One of my regrets in life is not going to Alive 2007 because I was young and none of my friends wanted to go with me.
Daft Punk Break Up
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#52This 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 wouldn't discount the possibility of one-off reunion shows in the future, provided they parted on good terms (and that's usually the case when a band has been together 20+ years) (FWIW, I was very smug that I got a ticket to one of LCD Soundsystem's goodbye shows. It was awesome. They reunited a few years later, released albums and resumed touring ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ )
Phil Collins did a "First Finale Farewell Tour."
Then followed it with a "Not Dead Yet Tour."
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#53I 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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#55I 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.
Gorrilaz don't even both with that, just animation
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#56I 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.
Sia was face on during most her first years
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#57I 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.
RAM felt producer nostalgia based, legend namedropping and such. The daft spirit was gone to me.
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#58Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
Gorrilaz don't even both with that, just animation
Damon Albarn was already famous by then.
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#59Maybe there'll be a Stardust reunion.
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#60Part of me is always quite envious of people who cleanly close one chapter of their life and move on to the next.
I feel a deep respect for people who experience their 15 minutes and then choose to leave it or move behind the scenes rather than searching for that next addicting dose of fame. Folks go on to become producers, directors, stage actors, video game voice actors, music label owners, teachers... It always seems like an interesting story that I would love to know more about, and yet I feel that the act of learning more w…
More like 25 years of fame. :)