“We hope all the kids will love the video,” a disembodied voice says near the end of the promo clip. And as implausible as it may have seemed for two French men in robot helmets, Discovery got them there. Most of all, though, Daft Punk wanted to be universal. Answer (1 of 10): I should just post their discography here but I’ll do what’s asked and list out my favorites (In descending order of the number of times I’ve. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band or The Beach Boys circa Pet Sounds and Smile: music that took pop seriously as art, but also recontextualized older, seemingly uncool styles in ways that felt progressive and fresh. Daft Punk also released a remix album of Human After All called Human After All: Remixes. It contains new music videos for The Prime Time of Your Life and Robot Rock (Maximum Overdrive). But you can also trace it back to The Beatles circa Sgt. A Daft Punk anthology CD/DVD entitled Musique Vol. You can easily trace Discovery forward to EDM and the continuing entwinement of techno and rock. “Electronic music”-a term that always suggested the future, however vague-was demonstrated to be as familiar and comforting as classic rock, and no less real in its depth of feeling. And the rest-the faux-metal guitars of “Aerodynamic,” the sci-fi daydream of “Veridis Quo,” the UK garage showcase of Todd Edwards on “Face to Face”-glimpsed down dozens of stylistic alleyways without disrupting the album’s course. The album’s biggest singles-“One More Time,” “Harder Better Faster Stronger,” “Digital Love”-were as useful to wedding DJs as they were to pop philosophers. Dancing on the subway in a city where they didn’t speak the language, liberated from judgment and self-criticism: It’s all there in the title. And yet, when asked about Discovery’s turn toward ’70s and ’80s pop, Thomas Bangalter said the goal wasn’t to evoke a specific sound or era, but the raw wonder they’d felt encountering that music as children. At the time, Daft Punk was big enough business to dismiss goofing off-their first album, 1997’s Homework, had already sold two million copies.
Some riders smile and stare, while others look politely away. There’s a video that Daft Punk made to promote 2001’s Discovery in which the French duo, wearing their famous robot helmets, dance on the Tokyo subway.
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