Comments on: Justice -- The Ultimate 80's Super Band

Justice -- The Ultimate 80's Super Band

empath — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:36:57 -0800

-- An interesting solution to the problem of 'performing' electronic music.

By: GavinR

GavinR — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:39:50 -0800

What the hell did I just stop watching?

By: Senor Cardgage

Senor Cardgage — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:45:04 -0800

Hahahah. Too awesome! They actually ARE really good live But I doubt american TV is ready to watch all that knob-twiddlin' Or any TV anywhere for that matter.

By: synaesthetichaze

synaesthetichaze — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:45:06 -0800

OK, that was cool, I don't care if it makes me a dork, I like it.

By: four panels

four panels — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:54:13 -0800

This is much more awesome.

By: iconomy

iconomy — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:56:48 -0800

I'm Barry Manilow, bitch!

By: sparkletone

sparkletone — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:58:40 -0800

They actually are putting a really fucking awesome show these days. It's not a straight up DJ set like what four panels linked to... But I guess Kimmel asked them to appear and they needed a way to play just one song from their album and... This is a great way to do it. Their actual live show is a bit like Daft Punk's recent touring, which is to say, it's a DJ set made up completely of their own material. My favorite part of the video is actually Kimmel saying, half to himself, "This is gonna be weird..."

By: bhnyc

bhnyc — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 18:00:52 -0800

what part of Daft Punk didn't they copy

By: juv3nal

juv3nal — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 18:09:26 -0800

An interesting solution to the problem of 'performing' electronic music. The MPC can go a long way towards solving that problem. [1][2]

By: everichon

everichon — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 18:12:41 -0800

Maria McKee looks totally different now.

By: flatluigi

flatluigi — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 18:14:25 -0800

I hate it. I liked the songs and now they're just another shoddy band lipsynching in funny outfits. It's become an epidemic nowadays; any 'live' act is barely that. They're barely even playing the instruments for crying out loud!

By: flatluigi

flatluigi — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 18:14:50 -0800

in all seriousness, great idea.

By: Senor Cardgage

Senor Cardgage — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 18:16:06 -0800

What the hell did I just stop watching? I disagree with what you said, but love the way you said it. Favorite'd!

By: billyfleetwood

billyfleetwood — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 18:21:19 -0800

Q:what part of Daft Punk didn't they copy? A: The kickass helmets. What'd I win?

By: sparkletone

sparkletone — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 18:22:57 -0800

what part of Daft Punk didn't they copy Justice's music is way more aggressive. Also, there's definitely more glowing religious icongraphy and just-for-looks stacks of Marshall cabinets. On preview: What billyfleetwood said.

By: retronic

retronic — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 18:23:35 -0800

I get the point of the post, but "electronic" music includes music that *can* be performed in the traditional sense. NOW YOU KIDS GET OFF OF MY MOOG

By: sparkletone

sparkletone — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 18:24:30 -0800

It also occurs to me that this follows in the fine tradition of electronic acts appearing on Top of the Pops and, say, play chess like The Orb did.

By: Falconetti

Falconetti — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 18:26:53 -0800

what part of Daft Punk didn't they copy The Edwin Birdsong part.

By: sparkletone

sparkletone — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 18:27:00 -0800

Bits of the current live show.

By: jwest

jwest — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 18:27:32 -0800

Thank you. I've never heard of Justice but I'm a big fan of Daft Punk and am always looking for similar acts.

By: sparkletone

sparkletone — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 18:29:58 -0800

The Edwin Birdsong part. To balance that out, both of them sampled the song playing in this.

By: ageispolis

ageispolis — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 18:31:04 -0800

Neat idea in how to present this kind of stuff to an American television audience. I think they deserve their rising popularity as it's incredibly listenable and fun electro. Also, another way to watch electronic music.

By: sparkletone

sparkletone — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 18:37:42 -0800

True fact: There aren't any samples in D.A.N.C.E.. They actually got a children's choir to record the vocals. The lead singer is some British 8 year old.

By: dreamsign

dreamsign — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 18:38:12 -0800

Alternate band name: "90% window dressing". But not in a bad way. Somehow.

By: neustile

neustile — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 18:40:23 -0800

There aren't any samples in D.A.N.C.E They had an orchestra come in and play high pitched hits live to tape? Damn, that is hard core.

By: dirtynumbangelboy

dirtynumbangelboy — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 18:40:56 -0800

Holy fucking shitbuckets full of monkeycocks these guys are actually as fucking good as all the fawning press has said they are.

By: Senor Cardgage

Senor Cardgage — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 18:42:47 -0800

Everyone go watch ageispolis' "Another way" clip. It is full of Star Wars awesomity!

By: sparkletone

sparkletone — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 18:48:03 -0800

They had an orchestra come in and play high pitched hits live to tape? Damn, that is hard core. Meh. I thought about qualifying to cover that meaning of the word "sample." What I mean here is that the bass riff, the strings, the pianos, the vocals, etc. aren't cribbed from some other song unlike, say, Phantom, which uses the theme song from Tenebrae (as mentioned earlier). Or like any of the Daft Punk songs in this popular video.

By: Reggie Digest

Reggie Digest — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 18:48:36 -0800

What part of the KLF didn't Daft Punk copy?

By: sparkletone

sparkletone — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 18:50:13 -0800

Stress would be a good example of what I mean by a song that's got samples in it. The strings in that song are taken from Night On Disco Mountain.

By: b1tr0t

b1tr0t — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 18:53:49 -0800

Your favorite band is derivative

By: strontiumdog

strontiumdog — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 18:58:09 -0800

meh. if you like dancing until the wee hours, what they do is pretty interesting. I stopped watching the first one after I say the Rick James fondling the guitar NOT in a good way. But I watched the four panels link at least twice as long.

By: strontiumdog

strontiumdog — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 18:58:38 -0800

....*saw* Rick....

By: ericb

ericb — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:02:23 -0800

I'm Barry Manilow, bitch! Looks more like Rod Stewart to me!

By: Saucy Intruder

Saucy Intruder — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:20:45 -0800

i'm so confused.

By: carsonb

carsonb — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:29:58 -0800

Woah, four panels, when the chorus of that Simian track dropped in around 4mins my heart skipped a beat.

By: churl

churl — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:39:18 -0800

And here I thought the entire thread was going to be about how totally drunk Jimmy Kimmel is in the video.

By: phaedon

phaedon — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 21:15:04 -0800

what part of Daft Punk didn't they copy Is this comment supposed to imply that Daft Punk is ground-breakingly original? Puh-leeze.

By: KingoftheWhales

KingoftheWhales — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 21:34:03 -0800

I saw Justice live at the LA Weekly Detour Festival a couple weeks ago, and there were hundreds of people jammed into a city block to hear them. I was at the front and the energy was pretty crazy; no one had any control of their own movement, you just went where the crowd pushed you. By the end of the set I was covered in sweat and a lot of it wasn't mine. I am always surprised at how exciting it is to see electronic music live, and while they didn't match up to Bloc Party who I saw immediately after, they were really great to see.

By: KingoftheWhales

KingoftheWhales — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 21:48:36 -0800

Although, in contrast to this performance, at Detour they were just up on stage DJing. Still, it was awesome.

By: arcticwoman

arcticwoman — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 21:49:22 -0800

That was so awesome!

By: verysleeping

verysleeping — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 21:50:54 -0800

Surely you all will consider me a hopeless optimist, but dammit, I want to live in a world in which half-assed-electro-rod-stewart-simalucra forever trumps your-favorite-band-sucks. Who's gonna LOL with me just this one time!?

By: subtle_squid

subtle_squid — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 22:47:16 -0800

four panels that video rules. I'm so glad I know about this band now. Must acquire more tunes. I'm actually not hearing significant Daft Punk influence. Certainly they draw from some common musical tradition but the textures and moods expressed are quite different.

By: Ambrosia Voyeur

Ambrosia Voyeur — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 23:53:39 -0800

Liked the music, loathed the video. However, I just spent four days in Vegas, being "Dealertained" by those people.

By: converge

converge — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 01:06:27 -0800

Clever, I guess. Really terrible with the music part, though. Is psuedo-Gay Club Disco still hot? And, if "yes," why?

By: good in a vacuum

good in a vacuum — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 01:47:55 -0800

Because it's catchy and easy to dance to? Who are you, Bob Seger?

By: fearfulsymmetry

fearfulsymmetry — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 03:34:10 -0800

I wonder how much other work the Michael Jackson lookalike gets... can't imagine he does too many kids parties.

By: Dr-Baa

Dr-Baa — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 10:10:04 -0800

What part of the KLF didn't Daft Punk copy? The burning money part. Oh wait, that was what "Human After All" was supposed to be! SNAP!

By: False Jesii Inc.

False Jesii Inc. — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 11:26:21 -0800

I love watching people with little to no understanding that electronic dance music is just as varied and diverse as "acoustic music" make comments on it. I don't judge. It just usually causes me giggles.

By: mrblack

mrblack — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:44:20 -0800

I like Justice, but man I hate this particular song...

By: ageispolis

ageispolis — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 17:42:10 -0800

False Jesii Inc: Uh... what?

By: False Jesii Inc.

False Jesii Inc. — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 23:27:20 -0800

ageispolis: Like the pseudo gay club disco comment and calling Justice a Daft Punk rip-off. I understand how those things can be seen that way from the outside, but if you've been listening to lots of this kind of music for a long time it sounds a bit silly. That's all.

By: Reggie Digest

Reggie Digest — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 10:18:48 -0800

One could argue that it's the idea of listening to lots of this kind of music for a long time -- and using this as an argument for one's own superiority -- that sounds a bit silly. But I don't judge, I giggle.

By: Skygazer

Skygazer — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 04:48:15 -0800

Okay, that wasn't bad, but what I really want to put forth is this: Is there any chance Michael Jackson, might in fact be a very sweet,AND VERY fucked up man who's intentions are entirely good and who needs that childhood energy that is the genius we all possessed as children at one point (and is still there if we try to find it! Yes...it's still there goddamnit!! and the world needs it so put it out hthere and fuck anyone who is going to an asshole about it. Right now we need all the imagination and thought we can bear....) and he can'r stop being obsessed with that energy and being obsessed with it. I think we should all be obsessed with childhood. That tiime when intelligence is a natural expression and fear has not taken hold and subjectivity and imagination is something we have to live with an fal in loove with every day. Remember folks: If we can make out the curvature of lilight due to a planetary body effecting it, we can make out the human shape or at least EXISTENCE of the the soul by looking at the dreams and thoughts it gives us. Imagination is a self protective mechanise of NESSESITY.; Not a a joke to be glossed over. Alright, I asked that in all good faith, Don't go crazy and call me too many bad names. I mean, c'mon realy, as creepy as M.'s relationship is with children is that about him or the BS Jerry Springer society we live in where nothing is honest and pure and good, but is instead a mofo segment on a reality daytime tv show expoited for all that it's worth. Best, and man I'm I wasted, But I'm such a repressed fucker I need this... Thank you. Say yes to life people.. I'm sure most of you have already