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General Category => Entertainment and Media => Topic started by: Warped655 on May 13, 2013, 09:17:06 pm
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A friend of mine let me know that this album was free to stream online right now. Its not out yet, it'll be out in on May 17, 2013 in Australia, May 20, 2013 in the United Kingdom and on May 21, 2013 in the United States (from wikipedia)
http://grooveshark.com/#!/playlist/Daft+Punk+Random+Access+Memories/86439304 (http://grooveshark.com/#!/playlist/Daft+Punk+Random+Access+Memories/86439304)
I just finished "Lose Yourself to Dance" and I liked it but my favorite thus far is "Instant Crush"
They seem to be going for a 60's-70's retro theme or something. Seems like a good fit for their style of electronica music.
Any other Daft Punk lovers here?
EDIT: just letting you know the songs are in reverse order, bottom song is the first, top is the last.
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Oh well, it was taken down already.
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Wish I could of herd it. I'm bit of a punk fan in general.
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I heard the single they released a few weeks ago and was not impressed in the slightest. also it's definitely out on torrent sites now, so if anyone is interested, I'm just sayin'
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Suppose that doesn't surprise me. But yeah, I actually did not like Get Lucky all that much at first but it sort of grew on me. It 'fits' well when listening too the entire album. But yeah I've been listening to "Instant Crush" far more than "Get Lucky". Give that a listen ATARI if you have the time.
Here its on Youtube as well apparently: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huUsbX8NH3I (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huUsbX8NH3I)
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daft punk is so early 2000's Half-Life 2 Newgrounds Bush etc. I bet you like Deadmau5 "I Remember"
also I think they're sort of unwittingly fascist no offense. Go to sleep dream of the next iPad everything is fine
it kind of reminds me of Castlequest for NES but remembered with more primary colors and not experienced for the harsher but stranger beauty of what it really was
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Unwittingly fascist... *blinks*
You truly are a unique snowflake.
Are you trying to prod me into some sort of argument over musical tastes?
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i listened to the whole album
it's pretty bad
every single track is twice as long as its ideas
ragnar is p. dead on about that fyi
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But, Ragnar didn't mention anything about length. At least not here. Unless its a hidden message in Ragnar's post.
Yeah, I guess Daft Punk is sort of known for having extra long songs for the 'content' though. Actually, a lot of electronica music is like that. I've always felt it was sort of a standard trope for the genre. Its never really bothered me, but I can see why it might for some people, but that would mean they probably don't like much electronica in the first place or are a bit extra picky about it.
*shrugs* guess I'm alone in liking this album here? I will admit, the reason I like "Instant Crush" so much is probably because Julian Casablancas is the vocalist (and quite likely lyricist from the sound of it). Which I only realized after hearing it so it was sort of a extra pleasant surprise. The rest of the album is pretty standard Daft Punk with a 60's/70's vibe that I think is generally decent to good. Like I've sort of implied, I really think Instant Crush would have been a better single to start with and represent the Album than Get Lucky.
I will also say I like the Tron Legacy Soundtrack album more.
I am curious Ragnar, what electronica do you like? You MAKE electronica music, so I can't help but think that might be fueling your extra critical eye. (I suppose I pose the same question to anyone here if they care to say)
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I really like this album.
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Yeah? You have a favorite track?
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The tron legacy soundtrack was only mildly interesting at best, certianly nothing for daft punk to write home about, but the first two albums that they put out were really good in my opinion, and even though I haven't really liked anything that they have done in the last decade (mostly because it has been more style than content) I appreciate them and will attempt to litsen to this at somepoint. They're an electronica band that relies on most of the instrmental and sample stuff/whatevre, but actually tries and makes song rather than dumbass dance shit (deadmou5 etc) that makes most electronic boring (eg most electronica). That being said, I'm going to listen to this album one of these days, just behind the new QOTSA and dillinger escape plan albums which both recently leaked. That being said, I actually appreciate the fact that daft punk has made interesting things out of their longer materials, especially when faced with
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fuck you that music made tron
tron without that soundtrack would just look like a fancied comicon convention
electronica has pretty much bored the shit out of me though you can only mix match so many thump thump wee wee sounds before its just a bunch of repetitive white noise imo
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fuck you that music made tron
tron without that soundtrack would just look like a fancied comicon convention
electronica has pretty much bored the shit out of me though you can only mix match so many thump thump wee wee sounds before its just a bunch of repetitive white noise imo
the tron soundtrack was the best part of the movie no doubt
still a shitty movie
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Heh, I liked Tron Legacy. I think I might have enjoyed it more because I had seen the original Tron for the first time like a week before. But yeah the soundtrack was better than the rest of the movie by far.
I'll also admit to liking a select few Deadmau5 songs though. I guess I have low standards for music? That isn't to say there isn't an entire genre I basically abhor... country music... Nor that there are isn't large swathes of music I get nothing out of but appreciate artistically anyway.
Believe I've posted some Prodigy songs in the "what are you listening" to topic as well. Any opinions on them?
This topic seems to now be about electronica music in general now.
EDIT: OH and Pendulum is fucking great.
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Heh, I liked Tron Legacy. I think I might have enjoyed it more because I had seen the original Tron for the first time like a week before. But yeah the soundtrack was better than the rest of the movie by far.
I'll also admit to liking a select few Deadmau5 songs though. I guess I have low standards for music? That isn't to say there isn't an entire genre I basically abhor... country music... Nor that there are isn't large swathes of music I get nothing out of but appreciate artistically anyway.
Believe I've posted some Prodigy songs in the "what are you listening" to topic as well. Any opinions on them?
This topic seems to now be about electronica music in general now.
EDIT: OH and Pendulum is fucking great.
I'm sure Deadmau5 has some interesting ideas, but his music just seems trivial as fuck. I mean, he recently even made a significant blog posting about how ANYONE COULD DO HIS LIVE SHOW with about an hour of training. (Whether or not this is true is debatable but considering that he mostly just dances around a laptop in a stupid hat makes it seem to have face validity.) Regardless though, I think my biggest problem with artists like him is not so much the actual music itself, but the fact that a) people waste money on going to see a concert where someone dances in front of pre-recorded music (how fucking dumb is that), and b) that most of electronica without any sort of cross-over accessibility is basically just background music at best, and as a musician and music lover, it is of my opinion that music should be the forefront rather than simply "Background noise." (Likely the same reason that I generally dislike most post-rock artists)
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I sort of like "Ghosts 'n' Stuff"... and I think the reason I like it is mostly because pendulum's lead is doing its vocals.
"Raise Your Weapon" is ok. Other than that I'm not super into the rest of his stuff, like I said, select few songs.
I totally agree with you on the prerecorded music concert thing. I always thought that was kind of dumb. I figured there was something I was missing that explained peoples interest. I'll concede I've never had much interest in going to a 'legit' concert either though. I'm not much for spectacle, crowds, or incredibly loud music even if its music I like, and the idea of seeing an artist IRL doesn't get me all that excited.
The only thing that might sort of motivate me to go to something like it is just to at least experience it and being able to say I've done so at least once. But it seems like I'd be just checking off something on a list.
Bit of a tangent there.
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raise your weapon is a terrible track.
in my opinion
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I sort of like "Ghosts 'n' Stuff"... and I think the reason I like it is mostly because pendulum's lead is doing its vocals.
"Raise Your Weapon" is ok. Other than that I'm not super into the rest of his stuff, like I said, select few songs.
I totally agree with you on the prerecorded music concert thing. I always thought that was kind of dumb. I figured there was something I was missing that explained peoples interest. I'll concede I've never had much interest in going to a 'legit' concert either though. I'm not much for spectacle, crowds, or incredibly loud music even if its music I like, and the idea of seeing an artist IRL doesn't get me all that excited.
The only thing that might sort of motivate me to go to something like it is just to at least experience it and being able to say I've done so at least once. But it seems like I'd be just checking off something on a list.
Bit of a tangent there.
I couldn't disagree with you more about seeing a good band live. Obviously seeing the "Big" artists are generally overrated, but seeing a fantastic up and coming band in a local club or something is to die for in my opinion, and there are certainly plenty of bigger artists worth seeing. Festivals with a good line up are also fantastic if you go with some friends + do some weed or something. The crowds certainly can suck, but that is also usually correlated with seeing a shitty band (shitty bands tend to have shitty fans). I've personally only been to two festivals myself (Lollapalooza and the Edmonton Folk Festival), but those were two of the best weekends in my life.
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raise your weapon is a terrible track.
in my opinion
Eh. *shrugs*
I couldn't disagree with you more about seeing a good band live. Obviously seeing the "Big" artists are generally overrated, but seeing a fantastic up and coming band in a local club or something is to die for in my opinion, and there are certainly plenty of bigger artists worth seeing. Festivals with a good line up are also fantastic if you go with some friends + do some weed or something. The crowds certainly can suck, but that is also usually correlated with seeing a shitty band (shitty bands tend to have shitty fans). I've personally only been to two festivals myself (Lollapalooza and the Edmonton Folk Festival), but those were two of the best weekends in my life.
Maybe I don't know what I'm missing? Its just that no individual aspect excites me or if it does, I feel its something I can do outside of concerts anyway.
I certainly can understand having fun at one as its obvious there is a lot of fun to be had, I just don't think a concert would be greater than the sum of its parts for me.
I'm not picky about sound quality, so the 'live' aspect of the music doesn't thrill me. Nor am I the type to care too much about raw instrument playing ability and the concept of a artist not getting the song perfect every time like in a recording would probably bug me. The typical loudness of some bands would just end up making me worry about damaging my ears.
And as much as I like music, I'm not the type to care about discovering new bands that no one else has discovered. Being part of something exclusive in of itself just seems distasteful and unfair to me so that'd never be my aim. If there was something unique that I encountered and saw that it wasn't getting recorded and shared I'd probably be sort of irritated. Its sort of tied to a personal philosophy of mine.
Going to hang out, drink, get high, with friends I can do during any event and I just don't have the 'party' attitude for festivals and well... parties. I get nervous, paranoid, and/or awkward in big social situations, even when everyone seems pretty cool. And I would be to worried about getting in trouble for getting high or drunk in a populated public space to ease out of that neurosis. And in general I'm incredibly risk averse, which would likely paint me as a party pooper.
So yeah, I guess the problem is mostly me, not the concert, I don't deny understanding the appeal. It just seems like it'd be something I wouldn't enjoy.
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You are missing out if you are not looking for yourself about what music you want to listen to. I have based my entire life around attempting to find music myself or through other individuals . Hint: do not like magazines and itnernet shit sites determine what you listen to (esp shit like pitchfork or NME). It's fine to like things that others don't or others listen to a lot eg: being famous or having lots of fans is not a bad thing; you should just strive for bands that attempt to push the envelope and display strong musician skills as well as song writing skills.
that being said you can't knock a concert til you been there, although I guess for me my absolute favorite thing in the world for a number of years now has been concert hopping so it is extremly hard for me to think beyond my current mind frame about why a good concert is fucking better than just about anyting else in the world.
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you should just strive for bands that attempt to push the envelope and display strong musician skills as well as song writing skills.
nah, it's just about whatever does something for you. moving music doesn't necessarily have anything to do with being a skilled songwriter or skilled at any instrument
really, I find it much better to value music based upon its effects upon me as the listener rather than anything technical, aside from music where having an understanding of what's going on musically is integral to the enjoyment of the piece
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I would definitely go out and try to experience some music live if you haven't because you are missing out. Its not just the sound itself although it is definitely different but the emotion and general atmosphere of a good live show that you absolutely will not experience on any kind of pre-recorded album. I think the last band I saw live was spoon in seattle by happenstance because my buddies and I came across a venue they were playin at near that boardwalk over there and I knew who they were. There were three of us and the guy at the booth gave two of us tickets for free and I dunno if you've ever really listened to spoon. They're alright, they got a couple pretty good songs but nothin to really write home about but they were one of the best bands I've ever seen live. Their frontman is honestly really talented and underrated.
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Oh wait no they had some big festival on the beach me an evangel went to. It was really good. weezer, cake, jane's addiction and a bunch of lower key bands were there. I've ended up seeing jane's addiction like three different times and not on purpose and every single time that singer is incredibly fucked up/ridiculous and can barely stand but its awesome and funny.
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you should just strive for bands that attempt to push the envelope and display strong musician skills as well as song writing skills.
nah, it's just about whatever does something for you. moving music doesn't necessarily have anything to do with being a skilled songwriter or skilled at any instrument
really, I find it much better to value music based upon its effects upon me as the listener rather than anything technical, aside from music where having an understanding of what's going on musically is integral to the enjoyment of the piece
okay yeah you are right it should also do something for you, its just that an individual should be able to develop a taste in which all of those elements come together (does something for you, + being more than just 3 chords pop bullshit)
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That's probably true. But the 3 chords bullshit can be catchy. lol.
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here's what i have to say about random access memories:
paul williams is on this goddamn album why didn't they just put him on every single track god i love that man
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I liked this album, but i didn't cream over it nearly as hard as "Discovery" when it came out. There are a few catchy tracks here and there, but it seems to me that they just took songs like "Digital Love" and "Something About us" and looped them in the same style of "Homework." I am though really glad they steered away from the direction they were heading with Human After All.
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pendulum killed drum'n'bass because they instantly became the new mould (but The Vault itself was great, the one that started it (note: i have some bias here, having been a drum'n'bass producer / dj full-time for 10 years before i started to make games for a living)) you can quite easily trace the path of fresh / dillinjah (proto versions of their sound) -> pendulum -> sub focus / noisia / big plastic snare and NI massive reese music etc -> 'clown step' -> certain dubstep -> brostep etc etc. thankfully a lot of that sound has now emigrated to dubstep, and there is a nice modern trend of making (admittedly chin-stroking) musics for the older enthusiast these days (like later days of jazz, perhaps?), sounds a bit like '97 era virus records etc, nice breaks with space in the sound.
i think pendulum's modern music is truly awful. i don't have strong feelings about deadmaus, but i'd listen to his stuff over that (or pretty much anything)
i actually really like the new daft punk album because it dares to be a concept album in an itunes / youtube cherry-picking singles world, and that it's completely not what people expected based on the first single. it's not an 'all-time-classic', but i like it a lot (homework is still one of the greatest dance music albums of all time imo)
(note: this is all my subjective opinion, music is so like that, eh?)
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If I were a music snob I'd be be shaking my head dismissively at you on the comments about Pendulum and then paradoxally eagerly nodding my head at your comments about this Daft Punk album.
But yeah, musical taste is subjective. My tastes tend to be very broad though and its rare where I will would actively dislike any particular music except perhaps the vast majority of country music.
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i feel awful for writing that now :( musical snobbery is something I'm really trying to unlearn (and really I know nothing about music despite it having been my career, ok maybe a tiny but about d'n'b but... (pendulum are a particularly easy target for d'n'b heads because the crossed over ("sold out") and they're even really nice guys who've told me they liked my music when they were coming through, so I feel extra bitchy. sorry about that.)
(if you're a fan of theirs, and haven't heard these, I really recommend checking out 'Vault' and 'Still Grey')
i also find little that appeals to me in country music, but i can definitely name enough tunes to make it hard to say i hate it outright, for example.
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i think its important to know the origins of things and see how they've passed hands, and thinking critically about it is a big part of that. I wouldn't call it "snobbery" i'd call it knowing what you were talking about.
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'Snobbery' isn't inherently bad. Especially, when it comes from expertise. My brother is a rap music 'snob' and I sort of like that because he shows me some pretty fantastic music. Its just forming sort of hard opinions and views on subjective topics due to a lot of exposure to it and understanding.
I just lack even a remotely decent comprehension level of music. I'm pedestrian when it comes to music. I know what I like but not how to explain what I like. I feel that being pedestrian is OK as well. it just means I'm a snob in other respects. (I am)
So I'm sorry if I made you feel bad it was not my intention. I should have put a 'lol' at the end of that line or something to indicate I was being friendly rather than accusatory.
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also without snobs, how would we ever have a climactic Snobs vs. Slobs showdown to settle things once and for all
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i like new daft punk a lot, i think it's their best album so far. i was never really a fan of daft punk and i really had no expectations at all about the new album. i liked discovery but never really listened to it much, i find random access memories much more interesting and diverse.
i just wish they did more stuff like touch, that song is fucking awesome. doin' it right is really cool too, i actually like it more than anything panda bear has done by themselves. there are a few weaker songs but overall the album is very solid. it won't be a classic but at least it will be one of the better releases this year.
also electronica is so much more than artists like deadmau5 playing a dj set. often there's live instrumentation and you also need to be able to make some really complex production work well in a live environment. and to be honest, i don't think that even matters much. you can enjoy a live show for so many different reasons. when i saw aeroplane live back in 2010, it was one of the best shows i had been to despite it being a dj set. the set was great, the sound was just right, the show was cool and the audience was really into it. it was an amazing 2 hours! if you think i'm an idiot for paying for it, i can tell you it wouldn't have been the same listening to the set at home.
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youre an idiot
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lol
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touch is a fucking awful song
doin it right is a cool song
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dada make me a mod so I can ban this man for his bad opinions on touch
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"touch.... i remember....when this song had a good part but now i'm singing some stupid bullshit instead of anything interesting happening"
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i need something more
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banned banned banned banned banned
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lol