What better way to kick off a new year with new possibilities than to redo an old video! Joking aside, over the past year I had seen a ton of comments asking for a Daft Punk DDD redo. And with their breakup last year, I thought it’d be a great opportunity to revisit their catalog in full. The old DDD is in the comments, but this one replaces it in every way. Thanks for watching!
Good dive and all, but how much will I have to bribe you for the Aphex discog dive. There's no way it's beating Nirvana and all that so please Mic I swear to god.
Hey! This is easily now one of my favorite videos of yours! (There are many tho). You covered Daft Punk in such elegance and I am so glad that you have been going back to old videos that need a bit of a touch up in quality. If ever in the future you want to do another redo, I would Love one on the strokes now that more music from them has come out. Can’t wait for the future of your channel man and keep up the great work!! :)
Great video Mic but............... will I have to wait for you to redo all your old DDD videos. Till the fateful day when you will cover Elliott Smith.
Surely I'm not the only one who still listens to Random Access Memories. One of the best homages to the music they grew up with. So much time and effort put in to make probably the best produced album of this century with legends of the craft doing what they do best.
I listen to it all the time, its one of the only albums that i can just listen to forever and it never gets old. Everytime I listen i find a new thing to like about a different song, it is just so amazing.
Random Access Memories might not be the most talked about album these days, but I think it's absolutely the Rosetta Stone of present-day pop. Revivalist 70s/80s throwbacks with a modern dance influence is pretty much where the genre is at now. Like, did anyone listen to Dawn FM and not think of Daft Punk? Their influence is right there, it's obvious.
My mind instantly went to RAM when listening to DawnFM. I wouldn't be surprised if the duo worked with secret and without credits on the album since they are such good friends. Their fingerprints are all over that.
@@HellPe This comment made me look it up and his ancestors were in fact Portuguese. Homem Cristo Filho (poet) and Francisco Manuel Homem Cristo (military) are listed in his WIkipedia as his grandfather and great-great-grandfather respectively .
Genuinely surprised you didn't mention Veridis Quo. One of their most subtle and tuneful songs. A personal favorite of mine. Just so beautiful in it's simplicity.
Gonna blow your minds here with this one: Veridis Quo -> Very Disco -> Disco Very -> Discovery This shit blew my mind and helped me to appreciate the track even more. Probably my favorite on the album along with Crescendolls
@@HS-mn6jc I was just about to blow everyone's mind by commenting the same "Veridis Quo -> Very Disco" thing. But you just took it a step further by blowing my mind with the previously unbeknown-to-me "Disco Very -> Discovery". Thank you for that awesome extra bit!
I think RAM surely lost impact as the 2010s moved on, but with many mainstream artists trying to emulate the past nowadays it does sound relevant again. DP was truly ahead of its time.
See? That is where RAM feels special. A lot of ppl have the 70s/80s sound but are pretty young and are going with the flow of a producer, most may never listened to it. (Nothing wrong but at least having hear your parents play something always gives that feeling of appreciation where it came from idk how to put into words) Anyways, DP lived those decades and as Thomas said it was a "love letter" to those decades they grew up in. You can hear the influence and passion of multiple ideas of ppl they loved. That there is what makes RAM imo special. Them knowing what they wanted, what the inspiration was. They always had control of their successes and failures and they know how to lead.
Honestly Random Access Memories is the album of theirs I still listen to the most. I feel like it really transcended what they had done before and at least to me it is their most timeless work.
“Touch” is probably my favorite song of all time. I know it’s not something you can listen to casually or even semi-regularly, but I rarely listen to it out of fear I’ll lose appreciation for it
@@cara_carambola I was test driving a vehicle I had just worked on at my dealership. Had to put quite a few miles on it and hit the interstate. I was taken aback by the beginning and by the end I broke down crying. Can't explain why. I do know the last few lines were very raw to me. Sweet touch, you've given me too much to feel. Sweet touch, you've almost convinced me I'm real. That was the moment I couldn't hold it in. My entire day was spent trying to forget it so I could go back and listen for the first time. I've had similar moments when discovery dropped. I was 10 and for the first time felt overwhelmed by music. Digital love, one more time, and something about us made me become more than just a music listener. I really started experiencing music after those songs. Daft Punk changed the way I enjoy music and I can never thank them enough. My only regret is never being able to see them live. Alive 2007 would have been the pinnacle moment to see them and I missed out for no real reason at all except letting life pass me by as a young teen.
As lame as it sounds, I’ve genuinely never been able to get through the song without crying, the emotions it brings up in me are so strong and overwhelming, so I don’t listen it to very often but it’s definitely one of my all time favorite songs
As a French person, I found all of your pronunciations of French names delightful ! Daft Punk are basically a national treasure, my favorite songs are Something About us, Veridis Quo, Face to Face and the Alive 2007 Around the world/Harder better faster stronger.
Face to Face is easily my favourite song of theirs. I remember about 10 years ago i lent the album out to someone and sadly never got it back, so I went out and bought it again, and on the drive home I immedietly skipped to Face to Face and cranked the volume 😆
Dude! I don’t even understand how you could say that “instant crush” is meh… I think it’s in my top 10 songs of all time. The chords, the romantic nostalgic sound, the vocoder layers, the hook, everything about it is perfection.
daft punk is just one of those music artists/acts that just formed me as a person. i remember my third older sister showed me a couple of daft punk songs and i was hooked. they have an immaculate discography if you ask me, and i was beyond bummed that daft punk isn't a thing anymore. but if you have to leave with a bang, random access memories is a pretty good bang.
instant crush's weirdness is really what i love about it. that was the first julian casablancas song i ever heard and i thought his strange blown-out vocoding was absolutely angelic. i then listened to the strokes' first album for the very first time and was kind of shocked by his rougher natural voice from the band's early years, but i was somehow able to reconcile these two versions of the same voice just because they both had the same extremely compelling emotional intensity. then i got into the voidz and, when it came out, the new abnormal, and now in 2022 i feel like julian has hit a real sweet spot between his early singing style and that on instant crush. his voice and the song are real attention-grabbers, i'll give them that (and the strokes are top 5 of all time for me now. so)
Id have to say that my favorite daft punk song without question is Touch. Especially after theyve broken up, it pulls at my heartstrings in the best way. However i have to also shout out the japan exclusive track Horizon for being some of the best ambient electro-folk ive ever heard.
I was the original poster for the Coachella ad! That video hit 1.8mil views and was retweeted by Nile Rodgers before being DMCA’d by Columbia. :( I just have a picture of the post and the memories. I’ll never forget the feeling of that high! ❤
Hearing that Random Access Memories eludes popular consciousness surprises me, given how not only does it hold up, but it seems to appear in retrospective lists of well-received albums. That and Uptown Funk was supposed to be a welcome trend of funk in Top 40 radio, so whatever happened to that?
Bruno Mars has carried the flag, but it seems to have become his 'thing' rather than a mainstream trend. There's still plenty of artists on the periphery that have followed through with it, though. Janelle Monáe has done pretty well channelling Prince for the last few years. And even further out of the mainstream, we had vaporwave and future funk as some of the most famous Soundcloud/Bandcamp microgenres. What we got instead were 80s synth homages across nearly every genre. So, it appears their collabs with The Weeknd were much more influential in the end.
Every time a new funk/disco-inspired track becomes a hit, the press goes “Disco’s finally back, baby!” as if it hasn’t happened repeatedly since 2013. Seriously, it’s like the Men in Black keep pulling up to these critics’ houses and mind-wiping the last disco hit every time a new one cracks the top 20 or so
Giorgio by Moroder being a big meme is a testament that Random Access Memories is still remembered fondly by everyone as a modern classic record. Nothing came close to the "sound of the summer" quality that Get Lucky encapsulates ever since.
Daft Punk is one of those groups that you hyperfixate on and it starts to pull you out of radio pop hell and into being a music nerd. It's sad they're gone but their music will always stick around
I mostly agreed with everything you said, except for the RAM hype comment. It may be because I'm a more dedicated Daft Punk fan, but RAM still has plenty of hype as one of the biggest albums of the 2010s, is well remembered by a lot of people and is generally a part of the treasured "vinyl revival starter pack." It may have gotten a lot more hype compared to Daft Punk's previous work, but it is by no means forgotten.
RAM is one of those records you put on with the homies much later in the night when you've burned through all of the new and exciting stuff, and you're mellowing out from the hype, and someone suddenly says "hey, put on doin it right" and you think "damn, this record is good, why do I forget about it?". Real ones know.
There's also no discussion, yeezus is divisive in a very different when compared to how kanye was being divisive by claiming Jewish people ar the reason his wife left him. RAM is just fucking good. What more needs to be said about it??
Hearing about Daft Punk's breakup will forever be that moment where I remember where I was and what I was doing (found out in the middle of an online class). It was JUST as I was getting into more of their pre-Tron work too. I'll miss em.
Daft Punk was the first album I ever bought for myself, which was "Discovery" in 2001. I was 10 years old, and I saw the "One More Time" video from Interstella 5555 on Toonami, and I NEEDED more. The day they broke up, I definitely cried. They were extremely influential in my musical tapestry.
‘Touch’ is honestly one of my favorite Daft Punk songs. It really ties together their love of Phantom of the Paradise and is a loving tribute to Paul Williams. And how perfect that it was the central song in their breakup video.
Oh yes, I was wondering if you'd talk about Daft Punk again, despite them not releasing a new album. Really nice to see a more extended look on the robo boys.
The thing i love the most about your deep dive videos is learning a little bit more about my favourite artists, the context of their music and hearing different inputs on the songs, absolutely love your channel, man
I was ready for another DDD episode. I actually only started watching your videos about a month ago, but have enjoyed your work, especially the music that shaped the 2000s.
I discovered Daft Punk through Kanye back when I was like 6 or 7 years old. Funny how my favorite rapper would lead me to finding my favorite electronic music group.
I do get that "Around the World" has only three lyrics, but I don't know why people don't talk about the fact that it's part of the legacy of all-time great songs that are reinterpretations of one of the all-time great disco songs: Chic's "Good Times". "Rapper's Delight" straight up sampled Good Times, which drew legal action but also proved that rapping over a good song is a great way to write good rap songs. After that there were more songs that took that disco bass/guitar influence like Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust", the Clash's "This Is Radio Clash", INXS's "Need You Tonight", Blondie's "Rapture", Dua Lipa's "Love Again", and of course "Around the World". But of all of them I think "Around the World" gets the genius of "Good Times". If you're going to make a song with a bass beat and feel like that you need to wind through the ideas while still letting the people dancing to it feel comfortable, like they don't want to leave the comfort of the song. It's not a coincidence that when Daft Punk decided to make two more songs like this ("Get Lucky" and "Lose Yourself to Dance") they just cut the crap and called Nile Rogers (the guy who wrote "Good Times") and asked for the disco groove right from the source.
I think Random Access Memories is a masterpiece. It’ll be looked back on as one of the finest recorded albums of all time. Inspires me to be a better musician everyday.
RAM does not cater to the modern listener. It is meant to be digested rather than just serve as background stimulus while driving or working out or whatever. If you're willing to sit down and appreciate the sounds they are creating, you'll get why it is timeless. But RAM never was a performance album, which is what is needed nowadays for albums to be remembered amongst the masses years down the road.
Electroma getting a brief mention in this video made me really happy because, in my personal opinion, that film is the most underrated and experimental thing they've ever done outside of their music as a duo. from my view, the film says so much without saying literally a single word, and it's so powerful to me.
I can not describe how desperately I want a They Might Be Giants DDD. I've recently started to relisten to their discography, and it's insane how unique and innovative they were, while seeing how independent they were as well. Such an amazing band.
I’ve been making dance music since the early 90s. I still listen to Homework and my mind kinds boggles as to how they did it. I know it’s a 909 and some some synths and samplers squashed through Alesis 3630 compressors, but some of it is just so difficult to recreate. Revolution 909 still blows my mind.
I’m kinda suppressed you didn’t mention how daft punk discovered house music, essentially the pair went to a party and where shocked to see people dancing to music they had never heard before, after his set they asked the DJ what he was playing and the rest is history
31:22 i swear "Pee is stored in the balls" (unreleased song for RAM) is one of my favourite songs from Daft Punk. following is, face to face, new wave and da funk.
I actually listened to Random Access Memories just in the last week of December! I love that album with all my heart. It feels like I can put that album on and suddenly be mentally on the beach sipping some fruity drink as the sun sets washing the sky in brilliant pinks, oranges, and reds. It's such an easy record to listen to. Beyond will and forever be one of my favourite tracks from them, with it's gentle promise of knowing that there's always something beyond the horizon for the listener. I really wish that there was more in Daft Punk's catalogue just in general. Four albums feels like a small number for a group to put out, and it is, but each Album feels like some sort of evolution from previous work, and I'm grateful for that. I'm happy for the material that we have, and I'll listen to their stuff one more time (HA) and then some. Like, I was part of the 90's Eurodance wave as a kid, and there's a lot of material there that I'll crank up to 11. But hearing the strains of One More Time on the radio when I was 11 just hit something in me, and I've been listening to dance and electronica ever since. So thanks, Daft Punk, for bringing life back to music.
It’s crazy how much impact Daft Punk has had on music. Many artists cite Alive 2007 as what kickstarted EDMs resurgance in the early 2010s. Even now into the 2020s, artists are still chasing that retro sound and mystique that Daft Punk captured all the way back in 2013. One of the few artists who’s music is apart of who I am. One of the best musical acts of ALL TIME.
Honestly I really like RAM. I adore Discovery just a little bit more, but there's just something truly magnetic about the production, arrangements and general sense of craftsmanship that kind of astounds me every time revisit it. Also, I remember listening to this this, along with Discovery, almost religiously a few years ago during a very surreal trip to Italy, so I'm a bit biased because of how fondly I remember it for that, but I still really adore this album.
As a massive Daft Punk fan, I must say: WOW You covered everything! You're one of the very few who actually talks about their side projects and individual separate works! Hell I was about to type how you forgot Musique Vol. 1 but you did mention it! I'm also very happy you mentioned their collab with Parcel (which is how I discovered the latter btw, great band)! This video is a great way to celebrate Homework's 25th anniversary! Thank you so much!
If it weren’t for daft punk, we wouldn’t have Daft Mouth by acclaimed mashup artist and internet viral sensation content man Neil Cicierega-and for that I am thankful 🙏🏻
Favorite unmentioned track is Short Circuit on Discovery. I am about your age and have had Daft in my life since Discovery so this deep dive is a great flashback in all the moments where they impacted it. I also dread never have had the chance to see them live, remembering in 2007 swearing i would see them live the next time they went on tour (ha)
To steal a saying from Porter Robinson, another one of my musical favorites, Daft Punk is fundamental to my life on the same level as water. I am a decidedly different person because their music exists. I don't like speaking about music in absolutes but Discovery is my favorite album of all time. I am incredibly thankful that I can hear their music every day should I choose to.
in my head the hype for RAM never died because i love it so much and it ties with discovery as my 2 fav daft punk albums, and i think "contact" is one of the best tracks they ever made and deserves more recognition
The first time I listened to Around The World, that part halfway through where all the instruments cut out except hi-hats, claps, and the vocal loop...and then that incredible descending synth line plays for the first time, followed by the beat dropping again a few bars later. Probably the closest I've ever come to having a religious experience.
What a way to begin the year with a DDD from one of my favorite channels on one of my all time favorite artists. I remember when I first heard one of their songs around the world. It wasn’t even for the song. I had a film class my freshman year of high school and our teacher showed the music video to us to show us different camera shots and such. But I was so distracted by the music. That’s the day I became a fan. I went home and listened to everything non stop for the rest of the week. What a time
Random Access Memories is the childhood album my sister and I bond over. We would listen to the album almost every time our family took the boat out and it's still an album we listen to often. Daft Punk personally expanded my love of music greatly! Seeing Epilogue relased in Feb 2021 broke my heart but I'm glad to have been around to experience Daft Punk.
Right? Kinda crazy so few. Side note ram was a good one to go out on but I’m surprised they didn’t have one more. I mean 8 years of a gap and then a breakup announcement? Kinda seems like they wanted to make one more but couldn’t
i think im going to go ahead and say that this was my favorite youtube video of 2022. never before have i seen a video that emblemizes the legacy of daft punk so well, and on top of that, explained so clearly. genuinely the most fresh commentary and editing ive heard in a minute, to the point where i think i need to reassess my own styles of producing/writing/editing etc. very often when i fall in love with a project i love to extrapolate the world around it, see what people have to say about it, learn new things, understand what choices were made behind the scenes, etc. and to see all that here and more is gratifying each and every time. im reminded just how much these goats impacted the industry through the moments you like to touch on in telling their story and what they made. you talk about pacing, i think youve nailed it to a tee. i don't think ive ever laughed so hard at a moment as much as 5:08. ive shared this video with countless people who finish it with a better appreciation for their legacy and what they did for music. it's one thing to create a video for the daft clubbers, but its another to retain interest of those unfamiliar with the two, and for that i applaud you. i know that this year was a tough one, my utmost condolences to you and your loved ones, but please know that you've made something that gives me, and many others, a place of warmth, joy and escapism. i know this writes itself like a copypasta, but ive never been more inspired from a video before. thank you.
Also, Interstella 5555 was supervised by Leiji Matsumoto, the creator of Captain Harlock, and directed by Kazuhisa Takenouchi, the director of the original Dragonball anime (pre DBZ). Imagine being just two french dudes and hiring these legends for your film. Absolute chad move.
13:20 DUDE!! I always thought it would be sick to see a George Michael discog dive so hearing you bring up Freeek! was a huge and welcomed surprise! *the daft punk was cool ig*
These two have a massive influence on my live as it's them who pushed my interest towards music which I simply can't live without, they've literally shaped who I am
here's my daft punk related thing: i listen to a lot of music with my grandmother, and we listened through several tracks from RAM the other day. she had never heard of daft punk and she comes from an orchestral background, so i was really surprised when talked about just how much she loved RAM! here's what she thought of each song we listened to (tl;dr she loved it): *give life back to music* she thought it was really grand and really catchy. she can't stand repetitive lyrics, but even she was singing along to the "give life back to music" lines in the chorus. *giorgio by moroder* she thought the percussion was incredible, and she was truly in awe by the ending. *within* the song is a beautiful ballad, and she couldn't agree more. she loved their vocals, the swaying piano, and the subtle key change. *lose yourself to dance* we were both dancing throughout the entire song. we were clapping with the claps, we were singing along with pharrell, and the "come on, come on" was hysterical to her. *touch* she loved that paul williams was on this track, she thought the choirs were gorgeous, she adored the vocoders, and she said the entire song was immaculate. *get lucky* she was dancing along to the entire song, and even though she thought it got a little tired just before the bridge, the glorious vocoders got her right back into it! *contact* overall, i think this was her favorite song. she was wide-eyed when the sample started, and she was getting extremely into the drumming. i could see how tense she felt as the whirring noise started building up in the song, and by the end, she was in amazement.
My favorite comment Thomas made about Discovery is (something along the lines of): "Homework was Electronic music for Rock music people, Discovery was Rock music for Electronic Music people".
LETS GOOOOO GREAT EPISODE THANK U FOR MAKING IT KING honestly learned so much on this video even though I've been a fan for nearly a decade! Always appreciate the amount of time and effort gone into researching each artist.
Fragments of time has been my top played track on spotify for 3 years now. I don't remember what brought me back to robots, but every time I hear those snares I just melt back to the good old days. Day I'm not even sure I ever really had. Doesn't matter though. RAM is the GOAT.
I would love to see a DDD for the Red Hot Chili Peppers! There's a ton of crazy history with the band members as well as their public image. Similar to Bowie, they started off slow but grew into their unique sound as time went on, and Anthony Kiedis went from knowing nothing about music to crafting a unique and fascinating voice. They're also just a staple of American 90s rock that is still making great music today. I know you do a lot more alternative rock bands, but I'd love to hear your opinion on RHCP!
Everyone I know who owns a record player has Random Access Memories on Vinyl. I swear I'm not a format snob, but that is a record that sounds great on Spotify, but downright spiritual on vinyl. Being the grey beard millennial that I am Daft Punk has basically always been famous to me, Interstella 5555 is my generation's "heavy metal", and I love that they're famous while their personal lives and even their faces are completely off the public radar. I hope to hear more music from the guys, with or without the helmets, but even without it they are quintessential artists that will absolutely inspire generations of music to come.
It's such an amazing coincidence: went do Daft Punk YT channel to check out any updates and found out that they're releasing RAM 10th Anniversary Edition with 9 unreleased tracks! And it was right after I watched this video! Truly a magic
How can you just swoop over "Touch" like it's not even on RAM?! It's my favorite song of all time. It just has everything. Also: Check for special Japan release of RAM (and the other albums). They have some relativly unknown songs published exclusivly for the japan market.
as a big fan of julian casablancas and in particular his work with the voidz, instant crush is definitely one of my favourite daft punk songs. it's a dream collab for me, casablancas has such an insane talent for melodies, paired with daft punk's production and songwriting, OOF it works so well.
Speaking of Julian did you have a chance to listen to The Infinity Repeating demo he did with Daft Punk for the 10th anniversary release of Random Access Memories?
Thank you for the Voyager shout. My favorite song by them. It sounds like piloting a rocket and just breaking through the atmosphere, seeing the planet from a perspective that only you and a very exclusive group of others have seen prior.
It’s so crazy that you brought up that 8 measure moment in get lucky. When I hear that song, I also find myself loving that little section, but I never thought others paid that much attention to it. It’s cool to hear that other appreciated it. I wish Daft Punk had used that effect more frequently throughout their discography.
Heck yes, Daft Punk! One of my all-time favorite bands. Sad to see they've broken up but so happy to have all the wonderful music they made. Glad to see you doing their discography. It's all quite fascinating. Edits: I knew it! Always felt like "Music Sounds Better With You" and Phoenix were just "daft Punk off-brands" and now it all makes sense! Get Lucky and many of its other releases still play on the radio, so IDK what you're talking about. Instant Crush's video made me cry the first time I saw it and now I get sad and teary when the song comes on. I hate death and no matter how much I try to listen to that song, it just won't stop affecting me. How can you not tell Starboy has Daft Punk? They MADE that song great! My wedding song is "Digital Love"!
Been waiting all day for this. Love the videos but we need to regroup. Get on the same wavelength and ensure that one day Mic the Snare covers every car seat headrest album
I really don’t know how he’d do that, because there’s so much stuff and it overlaps so much. There are the four studio albums from when they’re an actual band, but then everything before that is just Bandcamp demos. The same songs are on multiple albums, a lot of it can get really messy. And if Mic wants to do a real DDD, he can go even further into the stuff on Bandcamp that isn’t even on Spotify. Although CSH is one of my favorite bands, I’ve never really went deep into their catalogue beyond the four Matador albums because it’s just confusing and I don’t know where to start.
@@thedogfromraditude5449 I'm am in awe of your response. Everyone's favourite dog has replied to me. As for a proper DDD I think he could do it. I think looking back their discography is a bit confusing but most of it is on Spotify. I love the early stuff. Nervous Young Man is a masterpiece. If you want to get into their early stuff the best way to do it is just to dive in. I put random songs form the early albums in playlists. It's how I got into a lot of their early stuff
I grew up listening to Discovery and watching the music videos paired with it. Every so often I’ll go back and listen to the album and think about the music videos and the memories I have attached to each song and get the chills. Discovery has to be one of my favorite albums of all time. No skips on it whatsoever, banger after banger.
I remember seeing "One More Time" on MTV for the first time as both an exposure to Daft Punk as a band and anime as a medium, and it really did shape my life forever. Discovery is probably my favorite album of all time and RAM is in my top 5 albums of all time. I make it a point every year to rewatch Interstella 5555 and relisten to their whole discography at least once. Really, the biggest artist influence in my life, and I don't see that ever changing.
"Instant Crush" makes way more sense if you heard Julian's solo album "Phrazes for the Young" beforehand and in retrospect considering his work with The Voidz. I think it's less a weird choice by Daft Punk and more a remarkable talent that Julian has for upcycling any genre he dabbles in.
Daft Punk is quite possibly my favorite music act ever so it was amazing to see you give their careers the re-telling you deserved. Discovery is also my favorite album of all-time and I was smiling during your entire recap of it.
not me crying while watching it because i grew up with daft punk and thinking back on what they did is just wild!! They made who i am today and even though i just started in music as a hobby they still are my biggest inspiration and will always be. Thank you so much for making a discog dive on them!!
23:56 "French radio", yep my favorite Dutch French radio station 3FM : ) Fun fact: Get Lucky is actually still relatively popular in the Netherlands, it still appears rather high in our national yearly top 2000 songs of all time list
Discovery is probably one of my favorite albums of all time. The memories I have growing up with it are amazing. My absolute favorites are Digital Love, Voyager, Something about us, and face to face. It’s just one of the albums that defined me as a person and I go back to listen to constantly
"whens the last time you listened to Random Access Memories" um, literally every day? Lmao joking aside I listen to this album all the time, and strangely enough one of the songs that just doesn't spark for me anymore (atm) is Get Lucky. Maybe it's because I attached a lot of nostalgia to this song to the point where the actual can't live up to it lmao. Anyways great video!! Loving the revisits, hell yeah
@Mic The Snare, this was, I think, the finest piece of music journalism I've ever encountered. So beautifully catches the essence of these artists, of their art. All this by sticking to your Deep Discog Dive format, that blends background, fact-based info, criticism and a personal touch so, so well usually, but was on-another-level-perfect here, in Daft Punk's case. Thank you for this video!
would absolutely love a DDD about fleetwood mac, since their internal drama and stylistic changes are about as dramatic as it gets, plus they're one of my faves
13:45 ish: Alive 2007 is exactly why i like Human After All. They CRUSHED those remixes and i cranked that album that entire summer in my 94 camery. Good times.....
I remember thinking RAM was just okay in high school, a feeling that's actually soured a bit overtime. BUT, Doin' It Right is one of the most fantastic songs I've ever heard, so on points it's still positive over all
Man, I am so with you on their vocoder mastery, especially the layering. I’ve prayed for a leak of the stems from Lose Yourself To Dance just so I can loop those operatic 64 bars for a few hours and space the heck out. Well delivered, comprehensive and very thoughtful deep dive. Your posts are a must watch, sir. Kudos.
NGL a Discog Dive for The Weeknd would be super cool, especially with all the personal shit and drastic changes in style, though we’ll probably have to wait at least until his current trilogy is done
On the "when have you last thought about Get Lucky"-point, just about any time i go to a music event. Because for a few years i worked event tech. And no matter where we were setting up, if audio gear was getting set up, Get Lucky was used in the sound check. Havent worked event tech in few years, but i have an itch that its still the go to.
This video is how I learned about Alive 2007, and after listening to it, fully ascending and cleaning my kitchen in my new apartment in one hour, I need to say a huge thanks to you Mic. This is a new phase of my life
What better way to kick off a new year with new possibilities than to redo an old video!
Joking aside, over the past year I had seen a ton of comments asking for a Daft Punk DDD redo. And with their breakup last year, I thought it’d be a great opportunity to revisit their catalog in full.
The old DDD is in the comments, but this one replaces it in every way. Thanks for watching!
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Good dive and all, but how much will I have to bribe you for the Aphex discog dive. There's no way it's beating Nirvana and all that so please Mic I swear to god.
I need a DDD on Robyn, please😩
Hey! This is easily now one of my favorite videos of yours! (There are many tho). You covered Daft Punk in such elegance and I am so glad that you have been going back to old videos that need a bit of a touch up in quality. If ever in the future you want to do another redo, I would Love one on the strokes now that more music from them has come out. Can’t wait for the future of your channel man and keep up the great work!! :)
Great video Mic but............... will I have to wait for you to redo all your old DDD videos. Till the fateful day when you will cover Elliott Smith.
Surely I'm not the only one who still listens to Random Access Memories. One of the best homages to the music they grew up with. So much time and effort put in to make probably the best produced album of this century with legends of the craft doing what they do best.
Definitely not. I continue to listen to it a lot as well
I was listening to RAM this week itself!!
my all time favorite album
I still listen to this album on the daily
I listen to it all the time, its one of the only albums that i can just listen to forever and it never gets old. Everytime I listen i find a new thing to like about a different song, it is just so amazing.
Random Access Memories might not be the most talked about album these days, but I think it's absolutely the Rosetta Stone of present-day pop. Revivalist 70s/80s throwbacks with a modern dance influence is pretty much where the genre is at now. Like, did anyone listen to Dawn FM and not think of Daft Punk? Their influence is right there, it's obvious.
The Weeknd changes the whole music style after he cooperated with DP on I feel it coming and starboy.
Man, Dawn FM is like my new holy grail since Daft Punk split up. I will be forever grateful to The Weeknd for this.
My mind instantly went to RAM when listening to DawnFM. I wouldn't be surprised if the duo worked with secret and without credits on the album since they are such good friends. Their fingerprints are all over that.
Dawn fm was trash, don't even mention it
@@CheminisVienetas agree!
Props to Mike for putting in genuine effort to pronounce their extremely French names
His name is actually nicolas.
Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo sounds more like Portugese, but honestly I wouldn't be able to pronounce it better than Mike did.
As Like #300 on this comment I would like to give you props as well as express my love for your Herbie picture 😌✨
@@HellPe This comment made me look it up and his ancestors were in fact Portuguese. Homem Cristo Filho (poet) and Francisco Manuel Homem Cristo (military) are listed in his WIkipedia as his grandfather and great-great-grandfather respectively .
@@HellPe I'm portuguese and it's the first time hearing a name like that
Genuinely surprised you didn't mention Veridis Quo. One of their most subtle and tuneful songs. A personal favorite of mine. Just so beautiful in it's simplicity.
My favorite too, reminds me of old classical music
couldn’t agree more, it’s genius
Gonna blow your minds here with this one:
Veridis Quo -> Very Disco -> Disco Very -> Discovery
This shit blew my mind and helped me to appreciate the track even more. Probably my favorite on the album along with Crescendolls
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I was just about to blow everyone's mind by commenting the same "Veridis Quo -> Very Disco" thing. But you just took it a step further by blowing my mind with the previously unbeknown-to-me "Disco Very -> Discovery". Thank you for that awesome extra bit!
To be fair that every song on the album deserves recognition. The whole thing is stacked.
I think RAM surely lost impact as the 2010s moved on, but with many mainstream artists trying to emulate the past nowadays it does sound relevant again. DP was truly ahead of its time.
LIGHTYEARS AHEAD
See? That is where RAM feels special. A lot of ppl have the 70s/80s sound but are pretty young and are going with the flow of a producer, most may never listened to it. (Nothing wrong but at least having hear your parents play something always gives that feeling of appreciation where it came from idk how to put into words) Anyways, DP lived those decades and as Thomas said it was a "love letter" to those decades they grew up in. You can hear the influence and passion of multiple ideas of ppl they loved. That there is what makes RAM imo special. Them knowing what they wanted, what the inspiration was. They always had control of their successes and failures and they know how to lead.
It’s just dua lipas entire album future nostalgia
Honestly Random Access Memories is the album of theirs I still listen to the most. I feel like it really transcended what they had done before and at least to me it is their most timeless work.
Discovery wipes
Discovery wipes but ram floors
“Touch” is probably my favorite song of all time. I know it’s not something you can listen to casually or even semi-regularly, but I rarely listen to it out of fear I’ll lose appreciation for it
I remember exactly were i was when i first listened to it, definitely a life changer for me. Never cried so much just listening to a song
SAME
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I was test driving a vehicle I had just worked on at my dealership. Had to put quite a few miles on it and hit the interstate. I was taken aback by the beginning and by the end I broke down crying. Can't explain why. I do know the last few lines were very raw to me. Sweet touch, you've given me too much to feel. Sweet touch, you've almost convinced me I'm real. That was the moment I couldn't hold it in. My entire day was spent trying to forget it so I could go back and listen for the first time. I've had similar moments when discovery dropped. I was 10 and for the first time felt overwhelmed by music. Digital love, one more time, and something about us made me become more than just a music listener. I really started experiencing music after those songs. Daft Punk changed the way I enjoy music and I can never thank them enough. My only regret is never being able to see them live. Alive 2007 would have been the pinnacle moment to see them and I missed out for no real reason at all except letting life pass me by as a young teen.
As lame as it sounds, I’ve genuinely never been able to get through the song without crying, the emotions it brings up in me are so strong and overwhelming, so I don’t listen it to very often but it’s definitely one of my all time favorite songs
It's a real tear jerker.
That solo in "Digital Love" just gives me life.
As a French person, I found all of your pronunciations of French names delightful ! Daft Punk are basically a national treasure, my favorite songs are Something About us, Veridis Quo, Face to Face and the Alive 2007 Around the world/Harder better faster stronger.
Alive 2007 was so good! That and A Cross The Universe are to this day my favorite live shows to listen to. When that Aerodynamic riff kicks in…
Face to Face is easily my favourite song of theirs. I remember about 10 years ago i lent the album out to someone and sadly never got it back, so I went out and bought it again, and on the drive home I immedietly skipped to Face to Face and cranked the volume 😆
FACE 2 FACE N SOMETHHIN AB USSSSSSSSS
Dude! I don’t even understand how you could say that “instant crush” is meh… I think it’s in my top 10 songs of all time. The chords, the romantic nostalgic sound, the vocoder layers, the hook, everything about it is perfection.
He didn't say it was meh he said it was just a random choice for the album
Vouch
daft punk is just one of those music artists/acts that just formed me as a person. i remember my third older sister showed me a couple of daft punk songs and i was hooked. they have an immaculate discography if you ask me, and i was beyond bummed that daft punk isn't a thing anymore. but if you have to leave with a bang, random access memories is a pretty good bang.
RAM is a phenomenal album that deserves to be talked about more.
I will forever miss Daft Punk man, they brought so much timeless music and I hope they have a good rest of their lives.
instant crush's weirdness is really what i love about it. that was the first julian casablancas song i ever heard and i thought his strange blown-out vocoding was absolutely angelic. i then listened to the strokes' first album for the very first time and was kind of shocked by his rougher natural voice from the band's early years, but i was somehow able to reconcile these two versions of the same voice just because they both had the same extremely compelling emotional intensity. then i got into the voidz and, when it came out, the new abnormal, and now in 2022 i feel like julian has hit a real sweet spot between his early singing style and that on instant crush. his voice and the song are real attention-grabbers, i'll give them that (and the strokes are top 5 of all time for me now. so)
Id have to say that my favorite daft punk song without question is Touch. Especially after theyve broken up, it pulls at my heartstrings in the best way. However i have to also shout out the japan exclusive track Horizon for being some of the best ambient electro-folk ive ever heard.
100% agree
A masterpiece of a song, very moving. Although I prefer Within.
@@slystone4892 my only “problem” with Within is that it’s kind of too short? It makes for a good loop at least, but idk
@@CrazedKasaJizo Perhaps, I think it’s perfect as it is, is just a matter of preference.
Touch is absolutely amazing, and the Mr Robot episode where its used almost fully its just pure art
I was the original poster for the Coachella ad! That video hit 1.8mil views and was retweeted by Nile Rodgers before being DMCA’d by Columbia. :( I just have a picture of the post and the memories. I’ll never forget the feeling of that high! ❤
That's absolutely awesome 👍👍
Hearing that Random Access Memories eludes popular consciousness surprises me, given how not only does it hold up, but it seems to appear in retrospective lists of well-received albums. That and Uptown Funk was supposed to be a welcome trend of funk in Top 40 radio, so whatever happened to that?
silk sonic
The Weeknd's recent music can be attributed partly to DP, i think. some of Dawn FM sounds a lot like RAM.
Bruno Mars has carried the flag, but it seems to have become his 'thing' rather than a mainstream trend. There's still plenty of artists on the periphery that have followed through with it, though. Janelle Monáe has done pretty well channelling Prince for the last few years. And even further out of the mainstream, we had vaporwave and future funk as some of the most famous Soundcloud/Bandcamp microgenres.
What we got instead were 80s synth homages across nearly every genre. So, it appears their collabs with The Weeknd were much more influential in the end.
Every time a new funk/disco-inspired track becomes a hit, the press goes “Disco’s finally back, baby!” as if it hasn’t happened repeatedly since 2013. Seriously, it’s like the Men in Black keep pulling up to these critics’ houses and mind-wiping the last disco hit every time a new one cracks the top 20 or so
I mean its not that hard to find 70 flash back stuff. Bad bunny can get little groovy and does cat has had some disco flair.
Giorgio by Moroder being a big meme is a testament that Random Access Memories is still remembered fondly by everyone as a modern classic record. Nothing came close to the "sound of the summer" quality that Get Lucky encapsulates ever since.
Daft Punk is one of those groups that you hyperfixate on and it starts to pull you out of radio pop hell and into being a music nerd. It's sad they're gone but their music will always stick around
I mostly agreed with everything you said, except for the RAM hype comment. It may be because I'm a more dedicated Daft Punk fan, but RAM still has plenty of hype as one of the biggest albums of the 2010s, is well remembered by a lot of people and is generally a part of the treasured "vinyl revival starter pack." It may have gotten a lot more hype compared to Daft Punk's previous work, but it is by no means forgotten.
RAM is one of those records you put on with the homies much later in the night when you've burned through all of the new and exciting stuff, and you're mellowing out from the hype, and someone suddenly says "hey, put on doin it right" and you think "damn, this record is good, why do I forget about it?".
Real ones know.
There's also no discussion, yeezus is divisive in a very different when compared to how kanye was being divisive by claiming Jewish people ar the reason his wife left him.
RAM is just fucking good. What more needs to be said about it??
Daft Punk's influence on music is crazy, they've turned French House Music into global music.
Both Daft Punk and French Touch are a huge reason I started making music, and I'm an American.
24:34 I adore that part of Get Lucky. When those robo voices start harmonizing in the background it’s near musical perfection
Hearing about Daft Punk's breakup will forever be that moment where I remember where I was and what I was doing (found out in the middle of an online class). It was JUST as I was getting into more of their pre-Tron work too. I'll miss em.
Daft Punk was the first album I ever bought for myself, which was "Discovery" in 2001. I was 10 years old, and I saw the "One More Time" video from Interstella 5555 on Toonami, and I NEEDED more. The day they broke up, I definitely cried. They were extremely influential in my musical tapestry.
‘Touch’ is honestly one of my favorite Daft Punk songs. It really ties together their love of Phantom of the Paradise and is a loving tribute to Paul Williams. And how perfect that it was the central song in their breakup video.
Oh yes, I was wondering if you'd talk about Daft Punk again, despite them not releasing a new album. Really nice to see a more extended look on the robo boys.
The thing i love the most about your deep dive videos is learning a little bit more about my favourite artists, the context of their music and hearing different inputs on the songs, absolutely love your channel, man
I was ready for another DDD episode. I actually only started watching your videos about a month ago, but have enjoyed your work, especially the music that shaped the 2000s.
I swear I've seen you somewhere else on someone else I was subbed to...
@@kartierglory Maybe I'm subscribed to a lot of channels 😂
@@syria0110 And now I'm subbed to you 😂
I discovered Daft Punk through Kanye back when I was like 6 or 7 years old. Funny how my favorite rapper would lead me to finding my favorite electronic music group.
I do get that "Around the World" has only three lyrics, but I don't know why people don't talk about the fact that it's part of the legacy of all-time great songs that are reinterpretations of one of the all-time great disco songs: Chic's "Good Times".
"Rapper's Delight" straight up sampled Good Times, which drew legal action but also proved that rapping over a good song is a great way to write good rap songs. After that there were more songs that took that disco bass/guitar influence like Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust", the Clash's "This Is Radio Clash", INXS's "Need You Tonight", Blondie's "Rapture", Dua Lipa's "Love Again", and of course "Around the World".
But of all of them I think "Around the World" gets the genius of "Good Times". If you're going to make a song with a bass beat and feel like that you need to wind through the ideas while still letting the people dancing to it feel comfortable, like they don't want to leave the comfort of the song.
It's not a coincidence that when Daft Punk decided to make two more songs like this ("Get Lucky" and "Lose Yourself to Dance") they just cut the crap and called Nile Rogers (the guy who wrote "Good Times") and asked for the disco groove right from the source.
I didn't read this but cool
I think Random Access Memories is a masterpiece. It’ll be looked back on as one of the finest recorded albums of all time. Inspires me to be a better musician everyday.
RAM does not cater to the modern listener. It is meant to be digested rather than just serve as background stimulus while driving or working out or whatever. If you're willing to sit down and appreciate the sounds they are creating, you'll get why it is timeless. But RAM never was a performance album, which is what is needed nowadays for albums to be remembered amongst the masses years down the road.
Electroma getting a brief mention in this video made me really happy because, in my personal opinion, that film is the most underrated and experimental thing they've ever done outside of their music as a duo. from my view, the film says so much without saying literally a single word, and it's so powerful to me.
"I doubt they're gonna spark controversy now that they've hung up the helmets"
*Curb Your Enthusiasm theme starts playing*
I can not describe how desperately I want a They Might Be Giants DDD. I've recently started to relisten to their discography, and it's insane how unique and innovative they were, while seeing how independent they were as well. Such an amazing band.
That would actually be pretty sick
@@j_s_g It would be a long video considering their 23 albums and all their side stuff, but I would flip my excrement.
Seconded, a TMBG DDD would give me a second wind on life
TMBG slaps so hard
Also their children’s albums that have no reason to go as hard as they do
I’ve been making dance music since the early 90s.
I still listen to Homework and my mind kinds boggles as to how they did it.
I know it’s a 909 and some some synths and samplers squashed through Alesis 3630 compressors, but some of it is just so difficult to recreate.
Revolution 909 still blows my mind.
I’m kinda suppressed you didn’t mention how daft punk discovered house music, essentially the pair went to a party and where shocked to see people dancing to music they had never heard before, after his set they asked the DJ what he was playing and the rest is history
31:22 i swear "Pee is stored in the balls" (unreleased song for RAM) is one of my favourite songs from Daft Punk. following is, face to face, new wave and da funk.
I actually listened to Random Access Memories just in the last week of December! I love that album with all my heart. It feels like I can put that album on and suddenly be mentally on the beach sipping some fruity drink as the sun sets washing the sky in brilliant pinks, oranges, and reds. It's such an easy record to listen to. Beyond will and forever be one of my favourite tracks from them, with it's gentle promise of knowing that there's always something beyond the horizon for the listener. I really wish that there was more in Daft Punk's catalogue just in general. Four albums feels like a small number for a group to put out, and it is, but each Album feels like some sort of evolution from previous work, and I'm grateful for that. I'm happy for the material that we have, and I'll listen to their stuff one more time (HA) and then some.
Like, I was part of the 90's Eurodance wave as a kid, and there's a lot of material there that I'll crank up to 11. But hearing the strains of One More Time on the radio when I was 11 just hit something in me, and I've been listening to dance and electronica ever since. So thanks, Daft Punk, for bringing life back to music.
It’s crazy how much impact Daft Punk has had on music. Many artists cite Alive 2007 as what kickstarted EDMs resurgance in the early 2010s. Even now into the 2020s, artists are still chasing that retro sound and mystique that Daft Punk captured all the way back in 2013. One of the few artists who’s music is apart of who I am. One of the best musical acts of ALL TIME.
Honestly I really like RAM. I adore Discovery just a little bit more, but there's just something truly magnetic about the production, arrangements and general sense of craftsmanship that kind of astounds me every time revisit it.
Also, I remember listening to this this, along with Discovery, almost religiously a few years ago during a very surreal trip to Italy, so I'm a bit biased because of how fondly I remember it for that, but I still really adore this album.
As a massive Daft Punk fan, I must say: WOW
You covered everything! You're one of the very few who actually talks about their side projects and individual separate works! Hell I was about to type how you forgot Musique Vol. 1 but you did mention it! I'm also very happy you mentioned their collab with Parcel (which is how I discovered the latter btw, great band)! This video is a great way to celebrate Homework's 25th anniversary! Thank you so much!
Only thing missing is mentioning how everyone literally copy pasted Get Lucky's success the following couple years lol
If it weren’t for daft punk, we wouldn’t have Daft Mouth by acclaimed mashup artist and internet viral sensation content man Neil Cicierega-and for that I am thankful 🙏🏻
their legacy... truly unparalleled
Also the Around the World Discord chain
Also Thriller Access Memories
He truly is a content man
Favorite unmentioned track is Short Circuit on Discovery. I am about your age and have had Daft in my life since Discovery so this deep dive is a great flashback in all the moments where they impacted it. I also dread never have had the chance to see them live, remembering in 2007 swearing i would see them live the next time they went on tour (ha)
This was definitely one that was bound to be redone. One of my favourite electronic bands, excited to watch another new deep discog dive!
To steal a saying from Porter Robinson, another one of my musical favorites, Daft Punk is fundamental to my life on the same level as water. I am a decidedly different person because their music exists. I don't like speaking about music in absolutes but Discovery is my favorite album of all time. I am incredibly thankful that I can hear their music every day should I choose to.
in my head the hype for RAM never died because i love it so much and it ties with discovery as my 2 fav daft punk albums, and i think "contact" is one of the best tracks they ever made and deserves more recognition
I could never forget RAM, it's what introduced me to Daft Punk.
The first time I listened to Around The World, that part halfway through where all the instruments cut out except hi-hats, claps, and the vocal loop...and then that incredible descending synth line plays for the first time, followed by the beat dropping again a few bars later. Probably the closest I've ever come to having a religious experience.
One of my favourite videos on RUclips ever
What a way to begin the year with a DDD from one of my favorite channels on one of my all time favorite artists. I remember when I first heard one of their songs around the world. It wasn’t even for the song. I had a film class my freshman year of high school and our teacher showed the music video to us to show us different camera shots and such. But I was so distracted by the music. That’s the day I became a fan. I went home and listened to everything non stop for the rest of the week. What a time
Random Access Memories is the childhood album my sister and I bond over. We would listen to the album almost every time our family took the boat out and it's still an album we listen to often. Daft Punk personally expanded my love of music greatly! Seeing Epilogue relased in Feb 2021 broke my heart but I'm glad to have been around to experience Daft Punk.
Wow these guys were active for almost 30 years! They must have a lot of albums!!!!
Right? Kinda crazy so few. Side note ram was a good one to go out on but I’m surprised they didn’t have one more. I mean 8 years of a gap and then a breakup announcement? Kinda seems like they wanted to make one more but couldn’t
With how rarely they released albums they should have done a crossover with Tool.
Seriously, could you imagine how weird that would sound?
i think im going to go ahead and say that this was my favorite youtube video of 2022. never before have i seen a video that emblemizes the legacy of daft punk so well, and on top of that, explained so clearly. genuinely the most fresh commentary and editing ive heard in a minute, to the point where i think i need to reassess my own styles of producing/writing/editing etc. very often when i fall in love with a project i love to extrapolate the world around it, see what people have to say about it, learn new things, understand what choices were made behind the scenes, etc. and to see all that here and more is gratifying each and every time. im reminded just how much these goats impacted the industry through the moments you like to touch on in telling their story and what they made. you talk about pacing, i think youve nailed it to a tee. i don't think ive ever laughed so hard at a moment as much as 5:08. ive shared this video with countless people who finish it with a better appreciation for their legacy and what they did for music. it's one thing to create a video for the daft clubbers, but its another to retain interest of those unfamiliar with the two, and for that i applaud you. i know that this year was a tough one, my utmost condolences to you and your loved ones, but please know that you've made something that gives me, and many others, a place of warmth, joy and escapism. i know this writes itself like a copypasta, but ive never been more inspired from a video before. thank you.
As a not-so-proud Frog, I have to say: images of France 3 in a MTS video is probably the best crossover we never knew we needed.
Also, Interstella 5555 was supervised by Leiji Matsumoto, the creator of Captain Harlock, and directed by Kazuhisa Takenouchi, the director of the original Dragonball anime (pre DBZ). Imagine being just two french dudes and hiring these legends for your film. Absolute chad move.
13:20 DUDE!! I always thought it would be sick to see a George Michael discog dive so hearing you bring up Freeek! was a huge and welcomed surprise! *the daft punk was cool ig*
These two have a massive influence on my live as it's them who pushed my interest towards music which I simply can't live without, they've literally shaped who I am
here's my daft punk related thing: i listen to a lot of music with my grandmother, and we listened through several tracks from RAM the other day. she had never heard of daft punk and she comes from an orchestral background, so i was really surprised when talked about just how much she loved RAM! here's what she thought of each song we listened to (tl;dr she loved it):
*give life back to music*
she thought it was really grand and really catchy. she can't stand repetitive lyrics, but even she was singing along to the "give life back to music" lines in the chorus.
*giorgio by moroder*
she thought the percussion was incredible, and she was truly in awe by the ending.
*within*
the song is a beautiful ballad, and she couldn't agree more. she loved their vocals, the swaying piano, and the subtle key change.
*lose yourself to dance*
we were both dancing throughout the entire song. we were clapping with the claps, we were singing along with pharrell, and the "come on, come on" was hysterical to her.
*touch*
she loved that paul williams was on this track, she thought the choirs were gorgeous, she adored the vocoders, and she said the entire song was immaculate.
*get lucky*
she was dancing along to the entire song, and even though she thought it got a little tired just before the bridge, the glorious vocoders got her right back into it!
*contact*
overall, i think this was her favorite song. she was wide-eyed when the sample started, and she was getting extremely into the drumming. i could see how tense she felt as the whirring noise started building up in the song, and by the end, she was in amazement.
you guys should start a reaction channel
@@johnmuselmann7886 lol yeah, i've been doing this with her long before turning the tables came around
My favorite comment Thomas made about Discovery is (something along the lines of): "Homework was Electronic music for Rock music people, Discovery was Rock music for Electronic Music people".
LETS GOOOOO GREAT EPISODE THANK U FOR MAKING IT KING honestly learned so much on this video even though I've been a fan for nearly a decade! Always appreciate the amount of time and effort gone into researching each artist.
Fragments of time has been my top played track on spotify for 3 years now. I don't remember what brought me back to robots, but every time I hear those snares I just melt back to the good old days. Day I'm not even sure I ever really had. Doesn't matter though. RAM is the GOAT.
Discovery was the first album I bought off iTunes for my new iPod. The memories
It was the album I chose to christen the CD player of my first brand new car. Driving off the lot to the opening of One More Time.
17:52 this Arrested Development reference is on point!
I would love to see a DDD for the Red Hot Chili Peppers! There's a ton of crazy history with the band members as well as their public image. Similar to Bowie, they started off slow but grew into their unique sound as time went on, and Anthony Kiedis went from knowing nothing about music to crafting a unique and fascinating voice. They're also just a staple of American 90s rock that is still making great music today. I know you do a lot more alternative rock bands, but I'd love to hear your opinion on RHCP!
Everyone I know who owns a record player has Random Access Memories on Vinyl. I swear I'm not a format snob, but that is a record that sounds great on Spotify, but downright spiritual on vinyl. Being the grey beard millennial that I am Daft Punk has basically always been famous to me, Interstella 5555 is my generation's "heavy metal", and I love that they're famous while their personal lives and even their faces are completely off the public radar.
I hope to hear more music from the guys, with or without the helmets, but even without it they are quintessential artists that will absolutely inspire generations of music to come.
Random Access Memories is still my absolute favourite Daft Punk album. I absolutely adore it, and by the looks of it, so do a lot of others out here.
It's such an amazing coincidence: went do Daft Punk YT channel to check out any updates and found out that they're releasing RAM 10th Anniversary Edition with 9 unreleased tracks! And it was right after I watched this video! Truly a magic
How can you just swoop over "Touch" like it's not even on RAM?! It's my favorite song of all time. It just has everything.
Also: Check for special Japan release of RAM (and the other albums). They have some relativly unknown songs published exclusivly for the japan market.
as a big fan of julian casablancas and in particular his work with the voidz, instant crush is definitely one of my favourite daft punk songs. it's a dream collab for me, casablancas has such an insane talent for melodies, paired with daft punk's production and songwriting, OOF it works so well.
Speaking of Julian did you have a chance to listen to The Infinity Repeating demo he did with Daft Punk for the 10th anniversary release of Random Access Memories?
Thank you for the Voyager shout. My favorite song by them. It sounds like piloting a rocket and just breaking through the atmosphere, seeing the planet from a perspective that only you and a very exclusive group of others have seen prior.
It’s so crazy that you brought up that 8 measure moment in get lucky. When I hear that song, I also find myself loving that little section, but I never thought others paid that much attention to it. It’s cool to hear that other appreciated it. I wish Daft Punk had used that effect more frequently throughout their discography.
Heck yes, Daft Punk! One of my all-time favorite bands. Sad to see they've broken up but so happy to have all the wonderful music they made. Glad to see you doing their discography. It's all quite fascinating. Edits: I knew it! Always felt like "Music Sounds Better With You" and Phoenix were just "daft Punk off-brands" and now it all makes sense! Get Lucky and many of its other releases still play on the radio, so IDK what you're talking about. Instant Crush's video made me cry the first time I saw it and now I get sad and teary when the song comes on. I hate death and no matter how much I try to listen to that song, it just won't stop affecting me. How can you not tell Starboy has Daft Punk? They MADE that song great! My wedding song is "Digital Love"!
Let's get married to Digital Love
I'm only commenting at the 11 minute mark, but I've gotta say: this guy is really good! Great editing, good research, and all of the jokes hit!
Been waiting all day for this. Love the videos but we need to regroup. Get on the same wavelength and ensure that one day Mic the Snare covers every car seat headrest album
I really don’t know how he’d do that, because there’s so much stuff and it overlaps so much. There are the four studio albums from when they’re an actual band, but then everything before that is just Bandcamp demos. The same songs are on multiple albums, a lot of it can get really messy. And if Mic wants to do a real DDD, he can go even further into the stuff on Bandcamp that isn’t even on Spotify. Although CSH is one of my favorite bands, I’ve never really went deep into their catalogue beyond the four Matador albums because it’s just confusing and I don’t know where to start.
@@thedogfromraditude5449 I'm am in awe of your response. Everyone's favourite dog has replied to me. As for a proper DDD I think he could do it. I think looking back their discography is a bit confusing but most of it is on Spotify. I love the early stuff. Nervous Young Man is a masterpiece. If you want to get into their early stuff the best way to do it is just to dive in. I put random songs form the early albums in playlists. It's how I got into a lot of their early stuff
I grew up listening to Discovery and watching the music videos paired with it.
Every so often I’ll go back and listen to the album and think about the music videos and the memories I have attached to each song and get the chills.
Discovery has to be one of my favorite albums of all time. No skips on it whatsoever, banger after banger.
I remember seeing "One More Time" on MTV for the first time as both an exposure to Daft Punk as a band and anime as a medium, and it really did shape my life forever. Discovery is probably my favorite album of all time and RAM is in my top 5 albums of all time. I make it a point every year to rewatch Interstella 5555 and relisten to their whole discography at least once. Really, the biggest artist influence in my life, and I don't see that ever changing.
"Instant Crush" makes way more sense if you heard Julian's solo album "Phrazes for the Young" beforehand and in retrospect considering his work with The Voidz. I think it's less a weird choice by Daft Punk and more a remarkable talent that Julian has for upcycling any genre he dabbles in.
There will never be a band like Daft Punk ever again. But their music will live on
Daft Punk is quite possibly my favorite music act ever so it was amazing to see you give their careers the re-telling you deserved. Discovery is also my favorite album of all-time and I was smiling during your entire recap of it.
your videos are the best thing about Logging On thank u for keeping this series going !!!!!
not me crying while watching it because i grew up with daft punk and thinking back on what they did is just wild!! They made who i am today and even though i just started in music as a hobby they still are my biggest inspiration and will always be. Thank you so much for making a discog dive on them!!
23:56 "French radio", yep my favorite Dutch French radio station 3FM : )
Fun fact: Get Lucky is actually still relatively popular in the Netherlands, it still appears rather high in our national yearly top 2000 songs of all time list
Discovery is probably one of my favorite albums of all time. The memories I have growing up with it are amazing. My absolute favorites are Digital Love, Voyager, Something about us, and face to face. It’s just one of the albums that defined me as a person and I go back to listen to constantly
"whens the last time you listened to Random Access Memories" um, literally every day? Lmao joking aside I listen to this album all the time, and strangely enough one of the songs that just doesn't spark for me anymore (atm) is Get Lucky. Maybe it's because I attached a lot of nostalgia to this song to the point where the actual can't live up to it lmao. Anyways great video!! Loving the revisits, hell yeah
@Mic The Snare, this was, I think, the finest piece of music journalism I've ever encountered. So beautifully catches the essence of these artists, of their art. All this by sticking to your Deep Discog Dive format, that blends background, fact-based info, criticism and a personal touch so, so well usually, but was on-another-level-perfect here, in Daft Punk's case. Thank you for this video!
would absolutely love a DDD about fleetwood mac, since their internal drama and stylistic changes are about as dramatic as it gets, plus they're one of my faves
Rollin & scratchin will always be the best daft punk song and noone can convince me otherwise.
It's so good.
Would love a deep discog dive on Phoenix. Their music has aged so well and they haven’t ever released a bad album.
Crazy that Laurent was first in a band with Guy and Thomas, that’s awesome
13:45 ish: Alive 2007 is exactly why i like Human After All. They CRUSHED those remixes and i cranked that album that entire summer in my 94 camery. Good times.....
I remember thinking RAM was just okay in high school, a feeling that's actually soured a bit overtime. BUT, Doin' It Right is one of the most fantastic songs I've ever heard, so on points it's still positive over all
Just ok? To me is their best album, is just gorgeous.
I love that song
I love Daft Punk so much, and it’s pretty hard to find any new content nowadays, so thank you for this! 💓
Feck you´re channel has grown since last time I was here...damn just checked that was a year ago atleast.
Touch is my fav Daft Punk song.
I remember hearing the song with my boyfriend while he was driving me home. I had tears in my eyes.
Came for the nostalgia bomb, stayed for genuinely one of the funniest videos you've made
Man, I am so with you on their vocoder mastery, especially the layering. I’ve prayed for a leak of the stems from Lose Yourself To Dance just so I can loop those operatic 64 bars for a few hours and space the heck out. Well delivered, comprehensive and very thoughtful deep dive. Your posts are a must watch, sir. Kudos.
NGL a Discog Dive for The Weeknd would be super cool, especially with all the personal shit and drastic changes in style, though we’ll probably have to wait at least until his current trilogy is done
On the "when have you last thought about Get Lucky"-point, just about any time i go to a music event.
Because for a few years i worked event tech. And no matter where we were setting up, if audio gear was getting set up, Get Lucky was used in the sound check.
Havent worked event tech in few years, but i have an itch that its still the go to.
If you’re willing to do a very long project, a DDD for Bob Dylan would be amazing.
Or The Rolling Stones .. the fact is its 60 years ago they started .. it could be interesting.. !
Uff It would be an hour and a half long video.
This video is how I learned about Alive 2007, and after listening to it, fully ascending and cleaning my kitchen in my new apartment in one hour, I need to say a huge thanks to you Mic. This is a new phase of my life