Fred Again Brought Out Thomas Bangalter, AKA One-Half of Daft Punk, At His Final Tour Show This Weekend And Everybody In The World Needs To See Video Of Them Dropping "One More Time"
This video came very very close to getting slapped with a "MUST WATCH" alert on the blog title. It's that good.
"One More Time" from DaftPunk is one of the greatest songs of all time. And this was the greatest moment it's ever been played. These people who got to hear and see this hit the live music jackpot on Friday night.
Not only is it one of the most universally-beloved songs of all time, but Thomas Bangalter hasn't played it live in like 16 years.
And man did it deliver.
The cold start, when those first organ synths start to hit, and then the build up to the vocal and bass drop. Fucking goosebumps city.
When the crowd roars with excitement, the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. And then when everyone belts out "One More Time" in unison as the bass kicks in and everybody starts jumping around it is impossible to not have a giant smile on your face.
If you don't, then you have a big dump in your pants.
I mean look how much fun this crowd was having.
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Best song ever.
The duo played for over 4 fucking hours at the London close out show on Friday night. And it was a Daft Punk extravaganza. The last time the duo collabed- last year, at the Paris kick off show, Bangalter played, played he played 0 Daft Punk records. Which has got to be the biggest dick tease of all time.
The lucky bastards in attendance this weekend however, were treated to- "Technologic," "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger," "Around The World," their Weeknd joint "Starboy," and "One More Time" twice.
Bangalter also mashed up a bit of "Aerodynamic" and "Rollin' And Scratchin'" with Fred's "Victory Lap," and it went the fuck off.
For all you haters out there who can't wait to say "who the fuck is Fred Again?" or, "all he does is press play" you couldn't be more wrong. Fred is an insanely talented pianist and he uses a drum machine like its an actual instrument. All live.
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He's a freak.
The fact that so many music pioneers, and absolute living legends like Thomas Bangalter love and respect Fred Again so much speaks volumes about his talent and art.
I think the only person having more than the packed crowd who got to witness everything on Friday was Bangalter himself.
He even whipped out "Music Sounds Better With You", the hit that put him on the map, pre-Daft Punk days, when Bangalter was the star of the trio Stardust
Another unreal song.
He also stepped way, way outside the box on Friday night by playing Usher's Lil Jon produced "Yeah" to the shock and chagrin of all in attendance.
What a fucking show these people got to experience. I am insanely, wildly, obscenely jealous of them all.
There's a really good carousel of videos on this post right here-
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And if you want to hear the entire 4 hour set, you can listen to it right here.