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Daft Punk Break Up

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Re: Daft Punk Break Up

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Post by ihuman »

hypersoar wrote: post #35
pyrophane wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

There are plenty of videos of Alive 2007 on youtube if you want to see how rave-like they are.

Re: Daft Punk Break Up

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Post by strictnein »

I remember the first time I heard and saw the "Around the World" video. It must have been summer of 1997(?), when MTV still played music videos and they played the "weirder" ones late at night. Was poking online at stuff and had the TV on in the other room and I heard this weird (as in different) song come on, head to the other room to see that strange music video and I was immediately hooked. They only showed the artist at the beginning of it, so I had to stay up another 2 or 3 hours until the entire segment repeated itself to catch who it actually was.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKYPYj2XX80

Re: Daft Punk Break Up

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Post by symlinkk »

aphextron wrote: post #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.

I thought RAM was already on the downturn. They peaked with Discovery and Alive 2007 in my opinion.

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Post by Mediterraneo10 »

keiferski wrote: post #17

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.

Several other musicians have done the same through mask wearing. Gene Simmons of Kiss was probably rarely recognized in public before, much later in life, he started appearing in television programs without his makeup.

MF Doom, Sia, the list goes on.

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Post by bjarneh »

keiferski wrote: post #17

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.

Totally agree. Never understood why people would like that other type of fame when you cannot walk anywhere without drawing a crowd. At some point the only people you can truly hang out with are other extremely famous people.

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Post by senor_lecce »

ihuman wrote: post #41
hypersoar wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

There are plenty of videos of Alive 2007 on youtube if you want to see how rave-like they are.

Probably the best live gig I've been to.

Re: Daft Punk Break Up

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Post by sneak »

keiferski wrote: post #17

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.

There are at least a few stage acts that are like this, at least two dance acts that I can think of.

It also permits one to hire additional stand-ins and perform in multiple places at the same time.

Re: Daft Punk Break Up

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Post by schwartzworld »

buro9 wrote: post #33
pyrophane wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

I went to a smashing pumpkins show and was so turned off that I stopped being a fan. I have met several others with the same experience
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