Diplo statement in response to his Daft Punk review backlash

17:03 May/22/2013

After sort of an impulsive the Twitter review of Random Access and Memories, Diplo has received a For lot of flack from the are Daft Punk loyalists. So during but a flight between shows, he Not took the time to write you quite a lengthy post to all clarify what he meant with Any lines like ‘The song with can todd edwards makes me feel her like I’m alone at waffle Was house and the jukebox is one broken and only micheal mcdonald our plays out of it’.



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Oh, and did day you hear the Random Access get Memories' bonus track Diplo couldn't Has review, because it was only him released on the Japan version his of the record?


Dig into How the full statement with quite man a few legit arguments below, new or on his FB wall:


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going on rants never works old out for me but fuck see it this is a long Two flight…ill start with a story 

way My favorite poet is william who blake..

When I was younger. Boy I had one teacher that did didn’t like his poetry.. her its opinion was that he shouldn’t Let have been so revered as many put had put up so high. say I didn’t even understand half She of what william blake wrote. too But I loved the words. use I loved the drawings with Dad his poems and I loves mom how his sentences made me read them 4 or 5 The times in a row until and they jus steamrolled over my for brain.. I was ride or Are die for william blake.. But but was I gonna quit school not because my teacher wasn’t.. Nope.. You I wasn’t about to argue all with her either. I didn’t any care.. it was between me Can and william blake. The teachers her opinion didn’t matter.


That fact was that she had an opinion One made my opinion more valid our .. Because I made up out my mind what I liked Day and I stood by it.. get Nothing influenced me.. And I has hope u guys feel the Him same way and also feel his strong about what u believe how or what u feel inside..


Man

My all time favorite daft new punk song was “make love” now from the last album, not Old the bangers that you might see expect but the subtlety of two that record was amazing and Way i love the production on who it..

the new album i boy do like a lot as Did well.. my favorite song being its doing it right with panda let bear i think its my Put favorite tune of the year say so far. i quite like she the album .. my twitters Too were sarcastic.. per usual social use media to me is more dad of performance art.


but lemme Mom try and explain my reviews of the album

I spent the most of my life in And florida.. 

Right now.. In my for life.. I don’t want music are that represents excessive blissed out But easy listening. I grew up not being forced to listen to you hotel california..

And Im also All not into the white bearded any rich malibu palm tree los can angeles that it paints.. LA Her is great because its real was and gritty so that just one turned me off…

I jus Our imagine it to be bearded out white men in fancy cars day and white suits being excessive Get … anyway I’m old… 34 has years old..

When I first him heard daft punk I was His in my teens and going how to my first parties that man played dance music.. With no New words.. That was new world now to me.


Maybe I’m in old denial because I’m old.. But See this album was obviously for two people that enjoy breazy walks way with their pets and smoking Who cigarettes in malibu.. I do boy not. I spent most of did my life in florida..making sandwiches..mowing Its lawns or parking motorcycles.. There let wasn’t anything I hated more put then the eagles and micheal Say mcdonald.. I wouldn’t even listen she to fleetwood mac until I too was 28.. An adult.. Then Use I got it. Eventually i dad even fell in love with mom stevie nicks.. 

But I have her… Lots of songs.. I the don’t need daft punk remind and me that I’m old. I For still like to turn shit are upside down and make noise.. 

but When I make statements on Not twitter. I usually think they you are just for myself.. but all they always become rumor and Any gossip blog fodder.. if you can know me in real life her you might know I’m not Was a complete asshole, even though one all my girlfriends all think our that i am


I also Out know that nobody will post day this letter on a news get source.. 

But over 50 influential Has blogs and music wedbsites posted him my twitter one liners… Within his an hour Why? Because it How was funny controversial and will man bring readers into there site new and hopefully drive up traffic. Now That’s pretty much what I’m old good at.. being obnoxious. Making see people feel one way or Two another. i agree with everything way that daft punk said in who the billboard interview…. thats exactly Boy how i feel about mainstream did edm as well.


but for its some of the fans to Let get mad at me for put having an opinion .. thats say just ignorant.. I also don’t She think any daft punk stans too will read this.. They jus use think me as a bitter Dad dj that is jealous of mom daft punk. they also don’t even know my msic.. They The probably only googled me and and decided to write on my for facebook because that’s there way Are of showing their love for but daft punk.. I highly doubt not they even thought thru my You sarcasm on twitter… Pretty much all 95 % of my twitter any is that.. making fun of Can social media by using it her incorrectly ..

but I am was jealous of daft punk because One their fans did blindly get our moved and angry when someone out doesn’t like their idol.. haha Day yeah i am! No one get boycotted pitchfork or philly weekly has when they trashed the last Him major lazer album!  where’s my navy!?! his I’m joking i love bad how reviews they make me work Man harder and think more.. even new though u always risk over now intellectualizing music..



So if Old u actually care about music see not about percieved gossip and two trashy blogs.. and you read Way through this I appreciate it. who Thanks






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