Boards of Canada is the most overrated band

In_The_Annexe · Post by **In_The_Annexe** » Thu May 23, 2013 3:43 am

Reading the article didn't please me much and I was wondering if I was being too sensitive because of my biased point of view but I do agree he had very few good points. Thought I'd just see what everyone else thought. :p

thinkdontpray · Post by **thinkdontpray** » Thu May 23, 2013 4:05 am

MHARTC huh?

he called the shit poop!

im not pretentious nor a hipster. in fact if you were to take a look at me on a busy street you'd say hmm dude looks like a metalhead. and i am but im also a BoC fan.

this dude is also posting on abovetopsecret.com btw, so take everything you read from him and on there with a massive grain of salt

ArbitersGround · Post by **ArbitersGround** » Thu May 23, 2013 4:20 am

The only point I really agree with is that the kids voices samples can be a bit much. I think BoC also have felt this way which is why they have cut it down so drastically in more recent material.

mechanismj · Post by **mechanismj** » Thu May 23, 2013 4:50 am

Let me get this straight...

First you get all bent out of shape for being called hipsters, then you resort to the standard 'tin foil hat' jokes?

C'mon!

chorus · Post by **chorus** » Thu May 23, 2013 7:16 am

A_Northern_Soul · Post by **A_Northern_Soul** » Thu May 23, 2013 7:26 am

^ marvellous!

Weekend Cigarette Smoker · Thu May 23, 2013 10:44 am

I once got called a hipster for saying I liked The Beatles. That was good fun

juKajitsu · Post by **juKajitsu** » Thu May 23, 2013 11:09 am

This guy knows about what he saying but he doesnt know about features of the mind. Sad. He could waste his words on smthn else.

thepastinsidepressant · Thu May 23, 2013 11:10 am

i always felt hipsters latched on to anything thats trending, so in boc world i'd imagine if anything they appeared in boc worlds in the mid 2000s around TCH. a bit late hipsters.
personally i've no time for them, but hey we're all human, they're just hipsters.

drainpipes were to me a common site in the late 80s - Thrash Metal.
They're not trendy anymore.

r'n'b rotating constantly on radio to almost try and convince us its 'good' and worthwhile is my enemy. no time for it. dirt, vile. go away with your dirty lyrics infesting the minds of our kids on their over rated and over priced dre beats. that shits over rated, irresponsible and evil.

Weekend Cigarette Smoker · Thu May 23, 2013 11:15 am

In my experience, hating hipsters is the only genuine characteristic of hipsters.

Yeah That's Right · Post by **Yeah That's Right** » Thu May 23, 2013 11:38 am

It's like the music guessing joke that mentioned BoC in Peep Show...

"Hipster, flavour of the month and still going strong"
"Boards of Canada!"

I can only hope people don't really think like that

WeHadNormality · Post by **WeHadNormality** » Thu May 23, 2013 11:56 am

The term "hipster" is cross-applied from the 1930s Beatniks. The modern hipster is a composite of individuals with a certain bohemian life situation and lifestyle. He or she rejects "mainstream" culture and embraces and contributes to independent culture, and prides him/herself on this.

Is that such a bad thing?

kelp · Post by **kelp** » Thu May 23, 2013 1:34 pm

Didn't bother reading it all, just reeks of "look at me look at me... somebody's got a new album out that people are taking notice of, i'm going to be deliberately contrary and rain on the parade"

RAJVAC · Post by **RAJVAC** » Thu May 23, 2013 2:47 pm

Weekend Cigarette Smoker wrote:I once got called a hipster for saying I liked The Beatles. That was good fun

I got called a hipster because I said I didn't really like The Beatles. Weird.

FernieCanto · Post by **FernieCanto** » Thu May 23, 2013 2:47 pm

I think the word "hipster" became a pejorative term in light of people who put their quirky and underground tastes in such high esteem to the point of obnoxiousness. But the term was quickly degraded and became meaningless, and nowadays, using the word "hipster" is kinda like a carte blanche to say whatever the hell you want, because the "anti-hipsters" will want to identify with you. In other words, I can just say "chocolate tastes like crap, and people who like it are all hipsters", it will sound bizarre, but intimidating. I mean, you don't want to be associated with those stinky hipsters, are you?

But that's all stupid, and the guy who wrote that review is just overusing the word "hipster" to conceal his utter lack of ability to write properly. I can easily sympathise with people who find the ambience of MHTRTC too much to endure if and can make their point convincingly. But when I see the phrases "BoC is for hipsters" and "the ending of Triangles and Rhombuses makes no sense!" in the same text, all hope is lost.

tl;dr: all of you are goddamn hipsters and I'm a cool guy who happens to like BOC, so I'm cool.

GH · Post by GH » Thu May 23, 2013 2:56 pm

That's just a guy. He's not a writer, or a critic. He possibly thinks he is, but he's not.

*gets on with life*

MindElevation · Post by **MindElevation** » Thu May 23, 2013 2:57 pm

Can we lock this thread pls? Or at least implement a swear jar where we insert £1 everytime we use the word hipster? So annoying.

jjjamz365 · Post by **jjjamz365** » Thu May 23, 2013 3:35 pm

i read the thread title and thought. bullshit! i aint reading that crap. boards of canada is like bringing back my childhood and infancy is golden.

Geogandhi · Post by **Geogandhi** » Thu May 23, 2013 3:38 pm

Hmmm, overated is the wrong word. I love them. But they do attract some fanatical oddbods, I mean some of the stuff said on here is cringey *winks, wanks and walks off*

tiny sparrow · Post by **tiny sparrow** » Thu May 23, 2013 4:57 pm

thepastinsidepressant wrote:r'n'b rotating constantly on radio to almost try and convince us its 'good' and worthwhile is my enemy. no time for it. dirt, vile. go away with your dirty lyrics infesting the minds of our kids on their over rated and over priced dre beats. that shits over rated, irresponsible and evil.

BoC will probably always be my favorite musical act, right up there will Burial, The Mars Volta, Portishead, Massive Attack, etc... That being said, I've always been a fan of any music that I listen to and enjoy simply for the sake of enjoying it. Saying that no r&b is 'good' is rather ignorant, no? Beats headphones are a highly overpriced (name brand) product, though, I would a agree with that.
Burial as an artist samples many r&b vocals to accentuate the style of music he produces. He apparently doesn't even really like r&b, but that doesn't stop him from appreciating the art. You could potentially say that many of the ideas, samples, and general tones from "Geogaddi" could scare or scar any kids listening to it (though it is my fav album and something I consider to be one of the most beautiful pieces of art I've ever witnessed.) I may be stretching this idea a bit, but I rarely feel there is any need to hate on music of any kind. I would think that BoC listeners would already be open minded enough to see it that way...