Daft Punk's Random Access Memories

Ultra Deluxe Edition in 2017 with replica helmets.

ooh stickers!

What's the point of adding stupid fake ass "VIP" passes to things like this? Never got that. I always think of the printer getting a request to make these things.

Daft Punk: "We'd like you to print this VIP pass!"
Printer: "Cool! Is it for your next tour?"
Daft Punk: "Uhm no, it's a replica of VIP pass we once handed out, like ten years ago."
Printer: "*crickets*... Ok..."

you can look at the VIP pass and remember when you actually had that VIP pass for that 1997 show and how good it felt before your company pets.com failed.

http://www.harderbloggerfaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/1a72d913-536x628.jpg

this album is still wonderful

Agreed. I've been going back to it a lot recently.

just Giorgio over and over here

this album is still ridiculous garbage. "give life" was a promising start, though

promising solely for it's message? the rest of the album does not seem so far removed from the opening track, except maybe in short flourishes.

I guess hating Pharrell's vocals could ruin 'Lose Yourself to Dance' and 'Get Lucky', which seem most similar though

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qbt-kw2EkfU

i really wish that whole documentary were available with english subtitles

the documentary is pretty cool, yeah.
from a french perspective, it was quite fun (and wtf) to have all these interviews and comments from big stars and then... sheila !
I didn't even know he had made an album for her...
I also didn't know he was behind inxs' "original sin".

I should have put this on the Nile thread instead of the Daft thread, I guess..

Am I missing something? All I saw was a sub 1-min video of a Daft Punk robot typing at a console while "Why?" played in the background.

yeah the "video" is nothing. it's part of a French Nile Rodgers documentary.

Surely an equivalent of this documentary has been made in english at some point ? Especially since all the interviews are in english !
I mean it's cool and all but there must be many other interviews of Nile and all the other people involved on the subject.

Among the best stuff are his comments about all the things he's done until now.
With such an incredible history of hits he could sound like an asshole (or an hypocrite) but he manages to appear both proud and likeable.
A bit like a kid bragging.
Another nice thing is that throughout the documentary he almost always plays his (unplugged) guitar during the interviews.

(OK this definitely belongs to the NL thread !)

Recently saw Daft Punk's 2006/7 Coachella performance / Alive tour described as:

The live set that changed the direction and velocity of all electronic dance music

Seems to be a pretty widespread idea in the US, and of course I don't know if it rings more true over there (given Detroit and Chicago's musical history I doubt it) but at least I can say that for me that album/show had NO impact at all on the scene for house/techno/"EDM" - only DP song I ever think I heard at a DJ set is "Revolution 909".

So yeah, to me it seems like a very widespread misconception or a US-specific truth (in this way reminding me a bit about the relation between Kelly Clarkson and popism which in a Danish context=0) and of course I don't mind really, like I don't mind people describing RAM as an EDM record, but it strikes me as a bit silly and I wanted to share that.

Alive 2007 definitely felt like a huge moment for them and (IMO) validation of a career that's been kinda up and down

putting a DJ-based act on stage surrounded by such monstrous stagecraft following three days of mostly guitar bands was pretty revolutionary

electric daisy carnival had been around for a decade but it quickly changed in to something way bigger with much wider appeal after 2007

besides Daft Punk's huge live show, the other big change for US EDM was Skrillex

sadly, the roots of techno and house have zero bearing on the current US EDM scene

"putting a DJ-based act on stage surrounded by such monstrous stagecraft following three days of mostly guitar bands was pretty revolutionary"

otm

a nifty turning point historically, too, since daft punk's music is so heavy on guitars

i wasnt there but a few friends were and they said people were just losing their minds, one friend told me he saw a boyfriend-girlfriend couple sobbing together while dancing and kissing at the same time when "one more time" came on

ive been to a lot of shows but i'm pretty sure ive never witnessed something like that

I've heard the YTs.

Ecstasy is a helluva drug

well yeah

"You don’t need MDMA to enjoy this music." —Pharrell

how does he explain "Happy"?

"I'm a hot air balloon, I could go to space." —Pharrell

xpost What did the Chem Brothers do at the peak of their popularity? Or Orbital, et al? Iirc they were all lauded for their live performances, but I never saw them perform.

Both of them melted your face off.

And then I was never able to see them again. :(

Orbital at Glastonbury 1994 was actually the UK version of this very thing.

Must be tough.

story checks out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SJqGR5u5LI

good times

daft punk was the entry electronic/dance music act for a lot of ppl of my cultural cohort (current late 20s/early 30s college/indie-rock type kids) and the live tour (i was a senior in college) was the sort of turning moment as i remember

that's not quite the same thing as DP being the "EDM" gateway drug but it was a similar dynamic i think

And then I was never able to see them again. :(

doubt Chems live show this year is going to be any different with just Tom barely visible than it would have been with both of them still barely visible

What, what? Are they down a Bro?

Anyway, I was making a literal joke, since Dan said they melted my face off.

ah.

Ed has stopped touring, still recording. The dude who's done the incredible visuals with them on the last tours is still going.

http://pitchfork.com/news/59661-daft-punk-release-limited-edition-skateboards/

i seriously do not understand the slow trickle of tasteful & pricey merchandise that keeps dripping out 2 years after the hype cycle for this album started

but i'm definitely buying a daft punk coffee mug

Daft Punk was also the entry point for indie rock kids ca. 1995. Guys I knew who listened only to like, Pavement and Jesus & Mary Chain and The Cure were suddenly way into them. Which as a newly converted techno snob of course I scoffed at.

those skateboards look great

teal & orange.xls