I AM DISCOVERY POLL

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Poll Results

OptionVotes
digital love 23
one more time 12
harder better faster stronger 9
face to face 6
veridis quo 6
aerodynamic 2
something about us 2
short circuit 1
high life 1
superheroes 1
crescendolls 1
voyager 0
nightvision 0
too long0


and what, Friday, 18 May 2007 19:21 (nineteen years ago)

damn

s1ocki, Friday, 18 May 2007 19:22 (nineteen years ago)

in before big HOOS

Steve Shasta, Friday, 18 May 2007 19:23 (nineteen years ago)

ONE MORE TIME

groovemaaan, Friday, 18 May 2007 19:51 (nineteen years ago)

harder better faster stronger of course

negotiable, Friday, 18 May 2007 19:54 (nineteen years ago)

veridis quo.

The Brainwasher, Friday, 18 May 2007 19:59 (nineteen years ago)

"Digital Love" is my favorite song of the '00s.

Spencer Chow, Friday, 18 May 2007 20:03 (nineteen years ago)

yes

strongohulkington, Friday, 18 May 2007 20:06 (nineteen years ago)

i voted for aerodynamic

and what, Friday, 18 May 2007 20:08 (nineteen years ago)

good christ this is an amazing album

strongohulkington, Friday, 18 May 2007 20:13 (nineteen years ago)

whay make this poll only 24 hours?

g®▲Ðұ, Friday, 18 May 2007 20:15 (nineteen years ago)

i need at least a few days to decide.

g®▲Ðұ, Friday, 18 May 2007 20:15 (nineteen years ago)

High Life

dmr, Friday, 18 May 2007 20:16 (nineteen years ago)

this is hard.

like "too long" when it starts taking off...

ack.

Steve Shasta, Friday, 18 May 2007 20:19 (nineteen years ago)

discovery is this era's ???[insert acclaimed album of bygone era]???

later arpeggiator, Friday, 18 May 2007 20:25 (nineteen years ago)

best poll thread title

anatol_merklich, Friday, 18 May 2007 20:26 (nineteen years ago)

oops xpost

anatol_merklich, Friday, 18 May 2007 20:26 (nineteen years ago)

i posted something here not too long ago, did it vanish?

latebloomer, Friday, 18 May 2007 20:29 (nineteen years ago)

VERIDIS QUO

Curt1s Stephens, Friday, 18 May 2007 21:19 (nineteen years ago)

last night a had a dream about you

cutty, Friday, 18 May 2007 22:29 (nineteen years ago)

i voted "something about us" but i already want to change my vote.

g®▲Ðұ, Friday, 18 May 2007 22:45 (nineteen years ago)

jeez

does this include the videos or not?!?

moonship journey to baja, Friday, 18 May 2007 22:47 (nineteen years ago)

'face to face'

That one guy that quit, Friday, 18 May 2007 22:49 (nineteen years ago)

worth logging in for.

one more time

Groke, Friday, 18 May 2007 23:16 (nineteen years ago)

digital love.

the reasons everyone else said

696, Friday, 18 May 2007 23:25 (nineteen years ago)

i think this album has dated really well

696, Friday, 18 May 2007 23:26 (nineteen years ago)

as have you. ;-)

Steve Shasta, Friday, 18 May 2007 23:43 (nineteen years ago)

hooser better faster steener

BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 18 May 2007 23:52 (nineteen years ago)

More than any other act I can recall, Daft Punk epitomize the top-bottom problems of sooo much dance music. Homework's beats were fierce, slammin', unrelenting, all that good stuff. But there wasn't much information to skim off the top. On Discovery, you had to duck from all those melodies and hooks and sonic candygrams. But they forgot the fierce, slammin', unrelenting beats. And they still haven't gotten it right. Prolly never will. (One track that reconciled these top-bottom problems about as brilliantly as any human ever has: Jaydee's "Plastic Dreams.")

So I went with "One More Time," a pretty but infinitely lesser cousin of "Music Sounds Better With You."

Kevin John Bozelka, Saturday, 19 May 2007 03:48 (nineteen years ago)

Aw, fuck. I wrote a big, long response to Kevin, then realized I was in Mini-Geir mode and deleted it. Suffice to say, I like my melodies and hooks and sonic candygrams.

The Reverend, Saturday, 19 May 2007 04:20 (nineteen years ago)

'face to face'

-- That one guy that quit, Friday, May 18, 2007 10:49 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link

deej, Saturday, 19 May 2007 04:37 (nineteen years ago)

thirded

tricky, Saturday, 19 May 2007 04:45 (nineteen years ago)

Aw, fuck. I wrote a big, long response to Kevin, then realized I was in Mini-Geir mode and deleted it. Suffice to say, I like my melodies and hooks and sonic candygrams.

Well, I'm glad you deleted it, Rev, because I never said that melodies and hooks and sonic candygrams were bad. I'm just wondering why Daft Punk couldn't put them together with fierce, slammin', unrelenting beats.

Kevin John Bozelka, Saturday, 19 May 2007 04:46 (nineteen years ago)

best mix ever (especially if you can hold it for a long blend) = "harder better faster stronger" (jess and crabbe regulator mix) into "la la land"

tricky, Saturday, 19 May 2007 04:49 (nineteen years ago)

'one more time' forever

jabba hands, Saturday, 19 May 2007 09:13 (nineteen years ago)

short circuit?!

and what, Saturday, 19 May 2007 13:43 (nineteen years ago)

I guesss I have to decide. I'll go with "Harder Better Faster Stronger" for mad talkbox-breakdownage.

The Reverend, Saturday, 19 May 2007 13:53 (nineteen years ago)

I went for Crescendolls for nostalgic reasons but I suspect I should have really chosen High Life.

Alba, Saturday, 19 May 2007 14:26 (nineteen years ago)

bonus points for whoever picks "Nightvision"

Curt1s Stephens, Saturday, 19 May 2007 14:29 (nineteen years ago)

digital love, of course!

definitely one of the best albums ever.

the next grozart, Saturday, 19 May 2007 15:53 (nineteen years ago)

It's a walkover.

Alba, Saturday, 19 May 2007 23:35 (nineteen years ago)

'too long' was my second choice, surprised at 0 votes

That one guy that quit, Saturday, 19 May 2007 23:47 (nineteen years ago)

"One more time, we're gonna celebrate, oh yeah, all right, don't stop the dancing, one more time, we're gonna celebrate, oh yeah, all right, don't stop the dancing, one more time, we're gonna celebrate, oh yeah, all right, don't stop the dancing, one more time, we're gonna celebrate, oh yeah, all right, don't stop the dancing, one more time, we're gonna celebrate, oh yeah, all right, don't stop the dancing, one more time, we're gonna celebrate, oh yeah, all right, don't stop the dancing, one more time, you know I'm just feelin' celebration, tonight, celebrate, don't wait, too late, we don't stop, you can't stop, we're gonna celebrate, one more time, one more time, one more time, a celebration, you know we're gonna do it right, tonight, just feeling, music's got me feeling the need, we're gonna celebrate, one more time, celebrate and dance so free, music's got me feeling so free, celebrate and dance so free, one more time, music's got me feeling so free, we're gonna celebrate, celebrate and dance so free, one more time."

It's practically brainwashing, isn't it? Daft Punk seem to be operating under the premise that if you hear something enough times, you'll start to believe it. But after more than 15 listens to Discovery's first single and opening track, "One More Time," vocodered vocalist Romanthony doesn't have me "feeling the need," much less not waiting, celebrating, and dancing so free. This could just be me, of course. Maybe I just haven't taken enough ecstasy and horse tranquilizers to appreciate the tinny, sampled brass ensemble, the too-sincere "chill out" midsection, or the fat drum machine beats that throb in time with my headache.

Few things are more incriminating than Daft Punk's own lyrics, which, while generally deeper than "don't stop the dancing," rarely go beyond sensitive junior high poetry and "could this be love" Whitesnake-isms. But music like this wasn't meant to be judged on its lyrics. And since Discovery relies heavily on the French neo-disco stylings established by 1997's Homework, the duo would probably suggest we shut up and dance.

In truth, Discovery rarely invokes its predecessor's slap-bass funk, and few other tracks resemble the obviously single-designed "One More Time." Instead, Daft Punk focus on fusing mid-80's Kool and the Gang R&B beats with post-millennial prog flourishes and more vocoders than you can shake at Herbie Hancock. Of the six tracks that feature vocals, four are smothered with the synthesized pitch corrector. On tracks like "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger," the duo make it work by pushing the instrument to its breaking point, squeezing out subhuman glips and merging the vocals into a Vai-style synth-guitar solo. But when the band relies on the tool merely as a gimmick, as on "Digital Love" and "Something about Us," the sentimental love songs come off with all the heart-melting earnestness of Kid Rock's "Only God Knows Why."

Daft Punk typically succeed in an instrumental environment, though. Discovery's first big score comes with the rousing "Crescendolls." The obscure Imperials sample makes the song with spirited "hey's" and "everybody y'all's" yelled out from a crowd. "Superheroes," which draws its repeated refrain from a late 70's Barry Manilow track called "Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed," sates with a massive, fist-pumping kickdrum, complex chord changes, and light-speed keyboard bleeps. The snapping percussion and Phantasy Star II phaser synths of "Verdis Quo" recall a somber Flashdance-era Giorgio Moroder. And the 16-bit pitch-bent tones and Klymaxx electro-bass of "Short Circuit" would have felt at home on Trans Am's Surrender to the Night.

Prog and disco have never openly begged for their own hybrid, but the genres' newborn Frankenbaby is alive, whether we like it or not. Still, this beast, however grotesque, is relatively harmless-- rather than running amok in the village and snapping the necks of civilians, it only wants to "celebrate and dance so free, one more time." Just don't let it sing.

abanana, Sunday, 20 May 2007 01:14 (nineteen years ago)

How embarrassing for both Schreiber and Pitchfork.

Spencer Chow, Sunday, 20 May 2007 01:57 (nineteen years ago)

I guess I'll break out my Microphones and Circulatory System albums.

Spencer Chow, Sunday, 20 May 2007 01:59 (nineteen years ago)

Disappointed though hardly surprised by the relative lack of love for "Veridis Quo." I'm just embarrassed by how long it took me to realize it samples "Supernature," since <i>Cerrone IV</i> is one of my all-time favorite records...

Telephone thing, Sunday, 20 May 2007 02:21 (nineteen years ago)

verdis quo tied face to face! hardly a bad showing

deej, Sunday, 20 May 2007 02:33 (nineteen years ago)

this fucking album.

g®▲Ðұ, Sunday, 20 May 2007 04:43 (nineteen years ago)

Really love them all, but here's my ranking:

1. "Digital Love"
2. "One More Time"
3. "Face to Face"
4. "Harder Better Faster Stronger"
5. "Aerodynamic"
6. "Voyager"
7. "Veridis Quo"
8. "High Life"
9. "Something About Us"
10. "Superheroes"
11. "Crescendolls"
12. "Nightvision"
13. "Too Long"
14. "Short Circuit"

Spencer Chow, Sunday, 20 May 2007 04:44 (nineteen years ago)

Pitchfork's Top 20 Albums of 2001

Anyone listen to The Glow, Pt 2. lately? (not that it's a bad album, but y'know...)

Spencer Chow, Sunday, 20 May 2007 04:48 (nineteen years ago)

1. Digital Love
2. Face To Face
3. One More Time
4. Aerodynamic
5. Harder Better Faster Stronger
6. Crescendolls
7. Too Long
8. Veridis Quo
9. High Life
10. Superheroes
11. Something About Us
12. Short Circuit
13. Voyager
14. Nightvision

Tim F, Sunday, 20 May 2007 05:19 (nineteen years ago)

missed this poll

the opening and closing tracks on this are still my least faves

kid a won the battle but maybe discovery would win the ILM end of 00s album poll war if nothing else

blueski, Sunday, 20 May 2007 13:25 (nineteen years ago)

ten months pass...

I would still vote for "Veridis Quo"

Curt1s Stephens, Friday, 18 April 2008 19:16 (eighteen years ago)

OH BOY ANOTHER DAFT PUNK POLL

The Reverend, Friday, 18 April 2008 19:35 (eighteen years ago)

i heard this really neat mashup of "nightvision" and the beatles' "when i'm 64" on wfmu a while ago.

Creeztophair, Friday, 18 April 2008 20:52 (eighteen years ago)

I am content with these results.
Accept.. One More Time, should be lower.

our work is never over, Friday, 18 April 2008 21:45 (eighteen years ago)

three months pass...

too long 0

what the fuck

and what, Thursday, 7 August 2008 23:28 (seventeen years ago)

tru

The Reverend, Friday, 8 August 2008 02:23 (seventeen years ago)

live version of "Too Long" >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Discovery version

Pillbox, Friday, 8 August 2008 02:31 (seventeen years ago)

Wow poor show for VOYAGER.

piscesx, Friday, 8 August 2008 03:16 (seventeen years ago)

"Digital Love"

I especially like how it's become their "Creep" and they refuse to play it live, although I would probably have about fifty simultaneous joy-induced heart attacks if they ever did

jamescobo, Friday, 8 August 2008 05:44 (seventeen years ago)

one year passes...

Face II Face

plaxico (I know, right?), Sunday, 14 February 2010 22:24 (sixteen years ago)

two years pass...

VERIDIS QUO

― Curt1s Stephens, Friday, May 18, 2007 5:19 PM (5 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

otm

crüt, Monday, 7 January 2013 23:16 (thirteen years ago)

three months pass...

how the absolute fuck did voyager get no votes in this

we're up all night to eat biscuits (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 22 April 2013 22:28 (thirteen years ago)

god i'm just angry now

we're up all night to eat biscuits (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 22 April 2013 22:28 (thirteen years ago)

In light of the Thriller/Off The Wall talk regarding "get lucky", it occured to me that "something about us" would not be out of place on a late 70s Quincy Jones production. It even sounds like Louis Johnson poppin that bass (albeit even more electrofunkified).

brimstead, Monday, 22 April 2013 23:19 (thirteen years ago)

how the absolute fuck did voyager get no votes in this

― we're up all night to eat biscuits (Autumn Almanac), Monday, April 22, 2013 6:28 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark

crüt, Tuesday, 30 April 2013 19:12 (thirteen years ago)

Taveras - "Break Down For Love" => "High Life"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZboBQ6rDrU

Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 19:42 (thirteen years ago)

how the absolute fuck did voyager get no votes in this

― we're up all night to eat biscuits (Autumn Almanac), Monday, April 22, 2013 6:28 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark

― crüt, Tuesday, April 30, 2013 3:12 PM (30 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

your holiness, we have an official energy drink (Z S), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 19:44 (thirteen years ago)

because digital love

brimstead, Tuesday, 30 April 2013 19:46 (thirteen years ago)

but 41 votes were not because digital love

your holiness, we have an official energy drink (Z S), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 19:46 (thirteen years ago)

ha yeah I guess that was a response to a non existent question, not the question at hand

brimstead, Tuesday, 30 April 2013 19:50 (thirteen years ago)

digital love is possibly my least favorite track on this tbh

crüt, Tuesday, 30 April 2013 20:12 (thirteen years ago)

digital love for me. yeah why don't they play this live? is it really a creep/teen spirit situation?

i also enjoy in line skateing (spazzmatazz), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 23:19 (thirteen years ago)


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