Great point, about different generations connecting with each other. Needs to happen more often. Re. "Get Lucky", I have probably watched more covers and mashups of that on youtube than any other song, ever. The best one I saw was video footage from Soul Train set to "Get Lucky". There was a higher quality version up but this one is still pretty good: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOPVmvqi7JY
Good stuff. You had me at robots. If you knew about my one and only tattoo on my left arm, that might explain something. Spoiler, it's a robot. But seriously, this is what I like most about your newsletter. I am, of course, familiar with Daft Punk, but I've never really taken the time to listen to them. Now I feel like I should. I may not always ultimately agree with your take on artist, but you do a great job of convincing me to give music I've never listened to before a shot, and to give stuff I may have dismissed in the past a second chance. Especially as I get older, it's nice to be challenged with new material. It's way too easy to fall into the habit of listening to the same stuff over and over because it feels secure. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but it's never a bad thing to keep broadening your horizons.
Brilliant piece, as always! I love that record (Get Lucky), as well as Happy, and most of Pharrell’s album “Girl”, as well as Daft Punk’s RAM. These records just go to show that, when prejudice and misconceptions are cast aside, and artists connect from (and with) what really matters, the possibilities are endless.
Great piece! Proof that age is just a number conjured by our random access memory. it all just makes me so happy’
Great point, about different generations connecting with each other. Needs to happen more often. Re. "Get Lucky", I have probably watched more covers and mashups of that on youtube than any other song, ever. The best one I saw was video footage from Soul Train set to "Get Lucky". There was a higher quality version up but this one is still pretty good: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOPVmvqi7JY
Good stuff. You had me at robots. If you knew about my one and only tattoo on my left arm, that might explain something. Spoiler, it's a robot. But seriously, this is what I like most about your newsletter. I am, of course, familiar with Daft Punk, but I've never really taken the time to listen to them. Now I feel like I should. I may not always ultimately agree with your take on artist, but you do a great job of convincing me to give music I've never listened to before a shot, and to give stuff I may have dismissed in the past a second chance. Especially as I get older, it's nice to be challenged with new material. It's way too easy to fall into the habit of listening to the same stuff over and over because it feels secure. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but it's never a bad thing to keep broadening your horizons.
Brilliant piece, as always! I love that record (Get Lucky), as well as Happy, and most of Pharrell’s album “Girl”, as well as Daft Punk’s RAM. These records just go to show that, when prejudice and misconceptions are cast aside, and artists connect from (and with) what really matters, the possibilities are endless.