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When Daft Punk doesn't show up to play on his late night talk show, Stephen Colbert performs in their place

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MASH UP TIEM!

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Reposting of Colbchella 2013 since thee other one was taken off :C

It still makes me crack up.

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Here's a GIF of Stephen Colbert's hilariously wonderful dancing on The Colbert Report's "Daft Punk'd" episode. Had to make this.

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39 of 50: Daft Punk'd

"One More Time". "Aerodynamic". "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger". "Around The World". "Technologic". If you listen to dance music and the melodies to those songs didn't instantly pop into your head, then you probably shouldn't ever listen to dance music again. In fact, just quit all music until you commit them to instant memory, because without some of those tracks, music as we know it would not be what it is today. Daft Punk, the Frenchman famous for their distinguishable masks as much as their infectious tunes, are easily one of the most influential musical groups of all time. You know their music, even if you shamefully don't. There are few EDM shows that I've attended where I haven't heard a Daft Punk melody or chorus sampled. They are in our dancing subconscious, their famous triangle the birth of a generation of massive LED screens and spectacular light shows. Discovery (2001) will go down as one of the greatest albums of the millenium. As elusive as they are renown, the duo hasn't toured since 2007 and I don't expect them to until 2017. You can guarantee I'll be there, no matter where.

But for now, the next best thing is a cover band cleverly titled Daft Punk'd who DJed at Webster Hall. This show came right after the Led Zeppelin cover band (http://bdelillo.tumblr.com/post/42021733713/36-of-50-bustle-in-your-hedgerow) on the night of my good friend Gregg's Birthday. These guys didn't just spin Daft Punk tunes all night. The had the robot head gear, the triangle, the light-up Tron-style suits and similar equipment at their fingertips. As close to the real thing as possible (and by close I mean 1/1,000th of it).

The show opened almost exactly the same way as Daft Punk's live album Alive 2007 began: "Robot Rock / Oh Yeah" and "Touch It / Technologic". At first we thought the whole set would just be a rip from the album, which would have been great since that live set is brilliantly crafted. But after those two mashups, Daft Punk'd forged their own unique path through the Frenchmen's back catalogue. All the usual hits made an appearance, as well as a few of my personal favorites, "Crescendolls" and "Superheros" off of Discovery. Throughout the latter half of the set, they kept bringing back the vocal sample from "Prime Time Of Your Life" which helped string together the couple weak moments. To my intoxicated brain, the show came in went in minutes, but the impostors played in the ballpark of an hour and a half. Getting so wrapped up in music does that to me; I disengage my brain and somehow cease making memories, putting all my efforts into a peak level of enjoyment. This is the explanation I have recently come up with for such circumstances of amnesia after concerts.

The lighting for the show was a bit more minimal than I expected. The triangle was made of LED walls and LED strip lights, projecting patterns and solids of light with each new movement. The rest of the light package was pretty simple, 2Ks and strobes, that never quite overpowered the triangle. Come to think of it, I think NERO's Welcome Reality Tour in 2011 was the only time light production at Webster Hall truly gave me sensory overload. Nitpicking aside, the triangle structure brought the set to life and put you that much closer to the real thing. After a short set break, Daft Punk'd came back out decked in Tron style costumes, an homage to their soundtrack for the film Tron: Legacy.

Crowd-wise, and this pains me, not many people were as into it as we were. Luckily, we were next to a group of gentlemen who shared an equal amount of passion for the music and we often found ourselves dancing or singing along with them. There was a moment at the end of the night during a major buildup, we gathered in a circle and fed off each other's energy until the final drop. That's the best way I can describe that...like a, "hand's in!" rally before a big game, psyching each other up for when the music ultimately climaxes.

I am impatiently awaiting the arrival of Daft Punk but for now, that was a suitable substitute. At a time when their name appears on every major festival's lineup rumor list, getting the chance to see anything that resembles the genuine article is worth my time and money.

NEXT UP: WINTER WHITE TOUR W/ ALESSO @ Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel, 2/1

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A Tron themed Daft Punk'd party!? Damn, if only I could go to New York tomorrow....

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hmmmm ::UPDATE:: They're in philly on Saturday, FUCK YEAH TRON! Also one of the tribute DJ's is named "Speaker of the Dead"...can you comprehend how powerful that reference is? UNLIMITED POWER!