After a long break and hiatus from the blog, I am back from Olympia and settled into the Hawaiian lifestyle once more. I have decided to spring back into things with something I have been pondering for a while, and something which seems to be a bit of an internet craze. That is, the songs that Daft Punk sampled. When listening to the addicting dance beats of Daft Punk, many fail to consider that these were originally amazing funk tracks. As you listen to this you will recognize a quite familiar sound.
I have absolutely no problem with sampling. In my opinion it is taking art and making new art out of it. In the same way that a person might take a picture of a mural, or make a collage. I don't really see what all the fuss is about. Reproduction of everything in new forms is a natural adaptation of our technologically advanced culture. Denying it is unnecessarily frustrating because it cannot and will not be stopped. However, I do believe that when creating sampled tracks or any other works of art that twist pieces of an original, there should be a considerable amount of effort to make the new piece have originality. Daft Punk has many songs which are beautifully sampled and clearly took a lot of work. This following track makes me really dislike Daft Punk's Robot Rock. It is almost an identical copy, but still worse. In this case I much prefer the original and think Daft Punk's version is quite the rip off. As one youtube commenter put it "this was the dark day for daft punk".
Don't get me wrong. I still love Daft Punk. I recognize and appreciate what they have done for all electronic genres. Perhaps sampling has come a long way since their prime and people are becoming a bit more creative with it. It is fun to listen to both the original and the punked. What do you think?
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