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Daft Punk Break Up

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Re: Daft Punk Break Up

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Post by Swizec »

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 saw Guns’n’Roses at a festival in 2012 and ho boy did Axl Rose not age well. The Slash impersonator was kinda odd too – obviously great guitarist in his own right, all he needed was to own the fact he’s not Slash.

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Post by mabbo »

Mediterraneo10 wrote: post #45
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.

I remember reading a wonderful article of a guy running a recording studio and being excited because Kiss is coming to record there.

Then 4 normal looking guys show up and he's like "Oh right, they don't dress up like that all the time".

Re: Daft Punk Break Up

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Post by symlinkk »

arcticfox wrote: post #72
symlinkk wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

Everyone has their own opinion on the content, but RAM won the most prestigious Grammy Award. From a recognition perspective there's not really anywhere to go but down.

Grammys are a joke. In 2014 Macklemore’s album “The Heist” beat out Kendrick Lamar’s “Good Kid Maad City” for best hip hop album.

Re: Daft Punk Break Up

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Post by JansjoFromIkea »

nicolashahn wrote: post #7

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 think they probably knew they had a bit of an issue in terms of live shows in that they had a pretty divergent audience it'd be very hard to please. It was already a bit of a marvel how well they combined their three albums into one show in 2007 and they were still pretty firmly a dance act at this stage (which I'd say has blurred a lot since as Discovery and RAM become increasingly dominant over Homework in mainstream recognition)

Outside of doing seated gigs (ie something very firmly to set the tone in advance) I'm not sure how you could clearly set a tone that wouldn't upset a large portion of the audience. I'd skip a seated gig for sure.

Plus the demand would be off the charts. Horrifically expensive tickets bought maybe a year in advance. That'd be a lot of pressure to include hits that may not fit very well in (e.g. thinking of how Digital Love was left outta the 2007 show, which was absolutely the right move)

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Post by me_me_me »

symlinkk wrote: post #43
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.

Alive 2007 is my absolute favourite. I often think that 2007 remixes are better then the originals.

I remember my mind was blown when i first heard #3 Television rules nation / Crescendolls, when it transition back to Television with a drop... absolute masterpiece of electro music

Re: Daft Punk Break Up

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Post by lm28469 »

mu_killnine wrote: post #9

I love daft punk and had countless nights in college studying, gaming, and coding to their albums. I will continue to love their music but totally understand wanting to move onto something new after almost 30 years :) Best of luck to them in whatever they move onto next

> gaming

I used to play HL 2 while listening to Discovery, I know, kinda weird, and now every time I hear songs from this album I have HL2 flashbacks. Somehow these are some of the most vivid memories I have, I can still see the screen and the in game scenes

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Post by geek_at »

cognaitiv wrote: post #18

Best Daft Punk show I ever saw was Lollapalooza with LCD Soundsystem opening on the nearby stage. LCD Soundsytem closed with “Daft Punk is Playing..” and Daft Punk emerged in a pyramid and absolutely melted our faces.

wait Lollapalooza is a real event? I honestly thought the simpsons episode made fun of the music event scene

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Post by mabbo »

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.

I saw Don Schlitz[0] perform "The Gambler" at The Grand Ole Opry[1] last year (juuust before Covid). He said something like "Yeah, Kenny Rogers did well with this song, but I can still go to the grocery store without being recognized, and I still get paid when they play it" (or something to that effect). Funny guy, and a great singer too.

[0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Schlitz

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Ole_Opry

Re: Daft Punk Break Up

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Post by chadlavi »

cognaitiv wrote: post #18

Best Daft Punk show I ever saw was Lollapalooza with LCD Soundsystem opening on the nearby stage. LCD Soundsytem closed with “Daft Punk is Playing..” and Daft Punk emerged in a pyramid and absolutely melted our faces.

I see that you also went to college somewhere between 2004 and 2008
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