daft punk saved my life
deej
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i know there have been a lot of posts about these dudes lately and it seems like in the last 1-2 years the daft cult has blown up, but i caught them when they came through chicago last night (well, watched from outside the fence, i wasn't really interested in paying 80$ for lollapalooza) and even from that distance it was pretty jaw dropping. I wish i'd spent $80 If any of you get a chance to see them, i know they're in ny soon, take it w/out hesitation."Alive" and "Rollin and Scratchin" were mind-bending highlightsfinale:
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wow, 2 dudes playing a CD...and those lights....
back to the contemporary sounds of nicole willis
you sound old
Nah.
How long have you been checkin them?
I used to read a gamg of music mags back in the late 90's w/ all that House/Electronica/etc and Daft Punk were just one of many cats doin it. But if there doin it still - well i cant hatt.
I agree they are well past their creative peak, but the show is still a spectacle
they've grown in stature in the last year or two w/ some people, and a new generation has kind of taken to them justice and all that stuff. Which i'm not really into as much ... more rock influence, and more into discovery's pop songs than homework's chicago house ripoff. i think they're both great albums but it does lose something
the french house scene was obv more than just those two but a lot of stuff coming out was by them that wasn't under their names, ie stardust, crydamour label, etc
I didn't know either that they were fully blown up right now. I just checked on ebay to see if some of their old vinyl I have is going for cash and saw the tickets for NY going for a lot of money, 120 per ticket.
What's made them blow up again? Sorry for being a bit disconnected, I really thought they were an afterthought the last few years.
I remember a night maybe 10 years ago they had just played a huge party in NYC and were standing outside with their record boxes, just the two of them and maybe 4 boxes. I think they were waiting for a car or something, then they just wandered back inside and left the boxes on the curb!! There was a group of maybe 10 of us all staring at each other wondering if we should take them and get the hell out of there, when all of a sudden after a couple minutes some little girl comes running out wild-eyed and yells "OH THANK GOD" when she sees the records are still there. It was kind of surreal, and a minute or two later they both come sauntering out sipping sodies like a couple wide-eyed little kids. I'll never forget that, they killed it that night too and played some wicked records that I'd never heard before or since.
Roule label was owned by Thomas Bangalter as well.
I am feeling Justice just a bit more these days, Daft Punk still opened my eyes to house/disco back when Homework dropped though. I was always intrigued by the fact that a review of their initial attempt as a rock band led them to the path they're on now and the reviewer called their music some kind of "daft punk," hence the name.
The fact the they lift from moder/boogie/r&b/disco is also key. Some tunes are just good tunes, no matter who makes them/interpolates them/samples them or if it's mainstream as fuk.
Yah I like a lot of 50 Cent and Ciara songs, too.
I'm excited to hear what the rest of the Kanye album turns out to be like. That, Curtis, and the Carter 3 are gonna make for a hot fall/winter, no doubt.
I hear what ur sayin but i cant lump them into the same realm as Ciara/50/Kanye.
The "dance" scene is a whole different dynamic IMO.
Robot Rock = "Release the Beast" by Breakwater
Digital Love = "I Love You More" by George Duke
Harder Better Faster Stronger = "Cola Bottle Baby" by Edwin Birdsong
[apologies if all this ish has been pointed out before, I'm new to the 'Strut and I love it here]
You must hate rap.
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For those keeping score, that's FOUR Moog voyagers.
kick myself for not going to this. always been a fan. haterade or not.