Bad Day

ArbitersGround · Post by **ArbitersGround** » Tue May 03, 2011 10:25 pm

I have read a topic on this from a while back, but all the links were outdated.

Well, first, it appears that there are three Happy Cycling versions.

The first, Bad Day, which I believe was the original performance at the Peel Sessions. Which seems like a pretty infamous track.

The second, the one that was played on radio from the Peel Session.

And the third, which is the most cleaned up one on MHTRTC, the Peel Session CD, etc.

So, where can I find a way to hear Bad Day? I've searched and can't find it anywhere. It's literally the only track that fans have heard that I don't have downloaded on my computer.

And also, I'm not sure if I got where each Happy Cycling version was introduced, so if you guys want to clear that up for me, please feel totally free to.

zeoevil · Post by **zeoevil** » Wed May 04, 2011 1:33 am

Could it be the version on Old Tunes or maybe the website version?

ArbitersGround · Post by **ArbitersGround** » Wed May 04, 2011 1:51 am

I don't think so. I heard about it in this thread:

http://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.p ... highlight=

Apparently even BoC fans can agree it's a pretty bad track. I'm just very curious to hear it.

zeoevil · Post by **zeoevil** » Wed May 04, 2011 2:59 am

That thread had a link to an awful remix by Kid Loco. Is that what you are on about?

ArbitersGround · Post by **ArbitersGround** » Wed May 04, 2011 3:03 am

zeoevil wrote:That thread had a link to an awful remix by Kid Loco. Is that what you are on about?

No, look at dp's post (and his reply to the Kid Loco track).

Waterbagel · Post by **Waterbagel** » Wed May 04, 2011 3:06 am

zeoevil wrote:That thread had a link to an awful remix by Kid Loco. Is that what you are on about?

is it really even a remix? seems to be just.. happy cycling, but with that intro fading out as the song progresses

and, like a said in another thread..

i kinda like it

dp · Post by dp » Wed May 04, 2011 3:17 am

i (think) i have this "Bad Day" track somewhere. i'll try and find it...

dp · Post by dp » Wed May 04, 2011 3:39 am

i'm pretty sure this is "Happy Cycling (Bad Day)". (at least it is labeled as such)

here it is, yo!

EDIT: it seems this is the same as the one played on the original broadcast of Peel Sessions, but the one on YouTube has most of the intro cut out.

EDIT 2: and it's not as bad as i'd remembered it. i quite like the outro even if it is abrupt to end.

ArbitersGround · Post by **ArbitersGround** » Wed May 04, 2011 3:53 am

Thanks a million, dp. My BoC library is (to my knowledge) finally complete.

A Balloon · Post by **A Balloon** » Wed May 04, 2011 9:45 am

I wonder if there is a copy of the entire session with BoC somewhere...

dp · Post by dp » Wed May 04, 2011 11:52 am

yea, i'd love to hear the broadcast uncut and in it's entirety.

nick47 · Post by **nick47** » Wed May 04, 2011 1:07 pm

Nice post dp!!!

I love the intro thing!!!!!!!! Makes the song that much eerier!

polar sky · Post by **polar sky** » Wed May 04, 2011 1:30 pm

ArbitersGround wrote:Thanks a million, dp. My BoC library is (to my knowledge) finally complete.

Do you have any physical releases? Or just downloads?

Vexille · Post by **Vexille** » Wed May 04, 2011 2:18 pm

ArbitersGround wrote:Thanks a million, dp. My BoC library is (to my knowledge) finally complete.

You have old tunes tapes?

noby · Post by **noby** » Wed May 04, 2011 2:35 pm

Vexille wrote:
ArbitersGround wrote:Thanks a million, dp. My BoC library is (to my knowledge) finally complete.
You have old tunes tapes?

Doesn't everyone have those?

IanRedpoint · Post by **IanRedpoint** » Wed May 04, 2011 5:19 pm

Well, if that's a bad BoC track then we may as well all give up making music right now! I love the extra eeriness to it and I'd say it's certainly no worse than the more commonly available mixes. Shame about the abrupt ending though...

Syni · Post by **Syni** » Wed May 04, 2011 6:56 pm

For whatever reason I dig this version A LOT, thanks dp!

ArbitersGround · Post by **ArbitersGround** » Wed May 04, 2011 7:32 pm

polar sky wrote:
ArbitersGround wrote:Thanks a million, dp. My BoC library is (to my knowledge) finally complete.
Do you have any physical releases? Or just downloads?

...Just downloads. I know, I know, kind of like heresy to BoC fans.

To my knowledge, though, I have downloaded every track available to the public. Old Tunes, Hell Interface, all the short tracks from the old websites, the short 30-57 second samples from Play By Numbers, Acid Memories and Hooper Bay, etc.

ArbitersGround · Post by **ArbitersGround** » Wed May 04, 2011 7:34 pm

IanRedpoint wrote:Well, if that's a bad BoC track then we may as well all give up making music right now! I love the extra eeriness to it and I'd say it's certainly no worse than the more commonly available mixes. Shame about the abrupt ending though...

I was surprised to hear it myself, because in the original thread about it, everyone said it was a very bad BoC track.

zeoevil · Post by **zeoevil** » Wed May 04, 2011 7:58 pm

It sounds like they tried to shove too many songs into one another. I don't dislike this so much as it is to discordant for me given how much I like Happy Cycling.