Daft Punk's Song Get Lucky

Daft Punk's hit song "Get Lucky" is described in this article as, "ecstatic melodic copulation." Meaning, it gives off the feeling of overwhelmingly blissful, melodious intercourse. Throughout the article I garner an engulfing sense of importance on music theory and all of its components. The writer explains his hypothesis as to what caused such success with Katy Perry's "Teenage Dream" in which he remarks, "it is a textbook example of the excellence and supremacy of the rules of Western music theory." Switching to the success of "Get Lucky", the writer examines the song and comments on how the hook and pre-chorus are uniquely performed in such a way that you cant tell which key it is in. Moving forward, the writer explains Daft Punk's utilization of the supposed "classic" move where they overlay the hook from the pre-chorus with the hook from the chorus, getting them both going simultaneously. The

writer then tries to make mention of some other hits that use the same techniques but isn't able to think of many.

Lastly, the writer concludes with stating an idiosyncrasy within the writing of the songs lyrics.

The writer mentions how the song is written in English by native French speakers and explains how he thinks that that helped with the songs success and catchy qualities. The overall idea that having French writers may have helped is something I cannot argue against but the writer of the article go's further in depth by saying, "Secondly, the weighting is all wrong. Good is a word that needs to fall heavy, needs to be placed at the beginnings and endings of phrases." Though I am no expert in linguistics, I disagree with this statement. Good does not have to have heavy emphasis placed upon it. That pattern is just a result of

the common phonetics that the language and speaker naturally creates. Though this way of speaking isn't marked in stone as the correct way, the style acts as the most usually realistic and effective way to portray ones thoughts; though this isn't always the case in certain instances. Music is a platform where absolutely no boundaries exist and, in the case of lyrics and songwriting, any which way you write changes multiple aspects and qualities you receive from the song. Every aspect to "Get Lucky" plays a part in its success and that includes the style the lyrics are written and performed in. The writer of the article states it himself, "For Daft Punk and Phoenix this little bit of language mangling works in their favor. It sounds off-balance and playful and sexy, like a foreign exchange student who might be a little drunk." There is a need to reach beyond normality and stretch the imagination of the people and music is a wonderful platform to do just that. Music holds no set laws, just guidelines on how something is normally created and engineered. Truly, one of the only concepts in the world that has no right or wrong.