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abraham linksys posted:I don't think we'll see it in many year-end best-ofs. It seems to be showing up a bit: http://www.metacritic.com/feature/critics-pick-top-ten-albums-of-2013 \/ Because it's really, really good aBagorn fucked around with this message at 17:58 on Dec 7, 2013 |
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How the gently caress in Yeezus at the top of that list?
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Dec 7, 2013 17:33
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Yeezus isn't that good. It's not bad either. When it comes to Kanye I just want an album that's wall to wall Monster and nothing else I guess.
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Dec 7, 2013 19:13
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RetroHelix posted:How the gently caress in Yeezus at the top of that list? because Yeezus is loving awesome?
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Dec 7, 2013 21:13
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Please tell me what you think is so loving awesome about Yeezus.
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Dec 7, 2013 21:55
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Daft Punk helped make Yeezus, so it deserves some accolades.
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Dec 7, 2013 22:07
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Michael Scott posted:Please tell me what you think is so loving awesome about Yeezus. I like the beat on send it up.
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Dec 7, 2013 22:20
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Michael Scott posted:Please tell me what you think is so loving awesome about Yeezus. Bound2 Also this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BWTNYFCNVs
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Dec 7, 2013 22:22
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I finally watched Instant Crush... and I liked it. Maybe I'm just being a Daft Punk apologist, but I think it was going for lovely/cheesy 80's music video, and it got it perfectly. I thought the last shot with the two mannequins melted together was weird, but otherwise it worked. Definitely not the best music video ever, and not even the best DP have done, but it's not awful.
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Wow people in the Daft Punk thread talking poo poo about Yeezus. Never thought I'd see the day. For content, the video for Instant Crush isn't so bad after all, though it doesn't really match up with what the song's lyrics say...which, well honestly it's kind of hard to make heads or tails out of them. The ending is really stupid though. SgtScruffy posted:I finally watched Instant Crush... and I liked it. Maybe I'm just being a Daft Punk apologist, but I think it was going for lovely/cheesy 80's music video, and it got it perfectly. I thought the last shot with the two mannequins melted together was weird, but otherwise it worked. Definitely not the best music video ever, and not even the best DP have done, but it's not awful. See, this is something I take issue with. While I didn't really see too much of a "lovely/cheesy 80's video" in it, more just a straightforward video that doesn't have a lot of the bullshit visual arts that a lot of indie rock videos have, apparently a lot of people do see it. Regardless of my inability to detect retro factors in videos, I don't think Instant Crush is a "lovely/cheesy 80's SONG". It's one of the more modern sounding songs on the album. Unless Daft Punk just has this unregulated hard-on for retro poo poo right now, I don't think that feel goes well with this song. Save that for the Fragments of Time video that won't ever be made. facebook jihad fucked around with this message at 22:34 on Dec 7, 2013 |
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Michael Scott posted:Please tell me what you think is so loving awesome about Yeezus. As corny and cliche as this might sound, it really is an avant-garde/experimental rap album, and from someone who has a lot to lose from being avant-garde/experimentalist. The rap songs on this album really don't sound like much you could find anywhere else. He took a Daft-Punk designed acid house beat, turned it into an aggressive rap song. Basically all of the Daft Punk-produced/co-produced songs are great, actually. He took dancehall/reggae artists and had them sing aggressively on tracks. He has a sex-anthem that is so dirty and raunchy but also catchy and different. There's some Chicago drill influence on the album, some great one liners, and the whole thing sounds like it was meant to be played loud and in a stadium. At the same time it is short and sweet, you don't feel like you have to invest a lot of time to enjoy the whole thing front to back. Basically it is a melting pot of Yeezy experimentation. If you wanted any kind of traditional rap, if you wanted something that sounds like old Kanye West, if you wanted anything that existed beforehand then you probably did not like this album. Fair enough, it isn't supposed to appeal to you, in my opinion. The exception for me is Bound 2, I really don't care much for the song. I don't think it is bad and it doesn't take away for me, it just isn't my style and I hate that it is getting so much attention because I think most of the other songs are better and more interesting. I would love to hear a whole record of just Daft Punk/Yeezy
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an skeleton posted:I would love to hear a whole record of just Daft Punk/Yeezy Your whole post is on point, but this can't be quoted enough.
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Dec 7, 2013 22:59
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an skeleton posted:Why Yeezus is a legit good album It's ironic that people are talking poo poo about a major act doing something experimental/avant-garde in a thread about another major act who's newest album did pretty much the exact opposite.
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Dec 7, 2013 23:03
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Daft Punk really like melting faces.
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Dec 7, 2013 23:05
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Bound 2 is blowing up because it's the only song on the album remotely like his old music (that is to say, it's fun). There's a reason the album sold worse then any of his others. Anyway I was hoping for a Doing it Right video, but Instant Crush is cool too.
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Anaranjado posted:There's a reason the album sold worse then any of his others. Because the music-buying public doesn't like to hear new, interesting, (relatively) experimental new sounds? Same reason ARTPOP sold worse than Gaga's other albums and RAM sold better than Daft Punk's previous ones. abraham linksys fucked around with this message at 23:54 on Dec 7, 2013 |
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Anaranjado posted:Anyway I was hoping for a Doing it Right video, but Instant Crush is cool too. If they're doing four singles for the album, there's still a chance. Doing it Right seems like one of the most likely if they do, since not many of the songs left are very good as singles; there's basically just Doing it Right, Fragments of Time and maybe Beyond.
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abraham linksys posted:Because the music-buying public doesn't like to hear new, interesting, (relatively) experimental new sounds? Same reason ARTPOP sold worse than Gaga's other albums and RAM sold better than Daft Punk's previous ones. That and they marketed the poo poo out of RAM.
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an skeleton posted:As corny and cliche as this might sound, it really is an avant-garde/experimental rap album, and from someone who has a lot to lose from being avant-garde/experimentalist. The rap songs on this album really don't sound like much you could find anywhere else. He took a Daft-Punk designed acid house beat, turned it into an aggressive rap song. Basically all of the Daft Punk-produced/co-produced songs are great, actually. He took dancehall/reggae artists and had them sing aggressively on tracks. He has a sex-anthem that is so dirty and raunchy but also catchy and different. There's some Chicago drill influence on the album, some great one liners, and the whole thing sounds like it was meant to be played loud and in a stadium. At the same time it is short and sweet, you don't feel like you have to invest a lot of time to enjoy the whole thing front to back. Basically it is a melting pot of Yeezy experimentation. If you wanted any kind of traditional rap, if you wanted something that sounds like old Kanye West, if you wanted anything that existed beforehand then you probably did not like this album. Fair enough, it isn't supposed to appeal to you, in my opinion. I wanted to respond to him, but this summed it up. Thanks for all of us Yeezus apologists.
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something clever posted:I wanted to respond to him, but this summed it up. Thanks for all of us Yeezus apologists. No problem y'all. The first time I heard the On Sight beat I was addicted. It's so short, I had to replay it like 10 times. I could easily see that being on Human After All or Homework.
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an skeleton posted:No problem y'all. The point for me is that sure it was cool and those beats were great to listen to, but they were sullied by Kanye West's writing, voice, and personality. I don't know what his fans find intriguing about those things. Maybe my disdain isn't rational. Music preferences rarely are, after all.  I do appreciate the well-thought out counterpoints.
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Michael Scott posted:The point for me is that sure it was cool and those beats were great to listen to, but they were sullied by Kanye West's writing, voice, and personality. I don't know what his fans find intriguing about those things. Maybe my disdain isn't rational. Music preferences rarely are, after all. Kanye is a narcissist for sure. Whenever I listen to his music I am celebrating that narcissism and personality. I guess it is just a matter of compatibility with that personality for many people. Personally I think a lot of his writing is clever and substantive, but to each their own.
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Hey you know there's actually a Kanye West thread guys.
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So far I've seen two different attempts at "official" videos for Get Lucky. Both incorporate scenes from Electroma, and I personally dig the dissonance of the image/song of the first more than the more traditional "sexy road video" blend of the second. Any other good ones out there? As a heads up, more melted faces and robot suicide in this first one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NMPUcMeyvo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zX9BBgBmJ9U
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Michael Scott posted:The song is listed in the description. It is: Shirobon - Born Surviver
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Anyone getting the action figures? I forgot that I ordered them months ago until Amazon sent me a notice telling me to update my CC info if I want them to ship. They aren't as nice as the Real Action Heroes figures that have come out in the past, but no way am I dropping $500+ for a set of those. This was priced right at my sweet, "why not" point.
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mints posted:Anyone getting the action figures? I forgot that I ordered them months ago until Amazon sent me a notice telling me to update my CC info if I want them to ship. I really want to, but I just don't have the money. 
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het posted:Hey you know there's actually a Kanye West thread guys. God forbid a discussion builds any direction here. Good call. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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I'm still listening to RAM every few days, I like it a lot. some parts more than other parts but overall I wouldn't add or subtract anything from the album.
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I still want some actual house tunes from them. If we could get some of that within the next 365 days or so that'd be just great.
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an skeleton posted:I still want some actual house tunes from them. If we could get some of that within the next 365 days or so that'd be just great. Look at this guy living in the past heh
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I'll go live with him.
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Popcorn posted:Just listened to this album for the first time in ages. I'm sure it is cliched, but I dig that section a lot and am looking for more of it for background music. Similar stuff is in a lot of soundtracks and scores, but what comes to mind for you (or anyone else) for bands/songs that work orchestral components into their music?
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kalensc posted:I'm sure it is cliched, but I dig that section a lot and am looking for more of it for background music. Similar stuff is in a lot of soundtracks and scores, but what comes to mind for you (or anyone else) for bands/songs that work orchestral components into their music? I took it more as not obeying the rules of dance music - IE we're going to cut in a full orchestra over this synth track.
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Feenix posted:I'll go live with him. D-does that mean you won't post in this thread anymore?
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BeavisNuke posted:I took it more as not obeying the rules of dance music - IE we're going to cut in a full orchestra over this synth track. Then why didn't they use (or create) a quote about structure or genre convention? He's talking specifically about harmony. The quote has the opposite effect of demonstrating how indebted the album is to the work of past masters. That might be appropriate, depending on how you see things, but it's not like Moroder invented that sort of harmony, or pioneered the use of cliched string arrangements in synth songs, so it's weird to juxtapose the orchestra with that quote of his, if that's what they're getting at. The track isn't dance music, anyway - it's Xbox prog. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShbeZMR0Ipk e: kalensc posted:I'm sure it is cliched, but I dig that section a lot and am looking for more of it for background music. Similar stuff is in a lot of soundtracks and scores, but what comes to mind for you (or anyone else) for bands/songs that work orchestral components into their music? If you like the sort of cheesy prog-with-orchestras stuff maybe Muse? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c901NUazf3g Popcorn fucked around with this message at 23:46 on Dec 10, 2013 |
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Bown posted:D-does that mean you won't post in this thread anymore? I'll take a time machine typewriter so I can keep ruining Daft Punk for you with my rare posts, Mr. Sensitive.
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Feenix posted:I'll take a time machine typewriter so I can keep ruining Daft Punk for you with my rare posts, Mr. Sensitive. You've been complaining about how this album isn't "daft punk enough" for 7 months now. I think it's time to get over it. Move on.
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Man Cub posted:You've been complaining about how this album isn't "daft punk enough" for 7 months now. I think it's time to get over it. Move on. I'm plenty over it. I won't say for sure that I haven't registered disappointment in the album recently but I don't think so? As new media has come out, I've commented, such as the a Instant Crush video being too cheesy for my liking and Julian's dancing being on par with Napoleon Dynamite's. Sorry you don't like hearing about it I guess?
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dj bobby bieber posted:Look at this guy living in the past heh House music is still pretty awesome, and Daft Punk are among its greatest purveyors, so that's pretty good past-living to do.
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