Going Around the World

One of the greatest bands that I have ever got into and the fact that this particular band introduced me to the genre of techno is Daft Punk. They've just released this new album called Random Access Memories about a month ago and have had a great influence on music for me. For example, a lot of times whenever I listen to other electronic or house (a sub-genre of techno that Daft Punk plays), I feel as though the rhythms and beats seem so repetitive. But, when I listen to songs by Daft Punk, it's like a whole other ball game. For one thing, they seem to start of with a simple beat, then add more syncopated sounds and rhythms that just don't seem to stop so it's like a new rhythm is layered on top of the beat every 2 mins. For another thing, Daft Punk (Just the 2 main guys, not really anybody who's featured on their songs) has a distinctive vocal track that the 2 guys auto tune to the correct pitch. Anyway, Random Access Memories became a hit for me with a lot their songs, such as "Instant Crush", "Give Life Back to Music", and "Lose Yourself to Dance". Even though those are the songs from their latest album, the link is link from 10 years ago from an album called  "Discovery" called "Around the World". This is also probably one of my favorite music videos that I've ever watched because of how clever and well they do the choreography. If you look closely, each type of person or monster or whatever these things are dance to an instrument that's playing and it works well because different rhythms are added while maintaining the equilibrium of a constant beat. Also, it's just really diverse in a way they're all doing different moves and the costume attire that the people decided. What I think is the best part is in the end, they all come together and do this whole circular dance around each other. I think that this symbolizes that we all should embrace the world and give more to it no matter how different we each individually are. Hope you enjoy!                                                                 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9MszVE7aR4&feature=list_other&playnext=1&list=AL94UKMTqg-9B6Tg9tGUuOKEWlN0VueVEW