One More Time: Like Seeing God
I can’t quite put my finger on why but I find this video indescribably moving. I wasn’t there. The lyrics hardly stirr my soul. Its as best a catchy dance number. Then why does it make me tear up?
Maybe it’s the unity of spirit, how everyone seems be giving and receiving, the band the music, the crowd their excitement and how the two compound each other. Maybe it’s as simple as the dorky way one of the member of Daft Punk claps his hands as the song opens (as if that’s necessary. The song is already 90% beat). Maybe there’s something quasi-revival tent about the proceedings, which the gaudy lighting and the arms thrust upward of the audience.
Or maybe I just have a week spot for "Let’s throw a worldwide party" songs (See Madonna’s "Holiday" or Kool and the Gang’s "Celebration"). That’s a muxtape in the making.
Not sure. But God, would I love to see this band live sometime. It looks better than chocolate.