Daft Punk's Random Access Memories

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

no luck keeping sports jargon out of a Daft Punk thread.

but Lindstrom instead of Pharrell? Might as well find Fonzi Thornton.

the melody of Get Lucky is a slice of great pop songwriting, with maybe just a little too much of the "were up all night to get lucky" hook repetitions.

the production and arrangements on the other hand, are nothing special imo

lol oh hooray we have lamestrom, we can forget about all other house music.

is it house music, disco, jobbing nu-disco, or pop? this thread has been very confusing to me!

lindstrom? whitney houston? lcd soundsystem? fuck!

^^ actual lyric

"Get Lucky" is okay. The best part is the vocoder explosion.

early daft punk tracks ("da funk", "musique", etc) WERE game changers at the time

what was the last 'game changer' in any genre

i'm gonna say scary monsters and nice sprites

what was the last 'game changer' in any genre

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfVsfOSbJY0

^ otm

heard this on the radio, it's good but i'd like it better w/o daft punk's robot voices

whaaaaat

breaking records on spotify: http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1559016/daft-punks-get-lucky-sets-record-on-spotify

'i like that beatles song except for the lennon/mccartney stuff' xp

imo get lucky is disco but not particularly good disco -- production is perfectly taut and light but overall it's too unremarkable

it's also catchy as hell and has a fantastic groove