Daft Punk's Random Access Memories

"i get the sense someone on the internet is trying to show cool cred, I must step in here"

hahaha

what else filled yr niche in 95

i hear alice in chains are gonna do an unplugged

o wait mtv. trigger warning. sorry dude.

bout to go on another tantrum 3...2...1...

ILM saves me so many psych bills, free analysis here thx bros

you seen braveheart yet?

we've got an Elton John poll coming up; could use more Alice-in-Chains-in-'94 passion.

I feel like we are wasting this energy when we could be angry and confused about some other, slightly less dumb, thing.

The fuck does this have to do with ratings and my 'niche' interest? Don't you hate people that say they are coming to your party and you buy extra food and drinks and whatever and then, they don't show up because in the end they went somewhere else instead? It's a dick move and DP did it to Colbert. A simple note in advance would have been a class move.

otm

i would say pick yr battles ppl

like, if you were going to go through the history of pop music dick moves involving bands you like, cancelling on a talk show is gonna be pretttttttty low down there

offering to "just show up" and not do anything else is a pretty dick move too though

I will never forgive the time the GAP Band dropped Merv Griffin for the 1979 Soul Train Awards.

That still burns me up.

lol daft punk truthers still at it

j/k but on the topic, I was super pissed when INXS was scheduled to finally play my little city where bands of any import rarely came but cancelled shortly before the date so they could appear on SNL instead.

I'm sorry Daft Punk made Stephen Colbert have a kinda bad day at work, btw he is one of the most beloved celebrities in the free world and has an annual salary of $6 million

feel like having a strong opinion about this is almost certainly a waste of your emotional energy

http://i.imgur.com/BwkmTkc.jpg

Sure, call all the celebs in NYC you can and see who's willing, then go film a bit with each of them ... but in 24 hours? If that's really the time frame they were dealing with, of course. Maybe they saw a problem coming and got going a day or two before.

It's entirely possible, however, that all or most of them were filmed with a different intent. That would make it a lot more reasonable.

Or maybe I don't have a good sense for what kind of time/effort this would take.

Agree that Thicke is the biggest hurdle of all. And the fact that it was him, with the "song of the summer" tie-in, is the best argument for the set up theory.

people, people

"You remember how they got to Gnarls Barkley in '06, right?"

Garrison NODS quickly, seeing the connection

Truth be told, I was just looking for a reason to bash Daft Punk because Random Access Memories sucks. And I like Stephen Colbert. This isn't really about them not showing up.

(Also, fuck MTV.)

There were crucial papers that said Viacom would be wholly responsible for when to book musical guests and where. This was unprecedented, basically ending the reign of the Colbert Report being able to book its own guests, splintering it and the Daily Show. The shock waves this sent through the corridors of Manhattan and Daft Punk in effect handing all power back to MTV. It was crushing.

Mostly I'm shocked that more people watch the VMA's than any random episode of the Colbert Report.

If DP really cared about exposure they should have a) made an album of dance music and b) toured.

I just watched the Stephen Colbert video and it is interesting to note that it never gets to the part in the song with the robot voices. I'm wondering if the initial plan was to just use that video, maybe with a live band backing the song instead of a recording, but have Stephen Colbert dance with Daft Punk during the vocoder break down.

Colbert adresses the 'set up theory' and the whole DP mess:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__MI3kMFVSE

Mostly I'm shocked that more people watch the VMA's than any random episode of the Colbert Report.

this really shocks you?!

I think that was a joke.

haha are you sure about that?

Not sure. I'd like to think so.

I will be watching at least part of the VMAs because Gaga, but Daft Punk can gtfo imo.

I'm shocked more people watch the oscars than an episode of Byron Allen

It was a joke but a lame one. I still think "It's the one night MTV plays music videos!" jokes are funny. I'm old.

If DP really cared about exposure they should have a) made an album of dance music and b) toured.

― Josh in Chicago - lol yeah their promotional strategy for this album was a disaster

hey josh what are yr top ten dance albums by touring acts this year?

No need to be dickish. I was just responding to someone who suggested they chose to do the VMAs for the exposure, and I was just saying that's a bit rich from a group that's not touring. DP doesn't need to make any appearances, or albums, if it doesn't want to. Nor does the group have to appear on the VMAs, of all things. The album's a success by any commercial standard, really. I'm surprised they're doing any further promo for it at all, really.

Per the dance stuff, I'm mostly just making fun of the album some more, which is anything but a bunch of "Get Lucky." But along the aforementioned lines, if the band wanted more "exposure," it could have easily stuffed it with a dozen retro disco tracks. But it didn't. This album does not seem designed to make you dance, by and large. It's the thinking man's dance album, and by that I mean the sitting man's.

I heard my 51-year-old editor say the words "Daft Punk" out loud for the first time today, so thanks Stephen Colbert.

maybe daft punk wanted to be on colbert and the vmas and then when they couldn't do both due to network bs they decided to go w/ vmas. maybe what they really wanted to do all along was the vmas cuz man remember madonna's garter and prince's buttcheeks and that one time the edge sang or rapped or whatever in front of some tvs plus you can reash 6-12 million ppl for five minutes work - do you now how many shows you would have to play to reach 6-12 million ppl? and the expense, mon dieu! and then maybe someone was like hey the colbert ppl want to know if you'd be interested in doing this thing, you wouldn't have to perform or talk even, just show up and give them an excuse for a viral clip, i think it'd be good for the brand, whattya say guys - yes? yes? ok i'll tell them that's a yes and then the sunday before thomas rings up guy and is like bon soir guy, remember we have zat thing with stefan colbert tuesday, do not get too fucked up the night before mon petit amis! and then the next day the same lackey or maybe a different lackey who can even tell tells them bad news guys, colberts off, mtv wants an exclusive for the vmas and thomas is like o good i can see pacific rim again before it leaves theaters and then tuesday morning he opens the ny times and zut alors. or maybe they were like lol this guy's sister couldn't even beat mark sanford sure we'll do yr show durrr. maybe it's an elaborate scheme they've got going w/ ryan adams and we have to wait to find out what musician that had a kinda hit in 2001 is gonna no-show lawrence o'donnell. maybe they're jewel thieves.

haw haw haw haw, formidable!

that one time the edge sang or rapped or whatever in front of some tvs

lol I never knew about this, this is beautiful

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ec6W74ZxHZw

I'm sure I knew at one point, but my brain buried it.

lol i love edge going 'i gotta dress futuristic - somebody get me benjamin bratt's costume from demolition man!'

Can't wait for Daft Punk to start but oh no here comes Viacom's Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert onstage to stop the show and say to the robots "Imma gonna let you finish but The Residents were the best band to wear stupid masks and hide their identities" and won't that be something?

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

Lol PP

please let pp's stunt happen