13. Nothing Is Real (3:52)

El Camino · Post by **El Camino** » Wed Jun 12, 2013 8:58 am

I think this has become my favourite song on the album

Syberia · Post by **Syberia** » Wed Jun 12, 2013 10:35 am

It's a very, very beautiful track. So much emotions in it. This is the kind of track I will listen to on heavy days to get some comfort.

tiny sparrow · Post by **tiny sparrow** » Wed Jun 12, 2013 10:49 am

chiefastronaut wrote:Love this song too! the filtering really clears up the vocal.

Going along in the anagram vein you should Google "Thargelion sin" and scroll down to the link for a google book called The Origin of Attic Comedy, should go to page 55 and read through 56. It might be a stretch but it's pretty interesting.

come to dust....

wouldn't really surprise me if that had something to do with it.

MAXIMUS MISCHIEF · Post by **MAXIMUS MISCHIEF** » Wed Jun 12, 2013 12:22 pm

aperture wrote:Perfect happy/sad vibe. The record sounds like the transmissions left behind after everyone is gone. All the sweet and dark echoes reassembled by someone or something.

totaly
also this i think is finaly the proper one

Jesus, was it you indeed?
To flirt unkindly with my greed,
promising eternal life,
when you knew it was not right?
When you knew that what I'd need was willingness and comfort there?

thats what i heard and i think it is a person who is in their religion of ignorance and it hasnt given them what they wanted and now they going atheist as a rebellion its a sad song about seeking truth in the wrong places and being let down by the world of darkness theyre left to scratch around in

paultomba · Post by **paultomba** » Wed Jun 12, 2013 12:43 pm

Keeoaddi wrote:ethanol rising

lol

Great name for a band that.

mc10101 · Post by **mc10101** » Wed Jun 12, 2013 12:50 pm

Woke up with this in my head and its still there. A very poignant highpoint of the album for me

saturdayindex · Post by **saturdayindex** » Wed Jun 12, 2013 9:01 pm

MAXIMUS MISCHIEF wrote:
aperture wrote:Perfect happy/sad vibe. The record sounds like the transmissions left behind after everyone is gone. All the sweet and dark echoes reassembled by someone or something.
totaly
also this i think is finaly the proper one

Jesus, was it you indeed?
To flirt unkindly with my greed,
promising eternal life,
when you knew it was not right?
When you knew that what I'd need was willingness and comfort there?

thats what i heard and i think it is a person who is in their religion of ignorance and it hasnt given them what they wanted and now they going atheist as a rebellion its a sad song about seeking truth in the wrong places and being let down by the world of darkness theyre left to scratch around in

I heard "---- this is new indeed"
"to fight unkindly with my breed".

But on further listens I believe I stand corrected.

BOC always have a gnostic spin hidden in the details.

saturdayindex · Post by **saturdayindex** » Wed Jun 12, 2013 9:12 pm

I also think this track communicates the idea of disillusionment with Christianity, which promises eternal life and yet seems to simultaneously deny the value true present, physical life.

Similarly, "From One Source All Things Depend", the bonus cut on the Japanese version of Geogaddi, communicates an equation of a "good" God with the creation of everything, including evil.

paultomba · Post by **paultomba** » Wed Jun 12, 2013 9:46 pm

saturdayindex wrote:I also think this track communicates the idea of disillusionment with Christianity, which promises eternal life and yet seems to simultaneously deny the value true present, physical life.

You think that?
Aren't they pretty much the paraphrased words?

saturdayindex · Post by **saturdayindex** » Thu Jun 13, 2013 1:58 am

paultomba wrote:
saturdayindex wrote:I also think this track communicates the idea of disillusionment with Christianity, which promises eternal life and yet seems to simultaneously deny the value true present, physical life.

You think that?
Aren't they pretty much the paraphrased words?

"I also think" as in "I think the same thing".

purgruv · Post by **purgruv** » Thu Jun 13, 2013 10:54 am

Had a quick flick through the above posts but found nothing about morse, correct me if I'm wrong.

At 1:51 - 3:31 there seems to be five seconds of morse code repeated. I can't decipher it but if there's any CB users out there...?

StarblazerUK · Post by **StarblazerUK** » Thu Jun 13, 2013 11:05 am

purgruv wrote:Had a quick flick through the above posts but found nothing about morse, correct me if I'm wrong.

At 1:51 - 3:31 there seems to be five seconds of morse code repeated. I can't decipher it but if there's any CB users out there...?

Sounds more like a flute line to me than morse code.

purgruv · Post by **purgruv** » Thu Jun 13, 2013 11:11 am

Yeah a flute sound to play a morse code.

Electronic Dave · Post by **Electronic Dave** » Thu Jun 13, 2013 7:33 pm

Does anyone hear a cough at 2.27 during the last part of the vocal? At the beginning I thought he said 'Jesus was in you and me' - have checked BOC pages...looks like I was wrong

This cough could be the same sound / sample (perhaps slower) which you can hear repeating at regular intervals during 'Split Your Infinities'

Was bugging me as I thought someone was behind me when I was listening to it on headphones...have checked MP3 and CD and its there on both

Excellent song but with some sort of unsure vibe to it plus that melody!

Spaced · Post by **Spaced** » Thu Jun 13, 2013 11:16 pm

for me it's the bass that clinches this, really warm and poignant.

it reminds me of Mark Pritchard's Pulusha project - Isolation Part 2. especially when the bass hits at 3:47 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26fi1BbYJHQ just bliss...

Elexen · Post by **Elexen** » Thu Jun 13, 2013 11:44 pm

This song has been stuck on loop in my head for over 3 days now.

azamarro · Post by **azamarro** » Fri Jun 14, 2013 6:09 am

Not that I was ever a big poster, but it's starting to feel kinda rigid the way everything is being organized. Yeah, people are making duplicate threads, I understand that, but the last one I saw was comparing TWO tracks- Nothing Is Real AND Olson. So why does it get shut down and we're told to post under this thread? Why not the Olson thread? Or the handful of other Olson threads that exist? Not that I even agree with comparing the two, but just from searching Olson I can see that there is a rich history of Olson-oriented topics to choose from, ranging from remixes to guitar tabs to new-found meanings and unique insights. It would be cumbersome to aggregate all of the various revelations that stem from Nothing Is Real to only one thread. Just sayin'.

hexagon son · Post by **hexagon son** » Fri Jun 14, 2013 5:07 pm

Today, this is my favorite track. This is the best album they have ever done.

aperture · Post by **aperture** » Fri Jun 14, 2013 6:22 pm

If the loop were pitched/slowed down or sped up it would either be too happy or too sad. It's such a beautiful grey area. They still really have their finger on the emotional triggers.

Reni3434 · Post by **Reni3434** » Sun Jun 16, 2013 7:18 pm

Loving this track!