Daft Punk is a little electronica duo from France. This may sound familiar: most electronica groups are in the form of "a little electronica [duo/trio/foursome] from [country in Europe]." Honestly (IMO, of course) most of them should stay in their hometowns, only bugging the people within earshot of the members' houses.Most electronica (again, IMO, although this opinion is shared by a significant portion of the population of the world) is repetitive, boring, and... well, repetitive and boring. That's just about all it was...
... Until I discovered Daft Punk. To be more specific, their album Discovery (their second). It's not just electronica-techno-funky stuff, like most of the realm of electronica; it's got, not just good beats, but also melodies and harmonies. It's kind of like a crossover between electronica and real music. (Sounds like a bad idea? Yes. But it was well executed.) Their first album, Homework, was mostly just electronica-ish junk, though it was actually somewhat endurable.
Daft Punk, if nothing else, is a good medium for expressing your inner nerd. I'll admit it: if there's no one else around, sometimes I'll put some Daft Punk on the stereo after getting out of the shower and just nerd it out. Turn out my room is a good place to air-guitar, air-synth, air-explosive-drums, dance in nothing but a towel... Good times.
My personal favourite songs on the album:
- Veridis Quo — this one might just be because I'm a piano nerd, but maybe not.
- Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger — A classic. This song actually became popular in the mainstream. Then it became popular again when Kanye remixed it for his song "Stronger." Yes, this was the song you heard in the background.)
- Too Long — The background lyrics are "too long," but I think the real reason this song was named this was because it's over 10 minutes long. It's a gem of boy-band-like vocals combined with Daft Punk shenanigans.
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