone who is 31, sounds like I have one more year to go before I consider myself a complete failure.
I hate these things. There’s always a part in the story where the person makes a huge massive stride in their life, but they never elaborate what the catalyst was to that specific moment, how they were able to do it, what the conditions were to just fucking level up and go to the next chapter in life. “Well, I was listless and sucking for a while and had a bad outlook on life, but then record companies and I built recording studio. Then sold 5000 copies of my vinyl and the rest was history.” For fuck’s sake…….
The more I read about James Murphy, especially after reading meeting me in the bathroom and the way the rapture was treated by him, I can’t say that I really like James. I’m conflicted since I love his music and LCD sound system, but the more I hear him talk in interviews or read about him it just sounds to me he’s an incredibly difficult and frustrating person to be around.
LCD Soundsystem is one of my favorite bands. I love how every one of their tracks [evolves from simple beats](https://youtu.be/lqq3BtGrpU8?si=mS7aID5PWWrpHx1u) and sounds, into a [complex layered orgy of sound](https://youtu.be/aygY5OqMuKE?si=CRxAfiDUNAh8ifcL) and then [devolves back into the simple beats](https://youtu.be/53yEyj0mjfo?si=TDWkvhQYQtF9Ev0s).
Their live shows are something to behold.
I’ve definitely had this attitude. “If I write a book and it sucks then my dream of being a writer is gone.” The irony is, if I never write them I’ll never be a writer either.
Thankfully I’ve found something to help me stick with it and I’m well on my way.
I feel like this resonates with many people (myself included), until it gets to the part where he just kinda creates a record label and a band? Like…how do you do that part sir, it’s like going from 0-100
I feel like I went around this loop in the opposite direction. Was told I was smart and creative, then I learned to apply myself to make the most of those attributes. By my early 30’s I was a household name in my professional circle and decided it just wasn’t for me, because it wasn’t 10% of people I met that were cool, it was more like 1 in every 500 people. I stopped contributing to other projects that needed help, just focused on my own. Pretty much stopped talking to people during the pandemic to see who would keep up the momentum if it wasn’t me and there was basically no one left after that. The noise in my life has receded tremendously, and I feel like I frittered away years of my life on other people who didn’t deserve it when I could have been pursuing passions on my own that made me happy. Moral of the story is, success is all based on your values. I pursued a lot of shit other people valued and it didn’t make me happy. When I stopped doing that I showed up on other people’s radar as a loser and yet I have never been more successful at living life on my terms.
any way we can get a copy of this video recorded by someone pointing their phone at this post on reddit and reuploading it? then i can record that upload with my phone and upload it again.
Too much of a failure to open YouTube, I’m too far gone
Wow his explanation of it being fear of failure rather than laziness hits real close to home
Am old. I grew up in the 80s punk scene back when ’emo’ was very different. There’s a band called Dag Nasty that I always liked. They have a song called Values Here about fear and failure.
https://youtu.be/jQ85qWqri9A?si=1RmkUN0RDGe68soE
Young me loved this song because it made me feel fearless. Old me is just sort of reminded that I cowardly gave up because I just don’t like the criticism or negativity that comes with putting yourself out there. That’s way more pathetic personally and something I need to change. Mostly that, and I lost the supports that made me feel like I could aspire. I’m not lazy, I just got scared to try.
Very inspiring ! His music is not my taste but I enjoyed his story.
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It’s insane how many people out there are probably using Infinite Jest as the benchmark for their own success. I thought it was just me, but so many dudes I’ve talked to equate 33 with IJ
I’m upset he didn’t monologue it over a beat and call it a song.
As someone who’s 54, with a PhD and tons of work experience, I’m just now finding my groove. For some of us it just takes a lot of mistakes, wrong turns, and bad luck to finally find your place. I would say the most important thing is to just never ever give up! Keep fighting and trying until the end.
This has been bookmarked in my browser for almost a decade.
Whoaaaa.
26 is absolutely the age I became an adult too.
Legally, job wise, all that I was an adult before. But I wasn’t me until 26.
This video is over 10 years old. I’d love a follow up.