Daft Punk - Human After All

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i watched the clip several times as well, as i said upthread, it's infectious despite the monotony and apparent lack of imagination in it. one thing that struck me instantly was the funky riff, i'm not sure what it is but it sounds so FRESH. they may have spent six weeks recording it but something about that sound makes me think it could've taken eight years to ferment and tweak...i figure the album is half about song and half about sound, again occupying a platform between the two previous proper albums.

― Stevem On X (blueski), Monday, 17 January 2005 21:41 (twenty-one years ago)

problem is, murs' "intro" uses the exact same sample.

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 17 January 2005 21:42 (twenty-one years ago)

how is that a problem??

― vahid (vahid), Monday, 17 January 2005 21:46 (twenty-one years ago)

that'll teach you to stay off the murs.

― vahid (vahid), Monday, 17 January 2005 21:46 (twenty-one years ago)

?????

Just because Renegade Soundwave sampled that Mandrill lick on "Blue Eyed Boy" from Soundclash years before Public Enemy based "By The Time I Get To Arizona" on it on Apocalypse 91.., doesn't make me like the PE song any less!

― donut christ (donut), Monday, 17 January 2005 21:48 (twenty-one years ago)

all i meant was that it's hard to pretend they spent eons tweaking the sound when the same sample was used elsewhere. that's all.

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 17 January 2005 21:49 (twenty-one years ago)

advance word from a friend: "on/off is ace. best best. makes me cry. more emotional than one more time."

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 17 January 2005 21:50 (twenty-one years ago)

It's hard for me to pretend that length in recording has anything to do with the quality of a song, in general. Maybe "Robot Rock" was done in 7 minutes. Does it make a difference either way?

― donut christ (donut), Monday, 17 January 2005 21:51 (twenty-one years ago)

no!

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 17 January 2005 21:52 (twenty-one years ago)

Ronan: "Ess is some of it actually far out or weird?"

(spoiler alert, obv)

"The Prime Time Of Your Life" has these shaffel-y drums that sort of sneak up on you, until the tempo starts increasing to the point where some crazy dutch gabber would feel like DJ Screw in comparison.
"Steam Machine" is not much more than a distorted voice whispering "steam machine" like it was a chorus out of that Primal Scream-Xterminator-cd. And it sounds like a steam machine.
"Make Love" is an instrumental, sort of a cousin to "La Ritournelle" by Seb Tellier, you'd imagine Bryan Ferry singing over it.
"Brainwasher" has a robot voice saying "i am the brain washer" over a very mechanical riff. The voice gets very stretched out and fucked with like in some forgotten jungle 12" from 93. "On/Off" is just a skit, some noisy channel surfing which I guess fits in to the TV theme for the supposed album cover (which I haven't seen but heard about).
If the first album was Dr Dre and the second was ELO then this one is Huey Lewis (in a crazy loop stuck inside of P Batemans head).

― Essdot, Monday, 17 January 2005 22:07 (twenty-one years ago)

If the first album was Dr Dre and the second was ELO then this one is Huey Lewis

Spoiled indeed.

― donut christ (donut), Monday, 17 January 2005 22:11 (twenty-one years ago)

"La Ritournelle" is one of my favorite tracks from last year. The video is very odd (Tellier is in general, but in a great way).

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 17 January 2005 22:22 (twenty-one years ago)

saying huey lewis keeps away the riff raff.

― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Monday, 17 January 2005 22:26 (twenty-one years ago)

i am loving this:

advance word from a friend: "on/off is ace. best best. makes me cry. more emotional than one more time."

-- mark p (mark.p****...), January 17th, 2005 4:50 PM. (Mark P)

vs this:

"On/Off" is just a skit, some noisy channel surfing which I guess fits in to the TV theme for the supposed album cover (which I haven't seen but heard about).

― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 18 January 2005 02:12 (twenty-one years ago)

ba dum bum ba ba i'm loving it.

― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 18 January 2005 02:12 (twenty-one years ago)

haha yeah i was wondering about that too. my source is a good friend, and he specifically said it was track seven, "on/off", that got him all wobbly in the knees, so i dunno...

― mark p (Mark P), Tuesday, 18 January 2005 02:22 (twenty-one years ago)

i'd chalk it up to bad knees.

― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 18 January 2005 02:23 (twenty-one years ago)

holy shit. you guys we not kidding about THE GUITARS.

Thanks for sharing. I'm not sure what I think yet, but this has certainly got my attention.

When will the whole thing leak?

― ben welsh (benwelsh), Tuesday, 18 January 2005 03:00 (twenty-one years ago)

I found this on the bluebird...it appears to be the opening 2:45 of some song (its not the same on on the camcorder video, is it?)

Daft Punk - Human After All (Sample)

― djdee2005 (djdee2005), Tuesday, 18 January 2005 05:42 (twenty-one years ago)

well, whatever that sample was.. it threatened to build and threatened and threatened and threatened and then just... fizzled out.

worst
tease
ever

― donut christ (donut), Tuesday, 18 January 2005 06:06 (twenty-one years ago)

It would be really funny if all these elements in the hype campaign.. "robot rock", this sample, the Ess character here, and all were just making all this shit up, and then we got the real deal.

― donut christ (donut), Tuesday, 18 January 2005 06:07 (twenty-one years ago)

i wasn't talking about the guitar sample here btw

― Stevem On X (blueski), Tuesday, 18 January 2005 09:54 (twenty-one years ago)

djdee2005: different track, i'm sure that TB sample Steve Winwood YET AGAIN tho

― Stevem On X (blueski), Tuesday, 18 January 2005 10:01 (twenty-one years ago)

WOULDN'T sample i mean

― Stevem On X (blueski), Tuesday, 18 January 2005 10:01 (twenty-one years ago)

Soulwax has remixed "Robot Rock", according to my friend Kevin, who knows these things.

― JoB (JoB), Wednesday, 19 January 2005 12:51 (twenty-one years ago)

not listening to leakey things, decided

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 19 January 2005 14:42 (twenty-one years ago)

im wondering if i could hold out for two months. it'd be an interesting experiment, i guess.

― mark p (Mark P), Wednesday, 19 January 2005 14:48 (twenty-one years ago)

Well, I waited for A Grand Don't Come For Free, and the excitement built up to such a pitch that when I finally got the record I could barely hear it, if that makes any sense.

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 19 January 2005 14:52 (twenty-one years ago)

http://rapidshare.de/files-de/39755 5/Daft_Punk_-_Robot_Rock__Yes_Real_ .mp3.html

Really really real?

― JakeWithBrain!, Thursday, 20 January 2005 20:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh robot Christ, these two months are going to take forever. (wonder if we're going to beat that Dave Matthews thread though. :)

― Omar (Omar), Thursday, 20 January 2005 20:59 (twenty-one years ago)

Broken link

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 20 January 2005 21:01 (twenty-one years ago)

Jake: really really real!

Has anybody figured out what the sample is?

― Essdot, Thursday, 20 January 2005 21:12 (twenty-one years ago)

Would anyone like to reassemble that into a working link for me?

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 20 January 2005 21:13 (twenty-one years ago)

the file is now gone. jake, do you mind yousending it please?

― mark p (Mark P), Thursday, 20 January 2005 21:25 (twenty-one years ago)

What kind of limit is 46???

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 20 January 2005 21:25 (twenty-one years ago)

http://rapidshare.de/files-de/397555/Daft_Punk_-_Robot_Rock__Yes_Real_.mp3.html

You have to wait a few seconds for it to download - that's what the 46 is. I still can't decide if I like the song...

― Vinnie (vprabhu), Thursday, 20 January 2005 21:29 (twenty-one years ago)

Actually I remember having similar thoughts about "Aerodynamic" when I first heard it. Just too simple. But now I really love that song so we will see.

― Vinnie (vprabhu), Thursday, 20 January 2005 21:31 (twenty-one years ago)

Me neither. Is the quality (rather) bad or is it just my speakers?

― JakeWithBrain!, Thursday, 20 January 2005 21:32 (twenty-one years ago)

Quality sounded fine to me but I can't listen to it that loudly at the moment.

― Vinnie (vprabhu), Thursday, 20 January 2005 21:35 (twenty-one years ago)

is it just me or does this song suck ass?

― wercheki, Thursday, 20 January 2005 21:38 (twenty-one years ago)

it's a little samey, innit.

― mark p (Mark P), Thursday, 20 January 2005 21:43 (twenty-one years ago)

Quality is not all there. A good track, but nothing mind-blowing.

Also, a lot of there records are a little "samey".

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 20 January 2005 21:44 (twenty-one years ago)

Quality of the mp3 is poor I should say. (apart from track quality)

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 20 January 2005 21:45 (twenty-one years ago)

Actually, I just found myself dancing in my chair.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 20 January 2005 21:46 (twenty-one years ago)

i don't mean samey as in repetitive, spencer, i just mean they don't seem to *do* much with the refrain over the course of the song, do they? give me some filter sweeps, some volume pans, something!

― mark p (Mark P), Thursday, 20 January 2005 21:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Ah, right, but I do like how the "robot rock" vocal starts to meld with the "guitar".

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 20 January 2005 21:50 (twenty-one years ago)

haha there's a vocal?! fuck office speakers!!

― mark p (Mark P), Thursday, 20 January 2005 21:51 (twenty-one years ago)

this would be ok as a filler track. there are vocals?

― bnw (bnw), Thursday, 20 January 2005 21:53 (twenty-one years ago)

i don't know if it's me or my computer or the link or what, but i still can't get it to d/l... anyone else using safari have a problem?

― firstworldman (firstworldman), Thursday, 20 January 2005 21:53 (twenty-one years ago)

Haha, yeah, I think this track will definitely sound better at full CD quality.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 20 January 2005 21:54 (twenty-one years ago)

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