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They're viewed highly mostly because of their alive 2007 set. It was a very unique performance that delivered in spades. Most of those that attended were blown away to bits (myself included). The encore especially (i knew the set because i had the coachella version on my ipod but i had no idea they were doing an encore, and i did not expect their suits to glow red, it was absolutely epic) They were always somewhat popular (especially after discovery) but I feel like alive 2007 era made them into dance gods. After that performance people have been flocking to them and monitoring what they're doing next. That's my take anyway.
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"It doesn't go anywhere".. haha, you should listen to Homework and Human After All. You'd probably lose interest in Daft Punk really fast, at least this song has verses and a chorus. :-p
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Apr 17, 2013 18:38
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Am I the only one that doesnt think it even sounds like Pharrell in this "leak"? The volume jumps between the verses and the chorus, and the accent sounds different.
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Apr 17, 2013 23:07
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I think what makes it obvious it's fake is that the vocals in the verse and the chorus sound like 2 completely different recordings. Compare the sound, accent, etc. It's not the same person. It's very well made though aside from those glaring flaws.
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Apr 17, 2013 23:16
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Yeah its not my favorite track- but the higher quality leak sounds better. Needs more bass IMO.
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Apr 18, 2013 00:11
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I wanna hear the full song but I played the radio edit in the car really loud and it clicked for me. I'm still a little iffy on the first verse (it doesn't sound like pharrell to me) but I found myself really enjoying it.
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Apr 18, 2013 07:18
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I still dont think the "leak" we've heard is the final version anyway, it could be a leaked demo. It's not a big deal anyways, but I'm still not convinced we've heard the final thing. But there's been versions going around that have better quality audio so it may be closer to final.
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Apr 18, 2013 22:55
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Yeah, im not super impressed with Pharrell's vocals, it sounds karaoke'ish, but the song is still really fun. Can't wait for the inevitable remixes for this song. Heh.
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Apr 19, 2013 19:06
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I went out last night, and the DJ played it 3 times (not in a row) . It seemed like a lot of people were singing along already, it was kinda neat to see how popular it is already. Can't wait for the actual album to drop- only a month to go!!
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Apr 21, 2013 21:14
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Zigmidge posted:3 times Please stop poo poo posting. This is pointless. It was a small bar by the beach in los angeles with a small dance floor and people loved the song so he played it a few times over the course of hours.
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Apr 22, 2013 01:25
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I dont think this is considered  Someone made a "studio recording" of Alive 2007. It is pretty badass. o_O https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-KfnbpVTCU Don't listen to the youtube one though, download it using that link. The quality is infinitely better. edit: drat, there are some details in the tracks I never picked up before, this is so cool! somnambulist fucked around with this message at 19:44 on Apr 28, 2013 |
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Apr 28, 2013 19:37
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http://www.inthemix.com.au/news/55151/Five_ways_Wee_Waa_is_preparing_for_Daft_Punk Oh poo poo. "#2 THE HELMETS ARE COMING The biggest secret, according our man in Wee Waa, is that Sony will distribute hundreds of Daft Punk helmets around town in the coming weeks with the aim to get locals taking snaps that will be used as part of the streamed launch – that means farmers, truckies and so on at work with Daft Punk headgear on. As Jim reports: “No sign of helmets from Sony yet, but I’m guessing that will happen closer to the date.”  drat son!
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Apr 29, 2013 04:52
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quadratic posted:The lyrics really don't work for this type of cover. yeah, cool voice, but it doesnt work.
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Apr 30, 2013 07:51
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drat, that video made my hype meter go to 5830485085085409. 3 loving weeks left.
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Apr 30, 2013 19:23
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It's poo poo quality, and most of the instruments are barely audible in this leak. Not really sure what you want it to sound like. I mean you're entitled to opinions, you don't have to like anything from this album just because it's Daft Punk, but come on :-p (though I honestly think it sounds pretty damned amazing already)
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May 9, 2013 03:29
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Whirlwind Jones posted:Who the hell are you even responding to? Uhh, calm down. It's the Daft Punk thread and this is probably the most exciting news since the SNL snippet came out, I made it clear no one HAS to like anything on this album just because people are jerking the robots off, but lets wait until we can hear the actual song. He wasn't even being harsh, it's really not a big deal AT ALL, I think you're misinterpreting text on the screen as something bigger then it is.
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May 9, 2013 03:48
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Whirlwind Jones posted:He literally said "That beat is pretty awesome, kinda repetitive though. The part at the end had me really excited though!" You are. :-p My suggestion to wait for the final song to judge the repetitive nature of a beat you cant even hear most of the instruments on isn't a suggestion to stop having opinions because you don't like something DP related. (I don't want to derail the thread, so I'm going to stop here) edit: Here's another link since the other one got taken down: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGCsLK-PV9c
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May 9, 2013 04:07
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JetGrind posted:Rumour has it that the album is going to be streaming on iTunes at 3 PM EST, so I need to figure out what to do while I wait for an hour and a half to be disappointed by this probably not happening. At least we're at the stage where it COULD happen. It comes out in a week anyway, so i'm sure it'll happen any day now (hopefully today!)
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May 12, 2013 18:40
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itunes will probably have it streaming in the next 24-48 hours. i dont see them NOT doing that, when they've been doing it for every major release lately (notably justin timberlakes 20/20 experience a week early)
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May 13, 2013 07:14
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Goddamn, what an awesome album. I played it on the way home from work loud in the car with the sunroof open (it was 100 degrees in LA today) and it was just perfect. The game of love is loving sexy as hell, something about us part 2 is exactly what i wanted, giorgio by moroder is awesome, lose yourself to dance owns, get lucky is awesome as always, the second half of motherboard is amazing, fragments of time is great, doing it right is my favorite on the album, and contact left me breathless by the end. Not a huge fan of within, but love pretty much the rest.
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May 14, 2013 05:49
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Most reviewers have been fairly positive though? Are we not allowed to like it anymore?
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May 14, 2013 07:25
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They're really good at pissing off people, Human After All was a million times worse then this. I played Discovery in college like nobodies business, then human after all came along and EVERYONE thought it was fake, and then when it wasn't, people were like o_________O alive 2007 changed everything, made people appreciate the album more. (I loved it personally, but Discovery was better) There's going to be 8539058305830850583058 remixes from the album, so I think it'll grow on people as the material settles in and people remember it for what it is, and not what it isn't.
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May 14, 2013 07:49
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het posted:If you say "If you don't like disco and don't want to listen to a disco album, just say that" and you have no idea what you are talking about, you're kinda the one being the dickhead. There's people literally saying if you like this album you have bad taste in this thread. I think the point he's making in a roundabout way is that people are entitled to opinions, but it's their opinion, don't make it sound like someone can't have one different from theirs. It's not impossible to actually like this album.
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May 14, 2013 22:11
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Dadjacket posted:Wait are you saying "you're never allowed to make fun of people's personal taste"? Is that what you're saying? Yes, you show those Daft Punk fans that like their album who's boss. Continue making fun of people I guess? I have no idea what you're getting at. People like popular things sometimes? It doesn't help you're exaggerating (who declared it the best album in the history of dance music? Good lord)
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May 14, 2013 23:08
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I can definitely envision holograms being used at their next show. I'd kill to art direct that show, I have so many ideas. The idea of robots performing the sound of the past remixed alive 2007 style makes me get goosebumps.
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May 16, 2013 04:26
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Maybe I'm just used to my favorite artists making albums I didn't expect, but I still think RAM is a very cool project. I'm also a BT fan, you can imagine the reaction he received when after Emotional Technology he made This Binary Universe (polar opposites), then he made These hopeful Machines, THEN he made If the stars are eternal so are you and I (also polar opposites). I dunno if people listen to BT or not, but I have no doubt in my mind that Daft Punk is going to remix this album, and sample from it to make a heavier sound. They wanted to make music with a lot of elements to sample from, and they created something special. I think it's a very cool experiment, and I'm surprised people think not a single track is the least bit interesting. Touch in itself has so many cool moments.
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May 16, 2013 21:10
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Pitchfork wouldnt be the first site to give it a glowing review, currently RAM is much higher on metacritic then any of their other albums. Human After All is at 57, and Discovery at 74. RAM is currently at an 89.
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May 17, 2013 02:22
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Obviously if a lot of people are disappointed they weren't completely successful, but what will probably happen is they'll release something like "RAM expansion" and create tracks with more beep boop and I think it will satisfy some that are disappointed now. Not that the lack of electronic components is necessarily why a lot of people are disappointed, but a higher energy remix (ala Alive 2007) certainly makes a lot of tracks "click" for some people. It happened to me in a huge way, when I saw Alive 2007 in concert, tracks like The Brainwasher made sense to me finally.
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May 17, 2013 19:13
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I've been asking friends what they think, and everyone seems to really like it. My boss LOVES it, it's crazy how polarizing it is online though. Some people are obsessed, and some people can't find ANY redeemable qualities and think every song sucks. That's a pretty damned big gap. haha.
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May 17, 2013 20:27
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They weren't even that popular during discovery. Actually, daft punk wasn't really even THAT famous until people poo poo their pants at coachella in 2007. Of course people knew songs like around the world , da funk, and one more time , but it wasn't really until 2007 where all eyes were on them. I wasn't around on SA back when human after all came out , but I'd imagine it would have been 93749383 times worse then the reaction to RAM.
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May 18, 2013 03:46
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dj bobby bieber posted:You underestimate greatly how popular Homework was - once they sold out of the vinyl records, it was drat near impossible to get a copy of the album, even on CD. It was huge internationally. Alive 2007 was more of a matter of timing, as Cross was out at the same time (and D.A.N.C.E. was huge), and French Touch was enjoying a nice revival as electronic music was becoming more accessible for pop. On top of that, Busta Rhymes and Kanye sampling them certainly helped Discovery, so it's a little elementary to just say "they weren't that famous." It really wasn't that popular. It only sold about 600,000 copies in the US, and about 2 million worldwide. On the US Billboard charts, it peaked at 150, it didnt go #1 in ANY country, meanwhile RAM is about to sell a shitload and a half. Homework was a decent success, but hardly monumental. From wiki: "Daft Punk wanted the majority of pressings to be in vinyl, so only 50,000 albums were initially printed in CD format. After its release, overwhelming sales of Homework caused distributors to accelerate production to satisfy demand." While that sounds impressive, the total US sales are still well under a million, and that was in the day and age when people actually bought albums. IT sits at about 2 million worldwide, which isn't a flop by any means, but hardly monumental.
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May 18, 2013 05:27
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The chorus to instant crush has been stuck in my head for days. Such a good song.
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May 18, 2013 23:54
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thathonkey posted:Thats cool, you like what you like. Im more being critical of the people who cant just admit "yeah, the album is flawed or whatever you want to call it but i still like some of the songs" and instead insist on writing all these convoluted justifications for why it is "great" (which it clearly isnt) or how others are merely missing the point etc etc Music is entirely subjective, it's dumb to start a post with "hey it's cool you like what you like" and then follow it up with "but lets just admit the album isn't great"
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May 19, 2013 01:25
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That Todd Edwards remix of Instant Crush is so damned awesome. I love instant crush. :3
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May 23, 2013 02:27
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yeah instant crush has been on repeat for days now. The Todd Edwards remix was pretty cool too. Can't wait to see what others do with this material. My favorite line on the album "A thousand lonely stars, hiding in the cold. Take it, oh I dont want to sing anymore"
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May 24, 2013 05:41
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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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May 24, 2013 22:14
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There's already some amazing remixes floating around. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5n5DWdNUMU God. drat. It's only going to get better too. RAM has some GREAT material to pull from, I cant wait to hear Daft Punks remix for this album.
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May 30, 2013 05:09
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Yeah i'm already bored of it, but I do like some aspects of it. I'm really interested to see how people turn RAM into a club album.
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May 30, 2013 05:29
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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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The album has close to a 90 on metacritic, I think it's safe to say most people enjoy the album. It's not for everyone, but what album is? Even when albums like thriller came out (sorry, i have to use an example that is seen as iconic) alot of people slammed it because it was recycling stuff that guys like James Brown had already been doing before and "better". Basically people have opinions. And you know what they say about opinions.
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