Daft Punk's Random Access Memories

sound = song in my last post obv

amazing that a band with such a hugely effective buzz/internet/social media strategy (hence the incredible hype itt) doesn't even have a twitter account

unless

ya, this would be great as an instrumental or w a different singer. and the lyrics jeez...cornball central haha... i cant sing along to these lyrics without cringing inside or laughing... granted, dance music isnt meant to have profound lyrics but these are just bad...sigh.

pharrell is dope on this fuck you all

i'm kind of tipsy

i stand with the rev

Okay, first up... what's with the Pharrell hate? Is there some sort of venn-circle diagram that shows Daft Punk listeners and the immense amount of awesome stuff Pharrell has touched bizarrely don't overlap, which explains this? Or is it specifically his singing, like, does Pharrell singing ruin Shake Ya Ass for you? 'cause to my ears that's music at it's most exuberant and who would hate that? Or is it just not on your radar? I don't know.

And also, part of the charm and joy of this track, for me at least, is that it's four producers playing together. There is no front man and it's not meant to break down like that. It's like a supergroup of producers. It's very mannered and conceived in the way music nerds make things.

he's off on "faaaar", he sounds tired on the verse, but it's a v likeable sweet performance

we stand with the rev

cause to my ears that's music at it's most exuberant and who would hate that?

otm, it sounds luminous, effervescent, magnificently happy just to be doing this one nice thing for you and your ears. pharrell isn't exactly blowing me away, but he slots right in and supports the vibe. he's raising the cup, and that's all that's really required.

Okay, first up... what's with the Pharrell hate?

there isn't much of it on here but some people who don't hate him are saying his vocal is poor. fine (i agree) - w/r/t to others who do hate - it's fine to hate pharrell's vocals or his vocal on this, at least, and wish he wasn't on it.

Today, we are all named Rev

this song wouldn't be as good without pharrell

OTM

i am rev

i like much of pharrell's production but i can't think of a single song he performs on that i think he's added anything to

let's list pharrell's top 5 worst vocal performances

1) N*E*R*D - Provider

smdh

rmde

theory: this song isn't "nu-disco" (cause nu-disco is boring) it's just simply "disco"

it even has nile rodgers on it as proof

post-post-disco

US attorny at press conference deflected Miranda question -- said the guy was "in a hospital"

but acknowledged the US government has a "public safety exception"

worst viral marketing ploy ever

random access murders

surely pre-post-disco

this song will be massive and I will hate it by Memorial Day

possible

does Pharrell singing ruin Shake Ya Ass for you

nah, it was a cool song but it being by a rapist kind of makes me more depressed than Pharrell's singing

most people call them 'rappers'

Just been played on Radio Six and I thought it sounded awesome. I like Pharrells voice in this, its pretty funky. The sound is interesting and has some good beats. We'll see if it gets played to death and loses its charm, which I always think is a good durability test.

if you don't already think pharrell has kind of pissed on this then here you go http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xz612n_daft-punk-ft-pharell-get-lucky-first-live-performance-htc-concert_music you're welcome I don't hate pharrell but his vid for the collaborators thing also the lamest he seems such a lamebrain

on the record the multitrack vocal chorus is actually fine but the verses particularly the opening one sound clumsily dumped on top of music plus lyrics bad

The hype and 1 minutes preview kind of ruined it for me. I'll enjoy this probably more in the context of discovering the album.

This feels like a star wars thread rn

Listened to this in the car this morning and it sounded great. Its position in the tracklisting is interesting too, in between the two "cosmic", "psychedelic", Paul Williams songs, like it's going to be a breath of fresh air and lightness between some denser material.

naturally (xp)

it's funny, i was thinking about all the new disco/boogie stuff we were talking about on some other thread - skream's latest remixes, krystal klear, jessie ware's new one, gorgon city - and how much more alive those vocal performances (and indeed arrangements) sound

That stuff is filed away in a totally different part of my brain though, it's mostly derived from 88-93 pop house rather than either the 70s or early 00s disco that Get Lucky comes from. I don't even associate it with the European disco guys either, there's a definite Brit feel that separates it from anything we're talking about here. And I don't think Jessie Ware's performance on Imagine It Was Us is that great, but that's for another thread.

Just to clarify: my horrible dad joke above was about calling rappers 'rap-ists' and not calling all rappers rapists. Anyway, terrible joke, flag posting myself, etc.

i associate this with disco the way i associate jt's "rock your body" with disco. this is just pop music reblogging MJ

lindstrom being brought up itt is kinda hilar/completely silly

we have lindstrom, why would we need pharrell singing over disco loops with nile rodgers playing guitar?

that said, while this song is p great, it's not a game changer or anything

Wait, why are we expecting Daft Punk to release 'game changers' all of a sudden? Have they ever changed anyone's game? I thought they just made fun, inconsecuential music.

haven't heard the song but no idea why people always seem to be wanting game changers the whole time

some things are just good and fun it's nbd guys

there is the "looking into the future" point that keeps getting driven home in the collaborators videos but that's not necessarily the same thing as changing the game

http://washingtonindependent.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Picture-42-480x154.png

some things are just good and fun it's nbd guys