Daft Punk's Love Letter to Music
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Dive into the world of Daft Punk with their final album, Random Access Memories. A fusion of their robotic personas and human creativity, the album features collaborations with some of the most talented artists across a plethora of genres. With disco legends Nile Rodgers and Giorgio Moroder, house pioneers Todd Edwards and Pharrell Williams, and experimental pop artist Panda Bear, the album is a truly timeless masterpiece packed with top-notch artistry. Experience the nostalgia and memories of the past as Daft Punk blends French house with disco, funk, and soft rock from the 70s and 80s.
Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
1:18 Decade-Defining Collaborators
2:09 Daft Punk's Sampling Style
3:59 Forefathers of Disco
6:27 Memories and Moments
11:11 Conclusion
#Middle8 #DaftPunk #RandomAccessMemories #VideoEssay
Daft Punk's Timeless Sound in Random Access Memories
Collaborations that Defined Daft Punk's Random Access Memories
How Random Access Memories Redefined the French House Duo's Sound
Daft Punk's Love Letter to Music and its Decade-Defining Collaborators
How Daft Punk Revolutionized their Sound with Live Instrumentation in Random Access Memories
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Daft Punk are pretty much the Kings of Electric Funk. Those Legends will be missed
No they're not
@@valentinarmenta4982 Excellent rebuttal. Well-thought out.
@@valentinarmenta4982 ?????????
I love daft punk, I saw them DJ twice in 97 before Homework released, but I grew up thru the 80s and heard their 'teachers' first hand, so you gotta look at all the artists they heavily sampled and took riffs and inspiration from, Kano, Cerrone, Patrick Adams, Leroy Burgess, Tata Vega, D Train (williams and eaves), Levan, Arthur Russell, Boyd Jarvis, West End, Yvonne Turner, Chicago producers like Armando Gallop, Ron Hardy....countless others, i'd argue Daft Punk are great producers in that they know a really good sample and they're amazingly talented beatsmiths to build such great tracks around the samples, but the people that wrote those hooks in the first place are really the kings of electric funk..
Without the people I mentioned there'd be no daft punk, cause this is where they sampled all that 'electric funk' from and got their 'feel' and character from...thats why they made 'teachers', pretty sure Tom and Guy would agree.
@@valentinarmenta4982 What a good argument, really nailed it
I can't believe we're creeping up on a decade since RAM's release. I remember how divisive it was when it first came out. I honestly think I enjoy it more and more as the years pass by, in some regards it exceeds Discovery in my opinion. Great video as usual man!
I can't believe you watch these videos.
@@liltwizz_07 why?
@@usdjxavi Look at his channel.
@@usdjxavi My lil brother watched him all the time.
@@liltwizz_07 What an odd thing to not believe
It's real shame that a whole generation who loved RAM never got to see them live perform, including myself.
All I wanted was Alive 2017 😭
same
Alive 2027 ??
@@30S_ the robots exploded and burned dude
@@renevuurwalt368 only thomas tho
Every single Daft Punk album is an absolute masterpiece, they all hold a special place in my heart, and I’m glad that the band’s music has made a lasting impact on people, even after they split.
They have alot of repetive songs that sound like filler I wouldn't consider that a masterpiece
@@valentinarmenta4982 if you know nothing about dance music just say that
@@BigOwl51 ouuf 😂
***except human after all
@@BigOwl51 I've heard everything by them apart from "Human After All". "Alive 2007", "Tron", and "Ram" are amazing.
"Homework" and "Discovery" are full of bad filler, and are massively overrated albums.
1997 i remember being a little kid hypnotised by the around the world music video. yet did i know then how much daft punk changed electronic music
I was a skater kid (rollerblades and Jnkos back then! I know, I'm a fossil) in HS when Homework released, and was afraid to tell my friends that I low key loved them since all we listened to was grunge, rock, ska and punk, bought every single one of their albums when they released, RAM is simply a masterpiece!
Dude. Around the world video (Gondry) aired on MTV in 1985.
I saw Da Funk first, on The box(anyone remember that music TV channel). Then saw Around the World on the same channel. Prodigy was at the same time.
Touch will forever be my favorite song of them, really sad they never released a music video. Could have been an amazing story of a musician in the future that had a android surgery in order to survive a fatal death wound. But in consequence no longer felt emotions, became a former shell of himself. And now it's his dream to be able to be human again but to FEEL human.
Scrolled through the comments just to see someone praising Touch. Remember folks: if love is the answer, you're home.
I think it's a good thing. Like a book, we can imagine the details of the story for ourselves.
Just watch Mr Robot 🙂 Your idea for a video isn't far from the mark 🙂
They are coming back!!! For the sequel of Tron!!! Both of which are masterpieces... (Daft Punk & Tron)...
Realmente es muy buena idea. Ojalá la vieran, me gustaría escribir ese videoclip
So when RAM was released I remember listening to it that morning with my wife and both of us felt a little disappointed. We were huge Daft Punk fans and had waited so long but it didn’t grab us. We waited for that big euphoric track that old sample we recognised but none of it was there. As time went on we kept listening and slowly over the space of a few months it became my favourite Daft Punk record. Then over the next few years it became one of my favourite records period. The phrase you use here nails it perfectly. It’s a love letter to music. It deserved all the accolades it got. I wish we got one more record but if not, this is the way to go out.
discovery better
The same happend to me i remember i discovered daftpunk with tron legacy when i was around 8-10 years old, i was shocked by all the electronic sound and synths, then RAM was anounced and i was really hyped , the record came out and i felt disapointed with it because it wasnt the electronic album i wanted back then, then i also started listening to the album but with a much slower pace, this gave me time to focus on the music, the lyrics and everything, then i realised it was an absolute masterpice.
@@suscriptwaift732 It is*
Parcels live vol 1 closest you'll get to Ram 2.0
I was listening to a podcast with John Mayer and Cory Wong (Vulfpeck, Fearless Flyers) and John talked about how some albums grow on you, but sometimes as you age you grow into the album. I think that was definitely the case for me with RAM as I was 19 when it was released and appreciate it much more now that I'm older.
One of the greatest albums of the past decade
My personal favorite of the decade.
Best engineered too
What’s better?
Agreed
It's the Dark Side of the Moon of dance music. Blew my mind at first listen.
The week that Daft Punk retired, I actually cried 10+ times. I spent a lot of my life listening to Daft Punk, but I didn't realize just how much of an impact they had on me until they were gone. Giorgio by Moroder may have become a popular meme in the last year, but it never fails to make me tear up regardless.
I ugly cried the day of the epilogue vid at like midnight, that shit shattered my soul lol
Art of Noise and Kraftwerk
"I wish there was a way to know you're in the good old days before you've actually left them."
- Andy Bernard
-_-
I really wish there was a Daft Punk/LCD Soundsystem collab. How epic would that be?!
Unfortunately, Daft Punk may
never play at their house.
@@JupiterTarts I understood that reference
@@JupiterTarts all the furniture won't be in the garage. :'(
One of the most legendary crossovers ever
THANK YOU TAKING PARCELS INTO ACCOUNT.
They’re such an amazing band, and if you are a daft punk lover, you’ll sure love this band too.
If you loved RAM, Parcels will be your next favourite band
Their Day/Night album was great but their Live album is amazing 👌
@@Middle8 have you seen the cigale show that’s in their UA-cam channel?
Day and night really needs to be listen to gapless much likeive vol 1. Pure euphoria.
Just saw them live in Paris this Sunday ! Best live show I’ve ever been to
5:30, you forgot to mention that they had actually three microphones they were using for recording and then used each recording depending on what age he is talking. However, great video as always!
I think another important song to mention is Contact, because the melody was first created by DJ Falcon and Thomas Bangalter at one of their performances as "Together" in the early 2000s. I just think it's a neat song that I think I think is a perfect way to show how the elements from the rest of the album inspired daft punk's early material.
Tune
Shame the drums ruined it
It's easy to forget how many hits they have until you find yourself jamming hard to each little snippet played
Daft Punk gave me the love I have for electronic music today
I find Beyond to be a terribly slept on song, I never see anyone talk about it. It sends me into a trance every time it comes on and, a couple times, has made me cry. There's something so ethereal about it. It's just about love and humanity, and how music transcends and elevates our experience together. It's not only my favourite song on the album, but one of my most favourite songs ever made.
Remember love's our only mission.
beyond is great, i like it too very very much
Beyond is an instrumental masterwork and one of my favorites on the album, for sure. Honestly I feel like this album showed that Daft Punk became PHENOMENAL orchestral composers, as well. They really were too special for words.
Absolutely, Beyond and within are my two favorites but they get no love
Within and beyond have become my favorite after 10 years.
Beyond is my second favorite track on the album, only behind Giorgio by Moroder which I consider to be their Magnum Opus.
It and Motherboard seem so slept on and thats a crying shame, both tracks are pure emotion made manifest
The first album I ever listened to by them was Discovery and is still considered a timeless classic and one of my favorite records of all time!!
I've been listening to Daft Punk since I was a toddler thanks to my dad, he basically raised two Daft Punk obsessed daughters. I remember my mom driving us home one day and the radio announcing Daft Punk's new song "Get lucky" and I turn to my mom and say, "wait did they just say Daft punk?!" years after them not dropping an album. My sister and I would later spend that whole summer blasting RAM (Doin' It Right being our go to song on repeat). The impact Daft Punk has had in my life and many others is astonishing.
Giorgio by Moroder and Touch are some of their best tracks, in my opinion. Masterfully crafted, and capture something that cannot be described with words. The entire album is a masterpiece. Discovery will still hail as their best album for me, but RAM comes at a very close second. It's one of the first albums I came across, and part of what made me love them so much.
Agree those two tracks are insane!
Daft Punk retired on my 20th birthday. It was sad but at the same time I can’t stop smiling knowing that I’m alive the same time as these legends
Still one of the best music channels. How is the process not getting copyright striked? I can't imagine licencing so many samples and songs being easy.
I think it comes under fair-use as it is a review/criticism of the music. something else you may've noticed is that their samples of music are really short, also falling under fair-use.
@@rishyiv UA-cam is known to demonetize or remove video for a few seconds of music (even though it is legal to use them)
@@PsyX99 yea ur right but what else could it be?
A seminal album for my formative music listening years. I wouldn't be as interested in music listening as I am today if it weren't for RAM and Daft Punk. Touch is one of the most magnificent songs ever.
1 second into the video and you're already speaking on the subject, no bullcrap 3min intro or anything. I can't tell you how incredibly refreshing that is. aside from the quality of the video itself, you getting right into the subject has earned my subscription
I remember that in France, back in 2001, every morning before secondary school I used to watch this show called "Morning Live". It was a comedy show and they also played a lot of music videos of the best "popular" hits. As a kid and an anime lover, I was fascinated by Daft Punk music videos from Discovery. The music was also so fresh and cool, like nothing i heard before except maybe classics from the 80s. Since that moment I never stopped loving their music. I will always listen to them and I hope to hear new stuff from them even as separate entities.
L'émission qui réveille tes VOIIIISSSSINS
When Discovery's music videos were playing on music TV here in Europe, I was around ten. I loved the songs and videos so much I tried to record them on VHS. I didn't know who they were or what the anime-style videos had to do with them or their music. I just somehow knew it was something profoundly awesome. I loved them ever since then, and have been so happy in 2013 when RAM released. I was so sure that they would do an Alive 2017 live set and was so disappointed when it never came. Anyway, their music will live on and their legacy forever loved.
I also believed Alive 2017 would happen. Then again, they explained the reason there was no tour for RAM was because they couldn’t figure out the logistics of how they’d perform the music on that album. Having to recruit the session players and all
It’s a shame that they sort of gave up on trying to solve that
So if it weren’t for that and they would have found a way, we probably would’ve gotten Alive 2017, or just a RAM tour
Daft Punk , The duo that made The disco music cool again !!!
They were true legends, all of there albums were straight fire 🔥🔥
(Ultra Rare France W)
I never really listened to their music (ofc except the super hits) until I heard them leaving the scene. At that time I had to do a web design project, so I just started making a site about their "last concert", while listening to all of their albums 24/7. Maybe a bit of a weird experience, but now I think of Daft Punk as of my one of the favorite bands.
Amazing stuff as always! Love you and this channel! Never stop!
your videos always made the songs i have already heard sound better
this video made me so emotional. appreciate them so much more after this
Ive been super into Daft Punk since the beginning of the year when watching your video on Discovery and going through the entire discography of Julian Casablancas. I have no idea what took me so long, thanks for making another video on them
RAM holds a special place within me, god i remember when the CD came and i was just in my room listening to it and passed out.
Such a great dive into the making of this masterpiece
I still cry over the end of an era with daft punk. I genuinely love their work and they are a big inspiration to me. I'll miss them so
Thank you very much Middle 8.
Really admire your work and you can see that in the videos, how much work and passion there is for the music. Each video is just great to watch and connects you even more to the music.🤟
RAM is my favorite album of all time. Filled with beautiful tunes and nostalgia. Thank you for this incredible dissection of my all time favorite.
Wow. Thank you for explaining so perfectly why I love this album all these years later, even though I didn't have the words.
Soo Glad you made another video on them, I'm a huge daft punk fan. I've rewatched the first video on them like 5 times lol
Also daft punk is pure nostalgia to me. I remember driving through the southern France mountains and hills with my family while we all were just looking out the windows and listening to the masterpieces these two guys produced.
there will never be another duo like daft punk, as they are the one of a few famous artists in which i've listened to all of their songs and i remember all of the names
Legitimately want to cry while watching this. They cared so much about their craft, the history of it, and the future of it. I love them so much, incredible album
I initially didn't like Random Access Memories, but over the years the more I listen to the more I can pull from the album. Now it's my favorite work of theirs. A fitting send off at the end of it all.
This was so well put together. Loved it!
My favorite music youtuber making a video about my favorite artist and all time favorite album! YES
This was very well put together. Congratulations!!
It's such a special album. Thanks for this deep dive.
Great vid. RAM is definitely one of my top 5 favorite albums ever. Extreme amounts of talent made it work and made it be re-listenable. So glad it exists.
Wasn't Human After All 2005? Not 2006? Regardless, I miss Daft Punk, wish they could have had one more album after RAM. Seeing them live was on my bucket list.
Correct
Me too I really was ready to go anywhere in the world to see them. That epilogue video made me so sad because I realized I would probably never see them live. I listen to daft punk all the time. Pretty much at least once a week.
Middle8 covering the absolute LEGENDS of dance music!
Thank you very much for covering this fantastic topic. I don't know how long I'll be here on this mortal coil, and I'm grateful for the privilege of being here at the same time as this sublime album.
Thank you for breaking this down, this is why they inspire me and why I am trying so hard to learn how to do what they did
On the first video of daft punk you made, I was thinking of telling you that you should make other videos for their other albums. The discovery video was amazing and I would love to see these types of videos for homework and human after all!
Here's an enthusiastic thumbs up for this video...really well presented and pointed me to an album I had missed. Thank you.
I love Random Access Memories, as a great variety of music on it and the production is fantastic. And of course to mention all the fantastic features.
Touch always transports me to a different place. I can't explain it. I just love it SO much!
Middle 8, you have done it again. Great video man!
I think hat makes Daft Punk so good is that, even if their songs sounds so simple and keeps repeating, it still captivates you every time you listen to it
To say Daft Punk are my favorite musicians, is a huge understatement. With that, I want to say THANK YOU for reminding me why l love them so much. You make exceptional video content 🙏
And you missed Contact, the last song is insanity and give me goosebumps even to this day.
Amazing video
I don't know how this is possible, but I have been listening to songs from RAM almost everyday for the past 6 years and I am still not bored by them. It's actually magic.
Amazing!!! I love DP so much along with their collaborators, RAM was truly a love letter to music.
Random Access Memories is a masterpiece in the most spectacular, beautiful way. As you said, it really is a love letter to music, it’s retro and futuristic and retro-futuristic all at the same time. Few creative projects are allowed to be made so uncynically, to take the time and thought and effort to really nail down and polish every beat, every note. They are robots after all, they did have to get those pieces in place, but what this album does better than arguably any other is that it never forgets a single second of the humanity that makes music, music.
I keep coming back to this video, thanks Middle8.
Good shit Middle 8. Daft Punk are one of the few musical artists that I regret being too young to see perform live. It wasn't meant to be, but I have four amazing albums, and many more tracks, to enjoy.
Parcels was born shortly after and now they are one of my favorite band! I thank Daft punk for introducing me to them!
This album always makes me tear up I can't explain why but it sends me into a different relm and it feels so peaceful and mournful at the same time I will forever love this whole album through and through
Just ordered my 10th anniversary vinyl, thanks for the video, some really great information in here
this videos are so good, and watching this one i was particularly moved
I can’t believe how many great artists have come and gone it’s great but bittersweet will we ever see another era of creativity and growth
Another great video! Thank you so much for that
holy, amazing writing and editing 🔥
Timeless record. Touch is probably my favorite track on here, though RAM is just barely behind Homework and Discovery for me. Even Human After All, despite some of its flaws I still really love, and it's very difficult to argue with Alive 2007.
Alive 2007 is their best work , noone can change my mind
@@realhkv4082 There's definitely a lot of tracks on Alive 2007 that improve on the original versions.
@@realhkv4082 The music they create is spread out in so many domains that you can't compare their works with each other
@@realhkv4082 the only bad thing about alive 2007 is that there isn’t higher quality footage of that concert
HAA is far superior on their later records. It influenced an entire genre for the next half decade. Something that can't be said about RAM.
This is one of the best videos I've ever seen about Daft Punk.
I adore Touch, Williams' vocal performance still brings tears to my eyes in the right moments, all these years later.
A work of art that I did not fully appreciate at age 14 when it released. I've really soaked it up since then and come to appreciate it immensely
Amazing video!!! I did want to hear more on the story of doing it right tho 😭 love this album
A very well crafted video essay. I thoroughly enjoyed watching it.
This album got me through some of the most difficult times I had at med school. I remember sitting at some dark corner in the clerk's room of the internal medicine ward listening to this album on my phone. IM rotation was some of the most gruelling and exhausting shifts I experienced and this album always perked me up. No matter how tired I was, I could never stop grooving to the awesome tracks on this album. Daft Punk's best work.
I don't think I've ever watched a video essay about an album that I've been more familiar with. I loved the album the moment I heard it. One of the few albums with no bad tracks.
These videos are pretty much the best content about the music lore we don't know, keep this format going :)
I love everything about Daft Punk. First and foremost the music, but their style, their impact in music, the way they worked... Nobody's perfect but I still feel like they can do no wrong, it's the closest I get to being blindly loyal to something, in my eyes, everything about Daft Punk is wonderful.
Thank you for this amazing video! Daft Punk brought me not only into French House and Electro, but also into Anime. When Discovery (and specifically One More Time) released, I was mostly listening to pop music and charts. But the music and videos resonated with me strongly, affecting everything until today. I was 12 back then, but Discovery is still my favorite album to this day.
I was really giddy when the follow up Human After All arrived, but it did not hit the same nerve at the time. When RAM was released, I decided to have no expectations and all and kind of liked it, but was still missing the "old days and ways". But I also began to realize that artists need to change and evolve. And if I want to relive the experience, I can simply listen to Discovery again!
I also enjoyed discovering Homework after Discovery. It was a much rougher record, but inspired me a lot (I drew a picture with my own characters for each song, twice).
This is super interesting, I meant to just take a peek and go, but this video kept me hooked through its entirety. Thanks for reminding us how great RAM is.
thank you for this, what an amazing video ! :D
This album man. What an album! Their greatest commercial success and I still think it's criminally under appreciated, Especially when you layer on all the heart, soul, time and love that went into this. It was a poetic career, almost although they had a roadmap the whole time, and tragic that it's come to an end, but as bitter a pill as it may be, I think it was a really good time to call it.
Daft punk will forever be one of my favourite musicians, great memories ;)
Wow, I loved this analysis, thank you!
Man you made me love Daft Punk even more...
What a fun editing style thanks Middle 8 that was super interesting!
You made me miss Daft Punk even more, great video.
Been listenening to Daft Punk since middle school in the early thousands. They have been on my bucket list of bands to see live for years. I am utterly crushed that I wont get to see them in concert unless they decide to come out of retirement in the future. But even if they don't, the music that they have produced will always hold a special place in my heart. Cause love is the answer and I'm home. They've given me too much to feel.
Great vid! Daft Punk are so incredible!
stellar once again. thank you!
Helllllll yeah, Daft Punk is IT! Great video!
Great video! Loved every second of it
Oh hells yeah Middle8 doing Daft Punk 😎
To be honest my favorite part of around the world is the part of the song they sing “around the word” it inspires me so much!
This was an incredibly well done video 👏
Fragments of time has such a yacht rock vibe to it. Love it
the editing of this video is done so well
RAM was the nostalgic soundtrack to a time of self reflection during a new chapter of my life. It will always hold a special place in my heart.