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Daft Punk Break Up

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Re: Daft Punk Break Up

#31

This completely sucks. I had a bucket list item to see them live. Definitely my most listened-to artist ever. Best of luck to their next endeavors though, I hope they both continue to make music.

Maybe my biggest concert regret is not seeing the Alive tour. Game changers.

Re: Daft Punk Break Up

#32
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I genuinely feel like listening to Discovery on my discman on the bus in high school helped define who I am as a person. On the one hand I find this news horribly disheartening, on the other hand I am thrilled to see them go out on top. They have never had a bad album, and I’m my opinion they only got better as they went. Godspeed you beautiful robots.

Oh man. Discman on the bus. Those words punch me right in the memory. Likewise, I had a period of time listening to daft punk’s discovery that was fairly transformative. It completely, with no exaggeration, overhauled my understanding and appreciation of music.

Guessing the numbers on your username to be significant, we’re of the same vintage.

Discovery, Radiohead’s Kid A, and Bjork’s Vespertine defined my late teens - an age that basically defined my musical tastes.

It’s interesting how music does such an amazing job of worming itself into your brain.

Re: Daft Punk Break Up

#33

This completely sucks. I had a bucket list item to see them live. Definitely my most listened-to artist ever. Best of luck to their next endeavors though, I hope they both continue to make music.

Both artists are under 50. I would not be at all surprised if you get the chance to see them perform together again.

And with the added advantage that as they are electric they'd sound as good in the future as they did in the past. You wouldn't even know if it wasn't them under the masks.

The counter point being that I saw Velvet Underground live and they sucked badly :D

Re: Daft Punk Break Up

#34

This completely sucks. I had a bucket list item to see them live. Definitely my most listened-to artist ever. Best of luck to their next endeavors though, I hope they both continue to make music.

Both artists are under 50. I would not be at all surprised if you get the chance to see them perform together again.

one just fucking exploded! did you not see that!?

Re: Daft Punk Break Up

#35

This completely sucks. I had a bucket list item to see them live. Definitely my most listened-to artist ever. Best of luck to their next endeavors though, I hope they both continue to make music.

Both artists are under 50. I would not be at all surprised if you get the chance to see them perform together again.

I didn't go in the past because I'd heard their shows had a rave-like atmosphere. I have no idea if that's true, but it put me off. But maybe I won't have to worry about that so much when I'm one of a bunch of middle-aged people at a reunion concert by Daft Punk in their 60s.

Re: Daft Punk Break Up

#36

This completely sucks. I had a bucket list item to see them live. Definitely my most listened-to artist ever. Best of luck to their next endeavors though, I hope they both continue to make music.

I feel the same way. I think I've listened to Discovery hundreds of times.

With any luck there will be a reunion within a decade or two.

Re: Daft Punk Break Up

#38
I don't believe it yet. But I can see the logic. They're kind of in a Half Life 3 situation with regards to Random Access Memories. At this point, there's almost no way imaginable they could top it, and anything they do come out with will probably be compared unfavorably.

Re: Daft Punk Break Up

#39

I found their last few albums to be rather weak, lacking innovation. Who knows, maybe in a few years after a break they can get back together with a fresh mind and produce something great.

I know that music taste is subjective, but Random Access Memories is a masterpiece.

Re: Daft Punk Break Up

#40

I always thought Daft Punk figured out the perfect solution to the how to be famous problem. Everyone recognizes their artist name and their artist costume, but virtually no one knows their real name or would accost them on the street.

Consider The Residents - a 4-person musical group with eyeballs instead of heads who have been anonymous for about 50 years!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Residents

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