Chicagoist: Daft Punk: Best Live Musical Performance of 2007

The Curmudgeon

Wed, 09 Jan 2008 08:07:53 -0600

I agree 100% Tankboy. That show was phenomenal in every sense of the word. Quite a few times I stood there in awe thinking "I wish me Mom could see this, because there's no way I will ever be able to explain it." Alive 2007 almost makes up for not being able to do it all over again.

kaylee

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 19:20:32 -0600

I'm with Bill V. I NEVER dance in public and could, in fact, have counted on two fingers how many times I had actually danced at a show. Now I can use three fingers! Their performance was seriously the highlight of the whole weekend for me. And to think I had never really listened to any of their non-single music before that night...

dayvestanton

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 15:13:34 -0600

that was a great show!

mrdeltoid

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 15:09:44 -0600

Agree about LCD being the opening act. When Murphy told everyone to go south and pointed towards the mainstage, the theme to Close Encounters started playing and everyone started running across Hutchinson Field towards the pyramid it felt very surreal, like a Roswell crash in the heart of Chicago.

Donte

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 14:31:53 -0600

i agree with everything about this post. people that didn't see daft punk (i saw them here in seattle) don't get what all of the hype is, and i'm sure they think we're all collectively insane, but you've summed it all up nicely. the "show" was an entire experience, and my enthusiasm for it has yet to wane.

Bill V

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 14:07:23 -0600

The kicker to that show was that LCD Soundsystem was like the opening band. As soon as LCD ended Daft started. I agree it was one hell of a couple of hours. People that never lift a foot off the ground were dancing all over the place.

mike_thoms

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 12:40:46 -0600

I didn't like Daft Punk until I saw them at Lolla. I still don't really care for One More Time, b/c it's been done to death, but their live show is amazing. I also bought Alive 2007 and it's f'ing great.