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Daft Punk - RAM lOTl - They're nice robots, they chose to stay.
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Ken Masters
Banned
that's pretty sweet
Winterfang
Banned
I'm not digging this album.
Because its terrible.
Winterfang
Banned
I'll have to agree with this. Literally hard to listen to.
Messypandas
Member
I like Motherboard, I think its my favourite
perineumlick
Member
I could see where some would like this album, especially depending on what mood they are in. I could also see some hating it; I personally think it's highly overrated, mostly on this board. I like Motherboard, and Contact, as they sound more like the Daft Punk I'm used to, everything else I'm just not feeling. Get Lucky is catchy to me sometimes.
mattiewheels
And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
My man. You like AIR, I guess?
Messypandas
Member
Oh yeah definitely (Well I own Moon Safari I guess), I see what you mean. I got major Philip Glass vibes myself and I'm a mega fan. What I'd kill for them to do a collab...
Ether_Snake
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I think the beats all have potential, that 8-bit video shows as much, but on the album itself the tracks are underwhelming, the voices don't do any good for it most of the time, and it doesn't flow nicely from one track to another. And yeah, DP have been a bit full of themselves in their comments. There's nothing particularly special about this album that allows them to say this is them fixing a problem or bringing the music of the future or anything like that.
Kai Dracon
Writing a dinosaur space opera symphony
In a perverted way something I like about Daft Punk is there's always a highly disappointed and sometimes angry reaction to each new studio album. A certain percentage of fans who came on board from the previous project are baffled by how DP "totally lost it" on their new one because it's so different.
Reading a lot of the negative opinions about RAM (not just here, but all over) sounds like going back in time to 2001 and listening to Homework fans react to Discovery.
Tho to be fair to everyone, Human After All was so intentionally shocking, just about anyone could be forgiven for not knowing wtf to do with it.
Reading a lot of the negative opinions about RAM (not just here, but all over) sounds like going back in time to 2001 and listening to Homework fans react to Discovery.
Tho to be fair to everyone, Human After All was so intentionally shocking, just about anyone could be forgiven for not knowing wtf to do with it.
Your contribution to this discussion is noteworthy.
perineumlick
Member
He gave his reasons in a previous post.
Ah, missed it.
Yes. I'm still not a fan of the orchestral intro to it, but from then on it's an incredible mood piece, I just lose track of everything else around me and soak it in. When the keyboards kick in at the end it's just beautiful; I wish it kept going and going.
wsoxfan1214
Banned
Instant Crush, Doin' It Right, Touch and Lose Yourself to Dance are all incredible. Same with Giorgio.
perineumlick
Member
Okay, Motherboard is sonic brilliance. Listening to this track while driving to work down I-95, 5AM in the morning, nobody else on the road; I can feel the urgency expressed through the speakers. Just makes me want to move faster. The tonal shifts work better here than on any other track on the album imo. Every other song sounds pretentious; like it's trying too hard to be different and edgy, but Motherboard is Daft Punk at their best. Honorable mention goes to Contact too.
I pretty much hate all the vocals on this album though.
I pretty much hate all the vocals on this album though.
mattiewheels
And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
Yeah man, you should listen to Talkie Walkie too, and 10,000hz Legend while you're at it.
Killer Yakuza B
Member
Just listened to the album for the first time yesterday and liked it quite a bit. While I like the other stuff I've heard by Daft Punk alright, I'm not a huge fan or anything. This one, however, I found very enjoyable. My favorite songs right now I guess are Contact, Giorgio by Moroder and Motherboard. Get Lucky I think is the one I liked less, but didn't hate it or anything (maybe would have liked this one better without vocals or with more instrumental parts, but it'll probably grow on me more). Horizon is very Pink Floydy and I love it, I have a thing for slide guitars. The whole album sounds great, it's great to listen to with headphones on.
Also! Holy shit! Giorgio Moroder composed the theme song for The Neverending Story movie!
Also! Holy shit! Giorgio Moroder composed the theme song for The Neverending Story movie!
Hah! That would be several kinds of awesome.
Dreams-Visions
Member
the vinyl is SO GOOD.
KolosLazar16
Member
Pavaloo: YouTube? Spotify? No excuse.
Waiting for the vinyl. At this point I've waited too long to not be committed to it
That explains why they're friends with Kanye West.
perineumlick
Member
Lol, don't. There's plenty of great music out there. This ain't it.
I feel bad for you.
A long interview (in french), from the guy who worked with Daft Punk on the mastering fro the digital "studio master" release :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MI3UH2Fq6O0
He lets slip a little something at 19:04, confirming what Thomas said in another interview : they're still going further, the'yre doing the remixes at Studio Gang, which is next door... He doesn't know when is the release but he's mastering directly from the source, cables between the 2 studios, from the mixing console to his mastering one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MI3UH2Fq6O0
He lets slip a little something at 19:04, confirming what Thomas said in another interview : they're still going further, the'yre doing the remixes at Studio Gang, which is next door... He doesn't know when is the release but he's mastering directly from the source, cables between the 2 studios, from the mixing console to his mastering one.
Waiting for the vinyl. At this point I've waited too long to not be committed to it
Good! It was a long wait for me but we'll worth it. My vinyl isn't as dead quiet as I hoped. A little crackly, but hope a clean will sort it out. Other than the crackly issue it's very good
Glad I'm not the only one..
You aren't the only one. Really can't stand any of them except for Todd Edwards on Fragments of Time.
Vocoder vocals have always sounded cool to me for whatever reason, so I don't mind them, but all of the guests vocalists do nothing for me.
I didn't realise Guy-Man was so much more, um, "filled out" than Bangalter was. There ya go.
I'm the same. But they have to be done well and on older DP, no worries... but other than Fragments of Time, the rest of the vocals (vocoded or otherwise) just didn't do it for me.
That's been getting more, um, pronounced in recent years.
Winterfang
Banned
I didn't knew Robots could get fat. This is blowing my mind!!
Don'tBeWeird
Member
Makes me glad I chose #teamBangalter for my avatar.
Messypandas
Member
So which ones the Paul Simon, talent wise?
I wonder if his helmet's been getting *slightly* bigger, too? Because you know, gotta make room for dem chins.
Only one of them.
Now I just have this mental image of Guy-Manbot just shoving cookies *at* his helmet a la Cookie Monster.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
He's not remotely fat enough for double chins man.
Bangalter is eternally lanky though. Holy shit.
Finally got a chance to listen to this album, I ran through it from start to finish twice. I hate to say it but this is the first Daft Punk album I havent instantly fallen in love with. Theres just too many tracks that do nothing for me, I got bored. That said I really like 'The Game Of Love', 'Beyond' and 'Doin' it Right'.
Not too crazy about the album.
There are a few tracks I love: Touch, Giorgio, Lose Yourself to Dance, Motherboard, and Doin' it Right. Contact isn't bad either. A few of these took a listen or two before they sunk into my subconsciousness.
The rest, not so much. Fragments of Time reminds me of a Stealy Dan song, which probably would have benefited from either an extra singer for dual vocals or a different singer entirely with more bite. The rest sound off, like static muzak in a department store (Especially The Game of Love). It's a real shame, I loved all of Discovery, and still go back to Homework, Tron Legacy and Human After All between breaks of Cross from Justice and random Boys Noize.
Edit: ha ha holy shite at the pic above!
There are a few tracks I love: Touch, Giorgio, Lose Yourself to Dance, Motherboard, and Doin' it Right. Contact isn't bad either. A few of these took a listen or two before they sunk into my subconsciousness.
The rest, not so much. Fragments of Time reminds me of a Stealy Dan song, which probably would have benefited from either an extra singer for dual vocals or a different singer entirely with more bite. The rest sound off, like static muzak in a department store (Especially The Game of Love). It's a real shame, I loved all of Discovery, and still go back to Homework, Tron Legacy and Human After All between breaks of Cross from Justice and random Boys Noize.
Edit: ha ha holy shite at the pic above!
He's not really fat, he's pretty average if not a tiny bit pudgy. Bangalter is just tall and rail-thin so it's more contrast to that than anything.