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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBXv37PFcAQ Soul train footage + Lose yourself to dance = amazing. Any questions?
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somnambulist posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBXv37PFcAQ This is amazing  A low bitrate MP3 and some VCR tracking over the video would have made it seem much more era-appropriate, though.Those synced handclaps are a work of art.
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May 24, 2013 23:38
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Unrelated, but my absolute favorite part of that track (not counting the couple times Pharrell spouts of "guitar!" for no apparent reason) is when the vocoder gets all crazy like at the 2:58 (in that video) mark. Just something about it makes me smile every single time.
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Wario In Real Life posted:Unrelated, but my absolute favorite part of that track (not counting the couple times Pharrell spouts of "guitar!" for no apparent reason) is when the vocoder gets all crazy like at the 2:58 (in that video) mark. Just something about it makes me smile every single time. Me too  Like I posted earlier in the thread, it makes me think of I Believe In A Thing Called Love by The Darkness, in which the vocalist does the same exact thing.
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That soul train footage was fantastic. I'd love to see more, from Midnight Special or other music shows back then.
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May 25, 2013 00:22
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Has this been posted yet? Cause its awesome https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbCTG0-PkRA
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I'm late to the party, but I finally listened to this after avoiding any and all reviews of it. Color me unimpressed. I was prepared for a lot of retro disco sounds, but the entire album is just Something About Us(one of my least favorite tracks off Discovery) stretched out over an entire album. There's no life in most of it. If I can't dance to it, and I can't appreciate whatever they were trying to accomplish, what's the point? I don't care how much they experimented, how many genres they covered, how it fits in the Daft Punk "storyline", or how technically flawless the album is if it doesn't work. Best tracks were both Pharrell tracks, Doin' It Right, Giordio(takes longer than it needs to become incredible, but it does get there), and Contact. Everything else wallowed too much in the Something About Us sound for me; I actually started skipping tracks because it was getting so boring and repetitive. I know I tend not to appreciate slow, non-energetic music unless it's done really well, and I'm too young(23) to appreciate the disco throwbacks beyond "that sure is some disco alright", but I was still astonished at how little RAM did for me. I kept trying to resist the urge to describe this as "Daft Punk masturbating about disco", because that's how most of this felt to me. I don't mind the cheese, but I was hoping for "One More Time"-style cheese, not "Something About Us" cheese. 
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May 25, 2013 03:15
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Contact is a really good song.
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May 25, 2013 03:32
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Haifisch posted:I'm late to the party, but I finally listened to this after avoiding any and all reviews of it. Color me unimpressed. I was prepared for a lot of retro disco sounds, but the entire album is just Something About Us(one of my least favorite tracks off Discovery) stretched out over an entire album. There's no life in most of it. If I can't dance to it, and I can't appreciate whatever they were trying to accomplish, what's the point? I don't care how much they experimented, how many genres they covered, how it fits in the Daft Punk "storyline", or how technically flawless the album is if it doesn't work. Give it a couple days and a couple more listens and you may feel differently
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May 25, 2013 05:39
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Count me as another who thinks the album doesn't really flow properly, and that some tracks just kill its momentum. I love Lose Yourself to Dance, Get Lucky, Giorgio, and Doin it Right, but even after 4 run-throughs Touch and Within are really terrible IMO, despite having great intros. I'm also not really sure how I feel about Contact. I like the song, but it feels like there should be something more. I like this album, but I have a feeling that I'll end up liking the remixes more.
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Loving Life Partner posted:Has this been posted yet? Cause its awesome I actually posted this a few pages back, prob got lost in all the chatter though.
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May 25, 2013 05:59
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Manoueverable posted:feels like there should be something more. The tagline for the album!
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Manoueverable posted:I'm also not really sure how I feel about Contact. I like the song, but it feels like there should be something more. That "something more" is the Olympics. It should be the theme to the Olympics. Starting with the next one, until the end of time.
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May 25, 2013 06:10
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Is it reading too much into Contact to see it as Daft Punk loving with dubstep fans by including a 3 minute buildup that never has a "drop"?
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May 25, 2013 06:40
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crankdatbatman posted:Contact is a really good song. Yes it is. That sample of the synths is killer.
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Photex posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yjw595chVgQ Well this is just freaking perfect. I wonder how well this teases possible Alive-esque remixes of the actual tracks. Edit: Also chalk me up as someone who is really starting to warm up to the album after multiple listens. I've had Instant Crush stuck in my head for a few days now and it was far from one of my favorites on my first couple of listens. The Todd Edwards remix really opened that track up for me. I'm liking Lose Yourself even more the more I hear it. Still not a fan of Fragments though. It really is like the only track besides maybe Game of Love and Within that I struggle with. I feel like this little video has kind of shown me that the melodies within these songs could probably be put to use in something I'd like more though. ToastyPotato fucked around with this message at 07:33 on May 25, 2013 |
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Haifisch posted:I'm late to the party, but I finally listened to this after avoiding any and all reviews of it. Color me unimpressed. I was prepared for a lot of retro disco sounds, but the entire album is just Something About Us(one of my least favorite tracks off Discovery) stretched out over an entire album. There's no life in most of it. If I can't dance to it, and I can't appreciate whatever they were trying to accomplish, what's the point? I don't care how much they experimented, how many genres they covered, how it fits in the Daft Punk "storyline", or how technically flawless the album is if it doesn't work. I completely agree with all of this, but I actually hate the Pharrell tracks. I'm not usually bothered by him, but "Get Lucky" is just one of the worst songs I've ever heard on Daft Punk. I cannot stand any part of that track. Particularly the chorus. Holy gently caress. I know a lot of people bash Something About Us, but its remixes are quite spectacular. Check out the one by Balance and the Traveling Sounds if you haven't; it turns SAU from a pretty mediocre dance track to a beautiful R&B song.
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Photex posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yjw595chVgQ Oh my god, I want to play whatever game this is the soundtrack to 
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somnambulist posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBXv37PFcAQ Haha, this is loving awesome. That's totally how I felt strutting around Wee Waa.
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Azure_Horizon posted:I completely agree with all of this, but I actually hate the Pharrell tracks. I'm not usually bothered by him, but "Get Lucky" is just one of the worst songs I've ever heard on Daft Punk. I cannot stand any part of that track. Particularly the chorus. Holy gently caress. This. Get Lucky is about the worst Daft Punk I've heard. It kind of killed me on the album hype to be perfectly honest. People really don't like Something About Us? That was one of my favorites off Discovery actually.
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The moving placement of the kick and the bass in the bar in Something About Us is a delight. A delight.
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This album wasn't what I was expecting from Daft Punk, but I am glad it is from them because I'd never have listened to such music otherwise, and I really enjoy it. It's a very interesting (as in, it offers a lot of different things for the ears) album when considered as a whole journey tracks 01-13. Thanks robo-dudes! 
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Here you go! For all those fans of tge 8-BIT R.A.M. Medley. (I like this way more than I like the actual album!) Get Lucky - http://audiko.net/ringtone/8+Bit+Daft+Punk/Get+Lucky+8-Bit?ring=26727425 Giorgio - http://audiko.net/ringtone/8+Bit+Daft+Punk/Giorgio+8-Bit?ring=26727770 (<--- this one is a stellar ring tone!) Game of Love - http://audiko.net/ringtone/8+Bit+Daft+Punk/Game+of+Love+8-Bit?ring=26727786
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Feenix posted:Giorgio - http://audiko.net/ringtone/8+Bit+Daft+Punk/Giorgio+8-Bit?ring=26727770 (<--- this one is a stellar ring tone!) Oh gently caress, you're totally right. I usually have my phone on vibrate, but I may just have to keep it loud now. This is the best ringtone
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Yeah now I cant get out of my head some old Zelda-like game starring Thomas and Guy-Man in their robo-egos. Earned upgrades, powers, all related to music and sound, with cool chiptunes as the soundtrack. SOMEBODY KICKSTART THIS poo poo.
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Feenix posted:Here you go! For all those fans of tge 8-BIT R.A.M. Medley. I've need a new ringtone for a while, thank you.
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somnambulist posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBXv37PFcAQ Man, I didn't think much of Lose Yourself to Dance my first couple of listen-throughs but now it's become my jam and go-to song to listen to. This video reaffirms my choice.
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Feenix posted:Yeah now I cant get out of my head some old Zelda-like game starring Thomas and Guy-Man in their robo-egos. Earned upgrades, powers, all related to music and sound, with cool chiptunes as the soundtrack. YES YES YES YES!!!! holy poo poo that would be awesome.
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Ronald Nixon posted:This album wasn't what I was expecting from Daft Punk, but I am glad it is from them because I'd never have listened to such music otherwise, and I really enjoy it. It's a very interesting (as in, it offers a lot of different things for the ears) album when considered as a whole journey tracks 01-13. When I think about it, I feel like Daft Punk has a specific 'job' in the music industry: to introduce people to music they never would have listened to otherwise, by presenting the mainstream with a type of music that's completely unlike their usual. I sure as hell know that I wouldn't be nearly as into house/EDM, or at least wouldn't have gotten into it as early as I did, if it weren't for Cartoon Network playing the music video for One More Time for reasons that still escape me. Now though, things have flipped around a bit. Electronic music the likes of which Daft Punk have produced their whole career is mainstream, with YouTube spreading it far and wide, and goddamn Skrillex playing on a 'hits of the past and present' station right after Guns and Roses (now that was a weird day). So now, faced with an environment that's nearly the complete polar opposite of what they started in, Daft Punk... take up the same role, just in the opposite direction. Forcing us all to listen to music made with real equipment and instruments, and real people behind it. Or maybe I'm making poo poo up, I can never tell the difference.
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Cleretic posted:When I think about it, I feel like Daft Punk has a specific 'job' in the music industry: to introduce people to music they never would have listened to otherwise, by presenting the mainstream with a type of music that's completely unlike their usual. I sure as hell know that I wouldn't be nearly as into house/EDM, or at least wouldn't have gotten into it as early as I did, if it weren't for Cartoon Network playing the music video for One More Time for reasons that still escape me. While I agree with those points I feel like ram fits more as the robots thinking "if we could only sample one album for the rest of time, what would it sound like."
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I love the album, but the whole "Daft Punk is getting people to listen to real instruments again" thing is just silly as all hell. Guitars and drums never went anywhere.
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sethsez posted:I love the album, but the whole "Daft Punk is getting people to listen to real instruments again" thing is just silly as all hell. Guitars and drums never went anywhere. I agree. There is more music out there than just house and/or top 40 songs which I think is more where that comparison point should be aimed at. If you say that Daft Punk are the only real physical instrument manipulators of today within the context of all the music being produced you are insane. Anyways after attempting to come around to this album a fair amount in the last week ill admit it has grown on me a bit but I still think touch is a little stupid and fragments of time is honestly just a horrible horrible song.
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May 26, 2013 07:18
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Fragments Of Time is one of the best songs on the album  The chorus is insanely catchy.
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Basically in Discovery the two robots were just having a good time, then in Human After All, 9/11 happened and they had to work minimum wage in a CIA murderfactory and now, in RAM, they are free and the robots want to go to space.
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or, Homework is when you're a kid and are forced into a structure - school, chores, church etc. Discovery is being a teenager - young adult and experiencing love, freedom and good feelings. Human After All is being a 'grown person' and an adult, toeing the line in life and dealing with repetition & duty. RAM is looking back at all the good parts of life.
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Modest Mike posted:I agree. There is more music out there than just house and/or top 40 songs which I think is more where that comparison point should be aimed at. If you say that Daft Punk are the only real physical instrument manipulators of today within the context of all the music being produced you are insane. Oh, I fully agree, I think I just explained it a bit poorly. In my mind Daft Punk's job used to be 'hey you majority of people listening to pop and rock, there's this awesome genre called house, here's what it sounds like, I hope you like it'. RAM has a different direction and a different audience, but their role remains the same: 'hey you people listening to club music and dubstep, here are these great sounds made with real instuments that your favorite music has its roots in, I hope you like it'.
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Modest Mike posted:fragments of time is honestly just a horrible horrible song. this is so wrong. Fragments of Time is just very very happy to the point of being corny and kind of out of left field but is a wonderful song. When I first heard the album, though, I was like "what the gently caress?" Here's a video of the wee waa launch, it's not the highest quality, and the camerawork is pretty bad, but for someone who couldn't be there it's kind of the closest thing, and the energy of the crowd is pretty sweet, particularly around contact at the 6:30ish mark: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OpSjubVxBs an skeleton fucked around with this message at 10:31 on May 26, 2013 |
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