are BoC fans pretentious geeks ?

747Music · Post by **747Music** » Thu Dec 30, 2010 1:51 am

Stry Craty Bya wrote:I really don't care. I just love listening to Boards of Canada. More than any other music, as a matter of fact. So if they say that they're releasing new music; Yes, I'm going to get excited.

This.

Mexicola · Post by **Mexicola** » Thu Dec 30, 2010 10:51 am

^^^ Word.

Hipsters-schmipsters.

nightGoat · Post by **nightGoat** » Thu Dec 30, 2010 4:25 pm

people who label other people hipsters and such are pretentious, nah mean?

turquoise70 · Post by **turquoise70** » Thu Dec 30, 2010 5:24 pm

normally i used the word "hipster" in extremely lighthearted, loose meaning. partially because i've never gotten a straight answer on just /exactly/ what is and is NOT a hipster. everyone has something different to say about it.

for instance, i often say i dress like a hipster or have hipster hair. but i probably don't.

hexagon son · Post by **hexagon son** » Thu Dec 30, 2010 6:00 pm

wow, this thread was dug from the depths... i haven't seen a thread with Chyld in it for god know how long!

Used to be BoC "geek"... now i just like the style. I've been Freescha crazy the past month or so.

747Music · Post by **747Music** » Thu Dec 30, 2010 7:19 pm

hexagon son wrote:I've been Freescha crazy the past month or so.

A fine choice of crazy I must say. Kids Fill The Floor is a brilliant album.

Twoism-ist · Post by **Twoism-ist** » Fri Dec 31, 2010 2:58 am

i met a person that i would call pretentious who does not like boards of canada. he calls them "entry-level" and "conventional". does that sound more pretentious than liking boards of canada?

turquoise70 · Post by **turquoise70** » Fri Dec 31, 2010 4:49 am

Twoism-ist wrote:i met a person that i would call pretentious who does not like boards of canada. he calls them "entry-level" and "conventional". does that sound more pretentious than liking boards of canada?

way, way, way more.

GrangalanJr · Post by **GrangalanJr** » Fri Dec 31, 2010 6:56 am

Twoism-ist wrote:i met a person that i would call pretentious who does not like boards of canada. he calls them "entry-level" and "conventional". does that sound more pretentious than liking boards of canada?

Yes.

sevenELIXIR · Post by **sevenELIXIR** » Fri Dec 31, 2010 6:22 pm

granglan (sorry if the spelling is wrong) I have to ask.... is your avatar either terrance or philip??

GrangalanJr · Post by **GrangalanJr** » Sat Jan 01, 2011 4:31 am

Nah. My avatar is one of the enemy creatures in the game Final Fantasy VII. The creature's name is "Grangalan Jr," naturally.

kidfortoday70 · Post by **kidfortoday70** » Sat Jan 01, 2011 8:20 am

Twoism-ist wrote:i met a person that i would call pretentious who does not like boards of canada. he calls them "entry-level" and "conventional". does that sound more pretentious than liking boards of canada?

Hell yes it does.

747Music · Post by **747Music** » Sat Jan 01, 2011 9:17 pm

GrangalanJr wrote:Nah. My avatar is one of the enemy creatures in the game Final Fantasy VII. The creature's name is "Grangalan Jr," naturally.

I KNEW IT! I knew I saw that somewhere, but I couldn't quite put my finger on it. FFVII is my favorite game of all time. That's awesome.

PadraïK · Post by **PadraïK** » Sat Jan 01, 2011 10:20 pm

sevenELIXIR wrote:granglan (sorry if the spelling is wrong) I have to ask.... is your avatar either terrance or philip??

thought the same thing

I had to google 'hipster' to find out in wikipedia that besides a sexy cut of female-underwear it is what we around here used to call 'artyfarty'. Artyfarty however refers to being 'difficult' for the sake of being 'difficult'. One related side-topic is the overflow of digital possibilities making it impossible to decide which possibilities are necessary in a creative process where one results in stacking plugins and tracks just because it's possible, or using video-edits just because the technique permits. Art and demonstration where mistaken in times. I think by now that era is history.

BOC his not at all 'artyfarty' imo

IanRedpoint · Post by **IanRedpoint** » Sun Jan 02, 2011 10:51 am

Twoism-ist wrote:i met a person that i would call pretentious who does not like boards of canada. he calls them "entry-level" and "conventional". does that sound more pretentious than liking boards of canada?

Yep. That smacks of someone categorising BoC by how elitist or difficult their music is, rather than by quality. BoC's great talent is in making something unique and subtly complex that is still profoundly tuneful and listenable. It's a potent combination and why we're all still so fascinated by them.

The Friendly Stranger · Sun Jan 02, 2011 11:59 am

IanRedpoint wrote:
Twoism-ist wrote:i met a person that i would call pretentious who does not like boards of canada. he calls them "entry-level" and "conventional". does that sound more pretentious than liking boards of canada?

Yep. That smacks of someone categorising BoC by how elitist or difficult their music is, rather than by quality. BoC's great talent is in making something unique and subtly complex that is still profoundly tuneful and listenable. It's a potent combination and why we're all still so fascinated by them.

Exactly.

So what music does this guy listen to then Twoism-ist?

turquoise70 · Post by **turquoise70** » Sun Jan 02, 2011 7:34 pm

The Friendly Stranger wrote:
IanRedpoint wrote:
Twoism-ist wrote:i met a person that i would call pretentious who does not like boards of canada. he calls them "entry-level" and "conventional". does that sound more pretentious than liking boards of canada?

Yep. That smacks of someone categorising BoC by how elitist or difficult their music is, rather than by quality. BoC's great talent is in making something unique and subtly complex that is still profoundly tuneful and listenable. It's a potent combination and why we're all still so fascinated by them.

Exactly.

So what music does this guy listen to then Twoism-ist?

you haven't heard of them

Waterbagel · Post by **Waterbagel** » Sun Jan 02, 2011 8:32 pm

how many hipsters does it take to screw in a lightbulb?

it's an obscure number, you've never heard of it

Pantheon · Post by **Pantheon** » Sun Jan 02, 2011 9:17 pm

Waterbagel wrote:how many hipsters does it take to screw in a lightbulb?

it's an obscure number, you've never heard of it

Hahah, fuckin A!

The Friendly Stranger · Sun Jan 02, 2011 9:57 pm

turquoise70 wrote:
The Friendly Stranger wrote:
IanRedpoint wrote:
Twoism-ist wrote:i met a person that i would call pretentious who does not like boards of canada. he calls them "entry-level" and "conventional". does that sound more pretentious than liking boards of canada?

Yep. That smacks of someone categorising BoC by how elitist or difficult their music is, rather than by quality. BoC's great talent is in making something unique and subtly complex that is still profoundly tuneful and listenable. It's a potent combination and why we're all still so fascinated by them.

Exactly.

So what music does this guy listen to then Twoism-ist?

you haven't heard of them

Ha of course! I was thinking I wasn't mainstream for a moment, how stupid am I....