Is Daft Punk's "Discovery" supposed to be ironic?

it's both of those things surely, not exclusively, or with any of the implied disparagement that gets attached to those concepts

thread is an interesting time capsule. I don't get the need to define irony so narrowly here, or to treat it as a dirty word. or the need to justify what DP is doing in futurist/progressive terms (feels v brit music press) to defend it from accusations of revivalism (clearly the worst thing music could be back then)

the album name could still be a pun though. disco? very!

https://media.s-bol.com/NxEXg9Ek03Y8/550x553.jpg

^^That album was in fact nicknamed "Disco, very!" by the members of ELO.

Well, I think the Disneyland comparison is supremely OTM, DP/Discovery as an impossible, manufactured utopia that doesn't purport to be a reality so much as it requires a suspension of disbelief. The trick of their trade is to manipulate or seduce you into checking your skepticism.

So it's easy to understand their attraction to forms that are devoid of cynicism, or mutually incompatible. LRD "Darkdancer" comes to mind as an album from that time which employed unfashionable (then) retro influences to a similar effect

They don’t really sample or evoke well known songs so I the nostalgia factor of “hey, remember this?” is missing imho. It’s also clearly done with love for a certain mood and era, so I’d say the “irony” isn’t there either. I’d rather describe “Discovery” as an homage.

i'm a bit confused as to why someone would think of Discovery as being "ironic". Then again the landscape in 2003 was very different to today.

if anyone is confused by the premise of this thread, keep in mind I was 15 years old when I started it

not an excuse