Worst, boc track, ever!

breadmaker · Post by **breadmaker** » Fri Oct 26, 2012 4:17 pm

louise wrote: sounds better when you watch this video...esp when he hits the water

yeah i have the dvd for this and will admit it's better with the video. i suppose my biggest problem is reconciling it with the rest of the b.o.c. back catalog - everything else of theirs that i love is super complex and mysterious, whereas "dayvan" is all surface to me. it's closer to a moby aesthetic than i'm comfortable with, all those uplifting strings and chords and strumming guitars that sound straight out of an S.U.V. commercial. perhaps if it was the only thing i'd heard of b.o.c. i would be way more charitable.

louise · Post by **louise** » Fri Oct 26, 2012 4:18 pm

breadmaker wrote:
louise wrote: sounds better when you watch this video...esp when he hits the water

yeah i have the dvd for this and will admit it's better with the video. i suppose my biggest problem is reconciling it with the rest of the b.o.c. back catalog - everything else of theirs that i love is super complex and mysterious, whereas "dayvan" is all surface to me. it's closer to a moby aesthetic than i'm comfortable with, all those uplifting strings and chords and strumming guitars that sound straight out of an S.U.V. commercial. perhaps if it was the only thing i'd heard of b.o.c. i would be way more charitable.

yeah i know what you mean. its quite mainstream sounding imo.

b0qurant · Post by **b0qurant** » Fri Oct 26, 2012 5:17 pm

Yeah, to be honest, Chinook is the only one that I don't willingly revisit

louise · Post by **louise** » Fri Oct 26, 2012 5:20 pm

b0qurant wrote:Yeah, to be honest, Chinook is the only one that I don't willingly revisit

willingly lol. hate them hostage situations when they bust out chinook as a torture device

xx

TaoTapeTao · Post by **TaoTapeTao** » Fri Oct 26, 2012 7:16 pm

I can't stand gyroscope... it's too repetitive for me. It's one of the only songs on Geogaddi that I don't absolutely love. Though if it's playing off in the background I can enjoy it that way lol. And the whole recreating the song from a dream thing is pretty cool.

I'm not too big into a lot of their old tunes... some of it is okay.

I used to hate Dayvan Cowboy but now I can listen to it.

For some reason Constants are Changing bothers me lol.

And lastly Iced Cooly annoys the shit out of me.

Betacord · Post by **Betacord** » Fri Oct 26, 2012 9:17 pm

I'd probably say Dayvan for the same reasons that Breadmaker has cited... I generally skip it, but it's more about the aesthetic and feel in relation to much of the other BOC output - 'odd one out' is closer to the label I'd give it, rather than 'worst song'.

louise · Post by **louise** » Fri Oct 26, 2012 9:48 pm

TaoTapeTao wrote: And lastly Iced Cooly annoys the shit out of me.

laughing. forgot about that one. hahaha,

zeoevil · Post by **zeoevil** » Sat Oct 27, 2012 12:14 am

TaoTapeTao wrote: And lastly Iced Cooly annoys the shit out of me.

What is this? I don't even.

That is not only one of my favorite songs but one of the songs that made me a fan.

I will reiterate my previous position that House of Abin'adab is the worst followed closely by It's a Whole 'Nother Year. Awful. Just awful.

Betacord · Post by **Betacord** » Sat Oct 27, 2012 3:23 am

Ah, we are counting the early not-officially-released stuff?

Course there's some slightly naff tracks there, but I thought was just them experimenting and mucking about...

How does anyone seriously rank something like 'Blockbusters' anyway?

And to add, I agree that Iced Cooly is really not that bad; I actually like it a lot.

mondo swooper70 · Post by **mondo swooper70** » Sat Oct 27, 2012 4:28 pm

Not a fan of basefree

Amo Bishop Roden · Post by **Amo Bishop Roden** » Sat Oct 27, 2012 4:35 pm

As much as I might be flamed for this, I must admit that I find about 65% of MHTRTC skippable. Just not my cup of tea, I guess.

crazygoji · Post by **crazygoji** » Sat Oct 27, 2012 6:57 pm

really dont like basefree, but idk it might hit me someday or something.

not really getting the hate for chinook tho. it think its kinda badass

TaoTapeTao · Post by **TaoTapeTao** » Sat Oct 27, 2012 7:01 pm

Amo Bishop Roden wrote:As much as I might be flamed for this, I must admit that I find about 65% of MHTRTC skippable. Just not my cup of tea, I guess.

It depends. I have to be in the mood for it I guess- which when I am I love every second of it. But there are times when I put that album on and just end up skipping songs because they seem too repetitive and bland. I still love it though.

PlacentaSand · Post by **PlacentaSand** » Sun Oct 28, 2012 1:41 am

Basefree for me. Also The Devil Is In the Details.. it fits perfectly with the genre of Geogaddi but i mean wow what a piece of work that song is..

TaoTapeTao · Post by **TaoTapeTao** » Sun Oct 28, 2012 9:00 am

My problem with that song is that it makes me uncomfortable but the song was totally created for that reason so I can't say I dislike it. I kinda love it.

bearhead · Post by **bearhead** » Sun Oct 28, 2012 9:33 am

With BoC's music, I think you have to have an acquired taste for it. There's many things about their music that I very much enjoy. If the melody hasn't caught my attention, the textures in the song is what did.

Like in Gyroscope. It's not very melodically driven, but the textures of the percussion are so crisp and detailed, it kind of swims a little bit. I think when people listen to Boards of Canada, they should listen with a more creative ear. You know, look for things in their songs you wouldn't normally look for in other songs.

I remember when I first heard of Boards of Canada, I was very bored by their music. I thought their drum loops were boring, I thought the chords were too repetitive, and I thought the melodies were too plain. But now, it's so much different. I feel like their music really opened me up to finding new things in songs, and new things to like about music, in general.

Some of their songs may be very mundane and repetitive, but I think it's the creative atmosphere of those "boring" songs that really keep me interested.

bearhead · Post by **bearhead** » Sun Oct 28, 2012 9:39 am

TaoTapeTao wrote:
And lastly Iced Cooly annoys the shit out of me.

Iced Cooly is my favorite BoC track... Hahah.

seanandcandy · Post by **seanandcandy** » Sun Oct 28, 2012 11:13 am

this thread outta be closed

b0qurant · Post by **b0qurant** » Sun Oct 28, 2012 6:20 pm

louise wrote:
b0qurant wrote:Yeah, to be honest, Chinook is the only one that I don't willingly revisit
willingly lol. hate them hostage situations when they bust out chinook as a torture device xx

lol yes ... put my iPod on shuffle and Chinook comes on "OH SHIT"

TaoTapeTao · Post by **TaoTapeTao** » Sun Oct 28, 2012 8:46 pm

seanandcandy wrote:this thread outta be closed

It is completely natural to find things to hate about something you really love.

With me BoC is one of those bands that have such a specific sound I need to be in the mood for their music. When I am it's absolutely amazing but I can't pretend to love something and not find flaws in it.