Daft Punk - c'est fini

Thelonious Monk · 22-02-2021 5:13pm #1

They've come to a conclusion. Always loved them, saw them in Belgium once, a great experience. I remember listening to them in secondary school in the 90s and I bought their latest album a few years ago. Sad to see the robots gone!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuDX6wNfjqc

jam_mac_jam · 22-02-2021 5:14pm

Aw. Always liked them. Never saw them live would have loved to.

Dr. Bre · 22-02-2021 5:14pm

Au revoir

22-02-2021 5:15pm

A bed in heaven to them.

22-02-2021 5:18pm

I remember their big hits in 1997 then though their time had past.

Then in 2001 they dropped that brilliant album and it was a glorious comeback. Then they disappeared.

Then they had that megahit with pharell in 2013.

Gives me hope that our best days can always be far in the distanr future.

I am going to binge on some old stuff on YouTube now. Da Funk first up....

biko · 22-02-2021 5:23pm

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Thanks for the music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHGvaQMClEo

Harry Palmr · 22-02-2021 5:23pm

Preferred Air myself.

Royale with Cheese · 22-02-2021 5:24pm

I've been to a number of different daft punk tribute acts in Dublin. Put on some robot helmets and hit play on some daft punk songs, has to be the easiest gig ever. Good craic though :-)

heebusjeebus · 22-02-2021 5:27pm

Royale with Cheese wrote: »

I've been to a number of different daft punk tribute acts in Dublin. Put on some robot helmets and hit play on some daft punk songs, has to be the easiest gig ever. Good crack though :-)

Ah ya, one of my highlights of EP a few years ago was Daft as Punk in the Body & Soul bandstand.
Probably 6pm on the Friday. It was epic and I was the right amount drunk at the time.

Lurching · 22-02-2021 5:31pm

The hours I've spent listening to Daft Punk in the car is immense.
It's not really surprising considering they haven't done anything solo in eight years, and they hate the limelight.
Somewhat the end of an era though.

22-02-2021 5:35pm

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Preferred Air myself.

There was a period in the late 90's when French electronic music was churning out one great act after another. Cassius, Air, Les Rythmes Digitales all had some great tunes

murpho999 · 22-02-2021 5:44pm

This opens a gap in the market now for Linda Martin

Thelonious Monk · 22-02-2021 5:44pm

Deleted User wrote: »

There was a period in the late 90's when French electronic music was churning out one great act after another. Cassius, Air, Les Rythmes Digitales all had some great tunes

Didn't Cassius fall out of a hotel window or something a while back?

jester77 · 22-02-2021 5:53pm

Epic band, thanks for the good times in the late 90's and 00's, they were the soundtrack to some of my best memories

Your Face · 22-02-2021 5:58pm

A poor man's Vengaboys.

TheValeyard · 22-02-2021 6:01pm

They finally saw Linda Martin's version.

Penn · 22-02-2021 6:06pm

Need one of them to go on The Masked Singer now, and take off a mask to reveal their Daft Punk helmet underneath.

buried · 22-02-2021 6:13pm

This was a banging set from 97, loads of live mixing with Roland's. Fantashtic house music.

Cartman78 · 22-02-2021 6:16pm

Huge fan but imho they never came close to matching the quality of Homework

AndyBoBandy · 22-02-2021 6:17pm

Homework is one of my all time favourite albums. And by a country mile Daft Punk’s greatest album.

I’d consider it (and Leftfield’s Leftism), as defining moments of electronic music.

Also anyone that hasn’t heard it, check out Alive 97.

1800_Ladladlad · 22-02-2021 6:25pm

The bastards. I will never forgive them. crying cat meme

rosser44 · 22-02-2021 6:45pm

One of the most enjoyable live acts I've seen - They brought it every time.

Banger after banger, and a visual feast of lights and lasers and video to boot.

I was very lucky to have been at the Paris gig that became Alive 2007, as well as Oxygen that year too. The Paris gig was an almost religious experience, a perfect gig. The perfect gig.

Here's hoping the taxman comes after them in 10 or so years and a tour is required!!:pac:

Relikk · 22-02-2021 6:50pm

Never saw the appeal of their output post Homework. They were good, but not that good with the way some people and the media fawned over them. There are far more innovative producers in the electronic music world.

Ekerot · 22-02-2021 7:10pm

Northernlily · 22-02-2021 7:22pm

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

They've come to a conclusion. Always loved them, saw them in Belgium once, a great experience. I remember listening to them in secondary school in the 90s and I bought their latest album a few years ago. Sad to see the robots gone!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuDX6wNfjqc

Great artists, but a Bit of an OTT end from them. Whether it's art or not is irrelevant, not sure I agree with the self destruct nature of the video especially in these trying times.

That is likely just me though.

22-02-2021 7:24pm

Northernlily wrote: »

Great artists, but a Bit of an OTT end from them. Whether it's art or not is irrelevant, not sure I agree with the self destruct nature of the video especially in these trying times.

That is likely just me though.

You'd understand it better if you'd seen the movie!
"Daft Punk's Electroma - Wikipedia" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daft_Punk%27s_Electroma

Cartman78 · 22-02-2021 7:26pm

Cartman78 wrote: »

Huge fan but imho they never came close to matching the quality of Homework

Actually now that I think of it, the Tron soundtrack is pretty decent but totally different vibe to Homework

retalivity · 22-02-2021 7:33pm

Cartman78 wrote: »

Huge fan but imho they never came close to matching the quality of Homework

Discovery a savage album, as is the Interstella 5555 anime that accompanies it.

Thelonious Monk · 22-02-2021 7:38pm

I prefer Discovery to Homework, I didn't initially but over the years for me it's a far better more ambitious album.
The one with Robot Rock I thought wasn't great, but I really like Random Access Memories.

Cartman78 · 22-02-2021 7:41pm

retalivity wrote: »

Discovery a savage album, as is the Interstella 5555 anime that accompanies it.

Don't get me wrong...I like all their stuff but Homework on a different level for me.

I was in college when it came out so that probably explains a lot :-)

retalivity · 22-02-2021 7:41pm

Cartman78 wrote: »

Don't get me wrong...I like all their stuff but Homework on a different level for me.

I was in college when it came out so that probably explains a lot :-)

As i was when Discovery was released!

Daft Punk - c'est fini

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