Daft Punk - Human After All

(More thoughts on the context of the Breakwater track here.)

I think I am the only "hater", but surely you can see how redundant it is compared with "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger", especially in the lyric department.

and mark p. completely otm about how this song is made for apple's 'rip mix burn' campaign.

I have no problem w/ this.

Buy it, use it, break it, fix it,
trash it, change it, melt - upgrade it,
charge it, pawn it, zoom it, press it,
snap it, work it, quick - erase it,
write it, get it, paste it, save it,
load it, check it, quick - rewrite it,
plug it, play it, burn it, rip it,
drag and drop it, zip - unzip it,
lock it, fill it, curl it, find it,
view it, curl it, jam - unlock it,
surf it, scroll it, pose it, click it,
cross it, crack it, twitch - update it,
name it, read it, tune it, print it,
scan it, send it, fax - rename it,
touch it, bring it, obey it, watch it,
turn it, leave it, stop - format it.

Technologic, technologic, technologic, technologic.

I think now that the excitement of "Wow! I'm listening to the new Daft Punk album!" has worn off, I basically agree with Stevem. This isn't as good an album as Discovery but the best tracks are very good indeed. Its all about Human After All, The Brainwasher, Technologic and Emotion. I don't like Steam Machine at all.

Human After All is basically a joke on Kraftwerk's The Robots, isn't it?

I fear my first listen to Kish Kash has permanently coloured my reaction to every album I've heard since. I've never recaptured that "OMG THIS IS SO, SO FUCKING GOOD!" feeling ever since.

Not even with Rex The Dog's "Frequency," Matt?

Initial impressions:

'Human After All' - hmmm... nothing surprising here. Scene-setting kind of track #1, rather than a mind-blower?

'The Prime Time Of Your Life' - this is more like it. I think the "prime time of your life" line is exactly what I want to hear right now. I am officially shaking off post-weekend blues. Doesn't open out into the track I expected, but I think that's OK.

'Robot Rock' - heard this before and was a bit underwhelmed. Apparently also heard it at the End on Saturday, but I have sketchy memories of much of that evening. Now it sounds ferocious. I love life.

i'd like to take the good tracks on HAA and the good tracks on Discovery and have The Greatest Album Of All Time

I would like to do Saturday again, differently.

If you think about the themes of Discovery, and the videos, many of the tracks on HAA would fit into that reasonably well e.g. 'The Brainwasher' being the bit where they have their memories erased, 'Human After All' would become 'Alien After All' haha. But yes I5555 has such romance and fantasy whereas HAA is an overly darker work.

"Technologic" pisses all over "HBFS" (which itself is an inferior reworking of "Around The World" anyway).

Sorry, just joining in the general antsy vibe.

Ah well, I think exactly the opposite, Dan. But we Boston folk must stick together! Otherwise we'll never get rid of the stench of Aerosmith.

04. Steam Machine - hotttttttttxxxxxxxxxxx
05. Make Love - afterglowmeltdown

06. PISTONPUMPINGASLIIDILSALJFLEIFJE!!!!!!

I AM THE BRAINWASHAAAAA!!!

I was in Barcelona all weekend and although Mark P was kind enough to mail me a link I couldn't download anything obviously.

The vision of her cat and dog being named "Ronan" and "Blount" terrifies my soul.

1. ural 13 diktators
2. kitbuilders
3. bangkok impact

i'm sure vahid and stirmonster and finney and ronan and others can add more. this is not a dis, just a shout out for all the poor alter egos of this world who don't get 680-post threads about them!

I am only listening to the new record for the first time now, btw.

Mind you, it took me several years to appreciate Lil' Louis's "French Kiss" when it first came out in 1989. Some of the tracks here might fall under that category.

..ok, sorry. carry on...

Today, however, cranking it up at work, I get the feeling these songs are all riff. The kind of stuff that should be used take to the stage in concert to hype up the crowd. They don't go anywhere after the initial adrenaline rush.

Maybe context is all and I need to experience it in a crowd.