Daft Punk's Random Access Memories

That Even As We Speak cover's great. I've never heard it before. Apparently Devine & Statton (ex-Young Marble Giants) got there even earlier, in 1989.

Even As We Speak's was 1987!

actually trying to translate #swag into a grunge R&B context.

feel like this might refer better to Dulli originals than to their covers. also resistant to Al's suggestion that there's irony in their choice or performance of covers - playfulness yeah though

lol'ing that the whigs ended up in a daft punk thread but

re: there was definitely some edge of irony or playfulness in the whigs' covers too

i wouldn't say they approach them with any more irony or playfulness than what's in some of their own tracks. poor greg forever bein' doubted

Chilly Gonzales.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kc3I0Ent9Zg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kc3I0Ent9Zg

i had a dream last nite that i was selected to do the warmup dj set for daft punk's premiere live performance of Random Access Memories material and i was super nervous but spent a lot of time preparing and did an adequate job

then when daft punk took the stage it was a total disaster, like a real life "shreds" video. they got so embarrassed they tried to do "one more time" instead but that was a disaster too and they were booed off the stage

then i got home to my computer to see that instead of posting the next "the creators project" video they accidentally uploaded a video of george clinton high on crack instead

i woke up very anxious for daft punk

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despite the fact that I don't like gonzales, that's an interesting take.
like, in the internet/singles download era, a "pop" album composed as a global piece of music, taking care of the keys of each track and the evolution of the whole thing !

I would *love* a dream like that

I've never even heard of this guy but I do think it's incredible that DP are so involved with things old-school like album sequencing and the progginess of key change bridges between tracks.

it's not that proggy! it's just basic musical sense

^, but i assume ARB was being sarcastic

maybe his phone likes to auto-correct "progressions" to "progginess"

I lap that stuff up. I could listen to that fellow talk basic musical theory all day. They should get Howard Goodall to do one next.

looking forward to the Paul Williams vid.

yeah cut the shit guys give us the paul williams vid

ooh, good vid

Two to one says we get Casablancas next.

(Not an amazing claim given that there's just him and Williams left, but it's a sure bet, you see.)

i demand omar hakim

^

where's Fonzi Thornton?

(Not an amazing claim given that there's just him and Williams left, but it's a sure bet, you see.)

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, April 30, 2013 4:35 PM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark

does DJ Falcon not count?

really like the little melody he plays from the Moroder track

I dunno, does he count? (I really don't know! Guess we'll see!)

loved the chilly vid but it kinda waas like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcyufyBZLXc

I love that clip so goddamn much.

so glad it's not gonna be a saul williams vid

Get Lucky Edit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hHSH9sJUEo

Fuck yeah a minor. The most louche of all the keys. La Ritournelle is in that, no?

Q review http://imgur.com/a/sYWEk

PROG DISCO

oh i just came, sorry

The first column of that review made me want to hate this album, the second half made me very excited indeed.

BELIEVE

I still dont like the cover. It seems like 2013 is the year for bad, lazy artwork.

All the anticipated records have had some halfassed artwork (yeah yeah yeahs, david bowie, justin timberlake, rihanna, mbv, strokes, azealia banks, phoenix, the knife, charli xcx, atoms for peace, daft punk). All lame.

And im not even counting hip hop. Lil wayne, waka flocka flame, kid cudi and tyler the creator are pretty offensive.

who would have thought artwork would suffer in the age of downloaded music

I just got the Knife album on CD and am marvelling at how horrible the cover is. Next to that or the Yeah Yeah Yeahs this is a thing of beauty.

http://www.mixmag.net/words/features/seb-wheeler-random-access-memories-review
http://www.factmag.com/2013/04/30/at-points-its-so-prog-it-hurts-first-thoughts-on-daft-punks-random-access-memories/

jesus, that review really makes it sound good.

The first column of that review made me want to hate this album, the second half made me very excited indeed.

― Matt DC, Wednesday, May 1, 2013 4:51 AM (50 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

my understanding is that they brought in Chilly Gonzales to build a musical bridge between the two columns

wow that Q review is dreadfully written..."the killer love drug Ecstasy"

That would be a joke

ha

ban jokes

Rodgers and Jackson whip up a breezy Californian vibe that makes you feel like you’re at the wheel of a convertible, speeding down an open highway beneath a vast blue sky…

This is a massive cliche but otoh this is the best kind of music.

makes it sounds like the eagles to me

Would be down with Daft Punk doing the Eagles if I'm quite honest.

wow that Q review is dreadfully written..."the killer love drug Ecstasy"

it sort of stuck out to me - it's not funny enough to distinguish as a clear joke.

it's the old "laughing at how bad your own writing is joke that is not really a joke and kind of self congratulatory" joke

the album sounds good though