Daft Punk's Random Access Memories

*prepares to get dp'd*

what's up with the stock footage of women in cocktail dresses dancing spliced into these videos?

isn't phoenix soft rock + house music?

I'm now expecting one of the songs on this album to sound like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ywfnnCBERY

haha i own that same italians do it better shirt as todd edwards -_-

wow, woudln't have expected them to use grados

hold up does this album really sound like west coast yacht rock??

todd terje kinda sounds like the eagles, like the eagles
in the city, in the city
fly~ high~
hunting nightly, hunting nightly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VM3LLxVb-Y

Alright, who's excited for the global launch party at...the 79th Annual Wee Waa Show in, of course, Wee Waa!?

http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/news/local/35362/Daft-Punk-are-headed-to-Wee-Waa

The local paper has some quotes from the local Mayor and the Wee Waa Show Society President: http://www.thecourier.net.au/news-feed/item/1311-grammy-award-winning-daft-punk-to-launch-album-here

“We thought getting senator Fiona Nash to open the show was a bit of a coup, but now our show program has been bolstered 10-fold.”

Todd looks absolutely fucking haunted/ravaged in that video

No dogs in this fight but:

"Pharrell Williams"

These videos are good and everything but can we just have the single now please.

hopefully he'll be the third "Creator" featured xp

Todd looks absolutely fucking haunted/ravaged in that video

― the Shearer of simulated snowsex etc. (Dwight Yorke), Tuesday, April 9, 2013 6:48 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark

what?? he came across as incredibly sweet and excited!

i love that basically the theme of the video is "i had the best summer vacation of my LIFE and i moved to LA"

Haha yeah. Wow. He's seen something. ANyway I love Face to Face so so much.

Nile Rodgers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=da_Yp9BOCaI

what sweet teases...

Niles is so fucking cool.

-s, clearly.

I love how he's all "I'll play on every record I produce, no matter how many guitarists they have." Well, duh. Who's gonna turn down a Nile Rodgers cameo?

not even one mention of the eagles. i don't know what to think anymore.

Joe Walsh clip is coming up next

nile is the best guy ever.

ya. I like how he calls them 'the robots', no breaking the gimmick for him.

cool video
lol at Nile's whole new-age management speak vocabulary for the different parts of a song/linear journey

I like non-recurring event. Think I'll need to use that one to talk about my music now.

"my music is a non-recurring event..."

"thank god!"

is there ANY way this lives up to the hype? i'm not gonna lie, "get lucky" sounds incredible

Worried I'm just going to skip that track when the album actually comes out.

Worried I'm just going to skip to that track when the album actually comes out.

Put on random. Get Mexican lucky.

This is like an ILM poll rollout except the suspense is not enjoyable... jeez release the thing!!

You guys got me, the hype worked. Now let me go buy the album!

this is way more enjoyable than waiting for an ilm poll.

We could complete an ILM ballot poll on this album before the album arrives to fill time.

POLL THREAD: what will be the best song on random access memories?

POLL OPTIONS:

• "get lucky"
• some other song

is there ANY way this lives up to the hype? i'm not gonna lie, "get lucky" sounds incredible

+1 -- this almost feels like Derek Taylor's campaign for Smile back in 1967, which promised to change the face of pop music. We all know how that turned out -- and as much as I'm a fan, I'm not convinced these guys have Brian Wilson's chops (tho they do pick great collaborators/samples).

What's it going to take for this to live up to the hype?

1. Some connection to their greatest moments (as indicated by the "Get Lucky" clips) but not so much that it's Discovery 2.0),

2. Somewhat related, development. Even if people didn't like Human After All or Tron Legacy, you at least had to acknowledge that they weren't just trading on past glories. As good as it sounds, this is what is potentially worrying about "Get Lucky."

3. Great songs. A differentiator for DP has been tunes -- "Digital Love," "Human After All," "One More Time," "Face to Face," etc. It makes them transcend into a pop act and appeal to a really wide variety of audiences.

What else?

cool robot imagery/motifs

Clear electric pianos.

Pyramids

the clear instruments and speakers are the coolest.

80s lo fi hommage music videos.

acknowledgment of the chillwave age.

Mexican monkeys

viral youtubes

kells had the clear piano first y'all

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLnNUK9vVS0

hmmm i never thought about it that way, but i guess it would be good if this album had good music on it

GET FUNKY!

Serioulsy, there is no way this album can dissappoint, with Moroder, Edwards and Rodgers on board. Not after the all too human error that was 'Human After All'. This will fucking rule and I cannot wait.

pharrell