*Note - placement and points are correct, image points and votes are off.
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 20 April 2022 22:07 (two years ago) link
ah shit let me correct
― nashwan, Wednesday, 20 April 2022 22:08 (two years ago) link
Paul Williams worked with the duo at Henson Recording Studios, the former studio of A&M Records where he had worked previously, including his compositions for Jim Henson's films featuring the Muppets, such as "Rainbow Connection". He also stated that the song he penned was to be sung from the point of view of an unidentified first person, setting the emotion, but the lyrics came from the music itself. Paul Williams said that he felt vulnerable while writing the record, and said he writes best when he is allowed to be honest and vulnerable, a situation that Daft Punk nurtured. He also stated that his sobriety added a sense of wonder to the song he wrote, as every day for him being sober has been wonderful compared to his prior life of excess.
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 20 April 2022 22:15 (two years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/E5BWZrP.png
42. MotherboardFrom: Random Access MemoriesReleased: 17 May 2013159 Points, 6 Votes
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 20 April 2022 22:19 (two years ago) link
Fan edited music video for "Motherboard"
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 20 April 2022 22:20 (two years ago) link
The track I like the most on RAM tbh
― nashwan, Wednesday, 20 April 2022 22:24 (two years ago) link
This song sounds so good on 420 day
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 20 April 2022 22:34 (two years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/aGY8twe.png
41. DaftendirektFrom: HomeworkReleased: 20 January 1997160 Points, 6 Votes
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 20 April 2022 22:40 (two years ago) link
Fan edited music video for "Daftendirekt."
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 20 April 2022 22:41 (two years ago) link
that is it for the day as i'm sick of talking to myself, thanks to those who did say something during the rollout and hope to be better tomorrow.
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 20 April 2022 22:42 (two years ago) link
40 Mothership Reconnection (Daft Punk Remix) - Scott Grooves 165 541 Daftendirekt 160 642 Motherboard 159 643 Touch (featuring Paul Williams) 158 644 Robot Rock 157 745 Spinal Scratch - Thomas Bangalter 156 646 Nightcall - Kavinsky featuring Lovefoxxx 154 547 Contact 150 548 High Fidelity 144 549 Chord Memory (Daft Punk Remix) - Ian Pooley 129 450 Life is Sweet (Daft Punk Remix) - The Chemical Brothers 118 451 Rock'n Roll 115 452 Mirage - Le Knight Club 105 453 Call On Me - Together 104 354 Within 100 455 Too Long / Steam Machine (Alive 2007) 100 356 Derezzed 99 457 Touch It / Technologic (Alive 2007) 97 358 Coral Twist - Le Knight Club 96 359 Gym Tonic (Thomas Bangalter Mix)- Bob Sinclar 96 360 Signatune (Thomas Bangalter Edit) - DJ Mehdi 94 3
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 20 April 2022 22:43 (two years ago) link
so the reason i went to Top 60 is because i truly believe this poll needed to highlight these songs...
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 20 April 2022 22:44 (two years ago) link
Yeah have discovered a couple great ones today, thanks.
― brisk money (lukas), Wednesday, 20 April 2022 23:01 (two years ago) link
This might be what gets me to watch Interstella, also.
― brisk money (lukas), Wednesday, 20 April 2022 23:02 (two years ago) link
so the reason i went to Top 60 is because i truly believe this poll needed to highlight these songs...― Bee OK, Wednesday, April 20, 2022
Of the entries so far I only voted for High Fidelity and Motherboard, but these are all pretty great. Hadn't heard several of them before.
Motherboard is one of the more restrained tracks on RAM
Went for a different Le Knight Club track than the two that have shown up. Their music is understated and repetitive in a way I don’t entirely get
― Dan S, Wednesday, 20 April 2022 23:45 (two years ago) link
Interesting results today. I had no idea how well the RAM tracks would do, but I thought Touch would be higher.
I should have probably voted for Derezzed. I remember hearing it for the first time and being blown away. I also remember the disappointment at hearing the rest of the Tron soundtrack a few weeks later.
Probably would have voted for Robot Rock if it had been two minutes shorter. It suffers the same problem I have with most of that album.
I've not heard many of their remixes although recently I did hear their remix of Franz Ferdinand's Take Me Out at work Which they obviously spent only a few minutes on.
― kitchen person, Thursday, 21 April 2022 00:31 (two years ago) link
Really excellent images so far!
― kitchen person, Thursday, 21 April 2022 00:32 (two years ago) link
definitely a great idea to open up the poll to any/all Bangalter/de H-C tracks. hurrah and thanks to Bee and nashwan!
― beepy fridges (sic), Thursday, 21 April 2022 01:29 (two years ago) link
voted for "Call On Me" very high (the Together version is so so good, totally superior to Eric Prydz's later rip of it), "Mirage", "Nightcall" and "Too Long / Steam Machine". despite the name of "Too Long / Steam Machine" it's based more around the synth line from Bronski Beat's "Smalltown Boy" than any Daft Punk track, it's distinctly its own thing
none of their remixes really stood out to me at all when putting together my ballot
― ufo, Thursday, 21 April 2022 01:55 (two years ago) link
I did draw the line at voting on live LP mash-ups.
I thought I would too, but I just couldn't help voting for the encore, which is so thrilling, especially if you saw the live show.
I voted for it... I remember listening to it over and over again when it was released in advance of the soundtrack and film.
Spinal Scratch is great, so I'm happy to see that others voted for it. Of all the things I relistened to while preparing to vote, that's the one that I just couldn't stop playing. I hadn't listened to it in probably 15 years or more. Still have the 12" from way back when.
― Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük), Thursday, 21 April 2022 02:55 (two years ago) link
a fair few of the Alive 2007 tracks were distinct enough and so clearly superior to the studio versions that I happily voted for them
― ufo, Thursday, 21 April 2022 03:05 (two years ago) link
― Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük),
Just catching up on a few of the tracks I didn't know before and this is fantastic.
― kitchen person, Thursday, 21 April 2022 03:25 (two years ago) link
Today had such an amazing collection of songs, it was just great to listen throughout the day
― Bee OK, Thursday, 21 April 2022 03:47 (two years ago) link
I learned a lot
― Bee OK, Thursday, 21 April 2022 03:48 (two years ago) link
Random Access Memories songs that have placed (so far):
MotherboardTouchContactWithin
not the songs you think of in regards to Random Access Memories.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 21 April 2022 04:24 (two years ago) link
Figure the more well-known stuff is to come. Some of the artist polls end up working out that way, where the lower reaches are filled with album tracks
― Vinnie, Thursday, 21 April 2022 07:51 (two years ago) link
Spinal Scratch was #8 on my ballot and thought it would be higher as it's probably the best solo Bangalter track
Chord Memory was my #3, my favourite DP remix and so many good memories around that track.
Also appears to be a spoiler in Bee's post above lol
― groovypanda, Thursday, 21 April 2022 09:11 (two years ago) link
did not know about the Eric Prydz connection
kinda cool, kinda hilarious
track is a jam
― corrs unplugged, Thursday, 21 April 2022 10:09 (two years ago) link
saddened at the sudden realisation that if Bee OK had gone with a top 40 then Life Is Sweet and Chord Memory wouldn't have shown up on a poll of Daft Punk's best tracks
― ignore the blue line (or something), Thursday, 21 April 2022 11:20 (two years ago) link
"Touch" might have been my one RAM vote. Paul Williams was a great "get" for what they were trying to accomplish.
― Max Hamburgers (Eric H.), Thursday, 21 April 2022 13:12 (two years ago) link
Great poll so far. I’m on vacation with my family otherwise I’d be posting more. Daftendirekt was one of my only Homework votes. I’ve never fully locked in with that album (tho the videos help make the case for it TBH, so thanks for posting them in this poll). That said, I will never forget the moment when I first heard Daftendirekt and the beat dropped in a completely different place w/r/t the opening sample than I was expecting. I’ve never been able to recreate that feeling re-listening to it but I remember it so vividly I couldn’t help but vote for it.
― Naive Teen Idol, Thursday, 21 April 2022 13:35 (two years ago) link
Motherboard is wonderful, and Omar Hakim’s performance is unbelievable. I always hear its sublimely melancholy arpeggio coda propelled by Hakim as Daft Punk’s requiem for genre formerly known as post rock. And I will always be here for it.
― Naive Teen Idol, Thursday, 21 April 2022 13:42 (two years ago) link
I really wasn't sure what to expect with the votes for RAM. When it came to voting I had this realisation that there aren't really any songs I dislike on there. I had Lose Yourself To Dance high and I know some people rate that as one of the low points of the album. No idea if it'll place.
― kitchen person, Thursday, 21 April 2022 15:04 (two years ago) link
Yeah, I hate "Lose Yourself to Dance."
― Max Hamburgers (Eric H.), Thursday, 21 April 2022 15:15 (two years ago) link
Enjoying this, the albums results were very much as expected but some nice surprises in the tracks. I've had 4 place so far, and agonised over Derezzed for ages but cut it at the last minute.
Robot Rock is the only HAA track I would have considered voting for, but I agree with kitchen person that it outstays its welcome. The 'Maximum Overdrive' version on the single is surely a piss-take as it's longer still and never drops, just builds and resets.
― Twelves, Thursday, 21 April 2022 15:49 (two years ago) link
xp I don't like "Lose Yourself to Dance" either but I bet someone has made an enjoyable remix of it (not that I feel like seeking it out). There's a germ of a great song in it
― Vinnie, Thursday, 21 April 2022 15:51 (two years ago) link
what a great poll, hadn't heard 'spinal scratch' before it's completely nuts, highest level stuff afaict
― the cat needs to start paying for its own cbd (map), Thursday, 21 April 2022 15:58 (two years ago) link
― Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük), Thursday, 21 April 2022 15:59 (two years ago) link
it needs to be remixed by The Avalanches(whose Music Makes Me High effortlessly achieves what RAM tries to)
― scanner darkly, Thursday, 21 April 2022 16:05 (two years ago) link
Needs a version where the robot voice is replaced with the housekeeper from Father Ted.
― feed me with your clicks (Noel Emits), Thursday, 21 April 2022 16:07 (two years ago) link
Instant Crush is objectively a good song though.
― feed me with your clicks (Noel Emits), Thursday, 21 April 2022 16:08 (two years ago) link
It's objectively a good song that does nothing for me.
― Max Hamburgers (Eric H.), Thursday, 21 April 2022 16:11 (two years ago) link
ILM Daft Punk: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7oQ8eZrvlYaxcy6Bw49tpy?si=dsKWUC30TgCsTlQcHHD4Rg
― Bee OK, Thursday, 21 April 2022 16:41 (two years ago) link
Spotify is a collaborated playlist, so if you can find the songs, it would be a great help if people on this board can keep it updated.
https://i.imgur.com/tFCrMF4.gif
― Bee OK, Thursday, 21 April 2022 16:42 (two years ago) link
Top 40
Just watching this extra footage from that 1996 rave in Wisconsin. It was always frustrating that the gear was just out of view but at the start here you can see Thomas plugging in the 909.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGODRRNUocM
x-post not to distract from the top 40, just leaving this here.
― feed me with your clicks (Noel Emits), Thursday, 21 April 2022 16:43 (two years ago) link
i see that now
― Bee OK, Thursday, 21 April 2022 16:44 (two years ago) link
Amazing images! Voted for a few tracks that showed up in Day 1 including Derezzed, Spinal Scratch, and Contact. Very glad to see those show up.
― Indexed, Thursday, 21 April 2022 16:44 (two years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/G2VZXMo.png
40. Mothership Reconnection (Daft Punk Remix) - Scott GroovesFrom: Mothership Reconnection EPReleased: 16 November 1998165 Points, 5 Votes
― Bee OK, Thursday, 21 April 2022 16:46 (two years ago) link