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Re: Daft Punk Break Up

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Post by jevgeni »

dylan604 wrote: post #148
jerrre wrote: post #111

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Or maybe not living geographically and/or culturally close? Or does that fall under sheltered lifestyle.

I don't live anywhere near Glastonbury, but I'm fully aware that it is a real event. I'm at least in the same country as Miami, but have never attended the WMC, or the Grammys, or iHate Radio events in Vegas. I was a wee lad when Farm Aid occurred, but I was aware that it was more than a reference in an animated TV show. I've also been able to read music 'zines and websites without being geographically near any of th…

The word 'sheltered' is still misapplied here.

Re: Daft Punk Break Up

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Post by ntechau »

> I wouldn't discount the possibility of one-off reunion shows in the future

I don't think Daft Punk are the type of artists to screw over fans by creating "Last Show Evarrrr" and "Final Reunion Tour (It's serious this time)" type shows.

> I would not be at all surprised if you get the chance to see them perform together again.

People seem to be ignoring the meaning within the video. The way he clenches his fist before the explosion. The solitary walk into the sunset.

I would not be at all surprised if one of them was terminally ill.

Re: Daft Punk Break Up

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Post by mongol »

albertshin wrote: post #127

I feel like the artists/celebrities/directors who publicly announce that they're quitting usually end up coming back in a few years... Director Miyazaki comes to mind in more recent years. Those that actually "quit" just quietly drift away out of the public scene.

I don't understand why they do it so publically. Have they felt a lot of pressure and this is the way to put an end to that? I haven't followed them closely, but RAM are many years ago. Have their been a lot of rumours about their next project lately?

Re: Daft Punk Break Up

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Post by maaaaattttt »

coldpie wrote: post #131
maaaaattttt wrote: post #123

I still remember seeing the Alive set at a festival in France. They were headlining but I didn't really care about them anymore back then. I went to the concert anyway as it was the last of the night. The whole show blew my mind! The stage, the lights, the mashups that made the old songs feel like new and made the new songs don't feel so new. I can tell you the 30+K people attending the concert that evening were almo…

There's a couple bootlegs of various showings of the Alive 2007 concert, and they're all noticeably different. I imagine the 1997 sets were even more different, back when they were a bit more experimental. Cool that you got to see them, I never did :)

Indeed, just went to see if I could find the show I saw, and I could [0] (though the footage is terrible). Just the use of the Close Encounters of the Third Kind sound at the beginning gives me goose bumps again!

[0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2DSzbt6wco

Re: Daft Punk Break Up

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Post by 0xFF0123 »

dylan604 wrote: post #148
jerrre wrote: post #111

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Or maybe not living geographically and/or culturally close? Or does that fall under sheltered lifestyle.

I don't live anywhere near Glastonbury, but I'm fully aware that it is a real event. I'm at least in the same country as Miami, but have never attended the WMC, or the Grammys, or iHate Radio events in Vegas. I was a wee lad when Farm Aid occurred, but I was aware that it was more than a reference in an animated TV show. I've also been able to read music 'zines and websites without being geographically near any of th…

I feel xkcd's Ten Thousand[1] is appropriate here.

[1] https://xkcd.com/1053/

Re: Daft Punk Break Up

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Post by agumonkey »

dajohnson89 wrote: post #91
agumonkey wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sia was face on during most her first years

she did some amazing work with zero-7.

Honestly I can't fathom her solo career, the zero seven era was so brilliant. I'm happy she gets some wide recognition, wealth and comfort, but musically she is off now. Her gamut is trimmed it's all loud and no subtlety.

Re: Daft Punk Break Up

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Post by 908087 »

I honestly kind of wish they had hung it up a long time ago. Outside of the Tron score and a few other things, nearly everything I've heard from them in the past decade or so has had me wishing I hadn't heard it at all.

Along those same lines.. I was crushed when Orbital first called it quits, but somehow the music they started releasing when they got back together made me wish they had just stayed gone.

Re: Daft Punk Break Up

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Post by lghh »

greggturkington wrote: post #77
Mediterraneo10 wrote: post #45

Earlier 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.

DOOM (all caps when you spell the name) even had other people play sets for him because the mask worked so well (according to rumor and REALLY convincing video w/audio)

I'm having trouble finding the article now, but he said that later in his life he had lost quite a bit of weight so when he did do his performances himself, people didn't believe it was him and got mad.

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Post by pqdbr »

strictnein wrote: post #42

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 ar…

I remember very vividly the first time I listened to Daft Punk. I was maybe 16 years old (circa 2003) and was one of the first times I was traveling without my parents. I was on a skydiving trip with my instructor and crew. At night, there was a big party at the DZ, and at a certain time the DJ dropped "One more time".

I was talking to someone and went "wait a second, I need to do something". I walked up to the DJ booth and asked him "Man, what is this song you are playing?!"

He smiled, pulled up a CD cover for Discovery and said "Congrats, you have been daft punked".

Such a powerful track... it kickstarted my passion for house and EDM in general.

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