What If "Face to Face" by Daft Punk Used Newer Samples?

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So I challenged myself to recreate Daft Punk’s “Face to Face” using samples that were released long after when the samples for the original track were released.
While the original used samples mostly coming from the 1970s and 80s, I decided to use songs from a later time frame, hovering around the 2000s and early 2010s.
This is mostly just something I did for fun; I wanted to see how close I could get to the original song while using entirely different samples. Either way, hope you enjoy!
Full list of samples and their original equivalents:*
LCD Soundsystem - Time to Get Away (main drums, used in place of:
Herbie Mann - Jisco Dazz)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Can’t Stop (main guitar riff, used in place of:
Electric Light Orchestra - Evil Woman)
Sweet Trip - Conservation of Two (backing track for the “Can’t Stop” riff, not used in place of anything really)
Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe (string pluck, used in place of:
Firefall - Body and Soul)
Kelly Clarkson - Since U Been Gone (short guitar chops, used in place of:
The Alan Parsons Project - Silence and I
Steppenwolf - Everybody’s Next One
The Doobie Brothers - It Keeps You Runnin’
Boz Scaggs - You Got Some Imagination)
Radiohead - Weird Fishes/Arpeggi (vocal samples, used in place of:
The Alan Parsons Project - Old and Wise (both the “aah” and “chase” samples))
Oneohtrix Point Never - Nassau (piano sample, used in place of:
Poco - Faith In the Families)
Sufjan Stevens - Concerning the UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois (other piano sample, used in place of:
Dan Mason - All Along the Watchtower)
Radiohead - 15 Step (vocal samples, used in place of:
Loggins & Messina - House at Pooh Corner
Electric Light Orchestra - Can’t Get It Out of My Head)
MGMT - Kids (“eeeee” vocal sample, used in place of:
Loggins & Messina - Be Free)
American Football - Never Meant (short riff sample, used in place of:
Deborah Washington - The Letter)
Wilco - Jesus, Etc. (chopped fiddle melody, used in place of:
Dan Fogelberg and Tim Weisberg - Tell Me to My Face)
Sweet Trip - Pro:Lov:Ad (vocal sample, used in place of:
Carrie Lucas - Sometimes A Love Goes Wrong (btw, RHCP’s “Can’t Stop” takes up the first usage of this Carrie Lucas sample. This is the second instance of it later in the song)
Fishmans - Long Season (descending piano sample, used in place of:
Carrie Lucas - Something A Love Goes Wrong (alongside the Sweet Trip sample)
Boards of Canada - Alpha and Omega (chopped synth, used in place of:
Dan Fogelberg and Tim Weisberg - Lahaina Luna)
System of a Down - Toxicity (two-note riff, used in place of:
The Doobie Brothers - South City Midnight Lady)
Lady Gaga - Poker Face (low-pitched synth bass during Todd’s verses, used in place of the track’s original bass (which isn’t sampled from anything but still decided to use one for this)
Estelle - American Boy (reversed chimes towards the end of the track, used in place of:
Dan Fogelberg and Tim Weisberg - Twins Theme)
*muted guitar doesn’t have an equivalent here, sorry

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[@BradTasteInMusicOfficial]

This is such a remarkable and creative video. What an experience

[@bsodaman]

this sounds like face to face but in the style of random access memories, i love it, i love it real hard

[@LauraMouras]

ok maybe 63 people already said it but the way you sampled those songs are truly amazing. Like face to face is a REALLY HARD song to pull off there's so much going on and your chopping was on point. congratz nickster

[@Nocind]

Radiohead instead of ELO is the coolest thing ever

[@learn2xpand862]

Covering a plunderphonics song? Wtf?!? People don’t understand the immense difficulty of finding completely different songs with the same sound and vibe as the original, seriously insane man hats off to you for the achievement

[@ezrahuntings]

This sample spread is INSANE. Recompiling a whole song like this is mind boggling

[@TyDurr1]

KZbin identified this video as being “Face to Face”. If confusing the Algorithm isn’t the mark of a good remake, I don’t know what could be.

[@squfucs]

putting LCD Soundsystem as the primary drum base, so that its constantly looping through the entire song, seems especially fitting to me. LCD Soundsystem obviously are big fans of Daft Punk, given their song "Daft Punk is playing at my house". Great work Nickster!

[@johannesjuhlnielsen9309]

The "Aa-aa" from Weird Fishes carries everything so hard

[@october1820]

This is like one of those music YTPs people used to make with random memes and videos, Except that now instead of using those things, It uses actual music samples to create more music.

[@timthetoast_]

Daft Punk - Face to Face RYM top 100 albums edition

[@PhuongTran-nx8tw]

LCD, Sweet Trip, RHCP, Radiohead, BoC, Fishmans... this is crazy

[@starkilla55]

the wilco sample carries this so hard

[@inversedeggyolk5073]

That Toxicity sample is used so minutely yet so tastefully.

[@NotALotOfColonial_SpaghettiToG]

this is like finding a new company's take on your favorite ice cream flavor, it's so good

[@flashypork]

THIS IS GENIUS!!! I hope Daft Punk themselves get a chance to see this!

[@AdvancePlays]

Crazy how you can just hear the time period itself in the music. For a million different reasons, it's sharper, colder tones, more spaced out etc as compared to the music of the decades Daft Punk used. No difference in quality just style, this sounds great 👌

[@thegeecyproject]

You’ve done the impossible: you’ve managed to “cover” a Plunderphonics track!

[@Itsyaboyharry98]

It's like hearing face to face for the first time again, but in a parallel universe. Well done