Full disclosure: Bitchfork was unable to attend any of Daft Punk's live shows, ever. First of all our passports aren't what you'd call "convincing" and secondly we were saving the world from Nickelback that weekend (okay we failed on that one but the important thing is we tried). But if we had, we would have put a hurting on the ecstasy market and basically turned that motherfucker out.
However, we've been fans for a long time and we shelled out the fifteen bucks for Alive 2007 in hopes that we'd be transported to the land of the two robots.
We weren't. But that's through no fault of Daft Punk. Without the truckloads of LED equipment the Frenchmen took on tour to dazzle the eyes, the listener is left to enjoy the experience through, you know, his ears. Still, Alive 2007 serves as an amazing mix of their great and not-great-but-this-has-potential-to be-great hits, all designed to rock your ass into the ground. The potential is here realized. It's lucky that we weren't beamed into a Daft Punk show because there's no way we'd have had the energy to be beamed back to reality afterwards.
With the crowd energy piped in at audible but by no means annoying levels, this album feels like you've just witnessed a triumphant World Cup final. You're not sure what the fuck is happening, but you like it, and you want to dance. One thing you do know: they must really be robots because no human could, in good conscience, so mercilessly lay down music so addictively danceable.
Ultimately for Daft Punk, this is the album that puts them over the line of "overlooked genius" to "overlooked cultural phenomenon". No matter what, your kid won't know who Daft Punk is, but all the people who attended these soon-to-be-legendary shows and anyone who loves laughably good beats will never forget what happened in '07.
Score: 47 out of 50 (-3 points for lack of transportation abilities)
However, we've been fans for a long time and we shelled out the fifteen bucks for Alive 2007 in hopes that we'd be transported to the land of the two robots.
We weren't. But that's through no fault of Daft Punk. Without the truckloads of LED equipment the Frenchmen took on tour to dazzle the eyes, the listener is left to enjoy the experience through, you know, his ears. Still, Alive 2007 serves as an amazing mix of their great and not-great-but-this-has-potential-to be-great hits, all designed to rock your ass into the ground. The potential is here realized. It's lucky that we weren't beamed into a Daft Punk show because there's no way we'd have had the energy to be beamed back to reality afterwards.
With the crowd energy piped in at audible but by no means annoying levels, this album feels like you've just witnessed a triumphant World Cup final. You're not sure what the fuck is happening, but you like it, and you want to dance. One thing you do know: they must really be robots because no human could, in good conscience, so mercilessly lay down music so addictively danceable.
Ultimately for Daft Punk, this is the album that puts them over the line of "overlooked genius" to "overlooked cultural phenomenon". No matter what, your kid won't know who Daft Punk is, but all the people who attended these soon-to-be-legendary shows and anyone who loves laughably good beats will never forget what happened in '07.
Score: 47 out of 50 (-3 points for lack of transportation abilities)
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