Watching the latest video offering from Daft Punk for their
song Lose Yourself to Dance, it is a full-fledged return to the disco days. The
video has a full "Soul Train" revival feel to it. The helmeted French
duo play keyboard and bass, guitarist and "Random Access Memories"
collaborator Nile Rodgers strums a clean rhythm and a sunglassed Pharrel
Williams croons front and center. The dance floor is filled, of course, but
focus on the dancers' fashion: 1970s caps and wide-lapelled leather jackets,
white turtlenecks, spangled western shirts rule the floor, a long way from the
T-shirted masses filling most spaces these days. As the video progresses, the
band is gradually revealed to be performing at the tip of a pyramid, a
reference to their era-defining live set of the late '00s. This pyramid,
though, consists not of flashing video screens but human disco dancers
celebrating life, lost within music. Even the poster of the video has a 70's
styled Star Wars feel to it. Pretty damn good, boys!
Watching the latest video offering from Daft Punk for their
song Lose Yourself to Dance, it is a full-fledged return to the disco days. The
video has a full "Soul Train" revival feel to it. The helmeted French
duo play keyboard and bass, guitarist and "Random Access Memories"
collaborator Nile Rodgers strums a clean rhythm and a sunglassed Pharrel
Williams croons front and center. The dance floor is filled, of course, but
focus on the dancers' fashion: 1970s caps and wide-lapelled leather jackets,
white turtlenecks, spangled western shirts rule the floor, a long way from the
T-shirted masses filling most spaces these days. As the video progresses, the
band is gradually revealed to be performing at the tip of a pyramid, a
reference to their era-defining live set of the late '00s. This pyramid,
though, consists not of flashing video screens but human disco dancers
celebrating life, lost within music. Even the poster of the video has a 70's
styled Star Wars feel to it. Pretty damn good, boys!
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