Romanthony, “The Wanderer (Journey Man Thump)” (Black Male, 1993).
R.I.P.
(via thediscography)
Just lose yourself.
Daft Punk - One More Time [HQ] (by Naf’ Manson)
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On ILX, years ago, there was a thread talking about “Digital Love” and I said something about how not liking that song was just as weird as not liking breathing. But I could have just as easily as said that about “One More Time,” of course, and it came first. It was the ‘comeback’ single as such, after — at least in the mainstream public eye — maybe “Da Funk” would have been just another one-off demi-hit single on alternative radio. And “One More Time” ended up almost going number one in the UK, and top ten in Australia, and it got enough attention over here, it was almost a tipping point moment of “Oh wait…they’re in this for the long haul, it seems.” And if it wasn’t for Daft Punk working with an already established and known figure like Romanthony, already doing his thing when Daft Punk were still Darlin’ and doing their ‘daft punk thrash’, then that song would not be That Song, and it wouldn’t sound so goddamn good then as it does right now. And if it reduces Romanthony’s work so much in turn in a wider public eye to one guest appearance on a single (not counting “Too Long” itself on the album, of course), then by god, if you’re going to be most widely known for one thing, make it fucking legendary. RIP Romanthony.
If this is true I don’t even know. I just do NOT even. Daft Punk would not be ANYWHERE near as ingrained as they are without them having the bright spark to get an already established and talented figure in to help them via a couple of vocals on Discovery, one of which just happened to be “One More Time.” And I’m still kinda pissed it wasn’t a UK number one thanks to LeeAnn Rimes.
It is also one of the utterly SLEAZIEST/unintentionally funniest/completely most horrible films I’ve ever heard of. I don’t even know how I stumbled across its existence this morning but I’m perversely glad I have. Also, if I haven’t conveyed it to you yet, it’s awful. I haven’t even gotten a third through it and:
* after the credits some ska-punkish cover of said inevitable song plays while a blonde showers then emerges into her mysteriously roomy and comfortable art loft while a topless man with long greasy hair blows a naked torso sculpture dry with his mouth. I’m honestly surprised it’s not Fabio.
* the name of the woman is Hadley, which is alllmost Madly. Almost.
* the narration of all this sounds like one of those smarmy insurance commercial guys. “She’s coltish, creative…and just a little bit kinky. And hey, why not? She’s a trust fund kid!”
* there’s a panty-sniffing drunk old coot of a professor lying around with a lot of books.
* there’s an art project some other guy is working on. A video art project from 1999 as imagined by a guy who went to school in the early sixties, mind you. It’s…it’s bad.
* most of this movie is just Manzarek’s smooth jazz porn soundtrack in search of a Skinemax vehicle, which is presumably why it was filmed in the first place.
* there is somebody here where I’m honestly not sure at all what the gender of the person in question is. I mean not at ALL. That’s not a critique, it’s just that I can’t decide whether this red-headed curly mullet person with the unusual build is…I just can’t tell. I’m amazed. (This then cuts to video art weirdo putting on a fake mustache and toupee while a tape of Madly shaving in her sensitive area audibly plays in the background.)
* there’s a point where a salacious old banker day is joking joyfully about gay prison rape.
Again, I haven’t even gotten a third of the way through this thing. And have I mentioned the crappy film/video quality and the way everything feels like it was furtively filmed via handhelds and maybe one tripod occasionally used.
UPDATE: from a friend on Twitter: My boss at the time worked on it as a music consultant. Watching her deal with Ray was a huge highlight. What I mainly remember is her yelling into the phone “Are you on drugs Ray?!” about twice a day through the project.
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