![]() ![]() ![]() They might not have met in their early school days, but the similar interests, the “two become one” nature of Daft Punk’s musical synergy–it’s all very Pet Shop Boys. Chris Lowe and Neil Tennant have a similar love story, in a way. If anything, maybe it would take one of the Pet Shop Boys to cajole them into a return a few years from now. Alas, what icon could convince Daft Punk to reunite? It’s not as though they seem all that reverent toward Paul or Ringo (and, yes, there are some who have likened this breakup to The Beatles). In Murphy’s defense, when David Bowie urges you to get the band back together before he dies, you fucking well listen. Of course, it was not to be their last show, and the band went on to perform at numerous festivals in 2016 before releasing their fourth album, American Dream, in 2017. This was the early ‘10s in Brooklyn–missing the last LCD Soundsystem show would be a sin, even though it meant schlepping to Madison Square Garden. And when they announced their “final show” in 2011, the reaction was, well, peak hipster. With their hit 2005 single, “Daft Punk Is Playing At My House,” the James Murphy-led group may not have been around as long, but they certainly were as beloved and influential. After all, just look at the band that Daft Punk essentially launched, LCD Soundsystem. Or so they would like us to be convinced.Ī sense of jadedness with regard to believing musicians when they say they’re retiring (especially when such a “production” is made about it) has learned to be applied over the years. After twenty-eight years of setting the world on fire (and even allowing Americans to believe they know something of European music), Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo are no more as one. Delivered in an almost eight-minute video called simply “Epilogue,” the two essentially suicide bomb (peacefully, bien sûr) in order to make the point clear: it’s over. The dramatic reveal of Daft Punk’s breakup was done as only they could. ![]()
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