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Daft Punk - RAM lOTl - They're nice robots, they chose to stay.
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IamMattFox
Member
Man, this album is so good, you guys.
On my second time through. I really liked the track with the Animal Collective guy and Lose Yourself to Dance my first listen.
"Come on, come on, come on, come on--" vocoder going up the scale. So good.
On my second time through. I really liked the track with the Animal Collective guy and Lose Yourself to Dance my first listen.
"Come on, come on, come on, come on--" vocoder going up the scale. So good.
ipitydatfu
Member
beyond's intro sounds like halo's theme
RobbieNick
Junior Member
Listened to it.
I really loved "Life back to music", but then starts to get a little slow and meloncholy but picks up again around "Get lucky".
Verdict 8/10 very creative, but too much slow stuff and not enough dance tunes.
I really loved "Life back to music", but then starts to get a little slow and meloncholy but picks up again around "Get lucky".
Verdict 8/10 very creative, but too much slow stuff and not enough dance tunes.
Mammoth Jones
Member
Listened to it the first time on the train this morning. Wasn't too shabby. Listened again and again during work and son of a bitch...these songs are really good.
I'm very impressed with this album.
9/10 here.
I'm very impressed with this album.
9/10 here.
Lumination
'enry 'ollins
Finished first listen.
Top 3 tracks in no particular order:
Give Life Back to Music
Instant Crush
Doin' It Right
Definitely a bunch of other great ones, but I wanted to force myself to pick 3.
There were some snoozers, but I'll give them a fresh listen tomorrow; I had an exhausting day, so my brain wasn't appreciating the slower tracks. The closest one I came to disliking was Touch. Not a fan of Williams's vocals. Rest of the song was fine.
Top 3 tracks in no particular order:
Give Life Back to Music
Instant Crush
Doin' It Right
Definitely a bunch of other great ones, but I wanted to force myself to pick 3.
There were some snoozers, but I'll give them a fresh listen tomorrow; I had an exhausting day, so my brain wasn't appreciating the slower tracks. The closest one I came to disliking was Touch. Not a fan of Williams's vocals. Rest of the song was fine.
Neffarias_Bredd
Member
I thought I was the only one! I've mentioned that to all my friends but no one ever agrees with me. It definitely sounds like something Marty would compose
cheststrongwell
my cake, fuck off
xXBetter Off DadXx
Member
Lovin' this album. Love the back to back punch of Doin' it right, followed by the album closer, Contact. I think I like if not love every single track on the album.
Giorgio Moroder had his first-ever DJ set on Monday:
http://www.rbmaradio.com/shows/giorgio-moroder-live-at-deep-space
http://www.rbmaradio.com/shows/giorgio-moroder-live-at-deep-space
I've never really listened to Daft Punk before, but decided to give this CD a go. I love it, haven't listened to anything else for days. The only songs I don't like too much are The Game of Love and Within, but even those are tolerable. Both tracks with Pharrell are just infectiously awesome. I kind of have to be in the right mood for Contact (mainly the latter half) but everything else is just really damn good. Particularly liking Doin' it Right, Instant Crush, Give Life Back to Music, and Touch along with the songs with Pharrell. I realize I named just about everything, but that's how much I'm enjoying it.
Hated the Giorgio monologue at first but now i find it integrates well with the background beats and once it hit me that his message
"Once you free your mind about a concept of harmony and music being correct, you can do whatever you want. So nobody told me what to do, and there was no preconception of what to do."
was precisely what Daft Punk were trying to do with this album, the 4th wall crumbled and I enjoyed all the tracks even more.
"Once you free your mind about a concept of harmony and music being correct, you can do whatever you want. So nobody told me what to do, and there was no preconception of what to do."
was precisely what Daft Punk were trying to do with this album, the 4th wall crumbled and I enjoyed all the tracks even more.
I agree, it's grown on me as well, although I do find some of it to be a tad too rambling in the first part. It's hard to imagine the track without it now, though.
killertofu
Member
Weeeelp
Just broke up with my gf.
*Cue Game of Love*
Just broke up with my gf.
*Cue Game of Love*
Messin around with my Daft Punk records, found a nice little loop from Get Lucky and mixed it in with Rollin & Scratchin and a freestyled a bit with the filter. Didn't come out too bad. I can definitely see Daft Punk pulling some loops out of RAM for Alive tour style mashups.
https://soundcloud.com/user4205283/rollin-get-lucky
https://soundcloud.com/user4205283/rollin-get-lucky
BruceLeeRoy
Banned
Finally gave it a full listen all the way through. This is in no way indicative of how I will end up feeling about the album but after this first go around I can't say it did anything for me. Sounds like a Daft Punk album made to be elevator music.
victreeb3l
Member
this song really grew on me. i occasionally find myself humming the "and it was youuuuuuuu" followed by that little instrumental part around 1:27
"within" is the only track that i havent really felt strongly about at all
dont worry bro, go out with some bros and have fun! meet some girls, start dancing and if youre doin it right, you might get lucky and touch and soon be in regular contact
Starphoenix
Member
Am I the only one who was getting Earthbound vibes listening to Touch? I swear there were moments I thought of the coffee scene.
victreeb3l
Member
holy fuck horizon is fucking awesome!!
goddamn. i wish it was in the US cd. where can i buy it in the highest possible quality?
goddamn. i wish it was in the US cd. where can i buy it in the highest possible quality?
Franklinator
Member
I've listened through the album a few times now. I like it well enough so far, and I'm kind of indifferent to other Daft Punk records. My favorite tracks are Get Lucky, Touch, Giorgio by Moroder, and Doin' it Right. The second half of the album is really good.
Listened to it a couple of times during the iTunes stream last week and was feeling mixed on it. Still bought it today. I gave it like 4 listens today and have completely fallen in love. The album certainly has its low points, "Game of Love" for one, but it's highs are incredible. I love "Touch" and "Instant Crush". Those two songs alone justify the album for me. It's a less consistent album than Discovery, but I still love it.
Candeldandel
Member
My vinyl shipped today <3 I can't wait to hold it!
By the way, where can I listen to a high quality version of Horizon?
By the way, where can I listen to a high quality version of Horizon?
When Im your age, I hope Ill still be able to write intelligible sentences.
I once got my dad into a band that he ended up listening to a lot. He asked me "When did they start making music?" and I replied with "1991/1992" and he was shocked because around the end of the 80s/ beginning 90s he gave up on music and just listened to his classics because he thought it was all shit from that point onwards. If it were not for GAF and their music OTs then I probably would have the same stance on modern music now as he did back then.
superpickleman
Member
Just got home from the RAM listening event, good times. The DJ was having issues with the vinyl at first (and everyone booed) but once that got sorted out it was great. The album holds it's own very well when played to a crowd on a nice loud sound system, everyone was into it. Giorgio, Get Lucky and Contact were the crowd favorites.
Shit was awesome and I managed to bring home a few DP masks.
I'm going to bed, I'm drunk.
Shit was awesome and I managed to bring home a few DP masks.
I'm going to bed, I'm drunk.
The Evil Ganon
Member
Moroder 'recreating' his track live during his first-ever dj-set: http://www.rbmaradio.com/shows/giorgio-moroder-live-at-deep-space (last 9 minutes).
Evil Ganon just posted about, but anyone with time should seriously check out Moroder's first DJ set. Cool mix with awesome songs from the past.
Giorgio Moroder DJ Set
Giorgio Moroder DJ Set
I just wanted to give it a quick listen, but ended up listening to the whole thing.
Pretty good stuff.
The Evil Ganon
Member
Horizon is fantastic. So soothing and dreamy. An amazing epilogue, really.
Krauser Kat
Member
This dj set...
It just occurred to me how great get lucky is as a single. The lyrics didn't make much sense to me as a single, but in the context of the album am I wrong in thinking it's basically a love letter to 60's and 70's music? That and these little digs about the present having no ribbon, and raising the bar. It's an invitation to getting back to musical roots.
If I'm looking at it right it's actually really clever to hide this kind of a thing behind the rest of the lyrics. Would also explain why this song got released as a single first over lose yourself to dance. It's kind of their artist's statement for the album imo.
If I'm looking at it right it's actually really clever to hide this kind of a thing behind the rest of the lyrics. Would also explain why this song got released as a single first over lose yourself to dance. It's kind of their artist's statement for the album imo.