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Switched on Pop

Listening 2 Daft Punk: Homework

Switched on Pop

Vox Media Podcast Network

Music Interviews, Music History, Music, Music Commentary

4.62.7K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2023

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Ten years ago, Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories gave life back to music. The world-beating smash “Get Lucky” broke streaming records, forged a retro sound that still dominates the charts, and paved the way for artists like The Weeknd, Dua Lipa and Lizzo to craft their own throwback hits. How did Daft Punk do it? Switched On Pop’s four part-mini series Listening 2: Daft Punk unlocks the sounds, voices, and stories across all four of the group’s studio albums. On their first album, Homework, Daft Punk stretched the boundaries of electronic music and began wiring the circuits that would become their robot alter-egos, asking a fundamental question: where does the human end and the machine begin? Songs Discussed ​​Daft Punk - Give Life Back to Music Daft Punk - Get Lucky (feat. Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers) The Beach Boys - Darlin' Daft Punk - Around the World Daft Punk - Harder Better Faster Strong Daft Punk - Robot Rock Daft Punk - Game of Love Daft Punk - Da Funk Daft Punk - Teachers Black Box - Ride on Time Daft Punk - Daftendirekt Daft Punk - Fresh Daft Punk - High Fidelity Daft Punk - Oh Yeah Daft Punk - Phoenix Daft Punk - Rollin' & Scratchin' Daft Punk - Rock'n Roll Daft Punk - Burnin' Kraftwerk - The Robots Vangelis - Main Titles Brad Fiedel - Main Title - The Terminator Ben Salisbury, Geoff Barrow - The Turing Test Daft Punk - TRON Legacy (End Titles) Daft Punk - Indo Silver Club Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

What's new with you?

0:01.4

Let's see.

0:03.0

Oh, you're getting a taste for something different.

0:05.8

I tried them up a little.

0:07.4

Turns out, I like olives.

0:10.4

Relaxing.

0:11.8

Far, far away from the city.

0:13.7

Oh, I needed this.

0:15.7

You needed this.

0:17.6

Oh, and getting together with some old friends

0:20.2

to find your new favorite band.

0:22.3

That show was amazing.

0:24.3

When you are the most you, that's when you're with Amax.

0:27.6

American Express, don't live life without it.

0:29.9

Welcome to Switched on Pop.

0:42.9

I'm songwriter Charlie Harding.

0:44.9

And I'm musicologist Nate Sloan.

0:47.0

I want to take you back for a second, Nate, to the early morning hours of May 17, 2013,

0:53.8

before there was a Switched on Pop.

0:57.2

As I recall, at the stroke of midnight, we met to listen to Daphpunk's Random Access

1:02.8

Memories, which had just been released in its entirety.

1:06.3

And we paired it with a series of craft beers, and we called it Draft Punk.

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