381. Light the Fuse hosts on U2 ‘Achtung Baby’ and Daft Punk ‘Random Access Memories’

<p>In our third crossover podcast, I welcome back filmmaker <strong>Charles Hood</strong> and journalist <strong>Drew Taylor</strong>, hosts of the brilliant Mission Impossible podcast Light the Fuse. This time we (mainly) don’t talk about movies, but delve into their respective favorite albums, the 30 year old <strong>U2</strong> classic ‘Achtung Baby’ and the world dominating final album from <strong>Daft Punk</strong> ‘Random Access Memories’.<br /> We talk about how Achtung Baby forged a new path for U2 after the apex mountain of The Joshua Tree album, the Berlin sessions that bought tension within the band to a boil, the meaning of the song ‘One’, <strong>Bono</strong>’s character  ‘The Fly’, the influence of producers <strong>Brian Eno</strong> and <strong>Daniel Lanois</strong> and whether <strong>Tom Cruise</strong> and Bono are copying each other’s hairstyles.<br /> Then we talk about why Daft Punk broke up, the duo’s philosophy of creating new analogue samples as the foundation of the album, the involvement of Muppets songwriting legend <strong>Paul Williams</strong>, why they never toured the album, Daft Punk’s mystique and more.<br /> Plus we somehow get into discussions/fights about 3D, the Avatar sequels, which Men In Black films are good and <strong>Gore Verbinski</strong>’s The Lone Ranger.</p>