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I think Williams' vocal performance on Touch is fantastic mostly because it's so operatic and schmaltzy. I think if there's any song from this album that's gonna be seen as a masterpiece a decade or so from now it's that one.
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Somewhere out there is a parallel universe where they used Colm Wilkinson for Touch
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May 31, 2013 04:46
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Loving Life Partner posted:Somewhere out there is a parallel universe where they used Colm Wilkinson for Touch Somewhere out there is a parallel universe of robots with 2 robots dressed as humans making human music about longing to be more binary. 
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May 31, 2013 04:58
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Cleretic posted:Walt Ribiero's done more Daft Punk covers than he has of any other artist, and they're all pretty great. Personally my favorite is Harder Better Faster Stronger, it absolutely nails the feel of the song.
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May 31, 2013 05:21
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Feenix posted:Somewhere out there is a parallel universe of robots with 2 robots dressed as humans making human music about longing to be more binary. Kraftwerk?
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May 31, 2013 05:22
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May 31, 2013 05:26
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-Inu- posted:This really reminds me of some of the music from Banjo-Kazooie, oddly enough. Now that you mention it, I can hear that. It uses a lot of the same elements that were used in Rare's more industrial level themes (Rusty Bucket Bay, Grunty Industries, Frantic Factory from DK64).
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May 31, 2013 05:26
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thathonkey posted:Kraftwerk? Hahahaha, nice one 
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May 31, 2013 06:28
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Bown posted:I think Williams' vocal performance on Touch is fantastic mostly because it's so operatic and schmaltzy. I think if there's any song from this album that's gonna be seen as a masterpiece a decade or so from now it's that one. I seriously believe it. I don't know, for me it's the ending of Touch that gets me. When he sings "you almost convinced me I'm real", it really just hits home. For me, "Beyond" has become the song I skip the most. But then "Contact" has grown on me in a huge way since the album dropped, so maybe I'll come around to it.
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PLANES CURE TOWERS posted:I don't know, for me it's the ending of Touch that gets me. When he sings "you almost convinced me I'm real", it really just hits home. He really fuckin' belts that part out, man! PLANES CURE TOWERS posted:For me, "Beyond" has become the song I skip the most. Same here. Beyond and Motherboard are the two songs I've listened to the least from this album. Now, that's not to say that I don't like those songs, because I like them quite a bit, but I guess I just like all the other songs even more. If I'm going to listen to a song or multiple songs from RAM at random, it's going to be any of the other tracks on the album, not those 2. I pretty much only listen to those when I'm listening to the album straight through. Though when I'm listening straight through, I'm not going to skip those.
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Rageaholic Monkey posted:Yeah, rectify this. Immediately. I own both TRON-movies, but haven't seen any of them. Though I have both the OST and the remix of it, and I love the hell out of both of them. The remix album was the first album I put on my SGSII when I bought it and is probably the one that has been played the most. It's so good, not as good as Discovery or RAM, but drat!
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May 31, 2013 09:43
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I think now I need to step in and say that Beyond is easily the most kickass song on the album and how dare anyone slander it. The song is a good enough reason to use the word "epic" again.
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an skeleton posted:I think now I need to step in and say that Beyond is easily the most kickass song on the album and how dare anyone slander it. The song is a good enough reason to use the word "epic" again. I think there are 3 songs on this album that could qualify as "epic", and Beyond isn't one of them: Giorgio, Touch and Contact
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Rageaholic Monkey posted:I think there are 3 songs on this album that could qualify as "epic", and Beyond isn't one of them: Beyond is more traditionally structured than those songs and therefore automatically seems less epic by comparison. Anyway, it is a great song. This is the first amazing "remix" I have heard, and it is certainly not what you would think. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bf8Tda6rmi4 an skeleton fucked around with this message at 11:11 on May 31, 2013 |
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May 31, 2013 10:54
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Ript, one of them only-available-for-24-hours-then-retired-forever t-shirt sites, has a pretty loving sweet Daft Punk yin-yang shirt today. Thought maybe some of you'd be interested. https://www.riptapparel.com/
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May 31, 2013 11:50
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Cleretic posted:Personally my favorite is Harder Better Faster Stronger, it absolutely nails the feel of the song. This is such a loving mess I don't know where to start
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May 31, 2013 16:45
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Captain Invictus posted:Ript, one of them only-available-for-24-hours-then-retired-forever t-shirt sites, has a pretty loving sweet Daft Punk yin-yang shirt today. Thought maybe some of you'd be interested. https://www.riptapparel.com/ I am, but I've ordered 3 Daft Punk shirts in the past couple weeks and I don't know if I can justify another one 
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May 31, 2013 17:33
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m-o-o-n posted:This is such a loving mess I don't know where to start I think I'd rather listen to "Aerodynamic" played on floppy drives.
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Captain Invictus posted:Ript, one of them only-available-for-24-hours-then-retired-forever t-shirt sites, has a pretty loving sweet Daft Punk yin-yang shirt today. Thought maybe some of you'd be interested. https://www.riptapparel.com/ drat you! Now I've spent my food money on another t-shirt. 
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Captain Invictus posted:Ript, one of them only-available-for-24-hours-then-retired-forever t-shirt sites, has a pretty loving sweet Daft Punk yin-yang shirt today. Thought maybe some of you'd be interested. https://www.riptapparel.com/ That reminds me, Neatorama has that Peanuts/Charlie Brown-style Daft Punk shirt available now: http://www.neatoshop.com/product/Daft-Nuts
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mutata posted:That reminds me, Neatorama has that Peanuts/Charlie Brown-style Daft Punk shirt available now: One of the 3 I bought within the last few weeks  Got it from TeeFury. I've gotten a bunch of compliments on it while wearing it out.
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mutata posted:That reminds me, Neatorama has that Peanuts/Charlie Brown-style Daft Punk shirt available now: There is no time limit on these?
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ToastyPotato posted:There is no time limit on these? Correct. They also have the super Mario brothers parody one "Super Daft Bros".
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May 31, 2013 22:39
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Rageaholic Monkey posted:I am, but I've ordered 3 Daft Punk shirts in the past couple weeks and I don't know if I can justify another one I'd do it, if not just to have it for later since they're only available now and honestly it's pretty drat nice. Also only 12 or so bucks shipped.
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May 31, 2013 22:52
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It was a toss up but I decided to go with the Daft Nuts shirt. That is a great great design.
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Datasmurf posted:drat you! Now I've spent my food money on another t-shirt. Same. Also I saw Daft Punk "El Miseterioso Dueto Robotico" was mentioned on the cover of some mexican magazine I saw in the taco shop I was eating at for lunch. Wish I was able to understand the article about them though, they did mention Todd Edwards and Pharrell.
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Bisse posted:Also, which Giorgio song is the one with the 'click' that he talks about. I'm curious about this as well, but then again maybe I should just go listen to all his stuff and find out for myself.
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MykonosFan posted:I'm curious about this as well, but then again maybe I should just go listen to all his stuff and find out for myself. I don't think it was used audibly (like it is in the Giorgio by Moroder). I think he just created a click track and the Moog was synced to it. Sort of a normal thing. I could be wrong though. Probably listening to all his stuff is a worthwhile venture anyway, so have at it!
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Bisse posted:Also, which Giorgio song is the one with the 'click' that he talks about. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2q2bis6eLE
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I can't help but think that this album would have been better if they exchanged some of the male guest artists for women. It's just something about female vocals that suits this type of music better than falsetto-singing men.
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That's a really good point. The whole album is weirdly male-dominated now that I think about it, considering the number of collaborators. Some female voices would have been great.
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NPR's review had the same critique.
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Ilustforponydeath posted:I can't help but think that this album would have been better if they exchanged some of the male guest artists for women. I'm thinking about it now and holy poo poo are you right. 
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Not that I disagree (I love female disco songs) but I think it's kind of the point. The concept is daft punk going through all these robot emotions and it's 2 dudes. vOv
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Ilustforponydeath posted:I can't help but think that this album would have been better if they exchanged some of the male guest artists for women. It varies; I think a lot of great male singers can fit this music well, but they're just harder to find.
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Here's another interesting tidbit on RAM's sales: about 19,000 of the over 300,000 copies sold in the US on opening week were on vinyl. Besides being by far the most vinyl copies sold of any album this year, it's likely the biggest vinyl week for a single album in almost 20 years. I have to say I'm enjoying my vinyl copy nicely so far.
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I didn't think so many people would dislike Touch. It's so 1970s-style cheesy that I get a smile on my face whenever it plays. I guess it doesn't hurt that I absolutely loved the Phantom of the Paradise as a kid.
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I have to say, I do like NME's review of RAM. It's a pleasant read and I agree wholeheartedly with it.
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Well, after a couple of weeks and a few more listens, the album... hasn't grown on me. It's still dramatically overlong, the production is still way too hygienic, and the songs are still, for all their production detail, underwritten. The only one I've come to particularly like is Instant Crush. Like other people have said, the line "take me, I don't wanna sing any more" is really affecting, and beautifully delivered. It's a rare moment of emotional resonance. But I hate the chorus, because the chord change jars every time. Datasmurf posted:I have to say, I do like NME's review of RAM. It's a pleasant read and I agree wholeheartedly with it. NME posted:Go out and rejoice: there’s something new under the sun. Ew, gross.
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I wrote film reviews in high school and I never wrote a line that bad.
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