Creepiest BoC Song?

Seeya_Later · Post by **Seeya_Later** » Fri May 06, 2011 4:58 am

Waterbagel wrote:
Seeya_Later wrote:The "flute" in YCFTS is what gets me. The unsettling contrast of that, and the creepy choir-like sound and the guy screamin/yelling.
It is very disturbing to me. It puts an image in my mind of being in a field at night and hearing a man get devoured by some unseen beast.
And the flute melody gives it a very bittersweet flavor.
man, you nailed it

that's just the way i feel

It would be very hard to go camping with Geogaddi playing in the background.

fujee · Post by **fujee** » Fri May 06, 2011 2:50 pm

where abouts in YCFTS is the scream?

Seeya_Later · Post by **Seeya_Later** » Fri May 06, 2011 3:13 pm

fujee wrote:where abouts in YCFTS is the scream?

It's like a man yelling in the second half.

Cryabetes · Post by **Cryabetes** » Fri May 06, 2011 3:17 pm

Seeya_Later wrote:
fujee wrote:where abouts in YCFTS is the scream?
It's like a man yelling in the second half.

yeah
i fell asleep to Geogaddi about a week ago
had a dream to YCFTS that the screaming was intelligible, and the dude was screaming about his arm being shattered
really unpleasant.

747Music · Post by **747Music** » Fri May 06, 2011 5:21 pm

fujee wrote:where abouts in YCFTS is the scream?

It's hidden in the "s" part of "a god with hooves, a god with hooves."

You have to slow it down a ton.

fujee · Post by **fujee** » Fri May 06, 2011 5:25 pm

how delightfully evil

Roygbivman · Post by **Roygbivman** » Fri May 06, 2011 9:16 pm

The first time I heard Soylent Night I actually panicked.
I wasn't in such a good state of mind back then, so that didn't really help.

Soylent Night is by far the creepiest shit I've ever heard...... I always imagine gnomes from hell who appear to be friendly but have a deeper darker side to them and that I'm the only one who knows it, while everyone else loves them, making me feel the loneliest guy on the planet.

After I listened to it the first time, I didn't listen to it again for a few months. Luckily my mental health is very good now and I can listen to it without too much problems, although it still can make me unlock dark childhood feelings stored deep inside my mind.
The thing is.. It also has some kind of warmth.. It's a mixture of good and bad feelings.

ArbitersGround · Post by **ArbitersGround** » Fri May 06, 2011 9:50 pm

Soylent Night's sample. In my opinion, Bach is to Baroque as Boards Of Canada are to IDM.

fujee · Post by **fujee** » Fri May 06, 2011 10:12 pm

I always pictured gnomes to Soylent night too but not coming from hell, more like the classic gnomes just running about haha, how strange

Roygbivman · Post by **Roygbivman** » Fri May 06, 2011 10:48 pm

@ArbitersGround: Nice! I think this is the version which BOC sampled ->

Sounds most like it!

@fujee: Hahaha! Awesome. I think it has something to do with the scary mushroom-head image which goes with it -> http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?release=114514

pointlessdude · Post by **pointlessdude** » Sat May 07, 2011 9:44 am

Seeya_Later wrote:The "flute" in YCFTS is what gets me. The unsettling contrast of that, and the creepy choir-like sound and the guy screamin/yelling.
It is very disturbing to me. It puts an image in my mind of being in a field at night and hearing a man get devoured by some unseen beast.
And the flute melody gives it a very bittersweet flavor.

I just find this song non-human and incredibly beautiful, so beautiful that melts my mind. Ecstasy, tears, falldown. Perfect communion with matter. No evil at all, just a couple of aliens conveying songs from a station in outer space or fire. Possiby my fav from this album, though it's hard to listen more than once a day.

Seeya_Later · Post by **Seeya_Later** » Sat May 07, 2011 10:04 am

I feel like BoC songs have a delicate otherworldy witchcraft to them. Found nowhere else. Nowhere.

Roygbivman · Post by **Roygbivman** » Sat May 07, 2011 11:24 am

Seeya_Later wrote:I feel like BoC songs have a delicate otherworldy witchcraft to them. Found nowhere else. Nowhere.

Yes. Always when I shuffle through my Winamp mp3 list (I got BOC legal too, but I first downloaded it) and I hear all kinds of tracks and different music styles and the way I feel stays pretty much the same, but when a BOC track comes by, it immediately unlocks a strong feeling. It's like instant drug effect!

Roygbivman · Post by **Roygbivman** » Sat May 07, 2011 11:36 am

Holy shit, I just came across this pic, which really fits my feeling of Soylent Night.

http://www.pics24h.com/img/artwork/96-p ... mind14.jpg

2020k · Post by **2020k** » Sat May 07, 2011 5:18 pm

Is the screaming in You Can Feel the Sky the bit that starts around 3:42? It always reminded me of some African Hymn or something, so I actually found that bit calming.

A Balloon · Post by **A Balloon** » Sat May 07, 2011 6:26 pm

2020k wrote:Is the screaming in You Can Feel the Sky the bit that starts around 3:42? It always reminded me of some African Hymn or something, so I actually found that bit calming.

At approx. 2:10 in You Could Feel The Sky, you can hear a disembodied voice. If this segment is reversed, you can hear the voice say "God with horns...God with hooves..." After each of those two lines, you hear a kind of high pitch zipping noice. if you slow this down, you can hear the woman screaming briefly. If you slow the entire section, you can also notice the fire crackling in the background which is a constant theme through Geogaddi.

I still really dont think this song is creepy at all. Especially if you listen to it in reverse. It's beautiful.

Every BoC song is beautiful, never has anything creeped me out. Only House Of Abin'adab has made me feel uncomfortable when I was laying in the dark with Cayotes outside my window. But that could have just been the Cayotes...

2020k · Post by **2020k** » Sat May 07, 2011 6:56 pm

Just reversed it. You're talking about the woman that says "Help" a few times? It's the thing that sounds like it's being put through a phaser and has a slight stereo spread? Or am I missing it still (god, they have so many layers to their tracks) - Interesting, because I originally found that part of the song to be one of the most calmest. When it's played in it's original form, it just sounds like something zooming across the sky. These boys are so sly!

Still isn't creepy to me though. A God with hooves? I'd take him out to dinner.

Edit: Here is the bit in reverse and slowed down. I looped the phasing "help" five times. http://www.sendspace.com/file/xja3w4

A Balloon · Post by **A Balloon** » Sat May 07, 2011 7:34 pm

2020k wrote:Just reversed it. You're talking about the woman that says "Help" a few times? It's the thing that sounds like it's being put through a phaser and has a slight stereo spread? Or am I missing it still (god, they have so many layers to their tracks) - Interesting, because I originally found that part of the song to be one of the most calmest. When it's played in it's original form, it just sounds like something zooming across the sky. These boys are so sly!

Still isn't creepy to me though. A God with hooves? I'd take him out to dinner.

Edit: Here is the bit in reverse and slowed down. I looped the phasing "help" five times. http://www.sendspace.com/file/xja3w4

Nope...not that. When you hear him say "God With HornSSS" the SSS sound at the end of eachtime he says it, IS the woman screaming. You must slow it down and adjust a lower pitch.

2020k · Post by **2020k** » Sat May 07, 2011 7:57 pm

Ah. Pitched it down and heard it. Very nice touch to making it compliment the "s" in horns and hooves and disguising it a bit.

hexagonLife · Post by **hexagonLife** » Sat May 07, 2011 9:23 pm

turquoise70 wrote:statue of liberty

first it's like, ooh, this is melancholy, i feel like i'm on ellis island locked in the visitor center all alone

then the piano comes in and it's like oh wow this is kind of bizarre

then the guitar and it's like holy shit suddenly it's dark as hell

I fucking LOVE this song! And House of Adin'adab, definitely. Two of my favourite tracks from the old tunes tapes.