A fair warning though, the track’s only lyrics - “Around the world” - are repeated 120 times, ensuring they are implanted firmly in your subconscious whether you like it or not. ‘Around The World’ is a horribly catchy house song with a killer baseline. For although Daft Punk’s career has ended, their music will live on as long as their fans do. Let them breathe life into your house party, your commute to USyd, your study session. So, the following is one fan’s humble attempt to rank Daft Punk’s best ever songs. Alas, KPIs and the state of modern journalism have given virality priority above all else - and listicles typically do pretty well. Although this article was an attempt to honour the disbanded duo, capturing 28 years in a 10-song list is undoubtedly reductive.
In the hours I spent re-listening to their discography, attempting to rank their songs, one thing became obvious. From hip-hop-inspired funk to house and pop, Daft Punk have always seemed to be masters of deeply connecting to the listener. Such humanity transcends the varying genres of the duo’s many albums. They were able to communicate unmistakeable humanity in even the most foreign and robotic sounds, as if by pushing the boundaries they were uncovering what it means to be human. Yet this contradiction perhaps best sums up what makes Daft Punk so special. This universal appreciation for Daft Punk is somewhat incongruous with their harsh and experimental style. The duo’s retro-futuristic sound was unique in its ability to resonate with people from all walks of life, whether that be diehard music connoisseurs, casual radio listeners or teenage MDMA enthusiasts.
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Daft Punk's First Soundtrack in a Decade Will Be for Dario Argento Film Black Glasses By Jim Vorel Ap| 11:49am.After 28 Years, Daft Punk Announce Split By Carli Scolforo Febru| 11:03am.You can hear all the distinct strands of Daft Punk’s DNA across this song, from its economic drum machine loop to the dynamic, unerringly melodic way they deploy the rest of its instrumentation. This Homework standout presaged Discovery’s sample-heavy love letter to the late ‘70s, extrapolating pieces of Billy Joel’s The Stranger single “ Just the Way You Are” into a propulsive, euphoric house track. In honor of Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter’s singular output, we’ve taken the liberty of ranking its 20 best entries, a selection of blissful, meticulously crafted electronic tracks that will always have a place on dance floors worldwide. It’s an odd time for the Parisian robots to walk away, given that no one had necessarily been holding their breath for new music from them any time soon, but they leave behind an absolutely stellar body of work, from their 1997 debut Homework to 2013’s Grammy-vacuuming comeback Random Access Memories. After reigning as of one dance music’s most enduring and important acts for nearly three decades, Daft Punk called it quits on Monday, announcing their shutdown eight years after the release of their last-and now final-album.
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