152: ‘The Greatest Mic Drop I’ve Ever Seen’ With Guy English
The Talk Show With John Gruber
John Gruber
3.6 • 3.6K Ratings
🗓️ 25 April 2016
⏱️ 164 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Would you have Prince Van? |
| 0:01.6 | I can't say that I was. |
| 0:03.1 | I obviously, as someone who grew up in the 80s, it was impossible to miss him. |
| 0:08.0 | And I watched tons of MTV. |
| 0:09.5 | And so all of the songs from the 80s are totally ingrained in my head |
| 0:13.8 | because I've watched them just all the time, |
| 0:16.8 | because I've watched MTV all the time. |
| 0:19.2 | I liked him a lot. |
| 0:20.0 | I cannot say I was particularly a fan. |
| 0:21.8 | I came around to it later because like you, I was more of a... |
| 0:26.8 | I was putting in a pop category a bit more. |
| 0:29.6 | Which I think it's fair to say. |
| 0:30.8 | I know it's probably like a more rock and roll kind of guy. |
| 0:35.6 | But I mean, after I got out of that phase of like... |
| 0:39.2 | You know, when you, I don't know, when your teenage you tend to delete things |
| 0:42.8 | into good and bad a lot more. |
| 0:45.6 | But yeah, once I got into sort of appreciating |
| 0:48.8 | all the man, he's immensely talented and he said so much cultural impact |
| 0:53.1 | in terms of other music, another just other bands, |
| 0:56.7 | like just the way they behave. |
| 0:57.7 | It's like he's amazing. |
| 0:59.5 | Yeah, I tweeted something last night where it was a tribute. |
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