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Daft Punk - RAM lOTl - They're nice robots, they chose to stay.
- Thread starter wenis
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Gone through the album once through, the Pharrell tracks for me are the standouts. I think the trouble is I expected an album of Get Lucky's, dance music but for the most part it isn't that. I dunno, I put on a daft punk album for when I'm going out, club tunes but some of the songs on this are a tad depressing. I'm not down on the album, more not what I expected. Need to cut that talking nonsense out of Giorgio, fuck I hate when people do this on albums. No, I don't want to listen to minutes worth of talking nonsense each time.
You know what, just give me a Daft/Pharrell collaboration album.
You know what, just give me a Daft/Pharrell collaboration album.
Mr_Appleby
Member
oh i think i edited that out 'cause i realized it wasn't relevant, you must've caught it before i did hehe.
"i'm more of a fan than you are" stuff helps no-one. I've spent many an hour sitting down with DP albums from Homework on, and me and them have just gone in different ways, is all.
If anything, we need more Daft/Rodgers collab album with better soul/RnB vocalists.
saltycigar
Neo Member
Love it. As a big fan of, broadly speaking, 80s music - they've captured the relevant spirit very neatly with some delicately placed homages built right out of a few 80s classics.
EDIT: Lose Yourself to Dance is a weak track because of Pharrell's squeaky voice, sometimes it's just too much.
EDIT: Lose Yourself to Dance is a weak track because of Pharrell's squeaky voice, sometimes it's just too much.
The organic feeling of the tracks, made the album feel somewhat foreign for a Daft Punk fan like me. If we look at previous albums, the sampling of magic moments of obscure tracks, was the filling on the mostly eletronic cake. What i love about Daft punk, is the finnesse and craftsmanship with wich they construct their songs and the care put on using old eletronic gear to try and emulate the disco, warmth and grooviness. Now with this album, they crossed the barrier, and are just producing their own Disco tracks.
The sparkly clean drums and mildly filtered guitar just don't convey the same exitement to me as a listener, as the epic crescendos of old distorted shynths trying to screech out guitar riffs.
I don't hate Daft Disco, but i definitely don't love it.
The sparkly clean drums and mildly filtered guitar just don't convey the same exitement to me as a listener, as the epic crescendos of old distorted shynths trying to screech out guitar riffs.
I don't hate Daft Disco, but i definitely don't love it.
Hahah, I used to do shit like that all time when I worked in an internet cafe. It's more common when you think
LanceVance
Member
I love that sample I think it fits pretty nicely. He's only talking for the first minute and a half anyway and the song has hardly even got going, then the part in the middle where he talks for 20 seconds and then the song cuts into the orchestral part. Personally I think it fits pretty nicely and helps to break the song up a little.
Not every single time I want to listen to it, no. The bit in the middle is fine, I just want to listen to music, completely cuts the flow of an album.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Man you would absolutely hate rap then.
Sometimes it fits into the narrative of the song. It's just like lyrics, except less... lyrical.
No idea. I like it but it was no where to be found on the album.
It does sound like Pharell and Nile Rodgers though - so I totally expected it to be Lose yourself to dance.
Possibly the bonus track?
A remix of Yellowire - Tonight Is The Night
They apparently had a remix competition, so there's a ton of remixes out there. Someone found the guitar track on soundcloud and it was the exact same thing as in this snippet (I don't have the link right now)
EDIT: Here's the guitar track: Soundcloud
Pizza Luigi
Member
What an odd album. I just listened to it through shitty speakers and I'm feeling like shit so I will relisten it in a couple of days. Weird.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Gotta say I love the vocoder breakdown in lose yourself to dance, as cheesy as it is. Standout track for me. Pharrel doesn't even bother me.
Man you would absolutely hate rap then.
Sometimes it fits into the narrative of the song. It's just like lyrics, except less... lyrical.
But it's not even to music. It's just talking, can you imagine listening to it at a party/club and having that come on? No, they would cut it because it's meaningless jibberjabber.
Not even remotely close imo.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Well yeah, I fully expect that to be cut out during live playings (or at least remixed, or used as some sort of introduction to the show) but album cuts don't have to 100% follow club cuts. Especially for electronic music.
Also there is music playing to it in the background.
Don'tBeWeird
Member
Indeed.
that sounds nothing like the loop sample on youtube.
touch
i remember touch
pictures came with touch
a painter in my mind
tell me what you see
a tourist in a dream
a visitor it seems
a half forgotten song
where do i belong
tell me what you see
i need something more
kiss
suddenly alive
happiness arrive
hunger like a storm
how do i begin
a room within a room
a door behind a door
touch where do you lead
i need something more
tell me what you see
i need something more
touch
sweet touch
you've given me too much to feel
sweet touch
you've almost convinced me i'm real
i need something more
i need something more
this is such a great song.
i remember touch
pictures came with touch
a painter in my mind
tell me what you see
a tourist in a dream
a visitor it seems
a half forgotten song
where do i belong
tell me what you see
i need something more
kiss
suddenly alive
happiness arrive
hunger like a storm
how do i begin
a room within a room
a door behind a door
touch where do you lead
i need something more
tell me what you see
i need something more
touch
sweet touch
you've given me too much to feel
sweet touch
you've almost convinced me i'm real
i need something more
i need something more
this is such a great song.
Dave Meltzer
Banned
Touch is the worst song on the album by some distance.
Easily my least favourite song of the album. Doesnt do anything for me.
roosters93
Member
Man you would absolutely hate rap then.
It's incomparable to rap though. He's just talking.
Did I miss something? Didn't they say they weren't touring?
Different strokes, Contact doesn't do much for me. (That makes me weird, I know)
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Rap does use a lot of vocal conversation samples though. Skits are a big part of rap.
Like all the fucking marvel cartoon quotes in mf doom albums.
The song that I liked least in this album.
Don'tBeWeird
Member
Game Of Love is quickly turning into one of my favourites.
"I just wanted you to stay..."
"I just wanted you to stay..."
hated it at first but it gets better the more i listen to it. same with "do it right".
Those are my favourite tracks! Shows how subjective this all is.
For some reason it reminded me of Muse, I realized it was because although the sound is different, it fails for the same reasons that they do.
polyh3dron
Banned
I hope they go back to chopping up samples and shit for their next album.
Also, Doin It Right is probably my favorite track on the album right now.
Also, Doin It Right is probably my favorite track on the album right now.
polyh3dron
Banned
This.
