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Ultimate Mango posted:I like the way the album sounds. It might not be innovative or groundbreaking, but it sounds so much better than most music out out today. Compression and loudness and all that I guess, but I am happy with it. It's got a very luxurious "deluxe" sound that hasn't been in vogue for decades outside adult alternative like Disney and Phil Collins. What I can't fathom is how how much attention to detail was paid to the production compared to how unfinished so many of the songs seem. Give Life Back to Music just repeats itself completely from the halfway point; it's like a song from a video game that's just designed to loop forever without actually having a sensible beginning-middle-end structure. In the last couple of seconds before Lose Yourself to Dance finishes, you can hear the verse begin again, which sounds incredibly cheap - it's not even a definitive fade-out (if that isn't an oxymoron). Get Lucky has that thrilling robot voice break, but doesn't really develop it satisfyingly, ending with a weak synth noodle over yet another fade-out. I know these are supposed to be dance songs, which are of course built from looping and repetition. And yes I do love Homework like everyone else does. But these pop songs repeat themselves more than benefits them, and they do it in a way that doesn't actually follow the example set by (for example) Chic or the other classic disco stuff they're recreating. DP's older pop songs like Harder Better and Digital Love had really exciting structures that introduced ideas and took the listener on a journey. At least Giorgio by Moroder takes you on a journey. Can't deny that one.
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They uploaded this to their Facebook a couple hours ago: Instant Crush video?
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Rageaholic Monkey posted:They uploaded this to their Facebook a couple hours ago: Yep. Preview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeAsBPU77To
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I like how Julian is apparently living his life in some alternate timeline where his 70's rock career happened in 2000 and now that it's the 10's he's trying to have an ill advised 80's robo-synth conversion complete with cheesy video.
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I really dislike RAM. It's a total departure from the originality and electronica influence that I expect from Daft Punk.
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iluvpr0n posted:Yep. Preview: What is the song that bookends the video?
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The song is listed in the description. It is: Shirobon - Born Surviver I seriously think the 2 clips of that Shirobon song are more energized, spirited, and engaging than anything on RAM (including Instant Crush). Even the lyrics throughout the album are soft, trite and contrived. I clearly do not understand the high praise it has received. In other news, RAM made the list of the 23 best albums of 2013 as ranked by the A.V. Club at http://www.avclub.com/article/the-23-best-albums-of-2013-106233 Michael Scott fucked around with this message at 21:01 on Dec 5, 2013 |
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I am totally on board with Instant Crush being the new single, because it's probably tied with Contact as my favorite song off the album. And out of those two Instant Crush definitely gets more 'legitimate' love, while I mostly like Contact as a concept (the 'concept' I am assuming is 'just KEEP GOING until it breaks! MORE POWER!').
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iluvpr0n posted:Yep. Preview: Well at least it's not people dancing around Pharrell.
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Michael Scott posted:I really dislike RAM. It's a total departure from the originality and electronica influence that I expect from Daft Punk. I'm sorry the band didn't just churn out more of the same. It's not a flawless album, but they made no promises that it would be that, and told you very early on that it wasn't an electronica album. It seems like you want Daft Punk 4: Ghosts or something.
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xie posted:I'm sorry the band didn't just churn out more of the same. It's not a flawless album, but they made no promises that it would be that, and told you very early on that it wasn't an electronica album. It seems like you want Daft Punk 4: Ghosts or something. honestly, while I love RAM, part of me is disappointed that it wasn't electronica, because if I consider the music that comes up when you plug Daft Punk into Pandora their contemporaries, Daft Punk is the best at it, and producing a quality, different sound through it. Deadmau5's songs all last about six minutes too long, I can't distinguish between most of the Glitch Mob's music, Justice's stuff is far too constantly hard-edged, and any others don't seem to have more than one or two songs. I suppose the latest incarnations would be the likes of Calvin Harris and Avicii, and I can appreciate their stuff to an extent, but I still wish somebody would decide 'hey, Discovery was great, let's make that again'.
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Cleretic posted:'hey, Discovery was great, let's make that again'. -Daft Punk "Random Access Memories". 2013.
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I'm not saying your opinions are wrong. But they've gone in so many different directions that an album like RAM doesn't feel "wrong" to me. We already HAVE discovery, homework, human after all, and the masterpiece alive 2007, releasing another electronic album might be safe for them and I'm not saying I wouldn't buy another electronic daft punk album, but the market is uber saturated with electronic influences and it's for that reason an album like RAM actually stands out much more.
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Cleretic posted:I still wish somebody would decide 'hey, Discovery was great, let's make that again'. lol. You mean like all of the people making disco house and nu disco sounding stuff? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6E8kDqVeu1o
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The Fresh Prince posted:lol. You mean like all of the people making disco house and nu disco sounding stuff? Not stuff that's reached me, sadly. I'll have to look it up myself sometime. But I'm not sure stuff like Aerodynamic and Harder Better Faster Stronger fit in that category. In other, more interesting news, the Instant Crush video just came out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5uQMwRMHcs I actually really like it. Works very well.
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Cleretic posted:In other, more interesting news, the Instant Crush video just came out. Yep, that's a Daft Punk video alright 
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Cleretic posted:Not stuff that's reached me, sadly. I'll have to look it up myself sometime. But I'm not sure stuff like Aerodynamic and Harder Better Faster Stronger fit in that category. Start with French House and you'll find plenty. But no, it probably won't "reach" you because it isn't in the main lexicon of dance music. Look to 1998 era Chicago house, early 2000's filter revival, and late 2000's resurgence to hear things that influenced early Daft Punk, and subsequently were influenced by Daft Punk.
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What year does Julian Casablancas think this is with moves like that? I mean, I know I've been critical of the album, but that video is a level of cheese that goes beyond "Enjoyably cheesy". It's just kind of cringe-worthy watching this guy do bad white guy dance poses while he sings in a girl robot voice and tries to give sultry looks to the camera. [ed] This is like a Corey Feldman music video.
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Feenix posted:What year does Julian Casablancas think this is with moves like that? Isn't that the point? The video is supposed to be retro styled.
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Shadowgate posted:Isn't that the point? The video is supposed to be retro styled. I guess? My point was it maybe stepped over the line of that goal. A little too far.
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Feenix posted:I guess? My point was it maybe stepped over the line of that goal. A little too far. That's funny because if you look back, that is basically what a lot of people complained about with the album in general. I personally liked the video.
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gently caress retro style that video actually makes me enjoy the song a little bit less, and Instant Crush is in my top 3 favorite songs on the album.
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I thought that surely these guys are just party poopers who don't like retro stuff, but no, that guy has NO energy, he looks kind of sedated.
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I'm amazed this hasn't been posted yet. BBC up a Daft Punk minimix by Introducing, who apparently specialise in performing live covers of sample-based music like Daft Punk and DJ Shadow. It's actually loving astonishing: https://soundcloud.com/bbcradio1/daft-punk-minimix-recreated-at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-MzL-zNOII I'm posting this not because I care about any of you fuckers' happiness but because apparently earlier in the year they performed Discovery in its entirety for BBC Radio 1. I can't find any recording of it anywhere online. Does anyone know if there's some way to hear that? It's what I've wanted since I was 13. edit: here it is! http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01m42xs Popcorn fucked around with this message at 00:27 on Dec 7, 2013 |
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Oh, man. I was really excited to check those out, but I'm just finding them so flat. The sparkle in Daft Punk's production levels really makes all the difference.
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am i the only one that liked the instant crush video? it's a mid-tempo song, I wasn't expecting flashy dancing so Julians parts werent exactly off to me, and I liked the story.
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Popcorn posted:edit: here it is! http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01m42xs Thanks for this, always love good Discovery covers.
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7seven7 posted:Oh, man. I was really excited to check those out, but I'm just finding them so flat. The sparkle in Daft Punk's production levels really makes all the difference. I've listened to the whole thing now (at least of Discovery). They sound really, really good when they're able to perform tracks more as a band and less of a human computer, which makes sense. For example, Face to Face sounds surprisingly fantastic, and so does Too Long, because they really sound like a band, and it's a really satisfying, thick sound. If Discovery had sounded like this band in the first place, it would have been hailed as astonishingly, strikingly original, though probably not as good. It's also interesting how much it doesn't sound like Random Access Memories. Inevitably some of the robot voices are a bit underwhelming. Harder Better sounds otherwise neatly tight and sparse, like Remain in Light-era Talking Heads, but the vocal sounds like a granddad gargling pickling vinegar. There's also a very conspicuously northern English accent in Something About Us. Ey up chuck there's something about us I've got to say. Guy absolutely nails the Digital Love solo. (Shame the mix isn't right.) Popcorn fucked around with this message at 01:26 on Dec 7, 2013 |
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somnambulist posted:am i the only one that liked the instant crush video? it's a mid-tempo song, I wasn't expecting flashy dancing so Julians parts werent exactly off to me, and I liked the story. Yeah I dug the story too. I thought it was a pretty good music video. Casablancas was being his usual weird self but that doesn't really surprise me so I guess that is why it didn't bother me.
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somnambulist posted:am i the only one that liked the instant crush video? it's a mid-tempo song, I wasn't expecting flashy dancing so Julians parts werent exactly off to me, and I liked the story. I liked it. It was nice and simple and nailed the look and feel of the song. It's certainly more watchable than the Human After All videos for me.
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Popcorn posted:edit: here it is! http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01m42xs I really like this. Yeah the vocals are a bit...let's say not as good as the original, but it's certainly good. I've listened to Discovery maybe at least a hundred times in the last year as my 3 year old has been obsessed with it since Interstella 5555, so it's kind of refreshing to get a different take on the music. It's also kind of neat how the live performance puts the music into a more accessible context if you are familiar with playing instruments...kind of like a translation or a more familiar accent. They do a good job with this. I was expecting not to like it. The keyboard players throws in a little Funkadelic around 37:54 in Short Circuit.
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Daft Punk nominated for Record, Album of the year at the Grammys.
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I think the Instant Crush video is pretty great, really thought it fit the song and had that fuzzy warm retro look.
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an skeleton posted:I think the Instant Crush video was pretty great Julian Casablancas dances like me, so I literally cannot hate it. I knew Daft Punk were going to turn up somehow, so when their cameo did happen my reflexive response collided with the actual perception of things. "Yeah--oh, wait..."
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Cleretic posted:Julian Casablancas dances like me, so I literally cannot hate it. I didn't even notice them in the video. Could I have been that bored?
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CaptainYesterday posted:Daft Punk nominated for Record, Album of the year at the Grammys. I'm totally down with Record of the Year; Get Lucky is one of the best pop tracks in a long time. On the other hand, album... oof. I like RAM. I really do. I think it's just fine in the pantheon of the rest of their albums, I don't think it's significantly worse and was certainly one of the most interesting albums this year. But not one of the best. I wonder if it's a pander to the "alt"/college crowd by the Grammys, because it's hard to imagine it really being ranked highly in any polls. I don't think we'll see it in many year-end best-ofs.
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Ultimate Mango posted:I didn't even notice them in the video. Could I have been that bored? It's pretty quick, easy to miss if you're not watching. There's a shot of their helmets, covered in dust on a shelf, in the storeroom just before the fire. It's right after the guitar solo.
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somnambulist posted:am i the only one that liked the instant crush video? it's a mid-tempo song, I wasn't expecting flashy dancing so Julians parts werent exactly off to me, and I liked the story. Yeah the video is alright. The video and song all depend how much you like Julian and well not everyone is into his style or whatever.
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This was one of the most successful albums of the year critically and commercially. Get Lucky especially was popular with a more diverse group of people than anything I've seen in years. Do you seriously think they just put it in to appeal to the college crowd? What the gently caress? This thread is so weird!
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