Daft Punks's "Discovery" : Classic or Dud

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disco diva nonsense

it's called "house" ; )

― Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 14:35 (twenty-one years ago)

nobody would say "it's just guitar playing" about a rock band.

... unless they were on ILM

― HKM, Tuesday, 21 September 2004 14:38 (twenty-one years ago)

disco diva nonsense

This only applies to Black Box lyrics, otherwise, I don't get it.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 16:57 (twenty-one years ago)

set me free Spencer, set me free

― teh pow! (blueski), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 17:06 (twenty-one years ago)

When I said it was over you aimed at my heart
Won't be long for I'm leavin' all my love
But I'll feel it forever, no sound's in my life
You can call that no livin', on my own so free

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 17:10 (twenty-one years ago)

As far as i'm concerned, except for a few places where the songs drag on a bit 'Homework' is an unnassailable classic.

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 21:02 (twenty-one years ago)

Hi dere.

Mix ain't on slsk at present but if peeps give me an email I may be able to find the time to send you it on CD.

I think maybe my dislike for Homework and Advance might be Geirist to be very honest. I love melodies and cheeky hooks and memorable samples and stuff in most of my music (eg I love metal bands like Sigh because they experiment a lot whereas Darkthrone et al just refuse to budge from the mold). Homework and Advance are all about, well beats and maybe a bit of a squirky noise or something and it doesn't move me. Maybe I'm anti-subtlist or something heheh - although it does bother me that I'm not feeling what everyone else is.

― dog latin (dog latin), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 21:57 (twenty-one years ago)

oh I agree, I just meant that Daft Punk should do an a completely vocodered album.

Redundant though, no? given these guys now?

― F1 F2 F3 F4, Tuesday, 21 September 2004 22:15 (twenty-one years ago)

doglatin if you're not hearing melodies (Alive springs immediately to mind) and cheeky hooks (well, where to start...) in Homework you need help. Advance is not an album that purports to be having any sense of 'pop' to my ears with possibly the exception of 'Tied Up' which was a single and 'Shove Piggy Shove' (some melodic elements here surely) which became Bjork's 'I Go Humble'.

― teh pow! (blueski), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 09:06 (twenty-one years ago)

ack i meant 'Fresh' not 'Alive' there

― teh pow! (blueski), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 09:06 (twenty-one years ago)

one month passes...

What was the "surprise" that you got with the DaftClub card? Was it a bonus track or something? My copy of "Discovery" that I bought yesterday came with the card but apparently the content is not online anymore.

― Hi, I am a genius. a big one. (AaronHz), Friday, 12 November 2004 08:47 (twenty-one years ago)

I just got it a few weeks ago and I wondered about that too. I found this archived page:

http://web.archive.org/web/20020610034412/www.daftclub.com/musique.php

― a banana (alanbanana), Friday, 12 November 2004 09:18 (twenty-one years ago)

all that content is on DAFT CLUB remix album. can't argue.

― piscesboy, Friday, 12 November 2004 10:53 (twenty-one years ago)

they offered up the Alive 97 live mix on the site too - the files were in a strange format but obv. they were easily convertible to mp3.

― Freelance Hiveminder (blueski), Friday, 12 November 2004 11:06 (twenty-one years ago)

no question- dicovery is classic. it discovered (oh, what a pun) 80s pop to me. i am no longer afraid of disco after i had to admit i love this album, and so did my friends! its also a great soundtrack to the 5555 anime movie. it proves that daft punk are out of this world. everything they touched is classic. (with the only exception - Take Me Out remix).

― karl76 (karl76), Friday, 12 November 2004 13:38 (twenty-one years ago)

In addition to everything you just said Karl, I *love* the "Take Me Out" remix. It's what remixes used to be about - massaging the track to bring out the inherent dance qualities. It's actually a "re-mix" as opposed to an entirely new song with the same vocal on top - and it's great.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Friday, 12 November 2004 17:57 (twenty-one years ago)

Spencer completely OTM. I just love how their treatment just creeps into the song.

― Baaderonixxx le Jeune (Fabfunk), Friday, 12 November 2004 17:59 (twenty-one years ago)

i still find it difficult to think of the 'Take Me Out' remix as anything but a disappointment considering what they're actually capable of, but as a DJ tool i guess it's useful.

― Freelance Hiveminder (blueski), Friday, 12 November 2004 18:03 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, it would have been nice if they'd done a dub too! (and Steve, I know what you mean, a more complete reinterpretation would have been cool, but as it stands, it's quite a nod of reverence to FF).

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Friday, 12 November 2004 18:50 (twenty-one years ago)

In technical terms it actually reminds me of the Stooges' '97 "remix" of Raw Power.

TS: Franz Ferdinand - "Take Me Out" (Daft Punk remix) vs. Chemical Brothers - "Life Is Sweet" (Daft Punk remix)

― MC Transmaniacon (natepatrin), Friday, 12 November 2004 18:53 (twenty-one years ago)

two months pass...

i just want to thank whomever it was driving through chicago blaring this earlier today. "one more time" drifted up four stories, compelling me to give this a spin of the hard-drive. "digital love" came on just as my grande coffee kicked in. i totally forgot about the freezing cold puddle i stepped in on my way in today, the office manager bitching me out, career confusion, etc. etc. ... ahhh.

classic, obv.

― john'n'chicago, Wednesday, 12 January 2005 21:36 (twenty-one years ago)

two years pass...

Will there ever be a better dance record than Discovery?

― brightscreamer, Sunday, 8 April 2007 16:34 (nineteen years ago)

rip dog latin never forget

― pretzel walrus, Sunday, 8 April 2007 17:06 (nineteen years ago)

Sometimes the whumping goes on for a good five minutes without actually doing anything.

― jim, Sunday, 8 April 2007 19:00 (nineteen years ago)

sounds like my ex in bed.

― Roz, Sunday, 8 April 2007 19:18 (nineteen years ago)

(I love Daft Punk.)

― Roz, Sunday, 8 April 2007 19:19 (nineteen years ago)

.....

― lfam, Monday, 9 April 2007 00:54 (nineteen years ago)

Will there ever be a better dance record than Discovery?

Yes.

― HI DERE, Monday, 9 April 2007 01:01 (nineteen years ago)

(For one, Homework.)

― HI DERE, Monday, 9 April 2007 01:03 (nineteen years ago)

"Discovery" may have waned somewhat, but if you compare it to "Human After All" it may well sound like the greatest album ever made. Although that says more about "Human After All", really....

― Geir Hongro, Monday, 9 April 2007 01:37 (nineteen years ago)

Exactly how has Discovery "waned somewhat"?

― Naive Teen Idol, Monday, 9 April 2007 02:38 (nineteen years ago)

oh dear god. someone stop me from posting drunk ever again. wtf was i on about up there?!

― Roz, Monday, 9 April 2007 03:28 (nineteen years ago)

~~Will~~ Has there ever be been a better dance record than Discovery?

answer: yes

― Curt1s Stephens, Monday, 9 April 2007 04:07 (nineteen years ago)

Do tell. I don't know much about the genre, so it'd be interesting to see/hear your recommendations. FWIW, I don't think Homework is better.

― brightscreamer, Monday, 9 April 2007 04:41 (nineteen years ago)

isolee - wearemonster
mr fingers - another side

― lfam, Monday, 9 April 2007 06:21 (nineteen years ago)

oops, i meant:

mr fingers - ammnesia

― lfam, Monday, 9 April 2007 06:23 (nineteen years ago)

i've heard another side by fingers inc is also very good but i haven't listened

― lfam, Monday, 9 April 2007 06:24 (nineteen years ago)

isolee - rest
drexciya - the quest

― lfam, Monday, 9 April 2007 06:24 (nineteen years ago)

galaxy 2 galaxy - galaxy 2 galaxy

― lfam, Monday, 9 April 2007 06:26 (nineteen years ago)

the martian - LBH - 6251876 A Red Planet Compilation

― lfam, Monday, 9 April 2007 06:27 (nineteen years ago)

it's not really an album genre

― lfam, Monday, 9 April 2007 06:28 (nineteen years ago)

just about any album by carl craig

― lfam, Monday, 9 April 2007 06:28 (nineteen years ago)

how did this thread turn into 'least fun dance albums s/d'

― fies, Monday, 9 April 2007 07:57 (nineteen years ago)

i mean i see how 'the quest' is good and important and canonical and all, but if some daft punk fanboy asks you for albums better than 'discovery' you say 'lifestyles of the laptop cafe' ffs

― fies, Monday, 9 April 2007 08:00 (nineteen years ago)

sorry i thought they wanted to dance, not fall asleep

― lfam, Monday, 9 April 2007 08:12 (nineteen years ago)

fies wants 'stupid' dance music not this la-di-da 'cerebral' strain

― blueski, Monday, 9 April 2007 10:19 (nineteen years ago)

Pretty much every Chemical Brothers album
The first two Prodigy albums
The T99 album
Every Speed Limit 140+ BPM comp except for #6
Source Direct - Controlled Substances
Photek - Modus Operandi
Bizarre Inc - Energize
Eon - Void Dweller
The Altern8 album
Omni Trio - The Deepest Cut
Sven Vaeth - Accident In Paradise
Baby D - Deliverance
The Rave On 2 disc compilation
The Thin Ice 2 disc compilation
Every 808 State album
Every Orbital album
Every pre-Boss Drum Shamen album

― HI DERE, Monday, 9 April 2007 11:32 (nineteen years ago)

mr fingers is fun!

― deej, Monday, 9 April 2007 14:18 (nineteen years ago)

Dan, you bastard, now you've made me regret not bringing any of those into work today!

― Ned Raggett, Monday, 9 April 2007 14:20 (nineteen years ago)

Mega-dud.

Can't wait for a collabo with T-Pain.

― Belisarius, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 07:16 (nineteen years ago)

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