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2007 alive was my personal favorite set from them. They mashed up quite a bit of their all time tracks into absolute bangers.

ethbr0 6y ago
I happened to catch them both in Madrid (Summercase) and Miami (Bang) in 2006. It's not often I'd travel to watch the "same" show twice. That was a nuts setlist and show period. Especially since my going to Madrid was via hearing about it from a hotel concierge and "Hey dad, I know we're here for your business, but can I go to this music festival, across a city neither of us know, that speaks a language I can maybe passably bang out?" Bless non-helicopter parents. :)
- imwillofficial 6y ago
  Will your dad adopt me?
  - ethbr0 6y ago
    Unfortunately, I think he's happily retired from child rearing duties, and I know he happily spends most of his time fly fishing in Wyoming. ;)
    - BLKNSLVR 6y ago
      "Fly Fishing in Wyoming" should be the title of Daft Punk's retirement album. It's such an evocative phrase. (although it would cause confusion with the band "Trout Fishing in Quebec").
emptyparadise 6y ago
I really wish there was a studio version of Alive 2007.
- cauthon 6y ago
  I've thought that myself before, but having listened to it so many times I think the audience cheers are as much as a part of the album now
  - jakemauer 6y ago
    Totally agree. There are two or three distinct shouts from someone in the audience at the beginning of Around the World / Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger that are now part of my experience of listening to it. The audience is absolutely part of the energy of the album.
    - sorum 6y ago
      I've always wondered what the guy is shouting. Is it something in French, or just "Wow"?
      - tamha 6y ago
        For us french, it makes this song really weird, he's basically shouting the F word in french.
        sorum 6y ago
        ...I should’ve known better than to ask :)
  - suyula 6y ago
    All I would want out of a studio version is it panned to centre so that I could listen to it through headphones.
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selectodude 6y ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udvYSd2TIkg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udvYSd2TIkg It's so good.
tomputer 6y ago
I agree, went to the Alive 2007 show in Amsterdam. Fantastic!
sorum 6y ago
I'd argue that it's one of the best live albums of all time. These songs transcend what I'd consider mashups, it's like they treated all of their olds songs as samples, rebuilding entirely new songs out of them. It took some of the more obscure songs and made them "whole"; take Steam Machine, which in of itself wasn't that great of a song...a bit boring if you will. Combined with Too Long and it's now a song full of energy and tempo. There are many others like it. What they mostly have in common is taking the best ingredients from the fringy Human After All and the glitzy Discovery, finding a very interesting common ground.
brandrick 6y ago
It was amazing to see them live. Caught the London show. Here's my video from the night: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLA7L60sCr0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLA7L60sCr0 (the shaky blurry videocamera footage ages it).

ethbr0 6y ago

I happened to catch them both in Madrid (Summercase) and Miami (Bang) in 2006. It's not often I'd travel to watch the "same" show twice. That was a nuts setlist and show period. Especially since my going to Madrid was via hearing about it from a hotel concierge and "Hey dad, I know we're here for your business, but can I go to this music festival, across a city neither of us know, that speaks a language I can maybe passably bang out?" Bless non-helicopter parents. :)

imwillofficial 6y ago
Will your dad adopt me?
- ethbr0 6y ago
  Unfortunately, I think he's happily retired from child rearing duties, and I know he happily spends most of his time fly fishing in Wyoming. ;)
  - BLKNSLVR 6y ago
    "Fly Fishing in Wyoming" should be the title of Daft Punk's retirement album. It's such an evocative phrase. (although it would cause confusion with the band "Trout Fishing in Quebec").

emptyparadise 6y ago

I really wish there was a studio version of Alive 2007.

cauthon 6y ago
I've thought that myself before, but having listened to it so many times I think the audience cheers are as much as a part of the album now
- jakemauer 6y ago
  Totally agree. There are two or three distinct shouts from someone in the audience at the beginning of Around the World / Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger that are now part of my experience of listening to it. The audience is absolutely part of the energy of the album.
  - sorum 6y ago
    I've always wondered what the guy is shouting. Is it something in French, or just "Wow"?
    - tamha 6y ago
      For us french, it makes this song really weird, he's basically shouting the F word in french.
      - sorum 6y ago
        ...I should’ve known better than to ask :)
- suyula 6y ago
  All I would want out of a studio version is it panned to centre so that I could listen to it through headphones.
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selectodude 6y ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udvYSd2TIkg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udvYSd2TIkg It's so good.

tomputer 6y ago

I agree, went to the Alive 2007 show in Amsterdam. Fantastic!

sorum 6y ago

I'd argue that it's one of the best live albums of all time. These songs transcend what I'd consider mashups, it's like they treated all of their olds songs as samples, rebuilding entirely new songs out of them. It took some of the more obscure songs and made them "whole"; take Steam Machine, which in of itself wasn't that great of a song...a bit boring if you will. Combined with Too Long and it's now a song full of energy and tempo. There are many others like it. What they mostly have in common is taking the best ingredients from the fringy Human After All and the glitzy Discovery, finding a very interesting common ground.

brandrick 6y ago

It was amazing to see them live. Caught the London show. Here's my video from the night: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLA7L60sCr0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLA7L60sCr0 (the shaky blurry videocamera footage ages it).