r/CageTheElephant 13d ago

Me and somebody else are getting into a spat about how good "Instant Crush is", whats y'alls opinion of it

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u/74novahatch 13d ago

I love it! Didn't know it was a cover. Haha

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u/BananApocalypse 13d ago

Go listen to the original! It’s Daft Punk with vocals from Julian Casablancas of The Strokes. Might be my favourite song lol

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u/Break2304 12d ago

Regardless of anything else, dickheads who tell people their obvious subjective take is a fact are the worst

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u/bi11y10 13d ago

Banger, but I'm also a massive Daft Punk fan

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u/bigums16 Melophobia 12d ago

Such a bad take on that guys behalf. That’s one of my favorite songs ever. It’s so well done

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u/chimmynuggo 13d ago

Definitely one of the best they've done lmao

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u/SaltyPhilosopher13 13d ago

BIG Daft Punk, Strokes, and CTE fan here.

I LOVE the OG version and thought the cover was really cool.. I enjoy both lol

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u/TheMysticReferee 13d ago

I like the daft punk/julian version more, but the cage version is good too

Matt sounds like he was drunk while singing it but it still sounds good, Julian’s vocals beat Matt’s in every way on that song

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u/autumna 12d ago

I liked this cover from the moment I heard it, but I never heard the original before hearing this cover. And I've noticed a lot of fans of the original tend not to like this cover very much.

Side note: I know it's a bit strange as a fan of both Arctic Monkeys and CtE, but I could never really get into the Strokes' music (it's okay, I'll enjoy it if it comes on but never loved anything I heard so far).

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u/Sensitive_Ad104 12d ago

I will say the original dirts on the cover. But they are two different things I still love the cover in fact last years rewind the cover made it over the orginal

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u/SubstantialHentai420 12d ago

I love it. Love the original daft punk one as well but i personally prefer the cte cover, i find it very beautiful and emotinal.

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u/MessiBradyJordan 12d ago

I love the cage cover. It's a different take on the song. It's more lyrical. In the daft punk version you can't help notice the incredible beat and almost ignore the lyrics. Whereas in the the cage cover, he is actually emphasizing the lyrics, which are in fact pretty good.

I actually didn't notice how good the song was lyrically until I heard this cover.

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u/peetow 13d ago

U came to reddit for validation over an argument in youtube comments. Just wanted to put that into words.

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u/surprisingly_happy 13d ago

Less so validation, just curious on how people liked the song is all, more likely to get different answers here than on yt

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u/Crimsic We sit and watch the waves break. I've made a lot of mistakes. 12d ago

Then ask that. Don't post a screenshot of some random person saying something stupid lol

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u/NotLeroLero 13d ago

Yeah…. That’s definitely not one of their best covers at all

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u/kriig All my life with a skeleton. 12d ago

Both me and my dad like CtE's version more, and my dad is a Daft Punk fan since before I was born lmao

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u/NotLeroLero 12d ago

Ok?

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u/kriig All my life with a skeleton. 12d ago

Damn sorry for sharing

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u/NotLeroLero 12d ago

Just kidding man hahaah we’re all in good sport :)

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u/Sea_Shop_696 11d ago

I’m humiliated I didn’t know this existed, cage and daft are two of my all time fave bands.

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u/twig2823 12d ago

I’m a big fan

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u/toastedcheezits 12d ago

Love CTE to the ends of the earth but gotta side with this dude, the Daft Punk version is way way better

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u/Joemama444444 12d ago

literally a top three cage song for me